1. ROBERT CATHCART was, as far as known, the first of his name in New England and on the Vineyard and a biographical sketch of him may be read in Vol. II Annals of W.T. pp. 41-2. He m. PHEBE COLEMAN abt. 1691, dau. of John and Joanna (Folger) Coleman of Nantucket who was b. 15 June 1674. He d. in Boston 22 Mch 1718 and adm. of his estate was granted to his widow 1 Oct. 1719. She m. (2) SAMUEL ATHEARN (10) 16 Sept. 1719 [in Tisbury].
10. THOMAS, b. (1692); m. MRS. JANE (SMITH) (350) CHASE 15 May 1724 [in Tisbury]; d. 19 Nov. 1730 s. p.
11. MARY, b. (1693); m. THOMAS HATCH.
12. ROBERT, b. (1695); perh. of Norwich, Conn. 1728.
13. JANE, b. (1697); m. THOMAS TRAPP (14) 4 Sept. 1719 [in Tisbury].
14. GERSHOM, b. 1698.
15. PHEBE, b. (1700); m. HENRY LUCE (50) 18 Oct. 1722 [in Tisbury].
16. MIRIAM, b. 11 Feb. 1701; m. WHITTEN MANTER (31) 16 Mch. 1722 [in Tisbury]. [She is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
17. HUGH, b. (1703)
18. Joseph, b. (1705); rem. to Richland, Pa. bef. 1739. There were Cathcarts in York and Armstrong counties, Pa. bearing the name Robert and Joseph 1782-1836 (Penna. Archives).
19. ABIGAIL, b. (1707) d. unm.
20. SUSANNA, b. (1709); m. ELIJAH SWAIN 23 July 1735.
14. GERSHOM CATHCART (Robert1), b. 1698; res. T., carpenter. He m. (1) MARTHA MANTER (30) 12 Feb. 1720 [in Tisbury], who was b. 13 Feb. 1696 and d. 23 Feb. 1733 [and buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]; m. (2) MARY ATHEARN (21) 19 July 1733 [in Tisbury], who was b. 28 Oct. 1711 and d. 3 Sept. 1795 [and buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.] He was prominent in military affairs in town and country, being Ensign 1746, Lieutenant 1749, Captain 1755 and Major 1761. He d. 6 Dec. 1792 in his 95th year.
21. BENJAMIN, b. 19 Nov. 1720.
22. LOVE, b. 13 July 1725; m. BENJAMIN HILLMAN (43)
23. ROBERT, b. 23 Feb. 1728.
24. PHEBE, b. 23 Apr. 1729; m. SAMUEL HILLMAN (64).
25. HULDAH, b. 19 June 1731; m. (1) LEVI LUCE; (2) NATHAN WEEKS (122) 17 June 1766.By Second Wife:
26. THOMAS, b. 25 Mch. 1734; d. 14 Nov. 1753. [Buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
27. PARNELL, b. 23 Feb. 1736; m. NATHAN SMITH (415).
28. JOSEPH, b. 21 Jan. 1739; d. 18 Apr. 1757 unm. [He is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
29. JONATHAN, b. 15 July 1741 d. 6 June 1827 unm. [Buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
30. ABIGAIL, b. 8 Sept. 1743.
31. HUGH, b. 2 Mch. 1745.
32. GERSHOM, b (1746)
33. NANCY, b. 4 Dec. 1748; m. JAMES LOOK (68) 28 Sept. 1775 [in Tisbury].
34. ANN, b. (1751)
35. MARTHA, b. (1753).
17. HUGH CATHCART, (Robert1), b. abt. 1703; res. Nantucket, yeoman. He m. DINAH SWAIN dau. of John and Patience (Skiffe) Swain of Nantucket, who was b. 5 Sept. 1707 and d. 1 June 1790. No further particulars regarding him.
