AMERICA - ANTILLES - SAINT DOMINGO - Part of the Cape, Parish

Lot 267 - AMERICA - ANTILLES - SAINT DOMINGO - Part of the Cape, Parish
of VERRETTES. MANUSCRIT XVIII° - MEMORANDUM - FOR ; " the Sieurs
and Ladies Nougués, inhabitants of NAZES. The lord PAYEN, inhabitant
of the district of NAZES, and Jean PAYEN BOISSAIS, living in La Ravine Seiche". "All heirs of Dame Marie SAUNIER, widow of Sr Claude Bidonne, Knight of the Royal Military Order of St Louis, Captain of the Cavalry, living in the
Cavalry, living in the Artibonite district, contest the marriage between
The said Dame SAUNIER, widow of BRIDONNE, with Sieur Jean Baptiste de CASTERA, Knight of the Royal Military Order of St. Louis, Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry, Brigadier of the King's Armies, employed in SAINT DOMINGUE.
The appellants contest: "the alleged dispensations granted by the Reverend Father ESTACHON, on 7 March 1763, and the permission to celebrate their marriage in the house of the Lady Saunier...". "Declares this marriage invalid and null.
contracted and null. In addition, the donation made in the marriage contract between the Lord of Castera and the Lady Saunier on March 5, 1763, before the Seneschalsea of St. Mark, (ceding) in favor of the Lord of Castera, all of his property, movable and immovable...".
This long document is entirely devoted to the procedures used by the Sieur
Castera to take control of the goods of the Lady Saunier, impotent for several years
for several years, seventy-eight years old, and possessing a considerable fortune.
a considerable fortune. Manuscript in folio of 92 pages. Well readable, some light
some light wetness.