[624] commanders appointed in the Colony. At a General Court 7 Sept. 1630, it was ‘Ordered, that Mr. Patrick and Mr. Underhill shall have allowed them for half a year's provision, 2 hogsheads of meal, 4 bushels of malt, 10 pounds of powder and lead to make shot, also houseroom provided for them, and £ 15 12s. in money to make their provisions; all this to be done at the public charge; their year to begin from the time they begin to keep house.’ And when officers were appointed 9 March 1636-7, for the several Train-bands, Mr. Daniel Patrick and Mr. John Underhill are named as Captains ‘for the Country's service.’ He served three months in the Pequot war, and performed other military service, until Nov. 1637, when ‘the Court did give way to Capt. Patrick's remove to Ipswich, discharging him from any further service, and gave him a quarter's pay for a gratuity.’ （Col. Rec.) But Bond says he was a Selectman in Watertown 1638. He subsequently rem. to Connecticut, and was killed in a quarrel by a Dutchman 1643. Winthrop says, ‘About this time, Capt. Daniel Patrick was killed at Stamford by a Dutchman, who shot him dead with a pistol. This Captain was entertained by us out of Holland (where he was a common soldier of the Prince's guard), to exercise our men. We made him a Captain, and maintained him. After, he was admitted a member of the Church of Watertown and a freeman. But he grew very proud and vicious,’ etc. Capt. Patrick had a wife, described by Winthrop as ‘a good Dutch woman and comely;’ but it is not known that he left any posterity.
Patten, William (otherwise written Pattin, and Patting), was here as early as 13 Mar. 1635-6, when he agreed to take charge of a part of the town herd of cattle. By w. Mary he had Mary, b. before his arrival here; William, d. 22 Mar. 1645-6; Thomas, b.--Oct. 1636; Nathaniel, d.--Jan. 1639; Sarah, d. young; Nathaniel, b. 29 July 1643. William the f. res. on the easterly side of North Avenue opposite the Common; and d. 10 Dec. 1668; his w. Mary d. 20 Sept. 1673.
2. Thomas, s. of William (1), settled in Billerica; he m. Rebecca who d. 19 May 1689, and Sarah Didson (or Ditson) of Reading 20 May 1686. His children were /Mary, b. 21 Aug. 1664; Thomas, b. 22 Mar. 1665-6; Nathaniel, b. 14 Sept. 1668, d. about 1718, leaving family; William, b. 12 May 1671, a Deacon at Billerica, d. here of small-pox 5 Oct. 1730, while attending the General Court as Representative; Rebecca, b. 29 Jan. 1674-5; Sarah, b. 18 June 1677; Elizabeth, b. 8 May 1680; Mehetabel, b. 28 Feb. 1686-7; Kendall, b. 20 Ap. 1689. Thomas the f. d. 16 Jan. 1689-90; his w. Sarah m. Thomas Richardson 29 Dec. 1690.
3. Nathaniel, s. of William (1), m. Rebecca Adams 24 Nov. 1669; she d. 18 Dec. 1677, and he m. Sarah Cooper 8 Oct. 1678; she d. and he m. Sarah Hancock 15 Oct. 1711. His chil. were Nathaniel and John, twins, b. 24 Sept. 1672; Anna, b. 20 Ap. 1674, m. Nathaniel Eames of Framingham, and was living in 1725; William, b. 12 July 1676; Mary, b. 24 July 1679, m. Walter Russell 17 May 1699, and d. before 1706; Samuel, b. 2 Jan. 1681-2; Elizabeth, m. John Russell 30 Mar. 1710, living at Killingly, Conn., 1725; Daniel, b. 18 Jan. 1689 (I suspect this last should be Hannah, instead of Daniel; Hannah d. 16 Sept. 1739, a. 50, naming sister Russell in her will). Nathaniel the f. d. 12 June 1725.
4. Nathaniel, s. of Nathaniel (3), m. Deborah——; she d. 7 Mar. 1715-26 (G. S. 9 Mar.), and he m. Sarah Frost 17 May 1720. His children were Nathaniel, b. 10 Dec. 1702; Abigail, b. 6 May 1705, m. Sebas Jackson 2 Dec. 1731; Jonathan, b.--Oct. 1706, prob. the same who was killed by the falling of a clay bank where he was digging 22 Dec. 1730; his bro. Nathaniel was appointed administrator 1 Feb. 1730-31; Deborah, b. 25 July 1708, d. 22 Oct. 1708; Deborah, b. 6 Sept. 1709; Phebe, b. 2 Dec. 1711; Priscilla, b. 6 June 1713; Sarah, b. prob. 1714, bap. 10 Ap. 1715; Daniel, b. 22 Feb. 1715-16. Nathaniel the f. d. about 1727; his w. Sarah administered 8 May 1727, and d. at Menot. 11 Aug. 1747, a. 78.
5. John, s. of Nathaniel (3), m. Margaret, dau. of Reuben Luxford, 13 Mar. 1699-1700, and had Margaret, b. 5 Mar. 1700-1, m. Charles Hunnewell of Chs. 8 Nov. 1733; Luxford, b. 31 Mar. 1704; John, b. 8 Nov. 1706, was a
