Robert Patton,Jr.,merchant,Alexandria,VA
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Robert Patton, Jr., merchant and shipbuilder of Alexandria, Fairfax Co., VA, b. abt. 1770-1775, married Ann Clifton Reeder in 1805, Alexandria, Fairfax Co., VA, daughter of Benjamin Reeder and Eleanor Slaughter.Robert's kinsman James Patton resided at Clifton, where Robert and Ann were married.
James was a merchant also, was probably from Ireland and was declared a US citizen in 1791.
Robert and Ann resided at Spring Bank, a 25-room mansion near Mt. Vernon, home of George Washington, and Robert was a member of the George Washington Masonic Lodge #22 of Alexandria, VA and attended Washington's funeral in 1799.A James B. Patton and a William Patton were members of this lodge during this same time period.
In Robert Patton, Jr.'s will, his mother Helen Douglas Patton, of the George Douglas clan of Roaring Head, Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland is mentioned and so is James Patton's wife.
Children for Robert and Ann Reeder Patton:
George R.Patton married Rachel ?
Eleanor Patton married George Mason VI of Gunston Hall
Mary Seymour Patton
Benjamin R. Patton
Robert Patton
Sophia Wilson Patton married George Long