In the 1861 census Bellmont Hill, Lee, Kent. Head John Patterson, age 48, Silk Warehouseman, born Berwick-upon-Tweed. Wife Eliza Patterson, age 29, born London, Middlesex. Daughter Eliza A. Patterson, age 15, scholar, born Lambeth, Surrey. Daughter Esther Patterson, age 13, scholar, born Clapham, Surrey. Daughter Margaret I. Patterson, age 12, scholar, born Clapham. Son John Patterson, age 10, scholar, born Lee, Kent. Son Robert Patterson, age 6, scholar, born Lee. Daughter Edith Patterson, age 5, scholar, born Lee. Son George M. Patterson, age 2, born Lee. Daughter Isabella Patterson, age 8 months, born Lee. A governess and 4 servants.