"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
The subject today is the 1764 will of David La Tourrette (1699-1764) of Richmond County, New York.
[pages 416-417]
[page 418, left-hand page of image]
The transcription of the will and the associated Surrogates Court letters is (transcribed line by line):
[page 416]
In the name of God Amen, the twenty
third day of
February one thousand Seven hundred and
Sixty-four,
I David La Tourrette of the County of
Richmond in
the Province of New York, yeoman, being
weak in Body
but of Perfect mind and memory thanks
be given to
God therefore calling unto mind the
Mortality of my
Body and knowing it is appointed to all
men once to
Die do make and ordain this my last
Will and Testa-
ment in the following manner and form,
principally
and first of all I give and recommend
my Soul into
the hands of God that gave it and my
Body to the
Earth to be buried in a Christian like
and decent manner
at the discretion of my Executors
nothing doubting but
at the general resurrection at the last
day I shall
receive the same again by the mighty
power of God and
touching such Worldly Estate wherewith
it hath pleased
God to bless me in this Life I do order
and dispose of
the same in the following manner and
form. Secondly
my Will and desire is that after my
Decease as much of
my moveable Estate be sold as will be
sufficient to
satisfie pay and discharge all my just
Debts and
funeral Charges. Item I give unto my
Son, James
La Tourrette my Gun and Sword; Item I
give and
bequeath unto my two Sons James and
David La
Tourrette all and singular my Lands and
Messuages
and Tenements to be divided betwixt
them in the
following manner and form Viz: James to
have the
one half of the Clear Land the
Westermost part and
David to have the other half the
Eastermost part
and woodland to be divided equally
betwixt them
according to Quantity Quality by them
freely to be
Possessed and enjoyed by them their
heirs and assigns
for ever, they paying to their sisters
Mary and Cathar-
ine as follows that is to say James to
pay to his
sister Mary three Hundred pounds of
good and current
money of the Province aforesaid and to
be paid her
one year after my Wife's Decease
and David to pay
to his sister Catharine the sum of
three hundred
Pounds of like good and Current money
as aforesaid
and to be paid to her one year after my
Wifes
Decease and my Will is that if my
Daughter Cathar-
ine should die before my Wife and
without Issue
that her part or portion shall be at my
Wifes proper
disposal to do with it as she shall
^think^ most meet. Item
I give unto my well beloved Wife
Catherine La Tour-
rette the use of all my Estate Real and
Personal
as long as she shall remain my Widow
but if shall
[page 417]
come to marry or Die my Will is that
all the movable
Estate that then shall be, shall be
equally divided betwixt
my two Sons James and David La
Tourrette share and
share alike for all that shall be over
and above one
hundred Pounds, for my Will is that my
Daughter
Catherine shall have the value of one
hundred pounds
worth first out of my moveable Estate
before a division
be made. Lastly I nominate Constitute
and appoint
my Wife above named to be Executrix and
my two
Sons James and David La Tourrette, my
Son in
Law Jonathan Lewis and my Brother Henry
La
Tourrette Executors of this my last
Will and Testament
and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke
and disannul
all and every other former Testaments
Wills Testaments
Legacies and Executors by me in any
wise before this
time named Willed and bequeathed
ratifying and
confirming this and no other to be my
last Will and
Testament. In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my
hand and seal the day and year first
above written.
David La Tourrette {LS}
Signed Sealed Published and Declared by
the said
David La Tourrette as his last Will and
Testament
in the presents of us the Subscribers
Viz. Henry Perine
Edward Perine John Stilwell.
Richmond County } SS
Be it remembered that on the twenty
third day of March
one thousand seven hundred and Sixty
four Personally
came and appeared before me Benjamin
Seaman
Surrogate of the said County, Henry
Perine and John
Stilwell both of the said county Yeomen
and being
duely sworn on their Oaths declared
that they and
each of them did see David La Tourrette
sign &
Seal the within written Instrument
purporting to be
the Will of the said David La Tourrette
bearing date
the twenty third day of February one
thousand seven
hundred and Sixty four and heard him
publish
and Declare the same as his last Will
and Testament
that at the time thereof he the said
David La Tourrette
was of sound disposing mind and memory
to the
best of the Knowledge and belief of
them the
Deponents and that their names
subscribed to the
said Will are of their respective
proper handwriting
which they Subscribed as Witnesses to
the said Will
in the Testators presence and that they
the Deponents
likewise saw Edward Perine the other
Witness to
[page 418]
the said Will Subscribe his name as
Witness thereto in the
Testators Presence.
Benja. Seaman Surrogate
Cadwallader Colden Esquire his
Majesty's Lieutenant
Governor and Commander in Chief of the
Province of
New York and the Territories depending
thereon in America
To all to whom these presents shall
come or may concern
Greeting Know ye that at Richmond
County on the
twenty third day of March last before
Benjamin Sea-
man Esquire thereunto Delegated and
appointed the
last Will and Testament of David La
Tourrette De-
ceased (a copy whereof is hereunto
annexed) was proved
and is now approved and allowed of by
me the said
Deceased having whilst he lived and at
the time of
his Death goods Chattels and Credits
within this Province
by means whereof the proving and
Registering the said
Will and the granting Administration of
all and singular
the said goods Chattels and Credits and
also the audit-
ing allowing and final discharging the
account
thereof doth belong unto me and that
Administration
of all and singular the goods Chattels
and Credits
of the said Deceased and any way
Concerning his
Will is granted unto Catharine La
Tourrette James
La Tourette and David La Tourrette the
three
Executors in the said Will named being
first duely sworn
well and faithfully to Administer the
same and to
make and Exhibit a true and perfect
Inventory of
all and singular the said goods
Chattels and Credits
and also to render a Just and true
account thereof
when thereunto required. In Testimony
whereof I
have caused the Prerogative Seal of the
Province of New
York to be hereunto affixed at the City
of New York
the twenty fifth day of April one
thousand seven
hundred and sixty four.
G.W. Banyar Dep. Sec'y.
The source citation for this document is:
David La Tourrette (1699-1764) died on 20 March 1764, having written his will on 23 February 1764. It was proved in Richmond county Surrogates Court on 23 March 1764, and administration was granted to the executors on 25 April 1764. No other records for this probate record, such as an inventory, account, or distribution, was found in the online database.
David La Tourrette's wife was Catharine (Poillon) La Tourrette (1712-????), who he married in about 1730. They had four children, Jacque (1731-1785), Marie (1734-1786), Catharine (1737-1808) and David (1738-1808). All four children are named in the will. Marie La Tourrette married Jonathan Lewis as his third wife in about 1756, and bore nine children.
The will names five executors - David's wife, Catharine, his sons John (presumably Jacques) and David, his son-in-law Jonathan Lewis, and his brother Henry La Tourrette. When the will was approved by the Lieutenant Governor, the last two were not mentioned.
David and Catharine (Poillon) La Tourrette are my sixth great-grandparents, through their daughter Maie (Mary) who married Jonathan Lewis.
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