HE WAS A SCOTCHMAN, THE NAME DERIVED FORM BARONY OF CATHCART IN RENFREWSHIRE, SCOTLAND.
FAMILY WAS ENGAGED IN MANY BORDER OR CLAN WARS OF THE PERIOD. HE RECEIVED A WOUND FROM A BULLET WHICH HE CARRIED TO HIS DEATH.
ROBERT FIRST PURCHASED LAND IN VINEYARD, AMERICA, IN 1690 ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE OLD MILL BROOK IN TISBURY,MASS.
HIS OCCIPATION WAS INNKEEPER. IN MARCH, 1693, HE WAS CHOSEN TOWN CLERK.
1696 ROBERT BROUGHT A NEW HOMESTEAD ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH CHILMARK ROAD.
AFTER 1706 HE HAD A SHOP AND ACTED AS TOWN AND PROPRIETORS' CLERK UNTIL HE DIED IN 1718.
IT IS SUPPOSED THE NAME SCOTCHMAN BRIDGE IN WEST TISBURY IS DERIVED ITS NAME FORM ROBERT CATHCART, WHO MAY HAVE HAD IT BUILT, OR BY ONE OF HIS SONS.
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