Part 655s - Smith Robertson Genealogy - 1804 Robert Smith - Saint Patrick's Parish, Grenada

Good Day,

Well I jumped the gun, in my last posting when I wrote that I would be moving on to Item 5 in my search for Smith-related Documents. According to the Index in the Grenada Registers of Records there are no Smiths in that Register.

This is only based on the Index which typically provides a quick summary of the primary Parties concerned with and included in the Indenture. All-things-being-equal there could be mentioned made of the surname Smith in the body of each and any of the pages in this specific Register.

The first part of my Transcription Project in my search for the origin and possible genealogy of my ggg-grandfather James Smith is to cross-reference all the Indexes through the years 1764 to about 1850. My next stage will be to peruse the actual Documents in the Registers to see if I can identify any Smith. And I will only need another 266 years on this planet to complete that task. Hah!

And so on to Item 6.

This first Document dated 1 May 1804 is a contract between "John Campbell the Elder, Alexander Campbell, Alexander Campbell the Younger, and Donald Maclachlan of Glasgow in North Britain Merchants and Partners (carrying on Trade under the firm of “John Campbell Senior and Company” of the one Part and Robert Smith of Basinghall Street in the City of London Gentleman, a Trustee named and appointed by and on the part the thesaid John Campbell the Elder of the other Part".

As far as my research and search has taken me I have not found any viable link between Roger Smith and ggg-grandfather James Smith. I have come across the name Roger Smith, and of Basinghall Street, who may have been a lawyer and attorney in the City of London.

From the 1899 publication The Regality Club -

This family of Campbells deserves some mention John Campbell Senior was a son of Alexander Campbell a cadet of Kinloch and a captain in the Black Watch and like his brothers Mungo of Kailzie and Colin of Park John Campbell was in the West India trade Like them also he found it profitable and was thus enabled to acquire the estate of Morriston as well as the steading in Buchanan Street He was founder of the very respectable West India house of John Campbell Senior & Co and the history of his family in Glasgow covers the period of the prosperity of that trade in the city for like many others when they had made their fortune in Glasgow the Campbells left it for the serener air of the county

The Regality Club, Third Series. James Macelhose and Sons, 

Publishers to the University of Glasgow; 1899.

Here are the images of Pages 63 through and including 67.

And my transcription. I have attempted to read and transcribe the names of the persons, who were listed in the included Schedule, but at times there may be some discrepancies as to what I perceive his or her name may have been.

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Entered 28th January 1805

This Indenture made the first day of May in the forty fourth Year of
the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and in the Year of our Lord One thousand and Eight
hundred and four Between John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell
Alexander Campbell the Younger and Donald Maclachlan of Glasgow in
North Britain Merchants and Partners (carrying on Trade under the firm of “John Campbell
Senior and Company” of the one Part and Robert Smith of Basinghall Street in the City
of London Gentleman a Trustee named and appointed by and on the part the thesaid John
Campbell the Elder of the other Part Witne∫seth that for and in consideration of the sum
of five ∫hillings of lawful Money of Great Britain to them thesaid John Campbell the Elder
Alexander Campbell Alexander Campbell the Younger and Donald Maclachlan in hand
well and truly paid by thesaid Robert Smith at or before the sealing and delivery of these Presents
the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged They thesaid John Campbell the Elder Alexander
Campbell Alexander Campbell the Younger and Donald Maclachlan Have and each
and every of them Hath bargained and sold and by these Presents Do and each ^and every of them
Doth bargain and sell unto thesaid Robert Smith his Executors Administrators and A∫signs
All that Plantation or Estate called Herbert’s Pointe or Lower Mont Rose Estate
situate in the Parish of Saint Patrick in the Island of Grenada in the West Indies being
part of the Estate called by the general name of Mont Rose containing by estimation
two hundred and seventy Acres of Land or thereabouts be the same more of le∫s and abutted
and bounded as follows that is to say on the East by the Sea on the West by the Upper Mont Rose
Estate hereinafter described on the North by the River Sallee Estate and on the South by the
River Antoine Estate And also All that other plantation or Estate called Upper Mont
Rose Estate situate in the said Parish of Saint Patrick containing by estimation two hundred
and sixty nine Acres of Land or thereabout be the same more of le∫s and abutted and bounded
as follows (that is to say) in the East by Herberts Parish or Lower Mont Rose Estate hereinbefore
described on the West by Mount Rich Estate on the North by Lands now or late in the Po∫se∫sion
of Me∫rs Rucker and Harvey and on the South by the Observatory Estate And all Edifices
Erections Buildings Houses Storehouses Sugar houses Boiling houses Curing houses Still
houses and Mills erected built standing or being in or upon thesaid two plantations or
Estates and Premises or either of them or any part thereof respectively And also all and every

