The New York herald., 1921-09-15
PC. HewittE Estate
in Trust to Widow;
Funeral Is Held
Many Pay Final Respects to
the Noted Inventor in Grace
Church.

The will Of Peter Cooper Hewitt, cleo
trical engineer and inventor. vino died
In Paris, France. August %, was ad-
mitted to probate yesterday In Paterson
by Surrogate Frederic Beggs of Passaic
county and revealed an estate valued In
excess Of s1.o00.00O. including patents
and extensive real estate holdings In
Hewitt, Passaic county. New Jersey.
The will provides that all OF Mr..
Hewitt's patents are to be sold and the
income added to the principal OF the
estate.
Except for the household effects, jew
clry. silvcrware and the library at Ring
wood Manor. his country home. the es-
tate IS to be held In trust by the Farm
ers Loan and Trust Company and the
income paid to Mr. Hewitts widow. Mrs
Maryon Andrews Bruguiere Hewitt, and
their daughter. Amy Cooper Hewitt. The
widow will receive two-thirds of the In
come so long as she remains unmarried.
II she should remarry. her income will be
reduced to one-third. Their daughter will
receive one-third of the income unless
her mother remarries. In that case the
income OF the daughter viii be increased
% two-thirds
On the death OF Mrs. Hewitt her son
by her first marriage, Peter S. Bruguiere
will receive $4,000. That sum. accord
Ing to a codicil to the will. will be in
creased to $1,000 IL the estate is found
! to exceed $1.000.0o0.
Other provisions Of the will specify
that three years after Mr.. Hewitt s
death $4,000 be given to Robert A.
Hewitt. cousin: $1,000 to Raynor NJ
Eedell. $4,000 to Arthur Berkley and
s1,500 to Winfield Richardson. The
will also directs that the Farmers Loan
< Trust Company. as executor. take case
OF all royalties accruing from the many
Inventions Of the late Mr.. Hewitt and
in event Of any violation Of paten,
rights. bring suit.
| The will was drawn up August 8
twenty-five days prior to Mr. Hewitt''
death In the American Hospital In Paris
The document was witnessed BY Stanley
| Horan of 90 William street, New Yorl
city; Francis X. McDonough of 604
Beech terrace. New York city. and Fred.
erick Geller of Bronxville. N. Y.
Men Of note in many walks of life
went to Grace Church. Broadway anc
! Tenth street. yesterday forenoon to pa,
their last respects to Che memory Of Mr.
Hewitt at his funeral. Among thos,
present were representatives Of thu
board OF trustees of Cooper Union
/
the late Peter Cooper. as well as EN-
ployees at tho Cooper Hewitt Electrica
Works in Hoboken. with L. f. Davis
secretary OF the works. at their head
The body was buried In the Peter Cooper
| plot in Greenwood Cemetery.
The service was read by the Righ
Rev. Arthur s. Lloyd. Coadjutor Bishop
OF the Episcopal Diocese OF New York
| and the Rev. Samuel Shoemaker OF
Grace Church parish. The caslset. GOV.
cred with blanket of leaves upon which
rested large cluster of Easter lilies
was followed to the chancel by th'
widow and several members Of Mr.
Hewitt's family who included Edward
| Tiingwood Hewitt and Erskine Hewitt
his brothers. and Ashley c. and Abran
S. Hewitt, his nephews.
The honorary rallbearers were Prof
John Dyneley Prince. Charles kelle
Beekman, Alexander S. Webb. Phoeni,
Ingraham, Charles Delevan Wctmor
and Whitney Warren. Others presen
were Frank Gray Griswoid. Thomas Il
Clark, Mrs. j. Sergeant Cram. who
n cousin of the late Mr.. Hewitt; Mr.. an
Mrs. George f. Cowdin. George +. Kun7
Nikola Tesla. Robert Kerr Richards
McDougall Hawkes.. r. Fulton Cutting
George Ledlie. Herbert Parsons and
Coleman Drayton.