Person:Isaac Chauvin (2)

Will Transcript

Will of Isaac Chauvin, written 14 January 1734/35, recorded April 16, 1735.

In the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen.

Know ye all by these presents that I Isaac Chauvin living in the Parish of St. James Santee, being by the grace of God of sound mind and having all my full consciousness, persuaded that it is appointed into all men to die, do declare that this which follows is my last will.

First, I commend my soul into the hands of God who gave it to me, hoping with a true confidence that through the merits and death of his Son Jesus Christ, I will obtain the forgiveness of my sins which I grievously bewail; as for my body I commit it to the earth whence it came, to be entered as my heirs shall see fit.

Secondly as for my temporal goods god has been pleased to bless me with, I dispose of them as follows: First and before all, i will that my land be divided up between my two boys, who are Alexander and Isaac.

Thirdly, that all my tools be divided up between the aforesaid boys.

I give to Madame Dumay five cows and five calves which shall be delivered up to her next May.

I give to Peter Dumay, her son, my little wardrobe.

I give to Mr. Cooper all my old clothes.

After all the above legacies shall have been settled, I will that all my debts be paid up out of the remaining chattel which shall be divided between my three aforesaid children, Alexander, Isaac and my dear daughter Damaris, save that on account of the tender affection I have for my said daughter I give her over and above her share my horse called Grison.

I revoke and annul all and any testaments or last wills I might have made heretofore expecting the full and completed carrying out of this one.

In testimony whereof I have signed and sealed the presents on this fourteenth day of January 1734/5.

[Signed] Isaac Chauvin

In presence of the undersigned:

John de Lesseline

Anthony Dubose

Jacob Capon

[Transactions of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina, Issues 27-31, by Huguenot Society of South Carolina, pg. 65-66].

Records in South Carolina

Table 3-1: Cattle Ownership in St. James Santee Inventories, 1724-1737.

Name and Date: Isaac Chauvin, 1735; 3 of Cattle: 65; Value: £325; Total Estate Value: £2,085; % Cattoe of Estate: 16%.

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1.   Transactions of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina. (Charleston, South Carolina: Walker, Evans & Cogswell, [1888]-)
   Issues 27-31, pg. 65-66.