Maria Pearcey
          1888

Estate of Maria Pearcey 1888
From LDS microfilm #2057239

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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ST. JOHN'S }
To Wit          } I do swear that I believe that Maria Pearcey late of Hearts Content in Trinity Bay spinster now 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 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 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 fifty dollars.

Sworn before me, at Hearts Content, the 18^th day of          her
April in the year of Our Lord One Thousand             Maria X Pearcey
Eight Hundred and Eighty-eight having been first read       mark
over and explained to the deponent Maria Pearcey

R. H? Penny
Commissioner of Affidavits
Supreme Court

1888

Estate of Maria Pearcey

late of Hearts Content

in the Northern District

Spinster deceased

Dated 19^th April 1888

Admin granted to
Maria Pearcey
Hearts Content widow

Sureties
Thomas Sinyard
Rich'd A. Penny

Estate sworn under
                $50.00

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this 12^th day of April 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-eight personally appeared Maria Pearcey of Hearts Content in Trinity Bay widow, Thomas Sinyard of same place Fisherman and Richard Penny of same place Dealer 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 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 Maria Pearcey as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of Maria Pearcey late of Hearts Content aforesaid Spinster 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 Maria Pearcey 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 Twelfth day of October 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 Maria Pearcey 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 twelfth day of April which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-nine 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 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.

                                                                                her
Signed and sealed                                        Maria X Pearcey
in the presence of                                                  mark
having been first read over                          Thomas Sinyard
and explained
R.H. Penny                                                  Rich'd A. Penny
Comm'r Affdts Sup Court

NOTICE

          After three days application will be made in the Honorable the Supreme Court or to a Judge thereof for letters of administration of the estate of Maria Pearcey late of Hearts Content in the Northern District Spinster deceased to be granted to Maria Pearcey of same place, her mother
          Dated at St. John's, this 3^rd day of April Anno Domini 1888

Robert J. Kent
Proctor for said Maria Pearcey

Certificate

          I hereby certify that the notice on the other side, hereof contained, has been posted in the office of the Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court of St. John's, from the date thereof until this date, and that no caveat or other objection thereto has been filed or entered. Dated at the Court House in St. John's this 7^th day of April Anno Domini 1888

Geo. I. Adams
AfSC

To the Honorable the Supreme Court or any one of the honorable the Judges thereof.

The petition of Maria Pearcey Hearts Content widow

Humbly Sheweth

That Maria Pearcey [sic] of Hearts Content was drowned in Trinity Bay on the Twenty first day of May AD. 1887, in consequence of a collision between the Steamer ship "Plover" and schooner "Trixie H," that she died Intestate & having her surviving your petitioner who is her mother, her father having died before her. That deceased possessed no property. That your petitioner is desirous of being appointed administratrix of the estate of said deceased. That no administration of the said Estate has been hitherto granted & your petitioner therefore prays that administration to the said Estate be granted to her.
And your petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray &c &c &c

R. J. Kent                                                         her
Solicitor                                                  Maria X Pearcey
                                                                           mark

In the Supreme Court

In the matter of the Estate of
Maria Pearcey late of Hearts
Content deceased
          Maria Pearcey of Hearts Content widow maketh oath and saith that she is the petitioner in the above written petition named & that the several matters therein set forth are just correct and true
Sworn before me at Hearts Content
aforesaid this Fifth day of April A.D.                           her
1888, having been first read over                       Maria X Pearcey
and explained to the said Maria                                   mark
Pearcey

R.H. Penny
Comm'r of Affdts Supreme Court

1888

Sup. Ct.

In the matter of the
Estate of Maria
Pearcey late of Hearts
Content deceased

petition for administration

Fiat J. J. Little
A.J.

Filed Ap 9/88