Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-13
WIN. ASTOR'S WILL
Son John J. Gets the Bulk of
the Property.
MRS. DRAYToN NOT MENTIONED.
Nothing is Given Her, but Provision ID
Made fer Her Children.

The Other Two Daughters Are Be
queathed the Income From $3.50, 600
Each for LIFe-Tbe Widow to Receive an
Annual Income of $50, OOO-JOhn Jacob
VIII Not Come Into All of His Prop
ertv Until He is Thirty.
NEW York, May ia testament
was presented for probate to-day which
is of material interest. 1t is the will of
the late William Aston. one of the
wealthiest men in America and in the
world. A property of at least $50, 000,-
600 will be divided by the executors
named in the instrument. and the dispo-
sition which the famous millionaire has
made of his fortune will excite a good
deal of comment.
One very noticeable feature Of the
document is the fact that Mrs. ]. Cole
man Drayton, who has been brought SO
prominently before the public recently,
receives no personal bequest. Her name
does not appear among the legatees,
though her four children have been
hadsomely remembered.
This omission is the more noticeable,
because her sisters, Mrs. Roosevelt and
Mrs. Wilson, are each left nearly a mil
lion dollars, and one of the Astor
houses. The aggregate Of the amounts left
to the Drayton children is the same a.
the requests to Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs.
Wilson; but the marked difference in the
manner of providing for the families
must necessarily excite comment.
The will is dated January 10 last. The
will makes John Jacob Aston, the only
son, residuary legatee, and leaves to him
absolutely, all the property held for life
by his father under the will of William B.
Aston, the grandfather, which was one
half Of William B. Astor's residuary es-
tate. For life he leaves to the executors
as trustees for John Jacob with power to
John Jacob to dispose of the same by
will, the residuary individual estate of
the testator, which is for the most part
the accumulated surplus income for II
years of the estate derived from William
B. Astor. This should be as much, or
nearly as much, as the principal estate
was in 1875.
The provisions for daughters is the in
come from $3.50, 900 each for life, in ad-
dition to the provisions already made
under marriage settlements and other
trusts. In the case of Mrs. J. Coleman
Drayton the $3.50, 900. instead of going to
her for life, goes for life to her four
children, share and share alike, with re-
mainder to their children, and no provi-
sion whatever appears to have been made
for Mrs. Drayton.
John Jacob Astor comes at once into
the income of his fathers individual
estate, and into the absolute ownership
of one-half the estate derived from his
grandfather's will, from his father. On
July 10, 1889, he will become the abso-
Lutte owner of the other half of the last
mentioned estate. William B. Astor's
estate at the time of his death was vari-
ously estimated at from $45, 000, 900 to
$3.50, 900, 900.
To Mrs. Astor, widow of decedent is
given the house No. $50 Fifth avenue
and a sum sufficient to produce an in
come of $50, 900 a year is also set aside
for her.
A number of minor legacies, ranging
from $500 to $50, 900 are made in favor
of family servants and to charities.