John Southcott
          1895

Estate of John Southcott 1895
From LDS Microfilm #2057393

To the Honorable the Supreme Court or one of their Lordships the Judges thereof :

          The Petition of Mary Southcott of Saint Johns in the Island of Newfoundland Spinster.

Humbly Sheweth as follows:

          That John Southcott late of Saint Johns aforesaid Builder? died at this place on the seventeenth day of May instant intestate and left him surviving as next of kin three daughters namely :- Your Petitioner, and Annie wife Frederic Powell, and Agnes Southcott all of Saint Johns aforesaid.
          That at the time of his decease the said John Southcott was possessed of property and estate within the Jurisdiction of Your Honorable Court of the probable value of Twenty four thousand dollars.
          That no application for Letters of Administration to the Estate and Effects of the said deceased have heretofore been made to your Honorable Court:
          Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays that Your Honorable Court or one of their Lordships the Judges thereof will be pleased to grant unto her Administration to the Estate and Effects of the said John Southcott deceased.
          And as in duty bound Your Petitioner will ever pray
          At Saint Johns Newfoundland this day          of May A.D. One thousand eight hundred and ninety five.
Mary Southcott

Newfoundland
Saint Johns to wit          I Mary Southcott of Saint Johns aforesaid, the Petitioner named in the foregoing petition, make oath and say that the several matters and things contained and set forth in the foregoing Petition are correct and true.
Sworn before me at St. Johns                              Mary Southcott
aforesaid this 30^th day
of May AD 1895

Jos. P. Carty
Comm'r

In the matter of
the Estate of John
Southcott late of
St. Johns aforesaid
Builder? deceased
intestate.

Fiat

J.J. Little
J.

Petition of Mary
Southcott one of the next
of kin praying for Admin
istration          Filed June 3/95
A J Winter?
Solr

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this 6^th day of June in the          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 Mary Southcott of St. Johns Spinster, James Southcott of St. Johns Contractor, Herbert Rendell of Saint Johns fisherman Annie Parnell of Saint Johns married woman Agnes Southcott also of Saint Johns Spinster 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 Fifty 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 Mary Southcott as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of John Southcott late of Saint Johns Contractor deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, possession, or knowledge of her the said Mary Southcott 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 6^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 her the said Mary Southcott 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 6^th day of June 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.

                                                                      Mary Southcott
Signed and sealed                                         James Southcott
in the presence of                                         H. Rendell
                                                                      A. M. Parnell
Jos. P. Carty                                               Agnes N. Southcott
Comm'r SC

AFFIDAVIT
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In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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NEWFOUNDLAND
Saint Johns  To Wit          I do swear that I believe that John Southcott late of Saint Johns in the Central District Contractor 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 Twenty five thousand dollars.

So help me God

Sworn before me, at St. John's,                          Mary Southcott
this 6^th day of June A.D. 1895

Jos. P. Carty
Commissioner of Affidavits
Supreme Court

1895

Estate of John Southcott
late of Saint Johns
in the Central District
Contractor deceased

Admin granted to
Mary Southcott of
St. Johns

Dated 6^th July 1895

Sureties James Southcott
Herbert Rendell
Annie Parnell
Agnes Southcott

Estate sworn under $25000.00