Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-11-09
The Ch 81 wick Estate.


The Chsawiek Estate.
The death Of Mr., Thooss Chsdviek
in Philadeiphia on Sunday last recalls
she story ct the imnense Chadvick -
tate in England. Of which be 80 said 10
be heir. For more than Q century nov
this estate has been the object Of fire.
quent litigation in the London court Of
chahcery. but none Of all the beirs Who
have applied have % far been reoog
nixed. Meantime the estate has rolled
mp interest and advanced in value until
it 10 said 10 he vosth S37 .O0O. 900, inclu-
siye OF interest on . number OF items
held IN trust by the Bank Of England.
S,r An.ireu Chad . ick vas the esatle-
man uho accumulafed this vast proper
~. He died in l76s. in his house in Brood
street. St. James Westminster.
at the age Of oS years. He vss the SON
Of Ralph Chsdsick. Of Galley. Eng.
land. Al the time Of his death his real
and personal property amounted 10 FL
900 900. The number Of houses in the
city and At the West end, London. be-
longing /, him, numbered - many %
l.O09. He had invested fl0, 900 in 4
per cents, AMI vas also owner Of third
share u the New River w.aer-Works
company. The tirpt estate that he pur-
chased vas Cold Cream hall, in Dat
ford. County Of Kent. Aftersard he con
unued to buy laads. and purchased
property both in the provinces and in
the city Of London. In the later place
he became owner Of great many
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real estate consisted OF C vellings, store
houses, shops, stables, mills. work
houses. market. houses, breweries. thea
tres. music halls, manufactures, public
houses, beer houses. parks, ETC., all Of
which are fully and clearly recorded in
the court Of chancery and in the real
estate rOll-box.
Sir Andrew was originally o private
soldier in the Second guards, and was
made knight y Queen Anne. A story
is told that as the queen was driving
out one day her borses became unmsn-
ageable and started of at high speed,
putting the person of her majesty in
jeopardy. Chadwick saw the danger,
and, putting spurs to his horse, overlook
the runaways and arrested their fur
Their career successfully, but not with
out serious injury to himself. He lay
in precarious condition for sometime,
but then recovered under the help of
strong constitution, and was made q
knight by the queen, and otherwise
literally rewarded. He married Mar
garet Humphreys, of the county of Kent,
and she survived him thirteen years.
In his will Chadwick appointed three
executors of his estate, but these neg
lected to sign tho paper, it was declared
void. Alexander Scott, chief executor
in the will, in the course of time claim
ed, as the records proved. the proper
ty for his own. Lady Chadwick enter
ed suit against him in Chaucery, and
the lord chancellor, after eleven hear
ings, decided the court to be 'still open
for the heir-in-law to prosecute the
claim to the property" Sir Andrews
deeds and last will, like many another
document of that date, are preserved in
tho Tower Of London.
In 1774 Edward Birch and Matthew
Martin were convicted and hanged in
Tyburn for forging q will purporting
to have been signed by Sir. Andrew.
Sir Andrew had only one brother,
older than himself, who married Esther
Shaw in 17O1, OF the pair q son was
born, John, who married Mary Redfern,
1927. This pair had q son; Samuel, who
married Betty Cook, 1853. A son to
this pair. also Samuel, was born in 1882,
and another son. Thomas in 1908. The
last named was the Philadelphia who
has just died and the heir-at-law. He
came to America fifty-tive years ago.
and for a number of years was resid-
ent of West Philadelphia. His broth
er, Samuel died in Wilmington. Del.
in the summer of 1874.
Original papers connected with the
estate were brought to America by
special messenger in the spring of 1874.
They were in the procession of Mr..
Thomas Chadwick. and are said to in
dex comprehensively the vast estate
that Sir Andrew accumulated. In 1874
the English courts advertised for Thom-
as Chadwick, the direct descendant of
Sir Andrew Chadwick, and the seventh
generation. removed. Mr.. Chadwick
responded. He was then 67 years of
age, and had retired with a Compel
ancy from the business OF q miller. Law
yers were sent from this country to Eng
land in his interest, and his claims. with
the slowness that characterizes the
movements of the famous London chan
Gerry court, have been under considera-
ton ever since.
Mr.. Pitts Jayne the eccentric Murray
street genealogist and deliver into an
cient and forgotten claims, says that
case bids fair to come to q speedy issue
in favor of the American heirs. These
are the two sons of Mr.. Thomas Chad
wick, Cornelous and Ferdinand, of
Philadelphia.
A LAWYERS FIRST ADDRESS,
are few mental tortues more terrible,
than that which young lawyer. consti.
tutionally timid. suffers when for the
first time he rises to address the court
and jury. No nightmare is more fright
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