![]() ![]() “It may have been that among the people living there was a General Joseph Paterson, whose name appears on the town records of Lenox as early as January, 1765, or it may have been his desire to be on the frontier. ![]() ![]() It is not clear why John Paterson moved his family (including his father in law) to Lenox in 1774 but here’s what his biographer and grandson has to say (page 7 The Life of John Paterson): He married Elizabeth Lee, also of Farmington, in 1766. He became a justice of the peace shortly after he started practicing law and supplemented his income by teaching school. He came home to settle his father’s estate, look after his mother and sisters and study law. ![]() Son John graduated at age 18 from Yale in 1762 – the same year his father died in Havana. His ancestors are said to have fled from Scotland to escape the tyranny of James II. John Paterson was born in 1744 in New Britain, CT (then called Farmington) of another John Paterson who died of yellow fever while fighting for England in the Carribean. General John Paterson from the Connecticut Sons of the American Revolution Website From the Monmouth Battle Monument at Freehold, NJ However several stand out - particularly Major General John Paterson. So there was no shortage of heroes from Lenox. More than 225 men from Lenox participated in the Revolutionary War and those they left at home sacrificed as well. ![]()
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