The Petition of Catherine Gould concerning the Estate of James Gould Senior
Probate year 1831, from the LDS microfilm Estate Files # 2056192

To the Honorable the Chief Judge and the Honorable the Assistant Judges of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland

The Petition of Catherine Gould of Carbonear widow of the late James Gould Senior
Humbly herewith
      That your Petitioners late husband died some months ago leaving your petitioner and seven children as hereunder named--that James Gould aforesaid left a will by which he bequeathed to your Petitioner the one half of the landed property of the deceased situate in Carbonear and the other half to your petitioner's eldest son James Gould Junior--that previous to making the said will the deceased had signed a paper giving unto the said James Gould Junior the one half of the said property without any conditions--that your petitioner's husband upon a reconsideration of the matter made a will which is at variance with the said deed of gift. Your Petitioner can give good security that she will administer faithfully according to law; your Petitioner therefore humbly prays that your lordships will be pleased to grant to your Petitioner Administration of the Estate of the said James Gould Senior.xxxxxxxxxxx
And your lordship's Petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray.

Witness       Catherine (her x mark) Gould

Children
James Gould Age about_____25
Michael Gould ____________21
Elizabeth Gould ___________24
Mary Gould ____ __________20
Catherine _______ ________16
Johana _________ ________13
Margaret________ ________ 6

Harbor Grace
19 Nov 1831

I, James Gould the Younger, hereby assent and request that the Honorable the Supreme Court, will be pleased to grant Administration with the Will annexed of the Estate of my late father, James Gould Senior, to my mother, Catherine Gould widow of the deceased.

Witness
John Stark

Harbor Grace
to wit:

    I    do swear that    I    believe    James Gould Senior late of Carbonear fisherman

deceased, died with    a Will; and that    I    will well and truly Administer all and every the Goods of the said deceased, and pay his Debts so far as his Goods will extend; and that    I    will exhibit a true, full and perfect Inventory of the said Goods of the deceased , and render a true account of    my    Administration into the Registry of the said Court, within    Twelve    months from the date hereof, or when    I    shall be thereunto lawfully required; and that the whole of the Goods, Rights, Chattels, Assets, Credits and Effects of the said deceased, which he died possessed of, within the jurisdiction of this Court, do not according to the best of    my    knowledge, judgment and belief, amount to the value of    Fifty    Pounds Sterling.

Catherine (X, her mark) Gould
Widow of James Gould Senior
Sworn at    Carbonear
the    eighteenth    day of
Novem.    in the Year of
our Lord One Thousand
Eight Hundred and
    Thirty one

John Stark
Clerk Northern Circuit Court

Supreme Court of Newfoundland

Be it remembered that on this    twenty-eighth    day of    October    in the Fourth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord    William the Fourth    by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and    Thirty three    personally appeared

Catherine Gould of Carbonear Widow and Andrew Bannon of Carbonear, Tailor, and William Kehoe of Carbonear, Planter

and did acknowledge    themselves    to be held and firmly bound to    our Sovereign Lord the King his    Heirs and Successors in the penal Sum of One hundred pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be had, made and levied on    their    Goods, Chattels and Effects    jointly and severally if Default is made in any of the Conditions following:

Now the Condition of this Obligation is such, That if the above bounden

    Catherine Gould Administratrix with the will annexed to the Estate of her late husband James Gould Senior

deceased, do make, or cause to be made, a just, true and perfect Inventory of all and singular, the Goods, Credits, and Effects of the said deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, possession, or knowledge of    her the    said Catherine Gould

or to the hands or possession of any other person or persons, for    her and the same so made do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, into the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, at or before the    Twenty-eighth day of    October    next ensuing the date hereof;    and the said Goods, Chattels, Credits, and Effects, and all the other Goods, Chattels, Credits and Effects of the said deceased, at the time of    his    death, or which at any time afterwards shall come to the hands or possession of    her    the said Catherine Gould

      or to the hands or possession of any other person or persons for    her    shall well and truly administer according to Law, and further shall make, or cause to be made, a just and true Account of her said Administration, on or before the    Twenty-eighth    day of    October    which will be in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and    Thirty four    and afterwards from time to time as    she    shall be lawfully required. And all the rest, residue and remainder of the said Goods, Chattels, Credits and Effects, which shall be found remaining upon the said Administration Account, the same being first examined and allowed by the said Supreme Court of Newfoundland, shall and do pay and dispose of in a due course of Administration, or in such a manner as the said Court shall direct; -- then this Obligation to be void and of no effect, or else to be and remain in full force and virtue.

Catherine (X, her mark) Gould
Andrew Bannon
William Kehoe

Signed and Sealed in the presence of
John Stark
Clerk Northern Circuit Court

Notes on the left hand side: "Administration dated 9 May{?) 1832"