Colonel
John
Catlett
IV
Born after in Sittingbourne, Kent, England
Ancestors 
Son of John Catlett
and Sarah (Hawkins) Rowzie
Brother of
Margaret Rowsey [half], Ralph Rouzee Sr. [half], Lodwick Rowzie Jr. [half], Catherine Rowzie [half], Martha Bernard (Rouzee) Rowzie [half], Sarah Rowzee [half] and Edward Rowzie [half]
Husband of
Mary Margaret (Lucas) Catlett
— married
1642 in Sittingbourne, Kent, England
Husband of
Elizabeth (Underwood) Butler
— married
about 1657 in Rappannock County, Colony of Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Catlett, Nicholas Catlett, Margaret Catlett, Susannah (Unknown) Spearman, John Catlett V, Elizabeth (Catlett) Taliaferro, Sarah (Catlett) Taliaferro and William Catlett
Died
before age 44
in Port Royal, Caroline County, Colony of Virginia
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Biography
John Catlett IV was a Virginia colonist.
The immigrant John Catlett I was born in Sittingbourne, Kent, England after 19 Jul 1625, the date of his father's will that mentions his unborn child. [1] John's widowed mother Sarah re-married to Lodwick/Lodowick Rowzie/Rowzee of Ashford.[2]
John's first wife was was believed to be Mary Lucas who died in 1642. This is based on the 05 Jun 1663/4 will of a Mrs. Margaret (Lucas) Upton: "...to Francis Slaughter, Junr., Son and heir unto my Son in Law Francis Slaughter, deceased, one cow & increase… if Francis Slaughter, Junr. dies bef 21 years, then to be disposed by my Daughter Elizabeth Catlett his lawful Mother." [3] By his first wife, John is known to have had two sons:
John I arrived at Rappahannock, Virginia sometime before 23 May 1650, when he and Ralph "Rousey" patented 400 acres "on the freshes upon S. side of Rappa. Riv." for the transportation of 8 persons including: "Ralph Rousey, John Catlett, Valentine Allen, Nicholas Catlett, Peter Neale."[4][5] Other documents show John with his sons Nicholas and Thomas, and his half-brothers Ralph and Edward Rowzie. John, his sons, and the Rowzies constituted some of the earliest settlers of Port Royal; acquired land on Occupacia Creek (later Essex Co., VA) in 1650; and between 1655-1665 recorded land patents of 1,542 acres, 400 acres and 1,364 acres. [6]
In 1657, John married Elizabeth (Underwood), widow of Col. Francis Slaughter, by whom she had one son, Francis Jr. (p 13).[2] John and Elizabeth settled near what is now Port Royal and called their home place "Green Hill Estate." [7]
John's surviving children by Elizabeth, who are all mentioned in Elizabeth's will, were:[2]
- 3. John II, b. 1658, d. 1724
- 4. Elizabeth, b. 1663, m. Francis Taliaferro, d. 1710
- 5. Sarah, b. 1666, m. 1682 to Robert Taliaferro (bro. of Francis), d. 1726
- 6. William, b. 1670, m. Elizabeth Thompson, d. 1698
- Note: There is no reliable source for John Catlett and Elizabeth Underwood having a daughter Susannah Catlett who married John Spearman. John may have had other children, but they either died young or were otherwise not recorded in surviving records, and they were not mentioned in John's second wife's will. [8]
A founding justice of Sittingbourne Parish in Old Rappahannock County, VA in 1666, John was also a militia colonel for the county, charged with its defenses along the open frontier. A note of Col. Catlett in 1664 said that the king of the Potomac Indians had died "in his way home" from the 1662 trial at Jamestown. John's home may even have served as a village fortification, for it was there in 1670, that he was killed by Indians the same year his son William was born. [9]
John was alive on 17 Jun 1670 when "John Meattor and Henry Peeters by his Attorney Simon Miller, and Jane wife of sd Henry by her Attorney Robt. Payne, appeared before John Catlett and Thomas Hawkins, two Justices of the Peace for Rappa. Co, and acknowledged the conveyance…" but John was deceased by May 1671 when his widow signed a marriage agreement with the Rev. Amory Butler. [10]
Col. Catlett was killed by the Indians while defending the fort at Port Royal in 1670. Port Royal is on the Rappahannock river, in Caroline county, Va., opposite Port Conway.
