Hi Cates researchers - here is some information that may be of interest.
Sylvia
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>James Cate and his brothers came to new England for religious liberty
because of
the oppression of the Anglican Church enforcement by the English
government. The first cate recorded in the American Colnies was James Cate,
who came to Portsmouth,NH, in 1657. He married Alice, who died in 1677.
His son Edward (d 1732) married Elizabeth Tucker.
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>Passenger lists of the ship Assurance de Lo for Virginia 1635 lists,
cates, Jo,
age 17, John Cates age 23.
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>Find William and James Cate in New Hampshire in 1657-1677.
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>The first will recorded in Will Book A of Orange County, NC, was that of
Richard
Cates. Richard and Amelia Cate had ten known children: James,
Jesse, Richard, Thomas, John, Martha, Suzanne, Emily, and Ben. Brothers
mentioned were Joshua, Richard, Joseph, Robert and Larzarus Cate.
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>Am personnally looking for Rebecca Cate 1832-1910. She married a Charles
Eaton
in Tennessee.
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>Sylvia havens(a)quiknet.com
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