John James
          1887

Estate of John James 1887
From LDS Microfilm #2057238

Supreme Court of Newfoundland.
--------------------

ST. JOHN'S,  }
                       }     I   do swear that  I  believe that John James
    To Wit.       } formerly of Brigus in the Northern District planter deceased, died with out  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 the value of Nine hundred           dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's,^Brigus the          31^st    day of }
December          in the year of Our Lord One Thousand          }
Eight Hundred and Eighty-six having been first re}ad
over and explained to the said Elizabeth James }
          J Wilcox                                                  sign here
          Commissioner of Affidavits.                   Elizabeth^herX_markJames

(trifold page)

1887

Estate of John James
late of Brigus
in the   Northern          District
Planter          deceased

Dated 4^th January 1887

Admin ----   granted to
Elizabeth James

Sureties Thomas Keough
Patk J. Power

Estate sworn under
$ 1,800

Notice

After three days application will be made to the Honorable The Supreme Court or to one of the Judges thereof for letters of administration of the estate of John James late of Brigus planter deceased to be granted to Elizabeth James his widow
          St Johns November 18^th 1886
O.E.                      Robert J. Kent
                              planter
                              proctor

I certify that the notice on the other side hereof written has been posted in the office of the Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court from the date thereof to this date and that no caveat or other objection thereto has been filed or entered
          S^t John's Dec. 23/86
          Otto Emerson
                    ACS.C.

To the Honourable the Supreme Court
or any one of the Honorable The Judges
thereof

The petition of Elizabeth James Brigus in the Northern          District of Newfoundland

Humbly Sheweth

That John James formerly of Brigus aforesaid planter Was drowned at Labrador on or about the twenty ninth day of July last past.    That the said John James died intestate and possessed of property situate within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court of the probate value of about Eight hundred and eighty dollars. That he left him surviving petitioner who is his widow and one son named Patrick Francis James now resident with your petitioner.    That no probate or administration of the estate of the said John James has been hitherto granted.     Petitioner therefore prays that administra - tion of the Estate and effects of her said deceased husband may be granted unto her and as in duty bound she will ever pray &c &c &c
Dated this twenty first   day of December A.D. 1886
Robert J.Kent          }
Proctor fr petitioner   }                                        sign here
                                                               Elizabeth^herX_mkJames
Witness
          J Wilcox

Supreme Court
          Probate Side

In the Matter of the Estate of  }
          John James                   }
late of Brigus planter deceased}
          Elizabeth James of Brigus in the Northern district widow the petitioner in the foregoing petition in this matter named maketh oath and saith that the several matters and things in the said petition set forth are just correct and true
Sworn before me at Brigus     }                              sign here
aforesaid this twenty first day }                    Elizabeth^herX_markJames
of   December - A.D. 1886     }
          J Wilcox (signature is written over faint writing as follows) No W?? ?? ??
          Commissi?? ???eon Co ?? (this written over faint writing, undecipherable; wavy line drawn below)

(trifold page)

1886

Supreme Court
Probate Side

In the matter of theEstate of
John James
late of Brigus planter
deceased

--------------------

Petition fr administration

--------------------

Fiat
J.J.Little.
A. J.

Dec 23/86 paper posted
fr ?? James to the
executo? & ??

R.J. Kent }
Proctor }

Supreme Court of Newfoundland.
--------------------

Be it Remembered, That­ on this     Thirty - first                    day of December                    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- six     personally appeared Elizabeth James of Brigus in the Northern district widow. Thomas Keyli? of Brigus in D??? and Patrick J Power (writing following Brigus is written over faint writing, undecipherable) Accountant - (following is written faintly) of two securities fr M^rs James 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   One thousand eight 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 Elizabeth James (27 spaces)                     as Administratrix          of the Estate and Effects of   John James                     late of Brigus aforesaid 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 Elizabeth James as such Administratrix                    or to the hands or possession of any 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      thirty-first       day of    June____          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 her the said   administratrix          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 thirty first          day of   December 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 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 Newfoundlandland, shall and do pay and dispose of in due course of Administration, or in such a mannner 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.

                                                                      sign here
Signed and Sealed          }                    Elizabeth^herX_markJames (circle shaped stamp)
           in presence of      }
having been first read
over and explained                               Thomas Ileo??gh (circle shaped stamp)
                                                                        sureties
          J Wilcox                                     PatkJPower (circle shaped stamp)
          Comm Supreme Court