Phoebe Knight
          1886

Estate of Phoebe Knight 1886
From LDS microfilm #2057543

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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CENTRAL DISTRICT
St. John's }
To Wit      } I do swear that I believe that Phoebe Knight, late of Nippers Harbor, Widow, 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 Goods of the deceased, and render a true account of my Administration into the Registry of the said Court, within six 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 she 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 Four Hundred & Twenty Four dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's, the                              Geo. J. Adams
Sixteenth day of November, in the year
of our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Eighty-six.
Otto Emerson
Commissioner

1886

Estate of Phoebe Knight,
late of Nippers Harbor in
the Northern District,
Widow, deceased.

Admin. granted to
George J. Adams
Clerk of the Supreme Court
on Circuit.

Dated 19^th November 1886

Estate sworn under $424.00

To the Honourable Joseph J.
Little, presiding Justice of the
Supreme Court on
Northern Circuit.

The Petition of William J. Eaton of Nippers Harbor in the Northern District, Accountant

Humbly Sheweth

          That Phoebe Knight late of Nippers Harbor aforesaid, widow, deceased, died on or about the month of October Anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty two leaving her surviving one son, Zacariah, since deceased and four daughters under the age of twenty one years namely Leah, Gunnhilda, Sarah Ann and Rachael.
          That the said Phoebe Knight was possessed of property and effects of the probable value of Four Hundred and Twenty Four dollars at the time of her decease.
          That no letters of probate

or administration of the Estate of the said late Phoebe Knight have been granted.
          Your Petitioner therefore prays that your Lordship will grant letters of administration of the said Estate to your Petitioner or make such order as may seem meet.
          Little Bay, Newfoundland, Septemer 16^th 1886.

Wm John Eaton

Newfoundland   }
Little Bay to wit } William J. Eaton of Nippers Harbor in the Northern District, Accountant, maketh oath and saith that the several matters and things set forth in the foregoing petition are just and true to the best of deponent's knowledge and belief.

Sworn before me at
Little Bay aforesaid                                        Wm. John Eaton
this 16^th day of September
A.D. 1886.
Geo. J. Adams
Commissioner

Supreme Court
on Northern Circuit

In the matter of the
Estate of Phoebe Knight
late of Nippers Harbor,
Widow, deceased.

Petition for letters of
Administration.

Filed Sept 16/86

Admin. granted to
Geo. J. Adams,
Clerk, and Letters
of Guardianship
granted to same.

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered, That on this          day of November in the Forty 50^th 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-six personally appeared George J. Adams of St. John's in the Central District of Newfoundland, Assistant Clerk of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, James Gordon of St. John's aforesaid, Accountant & James Baird of St. John's aforesaid, 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 Eight Hundred and Forty Eight 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 George J. Adams as Administrator of the Estate and Effects of Phoebe Knight late of Nipper Harbor, Widow, 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 him the said George J. Adams as such Administrator or to the hands or possession of any other person, or persons, for him and the same so made do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, at or before the          day of May 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 her death, or which at any time afterwards shall come into the hands or possession of him the said George J. Adams or to the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him 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          day of November which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-seven and afterwards from time to time as he 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 and virtue.

Signed and Sealed                                                  Geo. J. Adams
in presence of                                                         James Gordon
Otto Emerson                                                       James Baird
Commissioner