John Patton married Jane Davis on March 7, 1777 and they had 11 children: Rachael, Benjamin, William, John, Francis, Joseph, Edward, Anna, Jane, Samuel and Ellen.
Patton was a major in Samuel Miles' Pennsylvania State Rifle Regiment and distinguished himself in command of the unit's 2nd Battalion during the New York Campaign.
George Washington authorized him to raise Patton's Additional Continental Regiment.
John Parke and Peter Scull became the field officers[1] while Patton was promoted to colonel.
[4] After the war he partnered with Colonel Samuel Miles and was a co-founder of the Centre Furnace.