Philip O'Neill
          1886

SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND
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Central District
ST. JOHN'S,
To Wit.
I do swear that I believe that Philip O'Neill, late of St. John's aforesaid, Planter, 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 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 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 three hundred and fifty dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's, the 3^rd day of
July in the year of Our Lord One Thousand          Mary O'Neill
Eight Hundred and Eighty-six.
Geo. J. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits

1886

Estate of Philip O'Neill
late of St. John's
in the Central District,
Planter, deceased.

Dated 10^th July 1886

Admin-----granted to
Mary O'Neill
of St. John's, widow.

Sureties
Robert K. Bishop
John Pye

Estate sworn under $350.00

SUPEME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND
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Be it Remembered, That on this Tenth day of July in the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady VICTORIA, Defender of the Faith, &c, and in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-Six personally appeared Mary O'Neill of St. John's in the Central District of Newfoundland, widow, John Pye of same place, Merchant and Robert K. Bishop of same place, 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 Seven 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 Mary O'Neill as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of Philip O'Neill, late of St. John's, Planter, 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 Mary O'Neill as such Administratrix 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 Tenth day of January next ensuing the date hereof; and the said Goods, Chattels, Credits and Effects, and all other the Goods, Chattels, Credit 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 her, the said Mary O'Neill, 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 Tenth day of July which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-seven and afterwards from time to time as she shall be lawfully required. And all the rest, residue, and remainder of the 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 in presence of          Mary C. O'Neill
Geo. J. Adams                                      R. K. Bishop
Commissioner                                       John Pye

NOTICE

After three days application will be made to the Honourable the Supreme Court or to one of the Honourable the Judges thereof for Letters of Administration of the Estate of Philip O'Neill, late of Saint John's, Planter, deceased to be granted to his widow Mary O'Neill.
St. John's          June 21, 1886
D. Morison
Proctor for widow

(Initials in margin of this page)
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I certify that the notice on the other side hereof was posted in my office on the day of the date thereof and has remained there until this day and that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto.
St. John's          June 30^th 1886
Geo. J. Adams
A.C., S. C

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

The Petition of Mary O'Neill of Saint John's, Widow,

Humbly Sheweth

          That Philip O'Neill, late of Saint John's, Planter, deceased, died there on the tenth day of June instant intestate leaving him surviving your Petitioner, his widow, and five children namely [1] Alice, wife of Richard Hennebury, [2] Denis [3] Anastatia [4] Ellen and [5] Mark. That the said four children last named are under the age of twenty one years.
That the said deceased, at the time of his death, was possessed of property of the probable value of three hundred and twenty dollars.
That no probate of any will nor administration of the Estate of said deceased has been granted to any person.
Petitioner therefore prays that Administration of the Estate of said deceased may be granted to her
And as in duty bound she will ever pray &c.

          Dated at Saint John's this           day of June A.D. 1886
Mary O'Neill

Supreme Court

Newfoundland
St. John's to wit }
Mary O'Neill of Saint John's, widow, the Petitioner named in the foregoing petition, maketh oath and saith that the several matters and things therein contained and set forth are correct and true.

Sworn before me at St. John's
this 30^th day of June AD 1886.          Mary O'Neill
Otto Emerson
Commissioner

SUPREME COURT

In the matter of the
Estate of Philip O'Neill
late of Saint John's,
Planter, deceased.

Petition of widow for
Admn.

Fiat
J. J. Little
A.J., S.C.

Filed June 30/86

Morison