Son of Lewis Cuffee and Lucinda Brinnett Jeffrey, husband of Mary G. Roger.
Estate - In the contested will proceeding of Aaron H. Cuffee of Shelter Island, in which the contestants alleged that the old Indian had been hoodooed, Surrogate Petty entered a decision admit ting the will to probate. The estate is small. In his decision Judge Petty says: "Although testator shortly before his death was a believer in hoodooism, whatever the same may be, and believed that there were people capable of practicing this art and selected testator as their patient, it is not shown, however, that testator's belief went so far as to prevent his acts from being free and unconstrained. It is clear that, regardless of this superstition or his peculiar beliefs, at the time of the execution of the paper propounded as his will he knew what he did and did what he wished. "The testator may be likened to believers in Chris tian Science, witchcraft and various superstitious, yet the courts, so far as these cases have engaged their attention, have approved wills mad e by such persons, made under circumstances not stranger than in this case. "I t would be comparatively easy to successfully oppose the probate of a will on the ground of hoodooism if it could be shown that the testator at the time of execution was so affected thereby as to be either not in his right mind or so controlled as to dispose of his property as directed by such influence. This is not shown, and I am unable to find that his peculiar and, to most minds, foolish beliefs in hoodooism rendered hint of unsound mind or affected his testamentary capacity.
(The Suffolk County news., December 27, 1901, Page 4; Aaron H Cuffee in the New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956, Certificate Number: 23830)
Estate - In the contested will proceeding of Aaron H. Cuffee of Shelter Island, in which the contestants alleged that the old Indian had been hoodooed, Surrogate Petty entered a decision admit ting the will to probate. The estate is small. In his decision Judge Petty says: "Although testator shortly before his death was a believer in hoodooism, whatever the same may be, and believed that there were people capable of practicing this art and selected testator as their patient, it is not shown, however, that testator's belief went so far as to prevent his acts from being free and unconstrained. It is clear that, regardless of this superstition or his peculiar beliefs, at the time of the execution of the paper propounded as his will he knew what he did and did what he wished. "The testator may be likened to believers in Chris tian Science, witchcraft and various superstitious, yet the courts, so far as these cases have engaged their attention, have approved wills mad e by such persons, made under circumstances not stranger than in this case. "I t would be comparatively easy to successfully oppose the probate of a will on the ground of hoodooism if it could be shown that the testator at the time of execution was so affected thereby as to be either not in his right mind or so controlled as to dispose of his property as directed by such influence. This is not shown, and I am unable to find that his peculiar and, to most minds, foolish beliefs in hoodooism rendered hint of unsound mind or affected his testamentary capacity.
(The Suffolk County news., December 27, 1901, Page 4; Aaron H Cuffee in the New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956, Certificate Number: 23830)
Son of Lewis Cuffee and Lucinda Brinnett Jeffrey, husband of Mary G. Roger.
Estate - In the contested will proceeding of Aaron H. Cuffee of Shelter Island, in which the contestants alleged that the old Indian had been hoodooed, Surrogate Petty entered a decision admit ting the will to probate. The estate is small. In his decision Judge Petty says: "Although testator shortly before his death was a believer in hoodooism, whatever the same may be, and believed that there were people capable of practicing this art and selected testator as their patient, it is not shown, however, that testator's belief went so far as to prevent his acts from being free and unconstrained. It is clear that, regardless of this superstition or his peculiar beliefs, at the time of the execution of the paper propounded as his will he knew what he did and did what he wished. "The testator may be likened to believers in Chris tian Science, witchcraft and various superstitious, yet the courts, so far as these cases have engaged their attention, have approved wills mad e by such persons, made under circumstances not stranger than in this case. "I t would be comparatively easy to successfully oppose the probate of a will on the ground of hoodooism if it could be shown that the testator at the time of execution was so affected thereby as to be either not in his right mind or so controlled as to dispose of his property as directed by such influence. This is not shown, and I am unable to find that his peculiar and, to most minds, foolish beliefs in hoodooism rendered hint of unsound mind or affected his testamentary capacity.
(The Suffolk County news., December 27, 1901, Page 4; Aaron H Cuffee in the New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956, Certificate Number: 23830)
Estate - In the contested will proceeding of Aaron H. Cuffee of Shelter Island, in which the contestants alleged that the old Indian had been hoodooed, Surrogate Petty entered a decision admit ting the will to probate. The estate is small. In his decision Judge Petty says: "Although testator shortly before his death was a believer in hoodooism, whatever the same may be, and believed that there were people capable of practicing this art and selected testator as their patient, it is not shown, however, that testator's belief went so far as to prevent his acts from being free and unconstrained. It is clear that, regardless of this superstition or his peculiar beliefs, at the time of the execution of the paper propounded as his will he knew what he did and did what he wished. "The testator may be likened to believers in Chris tian Science, witchcraft and various superstitious, yet the courts, so far as these cases have engaged their attention, have approved wills mad e by such persons, made under circumstances not stranger than in this case. "I t would be comparatively easy to successfully oppose the probate of a will on the ground of hoodooism if it could be shown that the testator at the time of execution was so affected thereby as to be either not in his right mind or so controlled as to dispose of his property as directed by such influence. This is not shown, and I am unable to find that his peculiar and, to most minds, foolish beliefs in hoodooism rendered hint of unsound mind or affected his testamentary capacity.
(The Suffolk County news., December 27, 1901, Page 4; Aaron H Cuffee in the New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956, Certificate Number: 23830)
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
