Andrew Paterson

1659 - 1746  (87 years)

• Name	Andrew Paterson  [1, 2]
  Birth	1659	Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Military service	1679	Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Thought likely to have fought at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Legal	20 May 1685	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [5]
  	Refused the oath of allegiance and sent to Burntisland to join the Covenanter prisoners.
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [6]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Religion	Aug 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter. One of the signatories of the testimony aboard the Henry and Francis protesting their banishment
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  Residence	1686	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [4, 8]
  Arrival	18 Feb 1685/86	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
  	Having walked with Robert McEwen and 10 others on 18 Feb 1686
  Name	Andrew Patersone  [6]
  Name	Andrew Patterson  [3]
  Property	20 Nov 1691	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [4]
  	Purchased 16 acres of land on the west side of Stonibrook Hill
  Property	Nov 1738	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [4]
  	As town proprietors, Andrew and sons William and John were granted portions of undivided land
  Origin	Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Burial	1746	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [4]
  	Old Congregational Burying Place
  Death	2 Dec 1746	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I44683	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Peat,   b. 19 Feb 1668/69, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 1765, Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	19 Feb 1689/90	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [4, 9]
  Children	1. Sarah Paterson,   b. 17 Mar 1693/94, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Charles Paterson,   b. 4 Apr 1696, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Bef May 1728 (Age < 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. William Paterson,   b. 27 Jul 1698, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 31 Dec 1758 (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Elizabeth Paterson,   b. 28 Jan 1699/00, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Hannah Paterson,   b. 18 Apr 1703, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 13 Mar 1760 (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Mary Paterson,   b. 27 Mar 1706, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. John Paterson,   b. 24 Jun 1711, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 20 Jan 1806, Piermont, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31576	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1659 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Military service - Thought likely to have fought at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge - 1679 - Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland Legal - Refused the oath of allegiance and sent to Burntisland to join the Covenanter prisoners. - 20 May 1685 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August - 24 May 1685 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter. One of the signatories of the testimony aboard the Henry and Francis protesting their banishment - Aug 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - 1686 - Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Arrival - Having walked with Robert McEwen and 10 others on 18 Feb 1686 - 18 Feb 1685/86 - Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage - 19 Feb 1689/90 - Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Property - Purchased 16 acres of land on the west side of Stonibrook Hill - 20 Nov 1691 - Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Property - As town proprietors, Andrew and sons William and John were granted portions of undivided land - Nov 1738 - Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Origin - - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Burial - 1746 - Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Death - 2 Dec 1746 - Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3560] Anon., "Banishment from Scotland, 1685", p125. [S3639] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6913327/andrew-patterson. [S3710] Patterson, Elisha G., Andrew Patterson, of Stratford, Conn, p6. [S3710] Patterson, Elisha G., Andrew Patterson, of Stratford, Conn, p15. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, pp289-294. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p10. [S3601] Glasgow, W. Melancthon, History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, pp 230-231. https://archive.org/details/historyofreforme00glas [S3762] Orcutt, Samuel, A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, p1261. [S3712] White, Lorraine Cook, ed., Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, The, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Co.; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date: 1994-2002;), Stratford Vital Records 1639-1840, p196.