John Dibell/Dibble – Guardian of Eugene McIntyre
April 7, 1863
Berkshire SS at a Probate Court holden
at Lenox in and for said
Praying for license to sell certain real estate of his
ward, all persons interested having been duly notified, and no person objecting
thereto, and it appearing that it would be for the benefit of said wards that
their interest in the real estate described in said petition should be sold and
the proceeds thereof put out on interest, or invested in some productive stock;
It is therefore ordered that guardian be licensed to sell all of said ward
interest in said real estate for the purpose aforesaid, he giving the bond and
taking the oath by law required.
J. L. Robinson, Judge of Probate Court
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
That we, John
Dibble of Mount Washington in the county of Berkshire as principal and Samuel Slater, William Lindsley,
of said Mount Washington as sureties and all within the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts are holden and stand firmly bound and
obliged unto James L. Robinson, Esquire, Judge of the Probate Court in and for
the County of Berkshire in the full and just sum of two thousand dollars to be
paid to said Judge, executers, and administrators, jointly and severally, by
these presents. Sealed with the seals. Dated the Seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty three.
The condition of this obligation is such, that if the
above-bounden John Dibell,
Guardian of Eugene McIntyre, Minor,
who has been licensed by said Court to sell certain real estate of said ward
for investment shall sell the same in the manner prescribed for sales of real
estate by executors and administrators, and account for the dispose of the
proceeds in the manner provided by law,--then the obligation to be void,
otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Signed, sealed, and delivered, In the presence of, John Dibell,
Olive Slater and Samuel Slater,
Bradford Lindsley and William Lindsley
Berkshire SS April 7th 1863 Examined and
approved
J. L. Robinson, Judge of Probate Court
I, John Dibell do solemnly swear that in disposing of the real
estate of my ward Eugene McIntyre
which I have been licensed to sell, I will use my best judgment in fixing on
the time and place of sale, and will exert my utmost endeavor to dispose of the
same in such manner as will be most for the advantage of all persons interested
therein. So help me God.
John Dibell
Transcribed
and contributed by Warren R Cheever Aug 2007