the

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The Negroes and other Slaves whose Names and sizes are particularly
mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written or hereunto annexed or such of them
as are now living and the I∫sue progeny and Offspring of the Females of thesaid
Slaves And all other the Negroes and Slaves now being in upon or belonging to thesaid
Plantations or Estates respectively And also all Horses Cows Oxen Sheep and other Cattle
whatsoever And all Plantation Utensils Tools and other Implements Stock Goods and
Chattels being in upon or belonging to thesaid Plantation Estates Buildings Hereditaments
and Premises or any of them or any part thereof respectively And the Reversion and Reversions
Remainder and Remainders Yearly and other Rents i∫sues profits and Produce of thesaid
Hereditaments and Premises and every part thereof To have and to hold thesaid
Plantations or Estates Buildings Negroes Slaves Stocks Hereditaments and all and singular
other the Premises hereby bargained and sold or expre∫sed or intended so to be with their and
every of their Appurtenances unto thesaid Robert Smith 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 unto thesaid John Campbell
the Elder Alexander Campbell Alexander Campbell the Younger and Donald Maclachlan
their Heirs or A∫signs the rent of one pepper Corn only on the last day of the said Term of the
same shall be lawfully demanded To the Intent and Purpose that by virtue of
these Presents and by force of the Statute made for transferring uses into po∫se∫sion thesaid
Robert Smith may be in the actual po∫se∫sion of thesaid Premises hereby bargained and
sold and may be thereby enabled to accept and take a grant and Release of the Reversion
and Inheritance thereof to him and his Heirs To such uses upon such Trusts and to for such
intents and purposes as are mentioned and declared in and by a certain Indenture of
Release Tripartite already prepared and intended to bear date the day next after the day of the
date of these Presents and made between thesaid John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell
Alexander Campbell the Younger of the first part thesaid John Campbell the Elder of the
second part and thesaid Robert Smith of the third part In Witne∫s whereof thesaid Parties
to these Presents have hereunto set their hands and Seals the day and Year first above written.

The Schedule referred to by the forgoing Indenture

Negroes and other Slave belonging to Mont Rose Estate

Drivers	Carpenters	Amades	Cato Maryann
Pierre	Cerlais	A∫suma	Cato Marshal
Jean Francois	Joa∫sent	Abre∫sac	Dennis
Magloire	Toby	Alert	Dominique
James	Louis	Bruthey	Elliot
Coopers	Masons	Bond	Frederick
Tortoo	Jean Louis	Barthelime	Gilbert
Pierre Nolet	York	Calfa	Galba
Jeanet Coffee	Field	Cuppuo	Gqammey
Pierre Franchon	Alexis	Cudjoe	Hood
Jean Louis	Aberdeen	Coffee	Hamlet
Aqua

Jean Ellis

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Jean Ellis	Lambert	Sam	Willis	Gill
Jack	La Forete	Sam	Yavey	Etienne
Jean/Creole	Modeste	Solomon	Refiner	Jean Paul
John	Polite	St Germain	Charlot	Gratien
				Pierre la Poin
Jean Keppel	Rodney	St Julien	Janoier	Coupedon
Kinnuni	Romeo	Will	Paul	Andrew

