A Genealogy Hunt

Part 635s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Trying To Discover the Genealogy of Benjamin D’Harriette Smith

2012-01-29T13:28:00.000-05:00

Good Day,

In the process of my research and search for the origins of my ggg-grandfather James Smith in Grenada, in and around the years 1750 through 1850, or thereabouts, I have come across a number of Smith individuals. And as Smith just happens to be the most common surname in the English language, this search is quite a task.

The past numbers of Indentures from the Grenada Registers of Records, from the early 1800s have been particular to one Benjamin D’Harriette Smith. Is there a familial connection to ggg-grandfather James? I don’t know…nor have I come up or stumbled upon any hint or clue that may provide some insight.

I decided to see if I could construct, that is, actually begin the assembly of a D'Harriette / Smith Descendant/Ancestry Chart. To date I have discovered some sourced and some non-cited material online. Please note that I have not found any specific data or information immediately pertinent to Benjamin D’Harriette Smith.

The individuals included in the construction of this Chart are those who I have found in my search online. They have been referenced to for the most part from books I have located through Google Books, Internet Archive.com, and from Ancestry.com. Please note that this is not necessarily completely sourced material or information. My simple logic is to identify and see if I can find the ancestry of Benjamin D’Harriette Smith. The information and data will be used a “stepping stone” to recognize and highlight a plausible relationship.

If you have any information regarding Benjamin D’Harriette Smith or if you have any comments or questions please free to contact me.

Stay tuned for my next transcription work of Item 4 of the microfilm FHL [1563378], a compilation of the Grenada Registers of Records. I note that the first Smith-related Document from Item 4 references Benjamin D’Harriette Smith.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 634s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1802 Benjamin D’Harriette Smith - St. George’s, Grenada – Last in Item 3

2012-01-29T10:35:00.001-05:00

Good Day,

This is the continuation of my Transcription Project in the search for the genealogy and origins of my ggg-grandfather James Smith. And this is the last Smith-related Document in Item 3 of the Family History Library microfilm FHL [1563378].

The inserted image is of the file stacks of microfilms at the Family History Library.

This Document is comprised of Pages 474 through and including 477. There have been, from my discovery, 108 Smith-pages in the Grenada Registers of Records. These are manifestly labeled in the Index assuming that a Smith is one of the “To/From” Parties. This does not mean that there could be more mentions and inclusions of the name Smith, it just means that these are the Pages that are listed in the Index.

Here are the four images of Pages 474 through 477 as downloaded from Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

And my transcription. This contract is between Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park. Once again, I do no read any clue to a connection to ggg-grandfather James.

474

Examd

Entered 30th June 1802

This Indenture made the Seventeenth day of June in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and Two Between James Park of the Town of Saint George in the Island of Grenada Merchant of the one part and Benjamin D'Harriette Smith of the same Town and Island Merchant of the other Part Whereas the said James Park and Benjamin D'Harriette Smith at present stand seized and po∫se∫sed of in equal undivided Moities of a certain Lot of Land Buildings and Premises situate in the said Town of Saint George and Island of Grenada And Whereas said James Park hath contracted and agreed thesaid Benjamin D'Harriette Smith for the absolute purchase of his thesaid James Park’s undivided Moiety of the said Lot of Land and Premises (hereinafter particularly described) at and for the Price or sum of eight hundred and fifty Pounds Current Money of the said Island of Grenada Now therefore this Indenture Witne∫seth that for and in consideration of the said sum of Eight hundred and fifty Pounds Current Money as aforesaid in hand well and truly paid by the said Benjamin D'Harriett Smith unto the said James Park at or for the Sealing and delivery of these Presents the receipt whereof and of every part and parcel thereof he the said James Park doth ^ hereby acknowledge & _____ and thereof and therefrom and of and from every part the parcel thereof doth acquit release and discharge for ever thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith is Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs each and every of them by these Presents He thesaid James Park Hath granted bargained sold aliened released and confirmed and by these Presents Doth grant bargain sell alien release and confirm unto thesaid Benjamin D'Harriette Smith (in his actual Po∫se∫sion now being by virtue of a Bargain and Sale to him thereof made by the said James Park for one whole Year by Indenture bearing date the day next before the day of the date of these Presents and by force of the Statute made for transferring Uses into Po∫se∫sion) and to his Heirs All is thesaid James Park’s one full undivided Mority or half part of and in All that Lot Piece or Parcel of Land situate lying and being in that part of the town of Saint George in thesaid Island of Grenada commonly called the Carenage contained in front to the South West forty-three feet and to the North West forty feet and in the whole One thousand seven hundred and twenty square feet be the same more or le∫s Bounded to the North East by Lands late belonging to Domingo Commi∫siong deceased to the North West by Lands belonging to the Heirs of Daniel Campbell and by a Pa∫sage leading to House of Mr. Robert Ker to the South East by lands of thesaid

Robert

475

Robert Ker and to the North West by a Pa∫sage or Lane leading to the Shipwrights Yard or howsoever otherwise the same Lot of Land is abutted or bounded together with a Moiety of all Me∫suages Houses and Outhouses thereupon erected and built And all ways Paths Pa∫sages Waters Watercourses Privileges Easements Advantages Hereditaments and Appurtenances to the said Moiety of the said Piece or Parcel of Land belonging or in any wise appertaining or therewith now or commonly used enjoyed or occupied reputed taken or known as part parcel or Member thereof or of any part thereof And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Rents I∫sues and Profits thereof and of every part and parcel thereof And also all the Estate Right Title Interest Property Claim and Demand whatsoever of him thesaid James Park of into or out of thesaid undivided Moiety of thesaid Piece or Parcel of Land Buildings and Premises And all Deeds Writings Surveys Grants and Muninents whatsoever in use Power or Custody touching or concerning the same To have and to Hold the said full undivided Moiety or half part of and in the said Lot Piece or parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and all and singular other the Premises hereby or mentioned or intended to be hereby granted and released and every of them with their and every of their Appur tenances unto the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs forever To the only proper Use and Behoof of thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs for ever, and to and for no other Use Intent or purpose whatsoever And the said James Park doth hereby for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators covenant promise grant and agree to and with thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs in manner and form following that is to say That for and notwithstanding any Act Matter and Thing whatsoever by him thesaid James Park or by any Person or Persons lawfully Claiming or to claim by from or under or in Trust for him done committed or wittingly or willingly suffered to the contrary He thesaid James Park now is and standeth lawfully rightfully and absolutely seized in his Demissue as of Fee of and in the said hereby or mentioned or intended to be hereby granted and released Moiety of the said Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and Premises with their Appurtenances of a good sure lawful absolute and undefeazible Estate of Inheritance in fee simple without any Reversion Remainder Trust Limitation Power of Revocation Use or Uses or any other matter _____ or thing whatsoever to alter change charge revoke make void le∫sen encumber or determine the same And also that he the said James Park for and notwithstanding any such Act Matter or thing as aforesaid hath in himself good right full Power and lawful and absolute Authority to grant release and convey thesaid undivided Moiety of the said Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and Premises with the Appurtenances unto and to the use of thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs for ever in manner aforesaid and attending to the purport true Intent and meaning of these Presents And further that it shall and may be lawful for the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs from time to time and at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly to enter into have hold occupy po∫se∫s and enjoy the said undivided Moiety of the said Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and Premises with the Appurtenances and to receive and take the Rents I∫sues and Profits thereof and of every Part thereof to and for his and their own Use and Benefit

without

476

Without the lawful Let Suit Trouble Denial Eviction or Interruption of or by him thesaid James Park his Heirs or A∫signs or of or by any persons or persona lawfully claiming or to claim any Estate Right Title Trust or Interest at Law or in Equity of into out of the said Moiety of the said Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Buildings and Premises with the Appurtenances or any part thereof by from under or in trust for him them or any of them And that free and clear and freely and clearly acquitted exonerated and discharges or otherwise by the said James Park his Heirs Executors and Administrators (as some or one of them well and sufficiently saved defended kept harmle∫s and indemnified of from and against all and all manner of former and other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases Mortgages Jointures Dowers Settlements Contracts Uses Trusts Wills Entails Seizures Deeds Annuities Writings Obligatory Statutes Recognizances Judgments Extents Executions Rents Arrears of Rent and of from and against all and singular other Estates Titles Troubles Charges and Incumbrances whatsoever had made done committed occasioned entered into acknowledged or suffered or to be had made done committed occasioned entered into acknowledged or suffered by the said James Park his Heirs or A∫signs or by any other Person or Persons lawfully claiming or to claim by from under or in Trust for him Them or any of them or from by or under his their or any of their Act Means A∫sent Consent or Procurement And moreover that he thesaid James Park and his Heirs and all and every other Person or Persons having or lawfully claiming or who shall or may have or lawfully claim any Estate Right Title Use Trust or Interest at Law or in Equity of unto or out of the said hereby or mentioned or intended to be hereby granted and released undivided Moiety of the said Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and Premises or any part thereof from by under or in Trust for him or them shall and will from time to time and at all times hereafter upon every reasonable request and at the proper Cost and Charges in the Law of him thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs make do execute and acknowledge or cause or procure to be made done executed and acknowledged all such further and other lawful and reasonable Acts Deeds Conveyances and A∫surances in the Law whatsoever for the further better more perfect and absolute granting conveying and a∫suring of the said undivided Moiety of the said Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and Premises with the Appurtenances unto and to the use of the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs for ever in manner aforesaid as by thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs or A∫signs or his or their Counsel learned in the Law shall be reasonably advised devised and required In Witne∫s whereof thesaid Parties to these Presents have hereunto set their hands and Seals the day and Year first above written

James Park ( L S ) Benja: D. Smith ( L S )

Sealed and delivered In the presence of M. Nowlan # Archd Armstrong

Received on the day of the date of the within Indenture of and from the within named Benjamin D’Harriette Smith the sum of Eight hundred and fifty Pounds Current

Money

477

Money of Grenada being the Consideration Money with mentioned to be by him paid to me I say received the same £850.0.0 Cy

James Park
Witne∫s M. Nowlan # Archd. Armstrong

Grenada Acknowledge before me by the within named James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith the Parties to the within Indenture as and for their respective free and voluntary Act and Deed this twenty eighth day of June One thousand and Eight hundred and Two

GH Horsley

Dep Register

Done…and now on to Item 4 of FHL [1563378]. And it is time for me to update my Matrices.

Stay tuned and enjoy,

Jim

Part 633s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1802 Benjamin D’Harriette Smith - St. George’s, Grenada – Next to Shipwright’s Yard

2012-01-27T17:32:00.001-05:00

Good Day,

Today’s entry of my Smith-related Transcription Project is a short Indenture from the Grenada Registers of Records. This Indenture was dated 16 June 1802; presented and approved 28 June 1802; and entered to the Registers of Records 30 June 1802. This record is another Document of the Benjamin D'Harriette Smith and James Park agreement that appears to be a part of the series of Records that I have recently presented. (See my previous Postings Parts 629s, 630s, 631s, and 632s.)

As per usual, I am looking for a hint that may present some evidence that I could follow regarding the genealogy and origins of my ggg-grandfather James Smith. In this Document there is no direct confirmation that there may be a connection between my ggg-grandfather James and one of the Parties, Benjamin D’Harriette Smith. But…

Transcribing and reading the Document there is a phrase on Page 473 that catches my eye. The phrase is “…to the North West by a Pa∫sage or Lane leading to the Shipwrights Yard…” Previously in Part 60s from the Indenture written 15 May 1841 there is a definitive reference to ggg-grandfather James and his occupation and business as a Shipwright: “Witnessed that they the said James Niccol John Mortimer and James Smith should and would continue and be Copartners in the trade or business of ShipWrights to commerce…” (See also my matrix analysis – GGG-Grandfather James Smith’s Occupation Titles.)

Here is my question. In 1802, when the above mentioned Indenture was written, how many Shipwrights’ Yards were there in the Town of Saint George, Grenada? Could ggg-grandfather have had any working relationship in 1802, 39 years before the reference in the 15 May 1841 Indenture, in this Shipwrights’ Yard? Could this be the same ShipWrights’ Yard? How well, if he did, did ggg-grandfather James Smith know Benjamin D’Harriette Smith? Was there any other connection?

Here are the images of the Indenture Pages 473 and 474 from the Grenada Registers of Records. I have downloaded the Pages from Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

And my transcription –

473

Examd
Entered 30th June 1802

This Indenture made the sixteenth day of June in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Two Between James Park of the Town of Saint George in the Island of Grenada Merchant of the one Part and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith of the same Town and Island Merchant of the other Part Witne∫seth that the said James Park for and in consideration of the sum of ten shillings Current Money of the said Island to him in hand paid by the said Benjamin D'Harriette Smith at or before the Sealing and Delivery of these Presents the receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge Hath bargained and sold and by these Presents Doth bargain and sell unto the said Benjamin D'Harriette Smith his Executors Administrators and A∫signs All his the said James Park’s one full individual Mority or half part of and in All that Lot Piece or Parcel of Land situate lying and being in that part of the Town of Saint George in the said Island of Grenada commonly called the Carenage containing in front to the South West forty three feet and to the North West forty feet and in the whole One thousand seven hundred and twenty square feet be the same more or le∫s; Bounded to the North East by Lands late belonging to Domingo Commi∫siong deceased to the North West by Lands belonging to the Heirs of Daniel Campbell and by a pa∫sage leading to the House of Mr. Robert Ker; to the South East by Lands of thesaid Robert Ker and to the North West by a Pa∫sage or Lane leading to the Shipwrights Yard; or howsoever otherwise the same Lot of Land is abutted or bounded together with a Mority of all Me∫suages Houses and Outhouses thereupon erected and built And all ways paths pa∫sages Waters Water courses privileges Easements Advantages Hereditaments and Appurtenances to the said Mority of the said Piece or Parcel of Land belonging or in anywise appertaining or therewith now or commonly used enjoyed or occupied reputed had taken or known as part parcel or member thereof or of any part thereof And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Rents I∫sues and Profits thereof and of every part and parcel thereof To Have and to Hold thesaid full undivided Mority or half part of thesaid Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and all and singular other the Premises hereby or mentioned or intended to be hereby bargained and sold and every of them with their and every of their Appurtenances unto thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Executors Administrators and A∫signs for and during and unto the full end and term of one whole Year from henceforth next ensuing and fully to be compleat and ended Yielding and Paying therefore unto thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs at the end of the said term the rent of One Pepper Corn if the same shall be lawfully demanded to the intent that by virtue of these Presents and of the Statute for transferring Uses into Po∫se∫sion thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith may be in the actual Po∫se∫sion of all and singular thesaid one undivided Mority or half part of the said Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and Premises with the Appurtenances and be thereby enabled to take and accept of a Grant and Release of the Reversion and Inheritance thereof to him thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette and his Heirs to the only proper Use and Behoof of the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs for ever and to and for no other use intent or purpose whatsoever In Witne∫s whereof thesaid Parties xx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx have hereunto set their hands and Seals the day and Year first above written

James Park ( L S ) Benja: DSmith ( L S )

474

Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of M. Nowlan – Archd. Armstrong

Received on the day of the date of the above Indenture of and from the above named Benjamin D’Harriette Smith the Sum of Ten shillings Current Money of the Island of Grenada being the Consideration Money above mentioned to be by him paid to me I say received 10∫ Cy

James Park

Witne∫s M. Nowlan # Archd. Armstrong

Grenada Acknowledged before me by the within named James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith the Parties to the within Indenture as and for their respective free and voluntary Act and Deed this twenty eighth day of June One thousand eight hundred and two

GH Horsley Dep Register

Definition – Mority: also Moiety – Each of two parts into which a thing is or can be divided.

And the search continues.

Please feel to contact me if you have any ideas, comments, or questions.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 632s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1798 Benjamin D’Harriette Smith - St. George’s, Grenada – 1,000 Years

2012-01-26T10:42:00.002-05:00

Good Day,

The search continues. This is my Genealogy Transcription Project. I am looking for any hint and clue that may proffer me with a lead to the ancestry and genealogy, as well as the origins, of my ggg-grandfather James Smith. I would like to discover from where my Smith line arrived in Grenada.

This Transcription Project is my effort to transcribe, while reading as many as possible Smith-related Documents and Indentures that have been collected in the Grenada Registers of Records. The earliest set on record begins approximately in the year 1764. The Family History Library in Salt Lake City has 33 16mm microfilms that include Records of the years 1764 through and about 1931.

This is my task. It is self-imposed and all-things-being-equal I will find that iota of a hint that will answer the question of the origins of my Smith Line. To date I have been working on this Transcription Project for about two years... and I will continue.

Here is the next Indenture from the Grenada Registers of Records, which is an additional Record regarding the Benjamin D’Harriette Smith, James Park and Robert and Elizabeth Ker contract. Here are the images of Pages 470, 471, and 472 as downloaded from Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

Sorry to say, this Smith Indenture does not have any apparent lead to the genealogy of ggg-grandfather James.

And my transcription –

470
Examd

Entered 30th June 1802

This Indenture made the seventeenth day of June in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and two Between James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith of the Town of Saint George in the Island of Grenada Merchants of the one Part and Robert Ker of the same Town and Island Merchant of the other Part Whereas by a certain Indenture of Demise bearing date the first day of September in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety eight and made between thesaid Robert Ker and Elizabeth his Wife of the one Part and thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith of the other Part \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ the said Robert Ker and Elizabeth his Wife for and in consideration of the sum of Four thousand Pounds Current Money of the said Island of Grenada to thesaid Robert Ker I hand paid by the said James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith Did demure grant and to Farm let unto thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith their Executors Administrators and A∫signs All that certain Lot of Land situate lying and being in that part of the Town of Saint George commonly called the Carenage beginning as delineated on a Diagram there at A and running South thirty Degrees East sixty five feet to B from thence South forty seven degrees and a half eighty five feet to C the boundary line of the

Harbour

471

Harbour and then along the said Line of the Harbour North thirty seven Degrees and forty four Minutes East fifty seven feet six Inches to Pile No. 5 then North twenty five Degrees and three quarters East twenty five feet five inches to D and then North forty two Degrees West ninety one feet to E then South forty eight Degrees West fifty two feet to F then North fifty two degrees West forty four feet to G then South forty four Degrees and one quarter West Elven feet to A the place of beginning being bounded on the South and West by Land of Me∫sieurs Robert and Alexander Campbell on the South and East by the Harbour on the North and East by Land of Mr. Domingo Commmi∫siong and on the North and West partly by Land of Me∫sieurs Park and Smith by a common Pa∫sage and Scott Street Reserving thereout neverthele∫s for the mutual use of the said Parties to these Presents a common Pa∫sage of twelve feet as delineated in the Diagram before mentioned beginning from the Corner of the said Robert Ker’s House straight through to the Street leading to Scott Street aforesaid together with the Buildings and Improvements thereon or on any part thereof erected standing or being And all ways Paths Pa∫sages Easements Profits Commodities Advantages Emoluments and Hereditaments whatsoever to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining or which to and with the same then were or at any time or times theretofore had been held used occupied accepted reputed taken or known as Part Parcel or member thereof or any part thereof And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Rents I∫sues and Profits of all and singular thesaid Premises and every part and parcel thereof with the Appurtenances And also all the Estate Right Title Interest Property Claim and Demand whatsoever in Law or in Equity of them thesaid Robert Ker and Elizabeth his Wife ofin and to all singular thesaid Premises with the Appurtenances to have and to hold thesaid Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Buildings and Premises with Appurtenances unto the said James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith their Executors Administrators and A∫signs from the day of the date thereof unto the full End and Term of One thousand Years from thence next ensuring and fully to be compleat and ended Yielding and paying therefore yearly and every Year during the continuance of the said Form the rent of One Pepper Corn Subject neverthle∫s to a Proviso or Condition for making the same void on Payment of the said sum of four thousand Pounds Current Money of Grenada aforesaid with Interest at the times and in way and manner therein particularly mentioned And Whereas thesaid Robert Ker hath since paid to thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith the said principal sum of four thousand Pounds Current Money as aforesaid together with all Interest due thereon and hath requested thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith to execute a Surrender of the said Mortgage which they have consented to do Now this Indenture Witne∫seth that for and in consideration of the said sum of four thousand Pounds Current Money as aforesaid and all Interest due thereon so paid by the said Robert Ker to thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith in full satisfaction and discharged of the hereinbefore recited Indenture of Demise of the Receipt whereof thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith Do and each of them Doth hereby acknowledge and thereof acquit release and discharge thesaid Robert Ker his

Heirs

472

Heirs Executors and Administrators and every of them for ever by these Presents They thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith Have and each of them Hath surrendered and a∫signed and by these Presents Do and each of them Doth absolutely surrender and a∫sign unto the said Robert Ker his Executors Administrators and A∫signs All that the herein before mentioned Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Buildings and Premises with the Appurtenances which in and by thesaid recited Indenture were granted and demised to the said James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith their Executors Administrators and A∫signs for the Term of One thousand Years And all the Estate Right Title Interest Term of Years Property Claim and Demand whatsoever either at Law or in Equity of them thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith or either of them of in or to the herein before mentioned and hereby a∫signed {remises or any part or parcel thereof by virtue of thesaid recited Indenture or otherwise together with thesaid Indenture and all such and other Deeds Evidences and Writings as they thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith have in their Hands or Power relating to the Title of thesaid Premises To the Intent that thesaid Term of One thousand Years may no longer have any continuance or Subsistence, but may be for ever merged and extinguished in the Reversion of the said Premises and may be no ways made use of to the prejudice disadvantage or interruption of any other Uses Trusts Tenures or Estates already or hereafter to be limited expre∫sed or declared of an concerning thesaid Hereditaments and Premises: And thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith Do and each of them for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators Doth hereby covenant promise and agree to and with thesaid Robert Ker his Executors Administrators and A∫signs that they the said James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith have not nor hath either of them at any time made done committed or wittingly or willingly suffered any Act matter Deed or thing whatsoever whereby or by whereof thesaid Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Buildings and Premises with the Appurtenances or thesaid Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Buildings and Premises with the Appurtenances or thesaid Term of One thousand Years to them demised or the residue thereof is are or shall or may be in any ways charged impeached or incumbered in title charge Estate or otherwise howsoever In Witne∫s whereof thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith have hereunto set their hands and Seals the day and Year first above written

James Park ( L S ) Benja: D. Smith ( L S )

Sealed and Delivered In the Presence of M. Nowlan. Archd. Armstrong

Received on the day of the date of the above Indenture of and from the above named Robert Ker the Sum of Four thousand Pounds Current Money of Grenada together with all Interest due thereon being the full Consideration Money mentioned in the said Indenture to be by him paid to us We say received the same

James Park

Benja: D. Smith

Witne∫s
M. Nowlan Archd. Armstrong

Grenada Acknowledged before me by the within named James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith the Parties to the within Indenture as and for their respective free and voluntary Act and Deed this twenty eighth day of June One thousand Eight hundred and Two

GH Horsley

Dept Register

And I continue…

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 631s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1798 Benjamin D’Harriette Smith - St. George’s, Grenada - £4000.0.0

2012-01-24T11:30:00.002-05:00

Good Day,

And the search goes on. This is my Trek and search, and my Transcription Project, in my research of the times and lives of those Smiths in Grenada who may or may not have had a connection to my ggg-grandfather James Smith.

GGG stands for Great-Great-Great. All-things-being-equal this is the approximate time period and definitely the location, the Island of Grenada, where I hope to find some clue, hint, or shred of evidence to ggg-grandfather James’ ancestry and genealogy.

I have discovered some references and text regarding the may or may not lead to the possible discovery of Benjamin D’Harriette Smith’s genealogy. Stay-tuned.

My next Document dated 31 August 1798 and entered 30 June 1802 in the Grenada Registers of Records concern a land contract between Benjamin D’Harriette Smith, James Park, and Robert Ker.

Above are the images of Pages 467 through and including 470 as downloaded from Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

And my Transcription –

467

Examd
Grenada
Entered 30th June 1802

This Indenture made the thirty first day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety eight Between Benjamin D’Harriette Smith of the Island of Grenada Merchant and James Park at present in the Kingdom of Ireland Merchant by his Attorney the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith duly constituted and appointed of the One Part and Robert Ker of the said Island of Grenada Merchant of the other Part Whereas the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park are seized and po∫se∫sed of in Fee Simple or otherwise well entitled to among other Premises All that certain Lot of Land situate lying and being in that part of the Town of Saint George commonly called the Carenage beginning as delineated on a Diagram thereof hereto annexed and referred to at A and running South thirty degrees East sixty five feet to B from thence South forty seven Degrees and a half eighty five feet to C the boundary line of the Harbour and then along the said line of the Harbour North thirty seven Degrees and forty four Minutes East fifty seven feet six inches to Pile No. 5 then North twenty five Degrees and three quarters East twenty feet five Inches to D and then North forty two Degrees West ninety one feet to E then South forty eight Degrees West fifty two feet to F then North forty two West forty four feet to G then South forty four Degrees and one Quarter West Eleven feet to A the place of beginning being bounded on the South and West by Land of Me∫sieurs Robert and Alexander Campbell on the South and East by the Harbour on the North and East by Land of Mr. Domingo Commis∫song and on the North and West partly by Land of Me∫sieurs Park and Smith a common pa∫sage and Scott Street Reserving thereout neverthele∫s for the mutual use of the said Parties Parties to these Presents a common Pa∫sage of twelve feet as delineated in the Diagram before mentioned beginning from the Corner of thesaid Robert Kers House straight through to the Street leading to Scott Street aforesaid as by the said Diagram more fully appears Together with the Buildings and Improvements thereon or on any Part or Parcel thereof

erected

468

Erected standing or being with the Appurtenances And Whereas thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park have agreed to and with the said Robert Ker to sell and dispose of the same to him at and for the price or sum of Four thousand Pounds Current Money of the said Island of Grenada Now therefore this Indenture witne∫seth that thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park for and in consideration of the said sum of Four thousand Pounds Current Money of Grenada aforesaid to them thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park in hand well and truly paid at or before the ensealing and delivery of these Presents the Receipt whereof they the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park Do and each of them Doth hereby acknowledge and thereof and therefrom and of and from every part and parcel thereof Do and each of them Doth hereby acquit release exonerate and for ever discharge thesaid Robert Ker his Heirs Executors and Administrators and every of them by these Presents Have and each of them Hath granted bargained sold aliened released and confirmed And by these Presents Do and each of them Doth grant bargain sell alien release and confirm unto the said Robert Ker (in his actual po∫se∫sion now being be virtue of a Bargain and Sale to him thereof made for one whole Year by Indenture bearing date the day next before the day of the date of these Presents And by force of the statute made for Transferring of uses into Po∫se∫sion) and to his Heirs and A∫signs All that contain Lot of Land hereinbefore particularly mentioned and described Together with all Houses Outhouses Edifices Buildings Ways Paths Pa∫sages Easements Profits Commodities Advantages Emoluments and Hereditaments whatsoever to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining or which to and with the same now are or at any time or times heretofore have been held used occupied accepted reputed taken or known as part parcel or member thereof or any part thereof And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Rents I∫sues and Profits of all and singular thesaid Premises and every part and Parcel thereof with the Appurtenances And also all the Estate Right Title Interest Property Claim and Demand whatsoever in Law or Equity of them thesaid Benjamin D’ Harriette Smith and James Park of in and to all and singular the said Premises above mentioned and of in and to every part Parcel thereof with the Appurtenances \\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ===================================================== =============================================================================================================================================================== And also all Deeds Evidences and Writings touching or concerning thesaid Premises only or only any part thereof Together with true Copies of all other Deeds Evidences and Writings which do concern the said Premises or any Part thereof jointly with any other Lands or Tenements now in the custody or Po∫se∫sion of them thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park or which they can or may get or come by without suit in Law or Equity the same Copies to be made taken and written at the proper Costs and Charges of thesaid Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs To Have and to hold all and singular thesaid Lot of Land herein before particularly mentioned and described And all Houses Outhouses Edifices and Buildings above in and by these Presents released and confirmed Reserving thereout neverthele∫s the twelve feet for a common Pa∫age herein before particularly mentioned

and

469

And set forth in the Diagram as aforesaid and every part and Parcel thereof with the Appurtenances unto thesaid Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs To the only proper use and behoof of thesaid Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs for ever and to and for no other use intent or purpose whatsoever And the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park for themselves their Heirs Executors and Administrators do covenant promise grant and agree to and with thesaid Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs that they thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park now are the true lawful and rightful Owners of all and singular the Lot of Land Tenements and Buildings above mentioned and of every Part and Parcel thereof with the Appurtenances And also that they the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Part at the time of the sealing and Delivery of these Presents are lawfully and rightfully seized in their own right of a good sure perfect absolute and undefeasible Estate of Inheritance in Fee Simple of and in all and singular thesaid Premises above mentioned with the Appurtenances without any manner of Condition Mortgage Limitation of use or uses or other Matter Cause or Thing whatsoever to alter change charge or determine the same And also that thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park have good right full Power and sufficient Authority in the law to grant release ^convey and confirm all and singular the said Lot of Land Buildings and Premises above granted and released with the Appurtenances unto thesaid Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs to the only proper use and behoof of the said Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs for ever according to the true intent and meaning of these Presents And also that he the said Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs shall and may at all times for ever hereafter peaceably and quietly have hold occupy po∫se∫s and enjoy all and singular thesaid Lot of Land Buildings and Premises aforesaid with the Appurtenances And every Part and Parcel thereof without the lawful let suit Trouble Hindrance Molestation Interruption Eviction or Disturbance of them thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park their Heirs or A∫signs or of any other Person or Persons lawfully Claiming or to Claim by from or under them any or either of them And that freed and discharged otherwise well and sufficiently saved kept harmle∫s and indemnified of from and against all former and other Gifts Grants Leases Mortgages Jointures Dowers Uses Wells Entails Americaments Bonds Annuities Writings Obligatory Extents Judgments Executions Rent and Arrearages of Rent and of and from all other Charges Estates Rights Titles Troubles and Incumbrances whatsoever had made committed done or suffered to be had made committed done or suffered by the aid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park or their Heirs or any other Person or Persons lawfully claiming or to claim by from or under them any or either of them And further that they thesaid Benjamin D’ Harriette Smith and James Park and their Heirs and all and every other Person and Persons and his and their Heirs \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\ having or lawfully claiming any Estate Right Title or Interest of in or to the said Premises above in and by these Presents released and confirmed or any part thereof by from or under them any or either of them shall and will from time to time and at all times here after upon the reasonable request and at the proper Costs and Charges in the Law

of

470

Of the said Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs make do seal and execute or casue or Procure to be made done sealed and executed aall and every such further and other lawful and reasonable Act and Acts Things Device and Devices Conveyance and Conveyance A∫surance and A∫surances in the Law whatsoever for the further better and more perfect granting conveying releasing confirming and a∫suring of all and singular the Premises aforesaid with the Appurtenances and every part and parcel thereof unto the said Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs to the only proper use and behoof of the said Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs for ever as aforesaid as by the said Robert Ker his Heirs or A∫signs or his or their Counsel learned in the Law shall be reasonably advised devised or required In Witne∫s whereof the said Parties to these Presents have hereunto subscribed and set their Hands and Seals the day and Year first above within written

Benja: D’Harriette Smith ( L S )

James Park by his Attorney ( L S )

Benja: D’Harriette Smith

Sealed and delivered in the presence of
Jas Ro∫s M. Nowlan

Grenada
Received on the day of the date of the within written Indenture of and from the therein named Robert Ker the sum of Four thousand Pounds Current Money of the Island of Grenada aforesaid being the full Consideration Money within mentioned to be paid to us
We say received

Benja: D’Harriette Smith

James Park by his Attorney

Benja: D’Harriette Smith

Grenada
Acknowledged before me by the within named James Park and Benjamin D Harriette Smith the Parties to the within Indenture as and for their respective free and voluntary Act and Deed this twenty eighth day of June One thousand eight hundred and Two

GH Horsley Dep Register

Forging forward with my search, the next Document begins on Page 470.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 630s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1798 Benjamin D’Harriette Smith - St. George’s, Grenada

2012-01-23T10:32:00.000-05:00

Good Day,

This is the “One Pepper Corn” Document following up on the Benjamin D'Harriette Smith contract as introduced in Part 629s. In my search for the genealogy and origins of my ggg-grandfather James Smith I am trying not to leave any “stone” or even “pepper corn” unturned.

