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Miscellaneous Deeds, Grants, Petitions & Wills
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Rebecca Dorey

 

Rebecca Dorey

          1888

 

SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND

ST. JOHN'S } I do swear that I believe that Rebecca Dorey late
To Wit          }of Black Island Green Bay in the Northern District of Newfoundland, 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 her debts, so far as her Goods will extend: and that I will well and truly administer all and every the Goods of the said deceased and pay her debts, so far as her 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 she died possessed of, within the jurisdiction of this Court, do not, according to the best of my knowledge, judgement and belief, amount to the value of three hundred and fifty dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's, this 11th day of           his
December A.D. 188?                              William Thos X Butt
                                                                                        mark
(having been first read over and explained)

Geo. I. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits

 

1888

Estate of Rebecca Dorey

late of Black Island, Green Bay

In the Northern District

Widow deceased

Admin granted to

Wm. Thomas Butt

Exploits Burnt Islands

Dated

22nd December 1888

Sureties
Abraham Lilly
Jabez Manuel

Estate sworn under
$350.00

 

To the Honourable the Supreme Court or one of their Lordships the Judges thereof:

The Petition of William Thomas Butt of Exploits, Burnt Islands, Fisherman

Humbly Sheweth

That Rebecca Dorey widow of the late Laurence Dorey died at Black Island Green Bay in the Island of Newfoundland on or about the            day of January Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven intestate and possessed of property within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court to the probable value of upwards of three hundred dollars.
That the said deceased left her surviving four children viz: Eliza wife of your Petitioner, William Dorey, Henry Dorey and Elizabeth wife of Ambrose Neale? and four children of a deceased daughter viz: Jane the late wife of one Joseph Woolfridge to wit, Rebecca Woolfridge, Maria Woolfridge, Jane Woolfridge and Louisa Woolfridge.
That no application for Letters of Administration to this estate of the said Rebecca Dorey has heretofore been made to this Honourable Court.
Your Petitioner therefore prays that your Honourable Court will be pleased to grant unto him Letters of Administration to the estate and effects of the said Rebecca Dorey deceased.
And as in duty bound will ever pray &c.
At Saint John's this seventh day of December AD 1888.
William T. Butt

 

Supreme Court

Newfoundland
St. John's
to wit          William Thomas Butt of Exploits Burnt Islands in the Island of Newfoundland Fisherman the petitioner named in the foregoing petition maketh oath and saith that the several matters and things herein contained and set forth are correct and true.

Sworn before me at Saint
Johns aforesaid this 7th
day of December AD 1888          William Thos Butt

Geo. I. Adams
Commr

 

Supreme Court

In the matter of the
Estate of Rebecca Dorey
late of Black Island

Fiat
J I Little
CJ

Petition of William
Thomas Butt for Administration
to the said Estate.

 

 

SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND
---------------

Be it Remembered That on this Eleventh day of December in the 52nd 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-eight personally appeared William Thomas Butt of Exploits Burnt Islands Fisherman Abraham Lilly of Exploits aforesaid Fisherman and Jabez Manuel of Exploits aforesaid Accountant 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 his 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 William Thomas Butt as Administrator of the Estate and Effects of Rebecca Dorey late of Black Island Green Bay in the Northern District 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 William Thomas Butt 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 11th 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 him the said William Thomas Butt 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 his said Administration, on or before the 11th day of December which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty Nine 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 virtue.

Signed and sealed                              William Thos. Butt
in the presence of                               Abraham Lilly
                                                            Jabez Manuel
Geo. I. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits

 

 

Page transcribed by Gordon Bennett

Page Revised by Ivy F. Benoit (Tuesday September 26, 2017)

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