THE TOWN OF SCARSDALE. 227 



and Died at ye Manour of St. George, Feb. ye iSth, 1704-5, 



in yo fifty -first year of his age, 



being grandson of Max. Constammet, &c.« 



Here Lyes 



interred ye body of 



MARTHA, 



daughter of Henry Titxstaix, Esq.,& 



bora at Putney, 



in the county of Surrey, in England, 1659, 



and died at ye manour of St. George, Sept. 1st, 1709, 



aged fifty years. 



Mrs. Heathcote bore her husband six children — namely, Gilbert, 

 William, Anne, Mary, Martha and Elizabeth. Col. Heathcote died while 

 in the performance of his duty as a Christian philantrophist, in the cky 

 of New York, on Tuesday, 28th day of February, 1721. 



The following notice of his death appeared in the American weekly 

 Mercury, of March 6th, 17 14 : 



• ' On the 28th day of February last, died the Honorable Caleb Heathcote, Esq., 

 Surveyor General of his Majesty's customs, for the Eastern District of North 

 America, Judge of the Court of Admiralty for the Provinces of New York and 

 New Jersey, and the Colony of Connecticut, one of his Majesty's Council for the 

 Province of New York, and brother of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, of London. 



" He was a gentleman of rare qualities, excellent temper and virtuous life and 

 conversation, and his loss lamented by all that knew him. which, on the day of 

 his death, went about doing good, in procuring a charitable subscription, in 

 which he made a very great progress."'" 



On the 29th of February, 17 19, Col. Caleb Heathcote- executed his 

 last will and testament, as follows : 



WILL OF COL. CALEB HEATHCOTE. 



In the name of God, Amen. I, Caleb Heathcote of the Province of New York, 

 in America, gentlemen, being at this present time in perfect health of body and of 

 firm and sound mind and memory, thanks therefore be given to Almighty God ; 

 but well knowing that it is appointed for all men once to dye, and that the time 

 of the approach of Death is uncertain, Do make this my last will and Testament 

 in manner and form following ; my Soul I Recommend to my Gracious God who 



o The Smith family had been long seated in the counties of Leicester and Northampton ; 

 arms : Or, on a chev. betw. three crosses, pattee litchee, gu, as many bezants. 



b The Tunstalls were formerly seated at Agacombe, Surrey county. Arms: Sa. three combs 

 in fesae ar. 



c Sie American weekly Mercury from Wednesday, March 9th, to Thursday, March 16, 1721. 

 "1721, Feb. '2s, died at New York. Col. Caleb Heathcote, member of the 'touncil and Judge of 

 the Admiralty, Surveyor General of his Majesty's Customs for the North District of Amer- 

 ica/' Gleanings from the annual register of ttie lire office, London. Ilist. Mag. vol. iv, 2d 

 series, No. 3, p. 137. 