The inserted image is of The Carnage (The Harbour), St. George's, Grenada, from Caribbean Photo Archive.

In this case of this contract/document from the Grenada Registers of Records “A peppercorn in legal parlance is a metaphor for a very small payment, a nominal consideration, used to satisfy the requirements for the creation of a legal contract. Consideration is the concept of legal value in connection with contracts. It is anything of value promised to another when making a contract. It can take the form of money, physical objects, services, promised actions, abstinence from a future action, and much more.” (From Wikipedia)

Here are the pages 466 through and including 467 from the Grenada Registers of Records. I have downloaded the images from Item 3 of the microfilm [1563378].

My Transcription –

466

Examd
Grenada
Entered 30th June 1802

This Indenture made the thirtieth day of August in the year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety eight Between Benjamin D’Harriette Smith of the Island of Grenada Merchant and James Park at present in the Kingdom of Ireland Merchant by his Attorney the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith duly constituted and appointed of the one Part and Robert Ker of the said Island of Grenada Merchant of the other Part Witne∫seth that the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park for and in consider ation of the sum of five ∫hillings Current Money of the Island of Grenada aforesaid to them in hand paid by the said Robert Ker at or before the ensealing and delivery of these Presents the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged Have and each of them Hath granted bargained and sold and by these Presents Do and each of them Doth grant bargain and sell unto thesaid Robert Ker his Executors Administrators and A∫signs All that certain Lot of Land situate lying and being in that part of the Town of Saint George’s commonly called the Carenage beginning as delineated on a Diagram thereof at A and running South thirty Degrees East sixty five feet to B from thence South forty seven Degrees and a half eighty five feet to C the Boundary line of the Harbour and then along thesaid line of the Harbour North thirty seven Degrees and forty two minutes East fifty seven feet six inches to Pile No. 5 then North twenty five Degrees and three quarters East twenty feet five Inches to D and then North forty two Degrees West ninety one feet to E then South forty eight Degrees West fifty two feet to F then North forty two West forty four feet to G then South forty four Degrees and one quarter West eleven feet to A the place of beginning bounded on the South and West by Land of Me∫sieurs Robert and Alexander Campbell on the South and East by the Harbour on the North and East by Land of Mr. Domingo Commi∫song and on the North and West partly by Land of Me∫sieurs Park and Smith a common Pa∫sage and Scott Street Reserving thereout Neverthele∫s for the mutual use of the said Parties to these Presents a common Pa∫sage of twelve feet as delineated in the Diagram before mentioned beginning from the Corner of the Robert Ker’s House straight through to the street leading to Scott Street aforesaid Together with the Buildings and Improvements thereon or on any Part thereof erected standing or being And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Rents I∫sues and Profits of the Premises above mentioned with their and every of their appurtenances To have and To hold the said Piece or Parcel of Land with the Buildings and Improvements thereon or on any Part thereof Hereditaments and Premises above mentioned and every part and parcel thereof with their and every of their appurtenances unto thesaid Robert Ket his Executors Administrators and A∫signs from the Day next before the day of the date of these Presents for and during and unto the full said and Term of one whole Year from thence next ensuing and fully to be complete and ended Yielding and Paying therefor at the expiration of thesaid year One Pepper Corn if the same shall be lawfully demanded To the intent that by virtue of these Presents And of the statute made for transferring of Uses into Po∫se∫sion he the said Robert Ker may be in the actual Po∫se∫sion of all and singular the Premises above mentioned with the appurtenances And thereby be enabled to accept and take a Grant and Release of the Reversion and Inheritance thereof to him and to his Heirs To the only proper use benefit and behoof of him thesaid Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs for ever as by a certain

Indenture

467

Indenture of Release and made between the same Parties as are Parties to these Presents and bearing date the day after the day of the date hereof shall be thereof declared In Witne∫s whereof the said Parties to these Presents have hereunto subscribed and set their Hands and Seals the day and year first above written within

Benja: D. Smith ( L S ) James Park of his Atty

Benja: D. Smith ( L S )

Sealed and Delivered in the presence of
Jas Ro∫s - M. Nowlan

Grenada – Received on the day of the Date of the above written Indenture of and from the herein named Robert Ker the sum of five ∫hillings Current Money of the Island of Grenada aforesaid being the full Consideration Money therein mentioned to be paid to us
Benja: D. Smith

James Park of his Attorney

Benja: D. Smith

We say received
Witne∫s Jas Ro∫s. M. Nowlan

Grenada

Acknowledged before me by the within named James Park and Benjamin D Harriette Smith the Parties to the within Indenture as and for their respective free and voluntary Act and Deed this twenty eighth day of June One thousand eight hundred and two

GH Horsley

Dept Register

Next? Stay-tuned.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 629s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1798 Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and Gavin Smith - St. George’s, Grenada

2012-01-22T12:13:00.002-05:00

Good Day,

The search for the origins and ancestry of my ggg-grandfather James Smith continues.

The next Document from the Grenada Registers of Records span a time frame from 1798 to and about 1802. It is an Indenture of Agreement regarding a Lot of Land in the Town of St. George’s between Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park and Robert Ker. The dimensions and layout of the property is pretty well spelled out in the Document and is contingent on the surveyed product of Gavin Smith.

Two Smiths, but no hint or clue as to any connection or relationship to ggg-grandfather James.

Here are the images of the Pages 462 through and including 465 from the Grenada Registers of Records and downloaded from Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

My Transcription –

462

Exam

Grenada

Entered 30th June 1802

Articles of Agreement indented had made concluded and agreed upon this fourth day of April in the year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety eight Between Benjamin D’Harriette Smith of the Island of Grenada Merchant and James Park at present in the Kingdom of Ireland Merchant by his Attorney thesaid Benjamin D’ Harriette Smith of the one part and Robert Ker of the said Island of Grenada Merchant of the other Part as follows Vizt First of all the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park for and in consideration of the sum of four thousand Pounds Current Money of the said Island of Grenada to be paid as hereinafter is mentioned do hereby for themselves their Heirs Executors and Administrators and every of them covenant with thesaid Robert Ker his Executors and Administrators and every of them by these Presents That they the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park their Heirs and A∫signs (and all and every other Person and Persons whatsoever claiming or to claim any Right Title or Interest under them or any other Person or Persons whatsoever of in or to the Premises hereafter mentioned) shall and will at the proper Costs and Charges of the said Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs on or before the first day of September next by such Conveyances A∫surances Ways and Means in the Law as he the said Robert Ker his Heirs or A∫signs or his or their Counsel learned in the Law shall reasonably devise advise or require well and sufficiently grant sell release convey and a∫sure to the said Robert Ker and his Heirs or to whom he or they shall appoint or direct All that Lot of Land situate in that part of the Town of Saint George commonly called the Carnage beginning as delineated on a Diagram thereof hereunto annexed and referred to at A and running South thirty Degrees East sixty five feet to B from thence South forty seven Degrees and a half eighty five feet to C the boundary line of the Harbour and then along the said Line of

the

463

The Harbour North thirty seven degrees and forty four Minutes East fifty seven feet six inches to Pile N. 5 then North twenty five Degrees and three quarters East twenty feet five inches to D and then North forty two degrees West ninety one feet to E then South forty eight Degrees West fifty two feet to F then North forty two West forty four feet to G then South forty four Degrees and one quarter West eleven feet to A the Place of beginning being bounded on the South and West by Land of Me∫sieurs Robert and Alexander Campbell on the South and East by the Harbour on the North and East by Land of Mr. Domingo Commi∫song and on the North and West partly by Land of Me∫sieurs Park and Smith a common Pa∫sage and Scott Street (Together with all the Buildings therein or on any part thereof erected) to by the said Diagram and fully appear Hath Covenants therein to be contained that the said Lot of Land and Buildings and Premises at the terms of such Conveyances is free from all Incumbrances and Demands whatsoever and all other fit and reasonable Covenants Secondly Thesaid Robert Ker in Consideration of the of the Premises for himself his Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs doth covenant to and with thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park their Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs by these Presents that he the said Robert Ker his Heirs Executors and Administrators or some or one of them shall and will well and truly pay or cause to be paid to the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Part their Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs the aforesaid sum of four thousand Pounds Current Money of Grenada aforesaid in manner and form following that is to say the sums of One thousand three hundred and twenty Pounds like Current Money part thereof on the first day of August next the further sum of One thousand Pounds Pounds like Current Money the Part thereof on the first day of May which will be in the year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety nine the further sum of One thousand Pounds like Current Money the first thereof on the first day of May which will be in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and the remaining sum of six hundred and eight pounds like Current Money on the first day of May which will be in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and one making in the whole aforesaid sum of four thousand Pounds Current Money aforesaid without Interest Thirdly, It is hereby mutually agreed upon by and between the Parties to these Presents That in the Conveyance of the Land and Buildings hereby agreed upon and hereafter to be made there shall be _____ for the mutual use of the said Parties a common Pa∫sage of twelve feet as delineated in the Diagram before mentioned beginning from the Corner of the said Robert Ker’s House straight through to the Street Landing to Scott Street aforesaid Fourthly The Said Robert Ker (for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators doth hereby covenant promise grant and agree to and with the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park their Heirs and A∫signs That in their making and executing such Conveyance and A∫surance of the Premises and Buildings to him at the terms hereinbefore) mentioned for that purpose He the said Robert Ker shall and will in and form of Law seal and execute to thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park their Executors Administrators or A∫signs

or

464

Or to such Persons as they shall appoint a Mortgage or Security of all the said intended to be conveyed Premises and Buildings as aforesaid for the Term of One thousand Years or some long Term of Years for the securing to them the Payment of thesaid sum of four thousand Pounds Current Money aforesaid without Interest at the several and respective times and in manner hereinbefore particularly set forth Fifthly and Lastly – For the true and faithful performances of all and every the Covenants and Agreements aforesaid in these Presents contained each of the Parties here to doth hereby bind themselves their Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs respectively unto the other party their Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs in the Final sum of One thousand Pounds Current Money of the Island of Grenada aforesaid In Witne∫s whereof thesaid Parties to these Presents have hereunto Interchangeably submitted and set their Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above within written

Benja: D. Smith ( L S )

James Park his Atty ( L S )

Benja: D. Smith

Robert Ker ( L S )

Sealed and Delivered in the presence of

Walter Stott Jas Ro∫s

Saint George’s Grenada 19th April 1799. Received from Robert Kerr Esquire the sum of One thousand three hundred and twenty Pounds Currency being the first Installment due by the within written Agreement on the first day of August last

James Park by his Attorney

Benja: D. Smith

Benja: D. Smith

Witne∫s Jams Ro∫s

Grenada 3d Feby 1801 Recd. from Robert Ker – Ker Hy’s Bill of Exa. of this date on Hopkirk, Cunningham & Co. Glasgow 90 a/s for Two Hundred Pounds Sterling Exchange One hundred & Eighty two and one half _____ Cent

B. D. Smith

Grenada

Acknowledged before me by the above named Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and Robert Ker two of the Parties to the within Indenture of Agreement as and for their respective free and voluntary Act and Deed and also by thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith as the Attorney in the name of and as and for the free and voluntary Act and Deed of James Park the other Party to the said Indenture this 28th June 1802

GH Horsley

Dept Register

465

Diagram of a lott of Land situate in that part of the town of St. George commonly called the Carenage beginning at A and running South thirty degrees east sixty five feet to B from thence South forty seven degrees and a half eighty five feet to C the Boundary line of the Harbour and then along the said line of the Harbour North thirty seven degrees and forty four minutes east fifty seven feet six inches to Pile N.5 then North twenty five Degrees and three quarters east twenty feet five Inches to D and then North forty two degrees West ninety one feet to E then South forty eight degrees West fifty two feet to F then North forty two west forty four to G then south forty four degrees and one greater West eleven feet to A the place of beginning being bounded on the South and West by Land of Me∫srs Robert and Alexr. Campbell on the South and East by the Harbour on the the North and East by Land of Mr. Dominngo Commi∫siong and on the North and west partly by land of Me∫srs Park and Smith a common pa∫sage and Scott Street as the Diagram more particularly represents Surveyed at the request of Robert Ker esquire March 1798.

Gavin Smith

S. L.?

I won’t give up. On to the next Document.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 628s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1801 Cecil Smith – Charlotte Town, Saint John, Grenada

2012-01-20T11:06:00.000-05:00

Good Day,

The swinging thermometer in Tampa is a brilliant complement to any schizophrenic mentality, albeit it is the environment of the bi-polar oscillation. Hell you begin to warm up one day, then the next you’re freezing. It is temperate, bright and sunny; next you can’t get enough blankets around you. It is the land, to the residents that is, of layered clothing. It can get a wee bit temperamental and frustrating. But we got sun.

And I sit at my PC and continue with my Transcription Project. I continue my search and research for the origins and genealogy of my ggg-grandfather James Smith.

The next Smith-related Document from the Grenada Registers of Records is one created 20 February 1801; signed 28 July 1801; and entered 28 August 1801. It appears to be a recording of a purchase of a lot of land on Depradines Street in Charlotte Town in the Parish of St. John in Grenada. Charlotte Town, today on map is the Town of Gouyave. The above inserted image is a cut-out from A New Plan of the Island of Grenada from The Original French Survey of Monsieur Pinnel; Taken in 763 by Order of Government, and now Publi∫hed with the Addition of Engli∫h Names, Alterations of Property and other Improvements to the Pre∫ent Year 1780: by Lieut! Daniel Paterson, A∫sistant to the Quarter Ma∫ster General of His Majesty’s Forces. London.

The principal Smith included in the Document is Cecil Smith. All-things-being-equal I can decipher any hint of connection between her and ggg-grandfather James Smith.

Here are the images of the two Pages 320 and 321 as from the Grenada Registers of Records as downloaded from the microfilm FHL [1563378].

My Transcription –

320

Xd

Entered 28th August 1801

This Indenture made the Twenty th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one Between John Hay of the Island of Grenada Practitioner in Physic and Surgery of the one part and Cecil Smith and Elizabeth Rough free coloured Women of the same Island of the other part Witne∫seth that for and in consideration of the sum of five Shillings Current Money of the said Island of Grenada to the said John Hay in hand well and truly paid by the said Cecil Smith and Elizabeth Rough at or before the ensealing and delivery of these Presents (the Receipt

whereof

321

Whereof is hereby acknowledged) Hath granted Bargained and sold and by these Presents Do grant bargain and sell unto the said Cecil Smith and Elizabeth Rough their Executors Administrators and A∫signs All that Lot Piece or Parcel of Land of him the said John Hay situate lying being in that part of the aforesaid Island of Grenada commonly called Charlotte Town containing in front to Depradine Street forty feet and running from thence to the Sea bounded to the East by the said Street to the North by Land late of André Gauvin and to the South by Lands late of Matthew Desbirdes or howsoever the same is otherwise abutted and bounded together with all the Buildings thereon erected standing and Built And also all Ways Paths Pa∫sages Lights Easements Waters Watercourses Privileges Profits Commodities Emoluments Advantages Hereditaments Rights Members and Appurtenances whatsoever to the same Lot or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements and Premises belonging or in any wise appertaining or therewith most commonly held used occupied Po∫se∫sed or enjoyed or accepted reputed deemed taken or known as part parcel or _____ thereof And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Yearly and other Rents I∫sues and Profits thereof and of every part and Parcel thereof To have and To hold the said Lot or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and all and singular other the Premises hereinbefore mentioned or intended to be hereby bargained and sold and every of them with their Appurtenances unto the said Cecil Smith and Elizabeth Rough their Executors Administrators and A∫signs from the day next before the day of the date hereof for and during and unto the full End and Term of one whole Year from thence next ensuing and fully to be complete and ended Yielding and Paying therefore unto the said John Hay his Heirs and A∫signs the Yearly Rent of One Pepper Corn only at the Expiration of the said Term if the same shall be lawfully demanded To the intent and purpose that by virtue of these Presents and by force of the Statute for transferring of Uses into Po∫se∫sion the said Cecil Smith and Elizabeth Rough may be in the actual Po∫se∫sion of the said Lot or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and Premises hereby bargained and sold or mentioned or intended so to be and every of them with their Appurtenances and thereby be enabled to take a Grant and Release of the Freehold Reversion and Inheritance of the same Premises and of every Part and Parcel thereof unto the said Cecil Smith and Elizabeth Rough their Heirs and A∫signs To the only proper Use and Behoof of the said Cecil Smith and Elizabeth and of their Heirs and A∫signs forever by one Indenture already prepared intended to bear date the day next after the day of the date hereof and made between the same Parties as are as is to these Presents In Witne∫s whereof the Party first above named his Hand and Seals to these Presents how? set the say and year first above written

John ( L S ) Hay

Sealed and delivered in the Presence of George Robert Penny - John Armstrong

Grenada

Acknowledged before me by John Hay Esquire the Party executing the within Indenture as and for his free and Voluntary Act and Deed this Twenty eighth day of July One thousand Eight hundred and One

Owsley Rowley Dep. Register

The next set of Pages include Page 462 through and including 465. Not quite sure at this juncture whether this set is the beginning few of a series concerning Benjamin D’Harriette Smith. Stay tuned.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 627s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1799 Robert Smith (Entered 1801) – Grand Roi and Mon Plaisir Estates, Saint John – Part 2 of 2

2012-01-19T11:41:00.000-05:00

Good Day,

I could become a Vegan, but under one condition. I would have to do without Tofurkey Sausages. Not matter what I did with them there sausages last night they still tasted like dead, soggy, and re-cycled cardboard. I fried them with onions and then simmered them in apple cider vinegar and chicken broth. I coupled the meal with a Delicata Squash, Apple, Potato, and Yogurt mash and a Green Pea salad with celery and onions. Give me NO Tofurkey. Mind and palate lesson learned.

The Transcription Project continues. The search for the origins of ggg-grandfather James Smith appears to be never-ending. Thanks to all of you who have been following A Genealogy Hunt and have been sending me ideas and suggestions. They are most welcome.

The next set of Transcriptions is the second Part, of two of the 1799 Document from the Grenada Registers of Records. The sole Smith included is Robert Smith. There are no explicit clues as to any connection to ggg-grandfather James. The above inserted image is something representational I found of The Consolidated Bank Limited. In the body of this Document there is reference to “…twenty thousand Pounds three per Cent Consolidated Bank Annuities Upon the Trusts following…”

Here are the images of Pages 110 through and including 113 as downloaded Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

And my Transcription -

110

A∫signed unto and in the joint Names of himself and the said Henry Poole and also Samuel Marryat of Chancery Lane London Esquire and Robert Smith of Basing hall Street London Gentleman (two responsible persons nominated by the said Joseph Marryat and Henry Poole) the Capital Sum of Twenty Thousand Pounds three per Cent Consolidated Bank Annuities upon the Trusts mentioned in the said Articles and the said Trustees have by a certain Deed or Instrument in Writing bearing ^even date with these Presents duly declared the Trusts thereof accordingly And whereas the said Henry Poole in Pursuance and performance of the said Agreement on his part hath at the Request of the said William Postlethwaite and Joseph Marryat by Indenture of A∫signment bearing even date with these Presents and made between the said Henry Poole of the one Part and thesaid Joseph Marryat of the other Part duly a∫signed All and singular the said two Plantations Buildings Negroes Slaves Live and dead Stock Utensils Implements and Premises comprised in the said Mortgage for the residue of the said three ^several? Terms therein and also thesaid Mortgage Debt and Interest and the said four unsatisfied Bonds given for securing the Payment thereof And all hi Estate Right Title and Interest as surviving Mortgagee and Partner as aforesaid of in and to the same respectively right full power and Authority for recovering Payment of the said Mortgage Debt and Interest unto the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Administrators and A∫signs Now this Indenture Witne∫seth and it is hereby declared and agreed by and between the said Parties to these Presents and the said Joseph Marryat doth hereby for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators covenant promise declare and agree to and with the said William Postlethwaite his Executors Administrators and A∫signs that such A∫signment was so made to him and that he his Executors and Administrators shall and will stand po∫se∫sed of and interested in the said two Plantations Buildings Negroes Slaves live and dead Stock Utensils Implements and Premises and also the said Mortgage Debt and Interest and Bonds so a∫signed to him as aforesaid Upon the Trusts and to and for the Ends Intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned expre∫sed and declared of and concerning the same that is to say Upon Trust for better securing the Payment of the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Administrators and A∫signs of all such Sum and Sums of Money as he or they shall pay in discharge of his said Acceptances of the said ten several Bills of Exchange drawn on him by the said William Postlethwaite to the said Joseph Marryat his Executors or Administrators together with Interest thereon at and after the rate of five Pounds per Cent per annum And from and after Payment of all such Monies and Interest And all Costs and Charges in respect thereof Then upon Trust to convey a∫sign and a∫sure the said two several Plantations Buildings Negroes Slaves live and dead Stock Utensils Implements and Premises for the then residue of the said three several terms of one thousand Years Eight hundred Years and five hundred Years therein And also the said four unsatisfied Bonds or such of them as shall then be unpaid unto the said William Postlethwaite his Executors Administrators or A∫signs or as her or they shall direct or appoint (Subject neverthele∫s to such Redemption in Equity as the same Premises shall under and by virtue of the said Indenture of Demise or Mortgage of the fifth day of March one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven be then subject or liable to) free form all Incumbrances

to

111

To be made or done by the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Administrators or A∫signs and to for and upon no other Use Trust Intent or Purpose whatsoever And the said William Postlethwaite doth hereby for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators covenant Promise and Agree to and with the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Adminis trators and A∫signs that so long as the said Bills of Exchange or any or either of them shall remain outstanding and unprovided for by the said William Postlethwaite or any other monies due or to grow due from him to the said Joseph Marryatt shall be unpaid and undischarged he the said William Postlethwaite his Heirs Executors and Admõrs shall and will yearly and every year well and faithfully ship and consign or cause to be shipped and consigned unto the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Administrators or A∫signs in London or to such other person or persons in that City or elsewhere in Great Britain as he or they shall direct All and singular the Sugar and other Produce except Rum which shall grow or be made upon or from the said Plantations or Estates or either of them whereof or of the Rents I∫sues or Profits of which or of any part of which the said William Postlethwaite his Heirs Executors or Administrators shall be in the Po∫se∫sion or the Receipt And in case of his or their not being or not continuing in the Po∫se∫sion of the said William Postlethwaite his Heirs Executors or Admõrs shall and will yearly and every Year ship and consign or assure to be shipped and consigned in manner aforesaid a quantity of Sugar and other Produce from the said William Postlethewaite’s other Estates at Demerara in North America equal to the Produce of the said two Plantations and Estates except the Rum in order that the Sugar and other Produce so to be shipped and consigned may by the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Administrators or A∫signs be sold and disposed of upon Commi∫sion in the usual and customary manner of Merchants in London And that he the said William Postlethwaite his Heirs Exõrs Admõrs or A∫signs shall not nor will in any wise dog incumber or annex any conditions whatsoever to the said Consignments or any part thereof either by Bills of Exchange Transfer of Bills of Lading or otherwise howsoever but shall and will permit and suffer and direct the whole net proceeds of the said Joseph Marryat his Exõrs Admõrs or A∫signs to be by him or them kept and retained and from time to time as occasion may require duly applied in or towards satisfaction and discharge of the said Bills of Exchange when and as the same shall become payable and of all such other Monies as hereinbefore mentioned and the Interest thereof respectively until the whole of the said Bills and other Monies and Interest shall be fully paid and discharges And the said Joseph Marryat doth hereby for himself his Heirs Executors and Admõrs and A∫signs that he the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Admõrs and A∫signs shall and will according to the usage and custom of Merchants cause Insure to be duly made on all such Sugars as shall from time to time be shipped and consigned as hereinbefore mentioned according to the directions or advice he or they shall from time to rime receive form the said William Postlethwaite his Executors Admõrs or A∫signs or otherwise as occasion may be or require And also shall

and

112

And will duly and faithfully sell and dispose of all and every the Sugars and other Produce so shipped and consigned as aforesaid and which shall come to his or their Po∫se∫sion to best advantage for the benefit of the said William Postlethwaite his Executors Admõrs and A∫signs and shall and will pay and apply the net proceeds of such Sugars when and as the same shall be by him or them received and also all monies which shall in cases of lo∫s be by him or them recovered and received upon or by virtue of any such Policy or Policies of Insurance as shall be effected by virtue of these Presents in or towards Payment of the said Bills of Exchange and other Monies and Interest hereinbefore mentioned And from and after full Payment thereof unto thesaid William Postlethwaite his Executors Administrators or A∫signs or as or they shall from time to time order direct and appoint And lastly that they thesaid Joseph Marryat and William Postlethwaite Do and each of them Doth hereby authorize constitute and impower Alexander Cockburn and John Orr both of the said Island of Grenada Esquires their and each of their Attornies and Attorney jointly and severally for and in their several and respective names to be and appear before the proper Officer or Officers for the recording of Deeds in the said Island of Grenada and then and there to acknowledge the respective signing sealing and delivery of these Presents by the said Joseph Marryat and William Postlethwaite and to do perform and execute all such other Acts Deeds Matters and Things as shall or may be requisite for procuring these Presents to be duly recorded according to the Law for recording of Deeds in the said Island of Grenada in Witne∫s whereof the said Parties to these Presents have hereunto set their Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above written

Sealed and delivered by the within named

Josp ( L S ) Marryat _________________ ( L S )

Joseph Marryat being first duly stamped) in the presence of

Robt Smith – Robt Wiltshire

Sealed and delivered by the within named William Postlethwaite in the presence of Robert Wiltshire Clear to Robert Smith of Basinghall Street London Gentleman maketh Oath and saith that he together with the said Robert Smith was present and did see Joseph Marryat in the Parchment Writing or Deed of Declaration of Trust hereto annexed named duly sign seal and as his Act and Deed deliver the said Parchment Writing or Deed And that the Named “Josh Marryat” to the said Deed set and subscribed as the Party executing the same and the Names “Robt Smith” “Robt. Wiltshire” set and subscribed to the Attestation written on the back of the said Deed as Witne∫ses to attest the due Execution thereof by the said Joseph Marryat are of the respective proper handswriting of the said Joseph Marryat Robert Smith and this Deponent

Rob Wiltshire

Sworn at the Mansion House London this 10th January 1799 before me

RC Glyn Mayor

To all to whom these Present shall come I Sir Richard Carr Glyn Knight Lord Mayor of the City of London In pursuance of an Act of Parliament made and pa∫sed in the fifth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Second Intituled an Act for the more easy recovery of Debts in his Majesty’s Plantations and Colonies in America Do hereby Certify that on the Day of the Date hereof Personally came and appeared before me Robert Wilshire the Deponent named in the Affidavit hereunto annexed being a Person well known and worthy of good Credit and by solemn Oath which the

said

113

Said Deponent then took before me upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God Did solemnly and sincerely declare testify and depose to be true the several matters and things mentioned and contained in the said annexed Affidavit

( L S )

In Faith and Testimony whereof I the said Lord Mayor have aused the seal of the Office of Mayoralty of the said City of London to be hereunto put and Affixed and the Parchment Writing or Deed or Declaration of Trust mentioned and referred to in and by the Affidavit to be hereunto also annexed Dated in London the tenth day of January in the Year of our Lord One thousand ∫even hundred and ninety nine

Windale

And I continue the search and research for ggg-grandfather James Smith.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 626s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1799 Robert Smith (Entered 1801) – Grand Roi and Mon Plaisir Estates, Saint John – Part 1 of 2

2012-01-17T11:53:00.001-05:00

Good Day,

In my continued sear and research for the origins and genealogy of my ggg-grandfather James Smith at times I chance upon a name, aka surname, that sort of catches my eye. And just before I go any further, this Document appears to be a followup to the previous one that only includes the name Robert Smith.

The name that has caught my eye is that of "Marryat". I wonder if it my have been an original format of the current name "Marriot"? Just thinking our loud. Anyway from A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry by Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D… Vol. II, edited by Ashworth P. Burke. London, 1895, I discovered information that more than likely is of the same Joseph and Samuel Marryat, which are names included in this Document.

Here are the first five Pages of the 1799 Document which appears to be a schedule of payment options and choices. The name Robert Smith appears as Legal Counsel. Once again there does not appear to be any immediate connection to ggg-grandfather James Smith.

