Sarah (Simmons) Caton (abt. 1700 - aft. 1731)

Born about 1700 in Princess Anne, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Soloman Caton — married 1722 in Princess Anne County, VA

Died after 1731 after about age 31 in Princess Anne, Virginia

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Biography

Sarah was born in about 1700 in Princess Anne County, Virginia Colony. Her parents were John Simmons and Elizabeth maiden name unknown.

Her father was a planter of tobacco. Sarah and her siblings lived on her father's plantation in the Blackwater District in the southwestern part of the county.

Her father made his will in Dec of 1717 in Princess Anne County. Sarah was named in the will.

Will of John Simmons:

Princess Ann County, Virginia 18 Dec. 1717 & Proved 7 May 1718

In the name of God Amen, I John Simmons of Princess Ann County in Virg & being very sick & weak in body but of perfect sound memory praised be God for the same this being my last will & testament.

It: I give & bequeath my soul to Almighty God who gave it me, & my body to the Earth from whence it was taken to be buried in Christian Burial;

It: * doo appoint my Kind & loving wife Elizabeth Simmons my whole & sole ExC of this my last will & testament

It: I give & bequeath unto my son James Simmons the plantation whereon I now live with all the land belonging to it lying on the South side of hagolona run to him & his heirs or assigns

It: I give & bequeath to my son Jno. Simons all my land lying on the North side of the said run tohim & his heirs or assigns by computation seventy acres more or less.

It: I give unto my son Ja. Simons my biggest gun

It: I doo appoint my two sons to be for themselves at the age of eighteen years. If that my wife marries, if she lives a wido not until one & twenty

It: I give unto my Kind & lovg. daughter Sarah Simons all my cattle that are marked crop & slit the right ear and hole in the left with all the female increase to her & her heirs

It: I give unto my daughter Eliza Simons one cow & calf when she comes to the age of sixteen years

It:I give unto my daughter Ann Simons one cow & calf when she comes to the age of sixteen years

I give all the remainder of my estate, good and chattles within doors & without unto my Kind & loving wife Eliz. Simons. In witness whereof I have set my hand & seal the 18th day of December 1717.

John Simmons Seal

Witnessed, signed & sealed in the presence of Henry H. Smith Solomon S. Keaton James Tooly

Recorded at Court 7 May 1718.

Sarah's father died in 1718. After the death of her father Sarah's mother was remarried to William Corbell. William Corbell was also a planter of tobacco in Blackwater District of Princess Anne County.

Sarah was married to Solomon Caton about 1722. Solomon was a witness on her father's will.

The date of marriage for Sarah's mother to William Corbell has not been determined. William Corbell left a will in 1732 and died in about July of 1733.

Sarah's mother was married a third time to Edward Gisborn. In his will in 1743 Sarah's brother, John, is named as a witness to that will.

Elizabeth, the mother of Sarah, made her will on 2 Feb of 1753 in Princess Anne County and named John as an heir. She died on or before 20 Mar 1753.

SOLOMAN CATON (WILLIAM2, JOHN1)1 was born 1698 in Princess Anne Co, Virginia, and died Abt. Jun 1753 in Princess Anne Co, Virginia. He married SARAH SIMMONS Abt. 1700 in Princess Anne Co, Virginia, daughter of JOHN SIMMONS and ELIZABETH.

(A Solomon S. KEATON was a witness on John Simmons' Will)

Family

Children of Solomon and Sarah are:

1. James b. 1723,
2. John b. 1725
3. Sarah b. 1727
4. Hillary b. 1731

1. Sarah, b. Abt. 1727, Princess Anne Co, Virginia; d. Unknown.
2. Hillary b. Abt. 1731, Princess Anne Co, Virginia; d. Bef. Sep 1817, Princess Anne Co, Virginia.

Research Notes

Princess Anne Co, Virginia; d. Unknown. ^[1]

, Princess Anne Co, Virginia; d. Unknown. ^[2][3]

References to a Captain Caton in the Virginia Colonial Militia.

From COLONIAL SOLDIERS OF THE SOUTH, 1732-1774, by Murtie June Clark, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., Baltimore, Md., 1983:

VIRGINIA MILITIA

Sharpe, Captain Dagworthy, Captain Bell, Morgan (from Pennsylvania), Colonel Cressop.

Letter from Robert Stewart to George Washington, Maidstone, JUNE 23, 175

Page 374:..."Letter, from Robert Stewart to George Washington, JUNE 20, 1756, mentions Rollins, Captain Caton, Captain Swearingen, Ensign Crawford, Governor 6...Mentions Rollins, Lieut Cambell, Serjeant Hughes, Governor Sharp, CATON, Major Halkett, Geut Shelby, CAPTAIN CATON

Page 516:...Poll taken in Frederick County, July 24, 1758 (Alphabetical List)...TH

Page 517:...Poll taken in Frederick County, JULY 24, 1758 (Alphabetical List) (Cont's) THOMAS CATON. (This could be a duplication.)

eneral Winslow, Colonel Gage, Corporal Winterbottom

Page 417:...Letter from William Fairfax to George Washington, SEPTEMBER 01, 1756, Mentions Captain Paris, CAPTAIN CATON, Captain Swearingen, John Kyte

Page 496:...Letter from Lieut Thomas Basset to George Washington, Fort Frederick, 27 APRIL 1758 Mentions Sir John St. Clair, LiNotes for THOMAS CATON:

Notes from Gean Caton Nelson:

Sources

1. ↑ Deed Book 18, page 190, Princess Anne Co, VA., 3rd May 1783, James Caton is one of the appraiser of the estate of John Cumberfoot, along with Richard Bonney, and Edward Brown. James Caton (12 DB39) 24 Feb 1770: witnessed Elizabeth Paterson binding herself to Willoughby Old for 50 years and her child Chain until the age of 21. Other witnesses were Kadar Old, John Bailey, and Thomas Old.
2. ↑ From Cavaliers and Pioneers, Vol. V, page 373 we get the following abstract: "ANDREW ETHEREDGE & JOHN CATON 242 acs. Pr. Anne Co.; Adj. the sd Etheredge & Caton, Solomon Heath, John Prescote & Francis Etheredge; 15 Jul 1760, p. 566. L1.S5."
3. ↑ ANDREW ETHEREDGE & JOHN CATON, 242 Acs. Pr. Anne Co. adj. the sd Etheredge & sd Caton, Solomon Heath, John Prescote & Francis Etheredge; 25 Sept 1762 in the 2nd year of our Reign of George the Third, p. 1086. L1.S5. Note that a Francis Etheredge was one of the witnesses to Solomon Keaton's Last Will & Testament on 10 March 1753.

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