Family talk:Thomas Wetmore and Catherine Butler (1)

Katherine Leete parentage: Following found on website... On 8 Oct 1673 Thomas third married Catherine Leete, daughter of Gov. William Leete (ca 1613-16 Apr 1683) & Anna Payne (-1 Sep 1668), in Middletown, CT. Catherine died on 13 Oct 1693 in Middletown, CT. Catherine first married Samuel Roberts, second Thomas Wetmore. [needs researching, citing]

Just checked book 'The Family of William Leete, one of the First Settlers of Guilford, Conn., and Governor of...' No Katherine is listed as William's daughter (all by Anna Payne, 1st wife). Also, none of William's 3 sons left a relict, Katherine.

Here's an interesting part of discussion at: http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.roberts/7016/mb.ashx

'There is a big question as to whether or not Katherine/Catherine was a Roberts, Butler, or a Leete. It was my belief, and now my knowledge, that she was Catherine Butler Roberts Leete Whitmore. I can now prove it.

Thomas Whitemore/Wetmore married Catherine Leete. At the time of the marriage, she had three sons by the name of Robards.

See (1) Barbour Collection : (under Leete) "Catherine, m Thomas WETTMORE Sr., Oct 8, 1673" and (under Wetmore)" Thomas Sr, m Catherine LEETE, Oct 8, 1673") (2) Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.WETMORE, Thomas ( -1681) & 3rd wife Katherine LEETE/LEEKS/LOCKE/ROBERTS? (-1693); m. 8 Oct 1673;Middletown, CT (This looks like the source that confuses whether Catharine was a Leete or Roberts first). If you ask I can give you Torrey's sources.

The three Wetmore children of Catharine and Thomas Whitmore are named in Catharine's will and the will of Thomas Wetmore proving the Catharine who married a Mr. Roberts was the same Catharine Leete who later married Thomas Wetmore.

If Catharine was widow Roberts when she married Thomas Wetmore, why was she going by the name Leete? See Barbour and "Births, Marriage, etc. of Middletown" published in NEHGR Vol14:68. Neither source has anything on Samuel Roberts, Sr., Catharine Roberts or the births of the three boys. I do not believe Samuel Roberts, Sr. was ever in Middletown and that his marriage and births of the boys took place somewhere else - possibly Guilford or New Haven, New Haven Co., or somewhere else in Connecticut.

The real proof that Katherine was a Butler is found in the Will of William Pennoyer, Esq. 25 May 1670, proved 13 Feb 1670. NEHGR Vol.45 pages 158-9. Page 159 states, in part:

"To Katherine Butler alias Roberts, sister to the aforesaid Evan Butler, five pounds to be paid to her own hands."