I am also a descendant of John Cate Sr. and at one point thought John's
wife was Mary Lawrence. With further research however I have become
convinced otherwise. According to the book "Southern Branch of the Lawrence
Family by Wm. Lawrence Pritchett, Thomas and Lucy Womack Lawrence had 6 sons
and 2 daughters. Mary born 1767 married Thomas Lay in 1783 and Lucy born
1773 married Charles Cate. John Cate Sr.'s first son John Jr. was born in
1771. If Pritchett's book is accurate in this regard, it would seem to
eliminate Lawrence as the maiden name of John's wife Mary. I would welcome
any further comment on this subject. Ray White
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Bivona <bbivona(a)wans.net>
To: <CATE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 5:22 AM
Subject: Re : [CATE-L] John(1753) > James T(1790 )
> On Sat, 06 Nov 1999 21:44:06 -0600 Russell
<wright(a)kleck.com> wrote:
> > Is there information on the ancestors of John Cate (1753-1827) who
> > married Mary?
> From: Jerry Bryan [mailto:jbryan@pstcc.cc.tn.us]
> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 12:24 AM
> This is John Cate Sr. who was an early settler of Dumplin Valley in
> East Tennessee. Mary is sometimes said to be Mary Lawrence. I have
> never seen any data that would document Lawrence as Mary's surname.
> Does anybody have anything on this issue?
I'm assuming that this Mary Lawrence was the daughter of Thomas Laurence
and
Lucy Womack of Wilkes County, NC. After Thomas' death, Lucy
moved w/ the
family to the Dumplin Valley, and later died in McMinn Co., TN in 1859. I
don't know much about their daughter Mary, but their daughter Lucy
Lawrence
married Charles Cate, Jr., and they were also early settlers of
Dumplin
Valley. Thomas and Lucy's son James (and I believe their son William)
also
moved to the area about the same time.
The LDS Ancestral file for the family indicates that Mary died 24 May 1857
in Adair County, MO. I haven't had time to chase down whether this is
accurate or not, but maybe starting in Adair County might lead you back to
something. I don't have any actual documentation of anything about her
marriages or later life, but maybe the LDS submitters do.
The submitters of the LDS information are listed as:
COVA JEAN WILLIAMS Microfilm: NONE
708 N 2ND ST Submission: AF91-104189
DUNCAN OK
USA 73533
PEGGY LOU BALLEW LAWTON Microfilm: NONE
133 SOUTH 100 EAST Submission: AF92-106499
BRIGHAM CITY UT
USA 84302
JANET ESPARZA Microfilm: NONE
102 EAST COLBERT Submission: AF96-108261
WYNNEWOOD OK
USA 73098
I hope this helps.
Brian Bivona
[mailto:bbivona@wans.net]
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bbivona/main.html