Dovecotland in this parish, Saturday the twentieth day of March 1802 was born David Paterson, lawfull son to David Paterson weaver in Dovecotland and Jean Taylor his spouse and Baptized the twenty first day of March said year by Mr. David Sangster, Minister of the Dissenting Congregation in Perth.

David Patterson respectfully informs the Stock-Holders of Western Australia, Australia, that he practiced for some years under Mr John Con ‎(Colin 'maybe')‎, an eminent Cow Doctor in Perthshire, Scotland; where he got thoroughly acquainted with all Complaints that cattle are subject to, which he will undertake to cure on the most reasonable terms.
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I certify that Mr David Patterson made a perfect cure of a Cow of mine, which was attacked by the same complaint by which I lost fifteen head of Cattle in the space of five or six months; and had I applied to him in time, I have no doubt he would have saved me the loss of some valuable Cows.

E.E. BARRON

MONDAY AUGUST 2 1886

On Friday Last, The Remains of MR DAVID PATTERSON, One Of Our Oldest Colonists, Was Conveyed From His Late Residence, Victoria St Ballarat East, To Its Resting Place 'The New Cemetery' Fol1owed By A Goodly Number Of Sons And Grandsons. On The 12 October 1829 ‎(Nearly Fifty-seven Years Ago)‎ MR PATTERSON Arrived In WESTERN AUSTRALIA, With The Late Mr JAMES HENTY, In The Ship CAROLINE. Where He Remained Until The News Of The Gold Discoveries, In VICTORIA, Induced Him, And Others From That Colony, To Try Their Fortunes, On These Goldfields. His Fami1y Joined Him At BROWN HILL, in 1858. He Resided, Till His Death, In The Same House, Victoria St, For The Past Twenty-Seven Years. Mrs. PATTERSON, Who Survives Her Husband, Is A Still Older Colonist. She Arrived In WESTERN AUSTRALIA With CAPTA1N GREGORY, The Father Of the Explorers Of The Same Name, In The Ship LOTUS, on The First October 1829.