Will of Thomas Cate

Thomas Cate named Martha and children and appointed Martha and John Sykes executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Thomas Cate (printed THOMAS CATE)

Dated

17 December 1811

Proved

Date not given

Family named

Martha Cate (wife); Martha (wife); Thomas Cate (son; both under age); John S. Cate (son; both under age); Isaih Cate (son); Thomas Cate (son); Doratha Cate (daughter; under age); Polly Cate (daughter); Martha Cate (daughter)

Executors

Martha (wife); John Sykes (well beloved friend)

Witness

Susannah (x) Durham

Names and places are given as the abstract writes them, spelling and all. This record has not been checked against the will book.

Where to find it

• Orange County Will Book D, page 369.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 54.
• Also listed in Mark Chilton, “Wills Recorded in Orange County, NC 1756–1893” (Wandering through the NC Piedmont, 2019), an index of the will books with references to the court minutes.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).