The following information may be of some interest to some Catons.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nysteube/ct/ct.html
" An act to change the name of the town of Wormley, in the county of
Steuben, passed April 3, 1840. The people of the state of New York
represented in senate and assembly, do enact as
follows: The name of the town of Wormley, in the county of Steuben, is
hereby changed to the name of "Caton" - (derived from Richard Caton, who,
with Edward Carroll of Carrollton, Md., one of the signers of the
declaration of independence, was one of the original land owners) by which
last name it shall hereafter be known and designated. This act shall take
effect immediately."