James Carew
          1889

Estate of James Carew 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 James Carew, late of St. John's in the Island of Newfoundland, Cooper, deceased died without 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, within the jurisdiction of this Court, do not, according to the best of my knowledge, judgment and belief, amount to the value of Three Thousand dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's this                                        John Carew
29^th day of June A.D. 1889.
Geo. J. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits.

1889

Estate of James Carew
late of St. John's
in the Central District,
Cooper, deceased.

Admn---granted to
John Carew of St. John's,
Cooper.

Dated 29^th June 1889

Sureties
Thomas Myles
Thos. D. Carey

Estate sworn under $3000.00

I certify that the notice on the other side hereof written was duly posted in my office on the day of the date thereof and there continued until this date and that no Caveat has been filed or other objection made thereto.
St. John's, 25^th June 1889.
Geo. J. Adams
Act C.C. & Regr

Notice

After three days application will be made to the Honorable Sir F. B. T. Carter K. C. M. G., Chief Justice of this Supreme Court or to one of the Honorable Assistant Judges thereof for Letters of Administration to the Estate of the late James Carew, late of St. John's, Cooper, to be granted to John Carew, son of said deceased.
St. John's 21^st June 1889
GJA
Act CC & Reg                              M. J. O'Mara
                                                     Proctor for said John Carew

          We the undersigned Catherine Carew, Widow of James Carew, late of Saint John's, Cooper, deceased and Thomas Carew, Eliza Carew, Minnie Carew and Margaret Carew, children of said James Carew deceased do hereby consent and agree that Letters of Administration to said James Carew's Estate be granted to John Carew, Son of said James Carew, deceased.
St. John's, June 23^rd 1889

Thomas D. Carew
Eliza Carew
Minnie Carew
Margaret Carew
Witness (having first
read over & explained.
William Kelly

To the Honorable Sir F. B. T. Carter, K. C. M. G.,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
Newfoundland or one of the Honorable
Assistant Judges thereof.

The Petition of John Carew of Saint John's, Cooper

Humbly Sheweth

That your Petitioner's father James Carew died in the month of September, A.D. 1887 without having made or executed a Will.
That the said James Carew left him surviving as next of kin, his wife Catherine, three daughters viz. Eliza (married to James Buckley), Minnie and Margaret and two sons viz. Thomas and your Petitioner.
That the said Catherine, Eliza, Minnie, Margaret and Thomas Carew have consented that administration to said James Carew's Estate be granted to your Petitioner, which consent is hereto annexed and marked "A".
That the said James Carew was possessed of property at the time of his death within the jurisdiction of this Supreme Court aforesaid of the probable value of Two Thousand Five Hundred dollars.
That no Probate or Letters

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of Administration has been granted to said James Carew's Estate.
Your Petitioner therefore prays that one of your Lordships will be pleased to entrust him with Letters of Administration to said James Carew's Estate.
And as in duty bound will ever pray.
St. John's, June 25^th 1889

John Carew

NEWFOUNDLAND
Supreme Court

St. John's
To Wit          John Carew, within Petitioner maketh oath and saith that the contents of within petition are just and true to the best of deponent's knowledge and belief.

Sworn before me at                                                            John Carew
St. John's this 25^th day
of June A.D. 1889.
Geo. J. Adams
Commissioner

Supreme Court

In matter of Estate of
James Carew of St. John's
Cooper, Dec^d.

Petition for Administration

Filed 25 June 1889

Fiat
J. J. Little
A. J.

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered, That on this twenty ninth day of June in the Fifty Second 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 Carew of St. John's in the Island of Newfoundland, Cooper, Thomas Myles of same place, Blockmaker and Thomas D. Carey of same place, 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 Six 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 Carew as Administrator of the Estate and Effects of James Carew late of St. John's aforesaid, Cooper, 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 Carew 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 29^th day of December 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 John Carew  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 29^th day of June 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                                                            John Carew (Seal)
in presence of                                                                   Thomas Myles (Seal)
Geo. J. Adams                                                                Thos. D. Carey (Seal)
Commissioner, S.C.