Genealogy of two early Patton families of York, Chester, and Lancaster Counties, South Carolina/ by William Boyce White, Jr.

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Matthew Patton, born ca. 1700-05, probably in Ulster (northern Ireland), emigrated to Pennsylvania. He received several Royal land grants from the Province of North Carolina for property then situated in Anson County, North Carolina. He married Elizabeth (surname unknown). Matthew died in 1754 and Elizabeth died after 1754. Their children were James (1723-1767) who married Prudence Farrell; Mary (1727-1808) who married William Hagins; Elizabeth (b. 1727) who married Robert McClanahan; Robert (1737-1807) who married Sarah (Strain?); Matthew (ca.1739-1779) who married Rebecca Barnet; Thomas (ca.1741-1780); Samuel (ca.1747-1805) who married Mary (?); and Lilley (Lillis) (ca.1745-1830) who married James Smith.

John Patton, progenitor of the York County Pattons, was born either in Scotland or in Northern Ireland about 1705-1710. After living for a time in Pennsylvania, he settled in Augusta County, Virginia, before 1750. He signed his last will and testament on January 2, 1756; the will was probated on March 16, 1757 a few weeks following his death. In this document he mentions his wife (perhaps his second wife and perhaps not the mother of all his childfen), several older children who had been "portioned off" earlier, and 5 younger children who were: William, James, Margaret, Isabell, and Agness, all 5 of whom we were under the age of 21 years. His executors were the widow, Agness; Mathew Lyle; and Alexander Miller. Among the children already portioned off was his son, John, Jr., perhaps the oldest child of the family.

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