New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-24
THE WILL or MRS. HTCKS-LORD.
BEQU GsTs TO RELATIVES AND SERVANTS
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM AND
THE LENOX LIBRARY

The will of Mrs Annette Whelmina Nllkens
Hicks Lord. who died on August 8. was offered lor
probate yesterday the Office OF the Surrogate l'e
petition for probate AYERS that her property In TINS
State is worth about $4,000 but 1t IS understo' ID
that Mrs Hcks-L Lord also held large real estate
interests I'm Ohio The only heirs-at-law and next
OF kin are Mary Fletcher, a sister OF the testator
and A niece Clara W. w. Cromwelin. living IN
Amsterdam. Holland. Of whom no mention - n'"e
In the will Mrs Hcks-Lord was a member OF me
Roman Catholic Church. but no requests or money
are made to any'rellgious charitable institutions
or societies Her will made on January ~ 1870
She leaves to the Metropolitan Museum OF Art an
oil painting of herself and also statues of 'The by
Ing Indian Maiden and The Dancing GIRL by
Crawford. She gives TO the Ienox Library her COL
lection OF Audubon books mounted win silver ana
her books concerning the Arctic regions, together
with a screen Of stuffed birds To her nephew, Jei-
fe~son Fletcher she gives the bric-a-brac orna-
ments pictures, albums tables and chairs. and a
picture OF the Madonna in the library OF her hohie
together with the gold chairs in the front parlor'
her musicbox and the statue OF he'self lie IS aso
to receive the furniture and ornaments In her large
dining ROOM and gold fruit set she gives 70 her
cousin, Sarah f. Townsend. several articles OF per
s)nal property and jewelry including a ildHioiu
ring and gold bracelet Her glass ca blhet anu
silver cabinet. together with the contents OF ear
given to her cousins. Emma Sche nck MArsSr ,a
Harris Agnes Carey and Anna VI. Rankin, TO De
divided equally among them Ihe four wan
plate and fine glassware are 10 90 20 ne' - ie I
jefferson Fletcher and her cousins, Sarah r. io"h-
send and Adele White
Mrs Hicks Lord gives to her butler. Thomas
Dyer the chairs and clocks in the dining room the
three pictures I'm the secondstory hall. and also her
diamond flag pin. To her maid Maria Miller v no
had been her attendant for more than thirty years
she gives the furniture In her bedroom. dressing
room. boudoir and bathroom. together WIN al the
pictures brio brac, clothes and wardroDes therein
as well as a picture OF her old house. No % West
Fourteenth-st. The bed fixtures and bric-d-brac
in her office given to her parlormad. Margaret
Vincent, who. she says. was for many Gears faith-
full her interests
The Instructed to sell the carpefS
owned by the tesaor at the time of ner death. ana
divide the proceeds Of the sale among the ser
wants employed by her at that time. she also gives
such servants the furniture in their rooms, ana
the kitchen utensils, TO be divided among them by
the executors She gives 10 her cousins. Mrs t'app
and Miss Hasbrouck. the furniture In the third
story rooms 10 be divided equally among them
The portrait of her late husband ana me SnuHDox
belonging 10 him given to George Bell. ard to
Clara Fitzgerald she gives oil painting OF the
chapel In Rome in which she was conf md
sacred picture and small diamond beetle ire given
TO Mrs Thomas Meagher. Several other be,luests
Of jewelry and clothing are made TO friends OF the
testator.
Mrs. Hcks-L Lord bequcaths TO her nephew. JEFF
situated In the city Of Toledo and In Hcksville
Ohio absolutely, and the sum of 800 monthly during
his life. She gives the sum of 300 a month 10 her
maid. Maria Miller and 800 month TO her butler.
IS a month is to go to her maid. Margaret Vincent.
during her life. and at her death TO Maria Miller,
I'm connection with the bequest already made TO
her She provides that these shall be paid
West Fourteenth-st. If there is surplus In the
of this property 1t Is TO be given to Sarah H.
Townsend The residue of the property Is be-
auea thed 10 her nephew Jefferson Fletcher and her
cousin. Sarah f. Townsend. to be divided equally
between them The executors named under the
will are George Bell and James a. Townsend.