Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-01-16
ANNEKE JAMS ESTATE
Claim to a Vast Estate EstaB-
lished and Heirs TO Hold
a Conference.

The Ohio State Journal, published
at Columbus. Ohio, submitted the
following to its readers last week.
There will probably be meeting
early next week of the heirs of the
famous Anneke Jams estate residing
in this city and vicinity. The estate
consists of 62 acres of land in the
heart of New York City and includes
what is known as the trinity church
property. This property was origi-
nally decided by the king OF Holland
to his daughter Anneke Jams. The
land was then part OF the Dutch
possessions in this country. Anneke
Jams was married a second time to
Everard Bogardus, the first Dutch
minister of New York. Through
this union has descended long line
of heirs who are now scattered
throughout the United States. There
are probably several hundred of
them. The property was originally
leased for 80 years, the lease expiring
in 1740. For more than century
the property has been in litigation
and the heirs have just succeeded
through a decision of the New York
courts in establishing their claim to
the property, which is now worth
many million dollars. About 90 years
ago a committee of 10 was appointed
to prosecute the claims of the heirs.
The late John w. Larason and the
late Jacob Fisher of this city were
members of that committee. The
committee was to receive 10per cent.
of the proceeds after all the costs of
in apc &c
the suit was successful. The family
of John Larason now lives at has
Michigan avenue, and consists OF the
widow, two sons and three daughters.
William M. Fisher the commission
merchant, and Milton Fisher of this
city are sons of Jacob Fisher. When
he died he assigned ,bis claim in the
10 per cent. commission to be allow
ed the committee to these two sons.
There are two other sons one in Hi
nois and the other residing at Ell
wood, this county. The Larason
family has received notice from the
New York attorneys of the decision
Of the court, but the Fisher family
has not received notice yet. The
papers would be directed to Jacob
Fisher, and as he is dead and there
are three other persons in this city
bearing the name it is probable one
of them has received the letter.
Postmaster Senter will institute in
quiries for it. Among the other
heirs in this vicinity are Ephraim
Webb, train caller at the Union de-
pot. He would come into a share
equal to that of Jacob Fisher and
John Larason. Joseph M. Briggs OF
this county and a sister and brother
are also heirs, being on the same
footing as the Larason and Fisher
families. 1t is impossible to tell
what amount will fall to each OF the
heirs, but it is believed the sum will
be quite large. The 10 per cent.
commission coming to the committee
of the heirs will be an enormous sum.
| 1t is probable that as soon as the
heirs have talked the matter over
they will take some concerted action
to make their claims good, as the de-
cision of the New York courts is un-
derstood to be final.
AS we have stated before, our fell
low townsman, ID. J. Humphrey, is
an heir to share of this vast estate.
He has all the necessary papers and
documents to establish his claim, and
when division is made he no doubt
will come into possession of a large
sum. "Jack" can commence to set
up the cigars.