Former maid Barbara Johnson of Princeton really made out very well. Either Vanity Fair or Esquire had a great article about her. She came over here from Poland as a maid and became a nursemaid to one of the Johnsons. (Think Johnson & Johnson.)
His kids had no idea what they were in for. She got him to change his will a few times and ended up with most of his estate. Actually, a couple of NYC law firms ended up with a big part of it.
The magazne article is really worth looking up. It’s a great read. At one point the elderly Mr. Johnson returned from a Boston hospital with a couple of young private duty nurses. They didn’t last ten minutes when Barbara found out! LOL
I live but two miles from Jasna Polana, the old Johnson estate that is now a rather exclusive country club, courtesy of Barbara Piasecka Johnson.