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I, WILLIAM H. LATTIN, JR. of the Town and County of Fairfield and State of
Connecticut being of sound disposing mind and memory herewith make, publish and declare
this as and for my Last Will and Testament.
FIRST: I direct that all lawful claims and funeral expenses be first paid out
of my estate by the executrix, hereinafter named.
SECOND: I give and bequeath to each of my children Mattley W. Lattin, Mildred H.
Lattin and Anna P. Lattin, the sum of One Dollar ($1.00).
THIRD: All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate both real and personal
and wherever situated I give, devise and bequeath to my wife, Jessie W. Lattin and her
heirs absolutely and forever.
FOURTH: I nominate and appoint my said wife, Jessie W. Lattin, Executrix of this
my Last Will and Testament and direct that no bonds be required of her by the Court of Probate.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereto set my hand and seal on this 16th day of November
A. D. 1923.
William H. Lattin Jr. (L. S.)
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named Testator, William H. Lattin,
Jr. to be his Last Will and Testament in our presence, who in his presence at his request and in
the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses in
Dorothy Taylor, Southport, Ct.
Ethel A. Hotchkiss, Fairfield, Ct.
Bacon Wakeman
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, }
COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, } ss: Fairfield, November 16th 1923.
We, Dorothy Taylor and Ethel A. Hotchkiss being first duly sworn do depose and say
that the above named Testator, William H. Lattin, Jr. subscribed and declared the foregoing
instrument to be his Last Will and Testament in our presence and in the presence of Bacon Wake-
man, the other subscribing witness; that we subscribed said Will as witnesses in his presence in
the presence of each other and of said Bacon Wakeman and at his request and that at the time of
the execution of said Will the said testator appeared to us to be of sound mind and memory and
of lawful age and that we make this affidavit at his request.
Dorothy Taylor
Ethel A. Hotchkiss
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above written, before me
Bacon Wakeman
Justice of the Peace
PROBATE CLERK'S OFFICE
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R. I.
I hereby certify that the aforegoing is a true copy of THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF WILLIAM H. LATTIN JR., late of the Town of South Kingstown, R. I., deceased, admitted to
probate by the Probate Court of the Town of South Kingstown, R. I. on April 10, 1939.
WITNESS MY HAND and the seal of said Court,
HOWARD B. PERRY, (Court Seal)
Clerk
Received for record December 2nd, A. D. 1940 at 3:30 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by
[Signature]
Town Clerk
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