Margaret's maiden name is sometimes recorded as Pugh, though there is no documentation that substantiates this. A researcher named Jane Fruitt makes a strong case, I think, that Margaret's maiden name is likely Cooper. This is her reasoning:
"One of my husband's ancestors is Agnes Patterson (nicknamed Nancy) who married Lewis McMasters. In Lewis's will (Randolph County, NC 1839), their first daughter is named Margaret Cooper, and their second daughter is named Susannah Cann. At first I thought these might be married names, but they are not. Susannah never married and is buried with her parents. In many tradtional naming patterns, the first daughter is named for the maternal grandmother, and the second daughter is named for the paternal grandmother. As it turns out, Lewis McMasters' mother is indeed Susannah Cann, which is my reason for believing that Agnes/Nancy's mother is Margaret Cooper. The only Pattersons in the area are John and Margaret and their children, not very far away. In looking at John's will (Orange County, NC 1790), there I found his youngest daughter Agnes, just as I had hoped/expected. No, it is not proof, but I am very satisfied with the evidence."
"One of my husband's ancestors is Agnes Patterson (nicknamed Nancy) who married Lewis McMasters. In Lewis's will (Randolph County, NC 1839), their first daughter is named Margaret Cooper, and their second daughter is named Susannah Cann. At first I thought these might be married names, but they are not. Susannah never married and is buried with her parents. In many tradtional naming patterns, the first daughter is named for the maternal grandmother, and the second daughter is named for the paternal grandmother. As it turns out, Lewis McMasters' mother is indeed Susannah Cann, which is my reason for believing that Agnes/Nancy's mother is Margaret Cooper. The only Pattersons in the area are John and Margaret and their children, not very far away. In looking at John's will (Orange County, NC 1790), there I found his youngest daughter Agnes, just as I had hoped/expected. No, it is not proof, but I am very satisfied with the evidence."
Margaret's maiden name is sometimes recorded as Pugh, though there is no documentation that substantiates this. A researcher named Jane Fruitt makes a strong case, I think, that Margaret's maiden name is likely Cooper. This is her reasoning:
"One of my husband's ancestors is Agnes Patterson (nicknamed Nancy) who married Lewis McMasters. In Lewis's will (Randolph County, NC 1839), their first daughter is named Margaret Cooper, and their second daughter is named Susannah Cann. At first I thought these might be married names, but they are not. Susannah never married and is buried with her parents. In many tradtional naming patterns, the first daughter is named for the maternal grandmother, and the second daughter is named for the paternal grandmother. As it turns out, Lewis McMasters' mother is indeed Susannah Cann, which is my reason for believing that Agnes/Nancy's mother is Margaret Cooper. The only Pattersons in the area are John and Margaret and their children, not very far away. In looking at John's will (Orange County, NC 1790), there I found his youngest daughter Agnes, just as I had hoped/expected. No, it is not proof, but I am very satisfied with the evidence."
"One of my husband's ancestors is Agnes Patterson (nicknamed Nancy) who married Lewis McMasters. In Lewis's will (Randolph County, NC 1839), their first daughter is named Margaret Cooper, and their second daughter is named Susannah Cann. At first I thought these might be married names, but they are not. Susannah never married and is buried with her parents. In many tradtional naming patterns, the first daughter is named for the maternal grandmother, and the second daughter is named for the paternal grandmother. As it turns out, Lewis McMasters' mother is indeed Susannah Cann, which is my reason for believing that Agnes/Nancy's mother is Margaret Cooper. The only Pattersons in the area are John and Margaret and their children, not very far away. In looking at John's will (Orange County, NC 1790), there I found his youngest daughter Agnes, just as I had hoped/expected. No, it is not proof, but I am very satisfied with the evidence."
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Wife of John Patterson
