New-York tribune., 1902-06-26
WILL OF DEAN HOFFMAN
MOST OF H1s GREAT FORTUNE GOES
TO FAanLY-oUARTER OF A MIL
LION TO CHARITIES.

-r,. ,,-,,1 of the Rev DR.. Eugene Augustus F1o1I
man dean OF the Gene al IheolosiSa4 - eIo
bJcb disposes of an estate estimated al from 80.
no no 20 S5 600 600 was fled for probate IN tne SUI
n-a,s office Yesterday afternoon Inc oocuile'i'
uas executed on April OF this year ... 49,.
Arter making number of charltaoIe oe1ue9s | 80
- directs that his widow. Mary Crooke H0HHaAi'
- oaf,,e all his furniture, plate. pictures Wear
,r, oonarel horses carriages, harness. s'1oie
so,,nnoent and household effects. incIuolhs pa1I4'
tnes ststuarv etc, and that the executors are u
paw to her 1890 If she desires 10 o"S N'N'' "
herself.
~ ,5,s of the estate is to be held in trust
-, e,,,a, vA-nlanck Hoffman, the Farmers Loan
and Trust Company and William h harris "uo
are appointed executors of the estate 1hey are -
Do, 70 Mrs Hoffman income OF $4,000 a year
IN quarterly payments, and TO olVide the 'e7' -
tba income OF the estate into four equal parts ana
nav II 10 his four chiIdren-Susan Matilda watson
wife OF the Rev. John Henry Watson; Mary Lo4lse
Niclerson wife OF the Rev. Thomas White Nlckef-
son: MARGARET Euphemia Hackstan, wife OF OhaE'eS
Ludric Hackstan and Samuel Verplanck norman
ON the death of the deans widow the estate Is
to be divided into four parts. or as many paris
as there are children issue Of chll1ren surFlF-
ing one OF four parts is to oe held IN trust
by the executors for each Of the three daughters
- +ha tastator and the fourth part Is TO go ab-
solutely TO the son.
The charitable bequests are follows: To the
General Theological Seminary. 100000 and the tes-
tator's library, except such books as mis- Wioo"
may select for herself; TO the DoIneStic anu
MISSIONARY Society of the Protestant Episcopal
Crbrrcb s5l Oo0 to be known as the Eugene Angus
tus Hoffman Fund: the Clergymen's Retiring
Fund Society $4,000: the Fund for the ReIlef
of Widows and Orphans of Deceased Clergy, ana
of Aged Infrm and Disabled Clergy. $4,000 TO the
New-York Protestant Episcopal Pubic school,
Sq5 oso and TO the New-York Historical Society.
$50 600 Each these legacies is 10 be Kept intact
and the interest only to be used The dean also
leaves & 600 10 his bookkeeper. Edwin H. Rogers
and $500 to his secretary Miss Elizabeth Dodds
The will is witnessed b. William H. Harris
Paul r. Poroue and Charles Bull
The testator directs that amounts paid TO bene-
fciaries under the will and charged against them
on the back OF the document shall be deducted
from the amounts which they are to receive The
will has the following Endorsements: December
D. 1895 Samuel Verplanck Hoffman. $4,000; May
1900 Margaret E. Hackstan $4,000; April Is, 19V@.
Susan VI. Watson, $05.0c4.
In the preface to the will DR.. Hoffman declares
that he dies lin the communion of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the United States Of America.
which I firmly believe to be a pure branch of the
One Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church Of
Christ and he exhcrts his widow and children TO
live and die in that communion. and gives thanks
for the blessings which he has enjoyed
In his lifetime the Dean gave large sums to the
various Institutions OF the Episcopal Church. espe
cially to the General Theological Seminary. the
many new buildings of which erected largely
with the Deans money. The chapel and the dean
cry built entirely by him He also endowed
a number of the professorships. and was large
contributor TO the missions OF the church and TO
the endowment funds OF bishoprics-
Coming at the time when the New-York His
torical Society is about to erect building.
the gift 70 1T is extremely pleasing to the officers.
DR.. Sydney H Carney. who received the news of
the gift from Tribune reporter. said;
y am delighted to hear it. Certainly Dean Hoff-