John "ye younger" Catlett

John Catlet (ye younger) was born 1596/1599 at Sittingbourne in County Kent England. His parents were John Catlet, Gent.,JR. (ye elder) and his first wife, Elizabeth (Fauncis) Catlet.

On 10-Apr-1623 John's licence to marry Sarah Hawkins was issued in Preston near Faversham, County Kent, Eng.

Their first child, Ralph Catlett, was baptized on 31-Mar-1624, and was buried on 10-Jan-1625, in County Kent, England.

The Catlet's were of the English landed gentry. John's will--Consistory Court of Canterbury; will register deposited at the Kent Archives Office, Maidstone. Ref. PRC32/46 Folio 273d. John named his brothers, sisters, and their offspring in his will. His wife Sara was named executrix. He suspected that his wife might be pregnant, so he provided also for his unborn child. John [iv] was born about 5 months after his father's death--as proved by parish baptismal record. John [iv] was their "second child."

John's will was probated on 13-Oct-1625.

Family

Essex County, Virginia Historical Society, Bulletin 46, May 2006 The Rouzie-Baird Family of Epping Forest By Lillian Baird Blackwell Endnotes:

In 1623, Preston, County Kent, England, John Catlett III, son of John Catlett, Jr. and Elizabeth Frauncis, married Sarah Hawkins. Sarah was the daughter of Ralph Hawkins and Martha Baldwin. John only lived for two short years. After his death, Sarah left her home in Sittingbourne Parish and returned to the home of her father, in Canterbury, for the birth of her posthumous child. John and Sarah had two sons, Col. John Catlett IV, the child she was carrying at the time of her husband’s death, and Thomas Catlett. Having two small sons to care for, Sarah married Dr. Lodowick Rowzee in 1626, in Ashford, County Kent. Lodowick (Lewis) was born in Antwerp, Belgium.

Children:

1. Thomas Catlett, b. 1623, Sittingbourne, County Kent,
2. John {Addl Records} Catlett, b. 12 Mar 1625/26, Canterbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 18 Apr 1670, Old Rappahannock County, Virginia or Port Royal, Essex County, Virginia

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John Catlet (ye younger) was born 1596/1599 at Sittingbourne in County Kent England. His parents were John Catlet, Gent.,JR. (ye elder) and his first wife, Elizabeth (Fauncis) Catlet.

On 10-April-1623 John's licence to marry Sarah Hawkins was issued in Preston near Faversham, County Kent, Eng.

Their first child, Ralph Catlett, was baptized on 31-March-1624, and was buried on 10-January-1625, in County Kent, England.

The Catlet's were of the English landed gentry. John's will--Consistory Court of Canterbury; will register deposited at the Kent Archives Office, Maidstone. Ref. PRC32/46 Folio 273d. John named his brothers, sisters, and their offspring in his will. His wife Sara was named executrix. He suspected that his wife might be pregnant, so he provided also for his unborn child. John [iv] was born about 5 months after his father's death--as proved by parish baptismal record. John [iv] was their "second child."

John's will was probated on 13-October-1625.

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Contributed by: James Hughes

Note: JOHN CATLETT, ye elder, of Sittingbourne,County Kent, Gent.

Issue:

John Catlett, ye younger was dead 1624, when his widow, Sarah, married (II) Lodowick Rowzie, of Ashford, aged 36, by whom were Ralph, Edward and Sarah Rowzie. A son JOHN CATLETT, born about 1622, came to Virginia in 1650 with Ralph and Edward Rowzie, and sons, Nicholas and Thomas Catlett, and settled on the Rappahannock River.

Source: Stubbs, William Carter, A history of two Virginia families transplanted from County Kent, England : Thomas Baytop, Tenterden, 1638 and John Catlett, Sittingbourne, 1622
New Orleans, La.: unknown, 1918, 176 pgs.

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John Catlett & Sarah Hawkins Kent, England

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