Women

Artimire	Gertrude	Martine	Anastitias	Edward
Adelaide	Harriott	Mary Sams	Madlon	Joseph
Angelle	Hellen	Marthe	Mary Therese	Dianna
Bijot	Hannah	Mary Child	Rennet	Nicholas
Betsy	Eugenie	Mary Francoise	Mary Faunursy	Jean Paschol
Barbe	Jeanne Rose	Mary Collins	Mary Anne	Rinue
Bellerose	Julienne	Mary Madlane	Margaret	Rosive
Cecille	Jenivieve	Mary Emma	Angelick	Rossey
Celestine	Justine	Mary Labeth	Rosalie /Creole/	Mary Angelick
Cleron	Jermaine	Mary Neune	Bearesey	Mary Busbe
Calri∫se	Elise Zanja	Marthe Rose	Margoit Ebo	Livoli
Catto	Lawrence	Madlonette	Jacqueline	Franciette
Cath Fanchon	Lucine	Mary Martha	Joinette	Jean Charles
Celeste	Louise	Nancy	Polly	Jean Louis
Cumba	Lisette	Orinette	Kate	Zamlime
Cumba Child	Laure	Pauline	Annette	Juelette
Dorothe	Lisette	Peggy	Zoinette	John
Dianna	Louisanne	Noisette	Therisa	Jean Joseph
Dorothee	Lorine	Nanno	Catharada	Rose
Babby	Margaret	Victoire	Desire	Jean Baptiste
Ebo	Madlane / Creole	Taya	Franchess	Mary Anne
Felicite	Madlane /Thomas/	Zabeth /Creole/	Julie Erge	Mary Ursula
Frosine	Madlane /Pickle/	Limmonde	Joan Luche	Mark Antoine
Fatima	Mary Jeanne	Sultanne	Jearine Luce
Flire	Joanna	Susanne	St Germain

The Negroes and other Slaves belonging to Herbert’s Pointe Estate

John Francoise	Mary	Madloniti Child	Cesar Quaquie	John
Loverine	Louis	Mary Therese’s Child	Francis	Quamina
Mammet	Robert	Geneivies ditto	Jacka	Nestor
George	Nelson	Gustache	Marlborough	Attist
Lhozy	George	Jean Laurent	Mercury	Biba
Veronique	Doll	Jimmy	Sampson	Branet
Ettienne	Louise	Turk	Telemaque	Billy
Toussaint	Charles	Alexis	Jack	Fortyfive
Jean Joseph	Justine’s Child	Calais	John	Gordon

Grandby

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Grandby	Cupid	Catherine	Maqua	Ogowime
Guernsey	Philemon	Clair	Molly	Sarah
Grinbeau	Robo	Desdemonia	Madlin	Fransique
Hayren	Attica	Europa	Madlonette	Venus
Jack	Anna	Eugenny	Mary Francois	Victoire
Imbesine	Alastina	Eppy	Mary Ann	Violet
Miller	Aphiba	Flore	Mary Susanne	Nancy
Ned	Madland	Fanny	Nancy Scott	Peggy
Natty	Agath	Jenvive	Natrice	Juno
Reineo	Aqua timpi	Judique	Sully	Margarite
Augar	Bela	Jenny Attist	Nanno	Rose Naya
Adderly	Betty	Jenny G	Numa	Zebeth
Nado	Bridgette	Hetty	Rennet

Children

Charles	Joseph	Pierre	Catherine	Thertirle
Ettienne	Clairon	Jean Baptiste	Bibian	Jenevive
Jean Pierre	Jean Rose	Laurine	Bridget	Sally’s Child
Jean Charles	Franchonette	Angelique	Felicité	Lindlone’s ditto
			Jean
Jean Louis	Mary	Angelle	Mary Sealque	Anna’s ditto
John	Mary Emma	Charlotte	Mary Louise	Catherine’s ditto
Jean Paul	Nabina	Celestine	Rose	Zabeth’s ditto

Alex ( LS) Campbell Junr # Don ( LS) Maclachlan # Alex ( LS ) Campbell

by his Attorney

Alex Campbell John ( LS ) Campbell, Senr

Sealed and Delivered by Alexander Campbell the Younger by his Attorney Alexander Campbell

