EXHIBIT
        31 (1)
 
 **Certification**
 **By
        Chief Executive Officer**
 **Pursuant
        to Rule 13a-14**
 
 I,
        Angelo
        De Caro, certify that:
 
 1.  I
        have
        reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Patriot National
        Bancorp, Inc;
 
 2.  Based
        on
        my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material
        fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made,
        in
        light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
        with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
 3.  Based
        on
        my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
        in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
        results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of,
        and
        for, the periods presented in this report;
 
 4.  The
        small
        business issuer’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for
        establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
        in
        Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer
        and
        have:
 
 (a)  Designed
        such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls
        and
        procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
        information relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated
        subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
        during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
 (b)  [Omitted
        as permitted by Exchange Act Release No. 47986];
 
 (c)  Evaluated
        the effectiveness of the small business issuer’s disclosure controls and
        procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
        of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
        by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
 (d)  Disclosed
        in this report any change in the small business issuer’s most recent fiscal
        quarter (the small business issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
        annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
        materially affect, the small business issuer’s internal control over financial
        reporting; and
 
 5.
        The
        small business issuer’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
        our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
        to the
        small business
  
  issuer’s
        auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer’s board of
        directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
 (a)  All
        significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
        of
        internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
        adversely affect the small business issuer’s ability to record, process,
        summarize and report financial information; and
 
 (b)
        Any
        fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
        who
        have a significant role in the small business issuer’s internal control over
        financial reporting.
 
 
 /s/
        Angelo De Caro
 Angelo
        De
        Caro,
 Chairman
        and Chief Executive Officer
 (Principal
        executive officer)
 
 
 November
        11, 2005