In Connacht, it has been substituted for Ó Casáin (casán is Irish for "path", but no connection with the surname). In 1940, Farmer and Maid were the top reported jobs for men and women in the US named Patterson. Came to America with his father in 1848, and located in Sauk County, Wis. Patrick is primarily common in Ireland and Scotland but spurred many surnames in northern England as well, like Patten, Patrickson, and Pattinson. Pronounced Pron. Surname Name Meaning, Origin, and Etymology The last name Patterson or Paterson has several origin theories or meaning. Classic editor History Talk (0) View article for this surname: This category collects subcategories and other pages related to the above surname. Within census records, you can often find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, and occupations. Region of origin. The surname Patterson emerged as a Scottish Clan or family in their territory of Rossshire where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated with manor and estates in that shire. PAT-ər-sən (English) In November of 1776, he married Anne Gray, daughter of John (12th Lord Gray of Kinfauns) and the following year he purchased the ancient castle of Lyon, in Carse of Gowrie, and restored its old name, Huntly, a name granted by his wife’s ancestor, Andrew, the 2nd Lord Gray, who built the castle in 1452. In Ireland, this last name was first established in Connacht, where it was one of the eight Sodhans (septs located in Hy Many or Ui Maine). 2) Virtute viresco (I flourish by virtue) In turn, the masculine given name Patrick derives from the Latin word patricius, meaning a patrician (the Roman hereditary aristocracy) or nobleman, a name popularized throughout Britain (particularly Ireland) by St. Patrick (around 385-461 AD), whose birth name was actually Sucat, who was a Christian Briton and citizen of the late Roman Empire who became a missionary to (and patron saint of) Ireland. You can find birthdates, death dates, addresses and more. Other US Census data for PATTERSON. Early settlers in colonial America bearing this name include Abraham Patterson (New Jersey 1738), and Elizabeth (Virginia 1740). In 1840 there were 534 Patterson families living in Pennsylvania. Spelling Variations The following tables include all surnames with over 0.001% frequency in the US population during the 1990 census. Craig Pattison (born 1971), Canadian musician. Forebears of David Robert Paterson, born 19 Nov 1841. The book Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers, mentions six bearers of this surname: The most Patterson families were found in the USA in 1880. Surname Popularity Related Names Related Comments Namesakes. The name is also present throughout the remainder English speaking world: Canada (172nd), New Zealand (157th), Australia (204th), and South Africa (1,310th). SDB Popularity ranking: 1187. 1935. has for motto: I die for those I love. 2) David Patterson, a Scottish prisoner from the “Worcester fight” who came aboard the John and Sarah from London in 1651 and arrived in Boston, Massachusetts. 3) (Reference Mullins genealogical map of the Families of Ireland) Gules, three swans, argent, on a chief embattled, of the second, three mullets, of the field. The personal name was used seldom before the 1600s, as it was considered too sacred, but became extremely common thereafter. Andrew Pattison (born 1949), retired South African tennis player. The Patterson family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. Explore Patterson genealogy and family history in the World's Largest Family Tree. His son Willliam was born in Alloa, Clakcmannanshire in 1565. To view and/or add historical and background information regarding this surname and possible variants, please click the above link. Some less common occupations for Americans named Patterson were Truck Driver and Housekeeper, View Census data for Patterson | Data not to scale. Popularity & Geographic Distribution Charles Bolton’s American Armory (1927) contains one entry for this surname: Argent three pelicans in their piety [or, nests vert] Crest: a pelican of the field. A second theory is that an Irish last name in Ulster (of English/Scottish origins) and Galway, which is an Anglicized version of the Gaelic surname Ó Caisín, meaning “descendant of the little curly-headed one”, deriving from the Gaelic word casán, typically Anglicized to Cussane (meaning “path”) or Kissane, the later becoming obsolete. Below the shield, Je meurs pour ceux que j’aime. He married Catherine Jemima Jane, daughter of Joseph Robertson and had issue with her as follows: George Frederick, Charles James George, Philip John William, Georgiana Margaret (married Captain A.P. Crozier’s General Armory (1904) and Matthew’s American Armoury (1907) and do not contain entries for this surname. First, this is a Scottish or northern English baptismal or patronymic surname meaning “the son of Pate” or “the son of Pate”, with Pate being a reduced form or nickname for the personal (first) name Patrick. George Frederick Paterson was an Esquire of Castle Huntly in county Perth, Scotland, who was born in January of 1857. Pattison is a surname that comes from North East England and Scotland, and may refer to. In New Zealand, Mary Paterson, who came in 1842 at the age of 18 (a housemaid by occupation) aboard the Birman, which arrived in 1842.