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About Alexander Cathey
Alexander Cathey of Rowan Co., NC, left a will:
- Elizabeth (wife)
- two youngest sons: James Cathey and Richard Cathey
- sons: John Cathey (the eldest) and William Cathey
- daughter: Margret Cathey
- account receivable: Richard Lyon
- "once beloved" daughter: Alcy Cathey (Mrs. Benjamin Robinson) - five shillings sterling and no more
- "Sal" and "Tom", to go to his youngest sons following the death of their mother
- two executors, among them his son, John Cathey
- three witnesses: John Brandon (his nephew), Furgus Graham (a relative), and John ? (see document, I have trouble deciphering that one)
Burial record:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22450242/alexander-cathey
Alexander Cathey was born in 1707 in Monahan, County Ulster, Northern Ireland. He was born to John and Ann Cathey. John emigrated with Alexander to Lancaster, Pennsylvania sometime prior to 1731. John's will is recorded in Lancaster County (Ramsey). Alexander's sister remained in Ireland. John's brother, James, settled in Cecil County, MD in 1719, and possibly the brothers came together to the colonies.
Alexander lived in Lancaster until his father's death in 1742. He then moved to the Shenandoah Valley, where his Uncle James and cousins already resided. He married Elizabeth Pinkney about 1740. Shortly after, Alexander and his new wife, along with his uncles and cousins were on the move again. This time the move was to Rowan County, NC, near present-day Salisbury.
The Cathey's were one of no more than 29 families living on the western frontier of North Carolina, far from navigable water. Alexander established a farm in the South Yadkin River Valley and was living there in 1747 when his son, William was born. They had five other children. The Cathey's were devout Presbyterians. Alexander Cathey served in the North Carolina Militia (Capt. Samuel Bean's Co.) from 1754 to 1755. Alexander Cathey was the Justice who presided over the first courts of Rowan County that were held in 1755 (Rumples History of Rowan County).
Children:
- Alice (Cathey) Locke (1732-1794)
- Margaret (Cathey) Locke (1741-1794)
- John Pinkney Cathey (1742-1824)
- William H. Cathey (1747-1827)
- James Cathey (1748-1791)
- Richard Alexander Cathey (1750-1810)
References
- Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Sep 1 2016, 4:43:35 UTC
- An abstract of North Carolina wills from about 1760 to about 1800, p.271
- Pension application for another Alexander Cathey (b. 1759)
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Alexander Cathey's Timeline
| 1707 |
1707
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Ulster, Monaghan, Ireland
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| 1732 |
September 13, 1732
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Rowan Co., NC
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| 1741 |
April 6, 1741
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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1742 |
September 12, 1742
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1747 |
January 16, 1747
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Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
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| 1749 |
1749
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Anson County, North Carolina, Colonial America
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| 1750 |
1750
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Rowan County, North Carolina
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| 1752 |
1752
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Rowan County, North Carolina
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| 1766 |
April 7, 1766
Age 59
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Irish Settlement,West of Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina USA
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