The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-12-03
four COD|CILS TO
S. M. JONES' WILL
Documents Were Written With
in a Short Period.

The will of Samuel Minot Jones of
Morristown, who had a summer bora
IN East Hampton, has been filed Mr.
Jones died at Morristown on October
loth last, leaving a large estate fhe
value of which is not stated IA the
petition. The will proper was SIGNED
August 18th, 1905. There are fonr
eodicils to the WILL written within
snort period of each other
The following bequests are made ia
the will proper;-St. Luke's Fpisco.
pal church, East Hampton. L. l.. s1.000
providing this sum has not been naid
to the church before testator died
Grace church of Amherst. Mass s1
oVO, IN memory OF mother: Frank
Jones, 10000; Harriet Stenger Jones
widow, bequeathed half Of the resid-
uary estate and the other half is civ
en- to the Fidelity Trust companv for
the benefit of the son, Minot Jones.
and any other child born to testator
before his death
The first codicil dated March 2sth
1908, gives the widows half Of tbe
estate (she having died in the inter
ValJ to the Morristown Trust company
and If that part amounts to more
than 100000 the trustee is to set
aside $20,000 and pay the income
from that sum to William $ stenger
and wife during the lifetime ol either
and when both are dead the sum re-
yerts to the trust fund.
Provision was made that when the
son reaches twenty-one years of age
he is to be paid one-third OF his share
OF the income and the other two
thirds when he is thirty years old.
If no child survived, or If the son
living when the win was executed
dies before he is twenty-one, the
trust company named is to use all
The trust estate and accumulations in
founding free library in Amherst.
Mass, to be called the Jones library.
1t was provided that the following
should act as trustees: DR.. Harris
president of Amherst college: Pro-
lessor j. Tyler. of Amherts college;
and George Cutler, jr., of Amherst.
1t. was provided that a lot be bought
and a fireproof building erected, leav-
! Ing not less than 100000 as a perma-
nent fund for the purchase of books.
If the son, Minot, dies before he
reaches his twenty-first birthday the
trustee is to pay his trust estate and
! its income as follows $f00 900 to
Samuel Minot Jones, nephew. of Chi
cago. and 100000 to Roswell NJ.
1 Field, of Chicago
The second codicil dated April 4th,
ll911, reyokes the $4,000 bequest to
/ Frank Jones, neRhew, the reason
. given-being that "he no longer needs
it, and the $4,000 bequest to Samuel
NJ. Jones is reduced to 5000. This
codicil revokes the Gbequest of 81 900
to st. Luke's Episcopal church. of
East Hampton, made in the win
proper. By this codicil Jennie F. Can
field is bequeathed $1,000 and John
Mulcahey, eoachman, $1,000, if they
are in the employ of testator at his
death. Roswell NJ. Field is given $50
year
The third eodicil is dated March
2lst, 1912, and revokes the provision
that the Fidelity Trust company is
to handle half the residuary estate
and the fund is given to the Morris
town Trust company. This codici
provides that testator's home in Nor
rlstown be retained at the expense O
the estate during the minority of sth,
son, the expense not to exceed IS.
600 year. The appointment of will
lam E. Wheelock as guardian of thu
son and an executor is also revoked
and Roswell M. Field is named il
his stead, and the latters annuity
is increased to $500.
The fourth codicil, dated May End
1912, increases the allowance for tht
management of the Morristown house
to $4,000
If the estate is worth more thar
100000 the executors are to receive
llVe-eighths Of one per cent in fees
If less than $500, 900 three-fourths OF
one per cent