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1877

Estate of Thomas Wilkie

Late of St. John’s

In the Central District

Gun Smith deceased.

Dated April 3rd.

Vol 4

Folio 185

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To the Honorable the Supreme Court of Newfoundland or one of the Hon. Judges of the same.

The petition of Charlotte Wilkie of St. John’s Newfoundland widow Humbly sheweth That your petitioner’s late husband Thomas Wilkie (late of St. John’s gunsmith) departed this life on or  about the thirtieth day of March last intestate leaving him surviving his widow your petitioner and the following children Charlotte, Mary Anne, Jane and Charles. That at the time of his decease the said Thomas Wilkie was possessed of property in Newfoundland of the value according to your petitioner’s opinion and belief of not more than eight hundred dollars.

That

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That no letters of Administration of the said estate have been granted. Your petitioner therefore humbly prays that letters of Administration of her said late husband’s estate may be granted to her and as in duty bound will pray.

St. John’s Newfoundland

March 28, 1877

Charlotte Wilkie LS

Supreme Court )

Newfoundland )

St. John’s to wit ) Charlotte Wilkie of St. John’s aforesaid widow the petitioner named  in the above written petition maketh oath and saith that the several matters and things therein contained are just and, true

Sworn before me at )

St. John’s aforesaid this ) Charlotte Wilkie LS

28th day of March )

A.D. 1877 ?? Wood )

Commer Affts )

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Supreme Court of Newfoundland

ST. JOHN’S

TO WIT.

I do swear that I believe that Thomas Wilkie late of St. John’s aforesaid Gun Smith deceased, died with out 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 Eight Hundred and fifty dollars.

Charlotte Wilkie LS

Sworn before me at St. John’s,

the 3rd. day of

April in the year of

Our Lord One Thousand Eight

Hundred and Seventy seven.

?? Wood LS

Commissioner of Affidavits, Supreme Court

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Supreme Court of Newfoundland

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this third day of  April in the Thirty fortieth 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 Seventy Seven personally appeared Charlotte Wilkie Widow, George Udle, Painter and John Collier Painter all of St. John’s in the Central District and did acknowledge themselves to beheld and firmly bound to our said Lady  the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors, in the penal Sum of Seventeen 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

Charlotte Wilkie as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of  Thomas Wilkie late of St. John’s aforesaid Gun Smith  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 Charlotte Wilkie as such Adminstratrix 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 third day of October 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 Charlotte Wilkie 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 3rd day of  April which will be in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and  Seventy 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 Newfoundland, shall and do pay and dispose of in a 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 Charlotte Wilkie LS

in the presence of

George Udle LS

?? Wood