The origin of the name PATTERSON is Scottish and the Coat of Arms contains Silver with three gold pelicans in green nests. The Crest is A pelican feeding her young. The family motto is Pro Rege et grege.
Spelling variations include: Patterson, Paterson, Pattersen, Patteson, Pattison and many more.
First found in Rossshire where they were seated from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Andrew and David Paterson who were banished to Georgia in 1685; James Paterson who settled in New Hampshire in 1718; David Patterson who settled in Boston in 1651.
