Carter & Cato
Carter & Cato families from Hertfordshire/Buckinghamshire (related to the Dellor family)
Carter Family Tree, Cato Family Tree
Census return transcriptions are with those of the Dellor family
There had always been an understanding by my great aunt Ivy Howard (and her brother, Alfred Howard, my grandad) that their grandmother was a Spanish-looking woman called Caroline Cato She even described her as a white-haired old lady who she used to visit with her mother Rose when she was a child. She told us that she had died around 1925 in the Clapton area. This, of course, led us to believe that Caroline Cato must be the name of Rose’s mother, wife of John Thomas Dellor.
Having already established that this grandmother did not come from the Howard side, we then found from Rose Dellor‘s birth certificate, that her mother was Ann Marie Carter, and in fact it was her that had died in 1925 in the Clapton area. Further investigations proved that John Thomas had never remarried and that his own mother was Maria Lingwood (wife of Jonathan Dellor).
The existence of the Spanish grandmother remained a mystery for a good few years. Caroline Cato must have existed, but who was she?
The clue came by accident, whilst looking at the freeBMD website for possible parents of Ann Marie Carter. We knew from her marriage certificate that her father was William Carter and by looking at any matches for marriages prior to 1844, I up came a match between William Carter and Caroline Cato! Therefore, the mystery lady turned out to be the mother of Ann Marie, and hence, Rose’s grandmother and Ivy’s great grandmother. A few years later when Roger Dellor showed me the photo he had of Ann Marie, it is clear that she does look Spanish and there the confusion was explained.
Ann Marie Dellor (nee Carter) 1844 – 1925
Before long, the family tree of the Carter family from Wheathampstead had been established, [thanks also to Arthur Holdford of Columbus, Ohio USA and his Carter webpage] 1 together with the family of Caroline Cato from Kimpton. I have continued the research into this family a little further back thanks to the growing number of online parish records. Some extra snippets of information have also recently been gleaned from the Carter links of Sandra Croft‘s Tribalpages 10. (Thank you Sandra!)
Also Thanks also Susan Cato, I now have further information on the Cato family tree, going back into Ivinghoe in Buckinghamshire, and now five generations back from Caroline and still not Spanish!
See the Carter family tree, and the Cato family tree
Ann Marie Carter‘s family go back about 6 generations, all in Wheathampstead in Hertfordshire. There was a mill at Wheathampstead and one of the early tenants was a William Carter who leased the mill for £4 per year back in 1516! 9. There is also a Will of a William Carter of Wheathampstead in 1587 (which may be worth investigating). However, we have no idea as yet if either of these Williams are related to our Carters.
The furthest back we can go at this moment is with William Carter born about 1680. He married an Elizabeth and they had five children all baptised at Wheathampstead 2 :
Sarah Carter bp 5.4.1702 Wheathampstead Henry Carter b 3.12.1704, bp 4.12.1704 Wheathampstead
William Carter b 7.9.1708, bp 3.10.1708 Wheathampstead m abt 1738 to Mary d 1782 Gustard Wood, bur 20.1.1782 Wheathampstead10 Joseph Carter b and bp 23.7.1712 Wheathampstead Mary Carter bp 4.12.1715 Wheathampstead
William was a Husbandman and died in 1744 and was buried on 15th August 1744 at St. Helen’s Wheathampstead 10.
William Carter, the son of William and Elizabeth, was born on 7th September, 1708 at Wheathampstead. He married Mary (maiden name unknown, although there is a possibility: Mary Mayor of Hemel Hempstead married William Carter in Little Gaddesden on 30th September, 1736 12) in about 1738 and the had eight children all baptised at Wheathampstead 2:
William Carter b 11.12.1738, bp 24.12.1738 Wheathampstead m 6.9.1764 Wheathampstead to Rebecca Jeffrey bur 16.5.1817 Wheathampstead John Carter bp 28.9.1740 Wheathampstead Joseph Carter b 23.9.1742, bp 10.10.1742 Wheathampstead Mary Carter b 14.6.1745, bp 23.6.1745 Wheathampstead
Elizabeth Carter b 1.7.1748, bp 21.7.1748 Wheathampstead
Thomas b 6.1.1750, bp 8.1.1750 Wheathampstead
Thomas Carter b 15.3.1752, bp 6.4.1752 Wheathampstead Henry Carter b 4.9.1754, bp 14.9.1754 Wheathampstead
William was the publican of the Tin Pot Public House at Gustard Wood in 1756. The billeting record for that year states that the house was kept by William Carter with stabling for two horses. 10, 11
He died there in 1782 and was buried at Wheathampstead on 20th January.
