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William Paton c.1758 - c.1832

6th Child & 3rd son of John & Marion PATON


William PATON
Marriage Date & Place
Janet MURRAY
BORN c.Dec 1758
DIED Sep 1832
No information
BORN c.April 1762
at Dumfries, Scotland
DIED ???? 
William Paton, the son of John Paton, was probably the same William Paton who was press-ganged into the British Navy, captured by the French, placed under John Paul Jones, escaped and eventually became Deacon of the Weavers of Dumfries like his father before him. Latterly lived on the Dalawinton estate. Janet Murray was a daughter of John Murray whose ancestors were a Galloway family of Covenanters that fought and suffered in the "Killing Times"
Details of Children
Name
Born
Died
Comments
William
????
????
Soldier. Died in Spain See Note
May
????
????
m. John WOOD
Englishman - fought at Waterloo in 1815
Centenarian
John
????
5 Jun 1856
Clayknowes, Scotland
Stocking manufacturer See Note
2 March 1793
1868
m. Janet ROGERSON
1795
1844
Stocking manufacturer
m. Sarah WILSON
c.1794/5 - 1878

Note

A PATON family living in Dumfries etc. in 1965 claimed descent from a brother of James PATON (1793?-1868).:-

    William PATON:-
    John PATON:-
    William PATON:-
    James Orr PATON:-
    James Hyslop PATON