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Miscellaneous Deeds, Grants, Petitions & Wills
(F)
Edward Farrell

 

Edward Farrell (Also spelled Farrel)
          1889

Estate of Edward Farrell 1889
From LDS microfilm #2057543

 

NEWFOUNDLAND
In the Supreme Court

AFFIDAVIT.
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You shall swear that you believe this to be the true last Will and Testament of Edward Farrell, late of St. John's in the Central District of Newfoundland, Carpenter, deceased.
You shall swear that you will pay all the Debts and Legacies of the Deceased, so far as the Goods shall extend and the Law shall bind you; and that you will exhibit a true, full and perfect Inventory of all and every the Goods, Rights and Credits of the deceased, together with a just and true account into the Registry of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, when you shall be lawfully called thereto: And you shall further swear that the whole of the Goods, Rights, Chattels, Assets, Credits, and Effects of the said Edward Farrell, deceased, and of which he died possessed, do not, according to the best of your knowledge, judgment and belief, amount to the value of One Thousand One Hundred Dollars.

So help you God.

Sworn before me, at St. John's
this 17th day of June, A.D. 1889.                                                  William Morrissey
Jos. P. Carty
Commissioner of Affidavits, Supreme Court.

 

 

1889

Estate of Edward Farrell
late of St. John's
in the Central District,
Carpenter, decreased.

Dated 18th day of June 1889

Probate granted to
William Morrissey, one of
the Executors named in the Will.

Estate sworn under $1100.00

 

 

Notice

After three days from the date hereof application will be made to the Supreme Court or to one of the Honorable the Judges thereof for Probate of the Will of Edward Farrell late of St. John's, Carpenter, deceased, to be granted to William Morrissey and John Byrne, the Executors therein named.
St. John's, May 20th 1889

(Stamp)                                                  Edward Shea
REGISTRARS OFFICE                        Sol. for Applt
ST. JOHN'S
MAY 20 1889
NEWFOUNDLAND

 

 

Certificate

I hereby certify that the notice on the other side hereof written was posted in the office of the Chief Clerk & Registrar of the Supreme Court on the day of the date thereof and that no caveat or other objection was entered thereto.
St. John's, May 28th 1889
Geo. J. Adams
Actg C.C. & Reg.

 

 

To the Honorable the Supreme Court or one of the Honorable the Judges thereof

The Petition of William Morrissey of St. John's, Tide waiter

Humbly Sheweth:

That Edward Farrell late of St. John's, Carpenter died at that place on or about the fifth day of May instant having previously made and executed his last Will and Testament of which he appointed your Petitioner and one John Byrne of St. John's aforesaid, Carpenter, executors.
That said John Byrne has since renounced the said office of Executor as will appear from the paper writing hereto annexed.
That said Edward Farrel left him surviving but two sons and three daughters.
That said deceased at the time of his death was possessed of property of the probable value of One Thousand Dollars.
That no probate of the Will of said deceased has been applied for nor granted to any other person.
Petitioner therefore prays that Probate

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of said Will be granted to him.
And as in duty bound will ever pray &c

William Morrissey

 

 

Newfoundland
St. John's to wit          William Morrissey of St. John's, Tide Waiter, 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                                                            William Morrissey
St. John's aforesaid this
4th day of June A.D. 1889.
Joseph P. Carty
Commissioner

 

 

In the matter of
the Estate of
Edward Farrel
late of St. John's,
Carpenter, deceased.

Petition for Probate

Shea

 

 

This is the last Will and Testament of me Edward Farrell of St. John's, Carpenter. I revoke all former and other wills by me at any time made. I give devise and bequeath to my daughter Ellen, wife of Richard Burke, all the property both real and personal of which I shall be possessed at the time of my death to her sole and separate use and behoof and free from the control of her present or any future husband and it is my desire that she shall not in any way sell or dispose of the said landed property either by mortgage or sale or otherwise. I direct that out of the money of which I die possessed, after the payment of my funeral and testamentary expenses the sum of Forty Dollars be paid to the Reverend William Lalor R. C. Priest for the purpose of having a High Mass celebrated for the repose of my soul and that of my deceased wife. The balance of said money after these payments have been made I give

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and bequeath to my said daughter Ellen, wife of Richard Burke as before mentioned. I appoint William Morrissey of St. John's aforesaid tide waiter and John Byrne, Cooper, executors of this my last Will and Testament.
Witness my hand and seal at St. John's aforesaid this twenty sixth day of May A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Eighty Eight.

Signed by the said Edward Farrell                                                       Edward Farrell
as his last Will and Testament, in
the presence of us, being present
at the same time, who at his
request, in his presence and in the
presence of each other subscribed
our names as witnesses (the words
"and John Byrne, Cooper" having
been interlined on the fifth line
from the top of this page).
Otto Emerson
Edward Shea

 

 

Last Will and
Testament of
Edward Farrell.

 

 

SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND
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TO WIT          } I, Edward Shea, of St. John's in the Central District, maketh oath and saith that on the 26th day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty eight at St. John's aforesaid, he this deponent was present and did see Edward Farrel late of St. John's, Carpenter, the Testator named in the paper writing hereto annexed, duly sign publish and declare the said annexed paper writing as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of this Deponent and of Otto Emerson,  the other subscribing witness thereto. That Deponent and said Otto Emerson then and there signed their names to such Will as such witnesses in the presence of the said Testator and of each other and that at the time of the said Execution of the said Will the said Testator was of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, to the best of Deponent's knowledge and belief.

SWORN before me, at St. John's
aforesaid, this 31st day of May
A.D., One Thousand Eight
Hundred and eighty - nine.

                                                                                                    Edward Shea
Sworn before me at St. John's
aforesaid this 1st day of May A.D.
1889.
Jos. P. Carty
Commissioner

 

 

NEWFOUNDLAND

St. John's, to wit.

In the matter of the
Estate of Edward Farrel
late of St. John's,
Carpenter, deceased.

          I John Byrne of St. John's, Newfoundland, Cooper, maketh oath and saith:
That I freely and voluntarily renounce the Executorship of the Will of Edward Farrel, late of St. John's, Carpenter, deceased.
That I have not in any way intermeddled with the said Estate or done any act in connection with the said Will or the said Estate.

Sworn before me at                                                                      John Byrne.
St. John's aforesaid this
28th day of May A.D. 1889.
Jos. P. Carty
Commissioner

 

 

In the matter of
the Estate of
Edward Farrel,
late of St. John's,
Carpenter, deceased.

Renunciation of
John Byrne as Executor.

Order granted.
J.P.C.

(Written to the right of the above:)
???          3.75
c               .50
p             1.00
pe?         1.50
aff            .75
copy       1.00
Reg        1.00
              9.50

 

 

Page Transcribed by Mary Rawlinson

Page Revised by Ivy F. Benoit (Monday October 22, 2018)

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