William Carter, the son of William Carter and Mary (as yet unknown) was born on 11th December, 1738 at Wheathampstead. He was a sawyer and married Rebecca Jeffrey on 6th September, 1764 also at Wheathampstead. They had five children all baptised at Wheathampstead 2:
Catherine Carter b 13.7.1766, bp 23.11.1766 Wheathampstead
Susan Carter b 22.8.1768, bp 22.9.1768 Wheathampstead m 17.4.1792 at St. Katherine, Cree, London to William Catley
William Carter b 9.12.1776, bp 5.1.1777 Wheathampstead m 25.2.1800 Wheathampstead to Mary Olds d 29.11.1857, bur 2.12.1857 Wheathampstead Jane Carter b 29.5.1779, bp 15.8.1779 Wheathampstead m 2.11.1792 Wheathampstead to Joseph Peacock
Sarah Carter b 23.6.1781, bp 16.9.1781 Wheathampstead m James Arnold
William died in 1817 aged 81 and was buried on 16th May at Wheathampstead. Rebecca died at the grand old age of 101 in 1834 and was buried at Wheathampstead on 21st June.
William Carter was the son of William Carter, sawyer and Rebecca Jeffrey born in 1776. He was a carpenter and married Mary Olds, daughter of John Olds and Hannah Allen on 25th February, 1800 at Wheathampstead. They had seven children all baptised at Wheathampstead 1,2
Joseph Carter b 1.4.1802, bp 5.1802 Wheathampstead
Susannah Carter b 26.6.1803, bp 17.7.1803 Wheathampstead
Ann Carter b 15.5.1805, bp 23.6.1805 Wheathampstead
William Carter b 6.12.1807, bp 3.1.1808 Wheathampstead m 17.4.1841 Wheathampstead to Caroline Cato d 18.2.1872 Gustard Wood George Carter bp 9.3.1813 Wheathampstead m 2.2.1839 Wheathampstead to Mary Cobb Sarah Carter b 10.9.1815, bp 1.10.1815 Wheathampstead James Carter b 7.1.1823, bp 16.5.1823 Wheathampstead m 14.2.1846 to Eliza Rolf
A Removal order was made on 5th January, 1833 to William Carter from Wheathampstead to St. Michael’s Parish, St. Albans 14. I cannot be certain that this relates to our William as he was in the Wheathampstead parish in 1841. William and Mary were living at Gustard Wood at the time of the 1841 census 3 . Mary died there on 4th March, 1848 and was buried at Wheathampstead on 8th March. William, now widowed at the time of the 1851 census, was a journeyman Carpenter and lived next door to his son William. By the time of his death on 29th November, 1857 he had moved to the Union workhouse a St Albans 3. He was buried on 2nd December, 1857 at Wheathampstead.
William Carter was the son of William Carter, Carpenter and Mary Olds, born on 6th Dec 1807 and baptised on 3rd January, 1808 at Wheathampstead. He was an Agricultural labourer and married Caroline Cato, daughter of William Cato and Ann Burgoyne, on 17th April, 1841 at Wheathampstead. William and Caroline had four children 1:
Amelia Carter b 26.8.1841, bp 27.2.1842 Wheathampstead m 23.8.1869 to Michael Barton
Ann Marie Carter bp 29.12.1844 Wheathampstead m 9.9.1866 Islington to John Thomas Dellor d 2.7.1925 Hackney
Selina Carter bp 7.3.1848 Wheathampstead
Moses Carter bp 23.9.1849 Wheathampstead m1 2.1.1875 Kimpton to Mary Hillard m2 1890 Luton to Elydia Peacock d 22.3.1928
At the time of the 1851 Census, William and Caroline were living next door to William Senior at Gustard Wood with their children Amelia, Ann and Moses 3.
Their eldest daughter Amelia married Michael Barton, (a plumber, born abt 1844 in Cambridge) on 23rd August 1869. According to the 1871 census they already has a son William born abt 1867 3. They had the following children 2:
William Barton b abt 1867/8 Wheathampstead Ellen Barton bp 27.2.1870 Wheathampstead
Annie Elizabeth Barton bp 25.6.1871 Wheathampstead, d 1872 Amelia Barton bp 29.9.1872 Wheathampstead, d 1873 Alma Jane Barton bp 30.11.1873 Wheathampstead
James Barton b 1875 Wheathampstead
Alice Ameila Barton bp 31.12.1876 Wheathampstead
Amelia died in 1878 and Michael, a plumber is living with just his son William at the time of the 1881 census 3. The other four surviving children; Ellen, Alma, James and Alice were living with their grandmother, Caroline in Gustard Wood 3.
