That's the best definition of Cate/Cates I've seen. Thanks to the lady from
Roane Co. Ray White (mom was a Cate and sadly also a Democrat. <s>
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From: GAR SUMMY <GSummy(a)worldnet.att.net>
To: <CATE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [CATE-L] Another puzzler=A CONNECTION???
Hi All,
Just thought I would jump in with our 2 bits
worth. Margie descends from Isaac's brother,
Aaron. We don't have much on Manard line.
According to a Cate lady in Roane Co. TN,
"Around here, if you are known as Cate, you
are a Democrat. If it is Cates, Republican".
Gar and Margie (Cate) Summy
Bakersfield CA
-----Original Message-----
From: TWThomason(a)aol.com <TWThomason(a)aol.com>
To: CATE-L(a)rootsweb.com <CATE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 6:54 AM
Subject: Re: [CATE-L] Another puzzler=A CONNECTION???
>Hi; I am a descendant of Patsy Cates, as her husband
spelled it. She couldn't
>rear or write. She was the daughter of Isaac Cate and
Susannah Manard. She
>married a William Thomason (Thomison, Thomasson, Thomson)
and they lived in
>Washington Co., AR. They lived near Susannah and several of
her brothers. All
>the spelling of Thomason are ones that he wrote. The
relationship was
>confirmed by court records.
>The part of Washington Co. that they lived in became Benton
Co., AR. During
>the Civil War they moved to Ft. Scott, KS, where they died.
>
>This is the continuation of one line of Jefferson Co., TN
Cate families. I
>have never figured out who the other Manard lady was. Is
she any relation to
>Susannah? Does anyone know of the Nationality of the Cate
name. I have been
>told that the Manard family were French Protestants or
Huguenots.
>