I do not know of a deed in 1661 signed by John and Elizabeth and witmnessed by Thomas. However the couple did have a son Thomas who died at 4 months of age. John wrote this in a letter to his cousin Thomas Catlett in England that is preserved. I am including a few paragraphs of an article from The Virginia Genealogist regarding the Catlett's in America. The given name Nicholas appeared several times in the records in Bapchild, Kent County, England in the 17th century. The will of Thomasine Catlett, 1609/10 was probated in Borden, Kent. In it she named her eldest son Nicholas and sons John and William Catlett. The will of a Nicholas Catlett with brothers John and William was probated in Bobbing, Kent, in 1617. As related earlier, Nicholas Catlett was listed as a headright for John Catlett when he patented land in 1650. His name is not recorded again until 11 September 1665 when John Catlett witnessed a deed from Roger Clotworthy and Lidia his wife to Nicholas. Nicholas registered his crop-mark for cattle in February 1665. On 28 March 1668, Nicholas sold the land he purchased from Roger Clotworthy. His wife Susannah also signed this deed. In 1671-72 he executed several deeds with a wife, Elizabeth who gave her mother, Joanna Mathews her power of attorney to relinquish her dower in June 1672. The earmark of Nicholas Catlett, son of Nicholas Catlett was registered 10 May 1672. This was a…cow calf having a cropp and a hole in each eare and an under keele in the right…. Young Nicholas was to have all right to the female increase. Rosamond Jacob gave David Catlett son of Nicholas a calf 13 October 1683. …David Catlett of Essex County, Planter…unto Francis Meriwether…land which did of right belong…to Nicholas Catlett, Father of the said David…Patent of Seventeen hundred and Ninety acres granted unto Capt. William Moseley…& ye said Nicholas Catlett…which is come and descended unto the said David Catlett as sonne & heir apparent of the said Nicholas Catlett… The Stubbs worded their account of David as only son and heir, changing the meaning of this document to imply Nicholas had only one son, David. The wording of this abstracted document, if precise in the transcription, means David was Nicholas' heir-at-law and under the inheritance law of the time, the eldest son. It does not mean David was the only son of Nicholas. There is no further information on the son, Nicholas after the 1672 record. TWO THOMAS CATLETTS The following record was created in Lancaster County on 9 April 1713: Frances Cattlet Relict & widow of Thomas Catlett deceased [came] into court & reade oath where the sd Thomas Catlet departed this life without making any will soe far as she knows as by [??] beleives and upon her motion and has given security for her just & faithful admon of ye sd Decd Estate Certificate is granted her for obtaining letters of admn in due forme of ... This Lancaster county record positively identifies the husband of Frances Haslewood as Thomas Catlett. There were two men named Thomas Catlett living in a time period coinciding with Mary Haslewood's will. The first Thomas Catlett was the son of John2 Catlett. He first appeared in the records in the will of his uncle, William signed in 1697. In 1707 Thomas witnessed a deed related to the town of Tappahannock where his father was a trustee. Witnessing a document did not necessarily mean a person was of age but certainly implied he was old enough to understand the transaction he was witnessing. Thomas had to be of age in 1716 when he posted bond for the estate of his aunt, Elizabeth Taliaferro. He was sheriff of Essex County in 1717. Thomas3 died unexpectedly in 1739, intestate, and his wife Martha was appointed his administratrix. His brother John3 Catlett died shortly before. John3's will survives and is in the manuscript collection of the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond along with the inventory of Thomas' estate. From various court documents related to the settlement of Thomas' estate it is determined he had seven children. The surviving records of Caroline County allow the identification of four of Thomas3 Catlett's children. On 11 April 1740, Thomas4 Catlett, son of Thomas Gent., deceased choose Anthony Strother, Gent., his guardian. Margaret Catlett, orphan of Thomas Catlett choose Thomas Buckner. On 13 April 1744, John Bowie, who married Margaret Catlett presented the will of Thomas4 Catlett. A year later John Bowie and wife Margaret sued Martha Catlett. On 14 August 1747 George Catlett choose his guardian. John4 Catlett son of Thomas Catlett made choice of William Hampton as his guardian 10 March 1748/49. Hampton married the widow Martha Catlett. Of the seven children of Thomas and Martha [?] Catlett the records identify Thomas, George, John and Margaret as theirs. John 3 had a son John who seems to have been older than his siblings. He presumably already received property from his father, as he was bequeath a token legacy in his father's will. This token legacy and age difference lends weight to the argument John3 was married twice. John4's will was probated in 1745 and he had a number of children by that date. John3 also had underage sons Benjamin, Rueben and William Catlett and daughters Mary, Judith and Elizabeth Catlett. The second Thomas Catlett was found in the records in Lancaster County beginning in 1701. There were no land or probate records for this Thomas Catlett. He was listed in the tithables for St. Mary's White Chapel Parish, Lancaster County, over several years, with tithable counts varying between four and six. The nature of the records implies he was an adult at that time. This would determine his birth date to be at the latest the late sixteen seventies. This Thomas died in 1713 when wife Frances was appointed to administer his estate. Frances last appeared in court 11 October 1724 when she went before the court to have the age of a slave judged. A William Catlett appeared in the Lancaster County records for a brief time in 1727 and 1728. Presumably he was the William named in the will of Mary Haslewood. The absence of further records for him beyond 1728 suggests he probably moved elsewhere. A man named Haslewood Catlett appeared in the Granville County, North Carolina records in March 1757. A reasonable assumption is that he was descended from the Frances Haslewood-Thomas Catlett union. No records have been found for the son Thomas mentioned by Mary in her 1710/11 will. Thomas was probably the eldest grandson as William was the residual heir should Thomas, her son, and Thomas, her grandson die. There were no Thomas Catlett records in Lancaster County, beyond 1713 when Frances [Haslewood] Catlett administered her husband's estate. CONCLUSION The evidence positively identifies Thomas Catlett of Lancaster County as the husband of Frances Haslewood and therefore the father of the Thomas and William Catlett the grandsons named by Mary Haslewood in her 1710 will. The relationship of Thomas to the more prominent Catlett family is not known. The solution probably lies in identifying the exact relationship of Nicholas to the immigrant. Nicholas Catlett had sons Nicholas and David. It was David who was in control of Nicholas' land in the 1690s, implying he was the heir-at-law. The Stubbs assigned William Catlett of Lancaster to David Catlett, son of Nicholas and theorized the Fauquier and Frederick County Catletts descended from him. The estimated age of Thomas Catlett of Lancaster is compatible with his being a son of Nicholas and a contemporary of David Catlett. Catlett family historians need to be aware of the existence of the second Thomas Catlett and his Haslewood connection when they try to sort their ancestors. They also need to be cognizant of the fact that only four of the seven children of Thomas3 can be positively identified in the extent Caroline County, Virginia records. A thorough study of all Catlett records might produce the identity of the other children of Thomas3 through the process of elimination. This would aid in sorting the descendants of Thomas of Lancaster County. More focus on the family in Kent County, England might produce the identity of the English ancestors of Nicholas and Thomas Catlett and their relationship to the more prominent immigrant, John Catlett.