1681 Liber Page Dunn, John, appraiser of estate of Humphrey Davis, Talbot Co. VIIB 178 Earle, Thomas, Anne, his widow and admtrx., married John Ayres. VIIB 27 Harrison, Richard, his wife, Elizabeth, widow of John Benson, Calvert Co. VIIB 43 Hubbard, John, Margaret, his wife, widow and admtrx. of John Leekins of Baltimore Co. VIIB 157 Hollis, William, Baltimore Co.; his widow and admtrx. was Elizabeth Russell. VIIB 168 Leekins, John, of Baltimore Co.; his widow and admtrx., Margaret, Margaret, married John Hubbard, same county. VIIB 157 Meridale, Thomas, tobacco due him from the estate of George Symonds, A. A. Co., for a year's VIIB 210 VIIB 168 Wynnall, John; his widow and admtrx, Katharine, married John Grover, Calvert Co. VIIC 227 1682 Liber Page VIIC 230 William Asbeston, his son. VIIC 197 Blackfan, John, Mary, his wife, widow of Joseph Manning. VIIO 253 Bright, Thomas, Kent Co.; his widow and admtrx., Cecily, married Joseph Sudler. VIIC 309 1682 Liber Page Bagby, Ursula, widow of Amos Bagby, Calvert Co., who married William House, Jr. VIIC 309 Canon, Thomas, married Henrietta, widow of Edward Swanson. VIIC 184 VIIC 191 Calvert, Hon. William, Inventory. VIIC 219 Coventon, Nehemia, his widow, Anne, married Phillip Hopkins, Talbot Co. VIIC 262 Croshaw, Elizabeth, wife of William( ?) Croshaw and widow of Thomas Russell. VIIC 330 Constable, Henry, whose wife, Katharine, of A. A. Co., was widow of James Rigby. VIIC 335 Edwards, Richard, whose wife, Hannah, was widow of John Pott, Calvert Co. VIIC 87 Eaton, William, son-in-law of John Johnson, Talbot Co. VIIC 293 Francum, Henry, whose widow, Anne, married Edward Maddock, Charles Co. VIIC 95 Fishwick, Edward, married Margaret, widow and admtrx of Thomas Bassett, St. M. Co. VIIC, 197, 198 Grover, John, Calvert Co., married Katherine, widow and admtrx. of John Wynnall, Cal- VIIC 227 VIIC 130 Hall, Richard, and Mary. VIIC 164 Harrison, Sarah, in whose acct. it is mentioned that Mary Broadnox formerly gave certain cattle VIIO 168 Hopkins, Philip, Talbot Co., married Anne, widow of Nehemia Coventon. VIIC 262 House, William, Jr., married Ursula, widow of Amos Bagby, Calvert Co. VIIC 310 1682 Liber Page Maddock, Anne, widow of Henry Francum, married Edward Maddock, Charles Co. VIIC 95 Martin, John, Charles Co., married Mary, widow of Richard Hall, Charles Co. VIIC 164 Maddock, Edward, Charles Co., whose widow, Mar gery, was the widow of Matthew Stone, VIIC 250 Manning, Joseph, his widow, Mary, afterward married John Blackfan. VIIC 253 Martindale, Ruth, was widow of Thomas Vaughn, St. M. Co. VIIC 328 Pott, John, Calvert Co.; his widow, Hannah, mar ried Richard Edwards, Calvert Co. VIIC 87 Reeves, Henrietta, widow of Edward Swanson, mar ried Thomas Canon, and afterwards Reeves. VIIC 330 Rigby, James; his widow, Katharine, A. A. Co., married Henry Constable. VIIC 335 Swanson, Edward, his widow, Henrietta, married Thomas Canon and afterwards VIIC 184 Stone, Matthew, his widow, Margery, married Edward Maddock, Charles Co. VIIC 250 Sudler, Joseph, married Cecily, widow and extrx. of Thomas Bright, Kent Co. VIIC 309 Toulson, Andrew, son of Sarah Harrison. VIIC 182 Vaughn, Thomas, St. M. Co.; widow, Ruth, married Martindale. VIIC 328 CATONSVILLE BIOGRAPHIES GEORGE C. KEIDEL, PH. D. 1. RICHARD CATON OF CATONSVILLE * Family History The Caton family seems to have been of Norman origin, and the name occurs frequently in the annals of English history; but the genealogists have not yet succeeded in discovering all of the connecting links between the subject of this sketch and the earliest known member of the family in England. Suffice it here to record the following disconnected items: 1 Walter de Caton, Knight, 1193, was present with the King's Army at York; John de Caton is on record for the year 1297: Thomas de Caton in 1311 held the manors of Caton and Littledale; John de Caton in 1352 was rector of Gawsworth, and died in 1391: John de Caton in 1386 gave the manor of Cockerham to the Abbey of Leicester; Robert de Caton in 1402 was the priest chancellor of the Bishop of Winchester; John Caton in 1448 was a citizen of London; John Caton mentioned in 1497 has descendants now living at Prittlewell, Essex, and Flookborough, Lancaster; John Caton in 1511 was priest vicar of Heine; Thomas Caton in 1522 was buried at St. John Zachary, London. * Copyright 1921 by George C. Keidel. 1 Extracts from a family pedigree "compiled by Wm. Woodville Shelmerdine, 1917, from authentic documents and family papers," original manuscript belonging to Mrs. J. J. Jackson, Baltimore, Md. The earliest known ancestor of the subject of our sketch was William Caton, who was born at Heysham, a small place near Caton, Lancashire, England, in 1684. William Caton's second wife was Isabel Chaffers, to whom he was married in 1724. Their son Joseph Caton was born in 1731, and in 1735 the father died and was buried at his birthplace. At one time this Joseph Caton was the captain of an Indiaman, and when on shore resided in Liverpool. Some record of this Joseph Caton has been preserved in a partial copy of his last will and testament lately in the possession of Mrs. John Joseph Jackson, a distant relative residing in Baltimore, Maryland. This will was made and published by him on the 26th of February, 1796, and in it he enumerates five children and two grandchildren to whom he bequeaths his property. Richard Caton, the subject of our sketch, appears to have been the oldest of the children, and his father refers to the fact that when he had left home he had given him the sum of five hundred pounds. In a codicil to this will made March 26, 1803, occur the following words: Now I do hereby revoke and make void such bequest as to the share of my said son R. C. only and do hereby order, will, and direct that the share of my said son R. C., of and in the residue and remainder of my said real and personal estate, or the money arising therefrom, together with the interest and proceeds that shall grow due thereon, and which I hereby direct shall accumulate until the same shall become payable, shall be equally divided between and amongst all and every the lawful child and children of my said son R. C. living at the time of his decease, or born in due time afterwards to be equally divided among them." The original of this will is no doubt on file at Liverpool, England. Of Joseph Caton, the father of Richard, we know further that he married a girl of sixteen, and had a family of eight children, his oldest son being born on the fifteenth of April . |