Nathaniel Patten, Childless

Nathaniel Patten promised his sister Elizabeth (Patten) Bale that he would look after her son Benjamin after she died in England. Nathaniel brought Benjamin to New England with his family group on the Charles of Bristol about 1640.

He bought a house and land at Dorchester 28 June 1640, and was a selectman in 1657 and 1658. He also bought a wharf, land, and building in Boston in 1654.

For more detailed information
See New England Historical Genealogical Register, Oct 1932, page 457.
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, Vol 3, p 369
Pope's Pioneers of Massachusetts, p 348
Lechford's Note-Book pp 318-19 and 324-25