Donald Maclachlan Alexander Campbell and John Campbell the Elder (being first duly

stamped) In the presence of

Mungo Nutter Campbell Clerk to John Campbell Sen & Co Glasgow

John Dinning Clerk to James Hill Attorney at Law Glasgow

Glasgow – John Dinning Clerk to James Hill of the City of Glasgow Attorney at Law
maketh Oath & Sayeth That he this Deponent together with Mungo Nutter Campbell
Clerk to John Campbell Senior & Company of the City of Glasgow Merchants were present and
did see Alexander Campbell the Younger by his Attorney Alexander Campbell Donald Mac
Lachlan Alexander Campbell & John Campbell Senior severally sign seal and as their
several Acts and Deeds in due form of Law deliver the Indenture of Lease hereunto annexed
to and for the uses intents and purposes therein mentioned And this Deponent further sayeth
that the names “Alex Campbell Junr by his Attorney Alex Campbell Don Maclachlan Alexr
Campbell John Campbell Senr” set and subscribed to the said Indenture of Lease are of the
Respective proper hand Writings of the said Alexander Campbell Donald Maclachlan
and John Campbell Senr parties thereto And that in Testimony of such sue execution of
thesaid Indenture of Lease he this Deponent and the said Mungo Nutter Campbell did
severally set and subscribe their Names thereto as thereby may appear and that the Names
“Mungo Nutter Campbell and “John Dinning” inserted on the said Indentures of Lease

are

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Are of the respective proper hand Writing of this Deponent and thesaid Mungo Campbell

John Dinning

Sworn at the City of Glasgow this Twenty ninth day of August One thousand Eight hundred
and four Years before me Laurence Craigie Lord Provost & Chief Magistrate of the said
City

Laue Craigie

To all to whom these Presents shall come I Laurence Craigie Lord
Provost & Chief Magistrate of the City of Glasgow Do hereby Certify that on the day of the
date hereof Personally came and appeared before me John Dinning 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 God did solemnly & sincerely testify and depose to be true the several matters and
things mentioned and contained in the said annexed Affidavit

( LS )
In Faith and Testimony whereof I thesaid Laurence Craigie have
caused the Seal of the said City of Glasgow to be hereunto put and affixed
and the Parchment Writing or Indenture of Lease mentioned and referred
to in and by the said Affidavit to be hereunto annexed Dated in
Glasgow this Twenty ninth day of August in the Year One thousand
Eight hundred and four

Law Craigie

The top inserted image is the underwater sculpture off the coast of Grenada, by Jason deCaires Taylor, titled Vicissitudes. It is reflectively and eerily beautiful.

I now I continue my Transcription Project and search for my ggg-grandfather James Smith.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 654s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1803 Gavin Smith – St. George, Grenada – A Diagram of Property

Good Day,

And just for any of you who may have thought that I had gone missing in my work of my Transcription Project of all Smith-related Indentures from the Grenada Registers of Records… No such deal!

Believe it or not I took a bit of a respite from the search for the genealogy and origins of my ggg-grandfather James Smith. I have been preoccupied, with my quilting partner Andy, getting our quilt exhibit portfolio, Evolution together and ready for the upcoming MQX East 2012 Show to be held in April in Providence, Rhode Island. Just a small break… and almost all the work is all done.

And so I continue now with my Transcription Project.

This next 1803 Document from the Grenada Register of Records is a continuation of the sale of property between Samuel Bosanquet and Jacob Bosanquet and Gavin Smith. The nice thing about this document is that a diagram of the actual property borders and boundaries is included in the Indenture. I do not have to check out with modern maps to understand the specifications. The Diagram is the one inserted above.

This Document is a continuation of and follows the contract transcription work from Part 642s.

Here are the images of Pages 377 through and including 380. They are downloaded from Item 4 of the FHL microfilm [1563378].

And my transcription –

377

Xd

Entered 12th May 1803

This Indenture made the Eleventh day of May in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and three between Samuel Bosanquet and Jacob Bosanquet of the City of London Esquires acting herein by Henry Rush of the Island of Grenada Esquire their constituted Attorney in this behalf (as appears by a certain Deed Poll under the respective Hands and Seals of thesaid Samuel Bosanquet and Jacob Bosanquet bearing date on or about the fourth day of March in the Year aforesaid and recorded in the Register’s Office of the Island aforesaid) of the one Part and Gavin Smith of the Island aforesaid Gentleman of the other Part Witnesseth that for and in Consideration of Six hundred Pounds lawful Money of Great Britain by thesaid Gavin Smith to the

