Patrick Fowlow
          1885

Estate of Patrick Fowlow 1885
From LDS Microfilm #2057177

Supreme Court of Newfoundland.
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ST. JOHN'S  }
To Wit.          }
          We do swear that we believe that Patrick Fowlow late of Trinity in the Northern District of the Island of Newfoundland Master-mariner deceased died without a Will; and that we 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 we will exhibit a true, full and perfect Inventory of the said Goods of the deceased, and render a true account of our Administration into the Registry of the said Court within six months from the date hereof, or when we 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 our knowledge, judgment and belief, amount to the value of Two thousand two hundred ---------------- dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's, the 19^th          }
day of August in the year of our Lord              }          Thomas Ryan
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty five }          Mary Ann his X mark Ryan
having been first read over and explained
to said Mary Ann Ryan          Otto Emerson
                                                 Commissioner of Affidavits.

1885

Estate of Patrick Fowlow
late of Trinity
in the Northern District.
Master-mariner deceased.

Dated August 20^th 1885

Probate^Admin granted to Thomas
Ryan of Trinity aforesaid
and Mary Ann his
wife
the Executor named in the Will.

Estate sworn under $2200⁰⁰/100
$

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered, That on this Nineteenth day of August in the Forty ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady VICTORIA, 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 Eighty five personally appeared Thomas Ryan of Trinity Fisherman, Mary Ann Ryan of same place wife of Thomas Ryan, Arthur Power of same place Trader and Robert K Bishop of Saint Johns Merchant and did acknowledge themselves to be held and firmly bound to our said Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors, in the penal Sum of Four thousand four hundred Dollars, 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 Thomas Ryan as administrator and Mary Ann Ryan as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of Patrick Fowlow of Trinity aforesaid Planter^{Master-mariner} Instant 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, pos-ession, or knowledge of them the said Thomas Ryan as administrator and Mary Ann Ryan as such Administratrix or to the hands or possession of any other person or persons, for them and the same so made do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, at or before the 19^th day of February the 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 into the hands or possession of them the said Thomas Ryan and Mary Ann Ryan or to the hands or possession of any other person or persons for them shall well and truly administer according to Law, and further shall make, or cause to be made, a just and true account of their said Administration, on or before the 19^th day of August which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty six and afterwards from time to time as they 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 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 virtue.

Signed and sealed          }                              Thomas Ryan
          in presence of      }
having been                                                    Mary Ann her X mark Ryan
first read over
and explained to                                             Arthur Power
the said Mary Ann Ryan
          Otto Emerson
          Commr                                                  R.K. Bishop

(Note: Seals affixed to the right of the signatures.)

          I certify that the notice on the other side hereof written was posted up in the office of the Chief Clerk and Registrar on the day of the date thereof and has since that date remained so posted up and further that no Caveat has been entered thereto
          The 19^th day of August 1885

Otto Emerson
Asst. Clk.
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Notice

          After three days from the date hereof application will be made to the Supreme Court or one of the Honourable Judges thereof for letters of adminis-tration to the Estate of Patrick Fowlow late of Trinity in Trinity Bay Planter deceased to be granted to ^{Thomas Ryan of Trinity aforesaid fisherman and} to Mary Anne Ryan (late widow of the said late Patrick Fowlow now wife of ^said Thomas Ryan of Trinity aforesaid) of Trinity aforesaid
The 22^nd day of June AD 1885
_______                    Whiteway Johnson
G.I.A.                       Proctors for Mary Anne Ryan

To the Honorable the Supreme
Court or one of the Honorable
Judges thereof.

          The petition of Thomas Ryan of Trinity Trinity Bay Newfoundland fisherman and of Mary Ann his wife

Humbly Sheweth

          That Patrick Fowlow late of Trinity aforesaid Master Mariner died on the sixth day of January in the year eighteen hundred and eighty two intestate leaving him surviving his widow your said petitioner Mary Anne Ryan and seven children of whom all are under the age of twenty one years the eldest being fourteen and the youngest three years of age

          That the Estate of the said late Patrick Fowlow did not at the time of his decease and does not now exceed in value the sum of two thousand and two hundred dollars

          That no letters of admin-istration of said estate have been granted
Your

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          Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that letters of Administration of the estate of the said late Patrick Fowlow be granted to them and as in duty bound will pray

          Dated at St John's in the said Island
          The 19^th day of August A.D. 1885
Witness the signature     }
of Thomas Ryan          }                    Thomas Ryan
and the mark of             }
Mary Anne Ryan (the }                    Mary Anne her X mark Ryan
same having been first   }
read over and explained}
to her)                           }

In the matter of the Estate    }
of Patrick Fowlow late of   }
Trinity Trinity Bay New-      }
foundland master mariner     }
deceased                               }

          St John's                      }
          Newfoundland             }
                    to wit                 }
          Thomas Ryan and Mary Anne Ryan the petitioners named in the above written petition make oath and say that the several matters and things therein contained are just and true to the best of deponents' knowledge and belief.
Sworn before me at                 }
St John's aforesaid this            }          Thomas Ryan
19^th day of August A.D. 1885 }
The same having been first      }          Mary Anne her X mark Ryan
read over and explained          }
to the said Mary Anne Ryan }
          Otto Emerson             }
          Commr                         }

Sup. Court

Petition for letters         }
of Administration          }
to be granted to              }
Thomas Ryan and         }
Mary Anne Ryan        }

In re Estate of
Patrick Fowlow
late of Trinity Master
Mariner deceased.

Fiat for admin to
Patrick Fowlow Estate to
Mary Ann & Thomas
Ryan Petitioners

J.I. Little
A.J.
Augt 19/85