Born about in Ireland
Daughter of Alexander Ban Donaldson
and Alice (McIlveen) Donaldson
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Cavett
— married
1738 in Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 74
in Pennsylvania, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Jun 2022
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Biography
She was born about 1713 in County Donegal, Ireland and was the daughter of Alice (McIlveen) and Alexander Ban Donaldson.
Catherine Donaldson first married to Robert I. McNitt or McKnight (1711-1765).
Catherine married secondly about 1738 in Pennsylvania to John Cavett (1713-1784) and they had at least 5 children.
She passed away about 1787 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. [1]
Research Notes
atDNA lineage: cfrogina
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #240899437 for Catherine (Donaldson) Cavett (1713–1787) as burial unknown
See also:
- Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records 1683-1993
- MyHeritage Family Tree via son James Cavet in Dec 2014
- World Tree by Deanna Brott in 2004
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
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~0.78%
Joyce (Marks) Patterson
:
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Harold Marvin :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member samslik
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~0.39%
Robert Olson :
23andMe, GEDmatch GE5306607 [compare]
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~0.39%
Clay Brenke :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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MyHeritage DNA
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Living DNA
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~0.39%
Kim Marks :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A052488 [compare], Ancestry member kim_marks2014
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