A WEALTHY WOMAN.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9362, 3 February 1909, Page 2

A WEALTHY WOMAN.

! Mi ss Mary Pinkney, who. died in New York recently, at; the age 0f;.99,j left property which is valued at be! t Ween; £ 18/000,000 ■ ■ and : £20,00Q, Q 00.; Her vast rf or tone, waa ; derived from ,twp Scotsmen,; Archibald a nd Jame? Watt, .who, ‘settled- in; Harlem,, then a rural viliage-of.New Yqrk,.in.l.B3ll Archibald Watt was step-father;,,to Miss Pinkney,and she lent him £BO 00 and received in return a grant of alp. his property. This included farm land fe i wh ioh since have been grad u - ally absorbed by the development, of New York,, and are now of enormoup value. Miss Pinkney leaves her fortune' to near relatives. Her will titleC are unconteated' ana incontestable; ■ 1 I She was vary -philanthropic, and, following the custom of most Ajtnlericdh inilliohaires, it is believed, thdt her will contains magnificent bequests to various public institution's of learning and charity. \ Her ; nephews ana. nieces have been her chief beneficiaries. She gave to each splendid houses and incomes. When her nephew, 'Commodore Pinkney, wanted a yacht, she bought him- tqe America fpr £IOO,OOO, and gave.hirn £6OOO a year. . She . lived in /goodstyle, -.but quite simply, compared with many millionaires. It is believed that - her age. although given as 99, was really greater, and her lawyer is now trying to secure evidence on that point.