Excerpt from Patten Genealogy: William Patten of Cambridge, 1635 and His Descendants England in 1907 failed to discover any definite and positive trace Of the family before coming to this country. I wish also here to express my thanks to the members of the family who in many cases have responded so freely to the inquiries I have made, and who have been ready to furnish and ascertain anything that might assist me. Some families will be found to be incomplete. This is due to two causes: one, lack Of information about parties who could furnish the material; another, neglect of parties, who were able to furnish the material, but failed to reply to inquiries made Of them; the number of these is very small. Errors very likely may be found, but in a work of this size it is difficult not to have some occur; but I trust that I have kept them at a minimum. In some cases I have found two different dates for the same event. This may account for some apparent discrepancies. In closing, perhaps, I cannot do better than to quote a paragraph I once saw in a genealogy, the author being given as B. L. Swan. He said: There is no perfect genealogical work extant, nor can one be made. The causes of error are many and difficult to avoid. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.