Sources
- ↑ Hauk, Carol A. Descendants of John Catlett of Virginia. Anderson, Indiana: Hauk Data Services, 1996.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Stubbs, Dr. & Mrs. William Carter. (1918) A History of Two Virginia Families transplanted from County Kent, England: Thomas Baytop, Tenterden, 1638 and John Catlett, Sittingbourne, 1622. New Orleans, LA: Archive.org (Pages 1-13).
- ↑ Ariciu, Janet. Colonel John Catlett (abt. 1627 - bef. 1672), Rootsweb, 29 May 2012, citing Rappahannock County, Virginia Records, 1656-64, pg. 326.
- ↑ Nugent, Nell M., (1934) Cavaliers and pioneers; abstracts of Virginia land patents ... Richmond: Dietz Print Co., HathiTrust.org (Book No. 2, Page 193).
- ↑ Ariciu, Janet. Colonel John Catlett (abt. 1627 - bef. 1672), Rootsweb, 29 May 2012, citing Colket, Meredith B., Jr. "Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657." Cleveland: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975, pg. 59.
- ↑ Fall, Ralph Emmett. Hidden Village: Port Royal, Virginia 1744-1981. Verona, VA: McClure, Phillips and Co., 1982
- ↑ Genealogy.com Forum, Surnames, Gibson: "No connect. between Jonathan GIBSON and the Bishop of London?" by Marion Pezzullo, 12 Jun 2005
- ↑ Fall, Ralph Emmett. Hidden Village: Port Royal, Virginia 1744-1981. Verona, VA: McClure, Phillips and Co., 1982
- ↑ Fall, Ralph Emmett. Hidden Village: Port Royal, Virginia 1744-1981. Verona, VA: McClure, Phillips and Co., 1982
- ↑ Ariciu, Janet. Colonel John Catlett (abt. 1627 - bef. 1672), Rootsweb, 29 May 2012, citing Old Rappahannock records, Vol. 1, 1672-1676
See also:
- Avant, David A., Some Southern Colonial Families, Vol. I & III, L'Avant Studios, Tallahassee, FL, 1989.
- Bass, Josephine Lindsay and Bonner, Becky, RootsWeb: My Southern Family: Col. John Catlett II "the Immigrant" 1624 - abt. 1670
- Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006.
- Germanna Colonies, "History of County Formations in Virginia 1617-1995." Germanna Colonies Family History: The State of Virginia.
- Hamm, Tom Jr., RootsWebb: John Catlett (bef. 12 Mar 1625/26 - 31 Dec 1670)
- Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003.
- Strachey, William and Jourdain, Silvester, A voyage to Virginia in 1609: two narratives: Strachey's "True reportory" and Jourdain's Discovery of the Bermudas, published for the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities by University Press of Virginia, 1967
- Sweeny, William Montgomery, 1871-1945, Wills of Rappahannock County, Virginia, 1656-1692, page 2
- Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. New York, NY, USA: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915.Original data: Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed.
- Weathers, Elreeta, RootsWeb: Taliaferro-L Archives, 27 Mar 2006
- Weathers, Elreeta and Winter, Dee Find A Grave Memorial #86108560, 01 Mar 2012
- The William and Mary Quarterly, Volume 20, Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1912, p. 268.
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases.
- Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/86108560/john-catlett : accessed 14 May 2021), memorial page for Col John Catlett (1625–18 Apr 1670), Find a Grave Memorial ID 86108560, ; Maintained by Dee Winter (contributor 47046829) Unknown. Unsourced and undocumented memorial
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10 Descendants of CoJ. Jolm Catlett. Mrs. Annie Catlett Bullock, the daughter of Patrick Eobb and Elizabeth (Fitzhugh) Catlett, and granddaughter of John Gibson Catlett (the sixth Jolm in direct descent), and who lives at Guinea, Caroline county, Virginia, has inherited the "old Catlett Bible" with records of two generations, which she has furnished for this work. She writes : "I have heard there was another generation in- cluded, but one of the old great-grandmothers, who was left a widow, although young and pretty, being anxious to conceal her age, relent- lessly destroyed it—so the legend goes." In another letter she writes: "The 'Green Hill' estate once belonged to my father, who inheriteditfromhisfather,JohnGibsonCatlett. Isendyousome very old papers to read. They are curious on account of their antiquity." The oldest of these very ancient papers is the original deed given to Col. John Catlett, in 1666, by John Spearman and his wife, Susannah, to the "Green Hill" estate, which has descended through themalelinedirectlytoMrs.Bullock'sfather. Itissoancientand interesting that it is inserted in full below. The next is a survey of some land made for the second Col. John Catlett, 11th January, 1688, and gives as a reason for the survey