The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-20
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
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THE INGRAHAM BsTATE.-An advertisement
IN another column gives notice for meeting
of the heirs at the Astor House, New YORK, on
the 2ith inst. Some weeks ago was pnbllsneu
an account of this claim, with the announce
ment from the New York papers that the long
lost Will was found. III this proves cOrIeol, sno
heirs in this country will come into possession
OF vast estate The account hereIOiIore pun, m o.
lished was partly incorrect. Ihe Ioilo"i"s 10
Joseph Wilson. of Leeds Yorkshire, England.
who died about 1890, LEFT by VIII ana dee9 OF
trust his estate tothe descendants (ourSalieu cur 70
the NTH generation) of his only chlld, Sarah,
who married Edward Cowell, of yorkshire
(thereby displacing her father), and removed TO
.CowelI had only one child, Sarah by name. who
married Timothy Ingraham, ana removed 10
Bristol r. L. In 1880 The estate at the death of
the 0randfather comprised n large tract of land
several miles in extent and at that period or
but little comparative value, u oelng nnseJtied,
unavailable TO sell. The heirs, being at great
distance in a foreign country, did not look after
IT, The land having fine stream of water How
ing through it, became in time great manu-
featuring site, comprising now the Hourishlng
city of Leeds, which explains the present i'm
mense value of the estate Most OF the
land was rented out on one hundred year
leases, and these having expired, no titles
or sales can be effected. The hrst efforts
to recover the property were made by jeremiah
Ingraham, one of the third generation; but he
died while at sea during the old French war
The Eext effort was made by his son, In 1903,
Captain solomon Ingraham, Jan East lndiaman,
fIom Bristol. r. l. on arriving in England he
hands of Mr.. Erskine, an, eminent lawyer,
afterwards Lord Erskine, who stated that the
income from the property at that early period
was 100000 per annum. Solomon Ingraham
soon after died in Calcutta. Nothing further
was done until about 1926, when the heirs
learned hat London papers had advertised for
the heirs of the estate. Evidence sufficient was
&c thered TO show that the original document,
together with other proofs, were in the hands
Df some of the Ingrahams, but as many of the
det cendants at an early day removed to the far
West, - was difficult to find them, the different
branches inter marrying and changing their
residences. Among the direct heirs In this
city are the families OF William J. p Ingraham,
Commodore Selfridge, and the children of l.. +.
Ashmead. Mr. Gilbert r. Gladding. of Provi-
dence, II. l., spent many years in patient re-
search in England and America, obtaining
valuable in formation. Mr.. Gladding died two
years ago. standing reward of$2O 900 for the old
will has been extensively advertised for long
while, with circulars addressed to almost every
country post-oftice in the United States, and
the result has been the bringing to light of the
curious old document, What was deemed
almost worthless land by the old ancestors in
1000, is now covered with extensive manu-
featuring establishments and other buildings
worth at least 500 0O0 900 Zone hundred mlliOnsl
to which property no fee simple title of sale can
be made except through the heirs of Timothy
and Sarah InRraham.