Isaac Patterson

 

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Isaac Patterson
   
Born: 08 Oct 1750    
     
Died: 25 Oct 1811 Piermont, Grafton, NH

 

   
Buried: River Road Cemetery, Piermont, Grafton, NH   Source: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots

FATHER

John Patterson

MOTHER

Mary Curtiss

WIFE

Elizabeth Wadsworth
d. 21 Dec 1815 Piermont, Grafton, NH

CHILDREN

1. Isaac Patterson b. 28 Feb 1792

2. Samuel Patterson b. 20 Jan 1783

3. Elizabeth Patterson b. 12 Jun 1789

4. Mary Patterson b. 19 Feb 1794

5. John Patterson b. 06 Aug 1797

6. Cynthia R. Patterson b. 30 Aug 1801

7. Joseph Wadsworth Patterson b. 25 Jun 1804

Source: Andrew Patterson of Stratford, Conn. by Elisha G. Patterson, 1892

"Isaac b. Oct. 8, 1750; m. 1781 or 2, Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Samuel Wadsworth, of Killingly, Conn. He was with his father at Westminster and with his settled at Piermont.  He held a commission as Captain in the Colonial troops and at the Revolution received the same rank and took an active part in the war.  he was for several years a Representative to the General Court, from Piermont, and was a member of the New Hampshire Convention adopting the Constitution of the United States.  He owned and cultivated a large farm at Piermont.  His wife died at Piermont, Dec. 21, 1815, age 55; he died at Piermont, Oct. 25, 1811."

In May 1782 Col. Isaac Patterson (brother to Benjamin Patterson) was accused of doubtful loyalty to the American cause.    Source of information "History of Newbury, Vermont" by Frederic P. Wells, 1902   After the surrender of Cornwallis, northern Vermont was still in a state of turmoil.  The newly formed United States did not have the resources to protect them from a British invasion from Canada and there were some in Vermont that felt they would be better off as a province of Canada.  Without much military power, they decided to use subterfuge and some loyal patriots went to Quebec as spies to learn what the British were up to.  Of course there were also British Loyalists up in Quebec too.  It is unclear what his brother Benjamin Patterson was doing in Quebec.  Isaac was accused of "doubtful loyalty" possibly because of the letters he received from his brother.  However, he must have been exoneration since he later served in the New Hampshire Convention.