Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-25
REV. L. T cHAMBERLAIN's WILL.
OIsposes of Large Estate, All to Missions and Charities-Specific Be. quests Over $165,0o0.

In his will, which was filed for pro- 1 bate Wednesday, Rev. Leander Trow- l bridge Chamberlain, former pastor of | Broadway church, Norwich noted the | ologian and former assistant paymas- l ter of the United States navy, who died at Pasadena. Cal, May g, stated that, as his entire fortune was inherited from his wife, Mrs. Frances Lea Cham berlain, he would. with one exception, i leave it all to institutions in which she was interested, and thus perpetu- ate her memory and that of her fath- l CT, Isaac Lea, the famous publisher and scientist.
 In pursuance of this policy he made only one gift to a relative Mrs. Louisa +. GirouX, a niece. to whom he gave all his personal chattels. Although he possessed eleven other nieces and nephews and a sister and brother no other relative profited by the will. In the petition accompanying the will the estate was estimated at more than $500 personality" but the specific lega- cies alone amounted to s165000
 The Thessalonica Agricultural and Industrial Institute of Salonika, Tur- key, received under the will $1000 000 and the entire residuary estate. This legacy, in the form of a trust to be known as the Frances Lea Chamber lain fund the testator made because he thought it was destined to become a CouIHdHUinS source or ln- f1uence in all that part of the near Orient" He also said in regard to the institution that he had been a prime mover in it's organization and had bestowed upon it unstinted serv- ice and money. However. should his estate be insufficient to meet all lega- cies under his will he directed that the others should stand and that the one to the institute of Thessalonica should be abated accordingly.
 To the Smithsonian Institution, with which Isaac Lea was long connected and which published that scientists S memoir and voluminous works was left $25,000 to increase it's collection of germs of a scientific and practical val ue. This institution also received S10,- 900 with which to enlarge the collec- tion of mollus6s which Isaac Lea had commenced. These legacieS and all others were made in the name of his wife, Mrs Frances Lea Chamberlain
 For the Holiday Home of the Holy Church of the Trinity, Philadelphia, the testator gave $20,000 in order that the needy and weary of the parish might have a summer rest" A trust fund of $5 GOO was bequeathed to the Academy of Natural Science in Philadelphia for increasing and maintaining the Isaac Lea collection of eocene fossils. The hospital of the Protestant Episcopal church in the same city also received a legacy of S5, 900 for the esta.blishme ment of the Frances Lea Chamberlain bed. At the end of his will the testator made this explanation of his legacies:
 "In thus dispOsing of my property I have taken into consideration the fact that it was altogether inherited from my beloved wife, and that according ly, equity dictates that the disposition with a single exception. should be in behalf of those objects which were of special interest to her and those con- nected with the perpetuatien and hon. bring of her memeory and that of her noble father"