The Patterson Family of Franklin, Pennsylvania

This family is of Scotch origin, and the branch here considered has been seated in Pennsylvania for several generations.

(I) Robert Patterson

Robert Patterson, a native of Scotland, married Mary Ball. They were the parents of three children:

1. Abraham Patterson, who married a Miss Gourley, emigrated to the United States and located in or near Bellefontaine, Lyon county, Ohio.
2. David Patterson, of whom further.
3. An unnamed Patterson daughter, who married Thomas Hays, and remained in Scotland.

(II) David Patterson

David, second child of Robert and Mary (Ball) Patterson, was born in Scotland. He was a weaver by trade, and went to Ireland, and made his home in the parish of Kalinsha, county Down. Before he removed there he married, about 1800, Mary, daughter of William and Elizabeth Leslie; children:

1. Robert Patterson, born May 31, 1803
2. William Patterson, of whom further
3. Isaac Patterson
4. Abraham Patterson
5. Jane Patterson
6. David Patterson.

(III) William Patterson

William, second child of David and Mary (Leslie) Patterson, was probably born near Belfast, Ireland, about 1804 or 1805, as near as can be ascertained. He married Isabel, daughter of Joshua and Mary (Montgomery) Coleman. In 1822 a passage to the United States was bought for the entire family, but before their arrangements for the voyage had been completed all excepting the father (David Patterson) were taken ill with typhoid fever. To the parents this affliction brought the conviction that their leaving their home was contrary to the wish of Providence, and they abandoned their purpose. However, William and his elder brother Robert were not to be dissuaded, and they proposed that if the father would provide for their passage they would go, and if they were pleased with the new country would send for the remainder of the family. William Patterson settled in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, and became a successful farmer and merchant. He was a Presbyterian of the genuine Scottish type, and was zealous in promoting the advancement of the church at his new home. He assisted in building the first church of his denomination in Mercer county, and contributed liberally to its support throughout his life. In 1873 he removed to Allegheny City, where he died in 1889. To him and his wife were born eleven children.

(IV) Isaac Newton Patterson

Isaac Newton, son of William and Isabel (Coleman) Patterson, was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, December 12, 1833. He received his education in the public schools of his native county, and at an academy in Butler county. He began his business career as a clerk in his father’s store, where his ability and energy soon placed him at the head of the business, which he continued to carry on for twenty years. He was also engaged in other business enterprises on his own account, and at the beginning of the oil excitement went into partnership with his brother in the production of oil, this partnership continuing for twelve years. In 1872 Mr. Patterson removed to Venango county, and located at Franklin. He became one of the leading oil producers of the county. He was president of the Franklin Savings Bank for a number of years. This bank eventually failed, but not until long after Mr. Patterson had sold out his stock and resigned from the presidency. He has always been a public-spirited man, and interested in all matters affecting the general welfare of the county. In politics he is a Republican, in early life having been an active worker for the party in local issues. He married, July 2, 1873, Ella Donzella, daughter of Hiram Thomas Frame (see Frame III). Children:

1. Helen Patterson, married Dr. T. A. Irwin, of Franklin.
2. Edith Melissa Patterson, married Dr. Carl D. Foster, of Johnstown, and they have one child. They reside in Denver, Colorado. Child:
   1. Carl D. Foster Jr.
3. Charles Leedon Patterson.

(The Frame Line)

(I) Thomas Frame

Thomas Frame, born in Dublin, Ireland, married Lady Mary McNoll, also of Dublin. They emigrated to this country, locating first at Philadelphia and later at Chester, Pennsylvania. Children:

1. James Frame, of whom further
2. John Frame
3. Allie Frame, married a Mr. Hoover
4. Abner Frame
5. Margaret Frame.

(II) James Frame

James, son of Thomas and Lady Mary (McNoll) Frame, was born in Chester, Chester (now Delaware) county, Pennsylvania, January 24, 1791. He served in the war of 1812, was with Perry in the famous battle of Lake Erie, and served on the brig “Niagara” and the schooner “Porcupine.” He was one of the command detailed to shoot Bird for deserting his sweetheart. Bird, who was an intimate friend of his, was buried on the shore of Lake Erie. Frame returned to the spot many years later and finding the waves of the lake had encroached on the grave, he exhumed the body and removed it either to Erie or Northeast, where it was reburied. James Frame settled in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, where he purchased land and became an influential farmer. He was an ardent disciple of John Wesley, and one of the most active workers of the Methodist church in Jamestown, Pennsylvania, where he died about 1868. He married, February 28, 1816, Elizabeth Van Sickle, born December 28, 1793, daughter of Richard and Nancy (Caswell) Van Sickle. Richard Van Sickle was born in Maryland, and Nancy Caswell in Virginia. The Van Sickle family is of Holland origin, and its members who came to this country in the seventeenth century are widely dispersed throughout New York and other states. Various branches of the family use the form Sickles or Syckles, and it has been impossible to trace the present line.

(III) Hiram Thomas Frame

Hiram Thomas, son of James and Elizabeth (Van Sickle) Frame, was born about 1824, died in Westboro, Kentucky, in March, 1864. He was engaged for many years in the manufacture of wagons and the smithing business. At the time of the gold fever in 1849 he amassed considerable wealth in building wagons for and fitting out those bound for the gold fields in California. He himself made several voyages around the Horn to California, where he had mining interests. Later he moved to New Orleans, and at the outbreak of the civil war, his sympathies being entirely with the North, he was obliged, owing to threats against his life, to leave that city with his family and seek refuge further north. He located in Westboro, Kentucky, where he died before the end of the war. He was a Master Mason, member of Volcano Lodge of Sacramento, and of the Grand Lodge of California, joining the latter December 11, 1856. He married and had children:

1. Edith Frame, married Dr. Newman and had one daughter:
   1. Donna Bunnell, wife of H. C. Drake, of Plainfield, New Jersey.
2. Ella Donzella Frame, married, July 2, 1873, Isaac Newton Patterson (see Patterson IV).

See: Genealogy of the Allegheny Valley Pennsylvania

Source

Jordan, J. W. 1840-1921. (1913). Genealogical and personal history of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co.

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