James Gregory
          1887

Estate of James Gregory 1887
From LDS Microfilm #2057238

Supreme Court of Newfoundland.
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ST. JOHN'S,   }
To Wit             } I   do swear that I believe James Gregory    late of Caplin Bay in the Southern District of the Island of Newfoundland Miner          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 the value of    Eight hundred -------------------- dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's, the 12^th day of    }
September in the year of our Lord One Thousand}          Ellen^herX_markGregory
Eight Hundred and Eighty- seven , having been  }
first read over and explained.
                    Otto Emerson
                    Commissioner of Affidavits.

(trifold page)

1887

Estate of James Gregory
late of Caplin Bay
in the Southern District
Miner deceased

Dated September 12/87

Admin---- granted to Ellen
Gregory of Caplin Bay
aforesaid Widow

Sureties   James Brien
and ??it Brownrigg

Estate sworn under
$ 800⁰⁰/₁₀₀

Certificate.

I hereby certify that the notice on the other side hereof written has been duly posted in my office from the day of the date thereof to this date and that no caveat or other objection thereto has been filed or entered
          Dated at S Johns this 10^th day of September AD 1887 }

Otto Emerson
A.C.^sc.

Notice

After three days from the date hereof Application will be made to the Honorable the Supreme Court or to one of the honorable the judges thereof for Letters of Administration Cum testamento Annexo of the Estate and effects of James Gregory ^late of Caplin Bay deceased to be granted to Ellen Gregory of Caplin Bay aforesaid wife of said deceased

Dated at St. Johns's          }                                        F J Morris
this 7^th day of September}                                        Proctor
A D 1887 -------------                                                  for Ellen Gregory
P.E.
A.C.^sc
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To the Honorable the Supreme
Court or to one of the Honorable
the Judges thereof

          The Petition of Ellen Gregory of Caplin Bay in the Southern District in the Island of Newfoundland Widow

Humbly Sheweth as follows

          That James Gregory of Caplin Bay in the Island of Newfoundland aforesaid Miner died at S^t John's in the Island aforesaid on or about the fourteenth day of August Anno Domini One Thousand Eight hundred and Eighty Seven intestate

          That he left him Surviving his wife Ellen Gregory Your petitioner. And three Sisters married respectively Margaret Greene Mary Boland and Monica Shallow and one brother Peter Gregory

          That at the time of his death the said James Gregory was possessed of property within the jurisdiction of the Honorable Court of the probable value of Eight hundred dollars

          That neither Probate to any will nor letters of Administration has as yet been granted to any person

(unidentifiable markings in left margin)          Petitioner therefore prays that letters of Administration may be granted

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granted to her and as in duty bound will ever pray   --      -     -
   Dated at S Johns this 10^th day of September A D 1887

Ellen^herX_markGregory

                    Supreme Court
Newfoundland }
S Johns SS       }
          Ellen Gregory of Caplin Bay aforesaid the petitioner named in the foregoing petition maketh oath and saith that the several matters and things therein contained are correct and true to the best of this deponents knowledge and belief

Ellen^herX_markGregory

Sworn before me at
S^t John's this 10^th day of }
September A D1887         }
having been first read over }
and explained
          Otto Emerson
          Comm^r

(trifold page)

Petition of Ellen
Gregory of Caplin Bay
praying that letters of
administration to the
Estate of James Gregory
May be granted
to her
Fiat J.J.Little
 A.J.

Supreme Court of Newfoundland.
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Be it Remembered, That on this          12^th          day of September          in the Forty          51^st          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 OneThousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-seven   personally appeared Ellen Gregory of           Caplin Bay in the Southern District of Newfoundland Widow, James Brien of St Johns Fisherman, and Garret Brown?? of ST John's Fisherman 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 One thousand six 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 Ellen Gregory          as Administratrix---- of the Estate and Effects of James Gregory          late of Caplin Bay aforesaid Miner 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 Ellen Gregory-------------------- 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 theSupreme Court of Newfoundland, at or before the          12^th           day of    March          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 to the hands or possession of her   the said Ellen Gregory --------------------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          12  ^th           day of    September           which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty- eight          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 Newfoundlandland, shall and do pay and dispose of in due course of Administration, or in such a mannner 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          }                    Ellen^herX_markGregory (circle stamp at right margin)
in presence of                 }                    James^hisX_markBrien (circle stamp at right margin)
having been first
read over and explained                       Garrett Brownrigg (circle stamp at right margin)
to the said Ellen Gregory
and said James Brien

          Otto Emerson
          Commr