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Wallace Hale's Early New Brunswick Probate, 1785-1835

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Reference9244
Family NameSOWER
Given NamesChristopher
Was there a Will? No
Was an inventory completed? Yes
Date of inventory1799-08-19
Date administration granted1799-08-09
CountySaint John
ParishCity of Saint John
Probate is for a woman? No
Abstract references a vessel? No
Abstract City of Saint John, St. John County, Esquire. Intestate. Administration granted 9 August 1799 to the widow Hannah SOWER (also referred to as "Elenah") and Thomas WETMORE Esq. Fellow bondsmen William DONALDSON and Hugh JOHNSTON, merchants, all of Saint John. Inventory, dated 19 August 1799, valued at £126 by Thomas LAWTON, John RYAN and William SIMONDS included a "Printing Press and Materials," £70, a mahogany desk, £2, a "Still and worm," £3. Account of administration by Thomas WETMORE lists a payment on 20 May 1801, to Capt. DISBROW, £6 "for Passage of Mrs. SOWER and Family to New York."
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