George Brown
          1889

Estate of George Brown 1889
From LDS microfilm #2057543

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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ST. JOHN'S
To Wit          }          I do swear that I believe that George Brown, late of Harbor Grace in the Island of Newfoundland, Master Mariner, deceased, died with 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 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, *^{and which are now unadministered} within the jurisdiction of this Court, do not, according to the best of my knowledge, judgment and belief, amount to the value of Four Thousand dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's,                    John G. Munn
this 9^th day of July A.D. 1889
Geo. J. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits
*Initials GJA in right margin.

1889

Estate of George Brown
late of Harbor Grace
in the Northern District,
Master Mariner, deceased.

Admin cta,dbn granted to
John G. Munn of
Harbor Grace, Merchant.

Dated 17^th July 1889

Sureties
Norman Munn
A. H. Seymour

Estate sworn under $4000.00

We hereby agree to appoint John G. Munn as Executor to the estate of the late George J. Brown in place of the late Alexander Clift.
Elizabeth Munn
Witness: C. M. Peters                              Norman Munn
Hr Grace 5 July 1889                                Isabella A. Munn

I hereby agree to appoint John G. Munn as executor to my late Husband's estate in place of the late Alexander Clift.
Frances Brown
Witness: Emily Tillers
Hr. Grace 5 July 1889

To the Honourable the Supreme Court of Newfoundland or to one of the Honourable the judges thereof.

The Petition of John G. Munn of Harbor Grace at present of Saint Johns, Merchant

Humbly Sheweth

That George Brown late of Harbor Grace, Master Mariner, died there several years ago having previously made and executed his last will and testament of which probate was duly granted to Lewis E. Emerson of Harbor Grace, Clerk of the Supreme Court and Alexander Clift of the same place, Collector of Customs.
That the other executor of said will Thomas R. Bennett of Harbor Grace, Judge of the District Court duly renounced his said office as executor.
That the said Lewis E. Emerson and Alexander Clift have since died.
That the estate of said George Brown was not fully administered by the said Executors and there yet remains to be administered a portion of said estate

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of the probable value of Four Thousand Dollars.
That annexed hereto is the consent of the several persons interested under the said will to the appointment of Petitioner as Administrator with the said will annexed of the estate of said George Brown deceased.
Petitioner therefore prays that administration with the will annexed of the estate of said George Brown which has not been administered may be granted to him
And as in duty bound he will ever pray &c.
Dated at St. John's this ninth day of July A.D. 1889.

John G. Munn

Supreme Court

Newfoundland
St. John's S.S.          John G. Munn of Harbor Grace, at present of St. John's, Merchant, the Petitioner named in the foregoing petition maketh oath and saith that the matters and things therein contained and set forth are correct and true.
Sworn before me at St. John's                    John G. Munn
this 9^th day of July A.D. 1889
Jos. P. Carty
Commissioner

Supreme Court

In the matter of the estate and
will of George Brown late of
Harbor Grace, Master Mariner,
deceased.

Petition of John G. Munn for
administration with the will
annexed.

Fiat subject to rights of the
Exr of late Alexr Clift.
J. J. Little
A.J.

(Written to right of the above)
S??          3.75
C                   ?
Aff             .75
B.            1.50
Co?         2.?0
Re?          ?.?0
              11.50

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered, That on this Ninth day of July in the Fifty Third 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-nine personally appeared John G. Munn of Harbor Grace, Merchant, and did acknowledge *themselves^himself to be held and firmly bound to our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, in the penal Sum of Eight Thousand Dollars, to be had, made and levied on *their^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 John G. Munn as Administrator^{cum testamento annexo de bono non} of the Estate and Effects of George Brown late of Harbor Grace, Master Mariner, 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 John G. Munn 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 Ninth day of January 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 his death, or which at any time afterwards shall come into the hands or possession of him the said John G. Munn 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 Ninth day of July which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and **Eighty^Ninety 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 and virtue.

Signed and Sealed                              John G. Munn (Seal)
in presence of
Geo. J. Adams
Commissioner, S.C.
*Initials GJA in left margin.
**Initials GJA in right margin.

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered, That on this thirteenth day of July in the Fifty Third 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-nine personally appeared Norman Munn, Accountant, and Alfred Hy Seymour, Landing Waiter and did acknowledge himself/themselves to be held and firmly bound to our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, in the penal Sum of Eight Thousand 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 John G. Munn of Harbor Grace, Merchant, as Administrator^{cum testamento annexo de bono non} of the Estate and Effects of George Brown late of Harbor Grace, Master Mariner, 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 John G. Munn 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 thirteenth day of January 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 his death, or which at any time afterwards shall come into the hands or possession of him the said John G. Munn 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 thirteenth day of July which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety 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 and virtue.

Signed and Sealed                              Norman Munn (Seal)
in presence of                                     A. H. Seymour (Seal)
Andrew T. Drysdale
Commissioner of Affidavits
Supreme Court