said

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Said Samuel Bosanquet and Jacob Bosanquet in hand at or before the ensealing or delivery of these Presents well and truly paid (being the Consideration for the complete purchase of the absolute Estate of Inheritance in fee simple of and in the Lot of Land and Hereditaments hereinafter mentioned to be hereby released) the receipt whereof they the said Samuel Bosanquet and Jacob Bosanquet do hereby acknowledge and thereof do acquit release and discharge the said Gavin Smith his Heirs Executors and Administrators and every of them for ever by these Presents They thesaid Samuel Bosanquet and Jacob Bosanquet Have and each to them Hath granted bargained sold released and confirmed and by these Presents Do and each of them Doth grant bargain sell release and confirm unto thesaid Gavin Smith (in his actual Po∫se∫sion now being by virtue of a Bargain and Sale to him thereof made by the said Samuel Bosanquet and Jacob Bosanquet for five shillings consideration by Indenture bearing date the day next before the day of the date of these Presents for one whole Year commencing from the day next before the day of the date of the same Indenture of Bargain and Sale and by force of the Statute for transferring uses into po∫se∫sion) and to his Heirs and A∫signs All that Lot Piece or Parcel of Land situate lying and being in the Town of St. George in the Island aforesaid formerly belonging to Me∫srs Threlfords and Anderson ( A Diagram whereof is hereunto annexed) containing in front towards Melville Street and Halifax Street forty five feet by two hundred feet in Depth being bounded on the North by Lands of McDowall and Moritz Hardman on the East by Halifax Street on the South by Lands of John Coxal and Brothers and Alexander Houstoun and on the West by Melvile Street aforesaid together with all Me∫suages Tenements Pieces of Garden Ground outhouses edifices buildings Stables Yards Backsides and Appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or in any wise appertain- ing and all ways waters watercourses Liberties Easements Privileges Profits Advantages Heredita- ments and Appurtenances whatsoever to thesaid Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Hereditaments and Premises or any part thereof belonging or in any wise appertaining or therewith usually occupied or enjoyed or accepted reputed deemed 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 all the Estate Right Title Interest Use Trust Claim and Demand whatsoever both at Law and in Equity of them the said Samuel Bosanquet and Jacob Bosanquet or either of them of in or to the same every or any part or parcel thereof And all Deeds Evidences and Writings in their and each of their hands Custody or Power which solely relate to or concern thesaid Premises or any part thereof and true Copies of all such other deeds evidences and Writings as relate to or concern the same jointly with other Lands and Hereditaments such Copies to be made and written out at the proper costs and Charges of the said Gavin Smith his Heirs and A∫signs To Have and to Hold the said Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and Premises mentioned to be hereby granted and released with their Appurtenances unto thesaid Gavin Smith his Heir and A∫signs for ever and to and for no other uses intent or purpose whatsoever And thesaid Samuel Bosanquet as far as relates to his own acts and deeds but not further or otherwise and the said Jacob Bosanquet as far as relates to his own acts and deeds but not further or otherwise covenant and declare with and

to 

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To the said Gavin Smith his Heirs and A∫signs that they have not heretofore done any Act deed matter or thing whereby or by reason or means thereof the said Lot Piece or Parcel of Land and other the Hereditaments hereinbefore granted and released are or can shall or may be affected impeached or charged in Title Estate or otherwise howsoever And that for and notwithstanding any act deed matter or thing whatsoever by any Persons whomsoever made done committed executed or knowingly or willingly suffered to the contrary they thesaid Samuel Bosanquet and Jacob Bosanquet or one of them are or is at the time of sealing and delivery of these Present lawfully rightfully and absolutely seized of and in or well entitled to thesaid Lot Piece or Parcel of Land and other the Hereditaments hereby granted and released or expre∫sed or intended so to be with the appurtenances for a good sure absolute and indefeasible Estate of Inheritance in fee simple in Po∫se∫sion free from all Incumbrances whatsoever and have or hath in themselves or himself good right and full power to convey the same unto and to the use of thesaid Gavin Smith his Heirs and A∫signs in manner and form aforesaid and according to the true Intent and meaning of these Presents And that for and notwithstanding any act deed matter or thing by the said Samuel Bosanquet and Jacob Bosanquet or either of them or any other Person done permitted or suffered to the contrary the same Hereditaments shall for ever hereafter be quietly and peaceably held and enjoyed by the said Gavin Smith his Heirs and A∫signs without any lawful Let Interruption or disturbance whatsoever And lastly that they thesaid Samuel Bosanquet and Jacob Bosanquet and their respective Heirs and A∫signs and all and every Person claiming any Estate or Interest in the Premises under them or any of them or any Person by through or under whom they or any of them claim or derive any Estate or Interest in the Premises hereinbefore granted and released shall and will do and perform all such further and other Acts for the better and more absolutely conveying and a∫suring the same Lot Piece or Parcel of Land and Hereditaments with the Appurtenances unto the said Gavin Smith his Heirs and A∫signs as by the said Gavin Smith his Heirs and A∫signs or his or their Counsel learned in the Law shall be reasonably advised dursed or required In Witne∫s whereof the said Parties to these Presents their Hands and Seals have hereunto subscribed and set the day and Year first above written

