CATES, Robert

1757 - 1811  (54 years)

• Name	CATES, Robert
  Birth	1757	Falmouth, ME   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Milit-Beg	Aug 1777	Machias, ME
  	From Narragaugus Bay or River in Washington County, joined Col. Benjamin Foster's Lincoln County Regiment of the Massachusetts militia, defending Machias from British ships offshore until the end of September.
  Milit-Beg	Aug 1779	Castine, ME
  	Again in the Massachusetts militia, marched under orders of Gen. Solomon Lovell as part of the unsuccessful Penobscot Expedition to take Fort George at what is now Castine, Hancock County, Maine.
  _COLOR	2
  Death	16 Jul 1811	Machias, ME   [1]
  Person ID	I53283	Puffers
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	CATES, Samuel C.,   b. 1721, Greenland, NH d. 1793, Harrington, ME (Age 72 years)
  Mother	THORNDIKE, Ruth E.,   b. 13 Jul 1725, Beverly, MA d. CA 1767, ME (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	26 Nov 1749	Falmouth, ME   [2]
  Family ID	F16633	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HOLMES, Mary,   b. 1761, Scarborough, ME d. 1830, Machias, ME (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	1 Sep 1780	Machias, ME
  Residence	1790	Cutler, ME   [3]
  Residence	1800	Machias, ME   [4]
  Family ID	F20172	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Sources

  [S238] Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. [S934] Maine Marriage Index, 1670-1921. [S723] _1790 United States Federal Census. [S950] _1800 United States Federal Census.