40. ABIGAIL, b. 29 Sept. 1732; m. EDWARD WYER.
41. SUSANNA, b. (1735); m. THOMAS MOOERS 4 Jan. 1755.
42. ANN, b. 16 Apr. 1737; m. GREENLEAF MARSHALL.
43. PHEBE, b. (1740); m. SAMUEL CUSHMAN 9 May 1771.
44. GERSHOM, b. 11 Sept. 1744; m. and res. Nantucket.
45. JOSEPH, b. 11 June 1747; m. and res. Nantucket.
46. JOHN, b. (1750); m. and res. Nantucket.
23. ROBERT CATHCART, (Gershom,2 Robert1), b. 23 Feb. 1728; res. T., yeoman. He m. MARY JONES (71) 11 Dec. 1755 [in Chilmark], who d. 1809. He rem. to Conway, Mass. abt. 1777 and d. there 14 July 1795. His will 6 July 1795 was pro. 6 Oct. 1795.
49. LOVE, b. (1757); m. ELIJAH GATES.
50. THOMAS, b. 7 May 1759; m. (1) JANE GATES 16 Feb. 1793; (2) RACHAEL DUTCHER 21 Nov. 1808.
51. HANNAH, m. ASA HAWKES.
52. PHEBE.
53. LYDIA.
54. GERSHOM, b. 1767; res. Goshen, Mass. (1803).
55. MARTHA
56. SILAS JONES.
57. TRISTRAM, m. SUBMIT WATKINS.
31. HUGH CATHCART,(Gershom,2 Robert1), b. 2 Mch. 1745, res. T., master-mariner. He m. BATHSHEBA ALLEN (242) 27 Sept. 1775 [in Tisbury], who was b. 7 Apr. 1754 and d. 26 Aug. 1848. He d 8 June 1824. [They are both buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
60. LUCY, b. 28 May 1776; m. SAMUEL LUCE (1020) 18 July 1793 [in Tisbury].
61. THOMAS, b. 1781
62. TEMPERANCE, m. THOMAS YEATON.
63. PRUDENCE, b. 29 Mch. 1787; m. SYLVANUS ALLEN (275) ["of Nantucket"] 15 Oct. 1833. [She d. 31 Dec. 1871 in West Tisbury of "old age."]
64. MARY, b. 4 Sept. 1795; m. (1) [Capt.] JOSEPH [Job?] P. WOOD [of Falmouth] 9 Mch 1825 [in Tisbury]; (2) BARNARD LUCE (566) 10 Oct. 1841.
61. THOMAS CATHCART, (Hugh,3 Gershom,2 Robert1), b. 1781
[the 1850 census states 3 Dec. 1782 in Tisbury]; m. (1) SOPHRONIA WOOD of
Falmouth, Mass. who was b. 1787 and d. 6 Oct. 1824; (2) CHARLOTTE C. JORDAN
of Canton, Mass. (dau. of George and Elizabeth Jordan) 28 Jan. 1826, who
was b. 8 Aug. 1795 [the 1850 census states 18 Aug 1800 in Canton] and d.
3 Aug. 1871 [in Tisbury of "ulceration of bowells."] Their children
were the last of the Cathcart name to live on the island. [The 1850 Tisbury
census gives Thomas' occupation as "mariner" and in his death
record as "farmer." He d. 25 Jul 1868 in West Tisbury of apoplexy.
Thomas, Sophronia, and Charlotte are all buried at West Tisbury Village
Cemetery.]
[Children (may not be a complete list):
100. MARTHA WOOD CATHCART, b. 1820 in Tisbury. She m. JONATHAN ATHEARN JR. (1811-1860) on 28 Oct. 1840 in Tisbury. She died of "insanity" on 8 July 1868 in West Tisbury, and is buried with her husband at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.
By second wife:
101.CHARLOTTE AMELIA CATHCART, b. 24 Nov. 1826 in Tisbury. She m. Capt. JONATHAN MAYHEW of Chilmark (son of William and Phebe Mayhew) on 25 Dec 1853 in West Tisbury. She appears with her parents in the 1850 Tisbury census. She d. 24 Oct. 1857 of fever on board the steamer John L. Stephens, on passage to California. She was interred at sea, but she has a gravestone at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.
102. ANN J. CATHCART, b. 2 Dec. 1832 in Edgartown; m. HENRY C. JOHNSON (of Tisbury, mariner, son of John and Philura Johnson) on 5 Apr 1854 in West Tisbury. She appears with her parents in the 1850 Tisbury census. She is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery. Did Henry die of Typhoid fever on 17 Oct. 1865 in Tisbury?
103. SARAH CATHCART, b. ___. She died at age 12, and is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
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