Tombstone Tuesday ~ Capt. Samuel and Mary Patten, Derry, New Hampshire

This tombstone was photographed at the Forest Hill Cemetery in East Derry, New Hampshire.

SACRED

TO THE MEMORY OF

CAPT. SAMUEL PATTEN

Who died

May 17, 1843

AGED 76

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ALSO

MARY

HIS WIFE

Who died

May 19, 1852

AEt 79

Brown and Eastman

Captain Samuel Patten, son of John Patten, the immigrant, and Jane Cochran, was born in Londonderry, New Hampshire in 1767 and died 17 May 1843 in Derry (formerly Londonderry), New Hampshire. (The father, John Patten, came from Northern Ireland around 1749/50)  Samuel Patten probably never moved his residence, the town of Londonderry split into two towns (Londonderry to the west, Derry to the east) during his lifetime.  He married Mary Bell and had six children.  Samuel and Mary’s gravestone was carved by Brown and Eastman, local stone carvers.

Children:

1. Moses, born 1796, married Emma Colvard

2. James, born 1797, married Mary Letitia Cochran

3. John, born 1798, married Lucy Nesmith

4. Eliza, born 1802, married John Crombie

5. Rebecca, born 1801, married Ninian Clark Crombie

6. Samuel, born 1809, married Julia A. Newton

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ Capt. Samuel and Mary Patten, Derry, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted February 13, 2018, (  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/02/tombstone-tuesday-capt-samuel-and-mary.html: accessed [access date]).