Found children for James Patterson and Esther Hope
Mary- (b) 15.3.1819, Applegarth, Dumfries, Scotland.
Margaret- 20/6/1821 " " "
James- 19/12/1823 Hutton and Corrie, Dumfries, Scotland
Thomas- 17/5/1826 " " " "
Janet- 12/3/1829 " " " "
*James- about 1830 " " " "
Thomas- 28/1/1832 " " " "
William- 19/3/1835 " " " "
George- 27/1/1838 " " " "
Janet- 25/1/1841 " " " "

Duplication of names usually indicates that one of those children died in infancy, Years are concurrent an indication of no stillborn children to the family. No twins were born.
I did not find a *Thomas Patterson for the year of 1836 as stated by you but if you look at the age of Thomas' death and subtract that from the year of his death you find a birth year of 1831 We do have a Thomas Patterson for 1832. so this could be him. When you consider the poor numerical Illiteracy that was quite wide spread during this period of time it is acceptable to have a difference in dates.
My next task is to look for marriages for the above children and then to look for deaths.
Ann Reid, 16/6/02