Chester Patterson when he was young man he moved out of Richmond in 14 February, 1793 for Union Broome County, New York where he arrived on the 23rd of the same month. He was a farmer and a Lumberman, and was connected in business with his father as long as his father lived. He was town clerk of Union for many years, sheriff of Broome county from 1809 to 1812, inclusive; represented the county in the state legislature in 1819, 1820, and 1821; was one of the pres. Quincy Adams. He married Mary Ann Elliot who was born in Killingworth‎(now Clinton)‎. Connecticut she was daughter of William and Lovisa Lane Elliot. They continued to reside in Union, on the farm where his father died, till April, 1839, when he removed with his family to the villiage of Newark Valley, Tioga county, New York, where he died just two days less thsean eighty years of age. He was buried in Hope Cemetery, in Newark Valley, She died in Newark Valley and was also buried in Hope Cemetery.