Here are the images of Pages 105 through and including 109 as downloaded from the Grenada Registers of Records and Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

My Transcription -

105

Entered 11th May 1801

This Indenture made the ninth day of January in the thirty ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith ₰. And in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven Hundred and ninety nine Between Joseph Marryat of New Bridge Street Blackfriars in the City of London Merchant of the one part and William Postlethwaite of the Island of Grenada in the West Indies Planter of the other part Whereas by Indenture of Demise or Mortgage bearing date the fifth day of March One thousand seven hundred and eighty seven and made or mentioned to be made between Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier by their several descriptions therein mentioned of the one Past and Thomas Harrison (since deceased) and Henry Poole (then Partners in Trade with the said Thomas Harrison) by their several descriptions therein also mentioned of the other Part After reciting as therein is recited A certain Plantation and Premises called Grand Roi situate in the said Island of Grenada together with the Negroes Slaves Cattle Live and Dead Stock Utensils and Implements thereto belonging with the Appurte nances were duly granted and demised by the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Cole their Executors Admõrs and A∫signs for the term of One Thousand Years And by the same Indenture A Certain other Plantation and premises called Mont Plaisir situate in the said Island with the Negroes Slaves Cattle Live and Dead Stock Utensils and Implements thereto belonging with the Appurtenances were also duly granted and demised by the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Admõrs and A∫signs for the term of Eight hundred Years And by the same Indenture certain Negro Slaves therein mentioned with the I∫sue and Increase of the Females of the said Slaves were duly granted and demised by the said Jean Baptiste Ollivier unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Admõrs and A∫signs for the term of five hundred Years subject to a Proviso for making void the said Indenture on Payment by the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariescheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier or either of their or either of their Heirs Executors or Admõrs unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Admõrs of the sum of twenty

Thousand

106

Thousand Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain with Interest for the same (and also of the sum of nine hundred and seventeen Pounds five ∫hillings being the balance of an Account Current therein mentioned) making in the whole both Principal and Interest the sum of twenty six thousand nine hundred and twenty six pounds five shillings by Eight yearly Instalments payable on the first day of September in each and every Year in manner therein mentioned And Whereas the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptist Ollivier did at the same time enter into and execute to the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole eight several Bonds or Obligations in Writing bearing date respectively the said fifth day of March one thousand seven hundred and eight seven for securing payment of the said several Instalments and Interest And Whereas the said Thomas Harrison departed this Life on or about the thirty first day of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety one having previously a∫signed his share and Interest in the said Monies to the said Henry Poole and having also fist duly made and published his last Will and Testament in Writing bearing date the sixteenth day of February one thousand seven hundred and ninety and thereby constituted and appointed the said Henry Poole together with James Clarke Satterthwaite Esquire Executors thereof which said Will hath since his Death been duly proved by the said Henry Poole alone in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury And Whereas the dour first of the said Yearly Instalments were paid and discharged by the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier and the four Bonds corresponding with such Instalments were delivered up to be cancelled but the four last of such Instalments not being paid thesaid Henry Poole in or about the Month of December one thousand seven hundred and eight five made up an Account of the Principal Money and Interest then due on the said Mortgage and unsatisfied Bonds whereby it appears that there was then justly due and owing to the said Henry Poole as surviving Mortgagee and Partner as aforesaid from the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier the sum of fourteen thousand and thirty one Pounds ten ∫hillings and eight pence of lawful Money of Great Britain And Whereas the said Henry Poole as such surviving Mortgagee and Partner as aforesaid in or about the said Month of December One thousand seven hundred and ninety five duly executed a Power of Attorney to Edmund Thornton Duncan Campbell and John Orr of the said Island of Grenada Esquires thereby authorizing them to institute such proceedings at Law and in Equity as might be proper for settling the said Mortgage Account and for recovering the Payment thereof out of the said Mortgaged Premises and certain proceedings have been since had thereon accordingly and the same are now depending in the Courts of the said Island And Whereas thesaid William Postlethwaite previously to the Institution of such proceedings entered into Po∫se∫sion of the said Plantation and Premises called Grand Rio and then was and still is in the receipt of the receipt of the Rents Profits and Produce thereof And Whereas by certain Articles of Agreement bearind date the twentieth day of July one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight and made or mentioned to be made between the said Henry Poole of the first part the said William Postlethwaite of the second part and the said Joseph Marryat of the third part After

reciting

107

Reciting as or to the effect hereinbefore recited And reciting that the said William Postlethwaite had through the said Joseph Marryat made proposals to the said Henry Poole for paying off the said Mortgage and taking on A∫signment thereof but such proposals not being acceded to other proposals in lieu thereof had been made and agreed to between the said Henry Poole and Joseph Marryat at as thereinafter mentioned subject neverthele∫s tp the confirmation thereof by the said William Postlethwaite It is by the said now reciting Articles Witne∫sed and the said Parties thereto did Mutually ^_____ or themselves their Heirs Executors and Administrators each with the other and others of them and the Executors and Administrators of the other and others of them (amongst other things) as follows that is to say first That the Principal Monies and Interest due upon the said Mortgage and Bonds such Interest being computed to the first day of September then next and now last past amounting in the whole by the account thereon indorsed to the sum ‘ of Sixteen thousand three hundred and nineteen Pounds seventeen shillings and four pence should be paid by the said William Postlethwaite to the said Henry Poole at the times and in manner following vizt the sum of six thousand three hundred and nineteen Pounds seventeen Shillings and four pence should be paid down to the said Henry Poole his Executors Administrators or A∫signs at the time thereinafter mentioned and the sum of ten thousand Pounds residue of the said sum of sixteen thousand three hundred and nineteen Pounds seventeen shillings and four pence should be paid down to the said Henry Poole his Executors Administrators or A∫signs at the time Hereinafter mentioned and the sum of ten thousand Pounds residue of the said sum of sixteen thousand three hundred and nineteen Pounds seventeen shillings and four pence should be paid within the space of ten Years from the ∫aid first day of September then next by ten equal annual Instalments Payable on the first day of September in every Year to each and every of which said Instalments should be added the Interest then due on the remainder of the said Principal sum of ten thousand Pounds such Interest being computed at the rate of five Pounds per Cent per Annum Secondly That the Payment of such Instalments (comprehending both Principal and Interest) should be paid or secured to be paid by Bills of Exchange to be drawn by the said William Postlethwaite upon and to be accepted by the said Joseph Marryat payable to the said Henry Poole or Order? Thirdly That as a further or Collateral Security for the due and punctual Payment of such Bills according to the tenors thereof respectively the said Joseph Marryat should and would at any time on Demand from and after such Notification should be made or given to him as thereinafter mentioned transfer and A∫sign unto and in the Names of four responsible Persons two to be nominated by the said Henry Poole and the other two by the said Joseph Marryat the Capital sum of twenty thousand Pounds three per Cent Consolidated Bank Annuities Upon the Trusts following that is to say In Trust to pay the Dividends and Interest thereof from time to time to the said Joseph Marryat and his A∫signs for his and their own use and benefit And upon further Trust when and as any of such Bills of Exchange ∫hould be duly paid and discharged to transfer and rea∫sign to the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Administrators or A∫signs one tenth part

of

108

Of the said Capital sum of twenty thousand Pounds three per Cent Consolidated Bank Annuities But in case any one or more of the said Bills of Exchange should not be paid or and when the same should become due and payable Then In Trust by and out of the Dividends of the said Stock and by sale of so much of the Capital of the said Stock as should be nece∫sary for that purpose to pay and discharge such Bill or Bills of Exchange with all Charges and Expenses attending the NonPayment thereof and that such Trustees should be a proper Deed or Instrument in Writing declare the Trusts thereof accordingly fourthly That is case is should not be convenient to the said William Postlethwaite to pay down so large a sum as the sum of six thousand three hundred and nineteen Pounds seventeen shillings and four pence then that the sum of four thousand three hundred and nineteen Pounds seventeen shillings and four pence of like lawful Money should be paid down by him to the said Henry Poole in part Payment of the said sum of sixteen thousand three hundred and nineteen Pounds seventeen shillings and four pence and Interest and that the remainder thereof should be paid or secured to be paid by the said William Postlethwaite to the said Henry Poole within seven Years from the first day of September then next by seven equal annual Instalments payable as therein mentioned and the Payment thereof to be secured as therein also mentioned fifthly That the said William Posthelwaite should have the option of determining which of the said two modes or Plans of Payment he would adopt such Option to be declared to the said Attornies of the said Henry Poole within thirty days next after the said Articles of Agreement should be shown and presented to him for the Execution thereof and that within ten days next after such option should be declared the said William Postlethwaite should and would draw Bills of Exchange upon the said Joseph Marryat (payable to the said Henry Poole or Order) corresponding with the said Articles and the mode or plan of Payment so adopted by the said William Postlethwaite Sixthly that upon Notification being made or given to the said Joseph Marryat and Henry Poole of the mode or plan of Payment which should have been adopted by the said William Postlethwaite and upon Receipt of the said Bills of Exchange in England the said Articles so far as respected the said Joseph Marryat and Henry Poole should immediately thereupon be carried into full and comple__ effect Seventhly that all Expenses which should have been incurred by the said Henry Poole in the said Island touching the commencing and prosecuting of any Suit or Proceedings in Justice of the said Letter of Attorney of any Instructions since given by him to his said Attornies in respect of the said Mortgage and Bonds as also the Commi∫sion chargeable by or payable to his said Attornies on account thereof should be advanced and paid to him by the said William Postlethwaite with Liberty to the said William Postlethwaite to charge the same against the said Mortgage Premises it being the true intent and meaning of the said Articles of Agreement now in recital that the said Henry Poole should receive Payment of his sd Mortgage Debt and Interest in manner aforesaid free of all charges and expenses whatsoever Eighthly that when such Option should have been determined and notified such payments made and such Securities given as aforesaid the said Henry Poole should and would at the Costs and Charges of the said William Postlethwaite and Joseph Marryat duly a∫sign and make over unto them or one of them or to such Person or Persons as they should direct or appoint all his Right Title and Interest as surviving Mortgagee and Partner as aforesaid of and in the said Mortgage Debt and Interest and of all Securities for the Payment thereof And also should and would give and execute full and irrevocable Power and

Authority

109

Authority to them or either of them or to such person or persons as aforesaid to take such steps as might be nece∫sary or proper for establishing the said Mortgage account or debt and for recovering Payment thereof as also for foreclosing the Equity of Redemption of and in the said Mortgaged Premises He the said Henry Poole his Executors and Administrators being fully indemnified by the said William Postlethwaite and Joseph Marryat from and against all Costs Charges and Expences whatsoever which should or might be incurred in or about any Proceedings to be instituted for all or any of the Purposes aforesaid as in and by the said in part recited Indenture of Demise or Mortgage duly recorded in the Register’s Office of the said Island of Grenada and the said Bonds and Articles of Agreement reference being thereunto respectively had may more fully appear And Whereas the said William Postlethwaite did in pursuance and part performance of the said Articles on his part and with the Time thereby limited declare to the said Attornies of the said Henry Poole the Option given to him by the said Articles and did determine to adopt the first of the said two modes or plans of payment mentioned in the said Articles and in pursuance of such his Option and Determination did within the time limited for that purpose draw ten several sets of Bills of Exchange upon the said Joseph Marryat (payable to the said Henry Poole or Order) for Payment of the ten annual Installments and Interest comprised in the said Mode or Plan of Payment so adopted by him as aforesaid and corresponding therewith and with the said Articles And Whereas Notification hath been duly made or given to the said Joseph Marryat and Henry Poole of the mode or plan of Payment as adopted by the said William Postlethwaite and the said several sets of Bills of Exchange have been transmitted to and received by the said Joseph Marryat in England And Whereas the said Joseph Marryat hath at the request of the said William Postlethwaite in further pursuance and performance of the said agreement on the part of the said William Postlethwaite this day advanced and paid to the said Henry Poole the said sum of six thousand three hundred and nineteen Pounds seventeen shillings and four pence And also the further sum of One hundred and twelve Pounds ten shillings and ten pence (being the Interest thereof from the said first day of September last to the day of the date of these presents and likewise the further sum of One hundred and Eight Pounds at which it was consented and agreed between the said Henry Poole and Joseph Marryat that the charges and expenses incurred by the said Henry Poole in the said Island touching the Suits or Proceedings instituted in pursuance of the said Letter of Attorney and the commi∫sion payable to his said Attornies thereon should be finally ascertained and liquidated such three several Sums making in the whole the sum of Six thousand six hundred and twelve Pounds eight shillings and two pence And Whereas the said Joseph Marryat hath in pursuance and performance of the said Agreement on his part duly accepted the said several Bills of Exchange and hath delivered over the same s accepted to the said Henry Poole and for better securing the payment thereof when and as the same shall become due and payable the said Joseph Marryat hath also in further pursuance and performance of the said Agreement on his part this Day transferred and

A∫signed

On to Part 2.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 625s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1799 Robert Smith – Grand Roi and Mon Plaisir Estates, Saint John – Part 2 of 2

2012-01-16T09:55:00.001-05:00

Good Day,

The cold continues here in Tampa. Supposed to be warming up this week… and only 4 ½ months until the beginning of Hurricane Season.

And staying with my Transcription Project in the search for the genealogy, ancestry, and origins of my ggg-grandfather James Smith, today’s Posting of A Genealogy Hunt presents the next four Pages of the 1799 Document from the Grenada Registers of Records. (See Part 624s for the first five Pages.)

The above inserted image is a cut-out from the 1801 Gavin Smith Map of the Island of Grenada. The portion that I have included approximates the location of the two Estates; Grand Roi and Mon Plaisir. The Red oval is placed in the contiguous location.

Here are the images of Pages 102 through and including 105 as downloaded from the Grenada Registers of Records and Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

And my Transcription –

102

Come at or procure without Suit at Law or Equity To have and to hold the said two several Plantations Buildings Negroes Slaves Cattle Stock and all and singular other the Premises hereby A∫signed or mentioned or intended so to be with Appurtenances unto the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Admõrs and A∫signs from henceforth for and during all the rest residue and remainder and to come and unexpired of and in the aid three several Terms of One thousand Years Eight hundred Years and five hundred Years in and by the said in part recited Indenture of Demise Granted as aforesaid subject neverthele∫s to such Redemption in Equity as the same Premises are under and by virtue of the said Indenture of Demise now subject and liable to And to have hold receive take and enjoy the said Principal Monies and Interest and Bonds hereby a∫signed or mentioned or intended so to be and every part thereof unto the said Joseph Marryat at his Executors Admõrs and A∫signs as his and their own proper Monies Goods and Chattels absolutely for ever and for the Consideration aforesaid He the said Henry Poole Hath made authorized constituted and appointed And by these Presents Doth make authorize constitute and appoint the said Joseph Marryat his Executor Admõrs and A∫signs the rue and Lawful Attorney and Attornies of him the said Henry Poole his Executors and Admõrs in his or their name or names or otherwise but at the proper Costs and Charges of the said Joseph Marryat his Executor Admõrs and A∫signs to ask demand sue for recover and receive of and from the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier and each of them their and each of their Heirs Exõrs Admõrs and A∫signs or whom else it doth shall or may concern The said Principal Monies and Interest hereby A∫signed or mentioned or intended so to be every or any part thereof and upon Non Payment thereof or any part thereof to take and use all lawful and equitable ways and means by Action suit Arrest Attachment or otherwise for recovering and inforcing payment thereof and such proceeding or proceedings to prosecute and carry on to Judgment and Execution and or to release discontinue or withdraw the same as the said Joseph Marryat his Exõrs Admõrs or A∫signs shall think proper And upon receipt of the said Principal Monies and Interest or any part thereof to give sign and execute proper and sufficient receipts Releases and discharges for the same He the said Henry Poole hereby ratifying allowing and confirming and agreeing to ratify allow and Confirm all and whatsoever the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Admõrs or A∫signs shall lawfully do or cause to be done in or about the Premises by virtue of these Presents And the said Henry Poole doth hereby for himself his Heirs Exõrs and Admõrs Covenant Promise and Agree to and with the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Admõrs and A∫signs that he the said Henry Poole hath not nor hat the said Thomas Harrison his Exõrs or Admõrs or any or either of them made done committed or wittingly or willingly suffered and that he the said Henry Poole his Exõrs or Admõrs shall not nor will at any time or times hereafter make do commit or suffer any Act Deed Matter or Thing whatsoever whereby or by reason or means whereof the said two Plantations Buildings Negroes Slaves Cattle Stock and Premises hereby a∫signed or mentioned or intended so to be or the said three several Terms of One thousand Years Eight hundred Years and five hundred Years therein or any of them are is can shall or may be impeached charged surrendered

forfeited

103

Forfeited or incumbered in Title Charge Estate or otherwise howsoever And also that he the said Henry Poole shall not nor will at anytime or times hereafter revoke defeat or make void the Power hereby given nor released not discharge the said unsatisfied Bonds or the Principal Monies and Interest thereby secured or any Part thereof nor release discontinue or become nonsuit in any Action Suit Proceeding brought commenced or prosecuted or which shall or may be brought commenced or is prosecuted in pursuance of these Presents not Act in the Premises further or otherwise than as the said Joseph Marryat his Exõrs Admõrs or A∫signs and all and every other Person and Persons whosoever having or lawfully or equitably Claiming or who shall or may at any time or times have or lawfully or equitably Claim any Estate Right Title Trust or Interest of into or out of the said two Plantations Buildings Negroes Slaves Cattle Stock and Premises and the said Principal Monies and Interest hereby A∫signed or mentioned or intended so to be by from under or in Trust for him them or any of them shall and will from time to time and at all times hereafter upon the reasonable request and at the proper Costs and Charges of the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Admõrs or A∫signs make do and execute or cause or procure to be made done and executed all and every such further and other lawful and reasonable Act and Acts Deed and Deeds Things Devices Conveyances A∫signments and A∫surances in the Law whatsoever as well for the further better more perfectly and absolutely a∫signing and a∫suring the said Plantations Buildings Negroes Slaves Cattle Stock and Premises with the Appurtenances unto the said Joseph Marryat his Exõrs Admõrs and A∫signs for all the then residue of the said three several Terms of One thousand Years Eight hundred Years and five hundred Years therein (Subject as aforesaid) as also for the further better more perfectly and absolutely a∫signing the said Principal Monies and Interest hereby A∫signed unto the said Joseph Marryat at his Executors Admõrs and A∫signs as by the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Admõrs or A∫signs or his or their Counsel learned in the Law shall be lawfully and reasonably devised or advised and required so as such further A∫surances contain in them no further or other Covenants than against the Person or Persons his her or their Heirs Exõrs or Admõrs who shall make or do the same And so as the Person or Persons who shall be required to make do or execute the same be not compelled or compellable for the making or doing thereof to go on Travel above ten Miles from his her or their then most usual Dwellings or Places of abode And the said Joseph Marryat doth hereby for himself his Heirs Executors and Admõrs Covenant Promise and agree to and with the said Henry Poole his Executors Admõrs and A∫signs that he the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Admõrs and A∫signs shall and will well and sufficiently save defend keep harmle∫s and indemnified the said Henry Poole his Heirs Executors and Admõrs and his and their Lands Tenements Goods and Chattels of from and against all and all manner of Costs Charges Damages and Expenses whatsoever which he the said Henry Poole his Heirs Exõrs or Admõrs shall or may bear pay sustain or be liable to for or by

reason

104

Reason or means of his or their name or names being used in any Action suit or other Proceedings which shall or may be brought commenced or Prosecuted by the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Administrators or A∫signs for the Recovery of the said Mortgage Debt and Interest hereby a∫signed or any part thereof or any ways relating thereto And lastly the said Henry Poole and Joseph Marryat do and each of them doth hereby authorize and empower Alexander Cockburn and John Orr both of the said Island of Grenada Esquires their Attornies and Attorney jointly and each of them severally for and in their respective Names to be and appear before the proper Officer or Officers for the recording of Deeds in the sd Island of Grenada and then and these to acknowledge the Signing sealing and Delivery of these Presents by the said Henry Poole and Joseph Marryat and to do perform and execute all such other Acts Deeds Matters and Things as may be requisite for procuring these Presents to be duly recorded according to the Law for recording of Deeds in the said Island In Witne∫s whereof the said Parties to these Presents have hereunto set their Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above written.

Henry ( L S ) Poole – Josh ( L S ) Marryat

Sealed and delivered (being first duly stamped) in the presence of

Robt Smith – Robt Wiltshire

Received the day of the date of the within Indenture of and from the within named Joseph Marryat the sum of Six thousand six hundred and twelve Pounds eight shillings and two pence being the Consideration Money within mentioned to be paid by him to me £6612.8.2

Witne∫s – Robt. Smith – Robt. Wiltshire

Henry Poole

Robert Wilshire Clerk to Robert Smith of Basinghall Street Gentleman maketh Oath and saith that he together with the said Robert Smith was present and did see Henry Poole and Joseph Marryat in the Parchment Writing or Indenture of A∫signment hereunto annexed respectively named duly sign seal and as their respective Acts and Deeds deliver the said Parchment Writing or Indenture of A∫signment And that the Names “Henry Poole” “Josh Marryat” to the said Indenture set and subscribed as parties executing the same And the Names “Robt. Smith” “Robt. Wiltshire” set and subscribed to the Attestation written on the back of the said Indenture as Witne∫ses to attest the due execution thereof by the said Henry Poole and Joseph Marryat are of the respective proper Handswriting and of the said Henry Poole Joseph Marryat Robert Smith and this Deponent

Rob Wiltshire

Sworn at the Mansion House London this
10th Janry 1799 Before me R C Glyn Mayor

To all to whom these presents shall come I Sir Richard Carr Glyn Knight Lord Mayor of the City of London In pursuance of an Act of Parliament made and pa∫sed in the fifth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Second Intituled an Act for the more easy recovery of Debts in His Majesty’s Plantations and Colonies in America Do hereby Certify that on the Day of the Date hereof Personally came and appeared before me Robert Wiltshire the Deponent named in the Affidavit hereunto annexed being a Person well known and worthy of good Credit and by solemn Oath which the said

105

Said Deponent then took before me upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God Did solemnly and sincerely declare testify and depose to be true the several matters and things mentioned and contained in the said annexed Affidavit

( L S )

In Faith and Testimony whereof I the said Lord Major have caused the Seal of the Office of Mayoralty of the said City of London to be hereunto put and affixed and the Parchment Writing or Indenture of A∫signment mentioned and referred to in and by the said Affidavit to be hereunto also annexed Dated in London the tenth Day of January in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety nine

Windale

The next Indenture appears to be new, but a continuation of this one. Stay tuned.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 624s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1799 Robert Smith – Grand Roi and Mon Plaisir Estates, Saint John – Part 1 of 2

2012-01-15T11:37:00.001-05:00

Good Day,

When is a Risotto not a Risotto? According to what I have read, there is no true Risotto but made with three types of rice: Arborio, Carnaroli, and Nano.

Okay, okay, something to do with the ‘pearl’ in the center of the rice. Well last night I tried something different, once again, for supper – Chicken and Orzo Pasta… and made it like a Risotto. ‘Twas ever so easy to prepare. Chicken breast cut in some fork-sized bites, water and chicken broth, and Orzo pasta all thrown into the pot. Brought to a boil and then lowered heat and stirred every so often for about 12 minutes. In the meantime I fried up some sliced mushrooms and minced garlic in olive oil and butter. Once the chicken orzo concoction was sort of done, I threw in the mushrooms and garlic, some various herbs, pepper and salt, and about a ¼ cup chopped Nasturtium flowers, stems, leaves, and all. Then I stirred in a bit more than a ¼ cup of Parmesan Cheese. Served it with shaved Parmesan Cheese on warmed plates. Too, too good.

And then I got back to my Transcription Project in my search and research for the genealogy and origins of my ggg-grandfather James Smith. I have decided that one of my genealogy priorities this 2012, sort of a resolution, (but don’t count on it), is to transcribe as much of those Smith-related Documents from the period of 1764 through 1850 that are available from the Grenada Registers of Records. All-things-being-equal I would hope to find more hints, clues, and leads to the origins and genealogy of ggg-grandfather James. For your information, that would be about 23 of the 33 16mm microfilms that are housed at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

In keeping with my goal, here is the next 1799 Document of the Grenada Registers of Records from Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378]. This one includes the attorney Robert Smith of Basinghall Street, London. His name, and work appears to be a possible constant over a number of Documents. There does not appear to be any reference or link to ggg-grandfather James Smith included in the nine pages of this Indenture.

For your information I try to include as many as possible surnames as labels to my Postings. All-things-being-equal the following are names, as transcribed, included in this 1799 Indenture:

James Campbell
Alexander Cockburn
Thomas Harrison
Me∫srs French and Johnston
Sir Richard Carr Glyn
Monsr LeVevier
Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau
Monsr Marreaud
Joseph Marryat
Samuel Marryat
James Mays
Jean Baptiste Ollivier
John Orr
Henry Poole
William Postlethwaite
Messors St. Germain
James Clark Satterwaite
Robert Smith
Robert Wiltshire

Here are the first set of two of downloaded images of Pages 97 through and including 101.

My transcription –

97

Examined

Entered 11th May 1801.

This Indenture made the ninth day of January in the thirty ninth Year of the Reign or our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland Kind Defender of the Faith ₰. And in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety nine Between Henry Poole of Woodford in the County of E∫sex Esquire of the one Part and Joseph Marryat of New Bridge Street Blackfriars in the City of London Merchant of the other Part Whereas by Indenture of Demise or Mortgage bearing date the fifth day of March One thousand seven hundred and eight seven and made or mentioned to be made between Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau of the Parish of Saint John in the Island of Grenada Widow and Jean Baptiste Ollivier of the same Parish and Island Esquire of the one Part and Thomas Harrison of the Angel Court Throgmorton Street London Merchant (then in thesaid Island of Grenada but since deceased) and the said Henry Poole (then Partner in Trade with the said Thomas Harrison) of the other Part After Reciting as therein is recited It is witne∫sed that for the Consideration therein mentioned They the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier and each of them Did Grant Bargain sell Demise and to farm Let unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Admõrs and A∫signs All that Plantation Piece or Parcel of Land commonly called or known by the name of Grand Roi Estate or Plantation situate lying and being in the Parish of Saint John in the said Island of Grenada containing three hundred and thirty two Acres and an half Acre of Land (be the same more or le∫s) butted and bounded as follows that is to say towards the North by Lands belonging to the Palmiste Plantation of Me∫srs. French and Johnston towards the West by the Kings fifty paces next the Sea Shore towards the South by Lands belonging to the Ance Noire Plantation of James Mays and towards the East by Lands belonging to the Mon Plaisir Plantation of the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau thereinafter Demised or however otherwise the same might be butted or bounded lying or being with all and singular the Dwelling houses Outhouses Negro houses Mills Boiling houses Curing houses Stoves Still houses Stables

Pens

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Pens and other Edifices and Erections of what quality or nature soever on the said Plantation or any Part thereof erected Built standing and being And all and singular the Stills Still heads Coppers Furnaces Worms Cisterns and Tubs fixed or unfixed then being on thesaid Plantation or of right belonging thereto And also all and every of those one hundred and fifteen Negro and other Salves specified in the List marked A in the Schedule thereunto annexed And all those twenty six Mules twenty two head of horned Cattle and eighteen Sheep (being the live Stock of the said Plantation) with the future I∫sue and Increase of the Females of the said Slaves and other live Stock together with all and singular the Pots Drips Coolers Casks Plantation Stores Utensils and Implements whatsoever used or useful for the Purposes by Agriculture or Manufacture then being upon or belonging to the same Plantation as the Stores and Dead Stock thereof To hold the said Plantation and Premises with the Appurtenances unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Admõrs and A∫signs from the day of the date of the said Indenture for the Term of One thousand Years from thence next ensuring subject to the Proviso thereinafter contained and hereinafter set forth for making void the same And it is thereby further witne∫sed that for the Considerations therein mentioned she the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau Did Grant Bargain sell Demise and to farm Let unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Admõrs and A∫signs All that other Plantation Piece or Parcel of Land of her the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau commonly called of Known by the name of Mon Plaisire situate lying and being in the same parish of Saint John in the said Island of Grenada containing two hundred and thirty nine English Statute Acres (were the same more or le∫s) butted and bounded as follows that is to say towards the North by Lands of the Plantation called Palmiste of Me∫srs French and Johnston by Lands of Monsr LeVevier and by Lands of the Messors St. Germain towards the East by Lands of the Plantation called Belvidere of James Campbell Esquire towards the South by Lands of Monsr Marreaud and by Lands of the Plantation called Ance Noire of James Mays Esquire and towards the West by the therein before described Plantation of Grand Roi or otherwise howsoever the same might be butted and bounded lying or being with all and singular the Dwelling houses Outhouses Negrohouses Mills Boiling houses Curing houses Stoves Still houses Stables Pens and other Edifices and Erections of what quality or nature soever on the said Plantation or any part thereof Erected standing or being And all and singular the Stills Still heads Coppers Furnaces Worms Cisterns and Tubs fixed or unfixed then being on the said Plantation or of right belonging thereto And also all those one hundred and three Negro and other Slaves specified in the List marked B in the Schedule thereunto annexed And all those twenty seven Mules and twelve head of horned Cattle (being the live Stock of the same Plantation) with the future I∫sue and Increase of the Females of the said Slaves and other Live Stock together with all and singular the Pots Drips Coolers Casks Plantation Stoves Utensils and Implements whatsoever and or useful for the purpose of Agriculture or Manufacture then being upon or belonging to the same Plantation as the Stores or dead Stock

thereof

99

Thereof To hold the said last mentioned Plantation and Premises with Appurtenances unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Administrators and A∫signs from the day of the date of the said Indenture for the Term of Eight hundred Years from thence next ensuing Subject also to the before mentioned Proviso And it is hereby further Witne∫sed that for the Considerations therein mentioned He the said Jean Baptiste Ollivier Did Grant Bargain Sell Demise and to Farm Set unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Administrators and A∫signs All those forty two Negro and other Slaves specified in the List marked C in the Schedule thereunto annexed with the future I∫sue and Increase of the Females thereof To hold the said last mentioned Forty two Slaves with the future I∫sue and Increase of the Females thereof unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Admõrs and A∫signs from the day of the date of the said Indenture for the Term of Five hundred Years from thence next ensuing subject also to the before mentioned Proviso for making void the said Indenture and Terms of Years on Payment by the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier or either of them their or either of their Heirs Executors or Admõrs unto thesaid Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Admõrs or A∫signs of the sum of Twenty thousand Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain with Interest for the same at and after the rate of Six Pounds per Cent per Annum (and also of the sum of nine hundred and seventeen Pounds five shillings being the ascertained balance of an Account Current therein mentioned) making in the whole both Principal and Interest the sum of Twenty six thousand nine hundred and twenty six Pounds five ∫hillings by eight yearly Instalments payable on the first day of September in each and every year at London in manner therein mentioned As in and by the said Indenture of Demise or Mortgage duly recorded in the Register Office of the said Island of Grenada on the ninth day of March one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven reference being thereunto had may more fully appear And whereas in and by eight several Bonds or Obligations in Writing bearing date respectively the said fifth day of March one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven they the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier became jointly and severally bound unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Administrators and A∫signs in the Penal sums of Money in such Bonds respectively mentioned with conditions thereunder respectively written for payment of the several Instalments or sums of Money in the said Indenture of Mortgage mentioned at the several Periods therein stipulated that is to say on the said first day of September in each and every Year commencing in the first day of September in the Year One thousand seven hundred and ninety four And Whereas the said Thomas Harrison departed this Life on or about the thirty first day of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety one

having

100

Having previously A∫signed his Share and Interest in the said Monies to the said Henry Poole and having also first duly made and published his Last Will and Testament in Writing bearing date the sixteenth day of February One thousand seven hundred and ninety and thereby constituted and appointed the said Henry Poole together with James Clark Satterthwaite Esquire Executors thereof which said Will hath since his death been duly proved by the said Henry Poole alone in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury And whereas the four first of the said Yearly Instalments were paid and discharged by the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier and the four Bonds corresponding with such Instalments have been delivered up to be cancelled by the four last of such Instalments have not yet been paid And there is now justly due and owing to the said Henry Poole or Surviving Mortgagee and Partner as aforesaid for Principal Money and Interest and Costs on the said Mortgage and unsatisfied Bonds the sum of sixteen thousand six hundred and twelve pounds eight shillings and two pence of lawful Money of Great Britain And Whereas the said Joseph Marryat hath contracted and agreed with the said Henry Poole for the absolute Purchase of all his right Title and Interest of and in the said Mortgage Debt and Securities at or for the price or sum of Sixteen thousand six hundred and twelve Pounds eight shillings and two pence payable in manner hereinafter mentioned that is to say the sum of six thousand six hundred and twelve Pounds eight shillings and two pence part thereof in present payment and the remainder thereof with Interest computed from the first day of September last at and the rate of five Pounds per Cent per Annum in ten Annual Instalments commencing on and from the said first day of September last And whereas the said Joseph Marryat hath accordingly this day paid to the said Henry Poole the said sum of six thousand six hundred and twelve Pounds eight shillings and two pence in part of the said sum of Sixteen thousand six hundred and twelve Pounds eight shillings and two pence and for payment of the residue thereof with Interest agreeably to such Instalments he the said Joseph Marryat hath accepted then ∫everal bills of Exchange drawn on him by William Postlethewaite of the Island of Grenada Planter bearing respectively become due and Payable the said Joseph Marryat hath this day transferred and a∫signed unto and in the joint names of himself and the said Henry Poole and also of Samuel Marryat of Chancery Lane London Esquire and Robert Smith of Basinghall Street London Gentlemen the Capital Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds three per Cent Consolidated Bank Annuities and the said Joseph Marryat Henry Poole Samuel Marryat and Robert Smith have by a certain Deed or Instrument in Writing bearing even date with these Presents duly declared the Trusts thereof accordingly Now this Indenture witne∫seth that for and in consideration of the said sum of Six thousand six hundred and twelve Pounds eight shillings and two pence of lawful money of Great Britain in hand well and truly paid to the said Henry

