Richard Furlong
          1886

Estate of Richard Furlong 1886
From LDS microfilm #2057237

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Southern District }
Ferryland              }
To Wit                   } I do swear that I believe that Richard Furlong, late of Cape Broyle in the Southern District, Fisherman, 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 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 Two Hundred & Fifty dollars.

Sworn before me, at Cape Broyle, the                      her
Fourteenth day of May, in the year                Sarah X Aylward
of our Lord One Thousand Eight                              mark
Hundred and Eighty-six.

          John A. Rockford
Commissioner of Affidavits

1886

Estate of Richard Furlong
late of Cape Broyle
in the Southern District,
Fisherman, deceased.

Dated 25^th May

Admin granted to Sarah Aylward
of Cape Broyle, Widow.

Sureties
John Brien
George Grant

Est. sworn under $250.00

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered, That on this Fourteenth day of May in the Forty-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 Eighty-six personally appeared Sarah Elward of Cape Broyle in the Southern District, Widow, John Brien, Fisherman, Cape Broyles and George Grant, Fisherman, Cape Broyle, and did acknowledge themselves to be held and firmly bound to our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, in the penal Sum of Five Hundred Dollars, to be had, made and levied on their 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 Sarah Elward as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of Richard Furlong late of Cape Broyle aforesaid, Fisherman, 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 Sarah Elward 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          day of           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 Sarah Elward 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          day of          which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-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.

Signed and Sealed                     Sarah her X mark Elward (Seal)
in presence of                            John his X mark) Brien (Seal)
John A. Rockford                      George his X mark Grant (Seal)
Commissioner of Affidavits
Supreme Court

Certificate

I hereby certify that the notice written on the other side hereof was posted in my office from the day of the date hereof until this date and that no caveat or other objection has been filed or posted.

Geo. J. Adams
Asst. Clerk, Sup. Court

Notice

Three days after date hereof we will apply to the Honorable the Supreme Court for Letters of Administration to the Estate of Richard Furlong of Cape Broyle, Fisherman, to be granted to his daughter Sara Aylward.
          St. John's, November 3^rd A.D. 1884
(O.E.)                    McNeily & McNeily
                               Proctors for Petitioner

In the Supreme Court
Probate Side

To the Honorable Mr. Justice Little, presiding Justice of the Supreme Court on Circuit.

The Petition of Sarah Aylward

Humbly Sheweth

          That Petitioner's father, Richard Furlong of Cape Broyle, Fisherman, died intestate about ten years ago.
          That he left him surviving no children, except your Petitioner and no widow.
          That Intestate was possessed of a piece of land of the probable value of One Hundred Dollars.
          That no probate or administration has been granted or applied for.
          Petitioner prays administration and as in duty bound will ever pray.

Ferryland
To Wit
Sara Aylward, the within petitioner, maketh oath and saith that the contents of this petition are correct and true in every particle?.

Sworn before me at Ferryland          Sara her X mark Aylward
aforesaid  this ninth day of
October, A.D. 1884, first read
and explained.
Geo. J. Adams
Commissioner

Supreme Court

In the Estate of
Richard Furlong of
Cape Broyle,
Fisherman, deceased.

Petition &c of
Fiat for Admin
to Sarah Aylward
J. J. Little
A. J.
Jany 14/85