The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-08-22
SMITH ELY LEAVES
S765,OOO TO CHARITY
Morris Co. Institutions Remenn-
bered by Former NY. Mayor.

By the will of Smith Ely, former
mayor of New York, who died July
1st, at his home in Livingston, N. j.,
$765,000 is left outright to charitable
and religious institutions and $780,
900 more in remainder or contingently
The will, filed in New York, is dated
March 1st, 1906. Attached to it is a
codicil dated June 23rd of the present
year by which 100000 of the amount
given to charities and churches is be-
queathed.
Mr.. Ely, who was bachelor, is
survived by two brothers, William H.
Ely, of Livingston, and Edwin A.
Ely, of AZ West Fifty-seventh street,
and by one sister, Mrs. Maria l..
Vanderpool, of Summit. For the bene-
fit of these three and of third
brother, Ambrose K. Ely, who has
since died, 100000 was put in trust
with the provision that on the death
of Ambrose K. Ely and Edwin A.
Ely the principal of their $4,000
shares should go to the American
Sunday school union. The principal :
of William Fl. Ely's share goes upon
his death to Julia E. Griffin and Alice
E. Chambers, nieces of the testator,
and of Mrs. Vanderpoers share to
her son, Ambrose E. Vanderpoel. If
the last named dies without issue his
interest in the trust fund goes to the
New York Mission and Tract society.
More distant relatives are mentioned
in the will for smaller amounts.
Bequests of 100000 each are made
to the Children's Aid society of New
York, the New York Associ .fion for
Improving the Condition of the poor,
the Board of Church Erection of fhe
Presbyterian church in the Cnitea.
States and the New Yoyl, Mission
and Tract society. n"each case the
money is to be used .aSra special en-
dowment fund to be known as the Ala
brose K Ely memorial. In case the
estate should prove insufficient to
pay these four bequests after taking
care of the 'other legacies the four are
to be abated pro rata.
Six institutions receive $4,000 each.
These are the Morris County Chill
dren's home at Parsippany, y. j., the
Fresh Air home for Crippled children.
known as Sea Breeze, at Coney Is
land the East Side Mission of the
Madison Square Presbyterian church.,
and three hospitals, the Orange Me-
mortal at Orange, the Morristown Me-
mortal at Morristown, and the Over
look hospital at Summit. The be-
quests to the three hospitals are made
on condition that they be used ito
endow in perpetuity as many beds
as the bylaws of these institutions
will permit
The other institutions benefitting
by the will are as follows: the Pres
byterian church of Hanover, N. j.,
$4,000; Olivet chapel, Livingston, N.
j., $4,000; Bethel chapel, Hanover
Neck, N. j., $4,000; the Baptist church
of Northfield, N. j., $4,000; the West
Side Day nursery at 266 West For
tieth street, $4,000; the Spring Street
Presbyterian church, at 244 Spring
street, $4,000; the Baptist church of
Livingston N. j., $4,000; the Seventh
Presbyterian church of New York, at
1856 Broome street, $4,000; the Re-
formed church of Lower Montville, NJ
j., $4,000, and the Methodist Episcopal
church of West Livingston (Cheap-
side), N. j., $4,000. ,s.
The house at AZ West Fifty-seventh
street and the Ely homestead. farm at
| Livingston are left to the surviving
brothers and the sister. Mrs. Wander
poel also receives all of her brothers
jewelry, objects of art and bric-a-brac.
BY the terms of the original will the
residue is placed in trust for the broth
ers and sister The amount of the
/ estate is not estimated
| The executors named are Cheever
NJ Ely of 14O West Fifty-eighth street
and George B. Vanderpoel and Am
brose E. Vanderpoel, of Summit.