AN IMMENSE ESTATE.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 63, 14 December 1878, Page 2

AN IMMENSE ESTATE.

I • 1 > Phllodslphk, SopUmbv 4.—T|» h«ir i to i n ntata of tl, ;>oo,ooi>, <li«d in this

city «u Sunday last, and was buried today. In the year 17(il Sir Andrew Chad' wick, an English baronet, died in London, leaving a very rich estate entailed upon his sou. After this son died the property fell into the hands of the heirs-at-law, who enjoyed it until it finally U--caine a subject of litigation, and was thrown into the Chancery Court*, where possession was contested fur many yean. The true belts became scattered ami lost, and in lh7+, the English Couits advertised for Tliomas Cbadwick, the direct descendant of Sir Thomas Cbadwick, the ' seventh generation removed. Ihe man in question was living in a suburb of Philadelphia. He was then (i 7 yearsold, and had been in business as a miller, but had retired on account of his age and feeble health. Proceedings were taken to recover his share in the estate, and a New York lawyer was sent over in the interest of Mr. Chadw ick. Samuel Booth, of Providence, ILL, and the two sons of Samuel Cbadwick, Thomas Chndwick's brother. These were the only heirs, and nil were living in this country. On Sunday last Thomas Chad wick died suddenly of heart disease, ami his two sons, Cornelius and Ferdinand, now succeed to hiinterest in the English estate. This property is valued at the ,enormous sum of i!7,."i00,000, not including interest on gome items now held in trust by the Bank of England. The propeity consists of real ami personal estate mostly in Loudon, the most valuable being 1009 houses in the British .Metropolis. Both the New York lawyer, who is looking after the legal interests of the heirs, and tiie linn ofEnglsh solicitors, unite in pronouncing the claims of the American claimants as indisputable.