The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-26

sylvia Ann Rowland d,cd. his line must have
numbered srNeral hnndr ell. aud hv this time
1t has undoubtedly reached several Thousand.
ihe scIeiIe II Gideon iiowIand,s orsrrtng;
%lrhyc'a. who had c%h!IAren William, With :
ii@ @se = ]: iI% ~IiS. y sylvia &"'i =; :!ara 1"f u: 'Dee.s
sire, unmarried: Gideon, > ~I!ctty Greens
m pT I s%1I1r %H1 i Eyb5;'" ~ A." =; ff% aTiom' Gilbert
descendants Of eleven of the thirteen rhil1
drep IT ,iiLeon are now living. tn, line u one
IN ,nr .I a sp ,nsinE r" mf G The GiTe "me . j = Inc. ia
only descendants are Mrs. Green herself and heF
,wI gnmnrried Shil5 rsIi Edward II. h; Ghr sirs
in the other ten lines I" claim all the FORTUNES
tha, viii tie handed down e them, and as each
few hundred dollars. or even less, Some Of
IiTn viii imierit i6nIIl This viii raise in1
teresting Questions wltn the time OF settles
luite III" fad among the llow'nuds If old. .tt
keeu he rropcrty from going out OF the familyH
and Mrs. Green s own grnndrarents traced
\ few generations removed.
Quite often u letter will come from one oe
the descendants OF Gideon Rowland who isn't!
familiar with the conditions attending the Leg
acy. asking Tor his share right away. Others.
here at home. have been known to secure loans
and TO mortgage their property rccklesslyt
upun their eXpectatiors from the Sylvia Ann
Rowland will. Such proceedings. though. arc
lletty Green is likely 10 ontliNe many OF thol
heirs. and the longer her soIourn upon this'
earth. the smaller will grow the share Of each
OF the latter, owing 10 the natural laws OF in-j
wenlthiest families # New bedford are among
the heirs. the Hnwlanls, Aliens. Grinnells.I
Iiathaways. linssells and Wings.
1t will readily lie seen that with a email
army of descendants. widely scattered, thoi
task Of keeping track OF them Is difficult. One
lanes Henry ~Riehmond, nov dead. some
was o cnmp!ete list. for Sl.0OL. but the trus-l
tees declined to purchase. The present trus-l
tees. one Of whom Is Mrs. Green's son Ed
ward. have no full and accurate record. The
piled by Ellis J.. Howland. a newspaper man OF
this city. who was the greater part OF two years.
in collecting and arranging tho material.
Mrs. Green became aware OF the existence OF
this list and sent an emissary to Mr.: HowlandI
to secure It. The attempt WIS a failure. as
with another PURPOSE in. view. What MRS.
Green wanted OF il Is II SUBJECT Of conlecture.I
Among the heirs are the four children OIL
Nathaniel Parker Wills, one of .America'si
poets; tirinuelI and Bailey Willis. Mrs. II; Al
Bolt and Mrs. Lawrence j.; Grinnell: and In
of that Grinnell who fitted out pr. Kane's Arc:
tic expedition. Admiral William FitZhead;
RuNton Of the British Navy also married. q
Rowland heir. and his four sons, now OF the
royal navy. will I've among the claimants. In
Holland and Belgium others will be. found.
royal familS. so that the name Iiliuokalani iD
To be found among the nomenclature Of Hetty
Green's cousins. One Of the latest arrivals on
the field is the child Of Lieut.. David H jarvis,
late of the, revenue cutter Bear. born two days
before he left tc face the perils of the relief ex.
petition which went to the surcor Of tho New
Bedford whaleships imprisoned in the Arctic
ice packs,