Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-12-14
The Widows Income 100000 q
Year.
The Children Given $4,000, 900
Apiece.
One-Half the Amount to be Held
In Trust.

followed BY Chauncey NJ. Depew, Cornelius
Vanderbilt, William K Vanderbilt, Freder-
lex W. and George Vanderbilt, in the order
named, entered the surrogates Office and i'm
mediately appeared before Probate Clerk
Charles Beckett, for the purpose of filing the
will of William II. Vanderbilt. The follow
ing is copy of the document, as far as re-
lates to his wife and children:
l, William H. Vanderbilt, of the city of
New York, do make and publish my last will
and testament as follows, viz First-I devise
unto my beloved wife, Maria Louisa, for and
during her natural life, the dwelling house
In which l now reside, and the lot on which
it stands. After describing the will contin-
ues 81 also give and devise to my said wife,
for and during her natural life, the three lots
OF land on the north-easterly corner of Madi-
son avenue and Ferty-Second street, in the
city OF New YORK, together with the stables
and implements thereon erected. l also give
and bequeath to her, for and during her nat
ural life, all the paintings, pictures, statuary
and works of art which l may own At the
time OF my decease, except the portrait and
marble bust OF my father, which have be-
queathed to my son Cornelius. l also give
and bequeath to her, for and during her nat
ural life, all the furniture of every descrip-
ton, iacluding plate, silver, library, orna-
ments, musical instruments and other arti-
cles of household use which may at the time
OF my decease be in or appurtenant to my
present residence, corner of Fifth avenue and
Fifty-6rst street, and also all the horses, car
riages, vehicles, harnesses, stable furniture
and implements which may have on hand
at the time of my decease and usually kept
in my said stables on Madison avenue and
Fifty-second street; and empower my wife
during her life, to exchange or dispose of any
of my said household furniture and other
chattels, except pictures, statusry and works
of art and of any of said horses, carriages
and stable furniture, to such extent as she
shall deem necessary from time to time, to
renew or replace the same. also give and
bequeath to my said wife an annuity of $780,
600 per annum during her natural life, to be
computed from the date of my decease, and
paid to her in equal quarterly-yearly pay
ments thereafter And direct sum suffi-
cient to produce such annuity be set apart
and at at all times safely invested by my ex-
ecutors for that purpose during the life of
my wife. And l empower her to dispose by
will of $500, 200 of the principal of the same,
so directed to be set apart in any manner she
may desire and which shall be legal All
taxes, assessments and charges which may be
imposed on the real estate devised to my wife
for life shall be payable by her during the
same period. And declare that the fore
going devises and beQuests to her are to be in
lieu of dover.
Second-I devise unto my daughter Mar
garet Louisa, wife of Elliot T. Shepard, her
heirs and assigns forever, the house in which
she now resides and the lot on which it stands
[,yh lot ba han dc.
second street and Fifth avenue, southwest
corner. together with all my rights in Fifth
avenue and Fifty-second street in front of
said premises, excepting, however, part of
the lot of land hereby devised and described
as an irregular strip of land, part of the rear
thereof, which strip extends from the south
erly line of Fifty-second street to line par
allel Herewith, and distance A feet there
from, and is feet and ii inches wide at
Fifty-second street, narrowing by )ags and
curves to feet AZ inches in the rear, as now
enclosed by the iron fence which separates
said strip from the residue of the lot in this
clause described.
Third devise to my daaghter, Emily
Thorn, wife of William Sloane her heirs and
assigns, the middle one of the three houses
erected by me on the easterly side of Fifth av-
enue, between Fifty-frst and Fifty-second
streets, and the lot on which it stands, which
lot is bounded and described as follows
Easterly, in front by Fifth avenue; westerly,
in the rear by a line parallel with Fifth aven-
ue. and distant l49 feet and III inches, west
erly from the westerly line thereof, northerly
by the lot of land hereintobefore devised to
nv daughter Margaret Louisa, and by said
strip excepted therefrom, and sOutherly by
the lot of land herentobefore devised to nv
wife for life, containing 50 feet 5 inches in
width in front on Fifth avenue and 80 feet
and inches in width in the rear, and emLrac-
ing all the land lying between the lots de-
scribed in the first and second clauses of this
will I also devise to my said daughter,
Emily her heirs and assigns, for the purpose
of being kept open as rear entrance to the
premises devised to her, the before described
irregular strip of land excepted from the rear
part of the lot in the second clause of the will
described, and extending to Fifty-second
street
Fourth--I devise unto my daughter,
Florence Adele, wife of Hamilton Nick.
Twombly, her heirs and assigns forever, the
lots of land on the southwest corner of Fifth
avenue and Fifty-fourth street IN said city,
and part of the lot in the rear thereof front
ing on Fifty-fourth street, together with the
dwelling house erected on said premises, and
all my right, title and interest in and on the
street and avenue bounding said premises.
Fifth devise unto my daughter, Eliza O.,
wife of VIM. S. Webb, her heirs and assigns
forever, the lot of land on the westerly side
of Fifth avenue next adjoining on the south,
the corner lot described in the next preceding
fourth clause of this will, and also the re-
naming part of said rear lot fronting on
Fifrv-fourth street The strip of land on the
westerly side of said lot fronting on Fifty
fourth street is given to my said daughter
Eliza O., for the purpose Of afording her a
rear entrance from Fifty fourth street to her
house, aud the easterly line of said entrance
may be shaped in such manner as shall be or
has been devised by the architect in charge
of the erection of said two houses, but keep
ing as nearly as possible in the dimensions
hereinbefore described.
Sixth-Should the dwelling houses now
being erected for my daughters Florence
Adele and Eliza o., upon the two lots OF
land devised to them, not be finished at the
time of NV decease, direct that they be COM
pleted as soon - practicable thereafter at the
expense of my estate.
Seventh give and bequeath to the trus-
tees hereinafter appointed e26. 100000 Of