Edward S. Pike
          1895

Estate of Edward S. Pike 1895
From LDS Microfilm #2057393

AFFIDAVIT
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In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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NEWFOUNDLAND
Carbonear   To Wit          I do swear that I believe that Edward Spencer Pike late of Carbonear, Merchant, 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 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.

So help me God

Sworn before me, at Carbonear,                            Juliana Penney
this twenty third day of
December A.D. 1895

Joseph McCarthy?
Commissioner of Affidavits
Supreme Court

1895

Estate of Edward S. Pike
late of Carbonear
in the Northern District
Merchant deceased

Admin granted to Juliana Penney
of Carbonear

Dated 27^th December 1895

Sureties Alfred Penney
Andrew Black

Estate sworn under $3000.00

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this twenty-third day of December in the fifty-ninth 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 Juliana Penney, Andrew Black, and Alfred Penney all of Carbonear 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 Six thousand 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 Juliana Penney as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of Edward Spencer Pike late of Carbonear Merchant 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 Juliana Penney 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 23^rd day of June 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 her the said Juliana Penney 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 23^rd day of December which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and ninety six 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.

                                                                      Juliana Penney
Signed and sealed
in the presence of                                         Andrew Black

Joseph McCarthy?                                    Alfred Penney
Commissioner Affdts
Supreme Court

I certify that the notice on the other side hereof written was posted in my office on the day of the date thereof and has remained there until this day and that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto
December 27. 1895
Alex'r J.W. McNeily
Comm'r Affdts

After three days application will be made to the Honorable the Supreme Court or to one of the Honorable the Judges thereof for Letters of Administration of the estate of Edward Spencer Pike late of Carbonear Merchant deceased to be granted to Juliana Penney.
          St. Johns December 20^th 1895
Morison Morine Gibbs
Solicitors for Juliana Penney
J.C.P.

A

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

The Petition of Juliana Penny of Carbonear Married woman

Respectfully Sheweth as follows

1. Edward Spencer Pike of Carbonear merchant died there on the 14^th day of December instant intestate leaving him surviving his widow Mary Pike and four children namely (1) Mark S. Pike (2) Your Petitioner (3) Emma P Gould and (4) Kate Parsons all residing at Carbonear
2. The said Edward Spencer Pike at the time of his death was possessed of property of the probable value of $3000.00
3. The said Mary Pike is old and bedridden and unable to attend to business and has given her consent that letters of administration of the estate of said deceased shall be granted to Petitioner. The said Mark S. Pike and Emma P. Gould have also consented to letters of administration being granted as above.

          Petitioner therefore prays that letters of administration of the estate of said Edward Spencer Pike deceased may be granted to her.
          Dated at Carbonear this 20^th day of December AD 1895.
Juliana Penney

B

Newfoundland
Carbonear to wit          I Juliana Penney of Carbonear the Petitioner named in the foregoing petition make oath and say that the several matters and things therein contained and set forth are correct and true.

Sworn at Carbonear                                        Juliana Penney
this twenty third day of
December A.D. 1895
Before me

Joseph McCarthy
Commissioner of Affdts

Supreme Court

In the matter of the
Estate of Edward
Spencer Pike late of
Carbonear Merchant
deceased

Petition for
administration

Fiat

J.J. Little
J.

          In the matter of the estate of Edward Spencer Pike of Carbonear, deceased, we the undersigned children of the late Edward Spencer Pike with the full knowledge and consent of our mother Mary Pike, widow of the said Edward Spencer Pike, petition the Judges of the Supreme Court that Juliana Penney eldest daughter of the said Edward Spencer Pike be appointed the sole administratrix of his estate.

Mark S. Pike
Juliana Penney
Emma P. Gould

Witness to the
above signatures
Jacob ? Robinson

In the Supreme Court

St. Johns
To wit          I John Alexander Robinson of Saint Johns, Exetor [sic] make oath and say that I was present and did see Mark S. Pike, Juliana Penney and Emma P. Gould the ??? whose signatures aff??? to the foregoing memorandum of consent duly sign the same.
J. Alex'r Robinson
Sworn at St. Johns this
29^th day of December
AD 1895 before me
Alex'r J.W. McNeily
Commissioner SC