 The Káthay family were unable keep up with so many setbacks and could not survive the struggle.Heirless Ferenc Káthay had to sell his remaining estates – even Csekekáta – to Miklós Keglevich in 1663.When Buda was reoccupied Nagykáta was also marked for destruction, and it did not appear in
the official registers until 1665, but from 1696 the village had an ordained priest again, and the registration of births, marriages death began.