Spelling of surname PEARCEY appears on first 6 pages. Changes to PEARCY for last 5 pages.

William Pearcey
          1886

SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND
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Northern District
Heart's Content
To Wit}
I do swear that I believe that William Pearcey, late of Heart's Content aforesaid, Planter, 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 more than two hundred dollars.

Sworn before me, at Heart's Content, the twenty third day
of December in the year of Our Lord One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Eighty-six
having been first read over and explained.
Rich A. Penny
Commissioner of Affidavits
Supreme Court

1886

Estate of William Pearcey
late of Heart's Content
in the Northern District.
Planter, deceased.

Dated 31^st December 1886

Admin-----granted to
Emily Pearcey of
Heart's Delight, Spinster.

Sureties
Barzillai Budden
Robert Pearcy

Estate sworn under $200.00

SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND
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Be it Remembered, That on this Twenty Third day of December in the Fiftieth 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 Emily Pearcey of Heart's Content in the Northern District of Newfoundland, Single Woman and Robert Pearcey of the same place, Planter, and Barzillai Budden of the same place, Planter, 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 Emily Pearcey          as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of William Pearcey late of Heart's Content aforesaid, Planter,          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 Emily Pearcey 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 twenty third 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 Emily Pearcey 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 twenty third day of December which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-Seven          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 in                    Emily her X mark Pearcey
presence of Richd  A. Penny      Barzillai Budden
Commissioner of Affidavits        Robert his X mark Pearcey
having been first read and
explained.

NEWFOUNDLAND
Northern District
Heart's Content
To Wit          }Albert Pearcey of Heart's Content maketh oath and saith that he was present and did see Dianah (sic) Pearcey, daughter of the late William Pearcey, sign the annexed deposition after being first read over and explained.
Albert Pearcey
Sworn before me at Heart's Content
this the Fourteenth day of December
at 4 P M 1886.

Richd  A. Penny
Commissioner of Affidavits
Supreme Court

In the matter of the Estate of the
late William Pearcy of Heart's
Content, Planter, deceased.

          I, Diana Pearcy, daughter of the said William Pearcey do hereby consent to my sister Emily Pearcy obtaining Letters of Administration to said estate and being appointed Administratrix there of.
Dated at Heart's Content Trinity the 11^th day of December AD 1886

Witness: Albert Pearcy               Diana her X mark Pearcy
Having been first read and explained.

NOTICE

Three days after date 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 Pearcy, late of Heart's Content in the Northern District, Planter, deceased, to be granted to Emily Pearcy of Heart's Content, Single woman, daughter of said William Pearcy.
(Initials in left margin - O.E.)
Dated at St. John's this 20^th day of November 1886
J. A. Clift
Proctor

CERTIFICATE

          I hereby certify that the notice on the other side hereof written has been posted up in my office from the date thereof to the present and that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto.

          Dated at St. John's this 25^th day of November 1886.
Otto Emerson
A.C.,S.C.

To The Honorable the Supreme Court
or one of the Assistant Judges thereof

The petition of Emily Pearcy of Heart's Content in the Northern District of the Island of Newfoundland, Single Woman

Humbly Shewith

That William Pearcy late of Heart's Content aforesaid, Planter, deceased, died at that place about sixteen years ago, without having left any will, and intestate. That he left him surviving three daughters, namely your petitioner the said Emily Pearcy, the eldest and Diana Pearcy and Fanny Pearcy who is dead. That the said William Pearcy left real and personal property at Heart's Content aforesaid and monies in the Savings Bank to the probable value of two hundred dollars. That your Petitioner therefore humbly prays that Your Honorable Court will grant unto her as such eldest daughter and over the age of twenty one, administration to the Estate of the said William Pearcy. And as in duty bound, Your Petitioner will ever pray. &c.

Having been first read and explained.
Henry H. Clift
S.C.

NEWFOUNDLAND
In the Supreme Court

Northern District
Harbor Grace to wit

In the matter of the petition of
Emily Pearcy of Heart's Content,
Single Woman, for administration
to estate of late William Pearcy, late of
Harbor Grace Heart's Content,
Planter, deceased

          Emily Pearcy of Heart's Content in the Northern District of Newfoundland aforesaid, Single Woman, the petitioner named with annexed petition, maketh oath and saith that the matter set forth in the said petition are just and true according to deponents best knowledge, recollection and belief.

Sworn at Harbor Grace aforesaid       Emily her X mark Pearcy
this Eighteenth day of November
AD 1886.
Having been first read and explained.
H. W. Trapnell
Commissioner, Sup. Court

In the Supreme Court

In the Estate of Wm Pearcy
of Heart's Content
Planter, deceased.

Petition for
Administration

Fiat
J. J. Little
C. J.
Dec. 18/86

Filed Dec 18/86