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Miscellaneous Deeds, Grants, Petitions & Wills
(S)
William Sinnott

 

William Smart
          1895

Estate of William Smart 1895
From LDS Microfilm #2057393

 

AFFIDAVIT
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In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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NEWFOUNDLAND
St. John's   To Wit          I Margaret Smart of St. Johns in the Central District do swear that I believe that William Smart late of St. Johns aforesaid 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 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 Five hundred and fifty dollars.

So help me God

Sworn before me, at St. John's,                                    her
this 28th day of October A.D. 1895            Margaret X Smart
(having first been read over and                                   mark
explained)
Geo. I. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits
Supreme Court

 

 

1895

Estate of William Smart
late of St. Johns
in the Central District
Master Mariner deceased

Admin granted to
Margaret Smart of St. Johns

Dated 28th Oct'r 1895

Sureties Alex'r A. Parsons
Charles R. Pool

Estate sworn under $550.00

 

 

Notice

After three days from the date hereof application will be made to the Honorable the Supreme Court of Newfoundland or to one of the Honorable the Judges thereof for Letters of Administration to the Estate of William Smart late of Saint Johns in the Central Dis-trict Master Mariner deceased to be granted to Margaret Smart widow of said deceased.
          Dated at Saint Johns this 10th day of August A.D. 1895
J.J. Pet???
Solicitor for ???
Margaret Smart
(Initials in margin)
???
ACF?

 

Certificate

I hereby certify that the notice on the other side hereof contained, has been duly posted in the office of the Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court of St. John's, from the day of the date thereof until this date, and that no caveat or other objection thereto has been filed or entered.
Dated at the Court House Saint Johns August 16th 1895

Alex'r J.W. McNeily
AFSC

 

 

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

The Petition of Margaret Smart of Saint Johns Widow

Humbly Sheweth

That William Smart late of Saint Johns aforesaid Master Mariner deceased died at said place on the 9th day of September A.D. 1894 intestate, and left him surviving as next of kin his Widow your petitioner four children namely John, Michael, Margaret and Mary one grandchild namely Margaret Waddleton ? a minor residing in Canada.
That said deceased at the time of his death was possessed of property within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court of the probable value of Five hundred dollars.
That no probate of any Will nor Administration to the Estate of said deceased has hitherto been applied for by, or granted to any person.
Your petitioner therefore prays that Letters of Administration to the Estate of said deceased may be granted to her.
And as in duty bound she will ever pray &c
Dated the 14th day of August A.D. 1895

her
Margaret X Smart
mark

(Illegible signature)
Solicitor

 

 

In the Supreme Court
of Newfoundland

In the matter of the
Intestate Estate of
William Smart late
of Saint Johns Master
Mariner deceased

Central District
Saint Johns S.S.          I Margaret Smart of St. Johns aforesaid, Widow, the petitioner named in the petition on the other side hereof written make oath and say that the several matters and things in the said petition contained and set forth are correct and true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Sworn before me
at Saint Johns this                                                          her
14th day of August                                        Margaret X Smart
A.D. 1895                                                                      mark
Having been first read
over and explained.
Jos. P. Carty
Commis

Resworn before me at Saint John's
this 5th day of November A.D. 1895
having been first read over &
explained
Jos. P. Carty
Commis

 

 

In the Supreme Court
of Newfoundland

In the matter of the
intestate Estate
of William Smart late
of Saint Johns Master
Mariner Deceased

Petition of Widow
for Administration

Fiat
Aug ?/95
J.S. Winters
J.

(Something is written sideways
on the left side of the above
but it's too faint
to read & transcribe
)

 

 

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
----------------

Be it Remembered That on this 28th day of October in the 59th 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 Margaret Smart of St John's in the Central District Widow, Charles R. Pool of St. Johns Licensed Publican and Samuel Ryall of St. Johns aforesaid, Draper 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 Eleven 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 Margaret Smart as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of William Smart late of St. Johns aforesaid, 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 her the said Margaret Smart 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 28th day of April 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 her the said Administratrix 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 28th day of October 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.

her
Margaret X Smart
mark

Signed and sealed
in the presence of                                                Chas. R. Pool
Jos. P. Carty                                                       Samuel L? Ryall
Commissioner of Affidavits
Supreme Court

 

 

Page Transcribed by Gordon Bennett

Page Revised by Ivy F. Benoit (Monday May 28, 2018)

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