Notes for: Nathaniel Britton
I think they may have had a son named Nathaniel who married a Mary Bodine. Then their daughter, Jane Britton, married an Edward Burbank.
Subject: Nathaniel Brittain, ? - 1792
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:30:32 -0700
From: janetb (janetb@bigfoot.comm)
File No. 22, page 53, Will of Nathaniel Brittain d. 1792 Written 29 Dec 1791 Proved 01 Aug 1792
Transcriber's note - Nathaniel Brittain/Britten/Britton is my ancestor, through the mentioned son Nathaniel. His wife was probably Mary; it is speculated that her maiden name was Fountain. janetb@bigfoot.com I have tried to keep intact all spelling and punctuation; however I did add line breaks for ease of reading.
In the Name of God, Amen. the twenty ninth day of Desember, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and Ninety one I Nathaniel Brittain of Casteltown, in the County of Richmond Cooper, being weak of Bodey, but of perfect Mind and Memory, thank be given unto God therefor, calling unto mind the mortality of my Bodey, and knowing that it is appointed for all Men once to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say, principally and first of all, I give and recomend my Sole unto the Hands of God that gave it, and for my Bodey, I recomend it to the Earth, to be buried in a Christian like and decand [decent] mannar; at the Discretion of my Executors, nothing doubting, but at general Resurrection, I shall receive the Same again by the mighty Power of God; and as touching such worldly Estate, wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give, devise and dispose of the Same, in the following manner and Form.
Imprimis. It is my Will and I do order, that in the first place, all my just Debts and funeral Charges be paid and satisfied by my Executors, and the Remandar of my Estate shall be given in the mannar and Form, that is to say, I give to my Daughtar Catharin Wife of John Bodine Ten Pounds her Dower and I give all my wareing apparel and Linnin to my four Sons, that is to say, Nathaniel and Joseph and Antone and William, Share and Share alike and the Remaindar of my Estate shall be equally devided between my loving Wife, and my two Gran Children to have a Share equal to one Share if thay or Ither of them should com to the Years of Twenty one, and my fore Sons, that is to say, Nathaniel and Joseph and Antone and William, and my Gran Daughter Mary, and my Gran Son Cornelas to have thar Father, Abraham Brittains Share if thay com to the above said Term of Years.
Item, my loving Wifs Share is to be in leu of her Dower Right, and my account
against Ither of said Sons to be a part of thare Share.
Lastly. I constitate, ordain and appoint my loving Son, Nathaniel, and my loving Son Antone, Executors of this my last Will and Testamant, giving and granting to my Executors full Power to sell all my Estate boath rale and parsonal at thair Discression, and pay the Monies ariseing from said Sale aggreable to the Will; and hereby disanuling and revoking all other, and former Wills by me heretofore made, rattifying and alowing this and no other to be my last Will and Testament.
Nathaniel Britten (SS)
Published, Pronounced and Declared by the said Nathaniel Brittain, as his last Will and Testamant, in the presents of Austin Barton William Ward Richard Conner
Richmond County ?? Be it Remembered, that on the first day of August, in the Year of our Lord, one thousand, Seven hundred and ninety two, personally came and appeared before me Adrian Bancker, Surrogate of the said County, Austin Barton and William Ward, two of the Witnesses to the preceding Instrument, purporting to be the Will of the said Nathaniel Britten, bearing date the twenty ninth day of December, in the Year of our Lord, One thousand, seven hudnred and ninety one, and heard him publish and declare the Same, as and for his last Will and Testament; that, at the time thereof, he, the said Nathaniel Britten was of sound, disposing Mind and Memory, to the best of the Knowledge and Belief of them the Deponents, and that Richard Conner, together with the said Deponents, Subscribed the said Will, as Witnesses thereto, in the Testator's Presence.
Adr'n Bancker Surrogate
Richmond County ?? Be it also remembered, that on the said first day of August, in the Year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety two, Nathaniel Britten and Antone Britten, Executors of the preceding Will of Nathaniel Britten deceased, likewise appeared before me, the said Adrian Bancker, and were duly sworn to the true Execution and performance of the said Will by taking the Oath of an Executor, as by Law appointed Adr'n Bancker Surrogate
PROBATE
?? The People of the State of New York by the Grace of God free and independent. To all to whom these Presents shall come or may concern, Send Greeting: Know Ye, That at Castle Town, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, before Adrian Bancker Esq. Surrogate of our said County, the last Will and Testament of Nathaniel Britten deceased (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed) was proved, and is now approved and allowed of by us, and the said deceased having whilst he lived, and at the time of his Death, Goods, Chattels or Credits within this State, 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 auditing, allowing and final discharging the account thereof doth belong unto us; the Administration of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said deceased, and any Way concerning his will, is granted unto Nathaniel Britten and Anthony Britten, Executors in the said Will named, they being first duly sworn well and faithfully to administer the Same, and to make and exhibit a true and pperfect 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, We have caused the Seal of Office of our said Surrogate to be hereunto affixed. Witness, Adrian Bancker Esquire, Surrogate of the said County at Cstle Town, the first day of August, in the Year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety two and of our Independence the Seventeenth.
Adr'n Bancker Surrogate
End of message from Janet.
Janet also wrote:
Bill, Nathaniel leaves property etc. to "my four Sons, that is to say, Nathaniel and Joseph and Antone and William." He didn't mention Abraham in that list because Abraham was deceased, though still a son. I believe there was also a sixth son, Richard, who must have died childless by the time the will was written.
I don't KNOW that Abraham was deceased, but it's the only answer that makes any sense. Hope this helps.
janet
Wayne (WayneLII@aol.com) said this about Nathaniel's mother, Catherine Britton:
I think that Catharine's mother was Mary Fountain. I found the baptism for Catharine and it has her birth as April 6, 1757. The church was St. Andrew's Church in Richmond, Staten Island ("Staten Island Church Records," by Tobias Wright, p. 247): born April 6, 1757 - parents Nathaniel Brittain & wife- child-Katharine. She had a brother, Richard: (p. 255): born March 22, 1766 - parents Nathaniel Brittain & Mary his wife- child-Richard.