When Samuel Cate was christened in 1735, in Greenland Station, Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, his father, William Cate, was 39 and his mother, Elizabeth Sherburne, was 39. He had at least 4 sons with Molly Ayers. He died about 1803, in New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 69.
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1735–1803 Male
1738– Female
1765–1814 Male
1767–1814 Male
1780–1845 Male
–1814 Male
Dutch: habitational name from any of several small farms in the East Netherlands known as Ten Cate, from katerstede ‘small cottage for a peasant or a laborer’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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