In a message dated 11/21/2000 4:32:20 PM Central Standard Time,
DDoublam(a)aol.com writes:
<< I've already heard from two of you on the List about my postings on
Charles
Cates family. Perhaps at this point I had better put a disclaimer on the
children of Charles Cates! Can any of you support the children I named? >>
Dorann, these are the notes I made in my Cates "Research" file: This
information has come from e-mails posted to the list over the past couple of
years.
Nothing here has been proved by me, and I'm assuming the folks that provided
it did prove it.
Charlie
Descendants of Charles Cate
Generation No. 1
1. CHARLES4 CATE (JOSEPH3, ROBERT (CAPTAIN)2, ROBERT (SHOEMAKER)1) was born
Abt. 1757 in Orange Co., NC, and died Bef. 1820 in Orange Co., NC. He
married NANCY ANN DIXON Abt. 1792 in Orange Co., NC.
Children of CHARLES CATE and NANCY DIXON are:
i. ROBERT D.5 CATE, b. 1793; d. Bet. 1841 - 1849.
2. ii. NANCY ANN CATE, b. Abt. 1796, Orange Co., NC; d. Bef. 1850, Orange
Co., NC.
3. iii. REUBEN LOUIS CATES, b. January 15, 1796; d. Bef. 1870.
iv. CHARLES CATE JR., b. Abt. 1800; d. February 28, 1850.
Generation No. 2
2. NANCY ANN5 CATE (CHARLES4, JOSEPH3, ROBERT (CAPTAIN)2, ROBERT
(SHOEMAKER)1) was born Abt. 1796 in Orange Co., NC, and died Bef. 1850 in
Orange Co., NC. She married (1) THOMAS C. CATE June 11, 1814 in Orange Co.,
NC, son of BARNARD SR. and JANE SYKES. She married (2) THOMAS C. CATE June
11, 1814 in Orange Co., NC, son of BARNARD CATE and JANE SYKES.
Children of NANCY CATE and THOMAS CATE are:
i. WILLIAM6 CATE.
ii. JOSEPH MARION DIXON CATE, b. July 05, 1815; d. August 01, 1887; m.
ANN P. LYON.
iii. REBECCA CATE, b. Abt. 1817.
iv. VINCENT M. CATE, b. August 15, 1818; d. December 29, 1869; m. LOUISA
POWELL, April 29, 1837.
v. CHARLES CATE, b. Abt. 1820.
vi. BARNARD CATE, b. October 10, 1825; d. December 12, 1902.
vii. THOMAS DIXON CATE, b. Abt. 1830.
viii. RUFFIN CATE, b. 1831.
ix. RUFUS CATE, b. 1833.
x. MARTHA CATE, b. August 19, 1833; d. February 1914.
xi. ALEXANDER CATE, b. 1840.
3. REUBEN LOUIS5 CATES (CHARLES4 CATE, JOSEPH3, ROBERT (CAPTAIN)2, ROBERT
(SHOEMAKER)1) was born January 15, 1796, and died Bef. 1870. He married
AMANDA WILKINSON, daughter of JOHN WILKINSON.
Child of REUBEN CATES and AMANDA WILKINSON is:
i. CHARLES THEODORE6 CATES, d. April 11, 1919; m. MARTHA VICTORIA KIDD.
Per Roberta Pierson's research, as documented by a letter written in 1886, by
Rev. Joseph Marion DIXON CATES:
June 23, 1797, Joseph CATE signed a bond in Orange Co. for marriage to
Elizabeth WOODS. Bondsman: Charles CATE. Since this was after the death of
Charles' father (December 1793) Did Charles have a son named Joseph??
May 23, 1798, Aaron Durham signed a bond in Orange Co. for marriage to Sarah
CATE. Bondsman: Charles CATE. Was this a daughter?
Was this the first marriage for both Nancy Ann Dixon and Charles CATE?
Reasons:
Charles CATE was 35 years old when he married Nancy Ann DIXON. It appears she
had children named Charity, John, and Thomas:
August 28, 1797, Jonathan Workman signed a bond in Orange Co. for marriage to
Charity Dixon. Bondsman: Charles CATE
December 15, 1800, John Dixon signed a bond in Orange Co. for marriage to
Jeany Smith. Bondsman: Jonathan Workman
December 6, 1798, Thomas Dixon signed a bond in Orange Co. for marriage to
Sally Mason. Bondsman: Charles CATE
Number of people in household is quite large:
1810 Orange Co. NC census, page 113: Charles Cate 26-45, 1 male 16-26, 4
males 0-10, 3 females 45 & over, 1 female 26-45, 2 females 16-26, 1 female
10-16 and 2 females 0-10.
1820 Orange Co. NC census: page 420: Nancy CATE, head of household 45 & over,
2 females over 45, 1 female 16-26, 1 female 0-10
May 31, 1829 Roster of members of Cane Creek Baptist Church:
Nancy Cate with children: Robert D. Cates, Nancy Ann Cates, Reuben Louis
Cates, and Charles Cates, Jr.