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Surnames: Catching, Catchings, Citchin, Collins
Classification: Query
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The surname of Catching and Catchings were not spelled like this in colonial Virginia, and
I am trying to find the right connection into the years prior to the Revolutionary War and
the family move from the eastern shore of Maryland and tidewater Virginia to Wilkes
County, GA. I have found a family of Citchin in tidewater Virginia in the late
1600s/early 1700s that I believe is the right connection. If anybody has any suggestions,
I am interested in hearing them and checking them out. I have also had a lot of trouble
finding the Catching/Catchings/Citchin surnames in the old British Isle countries.
Meredith Catching Sr. was the father of Major Benjamin Catching, a RevWar soldier who
lived and died in Wilkes County. Benjamin also had a brother named Meredith, and named one
of his own sons Meredith. At least 3 of his sons moved to Mississippi Territory by 1809;
all fought with Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812 Battle of New Orleans in 1814 from Pike
County as members of !
the Mississippi Militia. Joseph stayed at Pike County MS, Jonathan came to Hinds County
MS (my ancestor). I have a lot of information on the Mississippi Catchings in addition
to that in the book by Catchings and Torrey. Jonathan's daughter who lived to be an
adult was Catherine Ann Catchings who married John Hampton Collins (my gg grandparents),
and the family stayed in Hinds County. Jonathan's son who lived to be an adult,
Augustus, lived near what became Jackson MS, and had descendants in Hinds and Madison
Counties.