The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-07-03
HISTORY OF ONE BRANCH OF
PATTEN FAMILY

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there they came to this country in
of land which they called Nutfield
and which was afterwards ineorpor-
ated as Londonderry. the LIST of June,
! 1772 They were called Scotch-Irish.
The first record which we have OBJ
tanned is of Samuel Moore. who mar
ried Deborah Butterfied and settled in
i Litchfeld, (then called Naticott,) n.
r. His wife died there. He then
married the widow Coburn of Hudson,
/ ~ H. (then called Mott nghaml and
/ went to live with her and died there.
4 The children of Samuel Moore and
/ Deborah Butterfeld were: Olive. who
i who married Pelatiah Russell of Itch
i field. and they had one child Then he
enlisted in the army in the old French
] war. was taken prisoner. carried to
i Halifax and died there She then
married Tim. Barns, and lived in Coos
j County.
John. who was born October, 1881,
married Peggy Golf. a daughter of
John Golf and settled in Manchester,
then called DerryfieId They had 8
children. She died Sept 1775. He
was a captain at the battle of Bunker
! Hill and was promoted to Maj, taking
/ the place of Major McClary who was
i killed
After serving for 2 years he left
f the army on account of poor health
and in 1873 he removed to Nor
ridgewock and married the widow
Weston of Bloomfield. The first mill
at Arson was built by him. the state
giving him large tract of land as
a reward which, with land he bought
made him the owner of 400 to 800 acres.
embracing the whole site of Arson
| village and extending around in all
directions When the militia in this
j vicinity was organized he was chosen
/ Col and was highly esteemed as an
officer and a gentleman. He died at
i Norridge January, 1909. Pris-
/ ella Moore married Rebecca COTE,
another daughter of Col. COTE and
settled in Manchester and died there.
! Joseph Moore married Sally Walker.
a granddaughter of Col COTE. and
settled in Ltchfield, Abraham Moore
born 1749 married Esther Walker, a
sister of Joseph's wife. He (Abrahaml
moved to Maine, 1897, first to Madison
and then TO Old Point in Norridge-
wock and afterward to St Adams
where he died in 1921 His wife, born
1884. died January 26, 1841.
Deborah was the oldest child OF
John Moore and Peggy COTE. She
married Samuel Patten and took care
of her youngest sister then an infant.
*FOOTNOTES
The family of Macdonald or Nc
Donald is descended from one of the
Oldest clans in Scotland, the chiefs OF
i the clan being descended from Som
cried, Thane of Argyll, sometimes
called king of the Isles" For two
centuries the MacDonalds were Lords
of the Isles living in semi-regal state
at Islay, Scotland, THE Queen of the
Hebrides''.
Somerled the Thane was the pos
SCISSOR of Argyll as well as the south
ern half of the Hebrides. Clan Mac
donald was so named in honor oil
Donald, the son of Ranald, one OF
Somerled's two sons. Donald's son
Angus obtained that post of honor in
perpetuity. and his son John became
the first titular Lord of the Isles
John Macdonald in 1850 married Mar
garet a daughter of Robert III oil
Scotland, first Of the house OF
Stuart. His son Donald married this
heiress of the Earldom of Ross; Don
AIDS son Alexander rebelling against
King James l was defeated at Locha-
Der; Alexander's son John was the
last Earl of Ross and Lord of the
Isles, and upon his death in 140S the
! Clan of Macdonald was broken up.
The promontory of Ardnamurchan
was granted to Angus Macdonald in
1884 Covering detached rock on
it's south side is Mingarry Castle. dat