Cators of Dorchester Maryland, Generation 1

SORTING OUT THE CATORS
IN MARYLAND/VIRGINIA/DC:

DORCHESTER COUNTY AND
BALTIMORE MARYLAND CATORS
Cator Generation 1

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Cator is an unusual surname...meaning there are limited Cators in any one area. So, we have started to sort through the Cators in Maryland and surrounding area, hoping to find a way to link these "miscellaneous" Cators to our own District of Columbia and Prince George's County MD Cator line. Your help will be greatly appreciated. ANY of these miscellaneous Cators will be treasured by us. Please help us by sharing new information, corrected information, family stories, photos, whatever, so we can together demystify the Delmarva Cators. We are happy to share what we have. Please email us (Donna and Patrick Cator) at catorfamily@gmail.com.

MOSES LeCOMPTE and MARY SKINNER
Parents of Moses LeCompte (Jr.) Mid 1600s

Moses LeCompte was the son of Anthony and Esther LeCompte. He married a "Skinner, daughter of old Skinner from England that took up the land now owned by Joseph Byus." (Per History of Dorchester County, Maryland by Elias Jones (see Google Books)." They had 11 children, the 2nd one being Moses LeCompte (Jr.) Per this same book 9 of the 11 lost their eyesight and 42 of this branch of the family became blind and in 1819 19 of those living were blind. Moses (Sr.) first wife was Levinia; 2nd was Rebecca..

MOSES LeCOMPTE (Jr.) and LEVINIA P. PATTISON
Parents of Mary LeCompte (Cator) Late 1600s

Moses LeCompte (Jr.) was born in Dorchester County, MD in 1680, where he also passed away in later years. He married Levinia P. Pattison (widow of Matthew Driver) in 1704 in the same county. She was the daughter of Thomas Pattison. Moses was the son of a Moses LeCompte and Mary Skinner. Moses I. became blind in his twenties, as had his father. Levinia Pattison around 1702 "inherited 150 acres of The Grove on Oyster Creek on James Island from the will of her mother, Ann Pattison." Moses/Levinia deeded half the "Grove" to their stepson/son, Matthew Driver, on Aug 11, 1731. Note: Adult-onset Retinosis Pigmentosa was evidently common within the LeCompte line.

Moses (Jr.) and Levinia had 4 children:

MARY LeCOMPTE, b. 1711, Dorchester County d. Dorchester County; m. (1) Marmaduke Dove (2) Mr. Davey; b. Dorchester County; (3) EDWARD CATOR, 1744, Dorchester County.
LEVINIA LeCOMPTE who married a FNU Cator; later married William Geoghegan.
MOSES LeCOMPTE (III) born about1705 in MD; married Nancy Pattison. Per the History of Dorchester County, Maryland by Elias Jones: Moses III and Nancy Pattison had children: Moses IV; Nancy LeCompte m. 1759 to Jeremiah Pattison; Esther LeCompte; Rosamond LeCompte; and Elizabeth LeCompte.
ESTHER LeCOMPTE married Matthew Skinner.

Three of Moses and Levinia's grandsons were Levin Cator born 1744 by his daughter Mary LeCompte and her husband Edward Cator, and by daughter Levinia: William Geoghegan and Moses Geoghegan," to whom he gave as follows; "unto my grandson Levin Cator, one half of the whole survey of "LeCompte's Addition" (34 1/2 acres) on James Island, in Dorchester County unto my two grandsons William and Moses Geohegan the easternmost half of "LeCompte's Addition," equally, and my part of "Grove," (75 acres) lying on James Island, Dorchester County." He also refers to his daughter Levinia Geoghegan (Dorch. Co. Land Records, XXII.222).

Moses I. LeCompte married second to Rebecca Stokes, daughter of Peter Stokes. He died in 1776 and was buried at Taylor's Island, Dorchester County, Maryland, Great Britain.

EDWARD & MARY LeCOMPTE CATOR
and CHILDREN; Early 1700s

CATOR Generation No. 1

Betw. 1700-1711 Dorchester MD: EDWARD CATOR born.
1711 Dorchester County, MD: Mary LeCompte born as daughter of Moses LeCompte (Jr.? b. abt 1680) and Levinia Patricia Pattison LeCompte, and the granddaughter of Moses LeCompte and Mary Skinner on her father's side, and Thomas & Ann Pattison on her mother's side.
Between 1743 - 1744: Edward wed his bride, MARY LeCOMPTE; they had six children.
After 1747: EDWARD CATOR dies.
After 1747: Widowed, Mary LeCompte Cator died after 1747 and is buried in Dorchester County, MD.
Mary had two other marriages, one to Marmaduke Dove supposedly, and another to a Mr. Navy or Davy; No children resulted from either of these first two marriages.

Nothing known yet to me about Edward Cator's ancestry!

Children of Edward and Mary LeCompte Cator:

Abel Cator: No further information known.

John Cator: d. before 1848, No further information known.

Joseph Cator: No further information known.

Moses Edward Cator: b. about 1769 in Virginia, d. about 1853 in Williamson, TN. No further information known.

Levin Cator born October 21, 1744, in Dorchester County; married Aney Robson; married Jane Craigton (Creighton). Died 10/01/1826. For more on Levin and his children, go
TO GENERATION 2

Martha Cator: No further information known.

TO GENERATION 1 Moses Cator; Edward and Mary LeCompte Cator; Levin and Aney Cator

TO GENERATION 2 Family of Levin Cator (son of Edward and Mary LeCompte Cator) including Joseph and Hannah Brohawn Cator, son/daughter-in-law of Levin Cator.

TO GENERATION 3 Not an active page - combined info with other Generations 2 and/or 4

TO GENERATION 4 Families of Joseph E, Capt Wm., & Robinson W. Cator

TO GENERATION 5 Family of Capt. Wm. Whitefield Cator and Mary Ann Augusta Travers Cator.

TO THOMAS BROOME TRAVERS +dau. Mary and spouse WILLIAM CATOR

TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CATOR ARTICLE FROM BOOK

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See also...Note I have not compared this site to mine and do not have any knowledge of the author of the site or the source of his content, but mention it for your review: Dorchester County MD genealogy site by Bill K.