NameCatharine Gatewood
Birth1 Nov 1742, Virginia
Death1816, Caroline County, Virginia
Documentation
“Catherine Gatewood daughter of Richd Gatewood & Frankey His wife was born November ye 1st 1742” [Gatewood Family Bible, Library of Virginia Accession No. 32750.]
An undated petition by orator John Richards states that Richard Gatewood died about 1760 leaving Robert Cole and Frances his wife, William Gatewood, Richard Tyler and Catharine his wife, Henry Allen & Frances his wife, Philemon Gatewood, Annie Gatewood & Elizabeth Gatewood by William Gatewood their next friend. [Essex County, Virginia, Box 201, Folder G.]
The children of Richard Gatewood, deceased, were to receive legacies in the 21 October 1761 will of their grandfather Richard Tyler. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 11, pages 386–389.]
Catharine Gatewood was mentioned in the 22 August 1777 will of her husband Richard Tyler, proved on 14 December 1802. [Hopkins, William Lindsay. Caroline County, Virginia, Court Records 1742–1833 and Marriages 1787–1810. Richmond, Virginia: William Lindsay Hopkins, 1990, page 146.]