“Tilden Trust, The,” 433.
Tobacco, bequest for, for poor, 116;
to be planted on grave, 150.
Tolam, Dennis, singular will of, 183;
original method of paying bequests, 183.
Tolerant nature, a, shown in will of William Wilson, 108.
Tolstoi, Leo, Count, last words of, 223.
Tombstone, dropping money on, for the poor, 109.
Torches, to be held by poor women suitably clothed, 32;
of sixteen pounds’ weight, held by poor men, 32.
Toste, Robert, directs that his body be buried under step of altar, 124.
Tourville, M. de., right to estate of wife whom he murdered denied, 235, 236.
Town crier, bequest for, in will of Roland Williams, 239.
Towns, bequest for building, in France, 228.
Townsend, Elizabeth, bequest for singing of favorite anthems, 178.
Travel, aversion to European, 235.
Travellers’ Rest, devise of land and buildings for, 107.
Trollope, Anthony, the will in “Orley Farm,” 52.
Trousers, eccentric manner of distributing money by means of, 177.
Troutbeck, John, his vainglorious will, 179.
Trunk, Sieur Benoît desired to be buried in a leather, 138;
will of Adolph Steinberg in mysterious, 173.
Truro, Lady, simplicity in obsequies of, 155.
Trust, provision for, 9.
Trust Companies, as executors, 248.
Tuke, M., bequeaths one penny to each child attending his funeral, 125;
an annuity to woman who tucked him up in bed, 125;
bread to be thrown to poor on Christmas Day, from church roof, 125.
Turkeys, bequest to provide, for Easter love-feast, 120.
Turkish captives, conditional bequest to, 112.
Turner, J. M. W., will of, 314, 315.
Turner, Miss, peculiar restrictions in will of, 183;
unfortunate result of, 183.
Turner, Sharon, tribute to wife in will of, 83.
Turvyle, John, will of, 35;
a gift in perpetuity, 35.
“Twelfth Night,” Olivia’s will in, 56.
Twins, bequest for benefit of, born in Marblehead (Mass.), 109.

Underclothes, beneficiary not to wear, in winter, 159.
Undergraduates, poor opinion of, held by William Farren, 174.
Undertaker, paid in advance, 226.
Underwood, John, his epitaph, 150;
unique funeral of, 150, 151;
the books placed in his coffin, 151;
his desire to be forgotten, 151.
University, George Washington’s bequest for the establishment of, 442.
Uxoricide, rights of an, denied, 235.

Vainglorious Will, the, of John Troutbeck, 179.
Valet, bequest of Marquis d’Aligre to his, 251.
Van Bunschooten, Rev. Dr., will to be read by Church at all official meetings, 104.
Van Buren, Martin, will of, 433-436.
Van Proet, M., comment on Luther’s will, 41.
Vanderbilt, ——, bequest to Miss B., in admiration of her adorable nose, 158.
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, Commodore, his view of Alexander Stewart’s will, 232.
Vandyck, Anthony, will of, xiii.
Vangelas, Claude Favre de, will of, 315.
Varembon, François de la Palu, see Beaumont sur Vingeanne, Seigneur de.
Vassar, Matthew, will of, 436, 437.
Vassar College, 436, 437.
Vest, George G., will of, 437-439;
extract from speech of, on dog, 438, 439.
Villon, François, wills in verse in his “The Lesser Testament,” and “The Greater Testament,” 64.
Vindictive Will, 86.
Viper, bequest of a picture of a, 180.
Virgil, will of, 16;
disposition of Æneid, 16;
directions for burial, 16.
Virtue, rewarded by will of wealthy New Yorker, 186;
bequests for the purpose of aiding, 250, 258, 259.
Virtuoso, will of a, 56.
“Vision of Piers Plowman,” will in, 63.
Vivisection, Dr. Fraser’s opposition to, 181.
Voltaire, F. M. A. de, will of, 315;
and Benjamin Franklin, 316.