that he "finds his patents of ye land going to decay," 1,364 acres. The next is the original will of William Catlett, son of the first Col.John,madeonthe11thdayofApril,1677. Thiswillisgiven elsewhere. Another is a. copy of a deed of 3,640 acres of land made by Alex. Spotswood, Lieutenant-Governor, at Williamsburg, Va., to Eobert Carter, of Lancaster county, on the 22nd of January, 1718. These lands were in the fork of Eappahannock river and adjoined the landsofCol.Catlett; henceanofficialcopywasfurnishedthelatter. The next, an indenture made on the fourth day of January, MDCCXXX, between John Catlett, gent., of Caroline county, to John Catlett, Jr., of th^ame county, planter, conveying one moiety of tract of land purchased by him and Eichard Buckner, gent., of Augustine Smith, gent., is interesting, since both the signatures of "J^ Catlett" and Mary Catlett (Mary Grayson), his wife have attached a seal in red wax, an antelope's liead, erased. No. Arms of the Catlett family have been found, but this seal, coupled with the gift to his son John of his "silver seal," in the will of the second Col. John Catlett, is significant of armorial bearings. The will of the third John Catlett, of Caroline county, made the 4th of June, 1730, and witnessed by Jonath. Gibson, George Todd and Eol)ert Lindsay, is also among these valuable papers. The following is the deed in full to a part of the original tract known as "Green Hill," the remainder having been previously pur- chased of John Prosser
— Descendants of Col. John Catlett: 11 1666. Knoiv all men by these p'nts that I Jolin Spearman for The con- sideration of three thousand three hundred pounds of good Tob°- the Receipt whereof hereby acknowledged & Contented therewith, have bargained & Sold and doe by thee p'nts give grant bargain & sell from me & my heires Unto CoW- John Catlett gent his heires & ass's for Ev- two hun- dred acres of Land lying in the Freshes of Rapp'^- county on the Southside the Eiver beginning at a m'ked white Oake at a nrked oake at' the Mouth of a Creeke called by the Name of the Golden Yale being a pcell of Land belonging to a Greater Patent of John Prossers & running from the afores^- White Oake into the Woods w*- a lyne of trees that parts the s^- Land formerly John GeUetfs deced, 320 p So. West thence through John Prosser's Land now the Land of Coll°- John Catlett So." West 400 p thence N. West 63 p thence No. East 400 p thence So: East 43 p butting on the Miles End of The Land formerly Jolin Gelletts thence No. East 315 p to the creeke, thence to the place begann Near the Creeke side 20 p, to Say in all two hundred acres that I, John Spearman doe acknowledge to give grant Bargain sell from me & my heires unto Coll°- John Catlett Gent, his heires & assignes for Ever. To Have and to Hold the s^- two hundred acres of Land w*"^- all Im- munities Eights Titles privileges & pffitts whatsoever to him the s*^- Coll"- John Catlett his heires & assigns for Ever w*^- Sufficient Warranty in as full & ample Manner as may be Collected out of a Conveyance made to me John Spearman from John Prosser & his tvife Martha, dated the 15 of August 1665. Moreover I, the S"^- John Spearman, & Susannah his wife doe Covenant & grant for themselves & their Heires unto Coll°- Jn°- Catlett his heires & assignes that they have Good & Lawfull Title at the Sealing & Delivery of these p'nts Unto the afores'^- parcell of Land & that they will make aeknowledgm^- in the County Court Court of Eapp'*- of this their Act & Deed & give Livery & Seizin According to Law I, the said Coll°- John Catlett his heires & assignes discharging such Quitrents as are Imposed on the said Land according as is Expressed in the patt. to John Prosser of 1750 acres dated the 20th of July 1660. In Witness whereof I John Spearman & Susannah my wife have to these puts sett o""- hands & Scales this 24th day of Aug*- 1666. Sealed Signed & deliv*^- in p'nts of Us Alex: Fleming. WalJcer Hoivard. John Prosser. Signed John Speaeman [Seale] f~| ^ ^ ^'^f'^rci i i Susannah Spk4.rman[Seale] Memorand This first day of Septembe- 1666
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Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 May 2018), memorial page for Col John Catlett (162518 Apr 1670), Find A Grave Memorial no. 86108560, ; Maintained by Dee Winter (contributor 47046829) Unknown.
Birth after 19 Jul 1925 after his father wrote his will with provisions for his "unborn son" - so could not have been born in 1624, nor in 1622 as stated in the bio. Most probably 12 Mar 1625 which the bio gives as his christening date.
Needs bio rewritten and events corrected.