Poole

101

Poole by the said Joseph Marryat at or before the Sealing and Delivery of these Presents in Part of the said Sum of Sixteen thousand six hundred and twelve Pounds eight ∫hillings and two pence and also for and in consideration of the Acceptance of the said several Bills of Exchange for Payment of the residue of the said sum of sixteen thousand six hundred and twelve pounds eight ∫hillings and two pence & of the Transfer of the said Stock for better securing the Payment of such Bills He the said Henry Poole Hath bargained sold A∫signed Transferred and set over and by these Presents Doth bargain sell A∫sign Transfer and set over unto the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Admõrs and A∫signs All that the said Plantation called Grand Roi and all Erections and Buildings thereon And also all those one hundred and fifteen Negro and other Slaves specified on the said List marked A in the Schedule to the said Indenture of Demise annexed or such of them as are now living with the present and future I∫sue and Increase of the females thereof And also all the Cattle Live and dead Stock Utensils Implements and Appurtenances to the same Plantation and Premises belonging And also all that thesaid other Plantation called Mon Plaisir and Erections and Buildings thereon And also all those One hundred and three Negro and other Salves specified in the List marked B in the said Schedule annexed to the said Indenture of Demise or such them as are now living with the Present and future i∫sue and Increase of the females thereof And also all the Cattle Live and dead Stock Utensils Implements and Appurtenances to the said last mentioned Plantation and Premises belonging And also all those forty two Negro and other Slaves specified in the List marked C in the said Schedule or such of them as are now living with the Present and future I∫sue and Increase of the Females thereof And all and singular other the Premises comprised in the said in part recited Indenture of Demise and herein before particularly mentioned and described And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Yearly and other Rents I∫sues and Profits of the said Plantations and Premises and every part thereof with the Appurtenances And also the said Debt or Sum of Sixteen thousand six hundred and twelve Pounds eight shillings and two pence so due and owing from the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier to the said Henry Poole as aforesaid together with all such Interest as shall from henceforth accrue and become due and payable thereon and also the said four several unsatisfied Bonds or Obligations for securing the Payment thereof And all the Estate Right Title Interest Use Trust Term and Terms of Years now to come and unexpired Property Claim and Demand whatsoever both at Law and in equity of him the said Henry Poole as surviving Mortgagee and Partner as aforesaid of into or out of the said several Plantations Buildings Negroes Slaves Cattle Stock and Premises and the said Principal Monies and Interest hereby a∫signed or intended so to be or any part thereof respectively Together with the said in part recited Indenture of Demise and all other Deeds Evidences and Writings relating to on concerning the said Plantations and Premises now in the Custody of the said Henry Poole pr which he can

come

Next set – Pages 102 through and including 105.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 623b – Brunhammer Genealogy – New and Updated Descendant Charts

2012-01-14T09:36:00.001-05:00

Good Day,

Following up with the discovery of the related information regarding Great-Grandaunt Lizzie Brunhammer (see Part 616b) I have updated the Brunhammer Descendant Chart. The Genealogy of the Brunhammer Family continues to grow.

This Descendant Chart is not only restricted to Andy’s Blood Line; the identified in individuals in blue and yellow. It also includes various Collateral Lines as those individuals; ancestors and connections, relate to him.

And as the information and data, the ancestors and the relative connections continue to grow, based on our search and research, I have found it necessary to split the whole Brunhammer Descendant Chart into three Parts: A, B, and C. These three Parts will be added to the Brunhammer drop-down menu at the top of each page on A Genealogy Hunt. I will also include a complete Brunhammer Descendant Chart but I must warn you that as the genealogy grows the complete one will become harder to read.

And the search and research continues.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 622s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1801 William, Robert, James – Belvidere, Boulogne, Madeys and Union Estates and Plantations – Part 6 of 6

2012-01-13T09:40:00.000-05:00

Good Day,

And now I come to the final and sixth part of my Transcription of this 1800 Document – Schedule B entered to the Grenada Registers of Records 2nd April 1801.

This is an amazing piece of work… and I was wondering about the poor soul who had to spend his days, and probably candlelit nights transcribing the original documents to the Registers… (His only dream in 1801 could have been… “I wish someone would invent an automatic contraption to do this work.”) And I am sure the geese always honked incessantly about having their left wing feathers plucked. Just a thought.

Anyway, in my search for any hints or leads to the discovery of the origins and genealogy of my ggg-grandfather James Smith, in Grenada, does not appear to be forthcoming in this specific 1800 Document. The three Smiths in this Document are: James - Clerk, Robert - Attorney, and William – The Reverend. There may be two William Smiths included but there is no real delineation between the two.

Here are the last six images, of the total 39 Pages, as downloaded from Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378]. Pages 67 through and including 72 –

My Transcription of the last six Pages includes the sign-offs as seemed to be required. Please excuse my transcription of the German portion on Page 72.

67

To all to whom these Presents shall come I Harvey Christian Combe Esquire Lord Mayor of the City of London Do hereby Certify that on the day of the date here of personally came and appeared before me Alexander Scott in the annexed Indenture of Release named and acknowledged the said Indenture of Release and the Indenture of Lease thereby referred to to be his Free and Voluntary Act and Deed and that he executed the same for the uses and purposes therein mentioned

(L S)

In Faith and Testimony whereof I the said Lord Mayor have caused the Seal of the Office of Mayoralty of the said City of London to be here unto put and affixed Dated in London this twenty-fourth day of July in the Year of Our Lord One thousand and eight hundred

Windale

To all to whom these Presents shall come I Thomas Mandall Esquire Mayor of the Borough of Doncaster in the County of York in the Kingdom of Great Britain Do hereby Certify that on the day of the date here of Personally came and appeared Before me Ann Wordsworth in the annexed Indenture of Release named and acknowledged the said Indenture of Release and the Indenture of Lease thereby referred to to be her free and voluntary Act and Deed And that she executed the same for the Uses and Purposes therein mentioned

(L S)

In Testimony whereof I the said Mayor have caused the Seal of the Office of Mayoralty of the said Borough to be here unto put and affixed Dated at Doncaster after said twenty Eighth day of August in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred

Thos. Mandall Mayor

Joseph Robinson of Wadworth County of York Servant with Ann Wordsworth of the same place Widow maketh Oath that he was present and did see Ann Verelst duly sign Seal and as her Act and Deed Deliver the respective Indentures of Lease and Release hereunto annexed And that the Name “Ann Verelst” thereto set and subscribed against the Seals of the said respective Indentures as one of the Parties executing the same is of the proper hand Writing of thesaid Ann Verelst And saith that the Names "James Hall" "Joseph Robinson" wrote on the back of the said respective Indentures of Lease and Release as subscribing Witne∫ses to the due Execution thereof by the said Ann Verelst are of the respective proper hands Writings of this Deponent and the said James Hall who subscribe his Name in this Deponents presence

Sworn at Doncaster in the said County of York in }

the Kingdom of Great Britain 28th day of August }

One thousand eight hundred Before me

Joseph Robinson

Thos Mandall Mayor

I Thomas Mandall Esquire Mayor of the Borough of Doncaster in the County of York in the Kingdom of Great Britain Do hereby Certify that Joseph Robinson named in the above written Affidavit Personally come before me the said Mayor and was duly Sworn to the Truth of the the said Affidavit at Doncaster aforesaid the twenty eighth day of August One thousand eight hundred In Testimony thereof I the said Mayor have hereunto subscribed my Name and caused the Seal of the Office of Mayoralty of the said Borough to be hereto put and affixed the day and year above written

Thos. Mandall Mayor (L S)

68

To all to whom these Presents shall come I Henry Matson Esquire Mayor of the Town and Port of Sandwich in the County of Kent in the Kingdom of Great Britain Do hereby certify that on the day of the date hereof Personally came and appeared before me Sir Charles Kent Baronet and Dame Mary his Wife in the annexed Indenture of Release named and severally acknowledged the said Indenture of Release and the Indenture of Lease thereby referred to be their free and voluntary Acts and Deed (the said Dame Mary having been first examined separate and apart from her said Husband and freely and voluntary consenting thereto) and that they severally executed the same for the Uses and Purposes therein mentioned

(L S )

In Faith and Testimony whereof I the said Major have caused the Seal of the Office of Mayoralty of the said Town and Port of Sandwich to be hereunto put and affixed Dated at Sandwich aforesaid the sixth day of September in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred

H Matson Mayor

London to wit. ---- Robert Lanning Clerk to Me∫s. Ward Dennetts and Greaves of Henrietta Street in the Parish of St. Paul Covent Gardens in the County of Middlesex and Kingdom of Great Britain Gentlemen maketh Oath and saith that he was present and did see William Lushington Alexander Scott and Marthé Cornette Victorie De St. Cyr Scott by Robert Smith her Attorney duly sign seal and as their several and restriction Acts and Deeds deliver the Indenture of Bargain and Sale or Lease for a Year hereunto annexed marked with the letter A and this Deponent saith that the Names of Signatures “W. Lushington” “Alex. Scott” “Marthé Cornette Victoire de St; Cyr Scott by her Attorney Robt. Smith Thereunto set and subscribed as three of the Parties executing the same are of the respective proper hands Writing of the said William Lushington Alexander Scott and Robert Smith And this Deponent saith that the Names or Signatures “James Smith Robert Lanning” thereunto set and subscribed as the Witne∫ses attesting the Execution thereof by the said Alexander Scott are of the respective proper hands Writing of James Smith of Basinghall Street in the City of London Gentleman and of him this Deponent And that the Names or Signatures “William Brown Robert Lanning” thereunto set and subscribed as the Witne∫ses attesting the execution thereof by the said William Lushington and Robert Smith as such Attorney as aforesaid are of the respective proper hands writing of William Brown Clerk to thesaid Me∫sr. Ward Dennetts and Greaves and of him this Deponent; And this Deponent further saith that he was likewise present and did see William Smith the said Alexander Scott, Marthé Cornette Victoire de St. Cyr Scott by the said Robert Smith her Attorney William Lushington and James Law duly sign seal and as their several and respective Acts and Deeds deliver the Indentures of Release and Conveyances hereunto annexed marked with the Letter B and this Deponent saith that the Names or Signatures “William Smith, Alexr Scott, Marthé Cornette Victoire de St. Cyr Scott by her Attorney Robt. Smith W. Lushington, James Law hereunto set and subscribed as five of the Parties executing the same are of the respective proper hands writing of the said William Smith Alexander Scott Robert Smith William Lushington and James Law And this Deponent saith that the Names or Signatures “Geo. Theakston” “Robert Lanning” thereunto set and subscribed as the Witne∫ses attesting the Execution thereof by the said William Smith are of the respective proper Hands writing of George Theakston of Christ Church in the County of Surry Gentleman and of him this Deponent And that the Names or Signatures “James Smith Robert Lanning”

thereunto

69

Thereunto set and subscribed as the Witne∫ses attesting the Execution thereof by the said Alexander Scott are of the respective proper hands Writing of James Smith of Basinghall Street in the City of London Gentleman and of him this Deponent And that the Names or Signatures “William Brown Robert Lanning” thereunto set and subscribed as the Witne∫ses attesting the Execution thereof by the said Robert Smith as such Attorney as aforesaid and William Lushington and James Law are of the respective proper hands Writing of the said William Brown and of him this Deponent

Robert Lanning

Sworn at Guild Hall London this fifth day of

February 1801 Before me.

Willm Staines Mayor

To all to whom these Presents shall come I Marthé Marie Victoire Cornette de Sainte Cyr Scott of Wolfenbuttel in the Dutchy of Brunswick in Lower Saxony Widow and Relict of Michael Scott late of the Island of Grenada in the West Indies Esquire deceased Send Greeting Whereas the said Michael Scott was in his life time and at the time of his Death seized and po∫se∫sed of certain Plantations or Estates in the Island of Grenada called Boulogne and Madeys and Belvidere And whereas under and by virtue of a certain Deed bearing date the nineteenth day of November One thousand seven hundred and sixty five I am intitled to a Jointure of one thousand Pounds per Annum for the term of my naturel Life i∫suing out of the said several Estates And Whereas thesaid Michael Scott in his life time and at the time of his Death indebted unto William Lushington and James Law of the City of London Merchants and Partners in a large sum of money secured by Mortgages of all and every the said Plantations or Estates called Boulogne and Madeys and Belvidere which said Mortgage has been said a∫signed to and in now vested in the said James Law alone And Whereas for raising Money towards paying off the said Mortgage certain Articles of Agreement in Writing bearing date the thirty first day of August one thousand seven hundred and ninety two were made and entered into by and between one the said Marthé Marie Victoire Cornette de Saint Cyr Scott and Alexander Scott (eldest surviving Son and heir at law of the said Michael Scott then an Infant of the age of nineteen Years or thereabouts) of the first part the said William Lushington and James Law of the second part and Charles Ashwell of the third part Whereby I the said Marthé Marie Victoire Cornette de Saint Cyr Scott did Covenant on behalf of myself and the said Alexander Scott in consideration of the sum of fifty one thousand Pounds Sterling to be paid by the said Charles Ashwell Was therein mentioned to sell and convey to him as soon as the said Alexander Scott should come of Age the said two Plantations called Madeys and Belvidere And I did thusly agree to release and discharge the said two Plantations from my said Jointure and all Claims for in in Respect thereof and to accept and take the same from and out of the said other Plantation called the Boulogne Estate And Whereas the said Charles Ashwell being afterwards unable to perform the said Agreement certain other Articles of Agreement bearing date the thirtieth day of May One thousand seven hundred and ninety seven were made and entered into by and between the said Charles Ashwell of the first part the said Alexander Scott of the second part the said James Law of the third Part Patrick Crawford Bruce of the fourth

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Part and the said William Lushington William Lushington the Younger and John Maver of the fifth part whereby the said James Law did covenant and agree to take upon himself the performance of the said Agreement for the purchases of the said Plantations and Premises called Madeys and Belvidere upon the same Terms and Conditions in every Respect as the said Charles Ashwell stood engaged by the said Agreement to become the Purchasor thereof the purchase money for the same originally fifty one thousand Pounds being reduced to the sum of forty four thousand five hundred Pounds which said Sum it was agreed should be retained by him in discharge of so much of his Mortgage Debt and Interest And that my said Jointure together with certain other Charges and Incumbrances therein mentioned and thereafter mutually agreed on should remain and be charged upon the Boulogne Estate which said Estate it was also agreed should be conveyed to and vested in the said James Law Upon Trust and by way of Security and Indemnity against such remaining Debt and Interest Jointure Charges and Incumbrances And Whereas in consequence of the Insurrections in the said Island of Grenada my said Jointure being considerably in arrear certain other Articles of Agreement bearing date the seventeenth day of August one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven were made and entered into by and between the said Alexander Scott of the first part and the said Marthé Cornette Victoire de Saint Cyr Scott of the second part and the said James Law of the third part whereby thesaid James Law in consideration of the Po∫se∫sion of the said Plantation or Estate called the Boulogne Estate being delivered up to him did covenant and agree to pay to me the annual sum of five hundred Pounds during such part of the term of two Years to be computed from the sixteenth day of October then last as I should continue to live and did further Covenant and agree whilst the said Island of Grenada should continue in peace and remain in the po∫se∫sion of the King of Great Britain and the Crops and Produce of the said Plantation and Premises called the Boulogne Estate ∫hould be received by him the said James Law or his Agents and such Procue and Crops should yield the clear yearly sum of five hundred Pounds after defraying all the Island Expenses and all sums of Money that ∫hould be laid out and expended in the nece∫sary supply of Stores with the Interest thereof to pay to me and my A∫signs during the term of my natural life at the times and in manner therein mentioned the said yearly sum of five hundred Pounds And I the said Marthé Marie Victoire Cornette de Saint Cyr Scott did thereby covenant and agree to accept to accept and take during the respective Times aforesaid the said several Payments so covenanted to be made as aforesaid in Lieu and satisfaction of my said Jointure and of all Claims and demands thereof during the said period And I did also thereby agree to postpone the Payment of all the Arrears of my aforesaid Jointure and also the growing Payments of the Mority thereof until the Debt due to the said James Law as aforesaid and Interest should be reduced to the sum of five thousand Pounds but upon Condition neverthele∫s that when such debt should be so reduced all the Arrears of my said Jointure that should be then due and all sums that might thereafter become due in Respect thereof should be considered as a Charge upon the said Plantation and Premises called the Boulogne Estate in preference to any debt that might be then due to the said James Law his Executors Administrators or A∫signs And whereas in pursuance and part performance of the said several Agreements the said Plantations or Estates called Madeys and Belvidere are about to be conveyed unto or in Trust for the said James Law

in

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In and by certain Indentures of Lease and Release already prepared the Release being of ten parts and made or mentioned to be made between Sir Charles Kent Baronet and Dame Mary Kent and Ann Verelst of the first part Ann Wordsworth of the second part the said Sire Charles Kent and Dame Mary Kent and Ann Verelst of the third Part The Reverend William Smith of the Fourth part the said Alexander Scott of the sixth Part Mary Ann Scott Emma Scott Joseph Pierre Alexander Quarre de Chilers and Frances his Wife (late Frances Scott Spinster) and Robert Bygoe Scott of the seventh part the said William Lushington of the Eighth Part the said James Law of the ninth Part and Townley Ward of the tenth Part And Whereas the said Estate called the Boulogne Estate is in further pursuance and performance of the said Agreements also about to be conveyed to the said James Law In Trust as aforesaid in and by certain other Indentures of Lease and Release already prepared the Release being of three parts and made or mentioned to be made between the said Sir Charles Kent and Dame Mary Kent and Ann Verelst of the first part the said Ann Wordsworth of the second part the said Sit Charles Kent and Dame Mary Kent and Ann Verelst of the third Part the said William Smith of the fourth part the said Alexander Cott of the fifth part me the said Marthé Marie Victoire Cornet de Saint Cyr Scott of the sixth part the said William Lushington of the seventh part and the said James Law of the eighth part Now know ye that I the said Marthé Marie Victoire Cornette de Saint Cyr Scott in consideration of the Premises Have made ordained authorized constituted and appointed and by these Presents do make ordain authorize constitute and appoint Robert Smith of Basinghall Street in the City of London Gentleman my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my Name place and stead ^and as and for my Act and Deed or Acts and Deeds to sign seal deliver and execute the said last mentioned Indentures of Lease and Release already prepared for the Conveyance of the said Estate called the Boulogne Estate And also for me and in my Name place and stead and to and for my Use and benefit to ask demand sue for recover and receive of and from the said James Law his Heirs Executors or Administrators and the Executor and Heir at Law of the said Michael Scott deceased and all every other Person and Persons whom it doth shall or may concern the said annual sum of five hundred Pounds so covenanted and agreed to be paid to me by the said James Law as aforesaid And also all such other Sum and Sums of Money whatsoever which now are at any time or times hereafter shall or may become due or payable to me for or in respect of my said Jointure And the Arrears thereof And upon NonPayment thereof or of any part thereof for me and in my Name place and Stead to take and use all such legal and equitable Ways and Means by Action Suit Arrest Attachment or otherwise for enforcing and obtaining payment thereof as may be nece∫sary proper And upon Payment or Receipt of the said annual sum of five hundred Pounds and such other sum and Sums of Money as aforesaid or any of them or any part thereof respectively for me and in my name or otherwise to give sign and execute good and sufficient Receipts Acquittances Releases and Discharges for the same And Generally to do perform and execute all each further and other lawful and reasonable Acts Deeds Matter and Things whatsoever for the better executing performing and discharging all and every the Powers and Authorities hereby given or intended

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To be given as to my said Attorney shall seem meet and one or more Attorney or Attornies Substitute or Substitutes under him my said Attorney of or all or any of the Purposes aforesaid to make and appoint and at his pleasure to revoke and another or others again to appoint I the said Marthé Marie Victoire Cornette de Saint Cyr Scott giving and by these Presents granting unto my said Attorney and his Substitute or Substitutes my full and whole Power and Authority to do and act touching or concerning all or any of the Premises aforesaid as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as I myself might or could do if personally present I the said Marthé Marie ^Victoire Cornette de Saint Cyr Scott hereby ratifying allowing and confirming and agreeing to ratify allow and confirm all and whatsoever my said Attorney and his Substitute or Substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done in or about the Premises by virtue of these Presents In Witne∫s whereof I the said Marthé Marie Victoire Cornette de Saint Cyr Scott have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twenty seventh day of November in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred

marie Marthé victoire Cornette de∫aint cir Scott ( L S )

Sealed and delivered (being first duly Stamped) in the presence of

Ferdinand Christian Gothlieb Scholz als KEifer licher geSworen ind inatiorelcter ( L S )

Fredrich Wilhelm Müller aks Zeuge ( L S )

Heinrich Conrad Otto als Zeuge ( L S )

Dier Zurn Fur∫s policzey department verornete Derichtor und eis∫es fural wikünder und Lezeige heedüch wie der die var∫tehende vollmarht untor Schriebre in hie∫iger Stah ift und Suner unter ∫ihrift urk undlich des Hüo∫ch Policey Departments Zie∫iegel und Loei gezetter namens unter ∫chrieft Wil∫enbütell Decembr 1800

( L S ) Cr hodinberg drog unde Policey Director

To all to whom these Presents shall come I Sir William Staines Knight Lord Mayor of the City of London In pursuance of an Act of Parliament made and pa∫sed in the fifthe Year of the Reign of his Late Majesty King George the second Intituled and Act for the more easy Recovery of Debts in his Majesty’s Plantations and Colonies in America Do hereby Certify that on the Day of the dare hereby Personally came and appeared before me Robert Lanning the Deponent named in the Affidavit hereunto annexed being a Person well known and worthy of good Credit and by Solemn Oath which the said Deponent then took before me upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty Good Did Solemnly and sincerely declare testify and depose to be true the several matters and things mentioned and contained in the said annexed Affidavit

( L S )

In Faith and Testimony whereof I the said Lord May have caused the Seal of the Office of Mayoralty of the said City of London to be hereunto put and affixed and the Indentures of Lease and Release marked A and B mentioned and referred to in and by the said Affidavit to be hereunto also annexed Dated in London the fifth Day of February in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred

Windale

Done… And now on to the next Document in my Transcription Project and the search for information of the ancestry and origins of my ggg-grandfather James Smith.

Enjoy,

Jim (The other James Smith)

Part 621s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1801 William, Robert, James – Belvidere, Boulogne, Madeys and Union Estates and Plantations – Part 5 of 6

2012-01-12T10:06:00.002-05:00

Good Day,

And then there is the 5th of six Parts of this 1800 Document that I have transcribed; Pages 61 through and including 66 from the Grenada Registers of Records.

All-things-being-equal I have not stumbled upon a direct connection to ggg-grandfather James Smith. Three possible Smiths, James, Robert, and William… right era and years; correct location… and Grenada is not that big a land mass, considering. You would think that by now, but no. Our last name is Smith!

This may be my research and search project to locate information and hints about the origins and genealogy of my ggg-grandfather James Smith, but I am certainly amazed of the details and information of other Family entities that are jam-packed into these Documents and Records. One of the key Families included in this Document is the Scott Family, and the information appears to cover countries in Europe and the West Indies.

Here are the images of the next six pages; 61 through and including 66, downloaded from Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

And my transcription –

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Eight hundred and four the said Jointure or yearly sum of one thousand Pounds on the days where on the same shall become Payable and subject thereto to stand Po∫se∫sed of the money so to be placed out at Interest Subject to the Payment of the Portions or Legacies next hereinafter mentioned In Trust for the said Alexander Scott his Executors Administrators and A∫signs And Upon Trust by and out of the money to rise but sale or sales hereinbefore directed to be made as aforesaid and from the rents i∫sues Profits and Produce of the said hereby released Premises after the same shall become saleable until sale of the same shall be completed to pay to the said Mary Ann Scott Emma Scott and Francis De Chilers or to their respective Executors Administrators or A∫signs their said respective Legacies or Portions of four thousand Pounds and all Interest which shall be then due to them respectively in respect of the same And as to the residue or surplus (if any) of the money to arise shall Sale or Sales hereinbefore directed to be made and from the rents i∫sues and Produce of the hereby released Premises after the same shall become saleable until the sale thereof shall be compleated Upon trust to pay same unto the said Alexander Scott his Executors Admons or A∫signs and shall and will also stand seized and po∫se∫sed of so much and such part or parts of any of the Premises hereby released and a∫signed as aforesaid or expre∫sed so to be as shall not sold or disposed of in any manner aforesaid In Trust for the said Alexander Scott is Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs according to the nature and quality thereof respectively Provided also And it is hereby agreed and declared by and between the said Parties to these Presents that thesaid James Law is Heirs Executors Admons and A∫signs shall be charged or chargeable with or for any sum or sums of Money other than such as shall actually respectively come to his and their hands by virtue of these Presents nor with work for any lo∫s where damage which may happen in or out the execution of all or any of the trusts aforesaid without use or their respective wilful default this said Alexander Scott for himself his Heirs executors and Administrators doth covenant Promise and agree to and with the said James Law is Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs by these Presents in manner following that is to say that he the said Alexander Scott his Heirs Executors or Administrators shall and will well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said Charles Gore Philadelphia Gore Catherine Gore or their respective A∫signs the said three several Annuities or yearly sums of two hundred Pounds fifty Pounds and fifty Pounds secured to them respectively at our aforesaid and also shall and will well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto Mary Ann Scott Emma Scott and Francis De Chilers and Robert Bygoe Scott or their Representatives respectively the said Portions or Sums of Four Thousand Pounds Piece bequeathed to them by the said in part recited Will said Michael Scott deceased and all Interest to become due from the same and shall and will save if they keep harmless and indemnified said James Law his Heirs Executors Admons and A∫signs and the said Plantations called Madeys and Belvidere Estates and Slaves Live and Dead Stock thereon sue purchase by said James Law as aforesaid of and from the same Portions and Interest and also all and said Jointure of One thousand Pounds to which the said Marthé

