Estate records
1. Thomas Davis
Mary Davis Maketh Oath and saith, that she
verily believes
that Thomas Davis late of
having a will; that she will exhibit or cause to be
exhibited into the Registry of the Surro-
gate Court for the Midland District on or before the Third
day of January
next ensuing, a just, true, and perfect inventory of all
and singular the goods, chattels and cre-
dits of the said
Thomas Davis, deceased; that she will pay all the
debts of the deceased, as far as the goods shall extend,
and the law shall bind her; that
she will well and truly administer according to law, and
further that she will make
or cause to be made, a true and just account of her
Administration of the personal estate
of the deceased, when she shall be lawfully called upon so to do.
Sworn before me this
third day of Augst 1821 Mary Davis
Alex Fisher
Surogate
Know all Men by these presents, that we
Mary Davis of
Deceased, Samuel Hinkley of the same place husband man?
And James Caniff
of the
Midland District are held and
firmly
bound unto his Excellency Li Porigrine
Maitland K.C.B. Lieutenant
Govenor of the
of Three hundred pounds current money of the said
Province, for which Sum well and
truly to be paid unto the said Sir Porigrine
Maitland his certain
Attorney, Heirs, Executors,
Administrators and successors in office, we bind ourselves jointly
and severally, each for himself and each for he whole,
and our and each of our Heirs, Execu-
tors and
Administrators firmly by these presents; Sealed with our Seals, and dated the
Third
Day of August in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and twenty one and in the second year of His Majesty’s
Reign.
The Condition of this
Obligation is such, that if the within bounden Mary Davis
administratrix of
all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of Thomas Davis
deceased, do make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect
inventory of al and singular the
goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased, which
have or shall come into the hands, posses-
sion or knowledge
of her the said Mary Davis
or into the hands and possession of any other person or
persons for her and the same so
made, do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into t he
registry of the
for the Midland District, on or before the Third day of
January next
ensuing, and the same goods, chattels, and credits, and all
other the goods, chattels and credits
of the said deceased, at the time of his death, which at
any time after shall come into the
hands or possession
of the said Mary Davis.
or into the hands and possession of any other person or
persons for her do well and
truly administer according to law, and further do make or
cause to be made, a true and just
account of her said Administration, at or before the third
day of February
and the rest and residue of the said goods, chattels and
credits, which shall be found remain-
ing upon the said
Administrators account, the same being first examined and allowed by the
judge of the court, for the time being, shall deliver and
pay unto such person or persons respect-
tively, as the said
judge by his decree or sentence, conformably to the provisions in a certain Act
of Parliament, entitled, “An act for the better settling
intestate estates”, and passed in the
twenty second and twenty-third year of the reign of
Charles11 and also in a certain Act passed
in the first year of King James 11 contained, shall
limit and appoint, and if it shall hereafter ap-
pear, that any last will or testament was made by the
deceased, and the executor or executors
therein named do exhibit the same unto the said Court, making
request to have it allowed and
approved accordingly, if the said Mary Davis
within bounden, being thereunto required, do render an
deliver the said Letters of Adminitra-
tion (approbation
of such testament being first had and made) in the said court then this oblige-
tion to be void and
of no effect, or else to remain in full force and virtue.
Witness Present
Mary Keys? (Kayo?)
Samuel Hinkley
James Canniff
Amount of Debts collected
Recd
from Tucker ₤9
Do
from Warden 6.15
Do
from Kellogs 1
Do
from Crawford 2.15
Do
from Knapp 2.2.8
Do
from Dr Hitchcock 1.10
Do
from
₤24.6.5
Continued
Duncan
Brown account ₤6.15.6
Frank?
Waller do 0.15.0
John
Smith do 0.10.1/2
Galutia
0.3.0
Carpeter
0.10.3
James
Horn 0.3.12
Samuel
Davis 0.4.9
John Estry 0.8.6
Benjamin
Covey 1.0.9
John
Hopson 0.18.0
Willard 0.6.9
William
Munro 0.12.0
Garrie
Pool 0.8.6
Badgeley 0.8.0
Crawford 1.4.0
Potter 0.9.2
Thomas
Hitchcock 3.7.3
Sylvester
Justin 0.3.0
Rangharu? 1,4,6
Mosley 0.17.6
Gilles 0.4.7
Tcovit? 0.3.9 Mary Davis
White 1.10.0
Larkins
& Allen 1.9.3
Cook
0.9.4
Thompson 0.9.6
James Bennett 0.12.6
John Brown 2.8.6
Jacob Staley 7.1.2
Philip Pember 0.13.0
David Anderson 3.13.7
William McLaughlin 3.14.0
McLarrin 2.3.6
Received
in debts
24.6.5 41.2.30
Continued
Nahum
Bates note ₤1.5.0
Henry
Harthaway 1.15.0
James
Ring 0.10.0
William
Irvan 2.8.5
Luther
Hoard 2.18.0
John
Knight 6.1.10
Thomas
Hitchcock 1.3.7
Francis
Johnson 0.5.0
Joseph
Singleton 0.8.9
Thomas
Philips
8.9
Abel
Franklin 25.0.0
Thomas
Hitchcock
0.14.9
Charles
McLean 2.0.0
David
Casevler note 2.10.0
Continued
with amounts
John
Lofts amount ₤1.8.3
Samuel
Gray, do 3.8.91/2
Booth 0.10.7
Lewis
Smith 0.18.3
Hunter 2.6.0
Wells 1.0.0
James
Wells 9.13.
2 This is done to the
best of
Nathan
Bates 8.14.5 my knowledge not being able
to
Thomas
Mosher 5.10.3 settle with all before this
Angel
Bennett 1.12.6
Thippey 0.17.1
Susannah
Davis 0.17.6
₤83.0.11 ˝
Inventory
of the goods and chattels of
Continued in money Notes & tiel?
Thomas Davis deceased prized by
Bush Peter Davis and Samuel Hinkley
Samuel Taylor note 15.0.0
according
to the best of their Judgement Artemus Wilder do 1.0.0
John Wilson do 1.15.0
One
large Boat ₤12.10.0 Joseph Rider do 1.10.0
Two
small boats 6.0.0 Hugh
McDonnell 1.5.0
One
other Boat 2.10.0 Eliziah Clarke do
1.3.7
Horses
sleighs and harness 32.0.0 Richard
Nevile
1.3.2
Horned
Cattle
47.15.0 Giles Hilleker
0.12.6
Sheep 5.18.9 Samuel
Stephens 0.9.8
Hogs 6.5.0 John Byon
0.15.0
Crops
on the ground 14.6.3 Albert H
Lockwood 1.15.0
One
Anchor 3.15.0 James
Smith 1.15.0
Liquor
on hand 27.14.6 John
Knapp 1.10.0
2
Stoves 15.0.0
Other
household furniture 34.18.0 Cyrres Miner 3.6.9
Guns
three in number 6.0.0 Matthew
Dice 0.12.6
Fish
Nets 51.5.0 Moses Hinman
0.14.3
Wool 6.0.0 Stephen
Smith 0.11.10
Farming
tools 7.0.0 Joshuay Grustin 0.4.4
All the above articles
₤279.7.6 Duncan Campbel
12.0.0
Carefully
examined By us this
James Laviba
0.18.0
This
twenty ninth day December 1821
William E Norman 1.5.0
1821
Fred Bush Watson
& Lyon 26.7.9
His
Allanson Watson 1.7.6
Peter x
Mark
Angel Bennet 1.15.0
Samuel Hinckley J J
Nixon 0.7.0
₤64.16.
Submitted by AM BENSON
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