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Nancy Moore Keene nee Dundas |
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Newton Keene |
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27/12/1822 |
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11/4/1902 |
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Agnes spent many years as a member of the family circle of
her uncle, James Dundas in the famous "Yellow Mansion," he
having been childless for a long period. |
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X 2/5/1839 Joshua Lippincott,
died 1880 |
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the following children were born of
this union; |
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James Dundas Lippincott, born
6/6/1840, although twice married, James died 6/3/1905 without issue |
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Anna Maria Dundas Lippincott, born
1850, married 9/6/1868, Major William Wilberforce Wurts, (born 1841) whose surname was changed by legal
procedure to Wurts-Dundas. She died at Nice 11.1.1897. Her husband died at Nice, France in 1897. They had four
children: |
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1. Joshua
Wurts Dundas |
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2. Thomas
Wurts Dundas |
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3. Elizabeth
Wurts Dundas |
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4. Ralph
Wurtz-Dundas, born 1871 in France and died 1921. Married
Josephine
Harmer who died 29/1/1929 and had one child; |
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James Boone and his wife Muriel Harmar Wurtz Dundas |
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Muriel Harmar Wurtz-Dundas who married
James R. Herbert Boone of Baltimore, Maryland in 1930 and died in 1970. Buried
in London Park Cemetery, Baltimore. JAMES R. HERBERT
BOONE, left his Baltimore home, the Oak Hill House, and art collection to
Hopkins to support the humanities. The University used part of the proceeds of
these gifts to endow this professorship. Mr. Boone and his wife, Muriel Harmar
Wurtz-Dundas Boone, spent much of their married life in Europe where they were
granted audiences with the Pope and royalty in England and Italy. Mr. Boone made
headlines in the 1930s for funding a lengthy but unsuccessful hunt for sunken
treasure off the English coast. He died in 1983. |
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5. William Wurtz Dundas, born 1875, died 1893 |
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Ralph
Wurts-Dundas a multi millionaire, purchased property at Beaverkill in
1915, and began construction of a castle at Craig-e-Clare, also known
as Dundas Castle, shortly thereafter.
He died in 1921, before the building was completed, and since his wife and
later his daughter (shown above) as well, had been confined to an
institution due to mental instability, no one ever lived in the magnificent
stone structure. Unless, of course, you believe the legends that began to
circulate in the 1930s of the seductive woman with the long blond hair who
regularly lured unsuspecting fishermen to an afternoon's adventure! |
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Dundas Castle at Craig-e-Clare |
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April 19th 1902 -New York Times Philadelphia- The will of
Mrs Agnes Dundas Lippincott was probated today, letters
testamentary being granted to James Dundas Lippincott, her son. No valuation is
placed upon the estate, but it is supposed to be worth considerably more than
$5,000,000. James Dundas Lippincott inherits practically the entire estate. To
her grandson, Joshua L. R. Wurts Dundas of New York and Bermuda, Mrs Lippincott
bequeaths $20,000. The sum of $20,000 is left in trust for Mrs Anna D Smith of
Plainfield, N.J. during her life and to Pauline Lessing, Mrs Lippincott's maid,
is bequeathed $1,000 outright and an annuity of $350. Benjamin W Richards a
nephew is left $5,000. The sum of $15,000 is left in trust for the maintenance
of the James Dundas mausoleum in Laurel Hill Cemetery. The rest of the estate
goes without reserve to James Dundas Lippincott. No reference is made to the
sale of the famous old Dundas mansion at Broad and Walnut Streets, which
occupies the most valuable unimproved site in the city. |
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Apr 21, 1907- New York Times
London, April 20. -- Arthur Fitzroy Somerset
Dundas, who says he is a son of the late Mrs. Wurts-Dundas, of Philadelphia, and
rightful heir to millions of dollars, stood in the prisoners' dock at Reading
to-day, charged with breaking into a private dwelling with the intention of
committing suicide. The caretaker of the house found a note protruding from the
door. It was signed by Dundas and said he was ill as the result of not being
able to find employment, that for days he had been without food and that he had
locked himself up with the intention of ending his life. The police were called
and broke open the door. They found that Dundas had been trying to hang himself
with his suspenders and necktie, but had failed to take his life. When taken
before a Magistrate, who ordered that he be held for further enquiries, Dundas
said that the orphan's court at Philadelphia had decided against his claim, but
that he had appealed to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
April 21st 1907 -New York Times
Philadelphia- Arthur Fitzroy Somerset Dundas asserted that he was a son of
the late Mrs Wurtz Dundas and the rightful heir of the Wurtz Dundas fortune. He
still uses the name of Dundas, despite the action of the courts in this city in
deciding against his claim. When he was an infant he was left in care of a nurse
and afterwards suffered years of poverty. He first came into public view by
declaring that he was a son of Mrs Anna Maria Wurtz Dundas, a daughter of Mrs
Joshua Lippincott, owner of the Yellow Mansion, which stood at Broad and Walnut
Streets. He sought upon this ground to establish his right to share the
inheritance held by Ralph Wurtz Dundas, who was always recognised as the only
living son of Mrs Wurtz Dundas. Anna Maria Dundas was a beautiful and talented
girl and among the many suitors for her hand was Major William Wurtz, whom she
married in 1869. Soon after the marriage the husband adopted the family name of
his wife and they went to live in Paris. When the Franco-Prussian war began they
went to Brussels. While they were there Ralph Wurtz Dundas was born.
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August 15th 1922 -New York Times A sheriff's jury from the
second panel, of which Henry Birrell was foreman, yesterday pronounced
incompetent and incapable of managing her estate,
Mrs Josephine H Wurtz Dundas
, formerly of 22, West Eighty Sixth Street. Mrs
Dundas is the widow of the late Ralph W Dundas, who died on Oct 16th last,
leaving an only child, Muriel Dundas, 18 years old, now travelling in Europe.
Mrs Dundas is a patient in the West Hill Sanitarium at Riverdale, Bronx County,
where she was committed on May 1st. Dr Michael J Thornton, Superintendent of the
institution , Dr Kirby of the Manhattan State Hospital, Dr Cotton of the
Trenton, N.J. State Hospital and Dr Hicks of Kings County Hospital testified as
to the mental condition of Mrs Dundas. Her property is valued at $555.145.27. N
Taylor Phillips was appointed guardian for Mrs Dundas. |
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June 20, 1937, - New York Times Judge Charles Klein of
Orphans Court awarded today the $4,218,000 estate of J. Dundas Lippincott to his
grandniece, Mrs. James Herbert Boone
of New York City. Mr. Lippincott died in 1905, leaving his estate in trust to
his wife and the late Ralph Wurts-Dundas
of
Philadelphia, Mrs. Boone's father. |
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