James Brown
          1895

Estate of James Brown 1895
From LDS Microfilm #2057393

AFFIDAVIT
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In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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NEWFOUNDLAND }
St. Johns   To Wit       } I George R. Brown of St. Johns Merchant, do swear that I believe that James Brown late of Harbor Grace in the Northern district of Newfoundland Master Mariner 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 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 of which he died possessed, 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 two hundred dollars.

So help me God

Sworn before me, at St. John's,                    George R. Brown
this day of A.D. 1895

Jos. P. Carty
Commissioner of Affidavits,
Supreme Court

(Year unreadable)

Estate of James Brown
late of Harbor Grace
in the Northern District
Master Mariner deceased

Admin cta, dbn granted to
George R. Brown of St. Johns
Merchant

Dated 1^st February 1895

Sureties John Green
Charles F. Stevenson

Estate sworn under $4, 200.00

Certificate

I hereby certify that the notice on the other side hereof written has been posted in my office from the date thereof to this date and that no caveat of other ob-jection has been entered thereto.
          St. Johns Jan 25^th . 1895

Alex'r J.W. McNeily
Comm'r SC

Notice

After three days application will be made to the Honourable the Supreme Court, or to one of the Honourable the Judges thereof, for Letters of Adminis-tration cum testamento annexo de bonis non of the estate of James Brown late of Harbor Grace Master Mariner deceased to be granted to George Robert Brown of St. Johns, Merchant son of said deceased.
          Dated at St. Johns this 21^st day of January A.D. 1895
Morison Morine & Gibbs
Solicitors for Applicant
(Initials in margin)
Alex McNeily??
Clerk

In the Supreme Court

In the matter of the Estate and Will of James Brown late of Harbor Grace Master Mariner, deceased

Harbor Grace
To Wit          I Ann Elizabeth Parsons of Harbor Grace married woman make oath and say as follows

1. I am a daughter of said James Brown deceased and a legatee under his will.
2. I am willing and hereby consent that Letters of Administration of the Estate of said James Brown deceased with his will annexed shall be granted to George Robert Brown of Saint Johns a Merchant Son of Said James Brown deceased

Sworn at Harbor Grace                    Anne Elizabeth Brown
this 28^th day of January
A.D. 1895
Before me

Andrew F. Drysdale
Commissioner of Supreme Court

In the Supreme Court

In the matter of the
Estate of James
Brown late of
Harbor Grace master
mariner deceased

Affidavit of
Elizabeth Brown

In the Supreme Court

In the matter of the
Estate of James Brown
late of Harbor Grace
master mariner deceased

Harbor Grace
To Wit          We Horatio John Watts of Harbor Grace Clerk in Customs Department and Willis Parsons of Harbor Grace Draper jointly and severally make oath as follows:

1. We were nominated Executors of the Will of Lavinia Brown late of Harbor Grace Widow deceased
2. The said Lavinia Brown was one of the Executors of the Will of said James Brown deceased.
3. The Will of said Lavinia Brown has not been proved
4. We have not intermeddled in any way with the Estate of said James Brown deceased and desire to renounce all claim to be appointed Executors of the Will of said James Brown deceased or to administration of his Estate

Sworn at Harbor Grace this                                    H. J. Watts
twenty-eighth day of January                                  Willis Brown
AD 1895 by the said H. J. Watts
and Willis Brown

Lefresne Anderson Drysdale?
Commissioner S.C.

In the Supreme Court

In the matter of the
Estate of James Brown
late of Harbor Grace
master mariner
deceased

Affidavit of H.J. Watts
and Willis Parsons

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

The Petition of George Robert Brown Saint Johns Merchant

Respectfully sheweth as follows :-

1. James Brown late of Harbor Grace master mariner father of Petitioner died there on the 20^th day of April A.D. 1879
2. Probate of the Will of said James Brown was duly granted to Hugh W? Trapnell and Lavinia Brown the Executors named in the said will on the 12^th day of May A.D. 1879.
3. The said Executors have since died and the only persons now interested? in the distribution of the Estate of said James Brown deceased ??? Petitioner and ??? sister Elizabeth Brown of Harbor Grace wife of Benjamin Parsons
4. The Estate of the said James Brown deceased still remaining to be administered as of the? probable value of four thousand dollars

          Petitioner therefore prays that administration with the Will annexed of the Estate of said James Brown which has yet been administered? may be granted to him.
          Dated at Saint Johns this 20^th day of January A.D. 1895

G. R. Brown

Supreme Court

Saint Johns
To Wit          I George Robert Brown of Saint Johns Merchant make oath and say as follows:

1. I am the petitioner referred to in the foregoing petition
2. The contents of said petition are correct and true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Sworn at Saint Johns
This 25^th day of January                              G.R. Brown
A.D. 1895
Before me

Geo. I. Adams
Comm'r SC

1895

In the Sup Court

In the matter of the
Estate of James Brown
late of Harbor Grace
Master Mariner dec'd

Petition of George R.
Brown

Fiat (upon proof of
death of H. W. ? Trapnell intestate)

Jany 30 / 95

J.S. Winters
J.

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this Thirty first day of January in the 58^th 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 ninety five personally appeared George R. Brown of St. Johns in the Central District Merchant, Charles F. Stevenson of Saint Johns Accountant and John Green of St. Johns Master Mariner and did acknowledge themselves to be held and firmly bound to our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors, in the penal Sum of Eight thousand four 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 George R. Brown as Administrator cum testamento annexo de bonis non of the Estate and Effects of James Brown late of Harbor Grace in the Northern District 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 George R. Brown 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 31^st day of July 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 Administrator, 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 31^st day of January which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and ninety six 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.
                                                                     G.R. Brown

Signed and sealed                                        Chas. F. Stevenson
in the presence of
                                                                     John Green
Jos. P. Carty
Comm'r SC