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William Paterson was born December 24, 1745, in County Antrim, Ireland, to Richard Paterson, an Ulster Protestant. [2] Paterson immigrated with his parents to New Castle, Pennsylvania, in 1747. [3] At 14, he began college at Princeton. After graduating, he read law with the prominent lawyer Richard Stockton and was admitted to the bar in 1768.
He established the W. A. Paterson Company, a carriage-manufacturer. [3] One of the original stockholders of Buick Motor Company, [2] he entered the automobile business for himself and marketed the Paterson automobile (1908 to 1923). [2] From 1891 to 1892 he served as mayor of the City of Flint. [1]
William Paterson, PC (September 19, 1839 – March 18, 1914) was a Canadian politician. Paterson was born in Hamilton , Upper Canada , the son of James and Martha Paterson. His parents died from cholera in 1849 and he was adopted by Reverend Dr. Ferrier, a Presbyterian minister.
After his grandfather's death in 1769, [4] his grandmother married the Rev. Eilardus Westerlo. [5] His maternal grandparents were Cornelia (née Bell) Paterson and William Paterson, the 2nd Governor of New Jersey, U.S. Senator, and later, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States appointed by President George Washington.
William Paterson Paterson (1860–1939), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1919; William Romaine Paterson, Scottish writer; William Stanley Bryce Paterson a.k.a. Stan Paterson (1924–2013), glaciologist; Willie Paterson (fl. 1913–1928), Scottish footballer for Hamilton, Motherwell, Charlton etc
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William Paterson (judge) (1745–1806), Attorney General of New Jersey Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Attorney General Patterson .
The New Jersey Plan (also known as the Small State Plan or the Paterson Plan) was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. [1] Principally authored by William Paterson of New Jersey, the New Jersey Plan was an important alternative to the Virginia Plan proposed by James ...