Cornette

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Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott is intitled as aforesaid and of and from all Action and Actions Suit and Suits costs charges claims pretensions and demands whatsoever for or on account of St. several Annuities Portions Interest and jointure every or any of them and every part or parts thereof and shall and will also on or before the seventeenth day of August which will be in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and four will and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said James Law is Executors Administrators or A∫signs and also unto the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott her Executors Administrators or A∫signs so much and each part and parts of the said several costs charges and expenses sum and sums of Money Interest and arrears of the said Jointure respectfully hereby intended to be provided for and secured to be paid as shall not be satisfied and discharged by and out of the rents i∫sues profits and produce of the said Plantation Hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby released pursuant to the trusts and directions hereinbefore contained and shall and will also from and after the said seventeenth day of August One thousand eight hundred and four and during the then remainder of her natural life of the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott will and truly pay or cause to be paid unto her or her A∫signs the said Jointure of One thousand Pounds a Year on the days and times where on the same shall become payable according to the Deed whereby the same was originally granted And further that all and singular the said Plantation Hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby released shall and may from time to time and at all times hereafter remain continue and be unto the said James Law his Heirs and A∫signs upon the trusts and to and for the intents and Purposes and with under and subject to the several Powers Provisoes declarations and agreements hereinbefore limited expre∫sed declared and contained of and concerning the same respectively and shall and may be accordingly peaceably and quietly held and enjoyed without any lawful let suit trouble denial eviction interruption disturbance claim or demand whatsoever of or by him the said Alexander Scott or his Heirs or by any other Person or Persons whomsoever and that free and clear and freely and clearly acquitted exonerated released and for ever discharged or otherwise by him the said Alexander Scott or his Heirs Executors or Administrators well and sufficiently saved defended kept harmle∫s and indemnified of from and against all and all manner of former and other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Mortgages Jointures Dowers Right and Title of Dower Uses Intails Trusts Wills Reversions or Remainders ion the Crown Statutes Merchant and of the Staple Recognizances Judgments Extents Eligets Executions Rents Arrears of Rent Annuities Legacies Sum and Sums of Money yearly Payments for forfeitures Reentry Cause and Causes of Forfeiture and Reentry Debts of Record Debts due to the Kings Majesty and of from and against all other Estates Titles Troubles Charges Incumbrances whatsoever either already had made committed done executed occasioned or suffered or hereafter to be had made committed done executed occasioned or suffered by him thesaid Alexander Scott or his Heirs or by any other Person or Persons whomsoever And further that he the said Alexander Scott and his Heirs and all and every other Person or Persons having or claiming or who shall or may have or claim any estate right title interest trust property claim or demand whatsoever either at Law or in Equity of in to or out of the said Plantation Hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby released or any of them or any part thereof

shall

63

Shall and will from time to time and at all times hereafter during the existence of the Trusts hereby created or any of them and unle∫s the same shall be duly satisfied or determined at the request of thesaid James Law his Heirs or A∫signs but at the proper costs and charges in the Law of him the said Alexander Scott his Heirs or A∫signs made to acknowledge _____ suffer and execute or excuse and procure to be made done acknowledged levied suffered and executed all and every such further and other Lawful and reasonable act and acts deed and deeds thing and things devices conveyances and A∫surances in the Law whatsoever for the further better more perfect and absolute conveying and a∫suring of the said Plantation Hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be truly declare with their and every of their Appurtenances unto and to the use of the said James Law is Heirs and A∫signs Upon the Trusts and to and for the intents and Purposes and with under and subject to the several Powers Provisoes Declarations and Arguments hereinbefore limited declared and contained of and concerning the same according to the true intent and meaning of these Presents be the same by fine or fines, Recovery or Common Recoveries or any other matter of Record or otherwise howsoever as by the said James Law is Heirs or A∫signs or any of the Parties interested in the Premises their or any of their Counsel in the Law shall be reasonably advised or devised or received And moreover that in case any Sale or Sales shall be made of all or any Part of the said hereby released and a∫signed Premises by virtue of the Power hereinbefore in that behalf contained that he the said Alexander Scott his Heirs Executors or Administrators it required shall and will join in any such sale or Sales and execute the several Conveyances A∫signments and A∫surances of the said several Premises to the Purchaser or Purchasers thereof or of any of them and enter all usual and reasonable covenants with such Purchaser and purchasers his her and their Heirs Executors Admons and A∫signs for the Estate Title Po∫se∫sion and further a∫surance of the said Premises or such of them as shall be so sold or do any other reasonable act or acts for the confirming such Sale or Sales Neverthele∫s It is hereby agreed and declared that the joining of the said Alexander Scott his Heirs Executors or Administrators in any such Sale or Sales conveyance or conveyances aforesaid shall not in any wise be deemed or considered as e∫sential or nece∫sary to perfect the Title of the Purchaser or Purchasers of the said Premises or any Part thereof the same being intended only for the further satisfaction of such Purchaser or Purchasers And the said Ann Wordsworth William Smith Sir Charles Kent for himself and thesaid Dame Mary his Wife and Ann Verelst separately and apart each for himself and herself and he is and her respective Heirs Executors and Administrators and not jointly or the one for the others or other of them or for that Heirs Executors Administrators or Acts of the others or other of them but each of them for his and their own acts only do covenant and declare to and with the said James Law his Heirs and A∫signs by these Presents that they the said Ann Wordsworth William Smith Sir Charles Kent and Dame Mary his Wife and Ann Verelst or any or either of them made done or committed or wittingly or willingly permitted or suffered to be done or been party or privy to the doing of any Act Deed Matter or thing whatsoever whereby wherewith or by reason or means whereof the said Plantation Hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby released or any Part thereof respectively and

is

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Is can shall or may be charged impeached incumbered or affected in title estate or otherwise howsoever And said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott for herself her Heirs Executors and Administrators doth covenant and declare to work with the said James Law is Heirs and A∫signs by these Presents that she the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott hath not at any time hereto for made done or committed or wittingly or willingly permitted or suffered to be done or been party or privy to the doing of any act deed matter or thing whatsoever whereby wherewith or by reason or means of the said Plantation Hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby released or any part thereof are is can shall or may be charged impeached incumbered or affected in Title Estate or otherwise howsoever And the said James Law doth hereby for himself his Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs covenant promise and agree to and with the said Alexander Scott his Heirs and A∫signs that he the said James Law his Heirs Executors and Administrators shall and will faithfully execute and perform all and singular the trusts hereby reposed in him and them to the best of his and their knowledge and ability and in case the said trusts shall be duly satisfied and determined shall and will make and execute at such request costs and charges as aforesaid such Reconveyances Rea∫signments and Rea∫surances as are hereinbefore mentioned and shall and will from time to time during the existence of the aforesaid trusts at the like costs and Charges of the said Alexander Scott his Heirs or A∫signs on or before the thirteenth day of April in every Year produce and shewforth or cause and procure to be produced and shownforth to the said Alexander Scott his Heirs or A∫signs in the City of London in full complete and accurate account of all and singular his and their dealings transactions receipts and disbursements in and concerning the said Premises under and by virtue of these Presents Now this Indenture further Witne∫seth that in pursuance of the said Agreement of the said William Lushington Party hereto and in consideration of the said James Law having given to him such other satisfactory security as aforesaid and in consideration of the sum of ten shillings of lawful Money of Great Britain by the said James Law to the said William Lushington Party hereto in hand paid at or before the sealing and delivery of these Presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged He the said William Lushington Party hereto Hath bargained sold a∫signed transferred and set over And by these Presents Doth bargain sell a∫sign transfer and set over unto the said James Law his Executors Admons and A∫signs All the Part share right and interest of in the said William Lushington party hereto of and in the Debt due and owing from the Estate of the said Michael Scott deceased upon or by virtue of the said several hereinbefore in part recited mortgage securities and to which the said James Law is now intitled as aforesaid and of and in all interest due and to grow due for the same And also of and in all and every the sum and sums of Money due and owing by the said Nicholas Herbert and Charles Herbert to the said Michael Scott or his Estate or the Covenant of the said Michael Scott contained in the said hereinbefore in part recited Articles of Agreement of the thirty-first day of April one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six touching the a∫signment of the monies so due by them And also of and in the said Judgment for the sum of One hundred thousand Pounds and of and in all and every sum and sums of money secured thereby or receivable thereupon and of and in all and every the security and Securities for the same several sums of Money which some securities and Premises in and by the said hereinbefore in part recited Indenture of the fifteenth day of June One thousand seven

hundred

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Hundred and ninety-seven were vested in the said William Lushington party hereto by way of Indemnity as aforesaid And all benefit to arise there from And also of and in all benefit and Advantage to accrue by reason of any Consignments Commi∫sion and Factorage to be made and arise in respect of the said Plantation Hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore mentioned to be hereby released To have hold receive and take the said debt sum and sums of money Judgment securities and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby a∫signed and all benefit thereof unto the said James Law his Executors administrators and A∫signs to and for his and their non-absolute use and benefit And said William Lushington party hereto for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators doth covenant and declare to and with thesaid James Law is Heirs Executors Admons and A∫signs by these Presents That he the said William Lushington party hereto hath not at any time hereto for made done or committed or wittingly or willingly permitted or suffered to be done or been party or privy to the doing of any act matter or thing whatsoever whereby wherewith or by reason or means whereof the said several Hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby released and a∫signed respectively or any part thereof are is can shall or may be charged a∫signed impeached incumbered or affected in title estate or otherwise howsoever And to the Intent that these Presents and the said Bargain and Sale for one Year bearing date the day next preceding the date of the date of these Presents may be registered and recorded in the said Island of Grenada and take effect according to the acts and Ordinances of the said Island they the said Sir Charles Kent and Dame Mary his Wife Ann Verelst Ann Wordsworth William Smith Alexander Scott Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott and William Lushington party hereto Have and each and every of them Hath made ordained constituted and in their respective Places and stead put and by these Presents Do and each and every of them Doth make ordain constitute and appoint and in their respective Places and stead put William Arnold and Alexander Fraser of the Island of Grenada aforesaid Esq. every of them jointly and severally to be the true and lawful Attorney and Attornies of them the said Sir Charles Kent and Dame Mary his Wife Ann Verelst Ann Wordsworth William Smith Alexander Scott Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott and William Lushington party hereto and every of them to appear before the Sec. or Registrar or other proper Officer of the said Island of Grenada and to knowledge these Presents and the said Indenture of Bargain and Sale for a year to be the acts and Deeds of them the said Sir Charles Kent and Dame Mary his Wife Ann Verelst Ann Wordsworth William Smith Alexander Scott and William Lushington party hereto and of every of them And further to do every other act matter or thing requisite or expedient to be done in order to the registering of these Presents and of the said Bargain and Sale and making same respectively valid and effectual according to the true intent and meaning thereof respectively In Witne∫s whereof the said Parties to these Presents have hereunto set their hands and Seals the day and year first above written.

Charles (L S) Kent William(L S) Smith W(L S) Lushington

Mary(L S) Kent Alexr (L S) Scott James(L S) Law

Ann (L S) Verlst Marthé Cornette

Ann (L S) Wordsworth Victoire De St. Cyr (L S) Scott by her Attorney Robt. Smith

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Sealed and delivered by the within named Sir Charles Kent and Mary his Wife in the presence of Jo Solly Town Clerk of Sandwich

-- Thos. Cro∫s Clerk to Me∫sr Bleasdale & Alexander London

Sealed and delivered by the within named Ann Verelst in the presence of James Hall

– Joseph Robinson

Sealed and delivered by the within named Ann Wordsworth in the presence of Geo Broadrick Town Clerk Doncaster

– Wm. Stephenson Jus Clerk

Sealed and delivered by the within named William Smith in the presence of Geo. Theakston - Christ Church Surrey

--- Robert Lanning

Sealed and littered by the within named Alexander Scott being first duly stamped in the presence of James Smith Bassinghall Street London

-- Robert Lanning Clerk to Me∫s Ward Dennetts & Greaves Covent Garden

Sealed and delivered by the within named Marthé Marie de St. Cyr Scott by Robert Smith her Attorney by Virtue of Power of Attorney bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of November One thousand eight hundred and presence of

William Brown -- Robert Lanning

Sealed and delivered by the within named William Lushington in the presence of

William Brown -- Robert Lanning

Sealed and delivered by the within named James Law in the presence of

William Brown -- Robert Lanning

Be it remembered that on the twenty-fourth day of July in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred Personally came and appeared before me Harvey Christian Combe Esq. Lord Mayor of the City of London at my Mansion House within the same City Alexander Scott in the within written Indenture of Release named and then and there acknowledged the said Indenture of release and the Indenture of lease thereby referred to to be his free and Voluntary Act and deed and that he executed the same for the uses and Purposes therein mentioned

H. C. Combe Mayor

Be it remembered that on the twenty eighth day of August the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred Personally came and appeared before me Thomas Mandall Esquire Mayor of the Borough of Doncaster in the County of York in the Kingdom of Great Britain Ann Wordsworth in the within written Indenture of Release named and then and there acknowledged the said Indenture of Release and the Indenture of Lease thereby referred to to be her free and voluntary Act and Deed and that she executed the same for the Uses and Purposes therein mentioned

Thos. Mandall Mayor

Be it remembered that on the sixth Day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred Personally came and appeared Before me Henry Watson Esquire Mayor of the town and Port of Sandwich in the County of Kent in the Kingdom of Great Britain Sir Charles Kent Baronet and Dame Mary his Wife in the within written Indenture of Release named and then and there severally acknowledged the said Indenture of Release and the Indenture of Lease thereby referred to to be their free and Voluntary acts and Deeds said Dame Mary having being first examined separate and apart from her said Husband and freely and voluntarily and sensing thereto and that they severally executed the same for the Uses and Purposes therein mentioned

H Watson Mayor

And now on to the final six Pages; 67 through and including 72.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 620s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1801 William, Robert, James – Belvidere, Boulogne, Madeys and Union Estates and Plantations – Part 4 of 6

2012-01-11T07:38:00.000-05:00

Good Day,

The word “thousand” is entered 226 times in this Document and the word “Pounds” 157 times. Twice the amount One hundred thousand Pounds is evident. And this Document from the Grenada Registers of Records was drafted in 1800. My financial background kicks into gear when I see numbers as large as £100,000 for property in 1800. I want to know the approximate equivalent in today’s, or close to, Pounds Sterling.

And does this have anything to do with my search and research of the origins of the genealogy and ancestry of my ggg-grandfather James Smith? Hardly so, but I have to keep my mind working at times.

Per the Retail Price Index (RPI) the £100,000 in 1800 would have been worth £6,300,000 in 2010. The RPI shows the cost of goods and services purchased by a typical household in one period relative to a base period. It is best used when the monetary amount is the cost or price of a simple product, such as a loaf of bread or a pair of shoes. According to the Average earnings, which are a logical measure for computing relative value of wages, salaries, or other income or wealth, the £100,000 in 1800 could convert to approximately £99,700,000.

According to either the RPI or the Average earnings definitions, I think we’re talking about a substantial large sum of money as counted in this 1800 Documents.

And from the Grenada Registers of Records, here is the 4th section of the images of the Pages 55 through and including 60. I have downloaded the images from Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

My transcription –

55

The same Premises together with the said two other Plantations were by virtue of the said in part recited Indenture of the fifteenth day of June One thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven meant and intended to be and Indemnity to the said William Lushington party hereto as now remaining unsatisfied Now this Indenture Witne∫seth that in pursuance of the said Agreements and for the purposes of barring and extinguishing all Estates Tail and Revisions and Remainders thereupon expectant of and in the said Plantation or Estate called the Boulogne and Union Plantation and the Negroes alive and dead stock thereon and intended to be hereby release created limited or devised in and by the said in part recited Will of the said Michael Scott deceased or otherwise howsoever and for vesting the fee simple and inheritance of and in the same Premises in thesaid James Law upon the Trusts hereinafter mentioned and for and in consideration of the sum of two thousand two hundred and three Pounds five Shillings of lawful money of Great Britain by the said James Law (at the request and by the direction of the said Alexander Scott Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott Sir Charles Kent Dame Mary his Wife and Ann Verelst testified by their being parties to and respectively executing these Presents) to the said Ann Wordsworth or secured to be paid at or before the sealing and delivery of these Presents the receipt whereof she the said Ann Wordsworth hereby acknowledge and that the same is in full satisfaction and discharge of all monies paid by her to the said Charles Gore Philadelphia Gore and Catherine Gore in respect of their said several Annuities as aforesaid and thereof and of and from the same and every part they doth acquit release and discharge the said James Law his Heirs Executors and Administrators for ever by these Premises and in consider ation of the said Bond of Indemnity executed by the said James Law and Patrick Crawford Bruce to the said Ann Wordsworth as aforesaid and for and in consideration of the of the sum of ten shillings of like lawful Money by thesaid James Law to the said Ann Wordsworth Sir Charles Kent Dame Mary his Wife Ann Verelst William Smith William Lushington party hereto Alexander Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott in like manner the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged They the said Ann Wordsworth Sir Charles Kent Dame Mary his Wife Ann Verelst William Smith and William Lushington party hereto at the request and by the direction of the said Alexander Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott testified as aforesaid Have and each and every of them Hath according to their respective Estates and Interest therein Bargained Sold Aliened A∫signed Released and Confirmed and by these Presents Do and each and every of them Doth according to their respective Estates and Interests therein Bargain Sell Alien A∫sign Release and confirm and the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott Hath Bargained sold Aliened A∫signed Released and Confirmed And by these Presents Doth Bargain Sell Alien Release and Confirm And the said Alexander Scott Hath Granted Bargained Sold Aliened A∫signed Release Ratified and Confirmed And by these Presents Doth Grant Bargain Sell Alien

A∫sign

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A∫sign Release Ratify and Confirm unto the said James Law (in his actual po∫se∫sion as to the freehold parts thereof now being by virtue of a Bargain and Sale to him thereof made by the said Ann Wordsworth Sir Charles Kent Dame Mary his Wife Ann Verelst William Lushington party hereto Alexander Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott for five ∫hillings consideration by Indenture bearing date the day next before the day of the date of these Presents for the terms of a Year commencing from the day next before the day of the date the same Indenture of Bargain and Sale and by force of the Statute made for transferring Uses into po∫se∫sion) and to his Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs All these two several Plantations or Estates or Pieces or Parcels of Land or Ground late of the said Michael Scott with all Me∫suages or Tenements Erections and Buildings thereunto belonging with the Apputena_ situate in the said Parish of St. Andrew in thesaid Island of Grenada and commonly called or Known by the name of the Boulogne and Union Plantations or by whatsoever name or names the same or either of them have or hath been called or known and which said Plantations and Premises were formally in the tenure or occupation of the said Michael Scott or his A∫signs and formally the Estate of George Scott Esq. choose three deceased the Brother of the said Michael Scott and Lieutenant Governor of the Island of Dominique in America together with all Ways Paths Pa∫sages Waters Watercourses Rights Easements Profits Privileges Commodities and Hereditaments to the same Plantation belonging or in anywise appertaining or therewith or with any part thereof commonly used deemed taken or known as part parcel or member thereof together with all and singular the Me∫suages or Dwelling Houses Outhouses Mills Boilinghouses Curinghouses Stillhouses Cisterns Cellars Negro Houses and all other Edifices and Erections of what nature or kind so ever on the said Plantations hereby released or intended so to be erected built standing or being with all and every the Coppers Boilers Mills Worms and other fixtures therein or thereupon And also all and every the Negro and other Slaves in upon or belonging to the said Plantation and Premises And all and every the Horses Mules Horned Cattle and other live Stock in upon or belonging thereto with the future I∫sue and Increase of the Females of the said Slaves and live Stock And also all and singular the Plantation Stores Implements Utensils furniture and dead Stock to the said Plantation hereby released or intended so to be or to the Buildings thereon respectively belonging or use or kept for the purposes of Cultivation or Manufacture And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders yearly and other Rents I∫sues and Profits thereof And all the Estate Right Title Interest Use Trust Po∫se∫sion Property Po∫sibility Claim and Demand whatsoever both at Law and in Equity of them the said Ann Wordsworth Sir Charles Kent Dame Mary his Wife Ann Verelst William Smith William Lushington party hereto Alexander Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott every or any of them of in to or out of the same Premises every or any part or parcel thereof To have and to hold so much and such Part and parts of the said Plantation Pieces or Parcels of Land Me∫suages Buildings fixtures Negro and other Slaves live and dead Stock Plantation Utensils and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby granted released and a∫signed with their and every of their Appurtenances as is are or be of the nature of Real Estate unto the said James Law his Heirs and A∫signs To the use of the said James Law his Heirs and A∫signs for ever And to have and to hold so much

and

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And such part or parts of the same premises with their Appurtenances as is are or be of the nature of Personal Estate unto the said James Law his Executors Administrators and A∫signs Nevertheles∫s on the Trusts and to and for the Intents and Purposes and with under and subject to the Proviso Provisoes and Declarations hereinafter mentioned expre∫sed and declared of and concerning the same that is to say Upon Trust to cultivate and manage the same Hereditaments and Premises and to supply this same with all nece∫sary Stores and to imploy such Agents Overseers Workman and other Persons about the same as may be nece∫sary and to receive the Rents I∫sues and Profits and sell and dispose of Ship and consign the Produce thereof to the best Advantage and by and out of the Rents Produce and Profits of the same Premises In the first place to retain all such costs Charges and dispenses as he or they shall or may sustained expend or be put on to in or about the managing and cultivating the same Premises and in the Purchasing of nece∫sary Stores for the same and for the Salaries and Wages of Overseers Servants and Workman about the same and in the collecting and disposing of the Rents and Produce thereof and keeping the same in a good and tenable condition and use in or about the preparing and the protecting? The represents or otherwise in the Execution of these Trusts hereby in him and them reposed And in the next place to retain a and discharge the said sum of two thousand two hundred and three Pounds four ∫hillings so secured to be paid to the said Ann Wordsworth as aforesaid and also all such sum and sums of money as he the said James Law his Heirs Executors or Administrators may be called upon to pay and actually paid for the said Charles Gore Philadelphia Gore and Catherine Gore or any of them their ^ or any of their Executors Administrators or A∫signs for or in respect of their said respective Annuities of hundred Pounds fifty Pounds and fifty Pounds on account of the said Bond of Indemnity executed by him and the said Patrick Crawford Bruce to the said Ann Wordsworth as aforesaid and also to retain pay and discharge all such sum and sums of Money costs charges and Expenses as he the said James Law his Heirs or A∫signs as Owners of the said to Plantations called Madeys and Belvidere Estates and the Slaves live and dead Stock thereon made pay their or sustained for or on account for in the Payment or discharge of any sum or sums of money for or in respect of any debt or debts due and owing by the said Michael Scott at the time of his Decease with the Interest thereof respectively or for or in respect of any legacy given by the Will of George Scott Esquire deceased with Interest thereof And in the next place to retain and pay the said Sum of ______________ so paid by him to the said James Law to the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott in respect of the said yearly sum of five hundred Pounds agreed to be paid to her up to the said sixteenth day of October one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight as aforesaid and upon Trust in the next place to pay to the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott for her A∫signs during the rest of the said term of two Years to be computed up to the said sixteenth day of October one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight so much as now remains payable of the same yearly sum of five hundred Pounds according to the said in part recited Articles of the seventeenth day of August One thousand seven hundred and ninety seven and from and after the said sixteenth day of October one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight Upon Trust whilst said Island of Grenada shall continue in Peace

and

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And remain in the po∫se∫sion of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the the Crops and Produce of the said Plantation and Premises called the Boulogne Estates shall be received by him the said James Law his Heirs Executors Admons or his or their Agents and such net produce and crops shall yield the clear yearly sum of five hundred Pounds after defraying all the Island expenses And all sums of money that the said James Law hath already laid out and expended and which he is Heirs Executors or Admons may during the continuance of the Trusts hereby in him and them esposed? lay out and _____ in the nece∫sary supply of Stores with the interest thereof to pay or cause to be paid unto the said Marthé Cornette Victorie De St. Cyr Scott or her A∫signs during the term of her natural life the yearly sum of five hundred Pounds by Quarterly Payments according to the agreement in that behalf contained in the said in part recited Articles of the seventeenth day of August One thousand seven hundred and ninety seven And in case the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott should die before the term of seven years in the said Articles mentioned then upon Trust to pay or cause to be paid unto the said Alexander Scott her Extors Admõns or A∫signs the said sum of all or some of five hundred Pounds per Annum towards the subsistence of himself and family for such time and in such manner as the same would have been paid to the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott had she been then living And upon Trust in the next Place by and out of the rents i∫sues and Profits and Produce of the said Plantation Hereditaments and Premises herein before mentioned and intended to be hereby use and to retain and pay the interest henceforth to grow due in respect of the sum of thirty one thousand three hundred and fifteen Pounds one ∫hilling and three pence so due and owing as aforesaid and after satisfying such interest to retain the rest of such rents I∫sues profits and produce from time to time in reduction of the said sum of Thirty one thousand three hundred and fifteen Pounds one ∫hilling and three pence until the same shall be reduced to the sum of five thousand Pounds and as soon as the same shall be reduced to that sum then upon Trust by and out of the rents i∫sues and produce of the Plantation Hereditaments and Premises hereby released to pay to the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott her Executors Administrators or A∫signs the said sum of One thousand five hundred Pounds due to her for the Arrears of her said Jointure of one thousand Pounds at the time of her entry into the said in part recited Agreement of the seventeenth day of August One thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven as after said and also so much money as may then be due to her in respect of the Arrears of one Mority of her said jointure of one thousand Pounds unpaid to her from the said six the day of October One thousand seven hundred ninety-six and after satisfying all such Arrears Upon Trust during the then remainder of the natural life of the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott to pay out of the Rents I∫sues Profits and Produce of the said hereby released Premises said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott or her A∫signs the yearly sum of five hundred Pounds in Addition to the said yearly sum of five hundred Pounds hereinbefore directed to be paid to her as aforesaid to the intent ^ that she may thenceforth receive the whole of her said Jointure of one thousand Pounds and In Trust to return the residue of the rents i∫sues and Profits and Produce of the said hereby released Premises from time to time in reduction of the said sum of five Thousand Pounds so to be postponed until the Arrears of the said Jointure be satisfied as aforesaid and the interest thereof until the whole of the same sum of five thousand Pounds and

interest

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Interest shall be therewith be satisfied and discharged and subject to the several Trusts hereinbefore declared concerning the said Plantation Hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby released and subject to the payment of the ∫aid Portions or Legacies of four thousand Pounds a Piece bequeathed by the Will of the said Michael Scott to the said Mary Ann Scott Emma Scott Francis Scott and Robert Scott as aforesaid and also subject to the Proviso next hereinafter contained It is hereby declared that the said James Law his Heirs Executors Administrators and a∫signs shall stand seized and po∫se∫sed of and interested in all and singular the Hereditaments and Premises hereby released and a∫signed or expre∫sed so to be In trust for the said Alexander Scott his Heirs Executors Adminis trators and A∫signs forever And it is hereby declared and agreed by and between the said Parties to these Presents that when and as often as all and singular the disbursements costs charges and expenses which shall or may be laid out sustained or expended by the said James Law his Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs in exercise or execution of all or any of the trusts Powers or Authorities hereby _____ _____ shall be fully reimbursed and satisfied together with all other sum or sums of money which he or they shall pay or cause to be paid to said Ann Wordsworth Charles Gore Philadelphia core and Catherine Gore respectively or on account of the aforesaid Annuities or any of them or otherwise in respect or on amount of the Bond executed by the said James Law and Patrick Crawford Bruce to the said Ann Wordsworth as aforesaid and after the said Bond shall be released or canceled or the said Annuities determined and all arrears thereof discharged and after the Legacy or Portion given by the Will of the said Michael Scott to his said Son Robert shall be paid or when the said James Law is Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs _____ the said Estates called Madeys and Belvidere shall be released there from and after all such debts (if any) of the said Michael Scott as effect the said Estates called Madeys and Belvidere shall be discharged and after the said James Law his Heirs Extors Administrators and A∫signs shall be reimbursed all monies paid or advanced by him or them in respect thereof and after all arrears of the said Jointure of One thousand Pounds shall be discharged to the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott and all advances of the said James Law his Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs in respect thereof reimbursed and after the whole the sum now due from the said Alexander Scott to the said James Law and all interest on the aforesaid Payments and advances shall be fully paid satisfied and discharged he the said James Law his Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs shall at the request costs and Charges of the said Alexander Scott his Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns reconvey rea∫sign and rea∫sure all such part or parts of the Premises hereby released and a∫signed or expre∫sed so to be as shall not have been sold or disposed of under the Proviso next hereinafter contained unto and to the use of the said Alexander Scott his Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs here they shall direct or appoint for his and their non-absolute use and disposal free from all incumbrances to be done committed or wilfully suffered by the said James Law is Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs in the meantime Provided that if the several Costs Charges Expenses Sum and Sums of Money and Interest hereinbefore directed to be satisfied (except only the growing Payments for the time being of the said Jointure of one

thousand

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Thousand Pounds and of the said Annuities to the said Charles Gore Philadelphia Gore and Catherine Gore respectively after the arrears thereof shall be paid) shall not be satisfied and discharged by and out of the Rents I∫sues Profits and Produce of the said Plantation Hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby released or by the said Alexander Scott his Heirs Executors or Administrators on or before the seventeenth day of August which shall be in the Year of our Lord One thousand and eight hundred and for then and in such case it shall and may be lawful to and for the said James Law his Heirs Executors Admons or A∫signs from and after the said seventeenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and four to sell and dispose of the said Plantations heredits and Premises thereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby released and a∫signed or any part thereof either together or in parcels and by Public Sale or Private contract for such Price or Prices as can be reasonably had or gotten for the same and upon payment of the money arising by the Sale or sales thereof or of any part or parts thereof to sign and give proper receipts or receipts for the money for which the same shall be so sold which receipt or receipts of the said James Law his Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs shall be a sufficient discharge to such Purchaser or Purchasers for so much of the Purchase money as shall be therein expre∫sed or acknowledged to be received and such Purchaser or Purchasers his her or their Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs shall not afterwards be answerable or accountable for any lo∫s or misapplication of the said Purchase money so received or any part thereof and by and out of the money to arise by the sale of the aforesaid Premises or any part or parts thereof and out of the rents i∫sues profits and produce thereof after the same shall be calm saleable until the Sale thereof to retain to and reimburse himself and themselves all such Costs charges and expenses as he or they shall or may sustained expend or be put to in and about the making of such Sale or Sales and from and after payment and satisfaction thereof Upon Trust to retain pay satisfy and discharge such and so much of the said several costs charges expenses ^ sum and sums of money and Interest hereinbefore directed to be paid satisfied and discharged out of the rents i∫sues profits and Produce of the said hereby released Premises except the growing Payments of the said Jointure of One thousand Pounds from and after the said seventeenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and four as shall then remain unsatisfied and on discharged and in the same order course and priority in Payment as hereinbefore mentioned and directed concerning the Payment of the same and upon Trust to place out or best so much of the money to arise from this Sale or Sales hereinbefore directed to be made and from the rents i∫sues profits and Produce of the said hereby released Premises after the same shall become saleable until the sales thereof shall be completed as will be sufficient to secure the Payment of the said Jointure of one thousand Pounds in the name or names of him the said James Law his Executors Adminis trators or A∫signs in or upon Government or Real Securities at Interest and upon Trust by and out of the Interest Dividends and yearly proceeds of the money so to be placed out at Interest or by calling in and disposing of a sufficient part of the principal such money in case the interest thereof shall be insufficient to paid to the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott or her A∫signs during the remainder of her life after the said seventeenth day of August One thousand

Eight

Two more Parts of six to go. I certainly appreciate the comments, thoughts, and questions.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 619s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1801 William, Robert, James – Belvidere, Boulogne, Madeys and Union Estates and Plantations – Part 3 of 6

2012-01-10T07:09:00.000-05:00

Good Day,

And now on to the third session of six that incorporate my Transcription work of the 1800 Document from the Grenada Registers of Records. All-things-being equal there has been no immediate clue or hint of connection to ggg-grandfather James Smith. I can’t even say how old ggg-grandfather James was in 1800, but his first child, Eley, of whom I have an 1814 Baptism record, was born in 17 March 1812. So was ggg-grandfather an infant, a young child, or a young man at the time of the recording of the 1800 Document?

From the “S Index”of the Grenada Registers of Records the entry “Scott Alexr. & others . . . . to James Law & his Trustees Conveyance (of 2 Estates) Folio 1” includes this Document and the previous ones that I worked with in Parts 614s and the Document beginning in Part 608s and Part 535s.

In my research this proves to the point that I cannot only depend upon that which is included in the “old” Indexes… or for that matter what may be recorded in “new” Index. All-things-being-equal the “old” Index of this specific Register of Records of Grenada may have been created sometime in the early 1800s. As you can see the only surnames included in the Register Index are Scott and Law. And what does this mean? It means that I have to peruse, review, read the complete Document to determine that any Smiths, the surname of which I am concerned, are included in the body of the test. Bottom-line, there are NO shortcuts.

The following names are names that appear only on the first page of the Schedule Document; Page 34. (See Part 617s.)

Sir Charles Kent

Dame Mary Kent

Ann Verelst, Widow

Josias Wordsworth

Samuel Wordsworth, Deceased

Ann Wordsworth, Widow

Ann (née Wordsworth) Algehr, Widow

Peter Christopher Algehr

Reverend William Smith

Alexander Scott

Michael Scott, Deceased

Marthé Marie Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott, Widow

Peter Lushington

James Law

Archeson Irwin

Andrew Irwin

Here are the images of the Pages 48 through and including 54 from the Register as downloaded from Item 3 of the FHL microfilm [1563378].

