Daniel Patterson (naval officer)
| Daniel Todd Patterson | |
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| Born |
March 6, 1786 Long Island, New York |
| Died | August 25, 1839 (aged 53) Wilmington, Delaware |
| Place of burial | Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1799–1839 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commands held |
New Orleans Squadron Constitution Mediterranean Squadron Washington Navy Yard |
| Battles/wars | |
| Relations |
Walter Patterson (uncle) Thomas H. Patterson (son) Carlile Pollock Patterson (son) |
Daniel Todd Patterson (March 6, 1786 – August 25, 1839) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France, the First Barbary War, and the War of 1812.
Patterson was born on Long Island, New York. His father, John Patterson, was a younger brother of Walter Patterson, who was the first Royal Governor of Prince Edward Island (then named St. John's Island). John and Walter came to America in the 1750s from Ramelton or Rathmullan, County Donegal, Ireland, and served in the British Army in the French and Indian War.
Daniel Patterson's mother, Catherine Livingston (1744-1832), was a daughter of the "Third Lord of the Manor" of Livingston, Robert Livingston (1708–1790) (also see Livingston family). James Duane, a respected lawyer, patriot, New York politician, and judge, was Daniel Patterson's uncle (by marriage to Patterson's aunt, his mother's sister Mary Livingston).
As acting midshipman, he joined sloop of war Delaware, June 11, 1799, to cruise against French privateers and warships in the West Indies to August 1800. Appointed Midshipman, U.S. Navy, August 20, 1800 (warrant subsequently altered to take rank from date of his original entry, June 11, 1799). After the war, was one of the Midshipmen retained in the Navy under the Peace Establishment Act, signed by President Adams in one of his last official acts, on March 3, 1801. On close of the Quasi-War with France, he resumed nautical studies, then had blockade duty off Tripoli in famed Constellation and Philadelphia. On October 13, 1803 he fell prisoner upon capture of Philadelphia, commanded by William Bainbridge, when the vessel ran aground on an uncharted reef of the coast of Tripoli, and remained a captive of the Barbary pirates until the American victory over Tripoli in 1805.
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