Their second daughter Ann Marie Carter born on 29th December, 1833 married John Thomas Dellor, son of Jonathan Dellor and Maria Lingwood on 9th September 1866 at Islington. She died in 1872 at Gustard Wood. See the Dellor family for more information.
Caroline Carter (nee Cato) and her husband William were living at Wheathampstead in 1871 with their son Moses and granddaughter Ellen Barton. William died at Gustard Wood on 18th February, 1872 and in 1881 Caroline was living at Gustard Wood, Wheathampstead with her four grandchildren; Ellen, Alma, James and Alice Barton, as mentioned above. At the time of the 1891 she was living at the same address on her own. Her eldest three grandchildren are nowhere to be found but Alice was back with her father Michael, and his new wife Hannah and their children. Caroline died on 4th April 1891 at Gustard Wood.
Caroline’s family can now be traced back anther six generations to William Cato/Catoe who lived in Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire. He was born in about 1620 and married Prudence Moores (1618 – 1679), daughter of John Moores in about 1641 4, 5. They had two sons that I know of:
William Cato/Catoe bp 9.9.1644 Ivinghoe m 30.12.1669 Ivinghoe to Ann Newens bur 1704 John Cato/Catoe bp 15.1.1646 Ivinghoe
William Cato/Catoe born in 1644 married Ann Newens, daughter of Edward Newens 5 on 30th December, 1669 at Ivinghoe 2. They had eight children all baptized at Ivinghoe 2, 5:
Mary Cato born abt 1670 Ivinghoe 5 m 28.4.1690 Ivinghoe to Richard Symons 5 Ann Cato bp 21.12.1761 Ivinghoe William Cato bp 16.12.1673 Ivinghoe bur 8.2.1674 Ivinghoe Elizabeth Cato bp 10.1.1674 Ivinghoe William Cato bp 1.12.1677 Ivinghoe bur 16.3.1779 Ivinghoe
Edward Cato b 1779, bp? Ivinghoe
m 15.1.1705 Ivinghoe to Ruth Sear
bur 28.1.1756 Ivinghoe Elizabeth Cato bp 2.4.1682 Ivinghoe
Sarah Cato bp 16.9.1686 Ivinghoe
Edward Cato born abt 1679 married Ruth Sear on 15th January, 1705 at Ivinghoe. They also had eight children all baptized at Ivinghoe 2, 5:
William Cato b 25.8.1707, bp 6.10.1707 Ivinghoe Edward Cato b 28.6.1707, bp 29.6.1705 Ivinghoe m1 17.2.1734 Maulden, Beds to Elizabeth Jennings m2 2.8.1772 Totternhoe to Mary Gibbs d 1.9.1783 Totternhoe Thomas Cato b 3.1.1709, bp 15.1.1709 Ivinghoe Ruth Cato b 20.2.1711, bp 21.2.1711 Ivinghoe John Cato b 12.10.1714, bp 17.10.1714 Ivinghoe Samuel Cato b 20.11.1716, bp 21.11.1716 Ivinghoe Joseph Cato b 29.1.1719, bp 31.1.1719 Ivinghoe m 21.5.1744 Stone, Bucks to Sarah Hare d 1800 Maria Cato b 7.1.1725, bp 25.1.1725 Ivinghoe
Ruth died in 1749 and was buried at Ivinghoe on 16th April and Edward died in 1756 and was buried on 28th January 5.
Their youngest son Joseph Cato, born in 1719 married Susan Hare on 21st May, 1744 at Stone, Buckinghamshire and their descendants are shown on the Cato Family tree. [Information kindly given to me by their ancestor Richard Cato of new Zealand]. 14
Edward Cato born in June 1707 was a collar maker and settled in Totternhoe, Bedfordshire. He married Elizabeth Jennings, on 17th February, 1734 by licence at Maulden, Bedfordshire 2. Edward and Elizabeth had eight children all baptised at Totternhoe St. Giles 2:
William Cato bp 21.12.1735 Totternhoe bur 3.11.1741 Totternhoe Edward Cato b abt 1736 bur 24.5.1749 Totternhoe Ann Cato b abt 1837 bur 27.5.1747 Totternhoe William Cato b? mentioned in will Thomas Cato bp 31.5.1747 Totternhoe bur 4.6.1747 Totternhoe
Thomas Cato b 2.1.1748 Studham, bp 9.6.1751 Totternhoe
m 9.6.1775 Flamstead, Herts to Henrietta Maria Cross
bur 9.10.1825 Harpenden Elizabeth Cato b abt 1749 m 13.11.1769 Totternhoe to William Coles Ann Cato b 20.9.1751, bp 29.9.1751 Totternhoe bur 23.5.1755 Totternhoe
In the will (dated 13th October, 1747) of William Jennings of Wall End, Maulden, who died on 2nd September, 1750, Elizabeth his niece now Elizabeth Cato is mentioned in discharge legacies as previously Elizabeth Cateaway, wife of Edward Cateaway, collar maker of Totternhoe? 13.
