Thomas
"Road Tom"
Cate
Born after in Orange County, North Carolina
Ancestors 
and Brother of
Sarah Cate, Robert Cate, Richard Mathias (Cate) Cates, Joseph Cate, Charles Cate, Ann Cate and John Cate Sr.
Husband of
Elizabeth (Fussell) Cate
— married
1757 in Rowan, North Carolina
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Unity (Cate) Durham, Thomas K (Cate) Cates Jr., Susannah (Cate) Durham, Robert Cate, Nancy Ann (Cates) Durham, Elizabeth (Cate) Durham, Aaron Cate, Jehu Cate, Ezra Cate and Isaiah Cate
Died about
before about age 93
in Newberry, South Carolina, United States
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Contents |
Biography
Private Thomas Cate served with North Carolina during the American Revolution.
Thomas Cate was a North Carolina colonist.
Thomas Road Tom was born abt 1725, in Orange county, North Carolina to parents Robert Cate and Elizabeth Wyatt. Thomas became a road surveyor. Due to his surveying, he acquired the label Thomas Road Tom Cate. This name is also found in the references. In 1754 Thomas received land in Orange, North Carolina. [1]
Marriage 1
Thomas Road Tom married Elizabeth Fussell in 1757 in Rowan, North Carolina, USA. [2]
Their (possible) children:
- Thomas b.1758
- Robert b.1758
- John
- Elizabeth b. 1763
- Mary b. 1769
- Aaron b. 1768
- Isaiah b. 1776
- Jehu b. 1790
- Thomas B (1750-1812)
- Mary (1754-1794)
- Elizabeth (1751-)
- Aaron(1768-1816)
- Nancy Ann(1759-1824)
- Robert (1760-1820)
- Elizabeth (1763-)
- Jehu
- Ezra
WILL OF Robert CATE, Jr. Probated March WILL OF Robert CATE, Jr. Probated March of 1767 He left his wife, Elizabeth , half of his estate. He left to his son, Richard, the plantation where he lived at his death after the death of his Mother. To his daughter, Sarah, he left the bed she slept on. His Granddaughter Ann , daughter of his son Thomas, was left an equal part of his estate as received by his sons and daughters. His sons, Thomas and Joseph were named executors. He did not mention his other sons, Robert III, John, or Charles. Witnessed by: Wm. Smith, Elizabeth Cate, and Robert Cate, Sr.
Military
Thomas Road Tom served in the American Revolution 1775-1783 for Orange Co., North Carolina Name was misspelled "Keats", date Aug 1781 on the roster: [3] [4]
In 1780 Thomas Road Tom was in Caswell County, North Carolina. A Survey petition listed Thomas' name and sent to the "House of Burgesses", 26 Oct 1779, from inhabitants of Caswell Co. The citizens were requesting that an equal division be made of the county, due to length of forty miles in length and 20 mile width. (General Assembly; Box: Oct - Nov 1779 [North Carolina State Archives]; Call Number: Folder: Petitions; P 3; Family Number: 36.) [5] His first wife died.
- 1800 US Fed Census shows Thomas Road Tom in Newberry District, South Carolina.[6]
Marriage 2
Thomas married secondly in 1808 to Yourith/Urith McMillian. US Federal census for 1810 reflects this. [7] Thomas was living in Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina as per U S census. On 29 NOV 1802 (Age: 77) he made a Deed of Gift [8], filed in Orange, North Carolina Newberry District under Deed of Gift, D74 to a daughter and a son named Thomas..
Thomas Road Tom passed away 9 Jan 1818 (Age: 93) Newberry, Newberry, SC [9]
Thomas Road Tom Cate's will was probated in Newberry Dist Court on 9 Jan 1818. 1st settlement made to the family on 13 Dec 1819, Newbery, South Carolina.