Samuel ( LS ) Bosanquet Jacob ( LS ) Bosanquet

by his Attorney         by his Attorney

Henry Rush                             Henry Rush

Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of John Noble # # G. L. Tuckett

Grenada # # Received of Gavin Smith Gentleman, the day of the date of the within Indenture the sum of Six hundred Pounds being the Consideration within mentioned to be paid by him to us

Samuel Bosanquet by his Attorney Henry Rush

Jacob Bosanquet by his Attorney Henry Rush

Grenada # # Be it Remembered that on this Eleventh day of May in the Year One thousand eight hundred and three Personally appeared before me The Honorable Thomas Bridgwater Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature of this Island Henry Rush Esquire the Attorney of the within named Samuel Bosanquet and Jacob Bosanquet who acknowledged that the within Indenture and the Indenture of Bargain and Sale leading thereto where executed by him as

the 

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The Attorney of the said Samuel Bosanquet and Jacob Bosanquet for the Purposes within mentioned In Faith whereof I have in my Capacity aforesaid hereunto subscribed my hand the day and Year first within written

T Bridgwater

A Diagram of the 

Lot of Land within referred to 

The Diagram ABCD represents the figure and situation of a Lot of Land in the Town of St. George formerly the Property of Me∫srs Threlfat and Anderson containing in front to Melvile and Halifax Streets forty five feet by two hundred feet in depth being bounded on the North by Lands of Mr. McDowal and Morizt Hardmand on the East by Halifax Street on the South by lands of Mr John Coxal and Brothers and Alexdr Houston and the West by Melvile Street as the Diagram more particularly represents surveyed April 1803 by

Gavin Smith Sworn Surveyor

All-things-being-equal, there is no identifiable connection between ggg-grandfather James Smith and Gavin Smith, the Surveryor.

Guess what? This is the last Smith-related Document from Item 4 as presented from the Grenada Registers of Records. And now to continue on to Item 5.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 653am – Smith McCullogh Genealogy – 1801 Marriage Registration – GGGG-Grandparents Thomas and Mary (née Marsingate) Aldridge

Good Day,

Following up from the transcription of the Births and/or Christening Registers of St. John and St. Martin in Beverley, Yorkshire, England, see Part 651a, I thought I would check to see if there may be the equivalent of a Marriage Register.

I never know what direction I may be headed or which path I will follow in this Genealogy thing and quest. And sure enough I located a microfiche which displays the Computer Printout of the transcribed work of the Marriage Registers for Beverley, St. John and St. Martin BTS, Yorks, Eng 1713 to 1837. This microfiche is FHL [6910854].

Following the information, as provided on the Births and Christenings Registers transcription, that the same parents of the 12 Aldridge children/offspring were Thomas Aldridge and Mary, I discovered a 1 Jun 1801 Thomas Aldridge and Mary Marsingate entry.

Using my iPhone I was able to take a copy of the Computer Printout and download the page image. Here is the adjusted image.

My transcription –

Beverley, St. John And St. Martin BTS, Yorks, Eng 1713 To 1837

Marriages

Surname – Aldridge
Marr.(iage) Date – 1 Jun 1801
Given Name – Thomas
Rel(ationship) – H
Spouse/Parents – Mary Marsingate
Ages –

There are two other Aldridge Marriages registrations: 31 Jul 1797 – Hannah Aldridge and Thomas Crabtree; and 24 Aug 1809 – John Aldridge and Mary Robinson. My immediate thought is that there may be a filial relationship between Hannah and John to gggg-grandfather Thomas Aldridge.

