New-York tribune., 1894-03-16
WILL OF RICHARD S. ELY.
REQUESTS TO YALE AND TO VARIOUS
CHARITABLE ASSOCIATIONS.

THE NEw-HAvEN UNIVERSITY TO GET FROM 10000
TO 500 ooO0-s2oOoo LEFT TO ST. LUKEs HOS
PITAL-PRovIsIoN FOR RELATIvEs.
The last will and testament OF Richard s. Ely. OF
Avon, Conn, was filed with Probate Clerk Jackson
yesterday. The Will makes beqLosts TO Yale Uni
versity. st. Lukes Hospital. the Newvork Associa-
tion for lmprovrs the Condition Of the Poor. the
Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty 10 Children
and similar organizations.
The bequests follows: ST. Lulle's Hospital.
$4,000; New-YorI Association for Improving the
Condition of the Poor $4,000; New-York Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty to Children, $4,000; the
Society for the Promotion Of the Gospel Among
Seamen 5000 the We;more Home for Fallen and
Frendess Women 5000: Home for Old Men and
Aged Couples. $4,000; Society for the Suppression OF
Vice. 5000; the Century Association. $4,000 for
library and the Hartford Art Society, of which his
sister is honorary president, $4,000. The residue
after the following trusts and requests taken
goes TO Yale University, to found professorships
in the academic. law. medical and surgical de-
partments Of the University This bequest to Yale
is to be known as the "Richard Ely Foundation"
and is made in honor Of the decedents grandfa ther
the Rev. Richard Ely. who was graduated from
Yale in 1854 and in honor of his father who
graduated in 17S7. and his uncle Richard, who
graduated in 1855. The decedent's brother
graduated in 1896, and his son is now preparing to
enter the University.
The Ely family settled in Connecticut and some
of its members fought in the Revolutionary War.
VALUE OF THE ESTATE.
.sRichard s Ely died March T. 1894. at No. S73
Fifth-ave. He left real estate valued S277,5J0
ard personal estate OF over 100000.
To his wife, Caroline Ingerso Ely. the deceased
left his horses. carriages harness. agricultural and
farm tools and all his live stock on his farm In
Connecticut. together with all his money in hand.
ITO my beloved son, Richard Fcnwick Ely. | he
queath the silver tankard with the Ely coat-of-
arms engraved upon it, which was brought
to America by my first immigrant ancestor in 1861
the will reads. The also gets the books and
the portable desk left me by my father with the
guinea it contains and all the watches and jew
ery. also my portrait painted by Butler. of New
York. and pastelle portraits of my father and
mother the latter with hair powdered) and paint
cd from life in Amsterdam Holland, over one hum
dred years ago" Maud J. Ely. the daughter. gets
the portrait Of the deceaent painted by Zuberbuh-
Ter. of Paris.
TO Caroline Ingerson Ely also goes the residue
of all household effects. furniture ornaments. brio
rd UPON 6tr Death hsy are % 10 6 S.s sold aa H.
proceeds divided share and share alike among the
these articles with the consent of the executors.
William u. Ely. a brother OF the decedent; Re-
fecton, with the request that he spend it lor MS
own comfort william ny, htpneWv, Cinra T., , OF
lins. Edith Collins and Marion Collins Dunscomor,
nieces. each gets $1,000
TRUSTS FOR RELATIVES.
The greater part Of the estate is divided into
trusts the value of which is hard TO estimate; Of
these Mary u. Ely and Charlotte VI. Ely, the sis
ters OF the dccedent get $l2O) in trust; TO Clara
T. Collins and Edith Collins. the nieces, Is be-
queathed sl?.co each. to be held in trust. This
money when they die. reverts to the surviving
legatees. share and share alike. To Mrs HarrT~t
L. 5. ~. is given Sl0@D in trust in recognition OF
her patient Christian character OF the residue ol
the estate one-thrd goes TO the widow II Sh@ d2r7
remarry. and If she rcmarries she gets the ",
come OF 10000 while she lives. This bequest Is maze
in lieu Of dover When his sisters. Charlotte N.
Ely ana Mary u. Ely and Mrs Harriet lngeTso.
revert to the executors who shall give one-half of
IT the son. Richard. and the other haiL TO & the
lutte control of his share When he he scT s tn re
his share and if she dies before him her share
reverts TO him. IL the son marries, howcve,' an!
one.third of her husbands estate and the children
the rest. II the daughter marries ana ales p.ioIe
@oes 10 her brother and If her brother be dead the
Surviving members Of the family shaii diVide her
se%e Of marriage her children shall get 10000
between them but no more and anytinS oyer p,nh nS
ard if he be alive the surviving next Of kin II
| he be dead
! REAL ESTATE or MIR. ELY.
wr,iam Flv the nephew gets $1,000 in trust
! and additional trusts Of $4,000 each are bequeathei
to Charlotte the sister OF the deccdent ani cara
| e. and Edith Collins, the neces. The VIII pro-
vides that in case Of the death oi ritncT %, IN, rnS
| shall appoint some one to I'll the vacancy. The
! trustees are William H. Isham. Fr1nkln y; l;3rd
and the son OF the decelon; Richard Fnnw!ck ny
! The viii was drawn and signed on Aprl =. ls'
| and is Witnessed by Daniel Larado, Of 10. . Fast
/ Ninth-st. Lucus H. Beers, Of No. - Nest i'lEhN-
second-st, and John stephen Hisham' oil No. -''E
| Eightk-aVe.
The widow lives at 80. 373 Fifth-ave. and her
! children reside there win her. Ih'r" ~ d*o .
! provision in the Wi. that the real estate be- he'd
in for the widow and children until the latter
! become Of lega. age, when ihey are each 10 Fet
an equal share Of the property. The properties are
al Nos Il and 53 Bcavcr-st, no %'S Flith-avc
/ Nos IN, l.Ts and l,7l5 Broadway, and 40. p
! Worth-st.
! sixty thousand dollars Is set aside hy the de-
cedent 20 purchase dwellings for the widow and
| children. The trustees ana executors have full
power to compromise. arbitratc ana settle any ana
/ al claims that may arise out Of the appOruonmcnt
Of the estate. II is estimated that lales Interest
in the estate viii be least worth $1,000 and some
| estimates place IL at twice that sum. II IS said
| that Will be n >