Catherine "Caty" Rector (Rector)

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Not the same as Catherine Glasscock

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she was the mother of Uriah, Maximillian, John Benjamin Rector, and Polly

Ref: By John Blankenbaker - Notes Germanna History Notes Nr. 650:
One Rector who had never been placed with certainty was Uriah Rector. There had been no evidence as to who his father was. B.C. Holtzclaw favored placing him as a son of Harmon (son of Hans Jacob Richter, the 1714 immigrant), which was making it crowded there. Harmon, Jr. was clearly a son as he was named in Harmon's will. The evidence for John was the tithe list in Fauquier Co. (Jack Alcock was slightly chagrined that he had not detected this sooner, as John was listed in his book "Fauquier Families".)
Tommie Brittain was extremely interested in Uriah, as he was her ancestor. So she collected evidence from everywhere (he was to be found in several states), but nothing identified his father. What did seem to be clear was that he had a brother Maximilian, as the two of them seemed to go through life together. With two sons that were positively sons of Harmon, to add Uriah as a son of Harmon would require adding Maximilian as a son of Harmon also, bringing the total count to at least four sons, possibly five sons. This was hardly an acceptable reading of Harmon's will.
John Alcock, in his research at the Fauquier Court House, tells a good story. It was the spring of the year, and normally John would have been working on the farm, but this day it was snowing. He had phoned home from the courthouse to say he was coming in for lunch. There was no answer so he decided he could spend a little more time in research. He decided to spend some time with the loose papers in the courthouse that had not been indexed. So he opened the book to one of its two hundred pages and spotted the name Rector. It was Uriah Rector who was being sued by John Peyton Harrison. Examination of the papers yielded the information that Uriah was the son of John Rector. The basis of the complaint was that John Rector had sold land to Harrison, but before John Rector delivered the deed he (John Rector) was "killed by thunder". Harrison was suing Uriah as the eldest son of John Rector, asking that Uriah deliver a deed. John Rector had given a bond on 15 April 1773 that he would deliver the deed. Harrison sued on 15 April 1784. Uriah's answer was that Harrison had not paid.
Who was the John Rector who was killed by thunder? He was the son of John Rector, who was the son of Hans Jacob Richter. Therefore, Uriah and his brother, Maximilian, were great-grandsons of Hans Jacob Richter.
John, Jr., died before the end of June 1773, when the administration of his estate was granted to William Kincheloe (a relative?). John, Jr.'s father had died just before this, for John, Sr., left 100 acres to his grandson, John, who would have been Uriah's brother.
After Harrison had filed his complaint and Uriah had answered, the Sheriff was ordered to bring Uriah into court, but the Sheriff could no longer find Uriah, as he was no longer resident in Fauquier.

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The twelve hundred and twenty-seventh note in a series of Notes on the Germanna Colonies: We have John Alcock to thank for finding where Uriah should be hung on the Rector tree. When Jack sent me the results, he added a few comments.

"Since it was snowing this morning [March 19, 1997 in Fauquier County, VA], I went over to the courthouse instead of working outdoors. I paid particular attention to the "loose" papers in the Fauquier Co. Courthouse which have been catalogued and indexed. I was especially drawn to the name Rector but without any unusual finds. When I finished, I called my wife Mariana to say I was on the way home for lunch, but there was no answer. So I said to myself, 'It will take only a few minutes to look at the Chancery indexes.' I turned to the index of plaintiffs and my eye caught the name Uriah Rector as defendant to John Peyton Harrison. This was no accident; it was only one page out of perhaps two hundred. Finally, a little bit of luck was with me as the case identifies Uriah Rector's parentage. You can follow the details in the copies which I am enclosing. The originals are ID 204 in Box 4, 1792 - item 007." John Peyton Harrison filed a complaint on 15 April 1784 against Uriah Rector, the eldest son and heir at law to John Rector who had been "killed by thunder" before he made a deed for his sale to Harrison of the lot on which John Clark then lived. Uriah refused to honor the bond of his father that the formal conveyance would be completed. Uriah said Harrison had not paid for the tract. The bond was dated 15 April 1773. The John Rector who was killed by thunder was the son of John Rector and the grandson of the 1714 immigrant Hans Jacob Richter. John, Jr. died before the end of June 1773 when administration of his estate was granted to William Kincheloe (a relative?). John Rector, Sr. had died before the end of March 1773 leaving 100 acres to his grandson, John, who would have been a brother to Uriah. The sheriff was ordered to bring Uriah into court to answer the complaint, but he could not be found as he was no longer resident in Fauquier County. A final decree was issued in August 1792, but no copy was in the file. John Alcock is the author of "Fauquier Families, 1759-1799" which has been acclaimed as an outstanding source of reference material on the people of Fauquier County." (John Blankenbaker)* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Nov 18 2021, 0:17:57 UTC