New Castle County DE Archives Court.....Dickey, John July 1772 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/de/ ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joseph H. Howard jhhoward@comcast.net May 12, 2007, 2:28 pm Source: Register Of Wills, Probate (microfilm Rg2545, Reel 113) Written: July 1772 Recorded: January 19, 1789 John Dickey (1712-1772) Account July 1772-January 19, 1789 New Castle, DE Register of Wills, Probate (Microfilm RG2545, Reel 113) James Adams & Caleb Sheward, Exrs of the last Will & Testament of Jno Dickey, late of the Borough of Wilmington, decd 1772, July 9 To Cash in Trunk ₤20/5/- To Goods sold to Elizabeth & Wm Dickey 7/13/8 1772, August 22 To Cash from Jas Adams (Amount of his bond) pub into the Trunk – see Caleb Sheward’s Receipt on bond 10/3/- 23 To cash, from Henry Gun -/2/0 1733, Jan. 2 To Do from Christopher Spyrs(?) -/12/- To Do from Rob. Brown, Rent of a Room, etc 4/6/7 March 1 To half a year’s Rent for the House, due opposite Date 7/-/- To Cash (Amount of Bonds from the Revd Wm Foster 250/-/- 1774, Jan 4 To Do (John Jacobs’s Note principal & interest, when discharged) 10/16/? To Do (Principal and Interest, Jno Hawkins’s Note when pad 16/8/- To Do from Jas. Jones (two Year’s Rent of Stable 4/-/- To Do for Rent of the House 4/-/- 1775, Nov 18 To Do (Matw Crawford’s Note 3/-/- To Do (Jno Smith’s Note) [hole] To Do (George Cowpland note) [hole] To a Note of Thos Wilson, (insolvent) 1/3/? To Amount of a Bond of the Administrators of Caleb Sheward to replace a Bond of his, by some means lost (Outstanding) 30/19/6 To Amount of Wm Foster’s Bond (Outstanding) 8/1/6 421(?)/?/? To Sundry insolvent Debts, as markd (+) in Inventory 2/18/[hole] 418/0/7 Note, Of the above total Sum, ₤31.5.7, Continental Currency, was in the hands of Jas Adams which agreeable to the Directions of Jno Dickey’s Will, was to be distributed [blot] Sons therein notify’d after all the Legacies wee paid; but as all intitled to Shares of the Surplus did not apply, this Sum was disposed of in the Month of December, 1780, when its Value, in Specie, was ₤-/9/- As it is uncertain whether the Subscriber, surviving Executor of Jno Dickey, will appear at the ensuing Orphans Court to have the above stated Account settled, therefore, do hereby signify, to the best of my Knowledge, it is a just true Statement. Witness my Hand this 27th day Sept. 1787. Jas Adams Newcastle County Personnally came before me the above named James Adams and Made Oath that the Above Is a true Statement of the Account Relating to ye Estate of John Dickey as well on the amt of depreciation of the Money and the time of its being disposed of as above noted. January 19th 1789 Jas Adams Before Jno Lea(?) Amt of the Debit brought down ₤410/0/7 Balance due to James Adams the surviving Executor 4/11/6 ₤414/12/1 Allowed by the Court, July 21 1789 ? Latimer The said Exrs made allowance of the following Disbursements, etc. 1772 July 24 To Cash pd (office Fees) for Letters Testamentary 1/7/3 By Do for Evidences attending at New Castle & Appraisment 1/11/5 By ye Do pd for diging the Grave and intering, etc -/10/0 Aug 20 1 By Do pd David Neilson and pr Receipt 13/3/10 Aug 20 2 By Do pd Alexr Neilson 2/19/11½ Sepr 1 3 By Do pd Wade & Hemphill 1/18/7 Aug 22 4 By Do pd John Huggins 4/-/- Aug 22 5 By Do pd John Ervin 3/-/- Aug 22 6 By Do pd David Bush Esqr 2/17/10 7 By Do pd Jonathan Rumford -/14/4½ 8 By Do pd Jane Morrison -/4/- 9 By Do pd Elizabeth Yarnall -/4/- 10 By Do pd Jas Adams -/4/9 11 By Do pd Wm & Elizath Dickey, (Goods at Appraisment) 7/13/6 12 By Do pd Caleb Sheward 1/-/9 13 By Do pd Zac. Ferris -/7/6 By Do pd for publishing ? -/2/- By Do pd a woman for washing, etc -/5/- By Do pd an Attorney for Advice respecting a contract by Jno Dickey & Wife 1/2/6 By Do pd for advertist Debrs & Crs in Pennsylavnia Gazette -/5/- Octr 5 14 By Do pd Caleb Way -/10/9 Feb 6 15 By Do pd John Armstrong, Colr a Tax -/10/- 16 By Do pd Goldsmith Falwell, for Do -/1/10 1773, ? 28 17 By Do pd Robt Eccles for one year’s Rent 10/-/- May 20 18 By Do pd Jas Dickey, part of his Legacy 23/10/- May 14 19 By Do pd Margaret Cowpland, in full of her legacy 40/-/- July 2 20 By Do pd Andw Sheilds 3/6/6 By Co pd Elizh Dickey for a Brass Kettle mentioned in the Will of the Testator 1/3/- By Do pd for breaking ground in graveyard -/0/ 1774, July 13 21 By Do pd Robart Ecoles for one year’s rent 10/-/- Aug 24 22 By Do pd Jas Dickey, part of his legacy 43/10/- 1775 May 13 23 By Do Pd Do another part of his legacy 13/-/- Nov 18 24 By a Deficiency on three Sums recovered by Assistance of Warr Miller Esqr as per copy of his docket 2/9/- 1777 May 8 25 By Cash pd Thos Dickey, a Legacy as pr Will; also, the legacy left Martha, alias Ester Dickey 130/-/- May 13 26 By Do pd Wm Dickey being part of the Surplus after the legacies were paid, agreeable to the Will 8/1/6 May 27 27 By Do pd Mary McCumsey, part of the Surplus aforesaid, 8/-/- 1786, Mar 30 By a Deficiency of Insolvent Debtors, as noted in Inventory 3/16/9 By Cash pd for a copy of Jno Dickey’s Will; first being lost -/5/5 By a Deficiency in the Depreciation of the Continental Currency which lay in the hands of one of the Exrs to be distributed, agreeable to the Will, among the persons notif’d therein when all the Legacies were paid off, Noted on the Debtor side of this statement 30/16/7 ₤372/8/7 By Cash to Jno Byard Esq for Assistance in settling this rec. 1/2/6 28 By pd Willliam Dickey a dividend in full as supposed by contract by John Dickey and Wife 7/15/1 By pd Mary McCumpsey pr her son Allexr McCumpsey 11/13/4 For a copy of the inventory -/4/2 To pd James Gibbons for stating an account 15/ -/15/0 ₤319/18/8 Commission on ₤393/18/8 a 5 pct 19/13/11 Court Charges for settling this and & for a copy ? -/19/6 ₤141/12/1 Additional Comments: Account File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/de/newcastle/court/dickey14gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/defiles/ File size: 6.7 Kb