Probate of Benjamin Small Deceased
Intestate
Will is probated on April 26, 1869
Benjamin Small-Pet. &Dic for Admin.
To the honorable Judge of Probate for the Maine county of Washington: Almira Small, widow of the late Benjamin
Small, and Andrew Small and Jeremiah Small, the only surviving children,(so far as we know) of the late said Benjamin
Small of the Maine town of Pembroke in said county of Washington, respectfully represent that the said Benjamin
Small died intestate, being...and possessed of goods and chattel rights and claims in said county which ought to
be administered according to law. Therefore, we the said Almira, Andrew and Jeremiah Small pray that the letters
of administration of said estate may be granted to Thos. J. Sherman of Pembroke aforesaid. Pembroke, Apr 26,
1869. Almira Small, Jeremiah Small, Andrew Small.
At a court of Probate held at Machias within and for the said county in the twenty-seventh day of April AD 1869.
Upon the foregoing petition the facts therein appearing to be true, I do decree that administration of said estate
be granted to the said Thos. J. Sherman, he first giving bond in the sum of two thousand dollars. Jothram Lippincott,
Judge...recorded by Mason H. Wilder, Registrar