Person:Lewis Latané (1)

Will Transcript

In the name of God Amen, I Lewis Latane of the Parish of South Farnham in the county of Essex in Virginia Clerk do make this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other wills & testaments heretofore by me made. My will is that whatsoever I am justly in debted to any person be duly paid by my executors hereafter named.

Item Whereas Mrs. Phebe Slater in her last Will and Testament disposed of such things to my daughters Charlotte, Phebe and Susanna that was not in her power to give, my will is that none of my sd three daughters shall have any of the sd legacies (given them by the sd Phebe Slater) paid them but if they my sd daughters or either of them shall be so refractory as to insist to have any of the sd Legacies paid them, then I give to each of my said daughter twelve pence in full of all the legacies hereafter in this my will to them given & bequeathed.

Item my will & pleasure is that executors & trustee hereafter named shall lay out one hundred pounds Sterling in land to be equally divided between my daughters Charlotte, Phebe, Susanna & Henrietta which said land so divided I given to my sd daughters and the heirs of their bodies lawfully begotten for Ever.

Item I give and bequeath to my daughters Charlotte, Phebe, Susanna & Henrietta the following slaves Vist. Sarah, Hannah & Winny which three slaves are now in the possession of Abraham Montague. also dick, Caesar, Mullatto Billy, Mullatto Tony, Mullatto Amos, Moll, Doll, Bess, Amor, Sue, Beck, Diana & Nelly to be equally divided between my sd daughters which sd slaves being so divided I give and bequeath to my sd daughters Charlotte, Phebe, Susanna & Henrietta and the heirs of their bodies lawfully begotten of their bodies forever to descend and to with and in the same manner as the land before in this Will given an bequeathed to them. My will is that my dearly beloved wife shall give to my daughters Phebe, Susanna & Henrietta each of them a feather bed such as she shall think fit.

Item I give my daughter Susanna besides her equal share of the negroes already mentioned negroe girl named Lucy of eight years old to her and the heirs of her body lawfully begotten forever in such manner as the land & negroes before my given & bequeathed to her.

Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Mariann a negro woman called Varina.

Item I give to my sd daughter Mariann one hundred pounds Sterling when she shall come to the age of twenty one years and not before and in the mean time to be maintained out of her brothers Estate.

Item I lend unto my dearly beloved wife all the rest of my estate both real and personal till she marries again or dies which shall first happen and if she shall marry again it is my will & pleasure that she shall be turned out of possession of all the sd Estate and this to be in full consideration of her dower thirds or childs part of my sd Estate real and personal all which sd Estate both real and personal I give & bequeath (when my sd der wife shall marry again or depart this life) to my son John and to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten forever and for want of such heirs then all the sd Estate to be equally divided between his surviving sisters, the land joyning to Button Range. Excepted.

Item, It is my will & pleasure that my estate not be appraised but only inventoried.

Item I give all the cattle which are belonging to me at the Glebes & my Quarter at the river side excetpt three heifers big with calf of the Glebe breed & one steer to my daughters Charlotte, Phebe, Susanna & Henrietta and their heirs forever to be equally divided between them.

Item I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my dearly beloved wife Mary and our son JOHN Executors of this my last Will and Testament and my friend William Beverley my Trustee to see this my will performed.

(Signed) Lewis Latane

In the presence of Edw Davis, Jos. Collins, Wm. Marsh.

At a court held for Essex County on the 17th day of April 1733. This last will and testament of Lewis Latane decd was proved by the oath of Mary Latane executrix therein named & also by the oath of Wm Beverley trustee therein mentioned, and being further proved by the oaths of the witnesses therein named was admitted to record.

[Source: Essex County, Virginia Will Book 5, 1730-1735, Page 128].

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   Rev. Lewis Latane, b. 1672, went from France to England in 1685, at about age 13. He was matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford, 24 Nov 1691, aged 19. He became an Anglican Priest, went to VA in 1700/01 on the ship, "Nassau", on which he was the leader of a group of 191 Huguenot refugees bound for Manekintown. He, however, went to Essex County, VA, where he became pastor of the South Farnham Parish, on 5 April 1701, where he preached for 31 years. (The 1st names on the roll of passengers are: Mons'r Latane', Ministre, Madame sa femme un Enfan unne Servante.") (The wife is believed to be his 1st wife, and dau, Susannah. He married 2nd Phoebe Slaughter, dau of Phoebe Smith & William Slaughter), in Va. He married 3rd, Mary Deane.) Letters are mentioned from his brother, Henri Latane, living in London, England in 1726.
   
   Mary Deane was b. in 1685, prob. in/near Lincoln, England. She was a cousin to Col. Beverley of Blandfield, Essex Co, VA. I have found no record of her parents.
   
   Children of Rev. Lewis Latane:
   
   1. Susannah (by 1st wife, unk.) b. before 1700/01 in England.
   2. Charlotte (by 2nd wife, Phoebe Slaughter, who d. abt 1733), m. Abram Montague, 1 son, Lewis Montegue.
   3. Henrietta (by 2nd wife), m. William Jones, 1 dau, Susanna Jones, who m. a Rjoane & left children.
   4. Mary Anne (or Marianne)(or Molly)(by 3rd wife, Mary Deane), m. Dr. John Clements, who practiced medicine in Hobbs Hole (later Tappahannock), Essex Co, VA, and was builder of Mt. Clements on hill near Tappahannock, a Federal Style Brick home, built abt 1752. They had a large family: 1. Ewen Clements, Physician, may have been by a previous marriage of Dr. John Clements, in England; 2. Pitman Clements (left a son according to Ms. Latane's book); 3. Henry Haggard Clements, lived in Baltimore, MD, but later was back in Essex Co, VA, don't think he married. Was Rev. Soldier. 4. Mace Clements, Dr., Surgeon in Rev, served 7 years, m. Elizabeth Perkins, 1804, d. abt 1806. 5. William Latane' Clements, m. Lucy Smith, dau of John Smith & Lucy Jones, many descendants, esp. in GA. 6. Sarah Clements, m. John Robinson, was ancestress of Robinsons of Hanover County, Berkeleys & Pollards.
   5. John Latane' (1722-1773), youngest son, m. Mary Allen & had 2 sons: Lewis Latane', d. in his teens; and, William Latane' who m. Ann Waring, dau of Col. Francis Waring & Lucy Cocke. William & Lucy had 5 sons, two daus. Of these 5 sons, only 2 carried on the name: Henry Waring Latane' and William Catesby Latane'
   
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