Wagner, Dr., grewsome bequests of, 167.
Waistcoats, four green, to be given yearly to poor women, 111.
Wales, Prince of, Edward (1376), will of, 30.
Walker, Thomas, bequest to encourage attendance at church, 115.
Wall, Matthew, ostentatious will of, 174.
Wallace, John W., directions for a simple funeral and for cremation, 130.
Walpole, Horace, account of peculiar preamble to a will, 54.
Walton, Izaak, will of, xiii, 316-320.
Wardall, John, provides for lantern to be lighted all night, 105.
Washington, George, will of, xiii, 439-447.
Washington, Mary, will of, 447, 448.
Webster, Daniel, will of, 448-451.
Weeping, the relative found, to be disinherited, 140.
Weight, a bequest to daughters by, 161.
Wellesley, Arthur, see Wellington, Duke of.
Wellington, Duke of, will of, xiii, 320, 323.
West, Joshua, will of, in rhyme, 69.
West, Lady Alice, will of, 30;
bequest of her books, 31.
Western Reserve Law Journal, editorial on testamentary habits, 73-75.
Whiskers, Valentine Tapley’s pride in his, 156.
Whisky, bequest for, for extermination of the Irish, 182.
Whitbread, Samuel, bequest in honor of John Bunyan for bread for poor, 117.
White, desired, to be worn at funeral, 152.
White, Dr. Thomas, bequest to poor with rigid conditions, 112.
Whittier, John G., will of, 451-453.
Widow, legacy to, doubled if she married, 80;
kindness to, enjoined by testator, 83.
Widow, restrictions on marriage of, 15, 54.
Widow’s cap, legacy depending upon wearing of, 88.
Wife, would not be good, 84;
desertion by, rewarded, 88;
curious revenge on a nagging, 89;
elegy on a, 211, 212.
Wilcocks, John, ambiguous wording in will of, 126.
Wilcox, Robert, bequests for three sermons on the Powder Plot, Queen Elizabeth, and deliverance from the Spanish Armada, 174.
Williams, Roland, peculiar bequest in will of, 239.
Williamson, Thomas, bequest for meat for poor for stormy weather, 115.
Willie, Smith, extraordinary will of, 170.
Will-making, on, 49-51.
Wilson, John, unique method of finding missing son, 236.
Wilson, William, bequest for sick poor, 108.
Windsor, Thomas, will of, 32;
torches to be held by poor men at his burying and monethe’s minde, 32;
one hundred children at his monethe’s minde, 33;
priests to sing at his monethe’s minde, 33.
Wine, will of citizen of Berne to control price of, 118.
Winslow, Frederick Christian, singular provision regarding his horses, 93.
Winslow, Mary Chilton, will of, 453.
Winter, beneficiary not to wear underclothes in, 159.
Withipol, J., will of, 81;
a contrite spirit, 81.
Witnesses, importance of, 4;
not interested in the instrument, 8.
Wives, beautiful sentiments to, 82, 83;
desired to be buried between his two, 132.
Woeltge, Albert, makes mutual will with wife, 85.
Woeltge, Mary Louise, makes mutual will with husband, 85.
Woman, not to be buried near a, 131;
first monument in United States to a, 213.
Woman Hater, a, 131.
Women, property rights of, 75-78.
Word, omission of important, 190.
Words, legal distinction between, in wills, 3.
“Working with a Will,” 220.
Wrapping-paper, a valid will on, 168.
Wyatt, Surgeon-Major, buried in full-dress uniform, 154;
no mourning to be used, 154, 155.
Wyndsore, Lady Alice, will of, 31;
provides for funeral and burial, 31;
gift to poor on day of her sepulture, 31;
for repairing highways, 31.

Young, Brigham, will of, 454.
Ysabeau of Scotland, Duke of Brittany, bequest for masses, 134.

Zabriskie, Sarah Titus, bequest to pet cat, 100.
Zalesky, M., eccentric will of, 182.
Zimmer, Nicholas, a valid will on a collar-box, 168.