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Catherine Barrett
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Family
ClaimDetailEvidence
FatherJames Barrett (e1652-<1714) [S351]
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MotherMary Jenkins (e1653-) [S351]
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SpouseJohn White (~1670-<1744) 
Child +Martha White (e1729-) [S351]
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Attributes
ClaimDetailEvidence
GenderFemale
NameCatherine Barrett [S351]
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NameCatherine Briane [S351]
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NameKatherine Brain [S352]
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FatherJames Barrett (e1652-<1714) [S351]
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Paternal grandfatherCapt. William Barrett (e1614-<1677) [S351]
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MotherMary Jenkins (e1653-) [S351]
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Timeline
ClaimDateDetailAgeEvidence
Birthest 1689 (1689-1690)
 
LivingOct 23, 1714Wilmington Parish, James City, Virginia, United States [S351]
received 400 acres of land from her father's estate
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Marriage 2ndbef Nov 17, 1755 [S351]
Robert Braine
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FlourishedJul 6, 1758 [S351] [S352]
Named in the devise of John White
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Sources
IndexTitle
[S351] White, Jack J., "John White of Hanover County, Virginia and Some of His Decendants" (1995).
[S352] "Probate Records: John White" (Louisa County, Virginia, Deed Book C).
Note
Catherine Barrett was the daughter of James Barrett and Mary _____.
After her first husband died, she married Robert Braine by November 15, 1755 when John White, Jr. made a return on the land of John White's orphans that was in possession of Robert Braine [The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, pg 339].
On October 23, 1714, her father granted her 400 acres of old land on the west side of the Chickahominy River, in Wilmington Parish, James City County. This land was located adjacent to Sackfield Brewer, the uncle or grandfather of her future son-in-law. The land was part of the original 850 acres granted to her grandfather, William Barrett, on June 7, 1648. and then descended to his son James Barrett, who was bequeathing 400 acres each to his two daughters Catherine and Edith.
Family Note
John White married second Catherine Barrett as her first husband. They had the following children:

Mary (abt 1720 - 18 Mar 1806) m. John Price
James ( - ) m. Sarah _____
Barrett ( - ) m1. Anna Phillips, m2. Elizabeth Starke
Edith ( - aft 6 Jul 1758) m. John Holt
Elisha ( - aft 6 Jul 1758) m Lucy _____
William (8 Sep 1731 - 3 Feb 1790) m1. Susannah Davis
Tillah ( - aft 6 Jul 1758) m. Thomas King
Helena Maria ( - aft 6 Jul 1758) m. Joseph Holt
Martha ( - aft 6 Jul 1758) m. Sackville Brewer

On October 29, 1731, John White, Jr., and Sauel White first appear in the Vestry records as land owners [The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, pg 272].
John White's devise, dated July 6, 1758, mentions the 6 youngest children and the spouses of the daughters, his wife, and her second husband [Louisa Co., Va., Deed Book "C", pg 723].
James White appears as a land owner in 1755 in St. Paul's Parish, and Barrett White is listed as a witness to John White, Jr.'s land right on November 19, 1759 [The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, pg 376].
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