PATTON Tristram, William, and Robert

Hi Linda,

Thank you very much for your message. You have obviously put a great deal of work into your family history-I hope that someone with information contacts you here and help you t further your research. In the meantime, here are some websites that may be useful to you:

The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/

The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm

Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/index.htm

Irish Genealogy Tool kit: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/

Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/index.html

Donegal Resources: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/

Tyrone: www.cotyroneireland.com

Best wishes,

Genealogy Support

Thank you for posting all the information on Tristram Patton, he is my ancestor too, we come from the William Madison Patton line.  I have a couple of leads to share with you.  First there is a will index in Ireland of Pre-1858 wills, unfortunately the actual wills were destroyed but there is at least a listing of what wills were filed.  William Patton of Culmore (Londonderry, Newtown Limavady area) is listed as having a will dated 1842.  I am pretty certain that this William is the brother of Tristram.  The death time and place fit.  

Second, I ordered some documents from PRONI last year that are letters written from the William Patton above to his cousin Robert Tennent of Belfast.  Robert Tennent's mother was a Patton.  

I have never been able to find mention of Tristram Patton anywhere...not in the letters I have or in any records.  Today I found a record held by PRONI of a John Patton and Robert Patton, both from Culmore in 1773 settling some debts in Ireland.  I am wondering if John Patton might be Tristram Patton and he changed his name sometime after coming to America, or maybe it was his middle name.  I am going to request those records from PRONI.  

Last with regards to Tristram's mother being Ann Eliza Simpson, do you have a source for that information?  Tristram had so many kids and appears to have followed the Irish or Scottish naming structure-- i.e. First son is named after the father's father, second son is named after the mother's father, first daughter after the mother's mother and second daughter after the father's mother.  This pattern holds on Tristrams wife's side his first daughter and second son are named after his in-laws.  So I think Tristram's father and mother are William Patton and Elizabeth Simpson (Ann Eliza).

Please let me know if you have further information!  What an elusive ancestor!! 

Hello, Penny, and thanks very much for your posting. If you contact me privately (linda_reverchon(at)telus.net), I can send you a copy of the article that was printed in the journal of the Irish Genealogical Society International which summarizes the several years worth of research a cousin and I did. The article will answer some of your questions.
Linda