Strachan/Tate Family

[William Carman.FTW] Amos Patterson his birthday is stated as 18 February, 1747\8 according to the town records, while the family account says 24 Januaray, 1749. Possibly there were two of the name, first born at the date given by the town record and dying soon and the second born at the date given by the family account, and not mentioned in the town record, though it is more likely that the family account is an error, and the town record correct. When about sixteen years of age he was riding on horseback from Boston to Watertown when his horse fell with him, and crushed his left leg upon the frozen ground, breaking bones in seversl places. Hemanaged, howeve to remount his horse without assistance, and rode to his father's house. On his arival there icicles of blood hanging to his shoe. His leg was shortened one inch and a half by the accident. He moved with his father to Mount Ephraim(now Richmond) massachusetts, in 1766-1767. He married, Anne Williams from Colchester, Westchester Societ, Connecticut, He was out with the militia three times during the Revolution once in 1775, once in 1776 and again in 1777, at the time when his eldest son was born. He was at Whites Plains in October, 1776 when the armies were encamped in sight of each other, He, in company with Thomas Marean and anothe soldier, managed to pass the British sentries one night, went to the meadow in which the British horses werepastured, took each of them a fine horse, with which they returned in safety to their own camp. When the American army left White Plains he was one who was left to assist in loading and carrkying oddthe stores of the army, and he gave an amusing description of the distribution of a hogs head of molasses, which they could not remove for lack of teams. They broke in a head, and gave liberty for any to what they wished of it and said that everkything that would hold molasses was brought into the requisition from pails, cateens, bottles and tin cups down to hats,boots and shoes. He would have been in the regular army but for his crippled leg. He was one of the originators of the company which brought what is known as the "Boston Purchase," or "Boston Ten Township" in the counties of Broome and Tioga, New York. He in Company with Colonel Daivid pixley and Captain Joseph Raymmond went into that part of the country to view the land, about the enterprise. They at first intended to form a company of eleven propietors, but the number was afterwards incrased to sixty. Amos Patterson spent the most of his time, escept winters, in that country from 1785 or 1786, When he gegan to clear land for a farm and built the house of hewn logs, which stood till 1855 on the Farm, owned 1856 by Lawrence Allen, in Union, New York about three miles west of Binghamton. He continued to work on his farm till 1793 when he took his family from Rlichmond to share his life in the wilderness; they reached there 3 March, 1793 having been 13 days on the road. Mrs Lucy Day says, 26 Sept 1857 that "amos Patterson's family started for Boston Purchase 18 February, went the first day to McGowan"s Tavern about 19 miles from their starting place, where they laid by day on account of rain. On the20th they all went on, escept Mrs. Patterson who was so unwell that she went back to Richmond with her brother David William at whose house she staid till after her son Amos was born. Her husband went back after her in June, and they arrived at their neww home in Union early (about 3rd or 4th day) in July and within an hour of their arrival began to shower which caused a severe freshet in 1793. During that season be built on the Choconut creek the first saw mill ever built in the present town of Union, New, York. on the 5th day of May, 1797,He removed with his family to the farm about three miles below on the Susquichanna river. wher he resided for the remainder of his life. He first lived in a small plank house abokuth thirty rod from the river. but the 12th of Octobesr 1800 he moved into the large, house which he had bulit on the bank of the river. This hous was still standing in 1906 in a perfect state of preservation. He was a prominent man among the inhabitants of that region and on the formation of Broome County in 1806 he was appointed one of the judges for the county, which office he held till 1813, having been twice reappointed. He took great interest in the culture of fruit, and in 1803. made the first cider ever made in what was later Broome county. He planted his apple seed in the fall of 1792, and in 1803 made fory-five barrls of cider, which found a quick market at the press at eight dollars a barre;. His wife died at Union. 25 December, 1815 of Bilious colic. The following; obituary notice appeared in the Owego Gazette" of Jnauary 2, 1816, Died at Union co, December 25 Mrs. Amos Patterson consor of the Hon. Amos Patterson. Her funeral was attende and a semon preached on the occasion by the Rev. Hezekiah May on the Wednesday followin a numerous concourse from this and the neighboring towns Testified the loss which society has sustained by the death of this estimable, Lady as also the sympathy wit the afflicted relatives. She was charitable to the poor and assidouous and affectionate in the discharge of the duties of her station, and of her family and her memory will be ever dear to her surviving consort and children and to numesrous relatives and acquaintances. Anne (Williams) Patterson had three and probably five, ancestors in the Mayflower;" John Tilley Elizabeth Tilley his daughter; and John Howard who afterward married Elizabeth Tilley; Governor Carver and his wife who were according to family tradition, grandparents of Elizabth Tilley. In support of this family tradition is the record in the old Hartford Bible, Which gives John Howland's marriage to "John Tilley,s daughter Elizabeth, ganddaughter of Fov. Carver" Mrs Annie Arnoux Haxton in her "Signers of the Mayflower Compact". 1897 says that she is satisfied that Elizabeth Tilley was the grand-daughter of Governor Carver, and that John Tilley porbablly married Carver's daughter in England before going to Holland. The Leyden records says that in "Feb, 1615" he "married Bridget Van der VElde". As the marriage of Howland and Elizabeth Tilley was one of the earliest celebrated in thecolony, taking place according to the official account of the "Society of the Mayflower Decendants", in 1621 Bridget Van der Velde". could not have been the mother of Elizabeth, Mrs Haxton says thatElizabeth born in 1607 married 14 August 1623? and died 21 December 1687. For connection between Anne Williams Patterson and John Howland see "The Whitney family of Connecticut", vo.iip.1582 showing ancestry of David Williams Patterson. Amos Patterson died a Union 5 March 1817 of gravel. He and his wife were buried in the family burial gound on the south west corner of the farm. A family Monumentof Pittsfield marble was erected by the family in 1853. The intention was to place it directlyk over the graves of Amos Patterson and his wife, but through the carelessness of the workmen it was set somewhat to far south, so as to bring it more over her grave then hers. Wpon that monument are several errors in date, which will be given correctly in this genealogy in their proper connection. Sources of Information DAR Recods #285645-#201335 Mass Historical Society Broome Co. Historical Socitey Photocopy of the real sheet from Bible of Death, Biths and Marriage. The Carman, Patterson family Bible