Dorothy Patton

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Will of John McKnight named wife Dorothy and sons John and Daniel; dau Mary and Hannah, brother in law James Alexander and John Brevard She married Robert Patton after John McKnitt Jr. died.

In the year 1714 James Stephenson, gentleman of Buck's C o. Pennsylvania appointed John McKnitt of Back Creek, Cecil Co. Md. his attorney to sell a tract of land in the Northeast corner of Cecil Co. called "New Munster". This tract of some 6000 acres began where the Shure creek enters the Big Elk and with a breadth of two miles and North six miles u p the Elk River until it entered some distance within the p resent Pennsylvania line in Chester County, Pa. Edward Odine had first patented these lands from King Charles and Odine sold them to Daniel Taos. Daniel Taos willed them to his son John and he, having run into debt to Robert Roberts , the Colonial Legislature granted 4500 acres to Roberts to satisfy his claim against Taos who had absconded. Robert Roberts then sold 407 acres to Daniel Pearce of Kent Co for 6000 pounds of tobacco, deed for which is dated the 4th of Sept. 1713. This 407 acres was located in the southwest corner of New Munster and contained the site of the mill near the mouth of the Shure now owned by Howard Scott. Robert's also sold to Thomas Stephenson of Bucks County, Pa. nearly three thousand acres of the same tract, a large part of which was east of the Big Elk for the sum of £300 current money of Maryland. The deed from Roberts to Stephenson is dated April 1 1714. On the 8th day of May following Stephenson sold the tract on the east side of the Big Elk containing upwards of 1100 acres through John McKnitt, to a company consisting of James Alexander, farmer, Arthur Alexander, farmer, David and James Alexander, weavers, Joseph Alexander, tanner and son James, and Mathias (Matthew) Wallace . It was noted that they had already worked the land for so me years so their settlement was prior to 1714. Johnston states that there is no doubt that these were part of the "15 other Irishmen" mentioned in the certificate of survey an d that they located upon New Munster many years prior to the time at which they obtained the deed to their farms.

Simpson pg. 183" John Mcknitt Jr. in his will dated 14 April 1733 ad probated in Cecil County Maryland 13 June 1733 names his wife Dorothy Wallace and four children Daniel; John; who died in 1747; Mary; who married Adam Brevard and Hannah."; Brevard D " John McKnitt Jr. (b 8 Sep 1687 m Dorothy Wallace They had 4 children (see Brevard C) " Worth S . Ray in his Tennessee Cousin's stated that John McKnitt and his wife ? Jane Wallace had the following children as follows: 1. John McKnight (d. 1733) 2. Alexander McKnight 3. James McKnight 4. Jane McKnight md John Brevard. 5 . Margaret McKnight md James Alexander 6. Abigail McKnight md. James after the death of Margaret her sister. Merton Alexander "Dorothy Wallace b abt. 1687 d. abt. 1747 m. John McKnitt Jr. b 08 Sep 1687 d. bef. June 1733" Alex Kin p.2 96 to 300 " John McKnitt Jr. b Sept 8,1687: d.1733 (will 1733) to Cecil Co Md. m. Dorothy Wallace: she m. (2) Robert Patton, bro. of John and House Patton."

1.1.3 John McKnitt Jr. Birth Date: September 8, 1687 Birth Place: Somerset County, Maryland Death Date: Before June 1733 Death Place: Cecil County, Maryland Spouse: Dorothy WALLACE