My transcription -

48

And every sum and sums of Money secured thereby or recoverable thereupon And of and in all securities for the same sum and sums of Money To hold the same (except as aforesaid) unto and to the use of the said William Lushington to his Heirs Executors Admons and A∫signs according to the natures and qualities thereof respectively were the same Real or Personal To the Intent that the said William Lushington his Heirs Executors Admons and A∫signs might be scised and po∫se∫sed of the intirety of the said Hereditaments Chattels and Premises Subject neverthle∫s as therein mentioned And also subject to the Proviso or Condition for redemption of the same Premises thereinafter contained that is to say Provided always neverthele∫s and it is thereby covenanted declared and agreed by and between the said Parties to the said Indenture now in recital that if the said James Law his Heirs Executors or Administrators should from time to time and at all times thereafter keep indemnified the said William Lushington his Heirs Executors and Administrators of from and against the Covenant on the part of him the said William Lushington contained in the said in part recited Indenture of the twenty ninth day of July One thousand seven hundred and ninety one to pay the said Debt of Eight thousand Pounds and Interest to the said Peter Christopher Algehr and Ann his Wife and for from and against all the Covenants contained on the part of the said William Lushington and James Law in the said several Articles of Agreement of the twenty seventh day of March One thousand and seven hundred and ninety three and the _____ day of _____ One thousand seven hundred and ninety four And also of from and against the Payment of all and every the Debts mentioned and specified in the Schedule thereunder written And of from and against all and all manner of costs charges damages and expenses whatsoever which he or they might bear pay sustain incur be put unto or be liable for reason or means of the non payment thereof or any part thereof or of his or their being party or parties to any Suit or Suits or of any matter or thing whatsoever in any way relating to the same Debts or any part thereof or any Security for the same or any part thereof according to the true intent and meaning of the said Award then and so soon as the said several sums of Money mentioned in the said Schedule thereunder written should be paid or satisfied or the said William Lushington his Heirs Executors and Administrators and his and their Estate and Effects should be discharged therefrom the said William Lushington his Heirs Executors and Administrators should at the request and at the proper costs and Charges of the said James Law his Heirs Executors Admors or A∫signs well and effectually convey and a∫sign the intirety of the said Plantations Pieces or Parcels of Land Me∫suages Buildings Fixtures Negro and other Salves Debt Sum and Sums of Money or so much thereof as should remain due owing and unreceived and all and singular other the Hereditaments and Premises thereby released and a∫signed or intended so to be with their Appurtenances unto and to the use of the said James Law his Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs according to the nature and quality thereof But subject neverthele∫s to such Equity of Redemption as the said Mortgaged Premises should then be subject to and also subject to the said in part recited Articles of Agreement of the thirty first day of August One thousand seven hundred and ninety two the twenty seventh day of March One thousand seven hundred and ninety three and the _____ day of _____ One thousand seven hundred and ninety seven and made or expre∫sed to be made between thesaid Charles Ashwell of the first part the said Alexander Scott of the second part the said James Law of the third part Patrick Crawford Bruce ^then and now a Partner with the said James Law of the fourth part and

the

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The said William Lushington party hereto therein described as William Lushington the Elder and William Lushington the younger and John Mavor of the City of London Merchants of the fifth part After reciting (amongst other things) that the said Alexander Scott after he attained the age of twenty one years confirmed the said recited Agreement of the thirty-first day of August One thousand seven hundred and ninety-two and on account of the short delivery of Stock or other Effects belonging to the said Estates agreed to make and allowance of One thousand five hundred Pounds thereby reducing the said sum of fifty one thousand Pounds the Purchase Money for the said Estates to forty-nine thousand five hundred Pounds thesaid James Law did for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators covenant promise and agree with and to the said Charles Ashwell his Heirs Executors and Administrators that he the said James Law his Heirs Executors or Administrators ∫hould and would take upon himself the performance of the said in part recited Agreement of the thirty-first day of August One thousand seven hundred and ninety-two for the Purchase of the said Plantations or Estates called Madeys and Belvidere upon the same terms and Conditions in every respect as the said Charles Ashwell stood engaged by the said Argument to become the Purchaser thereof but Purchase Money for the same originally fifty-one thousand Pounds been reduced to the said sum of forty-nine thousand five hundred Pounds as therein before mentioned And it is thereby agreed between the said Alexander Scott and James Law that in consideration of the said James Law a∫suming the performance of the Agreement entered into by the said Charles Ashwell for the purchase of said Estates as therein before mentioned he the said Alexander Scott his Executors or Administrators should and would allow the said James Law his Heirs Executors or Administrators the sum of five thousand Pounds Sterling on account of the Inquiry done to the said Estates in the then late Insurrections and troubles in the said Island of Grenada and that the said sum of five thousand Pounds should be added to and thereafter come pose part of the Balance due to the said late Partnership of Lushington and Law from the Estates of the said Michael Scott deceased And Whereas by Articles of Agreement bearing date on or about the seventeenth day of August one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven and made or expre∫sed to be made between the said Alexander Scott of the first part said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott of the second part and the said James Law of the third part After reciting (amongst other things) that the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott under and by virtue of a certain Deed bearing date the nineteenth day of November One thousand seven hundred and sixty five was entitled to a Jointure of One thousand Pounds per annum for the term of her natural Life i∫suing out of the said three Plantations called Madeys Belvidere and Boulogne Estates but which Jointure the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott had by the said recited Articles of the thirty first day of August One thousand seven hundred and ninety two agreed to accept and take from and out of the said Estate and Premises called the Boulogne Estate and to release the said Plantations called Madeys and Belvidere therefrom And reciting that in consequence of the Insurrections which had taken place in the said Island of Grenada the Jointure of the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott was considerably in arrear and that she had applied to and requested the said James Law to secure to her

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The Payment of the sum of five hundred Pounds Sterling during such part of the term of two Years to be computed from the sixteenth day of October then last as she should happen to live and also to engage to pay to her during the term of her natural life and from and after the sixteenth day of October which would be in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety eight the yearly sum of five hundred Pounds Provided the produce of the said Plantation called the Boulogne Estate should yield that sum after defraying all the Island expenses and the sum of Money that should be laid out and expended in the nece∫sary supply of Stores with Interest for the same And provided the said Island of Grenada should continue in Peace and remain in the Po∫se∫sion of the King of Great Britain and such Crops and Produce of the said Plantation and Premises called the Boulogne Estate should be received by the said James Law or his Agents And that in consideration thereof she the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott had agreed to postpone the Payment of all Arrears of her aforesaid Jointure and also the growing payments of the mority thereof until the Debt then due and owing unto the said James Law as aforesaid and such other Debt as should thereafter be due and owing unto him his Executors Administrators or A∫signs with Interest at the rate of six Pounds per cent per annum should be reduced to the sum of five thousand Pounds of lawful money of Great Britain but upon condition neverthele∫s that when such Debt should be so reduced all the arrears of the aforesaid Jointure that should be then due and all sums that might thereafter become due in respect thereof should be considered as a Charge upon the said Plantation and Premises called the Boulogne Estate in Preference to any debt that might be then due and owing unto the said James Law his Executors Administrators or A∫signs And reciting that the said Alexander Scott in order to induce the said James Law to comply with such request of the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott and the better to enable him so to do had agreed to deliver up the Po∫se∫sion of the said Plantation called Boulogne Estate with the Salves Cattle and all other the Appurtenances thereunto belonging so that the said James Law should and might be deemed considered and taken to all Intents and purposes as the Mortgagee in Po∫se∫sion thereof it being neverthele∫s agreed that the said James Law his Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs should not bring or cause the said Plantation and Premises to be brought to sale during the space of seven Years nor institute any Suit at Law or in Equiity for that purpose provided the said James Law should remain in the peaceable and quiet Po∫se∫sion of the said Premises as such Mortgagee as aforesaid in manner therein after mentioned And that the said Alexander Scott had accordingly given the nece∫sary directions to his Agents in the said Island of Grenada to deliver up the Po∫se∫sion of the said Plantation and Premises called the Boulogne Estate unto the said James Law It is by the said Articles of Agreement now in recital Witne∫sed and the said James Law did thereby for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators Covenant Promise and agree to and with the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De ST. Cyr Scott her Executors Administrators and A∫signs that he the said James Law his Executors or Administrators should and would well and truly Pay or cause to be paid unto the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott and her A∫signs ^at the common Dining Hall of Lincoln’s Inn in the County of Middlesex the said annual sum of five hundred Pounds by Quarterly Payments during such part of the said term of Two Years to be computed from the said sixteenth day of October then last as ∫he the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott should continue to live

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And further that whilst the said Island of Grenada should continue in Peace and remain in the Po∫se∫sion of the King of Great Britain and the Crops and Produce of thesaid Plantation and Premises called the Boulogne Estate should be received by the said James Law or his Agents and such nett produce and Crops should yield the clear yearly sum of five hundred Pounds after defraying all the Island dispenses and all sums of money that should be laid out and expended in the nece∫sary supply of Stores with the Interest thereof he the said James Law his Executors or Admons should and would pay or cause to be paid unto the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott during the term of her natural life at the time in the manner and at the place after said the said yearly sum of five hundred Pounds And it is by the said Articles of Agreement now in recital further Witne∫sed and the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott Did thereby for herself her Heirs Executors and Administrators covenant Promise and agree to and with the said James Law his Executors at Administrators and A∫signs that she the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott should and would accept and take during the respective times aforesaid said several Payments so covenanted to be made as aforesaid in lieu and satisfaction of her said Jointure and of all claims and demands in respect thereof And it is by the said Articles now in recital further Witne∫sed and the said James Law did thereby for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators covenant promise and agree to and with the said Alexander Scott his Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs that he the said James Law his Heirs Executors and Administrators should not nor would at any time within the said space of seven years bring or cause the said Plantation and Premises called the Boulogne Estate to be brought to sale nor institute any suit at Law or in Equity for that purpose he the said James Law and not being Interrupted during that time in the peaceable and quiet Po∫se∫sion of the said Premises as such Mortgagee as aforesaid by reason of any act to be done or committed by the said Alexander Scott his Heirs Executors or Administrators or by any Person or Persons claiming or to claim by from or under him or them And Whereas by a Memorandum indorsed on the said last recited Articles and subscribed by the said Alexander Scott and James Law It was agreed by and between the said Parties thereto that in case the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott should die before the expiration of the said term of seven Years in the said Articles mentioned the allowance of five hundred Pounds per annum therein agreed to be paid to her in lieu of her Jointure should from thenceforth be paid to the said Alexander Scott his Executors Administrators or A∫signs towards the subsistance of himself and his family for such time and in such manner as the same would have been paid to the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott if she were living and that such Payments should be charged to the said Estate It was also thereby agreed that regular Accounts should be kept by the said James Law of all the Expenses and produce of the said Estate and of all his receipts and disbursements for account of the said Alexander Scott and such Accounts rendered to the said Alexander Scott on or before the thirtieth day of April in every Year And Whereas the arrears due to the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott in respect of her said Jointure up to the sixteenth day of October in the Year One thousand seven

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Hundred and ninety-six amounted to the sum of One thousand five hundred Pounds And Whereas the said Charles Gore Philadelphia Gore and Catherine Gore to whom the said Annuities of Two hundred Pounds Fifty Pounds and Fifty Pounds were respectively secured by the said three several in part recited Bonds of the ninth day of July One thousand seven hundred and seventy-one are yet living and the said Ann Wordsworth as such Administratrix as aforesaid hath since the decease of the said Michael Scott paid to them respectively several Payments of their Annuities amounting in the whole to the sum of Two thousand two hundred and three Pounds five Shillings And Whereas the said James Law lately applied to the said Sir Charles Kent and Dame Mary his Wife and Ann Verelst and requested them to convey the legal estate and interest now vested in them the said Dame Mary Kent and Ann Verelst add the Coheire∫ses at Law of the said Jona Wordsworth of and in the said Plantations called Boulogne and Union Estates and the said several Slaves Negroes and other Effects thereon unto the said James Law and in order to induce them so to do he the said James Law proposed and agreed to give security to the satisfaction of the said Ann Wordsworth for the payment of the said Sum of Two thousand Two hundred and three Pounds five shillings now due and owing unto her for the arrear of the said three several Annuities as aforesaid and also to indemnify and save harmle∫s the Estate and Effects Real and Personal of the said Samuel Wordsworth of from and against the future Payments of such Annuities in manner hereinafter mentioned and the said Sir Charles Kent and Dame Mary his Wife and Ann Verelst hath consented and agreed to comply with each request of the said James Law on the Conditions aforesaid And Whereas the said sum of Eight thousand Pounds was not paid at the time mentioned in the Proviso for redemption contained in the said recited Indenture of Release of the Eighteenth day of June One thousand seven hundred and seventy-six whereby the Estate of the said Christopher Algehr and Ann his Wife in the Mortgaged Premises became absolute at Law And Whereas the said James Law out of his own proper Money have to advanced and paid to thesaid William Smith since the decease of the said Ann Algehr the sum of Six thousand Pounds part of the said Principal sum of Eight thousand Pounds together with all Interest due in respect thereof and the said James Law hath debited the said Alexander Scott in account And Whereas there was due and owing to the said James Law on the first day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand and seven hundred and ninety-six upon or by virtue of the said recited Securities so transferred to him and the said William Lushington (party hereto) in and by the said in part recited Indentures of Lease and Release of the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth days of July in the Year One Thousand seven hundred and ninety-one as aforesaid and to which the said James Law is now become solely intitled the sum of forty-six thousand eight hundred and fifty-six Pounds fourteen ∫hillings and Seven pence including the said sum of six thousand Pounds with the Interest thereof so paid by the said James Law as aforesaid and over and above the sum of two thousand Pounds residue of the said sum of Eight thousand Pounds secured by the said Mortgage with the Interest thereof but from which said sum of fifty-six Thousand eight hundred and forty-six Pounds fourteen and eleven pence the said James Law and Alexander Scott agreed to deduct the sum of forty-four thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight Pounds sixteen shillings and eight pence due as the residue of the said sum of fifty-one thousand Pounds so agreed to be paid for the Purchase of the

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Said Estates called Madeys and Belvidere after allowing the said sum of One thousand five hundred Pounds and divers other Payments made by the said James Law whereby the said sum of forty thousand eight hundred and forty-six Pounds fourteen shillings and eleven pence was reduced to the sum of two thousand and seventeen Pounds agreed to be allowed for the injuries so done to the said Estates of Madeys and Belvidere as aforesaid and which was to be a charge on the said Plantations called Boulogne and Union And said Alexander Scott and James Law agreed that the sums of forty-four thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight Pounds sixteen shillings and Eight pence should be retained by the said James Law in satisfaction and discharge of so much of his said Mortgage Debt of forty-six thousand eight hundred and forty-six Pounds fourteen shillings and eleven pence And whereas there was due and owing from the said Alexander Scott to the said James Law for Principal and Interest on the first day of January in the year One thousand eight hundred the sum of thirty-one thousand three hundred and fifteen Pounds one shilling and three pence including the said balance of two thousand and seventeen Pounds eighteen shillings and three pence and also the allowance of the said sum of five thousand Pounds for the injuries done to the estates of Madeys and Belvidere as aforesaid and likewise the said sum of two thousand Pounds residue of the said sum of Eight thousand Pounds secured by the said Mortgage and which has been paid by the said James Law __________________________________ And whereas the said legacies of four thousand Pounds apiece bequeathed by the said recited Will of the said Michael Scott unto the said Mary Ann Scott Emma Scott and Francis Scott now Francis De Chilers and Robert Bygoe Scott have yet being discharged And Whereas it hath been agreed that the said to Plantations and Estates called Madeys and Belvidere and the Slaves and Plantation Stores and Stock agreed to be purchased by the said James Law shall be conveyed the said James Law his Heirs and A∫signs free from all the Incumbrances hereinbefore mentioned and subject only to the performance of the said two agreements with the sale of certain parts thereof to the said Duncan Davidson and Charles Snell Chauncey (for the conveyance of which accordingly certain Indenture of Lease and Release are now prepared and engro∫sed and are intended to be executed immediately after the execution hereof and that for the purpose of enabling the said James Law to reimburse himself the said sum of two thousand two hundred and three Pounds five ∫hillings agreed to be paid by him to the said Ann Wordsworth as aforesaid and all such sum or sums as he may be called upon to pay to the said Charles Gore Philadelphia Gore and Catherine Gore or any of them in respect of their said Annuities and for the Purpose of indemnifying him against any Claims on account of the said Bond of Indemnity agreed to be given by him to the said Ann Wordsworth and for the purpose of enabling the said James Law to repay himself the said sums agreed to be already paid by him to the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott in respect of the said yearly sum of five hundred Pounds agreed to be paid to her up to the said sixteenth day of October One thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight as after said and to pay to her the rest of such

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Yearly sum and also the said subsequent yearly sum of five hundred Pounds agreed to be accepted by her in respect of her Jointure of one thousand Pounds according to the said recited agreement of the seventeenth day of August one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven and to retain and pay himself the said sum of thirty-one thousand three hundred and fifteen Pounds one Shilling and three pence so due and owing on the said first day of January one thousand eight hundred and to pay the arrears of the said Jointure to the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott according to the terms of the same articles of Agreement said Plantation called the Boulogne and Union Estate and the Slaves Plantation Stores and Stock thereon shall be conveyed and a∫sured unto and to the use of the said James Law his Heirs and A∫signs upon the trusts and in manner hereinafter mentioned And whereas the said James Law hath in pursuance of the said agreement together with the said Patrick Crawford Bruce by a Bond or Obligation in Writing under both their Hands and Seals bearing even date with these Presents become jointly and severally and unto thesaid Ann Wordsworth as such Administratrix as aforesaid in the Final sum of twelve thousand Pounds with a Condition thereunder written for making void the same if the said James Law and Patrick Crawford Bruce or either of them their or either of their Heirs Executors or Administrators shall from time to time well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said Charles Gore Philadelphia Gore and Catherine Gore or their A∫signs the said several Annuities or yearly sums of two hundred Pounds fifty Pounds and fifty Pounds secured by the said three several hereinbefore recited Bonds or Obligations for their respective lives as aforesaid or and when the same shall severally become due and payable according to the true intent and meaning of the same Bonds and Obligations and also shall at all times hereafter harmle∫s and keep indemnified the said Ann Wordsworth her Heirs Executors and Adminis trators and also the Heirs Executors and Administrators of the said Samuel Wordsworth of from and against all sum and sums of moneys costs charges damages and expenses whatsoever which the said Ann Wordsworth her Heirs Executors or xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Administrators or the Heirs Executors or Administrators of the said Samuel Wordsworth deceased shall at any time or times hereafter bear pay sustain expend or be put unto for or on account or by reason or means of the said Samuel Wordsworth having executed the said several recited Annuity Bonds or any or either of them or touching or relating thereto or in anywise whatsoever And Whereas the said William Lushington party hereto hath consented and agreed to join in conveying and a∫suring the said Plantation called the Boulogne and Union Estate and the Stock and Stores thereon unto the said James Law and to a∫sign unto him all benefit to be derived from the Personal Securities vested in them the said William Lushington party hereto and James Law as additional or collateral Securities for payment of the Debt due to them from the said Michael Scott deceased as aforesaid in manner hereinafter mentioned in consideration of his the said James Law’s having agreed to give to the said William Lushington party hereto some other satisfactory Security and indemnity against such of the Debts Charges and Engagements from which

the

And now on to Pages 55 through 60; Part 4 of 6. Isn't this exciting. Stay tuned, and ya'll come back now.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 618s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1801 William, Robert, James – Belvidere, Boulogne, Madeys and Union Estates and Plantations – Part 2 of 6

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Good Day,

I am amazed at the number of persons involved in the making of this contract concerning the four Plantations and Estates in the Parish of St. Patrick in Grenada. The four Plantations and Estates are Belvidere, Boulogne, Madeys, and Union. This is a part of my work, research, and search for the genealogy, ancestry, and origins of my ggg-grandfather James Smith.

From the August, 1824 Reference to The Plan of The Island of Grenada by Gavin Smith Showing The Names of The Different Estates; The Proprietors’ Names (Corrected Up To 1824); The Species of Produce Made; and The Quantity of Land Belonging To Each, published in London in 1882, I have inserted an image of Page (7) for the Parish of St. Patrick. I am able to locate three of the four Estates mentioned in this 1800 Document. The three are: 19. Union; 31. Madeys; and 35. Belvidere. Unless I am missing something the Boulogne Estate does not appear on this 1824 listing. There are a couple of “blanks” which may be Boulogne Estate, but I will not venture to confirm that at this point of my research.

And here is the next set of pages/images of the Transcription of the 1800 Document as entered 2nd April 1801 to the Grenada Registers of Records. The following are Pages 41 through and including 47. These images are copied from the Grenada Registers of Records and downloaded from Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

My transcription, continued from Part 617s –

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Monies and Interest due and to grow due to Mrs. _____ Wordsworth on a Mortgage made by him to Samuel Wordsworth Esquires deceased of the several Plantations or Estates therein before mentioned or some of them and should and would as soon as conveniently might be cause and procure a good and sufficient Release and Discharge of the said Mortgage to be made and executed and the same to be duly recorded in the Register’s Office of the said Island of Grenada | And the said James Bogle French did thereby for himself his Heirs Executors and Admons covenant with the said Michael Scott his Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs (among other things) that the Bond bearing even date therewith granted by the said Michael Scott to the said James Bogle French in the final sum of One hundred thousand Pounds Sterling and the Judgment to be entered up thereon (which was afterwards entered up) given as an additional Security for the due performance of the several Clauses of that Agreement should not be further or otherwise executed or put in force until some such default misappropriation breach or deviation as therein before mentioned should have been made by the said Michael Scott his Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs And Whereas by Indentures of Lease and Release bearing date respectively the twenty first and twenty second days of April in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty six the Release being made or mentioned to be made between the said Michael Scott the first part the said James Bogle French of the second part and James Stewart Thomas Alexander Nander Du∫sen and Ninian Home therein severally named of the third part It is Witne∫sed that in compliance with the said last in part recited Articles and for the considerations therein mentioned He the said Michael Scott (by the direction of the said James Bogle French testified as therein mentioned) Did grant bargain sell alien release and confirm unto the said James Stewart Thomas Alexander Nander Du∫sen and Ninian Home and to their Heirs The said Plantations called Madey’s Boulogne and Union and Belvidere Plantations or Estates with their and every of their Appurtenances To hold the same unto and to the use of the said James Stewart Thomas Alexander Nander Du∫sen and Ninian Home their Heirs and A∫signs In trust for the said James Bogle French his Heirs and A∫signs for ever Subject to the Proviso or Condition for Redemption of the same Premises therein after mentioned upon Payment by the said Michael Scott his Heirs Executors or Administrators unto the said James Bogle French his Executors Administrators or A∫signs of the sum of forty six thousand six hundred and seventy two Pounds seventeen shillings and three pence together with Interest for the same after the rate and in manner therein mentioned and also on Payment by the said Michael Scott his Heirs Executors or Administrators (amongst other debts which were afterwards discharged) unto the said Ann Algehr (Widow of the said Peter Christopher Algehr then deceased) her Executors Administrators A∫signs of the principal Money and Interest due and then to become due on the therein and also herein before in part recited Bond in manner therein mentioned And Whereas by Indenture of Lease and Release bearing date respect- tively on or about the twenty eighth and twenty ninth days of July which was in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety one the Release being made or expre∫sed to be made between the said Thomas Alexander Nander Du∫sen and Ninian Home of the first part the said James Bogle French of the second part Daniel Sill then of Draper’s Hall London

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Esquire (and since deceased) of the third part and the said William Lushington and James Law of the fourth part After reciting amongst other things that according to an Account made out by the said James Bogle French there was then due and owing by the said Michael Scott to him Principal Monies and Interest the sum of forty seven thousand two hundred and ninety six Pounds ten shillings and six pence And reciting that the said James Stewart had departed this Life And reciting that the said William Lushington and James Lad had agreed to take up the said Debt of forty seven thousand two hundred and ninety six Pounds ten shillings and six pence and to pay and discharge and in the mean time to indemnify the said James Bogle French his Heirs Executors and Administrators from and against the Payment of the said Bond Debt of Eight thousand Pounds and the Interest to Accrue due thereon secured to the said Peter Christopher Algehr and Ann his Wife as aforesaid It is by the said Indenture of Release now in recital Witne∫sed that in consideration of the sum of thirty thousand Pounds in part of the said Debt of forty seven thousand two hundred and ninety six Pounds ten shillings and six pence by the said William Lushington and James Law to the said James Bogle French in hand paid and of the further sum of Seventeen thousand two hundred and ninety six Pounds ten shillings and six pence residue of the said Debt by the said William Lushington and James Law secured to be paid to the said James Bogle French by the two Bills of Exchange each for the sum of Eight thousand six hundred and forty eight Pounds five shillings and three pence and for other the Consideration therein mentioned The said James Bogle French bargained sold a∫signed transferred and set over unto the said William Lushington and James Law their Executors Adminis trators and A∫signs The said Debt or Sum of forty seven thousand two hundred and ninety six Pounds ten shillings and six pence so due and owing by the said Michael Scott to him the said James Bogle French as aforesaid together with all such Interest after the rate aforesaid as should from thenceforth accrue and become due and payable thereon To hold the same unto the said William Lushington and James Law their Executors Administrators and A∫signs absolutely And it is by the said Indenture of Release now in recital further Witne∫sed that in ^further pursuance of the said Agreement the said Thomas Alexander Nander Du∫sen and Ninian Home at the request and by the direction and appointment of the said James Bogle French and with the consent and at the nomination of the said William Lushington and James Law granted bargained sold released and confirmed And the said James Bogle French bargained sold released and confirmed unto Daniel Sill his Heirs and A∫signs The said several Plantations Hereditaments and Premises in and by the said in part recited Indentures of the fifth and sixth days of July One thousand seven hundred and seventy six conveyed and a∫sured unto the said James Bogle French his Heirs and A∫signs as aforesaid and in and by the said in part recited Indentures of the twenty first and twenty second days of April One thousand and seven hundred and eighty six conveyed to the said James Stewart Thomas Alexander Vander Du∫sen and Ninian Home In Trust as aforesaid with the Appurtenance To hold the same unto the said Daniel Sill and his Heirs To the use of the said James Bogle French his Executors Administrators and A∫signs for the Term of Five hundred Years from the day of the date there of Subject to such Redemption in Equity as the same premises were by virtue of the said Indenture of the twenty second day of April one thousand seven hundred and eighty six subject and liable to and subject to the proviso thereinafter contained and hereinafter mentioned touching the determination of the said Term And from the determination of the said Term of five hundred Years and subject thereto and also to such

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Redemption in Equity (as the said Premises were by virtue of the said Indenture of the twenty second day of April One thousand seven hundred and eighty six subject and liable to To the use of the said William Lushington and James Law their Heirs and A∫signs for even And it is by the said Indenture of Release now in recital declared that if the said William Lushington and James Law their Executors Administrators or A∫signs should pay the amount of the said two several Bills of Exchange of Eight thousand six hundred and forty eight Pounds five shillings and three pence and Eight thousand six hundred and forty eight Pounds five shillings and three pence as and when the same Bills respectively should become due and payable) and which said Bills were both duly paid when and as they became due of that then the said Term of five hundred Years should cease and determine And the said William Lushington and James Law in and by the said Indenture of Release now in recital covenanted with the said James Bogle French that they the said William Lushington and James Law their Executors or Administrators would well and truly pay the said Bond Debt of Eight thousand Pounds and the Interest to accrue and become due thereon and would in the mean time indemnify the said James Bogle French his Heirs Executors and Adminis trators from the Payment thereof And whereas the said Michael Scott in and by his last Will and Testament in Writing bearing date on or about the thirteenth day of August which was in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety one and executed and attested in such manner as is by Law required for rendering valid devises of real estates willed ordered and directed that all his just Debts his funeral charges and the Expenses attending the execution of his Will ∫hould be paid and satisfied and charged his Real as well as Personal Estate with the Payment thereof And the said Testator gave devised and bequeathed unto his Son George Scott (who died in the said Testator’s life time without i∫sue) All his Plantations Lands Tenements Hereditaments and Real Estates situate lying and being in the said Island of Grenada with all and singular the Me∫suages or Dwelling Houses and all Outhouses Offices Kitchens Stables Negro houses Mill houses Mills Boiling houses Curing houses Still houses Stoves Cisterns Canals and all other Buildings Edifices and Erections of every sort on all or any of his said Plantations Tracts Pieces or Parcels of Land erected built standing or being and all Woods Underwoods Canes and other growing things thereon and also all the Negro and other Slaves of which he was po∫se∫sed or which he was entitled to with the future I∫sue and Increase of the females of the said Slaves And all Horses Mules Cattle Sheep and other Stock Plantation Tools Utensils and Implements belonging to him And also all and every other Estate and Estates as well Real as Personal belonging to him of whatever the same might consist ≈ ≈ ≈ and wheresoever the same might be or be situate according to the rights and Interests which he might have therein respectively To hold unto his said Son George Scott and the Heirs of his body lawfully begotten for ever And for Default of such I∫sue the said Testator thereby gave and devised the same unto his Son the said Alexander Scott To hold unto his said Son Alexander Scott and the Heirs of his body lawfully begotten for ever And for default of such I∫sue he thereby gave and devised the same as therein mentioned And the said Testator also gave and bequeathed unto each of his Sons Alexander Scott and Robert Scott the sum of four thousand Pounds Sterling Money of Great Britain to be paid unto them respectively at their respective Ages of Twenty one Years

