The herald., 1895-08-31
san DERNARD|NO NEWS
teirs of the Antrim Estate Will
Become Rich
TWO IN TIE MORMON CITY
Their Shares Will Reach a Half Million
Each
'WO IN THE MORMON CITY
Ne News Of the Clever Forger Who operated
So Successfuiy-New Creamery
Project

SAN BERNARDINO, Aug. 30.-W. II.
Parsons, a decorator, and Mrs. G. T. Bar.
rows, whose husband is prominent fruit
buyer of this city, are heirs to an estate
of $50. 900. 900, which will be divided
among the descendants of Lord Antrim OF
Ireland within the next two years. The
share of each heir will be between $780,
900 and 81, 900, 900. MIR. Parsons and Mrs.
Barrows are two ont OF about 125 heirs,
among whom the vast estate, one of the
wealthlest in Great Britain, will be di-
yided. The line of ancestry is direct and
the division of the estate is certainty
that will be realized within two years.
The late Mrs. L. NJ. Parsons, whose son
and daughter the fortunate heirs are.
came of the Antrim family, her father
Having been born in New Jersey IN 1902.
For fifteen years the heirs in America
have been working on the matter. and
now have it so far along that meeting
OF all the descendants of the Antrims will
be held in Chicago within a few weeks.
About the middle of the seventeenth
century the Antrim family, whose estate
is practically equal to County Antrim in
Ireland. consisted of three brothers, the
eldest Of whom of course succeeded to the
little Of LORD Antrim and the proprietor
ship OF the estate.
The two younger brothers at this time
became acquainted with William Penn,
who had made trips into Ireland, and
they embarked with him in 1876 and came
with his colonists to America, settling in
New Jersey. One of the brothers soon
sickened and died. but the other, John
Antrim, is the ancestor of the Antrlms
who are now settled all over the United
States, although the larger part of the
family is settled in Ohio and Illinois.
The line of descsnt through this Lord
Antrim. who was the head of the house
when John Antrim came to America,
continued in ownership of the family es-
tate and succeeded to the title of Lord
Antrim until fifteen years ago, when the
Lord Antrim then in possession was shot
by a tenant and killed.
Lord Antrim died without leaving an
heir, and the only surviving member of
that branch of the family were two aged
representatives of the Antrim name. the
lass of whom died four years ago, leaving
the vast fortune to the American descend
ants of the family.
When Lord Antrim was murdered, about
1880, the American heirs were then noti-
fed that the estate would certainly revert
to them upon the death of the two mem
bers of the family still living in Great t
Britain, and the former at once began to
prepare themselves to establish their
claim to tie prore ty. Prominent among
those who have been engaged in this
work is Robert Antrim OF Chicago, who
has traced the ancestry of all branches OF
the FAMILY carefully, and when this was
completed an attorney was sent to Ireland
to do what might be necessary there to-
wand protecting the rights of his clients.
When the last Representative OF the fam
lily in Ireland died, four years ago. the
estate passed into the control OF the gov
eminent and since that time the rentals
have been collected and the estate looked
after by representative OF Great Britain.
How much may have accumulated In
the way of rentals in that time IL is i'm
possible to ascertain, and the heirs do not
know of what the estate consists outside
the immense land holdings. When the
estate passed into government hands, four
wears ago. 1t was then rated at El5 900, =
900, but in letter which Mrs. Barrows
has received within this month from an
English barrister, the estate is set down
at $50, 600 600.
or the generation of which the late Mrs.
r. NJ Parsons was q mem ber, the fourth
in descent from John Antrim, there were
probably thirty in America. OF the fifth
generation, the one of which Mrs. Bar
rows and W. II. Parsons are mem bers,
there are about -. When John Antrim
settled in New Jersey. i'll 1876, and made
his home in that colony, be established
residence that was continued by his
descendents to the third generation.
But when the pioneers began TO push out
across the Alleghenles the Antrims were
with them, some members OF the family
settling in Pennsylvania. and other'
scattering through the states between The
Alleehenies and the Mississippi river
The heirs in this citv are the only mem
bers of the family in California, whili
one mere in Oregon completes the mum
Der of those who have emigrated to thu
far west.
At the meeting of the heirs to b.
held in Chicago. the family will be rep
resentd by Robert Antrim OF that city
III e is in constant communication witt
the local mem bers OF the family, and they
have determined that it is unnecessar,
for them to oe present, delegating him tt