Research Notes
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on GEDmatch who share a 19.9 cM segment on chromosome 2, consisting of Joyce (Clark) Luxton, GEDmatch kit # ZM2910853, and Fred Douglas, her 6th cousin 1x removed, GEDmatch kit # A468058, and Mary Richardson, her 5th cousin 1x removed, GEDmatch kit # A037854. (Fred and Mary are 7th cousins.) Their most-recent common ancestor is Robert Cate, the 5x great grandfather of Joyce (Clark) Luxton and 6x great grandfather of both Fred Douglas and Mary Richardson.
Sources
- ↑ http://www.thehennesseefamily.com/getperson.php?personID=I26977&tree=hennessee
- ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- ↑ Roster of soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution with an appendix containing a collection of miscellaneous.
- ↑ "North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-LPDX : accessed 27 April 2019), Thomas Cate, 29 Nov 1781; citing Orange, North Carolina, United States, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.
- ↑ U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 about Thomas Cate
- ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRC-S3P : accessed 2 December 2016), Thomas Cate, Newberry District, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 68, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 50; FHL microfilm 181,425.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH23-DJ5 : accessed 2 December 2016), Thomas Cates, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 117, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 62; FHL microfilm 181,421.
- ↑ Deed of Gift. State of North Carolina Newberry District, Deed of Gift
- ↑ http://www.earljones.net/aqwg5620.htm
- ANTECEDENTS AND DESCENDANTS of ROBERT EZRA CATES
- Deed of Gift 84 State of North Carolina Newberry District, Deed of Gift*U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- "North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-LPDX : accessed 27 April 2019), Thomas Cate, 29 Nov 1781; citing Orange, North Carolina, United States, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.
- Roster of soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution with an appendix containing a collection of miscellaneous
- Deed of Gift 84 State of North Carolina Newberry District, Deed of Gift
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- 1800 United States Federal Census
- North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
- Orange County, 1752-1952
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Cates-126 created through the import of Kevin Lee Waldroup_2010-07-17_2011-10-13_2011-12-29.ged on Dec 30, 2011 by Kevin Waldroup.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Joe Cate
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #n40450 - Roger Cates :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, haplogroup R1b1b2, FTDNA kit #138611
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~1.56%
Diane Horton :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Nathan A :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A951722 [compare], Ancestry member NatoAb
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~1.56%
Phyllis (Cates) Daehn :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member grdphotography
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~1.56%
Joe Cate :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #n40450
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~1.56%
Joyce (Clark) Luxton :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch ZM2910853 [compare], FTDNA kit #600301
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~0.78%
Gean Junginger :
23andMe, GEDmatch M532599 [compare]
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~0.78%
Laura Stinson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A365071 [compare], Ancestry member Laura_Stinson
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~0.78%
Mary Richardson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A037854 [compare], Ancestry member shakespeareinpark
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~0.78%
Linda Odum (Odum) Bell :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lbellmd_1
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~0.78%
Diane Clark :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A400855 [compare], Ancestry member CDianeClark
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~0.78%
Gary Clark :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AE8376665 [compare], Ancestry member gary_clark
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~0.78%
Jon Rymer :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Richard Tatum :
AncestryDNA
+
Living DNA
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~0.78%
Ray Clark :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch NQ4687829 [compare], FTDNA kit #B1714
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~0.78%
Ben Hogan :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T599185 [compare], FTDNA kit #576600
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Shirley (McDonald) O’Neil :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch EK1717981 [compare]
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~0.78%
James Cleary :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H268111 [compare]
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~0.78%
Mark Miller :
MyHeritage DNA, yourDNAportal JAM0b8b0f38
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~0.39%
Allan Cates :
23andMe, GEDmatch KV2553946 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MV8731876 [compare], Ancestry member allanc8s
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~0.39%
James Folsom :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Janet Brown :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member pleiadeez7
-
~0.39%
James Cleary :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A571299 [compare], Ancestry member wichita6
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~0.39%
John Webb :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ironjohn51
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~0.39%
Brent Garner :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member BrentGarner626
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~0.39%
Darrell Cantrell :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Brantley Roden :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A039258 [compare], Ancestry member homebass
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~0.39%
Donna Miller :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Fred Rutledge :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #3749
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