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Paterson, a Lowland rendering of the Gaelic MacPatrick, appears in Scottish records from 1446, when William Patrison and John Patonson witnessed documents in Aberdeen. The best-documented Paterson family held Bannockburn House near Stirling, bought by Sir Hugh Paterson in 1672 and raised to a baronetcy of Bannockburn by James VII in 1686, which was forfeited after the 1715 Jacobite rising; Charles Edward Stuart stayed there in September 1745 and again in January 1746. The Clan MacLaren Society of North America names Pat(t)erson the largest and best-known sept of Clan MacLaren, while an older claim that Patersons are a sept of Clan Farquharson "will not stand examination and such is now largely discredited".
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View all Paterson productsWilliam Patrison and John Patonson appear as witnesses in Aberdeen[1]
Duncan Paterson is implicated with MacLarens in the killing of the Vicar of Balquhidder[3]
William Paterson, author of the Darien Scheme and of the Bank of England plan[1]
Sir Hugh Paterson, 2nd Baronet, forfeits estate and baronetcy after the Jacobite rising[4][5]
Charles Edward Stuart stays at Bannockburn House, nursed there by Clementina Walkinshaw[4]
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The Clan MacLaren Society of North America calls Pat(t)erson the largest and best-known sept of Clan MacLaren; the name is a Lowland rendering of MacPatrick, which appears in 16th-century bonds of manrent given by the MacLarens of Balquhidder.
No. The older claim that Patersons are also a sept of Clan Farquharson "will not stand examination and such is now largely discredited".
No. The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs lists no Paterson chief, and COSCA's directory leaves the chief field blank.
Sir Hugh Paterson, 2nd Baronet, hosted Charles Edward Stuart at Bannockburn House in September 1745 and again in January 1746; Paterson's niece Clementina Walkinshaw nursed the Prince through an illness there.
William Paterson (1658-1719), author of the ill-fated Darien Scheme to settle Panama and originator of the plan for the Bank of England.
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Clan MacLarenThe Clan MacLaren Society of North America names Pat(t)erson the clan's largest and best-known sept.