The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
BRIDE ELECT HAS
CLAIM ON FORTUNE
WORTH MILLIONS
She Is Marie Susan Willet and
Tyler. Hastings, Jr., Is
Her FianCe.
MONEY AT PRESENT TIED
UP IN ENGLISH COURTS
Both Are Members of Families
Who Trace Ancestry to the
Revolutionary Days.

Miss Marie Susan Willet. of 14S Cliff
ton avenue. was declared today by her
mother to be a prospective heiress to a
great fortune, which is held by an
English bank, pending the result of a
litigation now in the English courts of
chancery.
Eyes. Marie Is heiress to $50. 000, 900,
said her mother. But the matter Of
greatest interest to her at this momen
is the preparation for the marriage
which Is to AXE place on Monday eve
ming. October S."
The $50, 900, 900 legacy, which is held
in the Bank of England. as claimed by
Mrs. Willet, belonged to the three Will
let brothers, who left their afairs
somewhat complicated.
Miss Willet is the granddaughter of
a German count and a descendant OF a
captain who served under George
Washington. She is to be married to
Mr.. Tyler Hastings, jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Addison It. Hastings, Of Natick,
Mass. The wedding is to take place
at the home of Miss Willet's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Horace Willet, in
this city.
The prospective bride is the great
granddaughter OF the late Count Carl
Augustus Rheinbolt Conrad. of Ger
many, and granddaughter of the late
Mrs. A. Ellis Inman, of New York city.
Mr.. Hastings is a descendant OF the
notable Hastings family. h Hast
ings' summer manor consists of over
600 acres. located at Warwick, Mass.
The winter residence is at Natick,
Mass.
Mr.. Hastings is a graduate of the
Amhurst Agricultural College. class '06.
of Amhurst, Mass, and the chief for
ester OF the Shade Tree Commission
of New York city.
The home decorations for the we'd
ding will consist of delicate shadings
of yellow and white, the Amherst Col
lege colors, and these tinst will pre-
dominate in the floral settings.
The brides attendants will be Mrs.
Frank Robert Mosley, of this city, as
maid of honor, and the bridesmaids
will he miss Lillian Erb, of S29 Clifton
avenue, and Miss Gertrude Lucia Hast
ing. sister of the bridegroom. Of
NAtlck, Mass.
The bridegroom's best man will be
Frank Robert Mosley, of this city,
and the ushers. two Amherst class
men Of Mr.. Hasting, Frederick Cutter
and James Walker, of Boston. Mass.
The officiating cfergymen will be the
Rev. DR.. Thomas ]. Villers, pastor of
the First Baptist Peddie Memorial
Church. of which the bride-elect is a
member.
Miss Willet's mother was Miss Cathe-
rine Conrad. the granddaughter OF
Count Conrad, her father being a Wis.,
count and namesake of his parent. The
mother Of Mrs. Willet was of noble
French Extraction, Miss Marie Cattle
rine Petrie.
On her fathers side. Miss Wiliet Is a
granddaughter of Mrs. Avis Ellis In
man, whose husband at one time owned
Ellis Island, near Manhattan.
She is also a descendant of Captain
William Stewart, of Plainfield. VINO
e~ampaigned under George Washington.
Miss Willet's father. Jacob Horace
willet, is superintendent of the Murphy
Hardy Lumber Company, of this city.
The honeymoon will be spent In tour
ing the East and visiting the principal
points of interest in New England.