DR. JOHN L. LECONTE. xxi 



asking tluit letters of administration be given to him on the estate of '• inr. James 

 Laty his father in Law" who died since he had given a " Letter of atturney made 

 and written at the Island of St. Christoj)hers bearing date the IGth of March 168|." 

 The petition was granted Sept. 9, 1091. Ilis wife's name, therefore, was Laty. 

 This I take to refer to I : 



lb. In the"Listof thetowneof NewRochelle &cXBR9th 1710" [15] the names 

 of the inhabitants are evidently given by families, in which the father's name is 

 placed first, next the mother, followed by the children, where, excepting in cases 

 of great disparity, the boys precede the girls. In this list we have two LeConte 

 families, as follows, the figures giving the ages : William LeConte, 52 ; Mary Le- 

 Conte, 42; William LeConte, Jr., 16; Hester LeConte, 17; Jean LeConte, 6; 

 ffr.ancis LeConte, 45 ; Mary LeConte, 55; Josiah LeConte, 13; Mary LeConte, 18. 

 Supposing the older William to be the same as the Guillaume (^ Jacques, I) of the 

 preceding paragraph, he was born about 1fio9, his wife (Mary Laty) about 1669, his 

 oldest son (William) about 1695. his oldest daughter (Hester) about 1694, and his 

 youngest son (Jean) about 1705. 



II a. The ancestor of Dr. LpConte (VII) is stated in the family traditions to have 

 been in the army of William III when in Ireland in 1690, and to have afterwards 

 emigrated to this country. It is therefore highly improbable that he was given a 

 letter of attorney at St. Christophers in 1689. 



II b. The traditions also state especially with date (Feb. 16, 1701) his marriage 

 to Margueritte de Valleau, of IVLirtinique; whereas in 1710 the living wife of I 

 was named Marj'. 



II c. The marriage licence of " William LeConte and Margaret Mahoe" April 

 17, 1703, is on record in New York (Utlice of surrogate. Wills, lib. vii, p. 100) [2]. 

 This again could not refer to I. 



II (1. The will of " (Tuilliaume LeCounte" with the signature as follows: 



IS also on record at the same office. It mentions his "deer wife Margarita" and 

 names three children : Guillaume, Esther, and toward the end of the will, Pierre. 

 The will was acknowledged and proved March 2, 17^§. As we have the dates of 

 the births of all these children , we may conclude that in 1710, that is at the time 

 of the census of New Rochelle above mentioned, the two families we are attempt- 

 ing to separate stood thus : 



I VII 



I 



Guillaume LeConte set. 61 



Margaret Mahoe (his wife) " ? 



Children 



William (by former wife) set. 7 



Pierre " 6 



Esther " 4 



(6) 



