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Margaret French Williams

The New Netherland Ancestors of

MARGARET FRENCH WILLIAMS,

the wife of

JOHN MERCER PATTON



- for John Mercer Patton

House of Representatives





	    __John Williams2
	   |
       __Isaac Hite Williams1,2
      |    |
      |    |     __Isaac Hite2,8
      |    |    |
      |    |__Eleanor Hite2
      |         |
      |         |          __Jan Roelofszen Elting3,
      |         |         |
      |         |     __Cornelis Elting3
      |         |    |    |
      |         |    |    |     __Cornelis Barentszen Slecht3,4
      |         |    |    |    |
      |         |    |    |__Jacomyntie Cornelis Slecht3,4
      |         |    |         |
      |         |    |         |__Tryntje Tysse Bos4
      |         |    |
      |         |__Alida Elting2,3
      |              |
      |              |          __Jan Joosten Van Meteren7
      |              |         |
      |              |     __Joost Janszen Van Meteren3,7
      |              |    |    |
      |              |    |    |__Maycke Hendricks7
      |              |    |
      |              |__Rebecca Van Meteren3
      |                   |
      |                   |          __Chrétian Du Bois6
      |                   |         |
      |                   |     __Louis Du Bois5
      |                   |    |    |
      |                   |    |    |__(__)6
      |                   |    |
      |                   |__Sarah Du Bois3,7
      |                        |
      |                        |     __Mathieu Blanchan5,9
      |                        |    |
      |                        |__Catherine Blanchan5
      |                             |
      |                             |     __Pierre Joire9
      |                             |    |
      |                             |__Magdeleine Joire5,9
      |                                  |
      |                                  |__(__)9
      |
MARGARET FRENCH WILLIAMS1,3
the wife of JOHN MERCER PATTON
      |
      |__Lucy Coleman Slaughter2



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Biography of JOHN MERCER PATTON

 
PATTON, John Mercer, lawyer, born in Virginia in 1796; died in Richmond, Virginia, 29 October 1858. He received a classical education, and was graduated at the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1818. He subsequently studied law, was admitted to the bar, and began to practise at Fredericksburg, Virginia. He was elected to congress to fill a vacancy, and four times re-elected, serving continuously from 6 December, 1830, until 1838, when he resigned. He then removed to Richmond, and resumed practice, taking high rank at the bar. He was elected and served until his death as judge of the court of appeals.
 

 


Notes and Sources


   1.  Blumenson, Martin, The Patton Papers:  1885-1940.  Boston:  Houghton
       Mifflin Company, 1972.  23-25.
   2.  MacKenzie, George Norbury,  Colonial Families of the United States of
       America:  in which is given the history, genealogy and armorial bearings
       of colonial families who settled in the American colonies from the time
       of the settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of
       Lexington, 19th April, 1775, Volume IV.  New York:  privately published,
       1912.  568-570.
   3.  Van Wagenen, G.H., "Early Settlers of Ulster County, N.Y.," The New York
       Genealogical and Biographical Record, 16 (1885):  25-31.
   4.  Riker, David M., Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons
       in New Netherland from 1613 to 1674.  CD-ROM. Cambridge: The
       Learning Company, 1999.  1295.
   5.  Heidgard, William.  The American Descendants of Chrétien Du Bois of
       Wicres, France, Part 1.  New Paltz:  Huguenot Historical Society of
       New Paltz, 1968.  4-14.
   6.  Ibid., p. unnumbered page near the beginning of Part 1.
   7.  Ibid., p. 20-21.
   8.  Jones, Henry Z., Jr., Ralph Conner, and Klaus Wust, German Origins of
       Jost Hite, Virginia Pioneer, 1685-1761.  Edinburg: Shenandoah History,
       1979.  8, 12, 32, 33.
   9.  Riker, op. cit., p. 131.

   A special thanks goes out to Howard Swain for alerting me to the New
   Netherland ancestry of Margaret French Williams, and sharing his findings
   with me.

 

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