Catherine Hite

Catherine O'Bannon

• Born: Abt 1722 Westmoreland County, Virginia
• Gender: Female
• Died: 1760 Frederick County, Virginia
• Father: Bryan Boru O'Bannon, b. Bef 1690, Tipperary, Ireland d. 25 Feb 1762, Fauquier County, Virginia - probate

Family

Jacob Hite and Catherine O'Bannon had the following children:

• (i) John Hite was born 1748 in Dublin, Ireland; died 1777; married Sarah ______, born in Baltimore, Maryland. Sarah's last name is not given by "Shenandoah Valley Pioneers", but this profile earlier showed Nichols, It likely was Cotter. They had three children:
  • (1) Mary Hite.
  • (2) Sarah Hite.
  • (3) Catherine Hite, born in Winchester, Virginia.
• (ii) Thomas Hite was born 1750; died 1776; married Frances Madison Beale on November 10, 1772, born October 1, 1749. They had two children:
  • (1) Frances Madison Hite, born October 4, 1774, died July 27, 1851;
  • (2) James Hite, born October 6, 1776, died 1855.
• (iii) Jacob O'Bannon Hite born 1752 in Fauquier County, Virginia, died 1778 in South Carolina.
• (iv) Mary Hite born 1754 in Fauquier County, Virginia; died 1806 in Maryland; married (1) Nathaniel Manning; married (2) Rev. Busby.
• (v) Elizabeth Hite.

GEDCOM Note

Catherine O'Bannon married Jacob Hite son of Yoist Hite, pioneer Shenandoah Valley settler. Cartmell in his "Shenandoah Valley Pioneers" and repeated in du Beller's "Some Prominent Virginia Families" states that Jacob Hite and Catherine O'Bannon were married in Dublin, Ireland. It is stated that Jacob, who owned an interest in his father's brigantine Swift, had met Catherine on one of his voyages to Ireland. There is some doubt as to the dates of birth of both Catherine (the date of her birth being taken from the records of the late Walter O'Bannon of Tulsa, Ok.) and Jacob Hite. If they were married in Dublin, it is quite possible that at the same time Jacob brought his bride home to Virginia he transported her father, Bryant, and his family. Jacob Hite moved to South Carolina, with his second wife and children, and was massacred by Indians.

References

• Thomas Kemp Cartmell, Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants: A History of Frederick County, Virginia (illustrated) from Its Formation in 1738 to 1908 Joist Hite, The Pioneer Ch. XLVII, pp. 252-269. (Google eBook). Eddy Press Corporation, 1909 - Berkeley County (W. Va.) < GoogleBooks >