The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-12-29


Anneke yans-A Scrap OF History.
The Rochester IN. " Union gives the
following humorous history Of this ccle-
brated parsonage:
Who was Anneke Jams Who was Wyn-
tie Sybrautsi Who struck Billy Patterson!
Anneke JAMS was Duchess from Holland,
who came to New York about ESQ years
ago. This was during the childhood OF
Gideon Welles, and before George WASH
iugton's father bought him the Ratchet who
couldn't tell lie. II was previous to the
advent of Barnum and the Siamese Twins,
who are not heirs of Anneke's. Rip Van
Wrinkle might have been cousin, but OF
that there Is no certainty. Very few OF
the present inhabitants of New York re-
member Anneke - none above Forty
seventh street. Those who do, recall her
rs promising young lady In good society,
a little Etoo stout, and O little Teutonic
perhaps, with fine set Of artificial teeth,
glass eye, and Government leg"
(Bly's patent); all Of which were be-
aueathed her by King William OF Hol-
land-gin.
About the year 1884, Ev. Bogardus,
young Clergyman, a graduate of Columbia
college, who boarded at the Fifth-avenue
hotel, preached in the Tabernacle. and
lunched at Crook s Duf7s, became enam-
ored of Anneke, and offered her his hand,
which she accepted, after a brief consul
tation with her father-in-law, Familiarity
called cold Jams of Fulton Market" b.
gardus, who, previous to the marriage,
had pretty much "gone TO grass" was now
in clover" and was supplied by Anneke
with the wherewith to pay his tailor's and
sundry other little bills, including his dues
at the German club, and for the lack OF
which he had been "posted" and threat
ened with expulsion.
Bogardus also descended from King Will
liam, as did also his brother Stephen Bo-
gardus, who used himself up in Harlem
stock. These brothers were of "eyen
tenor and date :" in other words, were of
the same age. They, however, were not
twins, although brothers, sand both boys !;
they were "rights and lefts," and could not
readily trace their descent to King Will
liam. There appeared to be break"
mewhere-probably at Bushnelrs basin
and they could not get around it. Anneke
Weber was Anneke Jans's grandmother,
and was also descended from King Will
liam, as appeared from strawberry
| mark on her arm" She was much older
than Anneke JAMS, and of different build.
She had stoop in her shoulders, and a
plantegrade walk, where she spent much
of her time. She was near-sighted, and
fond of IL o'clock lunches of rye and GRO
ton.
Anneke JAMS was possessed OF much
"stamps," and these she had invested IN
| land living along the west side Of Broadway,
contagious to the Astor House, which was
the uppest of the town hotels at that early
dav) and Just out of reach of the omnibus
drivers, who were also descended from
King William of Holland. In the course
of few years, more or less, the land IN
creased 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,
dispute the claim and "join issue," instead
of Joining the church; which they should
do.
In the year l647 Anneke Bogardus
(nee Jans) took down her waterfall and
slept with her fathers, who were also de-
scendants of King William of Holland.
Anneke left property which had been con-
stantly increasing in value until 1t IS sup
posed TO have reached at this time the
enormous sum of twenty or fifty millions !;
but commentators differ" as to whether
twenty or fifty millions is so many dollars,
or only intended to represent the number
of heirs claiming to share the property, anu
who are also descended from King Will
liam of Holland. A proposition has been
made to dispose of this vast aggregation oil
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 de-
scended 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 overdrawn,
on account of the enormous prices now
demanded for municipal suppers at Del
monco's and other first-class restaurants.
1t is reported, also, that the railroad
company, which is also descended from
King William of Holland, is covertly ma
king arrangements to lay double track
about o'clock on New Years morning
through the entire property. To prevent
this, some of Anneke's heirs have made
propositions to Vanderbilt to run the Hud-
son River cars into it and issue convertible
bonds to all the unconvertible heirs.
What the end Of all this will be 1t is diff
fcult to foresee. A great many babies are
now christened Anneke JAMS and Evardus
Bogardus-the commissioner Of internal
revenue (who is also descended from King
William of Holland) having recently de-
cided that this is not an Infringement of
the spirit of the law nor in violation of any
of its amendments and further, that a
stamp is not required to make the cere-