Revolutionary War Continental Army Major General, US Congressman. Born in New Britain, Connecticut, he graduated Yale College in 1762. In 1774 he moved to Lenox, Massachusetts and there in 1775, after the outbreak of the Revoluntionary War, he raised a regiment and, as its Colonel, crossed the Delaware River with General George Washington on December 25, 1776. Promoted to Brigadier General on February 21, 1777, he would be adavanced to Major General six years later. In 1790 he removed to Lisle, New York and was elected to represent New York in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1803 to 1805. He died in Lisle on 1808, and his remains were interred alongside his wife in the Lenox Churchyard.
Revolutionary War Continental Army Major General, US Congressman. Born in New Britain, Connecticut, he graduated Yale College in 1762. In 1774 he moved to Lenox, Massachusetts and there in 1775, after the outbreak of the Revoluntionary War, he raised a regiment and, as its Colonel, crossed the Delaware River with General George Washington on December 25, 1776. Promoted to Brigadier General on February 21, 1777, he would be adavanced to Major General six years later. In 1790 he removed to Lisle, New York and was elected to represent New York in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1803 to 1805. He died in Lisle on 1808, and his remains were interred alongside his wife in the Lenox Churchyard.
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Aged 64 years." He represented this town in the Berkshire Convention, and in the first and second Provincial Congressess, and served his country through the whole of the war of the revolution, and during Shay's Rebellion."
Gravesite Details
SAR Marker. The headstone has now fallen to the ground but hasn't been touched.
Family Members
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Major John Paterson
1707–1762
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Ruth Bird Paterson
1702–1759
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![Elizabeth Paterson]()
Elizabeth Lee Paterson
1749–1841 (m. 1766)
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![Josiah Paterson]()
Josiah Lee Paterson
1766–1846
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![Hannah Egleston]()
Hannah Paterson Egleston
1769–1803
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Polly Paterson
1773–1790
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![Ruth Seymour]()
Ruth Patterson Seymour
1774–1844
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![John Paterson]()
John Pierce Paterson
1787–1842
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![Maria Kilborn]()
Maria Paterson Kilborn
1790–1865
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