Hi Bruce and Others;
I sure wish I had some mytochondrial DNA to contribute to the study. I
don't even have any relatives that are Cates males who can contribute.
This is my line to my oldest known Cates. Does this ring a bell with
anyone?
Lorraine Dowdle b. 1959 (me)
Patricia C. LEE b. 1939 Montana
Lorraine Bernard FERGUSON b. 1919 Electra, TX m. Weldon Bowman LEE
Edna Lucille BELL b. 1889 Vernon, Wilbarger, TX m. Jesse Bernard
FERGUSON
William Kyle BELL b. 1861 Goliad, Goliad, TX m. Sarah Jennie
STEGALL/STEAGALD
George W. BELL b. 1834 Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky m. Susannah
Anderson HODGES
Susan Jane CATES b. 16 May 1814 Kentucky m. Henry C. BELL
Joshua CATES b. 1767 Cravens District, SC m. Eustacia Ann HARRISON
Joseph CATES b. abt 1747 SC m. Margaret BELL
John CATES b. abt 1672 Sittenbourne Parish, VA
Sincerely,
---Lorraine Dowdle
"Genealogists never die, they just loose their census."
Researching: Abney, Alexander, Atkins, Austin, Baldwin, Barkesdale,
Barnett, Beckwith, Bell, Bernard, Bowman, Brooks, Buckner, Cates,
Christensen, Collier, Cox, Daux, DeMunbrun, DePriest, Elliott, Farrar,
Fielding, Ferguson, Ferris, Foster, Gowen, Gresham, Griffin, Halbert,
Henderson, Higgins, Hodges, Jackson, Lawson, Leach, Lee, Lewis, Love,
Lowery, Hamilton, Hunt, Hutcheson, Key, Manning, Matlock, Micheaux,
Mitchell, Moore, Morton, Moss, Mountjoy, Nelson, Owen, Parks,
Patterson, Perkins, Perrin, Portlock, Pryor, Quin, Rains, Randolph,
Ransome, Reed, Robertson, Rogers, Rolfe, Sanders, Segler, Shelton,
Smith, Soloman, Stegall, Stewart, Sutherland, Terrill, Tinsley,
Thorton, Walkup, Ward, Webb, Wiley, Williams, Wilson, Witt, Wood,
Woodson, Young