Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-07-17
NoMMoNMEALTm OF MAssA.

To HENRY PARKMAN, Esquire, MINER RAY.
MOND THOMAS, Esquire, Justices Of the Peace
and Councillors at Law.
The undersigned Robert Caldwell MAekay Of Bos-
ton in the County Of Suffolk aud Frances MARY Mac
Kay OF Cambridge in the County OF MiddeseT hereby
declare
LIST. That we are next of kin Of one Thomas Thomp-
son, late OF New York deceased, testate, whose will
was admitted to probate by the surrogates conrt
within aud for the city, county and state of New
York on the thirtieth (3Oth) day Of December A. d.
eighteen hundred and siKtynine (iSGg) and was alao
admitted to probate by the probate court for said
County Of Suffolk the third (3d) day of Nav I'm
said year, and who left property In both states.
ID. That as such next Of kin and heirs at law we
are interested In certain property which said will
purports to give by its resduary clause In trust aftsr
testator) for the beneht OF certain nnascertained
seanstresses needle women and shop girls In the
town Of Brattleboro In the state OF Vermont and the
town OF Rheinbeek In the county Of Dutchess the
state of New York. and of certain other objects not
clearly specified in said will.
Sd. That we claim that said residuAry trust after
the death Of the said Elizabeth Thompson Ia void and
Illegal and that the said property purported to be
given thereby belongs in fact TO us.
4th. That the persons In interest are
l. We the said Robert Caldwell MackAy az one OF
the four persons who were the heirs at law Of said
Thomas Thompson at the time Of his death and the
said Frances Mary Maokay both in her own right as
of said four heirs at law and devsee OF the in
aud state of New York and TriBtram Barnard Mac
kay late Of said Cambridge, both deceased the two
other Of said four persons; these four persons being
the children Of an aunt OF said Thomas Thompson.
IL. William Minot and william MnOt the younger
both Of Boston, the present trustees appointed by
said probate court under said will for the said I'M
ascertained seamstresses, needle women and shop
girls of said Brattleboro and Rheinbeck and also
such other vague and unascertained persons
as may be interested, II any such there are
under the residuary clause Of said will and whose in
teress, II any they have, may be represented by the
attorney general Of this common wealth as well as by
said trustees.
9th. That desirous of taking the deposit
tons OF the said Robert Caldwell Mackay aud also of
Thomas Lamb Of said Boston to perpetuae their tes-
tmony in relation to the matter aforesaid in per-
petual remembrance Of the thing because the said
testimony is material to us, and we are in danger Of
losing the same before II be taken In any snit
wherein our rights, titles and claims can be Tried
And we declare that 1t is not sought for the purpose
OF discovery
Wherefore we pray that said dispositions be taken
by you as aforesaid.
Witness hands this twenty-fourth cath day of
June, ID. eighteen hundred and eghty-hve U8s5)
ROBERT @. MACKAY.
+. NJ. MACKAY.
gro. II. MACRAY, witness to the signatures of Robt
O. Maekay and Il. NJ. Maekay.
To all persons interested In the estate Of and under
the trusts In the will Of Thomas Thompson late Of
the city, county and state Of New York.
Pursuant to the request of which the above Ia a
hue copy, we have appointed Wednesday, the 10th
9, No. 400 Washington street, Boston, Mass, as the
time and place for taking the testimony OF tine wit.
nesses named In said request when ali persons in
terested may appear.
HENRY PARKMAN,
MINER X. THOMAS,
Counsellors at law aud Justices Of the Peace
Boston, June 9Oth, 1875. 81