Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-09

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., ue rohnsyrvana regiment news Oh thh
| V"'oIy WAS otouRut 10 LANCASTER py batha
bas Hughes, OF the "Black Bear" John
| Gibson (Col Mai. Joseph Shippen, Capt
patterson and others sent letters To friends
giving an account of the battle of I,oyai Han
| non, which was fought lust four weeks after
the defeat OF rant and Lewis The Penn.
| sylvanians lost twelve Killed and f,fty.five
wounded. The camp was well selected and
there was but one side OF IL where the en- en- v
| could attack Il with success Col. Washing.
ton commanded the Virginia troops. Ship
| pen. Stone, AtIee and Hambrjght of Ian.
caster, were In this battle.
| Col Joseph Shippen was the son of Ed
| ward ShtppeD, esq Tor many years register,
i prothonotary, recorder, and clerk OF the
courts in Lancaster.
Col. Joseph Shippen succeeded Mr.. Peters
| as provincial secretary of the proyince and
| remained until the commencement OF the
| Revolution, when he retired 70 his country
| seat at Kennett Square. He was appointed
| judge of the courts in Lancaster county at the
| close OF the Revolution.
Capt. Henry shippen, OF Lancaster, mar.
| ried Miss Elizabeth Evans, daughter of Evan
| Rice Evans, esq, prominent lawyer ofSun-
| pu,y.
4, Ianc.sia, i ,sII caunnsndaap "a connnan" aaw
| of Volupteera. and marched to The defense Of
| Baltimore. He was appointed Judge in one
! Of the Western districts by GOV. Shultz, and
| settled at Meadville, Pa where he died some
years ago.
Capt Scott aud Capt Samuel j. Alice we're
nom Lancaster county. He married Sarah
Richardson, OF Salisbury township, In this
county, In b62 lie was taken prisoner at
Long Island, aud was exchanged October ],
l77S He was elected to Congress in Novem-
Der, l77s, and served two terms In 1888 he
was a member OF the supreme executive
council, and Tor 1852, lTs5, l7s6, WAS men,
ber Of the general assembly. lie filled other
important public trusts. lie died suddenly
In Philadeiphia, November ~ 1856
Ills county seat was in SALISBURY township
"A little east OF the W hite Horse and WAS
owned Tor many years by liking " Tommy
Henderson. His brother William was Judge
oil the supreme court OF the state, ana had
his country seat where the residence OF r. X.
Smith is ia the southern part OF Columbia
borough.
Capt Patterson marched with the army TO
the Ohio, and during the year lI49 was en-
gagged in obtaining supplies from Fort Cum
beIlsnd and other places. In 100 he returned
10 his home in Juniatta valley, but was called
to arms in lIGi, during Pontisc's war. He
again held his fort against the savages, when
many others around him had fallen.
MORE OF THE PATTERsoSs.
Cantain p,tterson dad In Jupia,a vaIlev
and ,,as h,riod mo, ,b. ,.,n, rnw owooS
80, a., ,rt ' -,
Wy 'oion'o W. ihoihPson, LIS WHO mary
nee stewart died al Midulntown, Danphin
county, when nonaVisitt TO her daughter-ln-iaw
in April, lIs5. Their children were !, Capt
William Patterson 2, Mary; 3, Elizabeth
4, Susan; :, James; g, George.
l, Captain William Patterson married first
Miss Galbraith, and had one child, Gal
braith Patterson, esq, who practiced law at
Lancaster, and was the father OF udge Hayes
wife,
His second wife was Esther Findley,
granddaughter Of old John Harris, by whom
he had the following children !, Isabella
who married Mr.. Hunter, OF White Deer
valley 2, William, who died in same valley
In 1856 ; 3, John, 4, James, the two latter
settled In Warren county, Ohio,
Mary (James James) first married Thomas
Chambers, who was killed by the Indians on
"Big Island" in West Branch. They had
issue one son and one daughter. The son
was an officer In the army and the daughter
ran away with on officer at Potters tort
(Penn's Valley ana married him.
Mary James James) married the second
tne 10 Gen. James Potter, OF Revolutionary
iaine, ana had the ioiiowlng issue (uen.)
James. wbo married MISS Brown, daughter
OF JnnSe Brown, OF "browh mliis tnow
Mllllln county, Martha, married Andrew
ulesg, we anoes'9r oi no'. ,urtn' d, Mary,
married Mr. hIuule ana III ie3 ai,er ms
death she married neofge McClenan, oi
Lew EewisIowh' =, another uaugnter marIiea i