Elizabeth died in 1770 and was buried on 23rd May at Totternhoe St Giles. Edward then married Mary Gibbs on 2nd August, 1772 at Totternhoe 2. Edward died in 1783 and was buried on 1st September, 1783 at Totternhoe 5. He left a will dated 17th May, 1773 which was proved on 8th October, 1783 7. The will “of Edward Cato of Totternhoe in the county of Bedford, collar maker” mentions his second wife Mary, William, his eldest [surviving] son who he makes his sole executor, his son Thomas and his daughter Elizabeth Coles.
Thomas Cato was born on 2nd January, 1748 at Studham to Edward Cato and Elizabeth Jennings. He was a Collar Maker and married Henrietta Maria Cross on 9th June 1775 at Flamstead, Hertfordshire. They settled in Harpenden, Hertfordshire and had seven children baptised there 2:
Elizabeth Cato bp 12.10.1777 Harpenden
James Cato bp 5.9.1779 Harpenden bur 27.5.1784 Harpenden
William Cato bp 8.12.1782 Harpenden m 22.11.1804 Harpenden to Ann Burgoyne bur 1.10.1866 Kimpton Sophia Cato bp 10.4.1785 Harpenden Sarah Cato bp 4.11.1788 Harpenden Henrietta Maria Cato bp 22.6.1794 Harpenden bur 8.7.1812 Harpenden Kezia Cato bp 7.5.1797 Harpenden m 8.2.1817 Harpenden to William Webb
Thomas Cato appears in the Militia Lists for Harpenden 1778-1785. He was also a Collar maker as was his father Edward. [By the way this is NOT the same Thomas Cato Wire worker of 89 Holborn Hill as listed in the Kent’s Directory of 1784 8 – this Thomas lived in London and his wife was Elizabeth.]
Henrietta died in 1812 and was buried on 16th August at Harpenden and Thomas died in 1825 aged 87 and was buried there on 9th October.
William Cato was born in 1782 and he was a harness maker. He married Ann Burgoyne of Studham on 22nd November, 1804 at Harpenden 2. They had nine children firstly baptised at Harpenden and then 12 miles away at Kimpton 2 .
Ann Kitty Mariah Cato bp 21.11.1805 Harpenden bur 14.9.1829 Kimpton Sophia Cato bp 25.12.1807 Harpenden m 6.11.1854 North Mimms to William Wootley Siner/Sinar Cato bp 13.1.1811 Harpenden m 24.12.1838 Wheathampstead to John Archer 4 Thomas Cato bp 7.3.1813 St. Albans 4 m1 30.5.1835 Walden to Elizabeth Smith m2 7.7.1867 Coddington to Susannah Harris d 1885 Kimpton
Caroline Cato bp 11.7.1816 Kimpton
m 17.4.1841 Wheathampstead to William Carter
d 4.4.18891 Gustard Wood George Cato bp 20.12.1818 Kimpton bur 29.8.1829 Kimpton Noah Cato bp 23.12.1821 Kimpton d 1891 Kimpton? Amelia Cato bp 19.6.1825 Kimpton bur 19.9.1828 Kimpton Shadrack Cato bp 13.4.1828 Kimpton bur 18.7.1828 Kimpton
At the time of the 1841 census William and Ann were living in Kimpton, with their children Sophia, Noah and Shadrack 3 . Caroline was by this time married to William Carter and living at Garston Wood.
1 Wheathampstead Families – Carter – compiled by Arthur Holdford
2 parish register transcripts Familysearch.org
3 census returns from Ancestry.co.uk
4 baptisms, marriages and burials ancestry.co.uk
5 Family trees from Familysearch.org
6 Emails from Susan Cato 2005
7 Will of Edward Cato dated 17.4.1773
10 Carter research by Sandra Croft at ceemyfamily.tribalpages.com
11 Tin Pot Public House, Gustard Wood
13 Discharge Legacies at Bedfordshire Record Office
14 emails from Richard Cato 2014.
I am related to Edward Newnes line. To Thomas and Martha Scott, who both died in Michigan. GOD bess. Sally