NINTH GENERATION

472. George PATILLO II ⁽¹⁴⁹⁾ was born on 26 Feb 1670 in Balermic, near Dundee, Scotland. He was christened in Kettins, Angus Co., Scotland. He emigrated in 1740 from from Scotland to PA. He was Scottish, a relative of the Argyll family. He was of the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, under John Caldwell in They settled near Cub Creek, Charlotte Co., VA.. He was living in Lunenburg Co., VA.. He died in VA. The name also appears as Pattulock, Pattilloch, Patullo, Patillo or Pattullo and means "the foot of the lake". Another possible source for the name may be the village of Pittilloch which is ten miles south-west of Cupar Angue.
They might be descended from the MacLillichs who claim to descend from Angus, the grandson of Somerled, Lord of the Isles. He had a connection to the Argyll family. His son Henry says, rearing was "of pious parents who were well situated in the point of religious privileges" and were sufficiently prosperous to educate their children.
In Scotland, where are two places named Pittilloch, one near Freuchie, Fife and one in Glengarg, Perthshire. The first Petillok appears in records in 1295. In 1305, William Patiloch received a grant of land, called Gibliston, from Robert the Bruce and Adam Patilloch got lands at Freuchie in Fifeshire.
Robert Pattillo of Dundee and several other men, joined the King's Archer Guards of Louis VI of France and so distinguished themselves in an insurrection in Gascony that the King promoted Robert with an appointment of Governor of a province. The family coat of arms therefore has an unbent bow resting on a shield, the crest is a maild glove with a rose in hand. The motto "Et decerpta dabunt odorem", And plucked, they will give forth an odor.
During the persecution of the Huguenots, which broke out on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, George escaped from France and made his way to Dundee, Scotland where he found protection among relatives. (This story can't be true as hundreds of years are missing.)
He was married to Jane JOHNSTONE about 1710 in Balermic, near Dundee, Angus Co., Scotland. Several daughters were born between 1710 and 1730 in Scotland.

473. Jane JOHNSTONE was born in 1690 in Dundee, Angus Co., Scotland. Children were:

i. William PATILLO was born about 1712 in Dundee, Angus Co., Scotland. He died in 1770.
ii. Ebenezer PATILLO was born on 7 Jul 1716 in Dundee, Scotland.
iii. PATILLO was born about 1718 in Scotland.
236 iv. George Alexander PATILLO.
v. Janet PATILLO was born on 26 Feb 1721/22 in Portmoak, Scotland.
vi. Henry PATILLO^{(149) (274)} was born on 2 Jan 1726 in Balermic, near Dundee, Scotland. He emigrated in 1740 from Perthshire, Scotland. He resided in 1751 in Pennsylvania. He resided Old Lunenburg in 1751 in on Roanoke River, VA. He was ordained in 1757 in Hanover, VA. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Hanover, VA in 1757, under the care of Samuel Davies. He resided before 1765 in Orange , VA and Granville Co., NC. He resided after 1765 in NC. He was a Delegate to Provincial Congress in 1775 in Hillsboro, NC. He was a Teacher in 1775 in Virginia and North Carolina. He was a Presbyterian Minister, and his sermons are published. in 1787. His book, Geography Catie, was published in 1796. He received an Honor Degree in 1787 from Hampton-Sydney College. He was educated Honor Degree in 1787 in Hampton-Sydney College. He died in 1801 in Dinwiddie, Virginia on an evangelistic mission. He was described as as a man of great energy and force of character. He influenced VA religion, education & politics. He was a representative sent to calm the Regulators by Gov. Tryon..