ORANGE COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Abstracts of Cate Family Wills
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ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
WILL ABSTRACTS
Book A, pg 7. Will in Archives

JONATHAN FINCHER
Dated 20 March 1757. Proved May 1757


Wife: name not started, ten shillings.
sons: eldest son name not stated but called Joshua in Codicil. JONATHAN, 
RICHARD, JOSEPH, BENJAMIN (he is to be bound to Joseph Mattox)
daughters: MARY, HANNAH

No Executors named
Witnesses:  Benj Cate, Charles Jonas, (Margaret (X) Whitehead).

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ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
WILL ABSTRACTS

THOMAS CATE
Dated 5 Nov 1765, Proved May 1767

Wife: Elizabeth
Son: RICHARD "Plantation whereon I now live"
daughter: SARAH "daughters" mentioned
granddaughter: ANN "daughter of my son THOMAS CATE.

Executors: sons Thomas and Joseph Cate. 
Witnesses: William Smith, Elizabeth Cate.

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ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
WILL ABSTRACTS

JOHN BASKETT
Dated 26 Feb 1771. Proved

Wife: Ann
sons: William, Thomas (under age)
Executors: friends THOMAS CATE, James Baskett
Witnesses: JOHN CATE, ELIZABETH CATE

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ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
WILL ABSTRACTS

ANDROSS RANDALL
Dated Jul 18, 1877, Proved

wife: Catherine
daughter: Mary

Executor: none named
Witnesses: Robert Cate, Joseph Cate, Thomas Cate

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WILL ABSTRACTS
Orange County, North Carolina
B-259  Will in Archives, Dated 16 July 1793, proved Feb 1794

RICHARD CATE
Wife: EMELIA
My eight children…..JAMES, JESSE, RICHARD, THOMAS, JOHN, MARTHA, SUSANNAH, EMELIA.”

Son:  BENJAMIN
Daughter: Martha Hastings

Several tracts of land are devised. One tract joins Charles Kelly, Another, 
“100 acres which I purchased from James Crawford”. “50 acres on Cain Creek”. “ 
Land purchased from Thomas Moore”,  “tract bought of Richard Tinnen on East 
side of Cain Creek”, “my mill on west side of Cain Creek”.

Executors” Sackfield ____Brewer, brother John Cate, son James Cate.

Witnesses: Bernard Cate, Lewis Kirk

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ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
Will ABSTRACT
C-28 Will in archives. Dated 24 Dec 1793, proved Aug 1794

JOSEPH CATE
Sons: SOLOMON, CHARLES, STEVEN
Daughters: ESTHER, SALL

Testator’s property is on Cane Creek. Neighbors mentioned are John Cate, 
Thomas Baskett, Thomas Durham, W. or Mr. Brewer.

Executors: wife ANN, brother, THOMAS
Witnesses: JOHN CATE, ELIZABETH CATE, JOHN WORKMAN

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ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
C-94 Will in Archives 

JOHN FOSSETT (signed John Faucette)
Dated 6 March 1797, proved May 1796

wife Phoebe
son: Thomas Fossett "plantation joining Joseph Hastings"
dau: Polly Fossett
Executors" Thomas Cate, Ezra Cate, "my brother Sam Fossett".
Witnesses: Richard (X) Fossett, Thomas (X) Faucette.

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ORANGE COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
1799 WILL BOOK C, pg 136


BENJAMIN (X) CATE
Dated 2 Dec 1798
Proved May 1799

Wife: MARY to receive 1/6th part of estate
He is to be buried at the Reading House
“5 sons viz: JOHN CATE, TIMOTHY CATE, JESSE CATE, WILLIAM CATE AND JAMES 
CATE.”
Dau: MARY CATE, under age

“To Henry Hunts, oldest boy Elijah Hunt”
“ To David Nutt’s oldest boy John Nutt”

Executors: brothers Richard Cate, William Cate, merchant. 

Witnesses: Alex’r McMullan, Edward Wortham, William (X) CATE

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ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
C-155 Will in Archives. Dated 17 Oct 1799, proved Nov 1799.

CONRAD MESSER SMITH

sons: LEONARD, STEPHEN, CONRAD, PHETTE
daus: ELIZABETH CATES, MARY "10 sh. to disinherit her"
Witnesses: Jno McMullan, Alexander Turrentine.
Executor named by the Court, Samuel Turrentine.