Hector Curtis
          1900

Estate of Hector Curtis 1900
From LDS Microfilm #2057448

AFFIDAVIT
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In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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NEWFOUNDLAND
Harbor Grace To Wit          } We John D. Martin of Harbor Grace aforesaid Boot and Shoe manufacturer and John Tapp of the same place do swear that we believe this to be the true Last Will and Testament of Hector Curtis late of Harbor Grace aforesaid Master Mariner deceased and we do further swear that we will pay all the Debts and Legacies of the said deceased so far as his Goods shall extend, and the law shall bind us, and that we will exhibit a full, true 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 we shall be lawfully called thereto. And we do further swear that the whole of the Goods, Rights, Chattels, Assets, Credits and Effects of the said Hector Curtis deceased, and of which he died possessed, do not, according to the best of our knowledge, judgment and belief, amount to the value of Three thousand dollars

So help us God

Sworn at Harbor Grace
this14^th day of February                                                            John D. Martin
A.D. 1900                                                                                  John Tapp

Before me
By the ??? or John D. Martin
??? and John Tapp

Andrew T. Drysdale
Commissioner of Affidavits, Supreme Court

1900

Estate of Hector Curtis
late of Harbor Grace
in the Northern District
Master Mariner deceased

Probate granted to John D. Martin
and John Tapp of Harbor Grace the
Executors named in the Will

Dated 28^th February 1900

Estate sworn under $ 3000.00

The Hon'r Jos. J. Little Chief Justice
Geo. H. Emerson Judge
Donald Morison Judge

D. M. Browning
Actg. Chief Clerk and Registrar

Notice

Three days from this date hereof application will be made to the Honourable the Supreme Court or to one of the Honourable the Judges thereof for Letters of Probate of this last Will and Testament of Hector Curtis late of Harbor Grace Master Mariner deceased to be granted to John Tapp of the same place Blacksmith the Executors in said Will named :-
          St. Johns, January 30^th AD 1900

Hutchings & Blackwood
Solicitors for applicant

Certificate

I hereby certify that the notice on the other side hereof written has been posted in the office of the Chief Clerk and Registrar of the Honorable the Supreme Court from the day of the date thereof to this day and that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto.
          St. Johns, Feby 17^th A.D. 1900

W. F. Farrell
A.C.S.C.

A

In the name of God amen

          That I Hector Curtis Master Mariner of Harbor Grace in the Island of Newfoundland, being in good bodily health and of sound and of a disposing mind and memory calling to mind the frailty and uncertainty of human life and being desirous of settling my worldly affairs and directing how the estate with which it has pleased God to endow me with, shall be disposed of after my decease, while I have strength and capacity so to do, make and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and making null and void all other wills if any and to my worldly estate and property, real and personal, I devise bequeath and dispose in the following manner, to wit:
          I give devise and bequeath to my beloved wife, Matilda Curtis, all my land and dwelling house and furniture situated on East side of Wood Street in Harbor Grace in said Island of Newfoundland and all my money if any at my death and land bounded on the East by the late Robert Andrews land, North by my brother James H. Curtis' land, measuring

North and South of Wood Street
?6 feet 6 in

64 feet 9 in

North and South of Andrews

Note at left end of drawing: "East and West of Wm. Ford land, 81 feet"

Note at right end of drawing: "East and West of my Brothers, 81 feet"

and half the garden on the hill bounded on the West by Mrs Moors land on the East by late Henry Snows; on the North by Kitchens land

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on the South by the road leading to Lady? Lake on the Island of Newfoundland I do nominate and appoint John D. Martin of St. Johns and my friend John Tapp of Harbor Grace to be executors of my will and testament in testimony where of I said Hector Curtis have to this my will and (rest of line illegible)
two or one sheet of paper to every sheet thereof subscribed my name and affixed my seal this day in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninty [sic] seven.

Hector Curtis

Signed. Sealed. published and declared by
said Hector Curtis as and for his last will
and testament in presence of us who in
his presence and in the presence of each
other and at his request have hereunto
subscribed our names as witnesses.

John D. Martin
John Tapp

Harbor Grace
December
1^st 1899

Last Will
and Testament

Hector Curtis

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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NEWFOUNDLAND
Harbor Grace To Wit          }
I John D. Martin of Harbor Grace Boot and Shoe Manufacturer make oath and say that on the first day of December A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and ninety seven I was present and did see Hector Curtis late of Harbor Grace, Master Mariner the Testator named in the paper writing hereunto annexed marked A, duly sign publish and declare the said annexed paper writing as and for his last Will and Testament, in my presence and in the presence of John Tapp of Harbor Grace aforesaid Blacksmith the other subscribing witness thereto. That I and said John Tapp then and there signed our names to such Will as such witnesses, in the presence of the said Testator and of each other. And 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 my knowledge and belief.

Sworn at Harbor Grace                                                            John D. Martin
this 14^th day of February                                                          John Tapp
A.D. 1900
Before me
by the said John D. Martin and the
said John Tapp.

Andrew T. Drysdale
Commissioner of Affidavits, Supreme Court

TO  THE  HONOURABLE  THE  SUPREME  COURT  OR  TO  ONE  OF  THE  HONOURABLE  THE  JUDGES  THEREOF

The Petition of John D. Martin of Harbor Grace, in the Island of Newfoundland, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer.

Humbly Sheweth

That Hector Curtis, late of Harbor Grace, aforesaid, Master Mariner, died at that place on or about the 24^th day of January 1900, having first made and executed as and for his last Will and Testament the paper writing hereto annexed marked "A", and naming as his executors therein your Petitioner and John Tapp, also of Harbor Grace aforesaid, Blacksmith.

The said Will was duly proved upon the affidavit of the said John D. Martin, one of the subscribing witnesses thereto, and is hereto annexed marked "B".

The value of the Estate of the said Hector Curtis does not exceed in value the sum of Three thousand dollars

No Probate of any Will or Administration of the Estate of the said Hector Curtis has been at any time granted by your Honourable Court to any person.

Your petitioner therefore prays that your Honourable Court or one of the Honourable the Judges thereof will be pleased to grant to him and the said John Tapp, letters of Probate of the said last Will and Testament of the said Hector Curtis.

And as in duty bound your Petitioner will ever pray.

Harbor Grace (illegible) 1900

John D. Martin

Newfoundland
Harbor Grace
to wit          I John D. Martin of Harbor Grace aforesaid Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, make oath and say as follows:

1. I am the Petitioner named in the foregoing petition
2. The contents thereof are correct and true.

Sworn before me                                                            John D. Martin
at Harbor Grace aforesaid
14^th day of February
A.D. 1900
Andrew F. Drysdale
Commissioner Supreme Court

In the Supreme Court

In the matter of the
petition of John D.
Martin of Harbor Grace
Boot & Shoe Manufacturer
praying that Letters of
Probate of the last Will
and Testament of Hector
Curtis late of the same
place, Master Mariner
deceased be granted to
the said John D. Martin
and John Tapp the Exors
in said Will named.

Petition &c

Fiat Feby 16, 1900

D. Morison
J

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