Show r L LAKE LAkI Kit TELEGRAM t C BytheWay y the theby by I Anneke Jans' Jans Claim To o Church Tract Copyright 1923 North American m Alliance ce Though th the New York state court of ot appeals outlawed the Anneka An An- Anneke neka neke Jana Jans heirs' heirs claim to the Trinity Trin Trin- ity church tract In New Yo York Yok k Ctt City A an as long ago as 1856 1156 and again In 1881 the claim still persists in the minds of ot some of oC Mrs Jans' Jans thousands thousands thou thou- sands of ot descendants Th The ThA various litigations attacking the Trinity church title were all based on technical li regularities irregularities 11 In grants of ot conveyances such as the absence of ot a seal seat to a signature or an allegations that the grantors themselves had no title Th The defense de de- de- de tense has been adverse possession and the statute of ot limitation I The streets laid out by Trinity Church corporation in the Jane Jans tract were named after leading men in the he church Vesey after the Rev nev A William Vese Vesey the rector Barclay Barela after atter the h Rev Mr r Barclay Barela who succeeded Vesey as rector Murray after a II distinguished layer lawyer and officer of or the church Warren after Sir Peter Warren commander of oC the British naval forces at that station station sta sta- sta- sta tion who married Miss 1 Delancey of ot New Kew ew York Yok City Chambers after John Chambers a a. lawyer horn In New York and and a leader In civil hll and ch church affairs affaire colleagues when hs hl retired from congress presented present present- ed him with a watch It probably probably probably ably was a Charleston Gazette I |