The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-26

The will of John Thomas Water
house, lately deceased, which was
admitted to probate by Judge
Cooper yesterday afternoon, is a
remarkably concise and simple
document. The original will was
drawn on the 9th of July, 1878,
but three codicils have since been
attached to it. The executors ap-
pointed were Eleanor Waterhouse,
his wife, and his three sons to
serve without bonds. In case of
the death of either the others are
to act alone. The following is an
extract from the fret portion of the
will:
| Be it remembered that /, John
! Thomas Waterhouse of the city of
| Honolulu in the leland of Oahu and
| Kingdom of the Hawaiian Islands,
merchant, being of sound and dis
| posing mind and memory, do hereby
! make and declare this my last will
and testament, hereby revoking and
making null and void all previous
| and other wills and testaments and
| codicils thereof by me at any time
heretofore made.
hereby nominate and appoint my
beloved wife, Eleanor Waterhouse,
and my sons John Thomas Water
house and Henry Waterhouse and
William Waterhouse as executors and
trustees of this my last will and tesla
ment, and / direct that no bonds be
required of them and that they be ex-
empt from filing in Court any inven-
tory of my estate, and that they be
exempt and exOnerated from any liza
bility for any losses not occurring by
their wilful default, ..
hereby give, devise and b. queath
all my lands, tenements and heredita-
ments wheresoever situate, with their
appurtenances, unto my said wife,
Eleanor Waterhouse, to have and to
hold the same and receive the rents
and profits thereof during her
natural life and from and
Immediately after the decease of my
said wife give, devise and bequeath
TO my said sons John Thomas Water
house ard Henry Waterhouse rs ten
ants in common in equal undivided
half parts my homestead premises on
the westerly side of Nuuanu street.
And also upon the death of my said
wife I give, devise and bequeath to
my said son William Warehouse my
dwelling house and premises situate
in Cedar Rapids in the State of Iowa,
u. 8. A, ..
All other property of whatever
kind or nature, real, personal,
mixed or otherwise, was devised
to his wife for her sole use and
benefit. After her death this latter
property was to be divided into |
five equal portions, one of which !
was willeG to his son John Thomas,
one to Henry, one to William, one |
to his daughter Mary, and the !
other to his grandsons William
Waterhouse Dimond and Henry |
Dimond, share and share alike, or |
the whole to the survivor should |
one of them have previously died. !
Neither of the grandsons, however,
were to receive their portions until !
attaining the age of twenty-one.
The will also provides that the |
executors must carry on the mer-
camille business. It bears the sig !
natures of Alfred S. Hartwell and |
Lorrin A. Thurston as witnesses.
The first codicil is dated July |
10, 1884, and directs that neither
grandson is to have his portion of |
the estate until eighteen months
after the death of their grand
mother, and that if one die, his |
portion is to go to his Issue if he |
have any; failing that it is to re-
vert to the general estate.
The second codicil gives the lot |
of land on School street to Mary
Waterhouse Rice, wife of William
n. Rice, and to John Thomas
Warehouse certain portions of |
land in Nuuanu Valley occupied by |
him as a residence. This codicil |
is dated January II, 1887, and is
witnessed by L. A. Thurston and |
E. ii. Diuond.
The last and most important CO.
dicil bequeaths to John Thomas |
and Henry Warehouse the proper
ty bounded by Queen street on the
south, Nuuanu on the west, Mer.
chant on the north and Kaahuma-
nu on the east. To William Water
house the property known as the
Passmore Conveyance, in Cedar
Iowa, consisting of seven
acres. This codicil is dated April
30, 1890, and is witnessed by W.
q Smith aDd N w Hobrop