John Kennedy
          1887

Estate of John Kennedy 1887
From LDS microfilm #2057238

Supreme Court of Newfoundland.
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ST. JOHN'S, }    I   do swear that I    believe that John Kennedy              late of St Johns
         To Wit. }    Newfoundland 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   Two hundred ----------------------- dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's, the    19^th       day of }
November           in the year of Our Lord One Thousand }          Mary^herX_markKennedy
Eight Hundred and Eighty- seven, having                    }
been first read over &explained                                  }
                    Otto Emerson
                    Commissioner of Affidavits.

(tri-fold page)

1887

Estate of John Kennedy

late of Saint Johns

in the Central District

Labourer deceased

Dated Nov 19 : 1887

Admin ___granted to Mary
Kennedy

Saint Johns Spinster
Sureties Michael ?e??y
& Franc?s St John

Estate sworn under
$200⁰⁰/₁₀₀

Notice

After three days from the date hereof application will be made to the Honorable the Supreme Court or to one of the Honorable the Judges thereof for Letters of Administration of the Estate and Effects of John Kennedy formerly of S^t Johns deceased to be granted to Mary Kennedy of S^t Johns aforesaid daughter of said deceased

Dated at S^t Johns          }                    T.J.Morril
This 9^th day of August   }                    Proctor for Mary Kennedy
A D 1887
(the following interlined at right edge of left margin)
O.E.
A.C.^s.c.

Certificate

I hereby Certify that the Notice on the other side hereof written has been posted in my office from the day of the date hereof to this date and that no caveat or other objection thereto has been filed or entered
Dated at S^t Johns this 7^th day of
August^September Anno Domini 1887

Otto Emerson
          A.C.^sc.
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To the Honorable the Supreme
Court or one of the Honorable the
Judges thereof                              

          The petition of Mary Kennedy of Saint John's in the island of Newfoundland Spinster

Humbly Sheweth as follows

          That John Kennedy of Saint John's in the is- land of Newfoundland aforesaid died at Saint John's in the island aforesaid on or about the Second day of October Anno Domini One thousand Eight hundred and fifty five intestate

{         That deceased left him surviving one child; your petitioner. His wife having predeceased him

          That neither probate to any will nor letters of administration has as yet been granted to any person

          Petitioner therefore prays that letters of administration may be granted to her and as in duty bound will ever pray &. &c

   Dated at Saint John's this 18^th day of          Anno Domini One thousand Eight hundred and Eighty Seven

Mary^herX_markKennedy

Supreme Court

Newfoundland }
S^t Johns SS     } Mary Kennedy of Saint John's          in the island of Newfoundland the petitioner named in the foregoing petition maketh oath and Saith that the several matters and things Contained therein are correct and true to the best of this deponent knowledge and belief

Sworn before me at        }
S^t John's aforesaid          }
this 18^th day of               }                    Mary^herX_mark Kennedy
          A D 1887            }
          Otto Emerson    }
          Comm^r

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Petition of Mary
Kennedy praying
for letters of administration
(to the Estate & effects of
John Kennedy late
of St Johns deceasd
Fiat.    J.J.Little
        A . J.
Filed Nov 20/87

Supreme Court of Newfoundland.
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Be it Remembered, That on this          19^th          day of November          in the ????? -     51^st          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- seven    personally appeared Mary Kennedy of St Johns in the Central District of Newfoundland Spinster, Michael Berney of St Johns Genelerman (the first four characters of this line written over other letters, undecipherable) and ; Francis St John of St Johns Bake ---------------------------- 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 Hundred (line drawn diagonally from lower left to upper right through two blank lines) 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 Kennedy -------------------------------------------------     as Administratrix          of the Estate and Effects of    John Kennedy          late of St Johns aforesaid 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 Kennedy ---------------------- as such Administratrix            or to the hand 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            19^th            day of May            next ensuing the date hereof ; and the said Goods, Chattels, Credits and Effects, and all other the Goods, Chattels, Credits and ^X 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 Kennedy            or to the hands or possession of any 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            19^th            day of November which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty- eight            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 ???g 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 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          }          Mary^herX_mark Kennedy (black circle-shaped stamp)
in presence of                }          Michael Berniy
having been first
read over ?? explained
to the said Mary                        Francis S^t John
Kennedy
          Otto Emerson
          Comm^r