Thomas Hughes
          1887

Estate of Thomas Hughes 1887
From LDS Microfilm #2057238

Supreme Court of Newfoundland.
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ST. JOHN'S, }
To Wit           }     I do swear that I   believe that William Thomas Hughes late of New Carlisle Province of Quebec in the Dominion of Canada Grocer-------------------- 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 thereof, 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    one hundred and sixty                    dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's, the fourth day of    }          John ? Hughes
November in the year of Our Lord One Thousand }
Eight Hundred and Eighty-seven                             }

Geo. I. Adams
Commission of Affidavits.

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1887

Estate of W^m Thomas Hughes
late of New Carlisle Province
of Quebec . Dom. Can
in the          District
Grocer          deceased

Dated 4^th November A.D.1887
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Admin ----- granted to
John R Hughes of
St Johns

Sureties
John ? Collier
John ? Kearney

Estate sworn under
$ 160⁰⁰/₁₀₀

Supreme Court of Newfoundland.
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Be it Remembered, That­ on this     Fourth          day of  November          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 One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty- seven     personally appeared    John R. Hughes of St. John's in the Central District of  Newfoundland Cabinet maker, John W . Collier of same place Painter and John I. Kearney of same place Licensed Publican-------------------- 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   Three hundred & twenty 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 John R.          Hughes          as Administrator          of the Estate and Effects of    William Thomas Hughes          late of New Carlisle. P.Q. Canada 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   him          the said    John R. Hughes as such Administrator          or to the hands or possession of any person, or persons, for   him          and the same so made do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, at or before the           Fourth          day of   May          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 him the said   John R Hughes          or to the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him          shall well and truly administer according to Law, and further shall make, or cause to be made, a just and true account of his said Administration, on or before the          Fourth          day of November which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-     Eight    and afterwards from time to time as    he    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 the obligation to be void and of no effect, or else to be and remain in full force and virtue.

John R Hughes (circle shaped stamp)

Signed and Sealed          }
          in presence of       }                    John W . Collier (circle shaped stamp)
Geo . I Adams                                     John J Kearney (circle shaped stamp)
Commr. SC.

--- Notice ---

After three days application will be made to the Honourable the Supreme Court or to one of the Honourable the Judges thereof for Letters of Administration of William Thomas Hughes formerly of Saint Johns Grocer to be granted to his father John Robert Hughes
---------           St Johns Oct 31. 1887
O.E                              D Morison
A.C.S.C.                      Proctor for Applicant

I certify that the notice on the other side hereof written was posted in my office on the day of the date thereof and has remained there until this day and that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto
          S^t John's January 31^st 1886.

St John Jun 4. 1887
Geo. I. Adams
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To the Honourable The Supreme Court of Newfoundland or one of the Honourable the Judges thereof

The Petition of John Robert Hughes of Saint John's Cabinet maker

Humbly Sheweth

          That William Thomas Hughes formerly of Saint Johns Grocer was drowned at (initials in left margin) JO ? ? New Carlisle in c???? ^Quebec on the twenty ninth day of July last. That said deceased died intestate and was unmarried and left him surviving your petitioner his father.
          That said deceased at the time of his death was possessed of property of the probable value of one hundred and fifty dollars
          That no Probate of any will nor Administration of the Estate of said deceased has been granted to any person
          Petitioner therefore prays that Administration of the Estate of said deceased may be granted to him
          And as in duty bound he will ever pray etc
          Dated at Saint Johns this first Day of November AD 1887

John R. Hughes

Supreme Court

Newfoundland }
St Johns to wit } John Robert Hughes of           Saint John's Cabinet maker the Petitioner named in the foregoing Petition maketh oath and saith that the several matters and things therein contained and set forth are correct and true

Sworn before me at }                                        John R Hughes
St Johns this 4^th      }
day of November     }
AD 1887                  }
          Geo . I. Adams
          Comm^r Sc

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Supreme Court

In the matter of the
Estate of William Thomas
Hughes formerly of
Saint Johns Grocer deceased

Petition for Admⁿ

Fiat
J.J. Little
A . J.

(bottom left corner) Morison