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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Patterson, James
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Description area
Dates of existence
1761-1857
History
James Patterson was born ca. 1761, the second son of Squire John Patterson, one of founders of Pictou, Nova Scotia, who arrived aboard the vessel Hope, which transported six families from Philadelphia to Nova Scotia in 1767. In 1790 Patterson married Miss Lowden, the daughter of Captain William Lowden, who was a prominent merchant trader in Pictou. He died on 14 May 1857.