The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-26
the IaIMITY Gnu RCH LlTIOATION.

| hmne1ke Jams and Her DeaGcmuRntS-
sketch Of the Dutch Gentlcwom@n
Who owned New York, Etc.
From he Rochester Union.
Who was Wyntie Sybrants? Who struck
BiTly Patterson? Anneke Jams was q puGnSsss ptlIss
! from Holland, who came to New YORK aDous
! two hundred and fifty years ago; tnls t 9 wa9
! during the childhood OF Gideon Well5s, si hnu
before George Washlnetons father Dougns 20 @ n,,n ua
! the hatChet who couldn't tell a ne; az Siamese
/ vious TO the advent OF Barnum anu iosa ,ae Rin
Twins, who are not heirs OF AnneAo y h,t ~ ~
Van Wlnkle might have been u -. oo9h gtha nresent
that we have no certainty cry iom or O5 "a Anneke
none above Eortv-seyenth street; those VINO
do, recall her as q plomlsiniS yo"d and q little
good society, a little 100 STOUT apu tisotaI ,vG
! Tentonic peI haps, with fine set OF att'nclai
.eutonic' !ti' HIess eve. and government leg"
! SRlvis natent). ali OF which were Dequeathed
SSorSb SSorSbv King William OF Holland-giD. About
! tbe year 1884, Ev. BogaTdus, young clergy
I'm a graduate of Columbia College, who
| boarded at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. preached
! in the Tabernacle, and lunched at Crook "
Duf's became enamored oil Anneke, anu oHere1
her his hand, which she accepted after brief
consultation with her father-in-law, tamiliarly
called "Old Jams of Fulton Market" Bogardus,
who previous to the marriage had pretty much
''gone to grass" was now "in clover" and
was supplied by Anueke with the wherewith to
nav his tailor's and sundry other little bills,
including his dues at the Ger man Club, and
for lack of which he had been "posted" and
threatened with expulsion,
Bogardus also descended from King William,
as did also his brother stephen Bogardus, who
used himself up In Harlem stock These
brothers we're OF 'even tenor and dates" In other
words, were of the same age Ihey, however,
were not twins, although brothers, and both
boys,h they were "Tights and letts," and could
not readily trace their descent to King william.
There appeared to be "a break" some where
probably at Bushnell's Basin, and they could
not get around it. Anneke Web0er was Anneke
JAMS grandmother, and was also descended from
King William, as appeared from "a strawberry
Al,,,, old
Anneke Jams, and of different build. She had a
stoop in her shoulders, and plantegrade walk,
where she spent much OF her time. She was
nearsighted, and fond OF eleven O'Clock lunches
of rye and CrotOn.
AnneKe JAMS was possessed of much "stamp5;n
and these she had invested in land lying along
the west side of Broadway t'contagious" to the
Astor House, which was the uppest of the up.
town hotels at that early day., and just out OF
reach OF the omnibus drivers, who were also de-
scended from King William of Holland. In
the course OF few years, more or less, the
land increased muchly IN value, and the heirs
of Trinity Church leased portion of it, which
they now claim as their own; but which the
heirs of Anneke Jams, so far as heard from, dis
pute the claim, and 'oin issue" instead of Join
ing the church, which they should do In the
year l647 Anneke Bogardus (1lee Jans) took
down her waterfall and slept with her fathers,
who were also descendants of King William of
Holland. Anneke lett property which had been
constantly increasing In value until it is sup
posed to have reached at this time the enor
nous sum of twenty or fifty miliOns-but
commentators differ" as to whether twenty or
fifty millions is so many dollars or only in
tenGed to represent the number OF heirs claiming
to share the property-and who are also de-
scended from King William of Holland A pro-
position has been made to dispose OF this vast
aggregation of property on the Gift Concert"
plan. Something OF the kind Will have to be
done at once in order to torestall the Board OF
Aldermen, who are also descended from King
William of Holland and who are supposed to
be moving to add the estate TO the Contingent
Fund.-" which otherwise is liable to be over
drawn, on account OF the enormous prices now
demanded for municipal suppers at Delmonico's
and other frst-class restaurants.
1t is reported also, that the railroad COM
pany, which is also descended from King Will
liam Of Holland, is covertly making arrange
menls TO lay double track, about four o'clock
on Christmas morning, through the entire pro-
perty. To prevent this some of Anneke's hers
have made propositions to Vanderbilt to run
the Hudson River cars into it, and issue con-
vertible bonds to all the unconyertible heirs.
What the end of all this will be it is difficult
to foresee. A great many babies are now being
christened Anneke JAMS and Evardus bogardus,
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, who is
also descended from King William of Holland,
having recently decided that this is not an in
tTingement of the spirit of the law, nor viola
ton OF any oft amendments, and further, that
stamp is not required TO make the ceremony
legal. number ot enterprlsing young men
are advertising tor situations as heiIs, with a
specimen of which we conclude the present
article:-
WANTED.
The subscriber, a single man, of good family
and respectable connections, a Protestant of line
! personal appearance, and constitutionally op-
posed to earning his bread by "the sweat of his
! brow,n is deslrOus of obtaining situation as
| one of the heirs or Anneke Jams, deceased and
| who was descended from King William OF Hol-
land. No objection to going into the country, i
or elsewhere Except to Buffalo, provided there
| are ''stamps" in it. If desired would keep
books, or any other property entrusted to his
care. Is not particular whether the exact
amount of ''speter" is twenty or fifty millions.
| "The best of references as to character capa-
| CitY. etc. reanired. Address. most naid. John