The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-08-23

~" va "oi0u an upulent auu Dusy Guy OF
2OO,MG' population has been built, in
wolves a love.story which might form the
thread OF a readable romance. The
daughter of Joseph Wilson, a wealthy
freebooter of proud descent married, with.
out her fathers approval, Edward Cowel,
pIeoe'an OF Yorkshire, and the young
couple, renounced by Wilson, emigrated
to the American Colonies aud cast their
lot IN Boston. In 1850 Wilson died,
without, however, releuting toward his
daughter, and when his last testament
was opened it appeared that he had given
his property, consisting of lands on the
River Aire-about six miles in length by
three in width-to his granddaughter,
Sarah Cowell, entailing it, however, to the
fourth generation. The will was sent to
Sarah Cowell long before her marriage
with Timothy Ingraham, and was handed
down to her daughter, but the estate,
being unsettled and yielding no revenue,
and being, moreover, entailed to descen-
dants OF heirs dwelling at great diatance,
was left in the hands of agents and almost
wholly forgotten except by them. At
length a manufacturing town of consider.
! able importance rose on the Wilson lands,
and grandson of the devisor made an at,
tempt to recover the property, but died on
shIphoard before reaching England. The
next effort was made in 1903, by Capt.
Solomon lngraharn, a grandson of the dc.
visor. He was an East India captain, and
sailed with his vile from Now York ia.
king all the papers relating to the estate.
These he entrusted TO Mr.. Erskine, then
an eminent lawJ er, but attermarI Lord
Chancellor of England. Capt. Iugraham
having died at Madras, the papers were
retained by Erskine in London, nobody
making further inquiry touching the
property uutil 1925, when the lngraham
family learned that London newspapers
bad contained advertisement Is seeking the
heirs. They then sent Isaac Smith to
England to look up the estate, which was
then reported to be worth more than Gl0,.
600 year. lie learned that the papers
had been left by the first Lord Erskine
to bis son and successor, then Minister to
Belgium, and that they were locked up in
Loudon. Therefore Smith returned, IN
successful, to America. No further effort
was made until 1852, when Gilbert Il.
Gladding, of Providence, and Columbus
Smith, Of Vermont, the latter an eminent
lawyer who had been successful in prose-
cutting American claims 10 English es-
tates, went to london and saw the late
Lord Ersklne, to whom the papers had
fallen but Lord Erskine dalIied with
Messrs Giadding and Smith until, their
funds failing, they were compelled to re-
turn to America. Mr.. Gladding pursued
bis researches, and, after securing Erg-
land in vain, died in Providence in tho
full bslicf that the will had been brought
to the United States and Was somewhere
to be found ia the country. Mr. W. j.
Z. lngraham and others took the task in
hand where Gladding lett it, and were re-
Gently subjected to the SCOTS Of many in
crcdulous heirs; but the announcement
of the finding Of the will silenced cavl,
and drew together the largest multitude
OF heirs that ever assembled. Mr.. Ingra-
ham has no doubt whatever that the de-
sccndants Of Sarah Cowcll can recover
this enormous property, which he estimates
to be worth more than 100000, 900
exclusive Of the back rent, for which it
may not be worth while to contend.-.N.
T. Tribune.