Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 03-27-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Joseph Free PATTON
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 29 Sep 1805 in Fayette Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 22 Feb 1890 in Hartstown, Crawford Co, Pennsylvania d
  • Burial: Hartstown Cemetery, Pennsylvania u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • David PATTON Birth: 1781 in Fayette Co, Pennsylvania Death: 28 Aug 1810 in Fayette Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Mary FREE Birth: 1782 Death: 23 Mar 1835 in Espyville, Crawford Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary PATTON Birth: 1834 in Crawford Co, Pennsylvania
  2. David PATTON Birth: 1836 in Crawford Co, Pennsylvania
  3. Thomas PATTON Birth: 1838 in Crawford Co, Pennsylvania
  4. Mercy A PATTON Birth: 1841 in Crawford Co, Pennsylvania
  5. Joseph Free PATTON Birth: 1843 in Crawford Co, Pennsylvania
  6. George PATTON Birth: 1849 in Crawford Co, Pennsylvania
  7. Maria PATTON Birth: 1851 in Crawford Co, Pennsylvania
  8. Phoebe Ella PATTON Birth: 1853 in Crawford Co, Pennsylvania

Bibliography
  1. Beers, J. H., History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co, 1885. LDS Film#1000550#1. Available at http://archive.org/details/historyofcrawfor00bate. Part 2 (biographies) available at http://archive.org/details/historyofcrawfor02evan. Also available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/245900. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Beers CrawfordCoPA p[0-9]*].
  2. Crawford County Historical Society, unpublished genealogies - surname PATTON. File at Crawford Co Hist Soc. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CCHS PATTON].
  3. Complete Directory of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, 1879-1880, by cities, townships, and boroughs, giving the name, residence, occupation, and post office address of every citizen. Meadville, PA: Oct 1879. Reprinted: Apollo PA: Closson Press, July 1998. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CrawfordCoPA Directory1879 p[0-9]*].
  4. Lignian, Marshall & Irene P, Rehoboth Presbyterian Church, RD#2 Belle Vernon, Westmoreland Co, Pennsylvania, vol.11. Monongahela, PA: author, 1990. Copy donated to Citizens Library, Washington, PA. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Lignian RehobothChurch p170].
  5. Patton, John S, Brief Record of the Patton Family. Charleroi, PA: 1925. In Lignian, Marshall & Irene P, Rehoboth Presbyterian Church, RD#2 Belle Vernon, Westmoreland Co, Pennsylvania, vol.11. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: PattonJS PATTON p[0-9]*].
  6. Ruland, Dixie Patton, To Crawford County, Pennsylvania. In Hook, Victoria, Fayette Families, Vol 3 issue 1, Jan 1994. FHL 974.884 D25f. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ruland PATTON p[0-9]*].
  7. DeBold, Sarah, Patton Family, private email 2/9/2022. Author address sjdebold at gmail dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sarah DeBold 2/9/2022].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Beers CrawfordCoPA p1140, CCHS PATTON, CrawfordCoPA Directory1879 p298, Ruland PATTON p4, Sarah DeBold 2/9/2022],
place:
[Ref: Beers CrawfordCoPA p1140, CrawfordCoPA Directory1879 p298, Ruland PATTON p4],
parents:
[Ref: Beers CrawfordCoPA p1140, CCHS PATTON, Ruland PATTON p4, Sarah DeBold 2/9/2022],
father:
[Ref: CrawfordCoPA Directory1879 p298, PattonJS PATTON p105],
paternal-grandfather:
[Ref: Lignian RehobothChurch p170]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
place:
Hartstown, Crawford Co, Pennsylvania [Ref: Sarah DeBold 2/9/2022],
mother:
Gwynne ___ [Ref: PattonJS PATTON p105]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CCHS PATTON, Ruland PATTON p4, Sarah DeBold 2/9/2022],
place:
[Ref: Sarah DeBold 2/9/2022]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: CCHS PATTON, Ruland PATTON p4]
Sources with Information about marriage to Phoebe ESPY
date:
[Ref: Beers CrawfordCoPA p1140, CCHS PATTON, CrawfordCoPA Directory1879 p298, Ruland PATTON p4, Sarah DeBold 2/9/2022],
place:
[Ref: Sarah DeBold 2/9/2022],
child:
[Ref: Beers CrawfordCoPA p1141, Ruland PATTON p4]
Research Notes:
1820: listed in Census of Washington Twp, Fayette Co with Joseph Patton, grandfather [Ref: Ruland PATTON p4]

lived with his mother and worked on his grandfather's farm until 1821 [Ref: CrawfordCoPA Directory1879 p298]

1821: moved to Red Lyon, Fayette Co, and served apprenticeship of 4 years as carpenter with George Whiting; then worked with him one year as journeyman [Ref: CrawfordCoPA Directory1879 p298]

May 1827: moved with brother and mother to Shenango, Crawford Co, PA; bought 70 acres of land of William Hamilton [Ref: CrawfordCoPA Directory1879 p298]

1840: bought a lot and built a house and shop, continued contracting and building [Ref: CrawfordCoPA Directory1879 p298]

1847: elected to be a County Commissioner [Ref: Beers CrawfordCoPA p1140, Ruland PATTON p4]

1849: elected to a one-year term in legislature [Ref: Beers CrawfordCoPA p1140, Ruland PATTON p4]

1850: occupation listed as lumber dealer [Ref: Ruland PATTON p4]

1856: built a steam saw mill, and went into business of lumber [Ref: CrawfordCoPA Directory1879 p298]

1867: suffered from a severe cut from a circular saw, which nearly severed his right arm [Ref: Beers CrawfordCoPA p1140]

1870: elected to serve as County Commissioner [Ref: Beers CrawfordCoPA p1140, Ruland PATTON p4]

1873: sold the saw mill to sons and retired [Ref: CrawfordCoPA Directory1879 p298]



Pedigree of Joseph Free PATTON
          /-----Joseph PATTON
 /-----David PATTON
|         \-----Sarah WEIR
Joseph Free PATTON
|         /-----Richard FREE
 \-----Mary FREE
          \-----Barbara MILLER



Descendants of Joseph Free PATTON
1. Joseph Free PATTON m. Phoebe ESPY
m. Phoebe ESPY father: Patterson ESPY mother: Nancy FREEMAN