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By four annual instalments of One thousand Pounds each the first payment thereof to begin and be made on the days they should respectively attain their said ages of Twenty one Years And the said Testator thereby directed that in the mean time and until the whole ∫hould be paid the said Legacies ∫hould bear Interest at the rate of six Pounds per cent per annum such Interest thereof in the meantime to be applied towards the maintenance and education of his said Sons Alexander Scott and Robert Scott and the said Testator also gave and bequeathed unto each of his three Daughters Mary Ann Scott Emma Scott and Frances now the Wife of Joseph Pierre Alexander Quarre De Chilers of ______________ the sum of four thousand Pounds Sterling money of Great Britain a piece to be paid unto them respectively at the age of twenty one Years by four annual installments of One hundred Pounds each the first payment thereof to begin and be made on the day they should respectively attain their said age of twenty one years and the said Testator thereby directed that in the mean time and until the whole ∫hould be paid the said last mentioned Legacy should likewise bear Interest at the rate of six Pounds per cent annum such Interest thereof in the mean time to be applied towards the maintenance and education of his said three Daughters Mary Ann Emma and Frances And the said Testator did by his said Will Charge the said several Legacies given and bequeathed unto his said two Sons and his said three Daughters upon all his aid Real Estates and did thereby subject the same to the Payment thereof And the said Testator willed that if all the Debts which he should owe at the time of his decease to Persons resident in Europe should not be paid and discharge at the time when the first Instalment of the said several Legacies therein before given and bequeathed should become payable that then and in such Care the payment of the said Legacies should be postponed until after the Payment of his said Debts in Europe and the Payment of the first of the said Instalments should begin and be made at the expiration of one year next after the said Debts should be paid off and discharged but neverthele∫s in the mean time the said several Legatees should be entitled to receive Interest at the rate aforesaid for their respective Legacies out of the rents i∫sues and Profits of his said Real Estates and thesaid Testator appointed his said Son George Scott and his Friends Thomas Alexander Nader Du∫sen and Benjamin Webster and also his said Sons Alexander Scott and Robert Scott upon their Attaining their respective ages of twenty one Years Executors of his said Will and afterwards departed this life without revoking or altering his said Will leaving the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott his Widow And the said Alexander Scott then an Infant (but who hath since attained the age of twenty one Years) his Eldest Son and Heir at Law him surviving And upon the decease of the said Testator thesaid Benjamin Webster alone duly proved the said will And Whereas by Articles of Agreement bearing date the thirty first day of August One thousand seven hundred and ninety two and made between the said Marthé Cornette Victorie De St Cyr Scott the Widow of the said Michael Scott and the said Alexander Scott their Son then an Infant of the Age of nineteen Years or thereabouts of the first part the said William Lushington and James Law of the second part and Charles Ashwell therein named of the third part The said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott covenanted on the ‘ behalf of herself and her Son in consideration of fifty one thousand Pounds Sterling to be paid by the said Charles Ashwell to sell to him as soon as the said Alexander Scott should come of Age the said two Plantations called Madeys and Belvidere and certain Negroes and live and dead Stock therein And the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott thereby agreed with the said Charles Ashwell in the Conveyance of the same Plantations to release and discharge the said Plantations called Madeys and Belvidere of and from Payments of all sums of Money charge thereon and made payable to her and

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For her Jointure and of and from all Claims thereon in respect there thereof and which she thereby agreed to accept and take out of the said Boulogne Estate And the said Charles Ashwell thereby agreed to pay for the purchase of the said Plantations called Madeys and Belvidere the sum of fifty-one thousand Pounds in the manner therein mentioned And the said William Lushington and James Law did by the said Agreement now in recital (amongst other things) covenant and agree that they would at the request and by the direction of the Executors of the said Michael Scott pay or cause to be paid unto the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott or her A∫signs the Jointure Provision to which she was entitled out of her Husbands Estates by virtue of a Deed or Instrument bearing Date the nineteenth day of November One thousand seven hundred and sixty-five from the Crops and Produce of the Boulogne Estate so long as the Produce thereof should be consigned to them and the same should be sufficient to pay same And Whereas by certain other Articles of Agreement bearing date on or about the twenty-seventh day of March One thousand seven hundred and ninety-three and made between the said Charles Ashwell of the first part the said William Lushington and James law of the second part and Duncan Davidson of Bedford Square in the County of Middlesex Esquire of the third part Reciting in part the said last recited Articles of Agreement of the thirty-first day of August One thousand and seven hundred and ninety-two And that the said Duncan Davidson had contracted and agreed with the said Charles Ashwell for the purchase of a part of the said Plantation called Belvidere therein parti cularly mentioned containing One hundred Acres for the sum of Eight thousand Pounds It is Witne∫sed and the said Charles Ashwell William Lushington and James law for themselves severally and respectively and for their several and respective Heirs Executors and Administrators did for the considerations after said covenant promise and agree to and with the said Duncan Davidson his Heirs and A∫signs in manner following that is to say That when and so soon as the said Charles Ashwell his Heirs or A∫signs should have obtained a complete title to the whole of the said Plantations pursuant to the said last recited Articles he the said Charles Ashwell and his Heirs and all other nece∫sary parties should by good and sufficient Conveyances in the Law well and effectually convey and a∫sure unto the said Duncan Davidson his Heirs and A∫signs free from all Encumbrances whatsoever All those the said One hundred Acres of Land thereon before particularly mentioned and described with the Appurtenances To Hold unto the said Duncan Davidson his Heirs and A∫signs for ever And Whereas by certain other Articles of Agreement bearing date the _____ day of _____ One thousand seven hundred and ninety-four made between the said Charles Ashwell of the first part the said William Lushington and James Law of the second part and Charles Snell Chauncey of Austin Friars London Esquire of the third part After reciting in part the said recited Articles of the thirty-first of August One thousand seven hundred and ninety-two And that the said Charles Snell Chauncey at contracted and agreed with the said Charles Ashwell for the Purchase of thirty Acres of Land or thereabouts part of the said plantation called Belvidere thereinafter described at or for such price or sum of money as the same should be valued at by three indifferent Persons to be chosen as therein mentioned It is Witne∫sed the said Charles Ashwell and Charles Snell Chauncey covenanted with each other for the sale and purchase of the said thirty Acres of Land as therein mentioned

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And said William Lushington and James Law covenanted with this said Charles Snell Chauncey that they would join in such Conveyances of the said thirty Acres of Land in manner therein expre∫sed And Whereas by Indentures of Lease and Release bearing date respectively on or about the fourteenth and fifteenth days of June which was in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven the Release being made or expre∫sed to be made between the said William Lushington of the one part the said James Law of the other Part After Reciting safe as or to the effect herein before recited And further reciting that there was due and owing from the said Michael Scott or his Estate to the said William Lushington and James Law on the thirtieth day of April one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six upon and by virtue of the said recited Securities so transferred to them by the said Indentures of the twenty eight and twenty-ninth days of July one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one the several sums of fifty-five thousand five hundred and thirty-eight Pounds eight shillings and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four Pounds four shillings and nine pence And reciting that the said William Lushington and James Law on or about the fifth day of February One thousand seven hundred and ninety-six mutually agreed to di∫solve the Partnership then subsisting between them on and from the said thirtieth day of April One thousand seven hundred and ninety-six and that the said William Lushington had nominated James Robertson of Throgmorton Street in the City of London Merchant on his behalf as an Arbitrator and that the said James Law had in like manner nominated Sir Francis Baring of Devonshire Square in thesaid City of London Baronet on his behalf as an Arbitrator for the apportionment division and of allotment of the property and effects of the said Partnership And reciting that the said James Robertson and Sir Francis Baring by an Award in Writing under their Hands and Seals bearing date the thirteenth day of August then last past and (among other things) awarded that the several sums mentioned in the second Schedule to their Award annexed including the said several sums of fifty-five thousand five hundred and thirty Eight Pounds Eight shillings and One thousand seven hundred and seventy-four Pounds four shillings and nine pence so due to the said William Lushington and James Law should belong to and become the separate property and be at the separate risk of the said James Law And that the said Arbitrator and further awarded that the several sums of money mentioned in the fourth Schedule to their Award annexed being debts due by the said William Lushington and James Law as Partners on the said thirtieth day of April should be paid and discharge to the several Persons to whom they were severally due by the said James Law his Heirs Executors or Administrators out of his and their own proper monies and effects And that they had further awarded that the said James Law should indemnify the said William Lushington his Heirs Executors and Administrators of and from the Payment of all and every the Debts mentioned and specified in the fourth Schedule to their Award annexed And that they had further Awarded that all the Lands Tenements Slaves Cattle and Real and Personal Property mortgaged to thesaid William Lushington and James Law for securing the said sum of fifty-five thousand five hundred and thirty eight Pounds eight ∫hillings mentioned in the said second Schedule to be due from the said Michael Scott with the Appurtenances and all benefit and advantage of Consignments to Commi∫sion and Factorages appurtenant to such debt and any part thereof free from all Incumbrances made by the said William Lushington and James Law but Subject to such Equity of Redemption as such Mortgaged Premises were then subject to as against them should be a∫signed transferred and conveyed by them and all claiming under and in trust for them so and in such manner as that the same

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Should be made and effectual collateral security to the said William Lushington his Heirs Executors and Administrators in the first instance for his and their indemnity against the Covenant contained on the party of him and the said James Law in the S. Indenture of Release of the twenty-ninth day of July One thousand seven hundred and ninety-one whereby the said William Lushington and James Law covenanted to paid the before mentioned Debt of Eight thousand Pounds and Interest secured by the Bond of the said James Bogle French to the said Peter Christopher Algehr and Ann his Wife and to indemnify the said James Bogle French there from and also against the Covenants contained on the part of thesaid William Lushington and James Law in the said Articles of Agreement dated the twenty-seventh day of March One thousand seven hundred and ninety-three and also against the Covenants contained on the part of the said William Lushington and James Law in the said Articles of agreement dated the twenty-seventh day of March One thousand seven hundred and ninety-three and also against the Covenants contained on the part of the said William Lushington and James Law in the said Articles of Agreement of the _____ day of _____ one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four and against all other matters relating to the Effects mentioned in the said second Schedule and against all Debts mentioned in the said fourth Schedule and subject to such Security and Indemnity so as that the same mortgaged Property and the same Debts might best and be held in trust for the said James Law his Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs And reciting that the said James Law had pursuant to the said Award paid all the Debt and Engagements mentioned in the said fourth Schedule except the Debt and Engagements set forth in the Schedule to the Indenture of Release now in recital It is by the said Indenture of Release now in Recital Witne∫sed that in Obedience to and in part performance of the directions of the said Award and for other the considerations therein mentioned The said James Law did grant bargain sell alien remise release a∫sign transfer and set over unto the said William Lushington his Heirs Executors Adminis trators and A∫signs All the part and share of him the said James Law of and in All and singular the said several Plantations Pieces or Parcels of Land Me∫suages Buildings fixtures and Premises comprised in the said therein and herein before in part recited Indentures of the twenty-eight and twenty-ninth days of July one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one and thereby released and a∫signed or intended to be released and a∫signed to or in use or in trust for the said William Lushington and James Law save and except the said several pieces and parcels of Ground and Premises so contracted to be sold to the said Duncan Davidson and the said Charles Snell Chauncey respectively as after said And also of and in the said several debts of fifty five thousand five hundred and thirty-eight Pounds eight shillings and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four Pounds four shillings and nine pence and all other Debt and Debts due and owing upon the Securities therein and hereinbefore mentioned to the said William Lushington and James Law and of and in all sum and sums due and owing by the said Nicholas Herbert and Charles Herbert to the said Michael Scott or his Estate or the Covenant the said Michael Scott contained in the said Articles of Agreement of the thirty-first day of April One thousand seven hundred and Eighty-six touching the A∫signment of the Monies so due by them And also of and in the said Judgment for One hundred thousand Pounds and all

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Part 617s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1801 William, Robert, James – Belvidere, Boulogne, Madeys and Union Estates and Plantations – Part 1 of 6

2012-01-08T10:22:00.001-05:00

Good Day,

This morning fare de table – Scrambled eggs with parsley, sriracha chili sauce and onion wrapped in roti. Fusion cuisine; most definitely… and Chopped certainly keeps me on my toes.

As I mentioned I have completed the next segment of a series of Documents dated 1800 that were entered to the Grenada Registers of Records in 1801. The set of Records is a genealogists' dream.

Let alone in my search for the genealogy and ancestry of my ggg-grandfather James Smith, the surname Smith is mentioned 36 times in this segment alone… All-things-being-equal I cannot say for certain whether the three, or possibly four unique Smiths with the forenames, James, Robert, and William in this Document are related or connected to my ggg-grandfather James.

This segment is composed of 39 pages. It has been a monumental task of transcribing. Further there are great sources of family connections and relationships included in this set, especially that of the Scott Family of Grenada. The Document and contracts revolve around four Plantations and Estates: Belvidere, Boulogne, Madeys, and Union in the Parish of St. Patrick. The inserted image is a cut of the 1801 Gavin Smith mapping of the Parish of St. Patrick, Grenada.

This segment, set of papers, follow that which I entered in my Posting in Parts 608s through and including 612s. This series of 39 pages will comprise six Postings.

From Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378] here images of the first seven pages 34 through and 40.

And my transcription –

Examined

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Entered 2nd April 1801.

This Indenture of eight parts made the twenty fourth day of July in the Fortieth year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith.. And in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred Between Sir Charles Kent of Chandos Street Cavendish Square in the County of Middlesex Baronet and Dame Mary his Wife and Ann Verelst of Aston in the County of York Widow which said Dame Mary the Wife of the said Sir Charles Kent and Ann Verelst are the Coheire∫ses at Law of Josias Wordsworth of Wadworth in the said County of York Esquire the Cousin and Heir at Law of Samuel Wordsworth late of the City of London Merchant deceased of the first part Ann Wordsworth of Wadworth aforesaid Widow Administratrix will the Will annexed of the Goods Chattels Rights and Credits of the said Samuel Wordsworth unadministered by the said Josias Wordsworth who was the only Executor of the Will of the said Samuel Wordsworth of the second part the said Sir Charles Kent and Dame Mary his Wife and Ann Verelst which said Dame Mary and Ann Verelst are also the Coheire∫ses at Law of Ann Algehr Sister of the said Samuel Wordsworth formerly of the wife and afterwards the Widow of Peter Christopher Algehr of Laytonstone in the County of E∫sex Esquire deceased of the third part the Reverend William Smith late of Camberwell in the County of Surry but now of Maxton near Dover in the County of Kent Clerk sole Executor of the last Will and Testament of the said Ann Algehr ( and which said Ann was the sole Executor of the last Will and testament of the said Peter Christopher Algehr) of the fourth Part Alexander Scott Son heir at Law and Devisee named in the last Will and Testament of Michael Scott late of the Island of Grenada in the West Indies Esquire deceased of the fifth part Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott of Wolfenbuttel in the Dutchy of Brunswick in Lower Saxony Widow of the said Michael Scott of the sixth Part William Lushington of the City of London Merchant of the Seventh part and James Law of the same City Merchant of the eighth part Whereas by Indentures of Lease and Release bearing date respectively the sixth and seventh days of November which as in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and sixty six the Release being made between the said Michael Scott and the said Marthé Cornette Victoire de St. Cyr Scott Wife of the said Michael Scott of the one Part and the said Samuel Wordsworth of the other Part After reciting (amongst other things) that the said Samuel Wordsworth had advanced and paid several sums of Money to and for the use of the said Michael Scott the said Michael Scott and his Wife in consideration thereof granted bargained sold and released unto the said Samuel Wordsworth his Heirs and A∫signs (amongst other Hereditaments) a Plantation called or known by the Name of Madeys situate in the Parish of Saint Patrick in the Island of Grenada with the Appurtenances To hold the same unto and to the use of the said Samuel Wordsworth his Heirs and A∫signs for ever Subject to the Provisoe for Redemption thereafter mentioned And by the same Indenture of Release the said Michael Scott and his Wife a∫signed unto the said Samuel Wordsworth his Executors Administrators and A∫signs divers Negro and other Slaves of him the said Michael Scott therein mentioned To hold the same unto the said Samuel Wordsworth his Executors Administrators and A∫signs Subject to a proviso in the said Indenture of Release now in Recital contained for Redemption of the said Hereditaments and Premises on Payment by Archeson Irwin and Andrew Irwin therein named or either of their or either of their Heirs Executors or Administrators unto the said Samuel Wordsworth his

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Executors Administrators or A∫signs of the sum of One thousand five hundred Pounds Sterling with Interest at five Pounds per Cent on the first day of January One thousand seven hundred and sixty nine And on Payment by the said Michael Scott his Heirs Executors or Administrators unto the said Samuel Wordsworth his Executors Administrators or A∫signs of the sums of three thousand two hundred and eighty-eight Pounds two shillings and eleven pence and three thousand two hundred and ninety-nine Pounds six shillings and nine pence with Grenada Interest on or before the seventh day of November One thousand seven hundred and sixty-seven and in payment of all such further sums of Money as had been given or which should at any time thereafter be advanced by the said Samuel Wordsworth his Executors Administrators or A∫signs to or for the use or account or at the request of the said Andrew Irwin and Michael Scott jointly or of the said Michael Scott separately his Executors Administrators or A∫signs or any Account whatsoever with the like Interest and upon the said Michael Scott consigning to the said Samuel Wordsworth the Sugar and London Proof Rum to be made on the said Plantation until the whole Money thereby secured should be fully paid And Whereas by Indentures of Lease and Release bearing date respectively on or about the fourteenth and fifteenth days of May which was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine the Release being made or expre∫sed to be made between the said Michael Scott and the said Marthé Cornette Victoire du St. Cyr Scott his Wife of the one part and the said Samuel Wordsworth of the other part After citing that the said Michael Scott had on the day of the date of the now reciting Indenture borrowed and received of and from the said Samuel Wordsworth some of Seven thousand five hundred Pounds Sterling It is Witne∫sed that for the consideration therein mentioned they the said Michael Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire de St. Cyr Scott his Wife Did grant bargain sell alien release and confirm unto the∫aid Samuel Wordsworth and to his Heirs and A∫signs All those two several Plantations or Estates or Pieces or Parcels of Land or Ground of them the said Michael Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott his Wife or one of them all Me∫suages or Tenements Erections and Buildings there unto belonging with the Appurtenances situate in the Parish of St. Andrew in the Island of Grenada and commonly called or known by the Name of Boulogne and Union Plantations or by whatsoever name or names same or either of them were or were called or known and which said Plantations and Premises were then in the tenure or Occupation of the said Michael Scott or his A∫signs and were then lately the Estate of George Scott Esquire deceased the Brother of the said Michael Scott and late Lieutenant Governor of the Island of Dominique in America And also all other the Plantations Me∫suages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and Premises whatsoever of them the said Michael Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire de St. Cyr Scott his Wife or either of them in the said Parish of St. Andrew in the said Island of Grenada with their and every of their Appurtenances To Hold the same unto and to the use of the said Samuel Wordsworth his Heirs and A∫signs Subject to the Proviso for Redemption thereinafter mentioned And by the said Indenture of Release now in Recital the said Michael Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire de St. Cyr Scott his Wife did a∫sign unto the said Samuel Wordsworth his Executors Admons and A∫signs All the Negro and other Slaves of him the said Michael Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire de St. Cyr Scott his Wife or either of them then use worked or employed

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In or about the said Plantations or either of them and all and every their I∫sue Offspring and Increase And also all and every the Mules Horses Sheep Goats and Horned Cattle And also all Coppers Plantation Utensils and other Chattels therein mentioned to hold the same unto the said Samuel Wordsworth his Executors Administrators and A∫signs Subject to a Proviso in the said Indenture of Release now in recital contained for redemption of the said hereditaments and Premises on Payment by the said Michael Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr as his Wife or either of them their or either of their Heirs Executors or Administrators unto the said Samuel Wordsworth his Executors Administrators or A∫signs of the sum of Seven thousand eight hundred and seventy five Pounds in manner therein mentioned And Whereas by Indenture bearing date thesaid fifteenth day of May one thousand seven hundred and sixty nine and made or expre∫sed to be made between the said Michael Scott and the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott his Wife of the one part and the said Samuel Wordsworth of the other Part After reciting the said hereinbefore in part recited Indentures of the sixth and seventh days of November One thousand seven hundred and sixty six And also reciting that by an Account stated and settled that day there appeared to be remaining due to the said Samuel Wordsworth from the said Michael Scott the sum of Eight thousand five hundred Pounds on the same Security And also reciting the said last hereinbefore in part recited Indentures And that the said Michael Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr his Wife had agreed to confirm unto the said Samuel Wordsworth his Heirs Executors and Administrators the said Plantations Negroes Hereditaments and Premises Conveyed and a∫signed by the said first hereinbefore in part recited Indentures of Lease and Release unto the said Samuel Wordsworth that the same might be a security unto the said Samuel Wordsworth as well for the Payment of the said sum of Seven thousand five hundred Pounds and Interest as of the said sum of Eight thousand five hundred Pounds It is Witne∫sed that for the Consideration therein mentioned they the said Michael Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr as his Wife Did Grant ratify and confirm unto the said Samuel Wordsworth his Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs The said Plantations or Estates Negroes and Premises in and by the said in Part recited Indentures of Lease and Release of the sixth and seventh days of November One thousand seven hundred and sixty six conveyed and a∫sured as aforesaid with the Appurtenances To hold the same unto and to the use of the said Samuel Wordsworth his Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs discharged from the said Proviso for redemption contained in the same last mentioned Indenture of Release And Whereas the said Michael Scott and Samuel Wordsworth by their Bond or Obligation in Writing under their Hands and Seals bearing date the ninth day of July One thousand seven hundred and seventy one become jointly and severally bound unto Charles Gore of the Town of Southampton in the County of Hants Esquire in the Final Sum of four thousand Pounds with a Condition thereunder written for making void the same on Payment by the said Michael Scott his Heirs Executors ₰ ₰ ₰ or Administrators unto the said Charles Gore or his A∫signs during the term of his natural life of one Annuity of Two hundred Pounds by equal Quarterly Payments as therein mentioned And Whereas the said Michael Scott and Samuel Wordsworth by another Bond or Obligation in Writing under their Hands and Seals bearing date the said ninth day of July One thousand seven hundred and seventy one became jointly and severally bound unto Philadelphia Gore of Ipswich in the County of Suffolk Spinster in the final sum of One thousand Pounds with a Condition thereunder written for making void the same on payment by the said Michael Scott his Heirs Executors or Administrators under the said Philadelphia Gore or her A∫signs during the term of

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Her natural life of One Annuity of Fifty Pounds by equal quarterly payments as therein mentioned And Whereas the said Michael Scott and Samuel Wordsworth by another Bond or Obligation in Writing under their Hands and Seals bearing date the said ninth day of July One thousand seven hundred and seventy one became jointly and severally bound unto Catherine Gore of Ipswich aforesaid Spinster in the final sum of One thousand Pounds with a Condition thereunder written for making void the same on payment by the said Michael Scott his Heirs Executors or Administrators unto the said Catherine Gore or her A∫signs during the term of her natural life of One Annuity of fifty Pounds by equal quarterly Payments as therein mentioned And Whereas by Indenture bearing date on or about the twenty eighth day of August One thousand seven hundred and seventy one and made or expre∫sed to be made between the said Michael Scott of the one part and the said Samuel Wordsworth of the other Part After Reciting (amongst other things) the said three herein before in part recited Bonds of the ninth day of July One thousand seven hundred and seventy one It is Witne∫sed that for the considerations therein mentioned the said Michael Scott did hereby for himself his Heirs Executors and Admons covenant with the said Samuel Wordsworth his Executors Administrators and A∫signs that the said several Plantations called Madeys Boulogne and Union Plantations and the several Me∫suages Negroes and Premises therein and herein before mentioned to be conveyed to the said Samuel Wordsworth by the said several therein and herein before recited Indentures should stand ^remain and continued unto the said Samuel Wordsworth his Heirs Executors and Administrators to indemnify him his Heirs Executors and Administrators as well from the Payment of all such Money as he the said Samuel Wordsworth his Heirs Executors or Administrators might pay on account for his having executed the said Bonds or any of them as of the several Sums and Interest secured by the said several ^_____ _____ and _____ the said several Plantations estates and Premises _____ _____ _____ not _____ and of the lands of the said Samuel Wordsworth his Heirs Executors and Administrators unto not only the several sums of Money in the said Indentures mentioned and secured but also all such Money as he the said Samuel Wordsworth his Heirs Executors and Administrators should pay on the said Bonds or any of them should be fully paid together with legal Interest And Whereas by Indentures of Lease and Release bearing date respectively the twenty eighth and twenty ninth days of January which was in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy two the Release being made ^or expre∫sed to be made between William Gines and Ebenezer Atkinson of Lombard Street London Bankers of the first part the said Michael Scott of the second part and the said Samuel Wordsworth of the third part After reciting that by Indentures of Lease and Release bearing date respectively the fifth and sixth days of June One thousand seven hundred and sixty nine the said Michael Scott had Mortgaged the said Plantations called Boulogne and Union and a Piece of Mountain Lane therein mentioned together with the Negroes and Slaves thereon unto the said William Gines and Ebenezer Atkinson for securing the sum of four thousand two hundred and fifty seven Pounds and Interest And also reciting that the said Michael Scott had paid to the said William Gines and Ebenezer Atkinson the said principal sum of four thousand two hundred and fifty seven Pounds and all Interest due for the same but that no Reconveyance or A∫signment had then been executed by them to the said Michael Scott his Heirs or A∫signs It is Witne∫sed that for the better securing the repayment of the sum of Seven thousand eight hundred and seventy five Pounds then due to the said Samuel Wordsworth and also all other sums of Money then due and owing or to

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Become due and owing from the said Michael Scott to the said Samuel Wordsworth and in order to convey to him the legal Estate of and in the said Plantations and Premises and for other the considerations therein mentioned They the said William Gines and Ebenezer Atkinson by and with the direction and appointment of the said Michael Scott (testified as therein mentioned) Did grant bargain sell alien release and confirm unto the said Samuel Wordsworth his Heirs and A∫signs The said Plantations Sugar Works Me∫suages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and Premises herein before mentioned and described and in and by the said recited Indentures of Lease and Release of the fourteenth and fifteenth days of May One thousand seven hundred and sixty nine expre∫sed to be conveyed and a∫sured as aforesaid with the Appurtenances To hold the same unto and to the use of the said Samuel Wordsworth his Heirs and A∫signs for ever And it is by the said Indenture of Release now in Recital further Witne∫sed that for the Considera tions therein mentioned They the said William Gynes and Ebenezer Atkinson Did bargain sell a∫sign and set over unto the said Samuel Wordsworth his Executors Administrators and A∫signs The said Negro and other Slaves therein before mentioned and described and in and by the said recited Indenture of the fifteenth day of May One thousand seven hundred and sixty nine a∫signed or intended to be a∫signed as aforesaid To hold the same unto the said Samuel Wordsworth his Executors Administrators and A∫signs Subject neverthele∫s to a Declaration or Agreement in the said Indenture of Release now in Recital contained for redemption of the same Hereditaments and premises on payment by the said Michael Scott his Heirs Executors or Administrators to the said Samuel Wordsworth his Executors Administrators or A∫signs of all Money then due and thereafter to grow due to him or them from the said Michael Scott And Whereas the said Samuel Wordsworth duly made and published his last Will and Testament in Writing bearing date the ninth day of December one thousand seven hundred and seventy two by the same was not so executed as to pa∫s Real Estates and thereof appointed the said Josias Wordsworth and William Henry Chauncey sole Executors and the said Testator also made the said Josias Wordsworth his Residuary Legatee And Whereas the said Josias Wordsworth alone proved the said Will and took upon himself the execution thereof the said William Henry Chauncey having renounced such Executorship and upon the death of the said Josia Wordsworth Letters of Administration of the Goods Chattels Rights and Credits of the said Samuel Wordsworth unadministered by the said Josia Wordsworth were on the seventh day of October in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Eighty granted by the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury unto the said Ann Wordsworth the Widow Relict and sole Executor of the Will of the said Josia Wordsworth And Whereas the said Will of the said Josias Wordsworth contained no disposition to prevent the fee simple of the said Mortgage Premises from descending to the said Dame Mary Kent and Ann Verelst as his Coheire∫ses at Law And Whereas the said Michael Scott duly paid to the said Samuel Wordsworth in his life time and to the said Josias Wordsworth and Ann Wordsworth or one of them after his decease all principal money and Interest secured of the said Samuel Wordsworth upon or by virtue of the said several Mortgages and further Charges herein before mentioned but by Reason of the said Plantations and Premises being vested in the said Samuel Wordsworth as an Indemnity against the said three several in part recited Annuity Bonds no Reconveyance was ever made by the said Josias Wordsworth in his life time or has been made by thesaid Sir Charles Kent and Dame Mary his Wife and thesaid Ann Verelst since his decease of the same Plantations and Premises And Whereas by Indentures of Lease and

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Release and A∫signment bearing date respectively the seventeenth and eighteenth days of June in the year of our Lord One thousand and seven hundred and seventy six and made or expre∫sed to be made between the said Michael Scott and the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott his Wife of the one part and the said Peter Christopher Algehr and Ann his Wife of the other part The said Plantation or Estate called Madeys and also those the said other two Plantations called Boulogne and Union lying together and hereinafter described with the Negroes Slaves live and dead Stock thereon Were conveyed and a∫signed Unto the use of the said Peter Christopher Algehr and Ann his Wife and the Heirs Executors Adminis trators and A∫signs of the said Ann for ever Subject to Redemption on Payment by the said Michael Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott his Wife or either of them their or either of their Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs to the said Peter Christopher Algehr and Ann his Wife or the survivor of them or the Executors Administrators or A∫signs of the said Ann of the sum of Eight thousand Pounds of lawful money of Great Britain with Interest for the same after the rate of six Pounds for one hundred Pounds for a Year at the times therein particularly mentioned and which are long since pa∫sed And Whereas the said Ann Algehr survived her said Husband and is since dead having duly made her Will and thereof appointed the said William Smith her sole Executor who duly proved the same Will on the Eighteenth day of December One thousand seven hundred and ninety four in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury and took upon himself the burthen of the execution thereof whereby he is become the personal Representative as well of the said Ann Algehr as of the said Peter Christopher Algehr but the said Will did not contain any disposition to prevent the fee of the said Mortgaged Premises from descending to the Heirs of the said Ann Algehr And Whereas by Indentures of Lease and Release bearing date respectively the fifth and sixth days of July One thousand seven hundred and seventy six the Release being made or mentioned to be made between the said Michael Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott his Wife of the one part and James Bogle French then late of the City of London Merchant of the other Part Reciting that upon an account stated and settled the thirty first day of May then last between the said Michael Scott and James Bogle French the said Michael Scott was indebted to the said James Bogle French in the sum of Twenty four thousand eight hundred and thirteen Pounds twelve shillings and four pence Sterling It is Witne∫sed that in consideration of the said Debt and for other the Considerations ^Therein mentioned They the said Michael Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott his Wife Did grant bargain sell release a∫sign and confirm unto the said James Bogle French The said Plantations called Madeys and Boulogne and Union Plantations and Estates with the Appurtenances and the Negroes and Slaves therein mentioned and all other the Plantations of them the said Michael Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire de St. Cyr Scott his wife situate in the said Island To hold the same unto and to the use of the said James Bogle French his Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs for ever according to the nature of the said Estates and Premises respectively Subject neverthele∫s to a Proviso in the said Indenture of Release now in recital contained for redemption of the said Hereditaments and Premises upon payment by the said Michael Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire de St. Cyr Scott his Wife or either of them their or either of their Heirs Executors or Administrators unto the said James Bogle French his Executors Administrators or A∫signs of the said sum of Twenty four thousand Eight hundred and thirteen Pounds twelve ∫hillings and four pence with Interest for the same

after

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After the rate and in manner therein mentioned And Whereas by Articles of Agreement bearing date the first day of April One thousand seven hundred and eight six and made or mentioned to be made between the said Michael Scott of the one Part and the said James Bogle French (acting therein by Nathaniel Bogle French and Robert Smith Esquires his Attornies thereto lawfully constituted) of the other Part After reciting the said Indentures of Lease and Release of the fifth and sixth days of July One thousand and seven hundred and seventy six as or to the effect hereinbefore recited And also reciting that by an Account rendered to the said Michael Scott there was justly due and owing from him the said Michael Scott to him the said James Bogle French on the Security of the said Mortgaged Premises in the thirty first day of May One thousand and seven hundred and eighty five the sum of forty six thousand six hundred and seventy two Pounds seventeen shillings and three pence And also reciting that over and above such amount of actual Debt the said James Bogle French stood bound as a Surety for the said Michael Scott for Monies due by him to other persons and particularly in a Bond dated the eighteenth day of June One thousand seven hundred and seventy six granted to the said Peter Christopher Algehr and Ann his Wife in the final sum of Sixteen thousand Pounds Sterling Conditioned for the Payment of Eight thousand Pounds like Money and Interest It is Witne∫sed and the said Michael Scott for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators did thereby covenant with the said James Bogle French his Executors Administrators and A∫signs (among other things) in manner following (that is to say) that all and singular the Premises comprised in the said Indentures of the fifth and sixth days of July One thousand seven hundred and seventy six with the Appurtenances should from thenceforth stand charged with and be a Security for the Payment of the said sum of forty sic thousand six hundred and seventy two Pounds seventeen shillings and three pence Sterling so due as aforesaid together with Interest thereon at the rate of six Pounds percent per annum from the thirty first day of May One thousand seven hundred and eighty five and that he the said Michael Scott would when thereto required execute a good sufficient Mortgage of his the said Michael Scott’s other Plantation then since purchased and called Belvedere with the Buildings thereon and the Slaves and Stock thereto belonging together with a proper A∫signment of all sum and sums of Money due and owing to thesaid Michael Scott from the Estate of Joanna Victoire Adelaide Herbert either on Account of her Guardianship or by virtue of the Marriage Contract made between her Father and Mother then the Wife of the said Michael Scott or otherwise howsoever and also an A∫signment of all sums of money due to him from Nicholas Herbert and Charles Herbert Brothers of the said Joanna Victoire Adelaide Herbert which said Mortgage of Belvidere and A∫signments of the Monies due from the Herberts aforesaid it was thereby declared should stand and be as a further Security for and be applied as the same should be received towards the due Payment of the Monies therein covenanted to be paid And the said Michael Scott thereby for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators covenanted and agreed to and with the said James Bogle French his Executors Administrators and A∫signs that he the said Michael Scott his Heirs Executors or Adminis- trators should and would pad or cause to be paid as well the sums due to the said James Bogle French as the several Debts which he stood bound on behalf of the said Michael Scott as aforesaid as the _____ and in the several proportions thereinafter specified And also should and would on or before the Thirtieth day of November One thousand seven hundred and eighty eight pay off and full discharge all Principal

Monies

And now unto Part 2 of 6.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 616b – Brunhammer Genealogy – 1881 Birth – Great-Grandaunt Lizzie Brunhammer – Gloucester City, New Jersey

2012-01-04T16:52:00.003-05:00

Good Day,

And I know that I have been in abstentia from A Genealogy Hunt these past couple plus weeks… sort of. I have been working on a transcription that is one mother of a number of pages. I think it is about 68 pages. All this in the search for the origins of my ggg-grandfather James Smith of Grenada…

But one never knows, especially this man here, what one may stumble across when you take a couple of minutes to check something else out. I just thought I would do a search on another one of the Families that I research. And that I did.

