Born about in Mecklenburg County, Province of North Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of Johann Michael Rudisill
and Catherina (Unknown) Rudisill
Sister of
Philip George Rudisill, John Rudisill, Hannah Sarah (Rudisill) Arends, Henry Rudisill, Barbara Margaretha (Rudisill) Cansler, Elizabeth (Rudisill) Davault, Susanna (Rudisill) Derr and Jacob Rudisill
Wife of
Jacob Link Sr.
— married
15 Jun 1789 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Jacob Link Jr, Michael Link, John Link, Aaron Link, Henry William Link and Anna Catherine (Link) Sides
Died about
at about age 83
in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 May 2011
This page has been accessed 455 times.
Biography
On 9 January 1817, “Catherine Link (widow & relict of Jacob Link Decd late of the County) represents that her said Husband died intestate about two years ago [circa 1815] seized & possessed of two tracts of land in said County one of about 400 or 500 acres which is unimproved, the other containing about 420 acres on which your petitioner now lives.” She petitions for dower out of the 420 acres and relinquishes all claim to the other tract.
In June 1817, Jacob Link’s realty was divided among his eight heirs, who were his daughter and sons:
Ann Link
Henry Link
John Link
David Link
Aaron Link
Jacob Link
Moses Link
Michael Link[1]
Sources
- ↑ Lincoln Co. Estates Papers, Jacob Link (1815); box no. CR.060.508.81, North Carolina State Archives. This file contains estate papers for two different individuals named Jacob Link: one who was deceased before July 1770 whose widow was Barbara; and Jacob Link who died circa 1815 whose widow was Catherine. The file is digitized at FamilySearch.
- Find A Grave memorial 20300708 with tombstone image for Katharine Rudisill Link (1771–9 Mar 1847) created 5 July 2007 by James W. Miller Jr.; citing Henry W. Link Cemetery, Long View, Catawba County, North Carolina.
Acknowledgments
- WikiTree profile Rudisill-28 created through the import of HAYER.GED on May 29, 2011 by Larry Hayer.
Is Catharine your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
the profile manager, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catharine 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 Catharine:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catharine 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 Catharine:
-
~3.12%
Charles (Cook) Cooke
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A756285 [compare], yourDNAportal CHA7f3309f6, Ancestry member C.C.
-
~1.56%
Kenneth Link :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A455434 [compare], Ancestry member Kenneth_Link
-
~1.56%
~3.12%
Saundra (Wilson) Cooke :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A324908 [compare], Ancestry member peachplanter
-
~1.56%
Barry Smith :
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
Dick Wingate :
Living DNA, GEDmatch Z175331 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Nicole Alves :
23andMe, GEDmatch KT9299839 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member nicolealves329
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Margaret (Fishburne) Goldston :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Goldstonmargaret
-
~0.78%
Linda Church :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SM2002591 [compare], yourDNAportal LIN9511cde0, Ancestry member Lindacarol96
-
~0.39%
Anna Morris :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Duane Church :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZA9996910 [compare]
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Comments: 1
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Kathy (Gunter) Sullivan
Rudisill-281 and Rudisill-28 appear to represent the same person because: Same father, same siblings.
posted
by Kathy (Gunter) Sullivan
Featured National Park champion connections: Catharine is 16 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 20 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 13 degrees from George Catlin, 12 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 19 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 15 degrees from George Grinnell, 26 degrees from Anton Kröller, 15 degrees from Stephen Mather, 20 degrees from Kara McKean, 13 degrees from John Muir, 18 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 24 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.