Estate Administration of Philip Tocqne
Supreme Court of Newfoundland

Carbonear
TO WIT.

I do swear that I believe Philip Tocqne late of Carbonear, Merchant deceased, died without 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 possess of, within the jurisdiction of this Court, do not, according to the best of my knowledge, judgment, and belief, amount to the value of Two Thousand five hundred Pounds sterling.

Under £2,500
Admin granted
to Ann Tocqne
the Widow 28^th
February 1831

Supreme Court of Newfoundland

Be it Remembered, That on this Seventeenth day of February in the First 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, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c., and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty one personally appeared Ann Tocqne of Carbonear widow, Simon Levi of Carbonear Merchant and William Noble (?) Bemister of Carbonear Merchant
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 Five thousand 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 Ann Tocqne Administratrix to the Estate of Philip Tocqne late of Carbonear Merchant 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 Ann Tocqne 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, in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, at or before the Sixteenth day of  February next ensuing the date hereof; and the said Goods, Chattels, Credits and Effects, and all other the 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 Ann Tocqne  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 made, a just and true Account of her said Administration, on or before the Sixteenth day of February which will be in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty two 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 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 manner as the said Court shall direct; then this Obligation to be void and no effect, or else to be and remain in full force and virtue.

 

Signed and Sealed	her
in the presence of	Ann X Tocqne
	mark
Whm Stark? (Signature)	Simon Levi
Clerk and Registrar	Whm Bemister (Signature)
Northern Circuit Court

Margin note:           Administration dated
4^th February 1831

Harbor Grace 31^st Jnny 1831

Sir ???? (words not legible)

          I have the honor herewith to transmit an application accompanied by the usual affidavit of Ann Tocqne widow, praying that Administration may be granted to her for the Estate of her late husband Philip Tocqne of Carbonear Merchant. She proposes her son in law Mr Simon Levi and W Bemister Merchants do her sureties, and which I have reason to believe will be quite satisfactory.
Sweareth Honorable
Sir

your very humble servant                     Whm Stark? (Signature)
Clk & Registrar
Nor Cir Court

Charles D. Archibald Eq.
(Signature)

To The honorable the Judges
of the Supreme Court
of Newfoundland

Mr Levi
Mr Bemister

The testimonial of
Ann Tocqne
for Admin to her husbands
Estate

                    To The honorable the Judges
of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland

          The Petition of Ann Tocqne, widow, Humbly Sheweth,

          That her late husband, Philip Tocqne, merchant, of Carbonear, in Conception bay, died there, in the month of august last, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, intestate, and without leaving any will; and, as he has left considerable property in this island, in goods, credits and effects; and several children, the youngest of whom, his only son, is a minor, she prays that your Lordships will be pleased to grant her letters of administration as sole Administratrix, for the sum of two thousand five hundred pounds sterling as which amount she estimates the value of her late husbands property. And prays also that the letters may be forwarded to W Stark at Harbour grace, to be executed before him as your petitioner is advanced in years and would feel it inconvenient and disagreeable to be obliged to go to Saint Johns for the purpose.

Carbonear, Jany 24, 1831

(Signature)