And I discovered, I think one of the six unnamed children of Andy’s great-great-grandparents Jacques (aka Jacob) and Marie (aka Mary née Katz) Brunhammer.

Based on records previously discovered, especially the 1900 United States Census of Delaware County in Pennsylvania, it is recorded of gg-grandparents Jacob and Mary Bernhemmer (aka Jacques and Marie Brunhammer) that Mary Bernhemmer had had 14 children.

Our research has never, as yet revealed whether the “missing” six children had been born in France or in the United States.

But here it is; I have discovered an entry, via Ancestry.com, that per the New Jersey Deaths and Burial Index, 1798-1971, refers to one Lizzie Burnhammer. This Lizzie Brunhammer passed away as an infant at the age of 1 year and 4 months in Gloucester City, in Camden County, New Jersey. The data, transcribed from the Index also indicates that both her parents were born in France.

Eureka! This is Great-Grandaunt Lizzie Brunhammer. She was born about July 1881 in Gloucester City but died shortly thereafter. This also means that we now have on record that three of the original Brunhammers were born in the United States; great-granduncles Harry and Joseph, and now great-grandaunt Lizzie.

Amazing find… and just think of what is continuing to be revealed due to the power of the Internet.

Enjoy,

Jim

My Tangent – Santa Crashed at Interlake Drive

2011-12-24T11:54:00.001-05:00

Good Day and Merry Christmas Eve… From The Pack

Now I pronounce that I am NOT being a Scrooge… but who would have thought that a pack of antlers would soothe the savage beasts. And I’m still working on the 75-page Grenada Registers’ Document dated 1801, in the search for ggg-grandfather James Smith.

But of course, Tinker is not too sure with her antler. (That is not Tinker's tail.) She’s trying to figure out who was that fat man dressed in red running around on the roof.

But Radar, Bella, and Taylor got right down to chewing their Christmas antler sticks.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 615b – Brunhammer Genealogy – New and Updated Descendant Chart

2011-12-04T20:20:00.001-05:00

Good Day,

Supper, not bad… actually quite good. Sous-vide pork loin chops spiced with garlic and herbs; mashed carrots mixed with olive oil and lemon; and roasted peppery spring potatoes accompanied with fig and mint yoghurt dip. Not bad… and I’m still experimenting. Really enjoy cooking with my Sous-Vide thing-a-ma-jig, even though it looks like an old-school doctor’s sterilizing unit.

And tonight I decided to work on the preliminary new and updated Brunhammer Descendant Chart.

This Descendant Chart pictures the Genealogy of the Brunhammer Family, especially Andy’s blood line. (All direct blood line individuals, albeit the ancestors are highlighted in blue-outline and yellow.)

As you can see there are a number of new additions, in red, to the humungous Chart. I will in time be splitting or dividing the Chart into associated Parts.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 614s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1800 James, Robert, and William Smith – Saint Patrick – Schedule A

2011-12-02T08:56:00.001-05:00

Good Day,

Have you ever had a strange dream, awakened, then tried to get back to sleep so you could finish the dream? I did… and I couldn’t. And all I could remember was that I lost my shoes, had forgotten the roses, and had to pick up the cake… and there were this troupe of pear-shaped cloggers scheduled to perform. And what this has to do with genealogy or the search for my ggg-grandfather James Smith, hell if I know… But it certainly was some strange dream.

And I continue with my Transcription Project, searching for the hint or clue that could lead me to a shred of evidence to the ancestry and genealogy of ggg-grandfather James.

The next entered, on 2 April 1801, is I believe the Schedule A as referred to in my most recent few Postings. There is a difference which I really will not go into too much detail but I thought in the previous Document there was reference to Ten Parts, whereas in this two-page Schedule A, the reference is to eight Parts.

Here are the two Pages, 32 and 33, as downloaded from Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

And my transcription -

Examined

Entered 2nd April 1801

This Indenture made the twenty third day of July in the Thirtieth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith And in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight Hundred Between Ann Wordsworth of Wadsworth in the County of York Widow Administratrix with the Will annexed of the Goods Chattels Rights and Credits of Samuel Wordsworth late of the City of London Merchant deceased Sir Charles Kent of Chandor Street Cavendish Square in the County of Middlesex Baronet and Dame Mary his Wife Ann Verelst of Aston in the said County of York Widow which said Dame Mary the Wife of the said Sir Charles Kent and Ann Verelst are the Coheire∫ses at Law of Josias Wordsworth of Wadworth aforesaid Esquire the Cousin and Heir at Law of the said Samuel Wordsworth William Lushington of the City of London Merchant Alexander Scott Son Heir at Law and Devisee named in the last Will and Testament of Michael Scott late of the Island of Grenada in the West Indies Esquire deceased and Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott of Wolfenbuttel in the Dutch of Brunswick in Lower Saxony Widow of the said Michael Scott of the one Part and James Law of the said City of London Merchant of the other Part Witne∫seth that the said Ann Wordsworth Sir Charles Kent Dame Mary his Wife Ann Verelst William Lushington Alexander Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott for and in consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful Money of Great Britain to them in Hand at or before the sealing and delivery of these Presents well and truly paid by the said James Law the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge Have and each of them Hath Bargained and sold And by these Presents Do and each of them Doth Bargain and sell unto the said James Law All those two several Plantations or Estates or Pieces or Parcels of Land or Ground late of the said Michael Scott with all Me∫suages or Tenements Erections and Buildings thereunto belonging with the Appurtenances situate in the Parish of St. Andrew in the said Island of Grenada and commonly called or known by the name of the Boulogne and Union Plantation is by whatsoever name or names the same or either of them have or hath been called or known and which said Plantations and Premises were formerly in the tenure or occupation of the said Michael Scott or his A∫signs and were formerly the Estate of George Scott Esquire deceased the Brother of the said Michael Scott and Lieutenant Governor of the Island of Dominique in America together with all Ways Paths Pa∫sages Waters Watercourses Rights Easements Profits Privileges Commodities and Hereditaments to the same Plantation belonging or in any wise appertaining or therewith or with any part thereof commonly used deemed taken or known as part parcel or member thereof together with all and singular the Me∫suages or Dwelling houses Outhouse Mills Boiling houses Curing houses Stillhouses Cisterns Cellars Negro houses and all other Edifices and Erections of what nature or kind soever on the said Plantation hereby bargained and sold or intended to be erected built standing or being with all and every the Coppers Boilers Stills Worms and other fixtures therein or thereupon And all and every those Negro and other Slaves in the Schedule annexed to the Indenture of Release intended to bear date the day next after the day of the date of these Presents herein after referred to particularly specified by Name and all and every the Horse Mules Horned Cattles and other live Stock in the same Schedule enumerated and distinguished with the future i∫sue and Increase of the Females of the said Slaves and live Stock and also all and singular the Plantations Stores Implements Utensils furniture and dead Stock to the said Plantation hereby bargained and sold or

intended

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Intended so to be or to the Building thereon respectively belonging or used or kept for the purposes of cultivation or manufacture and the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders yearly and other Rents I∫sues and profits thereof To have and to Hold the said Plantation Pieces or Parcels of Land Me∫suages Buildings fixtures Negro and other Slaves live and dead Stock Plantation Utensils and Premises herein before mentioned and intended to be hereby bargained and sold with their and every of their Appurtenances unto the said James Law his Executors Administrators and A∫signs from the day next before the day of the date of these Presents for and during and unto the full end and term of one whole Year from thence next ensuing and fully to be complete and ended Yielding and Paying for the same at the expiration of the said Term the rent of one pepper Corn only (if the same shall be lawfully demanded) To the intent and Purposes that by virtue of these Presents and by force of the Statute made for transferring of Uses into Po∫se∫sion the said James Law may be in the actual Po∫se∫sion of the said Heredita- ments and Premises and be thereby enabled to accept and take absent and Releases of the Reversion and Inheritance thereof unto him the said James Law his Heirs and A∫signs To the use of the said James Law his Heirs and A∫signs for ever upon the Trusts and to and for the intents and purposes and with under and subject to the Power Provisoes and Declarations to be mentioned expre∫sed and declared of and concerning the same in and by a certain Indenture of Release of eight parts intended to bear date the day next after the day of the date hereof and to be made between the said Sir Charles Kent and Dame Mary his Wife and Ann Verelst of the first Part the said Ann Wordsworth of the second part the said Sir Charles Kent Dame Mary his Wife and Ann Verelst of the third part The Reverend William Smith of the Fourth part thesaid Alexander Scott of the fifth part the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott of the sixth Part the said William Lushington of the seventh part and the said James Law of the Eighth Part In Witne∫s whereof the said Parties to these presents have hereunto set their Hands and Seals the day and year first above written

Ann (LS) Wordsworth Ann (LS) Verelst Marthé Cornette

Charles (LS) Kent W. (LS) Lushington Victorie de St. Cyr (LS) Scott

Mary (LS) Kent Alexr (LS) Scott by her Attorney Robt. Smith

Sealed and delivered by the within named Ann Wordsworth (being first duly stamped) in the presence of Geo Broadrick Town Clerk Doncaster Wm Stephenson his Clerk

Sealed and delivered by the with named Sit Charles Kent and Mary his Wife in the presence of

Jo Solly Town Clerk of Sandwich. Thos Cro∫s Clerk to Me∫sr Bleasdale & Alexander London

Sealed and delivered by the within named Ann Verelst in the presence of

James Hall Joseph Robinson

Sealed and delivered by the within named Alexander Scott in the presence of

James Smith Basinghall Street London - Robert Lanning

Sealed and delivered by the within named Marthé Cornette Victoire de St. Cyr Scott by Robert Smith her Attorney by virtue of a Power of Attorney bearing date the twenty seventh day of November One thousand Eight hundred in the presence of William Brown Robert Lanning

Schedule B begins of Page 34 and I believes runs through Page 72. I will be transcribing 38 new pages… and searching.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 613ma – Smith McCullogh Genealogy - Addition to McCullogh/Aldridge/Christie Descendant Chart

2011-12-01T10:39:00.001-05:00

Good day,

And here we go again. I have discovered some new, possible additions to the McCullogh Family Tree. But as yet, these are tenuous additions of the Aldridge genealogy. My previous McCullagh/Aldridge Posting to A Genealogy Hunt is Part 607ma.

We know that JK’s great-great-grandmother was born in England. This fact is supported by the information provided on corresponding Canada Censuses. The 1901 Canada Census of Montreal, Quebec records gg-grandmother Julia Adelaide (née Aldridge) McCullagh’s birth as “8 Fevrier 1863” or translated “8 February 1863”.

I have discovered the 1861 England Census page and a Parish Baptism Register entry that in all consideration could provide leads to the genealogy and ancestry of gg-grandmother Julia. The issues are the corresponding dates and calculation of her age and birth year. These I will continue to investigate. I will also follow up my notes in subsequent Postings to A Genealogy Hunt… So stay tuned.

Enjoy,

Jim

Part 612s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1800 James, Robert, and William Smith – Saint Patrick – Part 5 of 5

2011-12-01T08:54:00.001-05:00

Good Day,

As I begin this day, I figured that I had better get my Daily Posting off and out to A Genealogy Hunt… but not before my bowl of gruel, of oats, apples, and cinnamon. And in my chair, or I think it is my chair, I sit precariously on the edge with two other occupants; Bella and Radar. You get the picture. Their 12- and 16-pound bodies are warm, but alas, they do take up space.

Today’s transcription work is the 5th part of the 1800 Indenture entered to the Grenada Registers of Records on 2 April 1801… Page 27 through and including Page 31. But be forewarned, the annexed Schedules, A and B, as referred to in the body of this Indenture appear to be an additional 41 pages. This is, all in all, a part of my search and research for the origins and ancestry of my ggg-grandfather James Smith. All-things-being-equal there is nothing that I can note, at this time, as it regards to the Smith Family that, or who, really does stand out as a connection or origin association with or to ggg-grandfather James.

And here goes. Here are the images of Pages 21 through and including 26, from Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378]. Oh and by the way, there are a number of additional other surnames included, especially of those persons who seem to be Clerks and Witnesses to this long, long contract, that I have not included in the Tags and Labels.

My transcription, even my attempt at the German language part.

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Consenting thereto) and that they severally executed the same for the Uses
and Purposes therein mentioned.

H Matson Mayor

To all to whom these Presence shall come I Harvey Christian Combe Esquire Lord Mayor of the City of London Do hereby Certify that on the day of the date here of Personally came and appeared before me Alexander Scott in the annexed Indenture of release named and acknowledged that the said Indenture of Release and the Indenture of Lease thereby referred to to be his free and voluntary Act and Deed and that he executed the same for the Uses and an Purposes therein mentioned

(L S) In Faith and Testimony whereof I the said Lord Mayor have caused the Office of Mayoralty of the said City of London to be here unto put and affixed Dated in London this twenty-fourth day of July in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred

Windale
To all to whom these Presents shall come I Thomas Mandall Esquire Mayor of the Borough of Doncaster in the County of York in the Kingdom of Great Britain Do hereby Certify that on the day of the date hereof Personally came and Appeared Before me Ann Wordsworth in the annexed Indenture of Release named and acknowledged the said Indenture of Release and the Indenture of Lease thereby referred to be her free and Voluntary Act and Deed And that she executed the same for the Uses and Purposes therein mentioned

(L S) In Testimony whereof I the said Mayor have caused the Seal of the Office of Mayoralty of the said Borough to be here unto put and affixed Dated at Doncaster aforesaid the Twenty Eighth day of August in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred.

Thos. Mandall Mayor

Joseph Robinson of Wadworth in the County of York Servant with Ann Wordsworth of the same place Widow maketh Oath that he was present and did see Ann Verelst duly Sign Seal and as her Act and Deed deliver the respective Indentures of Lease and Release hereunto annexed and that the Name "Ann Verelst" thereto set and subscribed against the Seals of the said respective Indentures as one of the Parties executing the same is of the proper Hand Writing of thesaid Ann Verelst And saith that the names "James Hall Joseph Robinson" wrote in the back of the said respective Indentures of Lease and Release as Subscribing Witne∫ses to the due Execution thereof by the said Ann Verelst are of the respective proper Hands Writing of this Deponent and the said James Hall who subscribe his Name in this Deponent's presents.

Joseph Robinson

Sworn at Doncaster in the said County of York in the Kingdom of Great Britain this 28th day of August One thousand Eight hundred Before me

Thos Mandall Mayor

Thomas Mandall Esquire Mayor of the Borough of Doncaster in the County of York in the Kingdom of Great Britain Do hereby Certify that Joseph Robinson named in the above written Affidavit Personally came before me this said Mayor and was duly Sworn to the Truth of the said Affidavit Doncaster aforesaid the Twenty Eighth day of August One thousand Eight Hundred In Testimony whereof I the said Mayor have hereunto subscribed my Name and called the Seal of the Office of Mayoralty of the said Borough to be hereunto put and affixed the day and Year above written

Thos Mandall Mayor (L S)

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To all to whom these Presents shall come I Henry Matson Esquire Mayor of the Town and Port of Sandwich in the County of Kent in the Kingdom of Great Britain Do hereby Certify that on the Day of the date here of Personally came and appeared before me Kent Baronet and Dame Mary his Wife in the annexed Indenture of Release named and severally acknowledged the said Indenture of Release and the Indenture of Lease thereby referred to to be their free and voluntary Acts and Deeds (the said Dame Mary having being first examined separate and apart from her said Husband and freely and voluntarily consenting thereto) and that they eventually executed the same for the Uses and Purposes therein mentioned

(L S) In Faith and Testimony whereof I the said Mayor have caused the Seal of the Office of Mayoralty to be said Town and Port of Sandwich to be here unto put and affixed Dated at Sandwich aforesaid the Sixth day of September in the Year of our Lord One thousand and eight hundred

H. Matson Mayor

London to wit

Robert Lanning Clerk to Me∫sr Ward Dennetts and Greaves of Henrietta Street in the Parish of St. Paul Covent Garden in the County of Middlesex and Kingdom of Great Britain Gentleman maketh Oath and saith that he was present and did see William Lushington Alexander Scott James law and Marthé Cornett Victoire de St. Cyr Scott by Robert Smith her Attorney duly Sign Seal and as their several and respective Acts and Deeds deliver the Indenture of Bargain and Sale or Lease for a Year here unto annexed marked A and that the Names or signatures "W. Lushington James Law Alexr Scott Marthé Cornett Victoire de St. Cyr Scott by her Attorney Robt Smith" there unto set and subscribed as four of the Parties executing the same are of the respective proper hands writing of thesaid William Lushington Alexander Scott James Law and Robert Smith And this Deponent further saith that the Names or Signatures "James Smith Robert Lanning" thereunto set and subscribed as the Witne∫ses attesting the Execution thereof by the said Alexander Scott are of the respective proper hands writing of James Smith of Basinghall Street in the City of London Gentleman and of him this Deponent And that the Names or Signatures "William Brown Robert Lanning" thereunto set and subscribed as the Witne∫ses attesting the Execution thereof by the said William Lushington and James Law and Robert Smith as such Attorney as aforesaid are of the respective proper hands writing of William Brown Clerk to the said Me∫sr Ward Dennetts and Greaves and of him this Deponent And this Deponent further saith that he was likewise present and did see William Smith and Alexander Scott Marthé Cornett Victoire de St. Cyr Scott Mary and Scott Emma Scott Joseph Pierre Alexandre Quarrie de Chilers and Frances his Wife by Robert Smith their Attorney William Bygoe Scott by Robert Ingram his Attorney and William Lushington and James log duly signed seal and as their several and respective Acts and Deeds deliver the Indentures of Release or Conveyance hereunto annexed and marked with the Letter B and that the Names or Signatures "William Smith Alexr Scott Marthé Cornett Victoire de St. Cyr Scott by her Attorney Robt Smith Mary Ann Scott by her Attorney Robt Smith, Scott by her Attorney Robt Smith J.P.A.Q de Chilers by his Atty Robt Smith Frances De Chilers by her Attorney Robt Smith Robert Bigoe Scott by his Attorney Robert Ingram W. Lushington James Law ten of the Parties executing the same are of the respective proper Hands writing of thesaid William Smith Alexander Scott Robert Smith Robert Ingram William

Lushington

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Lushington and James Law And this Deponent further saith that the Names or Signatures "James Smith Robert Lanning" thereunto set and subscribed as the Witne∫ses attesting the Execution thereof by the said Alexander Scott are of the respective proper hands writing of the said James Smith and of him this Deponent And that the Names or Signatures "Geo Theakston Robert Lanning" there unto set and subscribed as the Witne∫ses attesting the Execution thereof by the said William Smith are of the respective proper hands writing of George Theakston of Christ Church in the County of Surry Gentleman and of him this Deponent And that the Names or Signatures "William Brown Robert Lanning" there unto set and subscribed as the Witne∫ses attesting the Execution thereof by the said Robert Smith as such Attorney as aforesaid and William Lushington and James Law are of the respective proper hands writing of thesaid William Brown and of him this Deponent And that the Names or Signatures "William Brown Robert Lanning" thereunto set and subscribed as the Witne∫ses attesting the Execution thereof by the said Robert Ingram as such Attorney as aforesaid are of the respective proper hands writing of thesaid William Brown and of him this Deponent

Robert Lanning

sworn at the Guild Hall London this fifth day of February 1801 Before me

Willm Staines Mayor

To all to whom these Presents shall come We Mary and Scott Spinster Emma Scott Spinster Joseph Pierre Alexandre Quarré de Chelers and Frances is Wife all of Wolfenbuttel in the Duchy of Brunswick in Lower Saxony Send Greeting Whereas Michael Scott late of the Island of Grenada in the West Indies Esquire deceased Did in his life time duly made and published his last Will and Testament in Writing bearing date the thirteenth day of August one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one whereby (amongst other things) he bequeathed to each of his two Sons Alexander Scott and Robert Bygoe Scott and to each of his three Daughters as the said Mary Ann Scott Emma Scott and Francis de Chelers (then Frances Scott Spinster) the sum of Four Thousand Pounds Sterling Money of Great Britain a Piece to be paid to us respectively at our respective Ages of Twenty-one Years by four annual Installments of One thousand Pounds each and he directed that in the mean time and until the whole should be paid thesaid Legacies should bear Interest at the rate of six Pounds per Centum per Annum And the said Testator did thereby charge the said several Legacies upon all of his real Estates and did subject the same to the Payment thereof And Whereas the said Michael Scott was in his life time and at the time of his Death indebted unto William Lushington and James law of the City of London Merchants and Partners in a large sum of Money secured by Mortgage of all and every his said Tail Estates in the said Island of Grenada consisting of certain Plantations or Estate called Boulogne and Madeys and Belvidere said Mortgage has been since a∫signed to and is now vested in the said James law alone And Whereas for raising Money towards paying off the said Mortgage this said Alexander Scott the elder surviving And Heir at Law and Also Devisee in Tail named in the said Will of the said Michael Scott Did in and by certain Articles of Agreement bearing date the thirtieth day of May One thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven and made between Charles Ashwell of the first part the said Alexander Scott of the second part the said James Law of the third part Patrick Crawford Bruce of the fourth part and the said William Lushington William Lushington the younger and John Mavor of the fifth part contract

and

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And agree with the said James Law to sell and convey to him the said Estates called Madeys and Belvidere free from all Incumbrances at or for the sum of Forty-four thousand five hundred Pounds which said Sum it was agreed should be retained by him in discharge of so much of his Mortgage Debt and Interest and that the said Legacies or Portions of Four thousand Pounds each bequeathed to us said Mary Ann Scott Emma Scott and Frances de Chelers (then Frances Scott Spinster) and to the said Robert Bygoe Scott together with certain other Charges and Incumbrances therein mentioned and there after mutually agreed-upon ∫hould remain and be charged upon the Boulogne Estate which said Estate it was also agreed should be conveyed to and vested in the said James Law Upon Trust and by way of Security and Indemnity again such remaining Debt and Interest Portions Charges and Incumbrances And Whereas we the said Mary Ann Scott, Scott and Frances de Chelers and also the said Robert Bygoe Scott I respectively attain the Age of Twenty-one Years and together with the ∫aid Joseph Pierre Alexandre Quarré de Chelers have severally agreed to discharge the said Estate called Madeys and Belvidere from the said Legacies and to postpone the Payment thereof from and out of the said other Estate called the Boulogne Estate until after the discharge of the said Debt due to the said James Law as aforesaid And Whereas the said Estates called Madeys and Belvidere are in Pursuance of the said Agreement about to be conveyed unto or in Trust for the said James Law in and by certain Indentures of Lease and Release already prepared the Release being of ten parts and made or mentioned to be made between Sir Charles Kent Baronet and Dame Mary Kent and Ann Verelst of the first part Ann Wordsworth of the second part the said Sir Charles Kent and Dame Mary Kent and Ann Verelst of the third part The Reverend William Smith of the fourth part said Alexander Scott of the fifth part Marthé Marie Victoire Cornette de Saint Cyr Scott Widow of the sixth part as the said Mary Ann Scott Emma Scott Joseph Pierre Alexandre Quarré de Chelers and Frances his Wife and the said Robert Bygoe Scott of the seventh part the said William Lushington of the Eighth part said James Law of the ninth part and Townley Ward of the tenth part Now no year that We the said Mary Ann Scott Emma Scott Joseph Pierre Alexandre Quarré de Chelers and Frances his Wife in Consideration of the Premises Have and each and every of us Hath made ordained authorize constituted and appointed And by these Presents Do and each and every of us they ordained authorize constitute and appoint Robert Smith of Basinghall Street in the City of London Gentleman our and each and every of our true and lawful Attorney for us and in our names and places and Stead and as and for our and each and every of our Act and Deed or Acts and Deeds to sign seal deliver and execute the said Indenture of Release already prepared And also for us and in our Names Places and Stead's and to and for our use and benefit to ask demand sue for recover and receive of and from the Executors and Heir at of the said Michael Scott deceased and all and every other Person and Persons whom it shall or may concern The said several Legacies or Sums of Four thousand Pounds a Piece so given and bequeath to us by the said Will of the said Michael Scott deceased as aforesaid or any of them or any part thereof respectively and all Interest due and to grow due thereon and also all and every other Sum and Sums of Money whatsoever which now are or at any time or times hereafter shall or may become due or payable to us or any of us under and by virtue of the said Will And upon Non-Payment thereof or of any of them or of any part thereof respectively for us and in our Names Places and Steads to take and use all such legal and equitable Ways and Means by Action Suit Arrest Attachment or otherwise for enforcing and obtaining Payment thereof as may be

nece∫sary

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Nece∫sary or proper And upon payment or said of the said Legacies or Portions and Sum or Sums of Money or any of them or any part thereof respectively for us and in our Names or otherwise give sign and execute good and sufficient Receipts Acquaintances Releases and Discharges for the same And generally to do and perform and execute all such further and other lawful and reasonable Acts Deeds Matters and things for the better executing performing and discharging all and every the Powers and Authorities hereby given or intended to be given us to our said Attorney shall seem meet _____ the said Mary Ann Scott Emma Scott Joseph Pierre Alexandre Quarré de Chelers and Frances Wife giving and by these Presents granting unto our said Attorney power and each of our full and whole Power and Authority to do and Act touching or concerning all or any of the Premises aforesaid as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as we ourselves might or could do if Personally present We hereby ratifying allowing and confirming and agreed to ratify allow and confirm all and whatsoever our said Attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done in or about the Premises after said by virtue of these Presents In Witne∫s whereof We the said Mary Ann Scott Emma Scott Joseph Pierre Alexandre Quarré de Chelers and Frances his Wife have here unto set our Hands and Seals the twenty-seventh day of November in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred.

Sealed and delivered (being first duly stamped) in the presence of

Ferdinand Christian Gothlieb Scholz als

Keiferlichen geSwaren und inmatreouletter Notarie (L S) (L S)

Mary Ann Scott (L S)

Emma Scott (L S)

Frances Louisa Scott de Chelers (L S)
Frederick Wilhelm Müller als Feuge (L S)
Quarré de Chelers (L S)
Heinrich Conrad Otto als Fegge (L S)

Und wier Zurn Zuift poliezeÿ department verorneti Derichtor und eis ∫ed ∫ara wikundin und de Zeñge hied urich, suie der die obign vollmacht Schriebne Ferdinant Christian Gottlieb Schola Lesidigter und immalrusykutter iffentbther Notarius in hu∫eger Stadt ift und Seinger unte ∫ehrift voller glaube Deÿ Zume∫en Seÿ urkune Lich ded Für∫lt Poliseÿ Departement Zu∫iegel, und Leti geZettir ∫rGrtrr unter ∫chrieft

Wolfenbutel 11 Decb 1800

(L S) C.V. Hodenberg drozt und Polisëy Director

To all to whom these Presents shall come I Sir William Staines Night Lord Mayor of the City of London In Pursuance of the Act of Parliament made and pa∫sed in the fifth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Second Intitled an Act for the more easy recovery of Debts in his Majesty's Plantations and Colonies in America Do hereby Certify that on the day of the date hereof Personally came and appeared before me Robert Lanning the Deponent named in the Affidavit hereunto annexed being a Person well known and worthy of good Credit and by solemn Oath which thesaid Deponent then took up before me upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God Did solemnly and sincerely declare testify and depose to be true the several matters and things mentioned and contained in thesaid annexed Affidavit

(L S)
In Faith and Testimony whereof I the said Lord Mayor have caused the Seal of the Office of Mayoralty of the said City of London to be here unto put and affixed and the Indentures of Lease and Release marked A and B mentioned and referred to in and by the said Affidavit to be here unto also annexed Dated in London the fifth day of February in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred

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Next on the docket; Schedules A and B.

Enjoy,

Jim