There are no earlier indicated Aldridge Marriages that could be construed as a possible parental connection to gggg-grandfather Thomas. All-things-being-equal, the thought is conceivable that gggg-grandfather Thomas’ parents came to Beverley from elsewhere. On the Birth and Christening Register there is a listing for one Thomas Aldridge, son of Thomas Aldridge dated 17 January 1779. (See Part 651a.) Could this be the correct association? Need to check that out.

And now to continue my search and research.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 652acm – Smith McCullogh Genealogy – Three New Descendant Charts – McCullogh, Aldridge, and Christie

Burrowed in my house on this gorgeous breezy, albeit windy day, in sunny Tampa, I am closeting myself away from the floating, yellow microbes of the latest pollen assault. I feel claustrophobic, but my eyes, my nose, and my throat, and my diaphragm sort-of thank me for the consideration.

So what do I do cooped up, sans air frais… I attack my PC with the gusto of a genealogy search and rescue mission.

As promised, previously, and due to the expansion of the McCullogh/Aldridge/Christie Descendant Chart I have attempted to re-created three separate new and singular Family Line Charts…

McCullogh Descendant Chart –

Aldridge Descendant Chart –

Christie Descendant Chart –

These should now all be able to be accessed under the top McCullogh label, just under the “t” in the A Genealogy Hunt title at the top of each page.

I am now working on a Trefry Descendant Chart which should expand JK’s maternal line and lineage.

Stay tuned,

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 651a – Smith McCullogh Genealogy – GGGG-Grandparents Thomas and Mary Aldridge – 12 Children

Good Day,

YES, the pollen count is high… Just ask my eyes, ask my nose. Deadened ears by sonic-choos. See the boxes of Kleenex in every room of this house. And two more months of this cranial hell.

Today I continue my focus on the genealogy and construction of the ancestry of the Aldridge Family line.

Following the lead from the 1851 England Census, see Part 650a,on which it is enumerated that JK’s great-great-great-grandfather Thomas Aldridge was born in “Yorkshire Beverly”. I discovered a microfiche, FHL [6910853] with included extractions from microfilm copies of Bishop’s Transcripts from microfilms FHL [0919386-0919387; 0919421 Item 1].

Here is a generation of my updated McCullogh / Aldridge / Christie Descendant Chart. Shortly, and due to the development and expansion of data and information, I may have to sub-divide the one into multiple Charts.

All-things-being-equal there are three Thomas Aldridges; a father, and two sons christened 29 Sep 1809 and 24 Jun 1815, respectively. There are actually a total of 12 children attributed to the parents, gggg-grandparents Thomas and Mary Aldridge. As two of the sons are both named Thomas I would venture a guess, based on my research experience, that the elder Thomas may have passed away in infancy, and that the second Thomas was given the name Thomas in his stead. The second Thomas is who I believe may be JK’s ggg-grandfather.

It can be deduced that JK’s gggg-grandparents may have been Thomas and Mary Aldridge, the identified parents of the 12 Aldridge children.

I have inserted a downloaded image of the printout of the Beverley, Yorks. St. John and St. Martin Christenings, Page 10.

Note that gggg-grandmother Mary's maiden surname may have be Marsingate. Stay tuned.

Enjoy,

Jim

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My Tangent - Panic; Electronic Tools

Good Day,

Today, in this day and age, I realized how electronically vulnerable I really am. And for anyone who does work on genealogy, of which the data files and folders become as precious gold, this can become a serious matter.

In my car, on a quick trip to my PC experts at Citrus Computers here in Tampa, I had to take in my desktop to get it tweaked, fixed and a new “case-applied”. My notebook mouse and cursor functionalities had seized up when I was updating my anti-virus software Kaspersky 2012. Further, the battery was draining on both my iPad and iPhone. Now realize that I backup up my desktop to another hard drive and at a distance via Carbonite. My notebook is a pure backup and my iPad is a “show and tell” tool.

But I was pinning when I realized that I would not have my means, any means of electronic communications and/or work tools. I picked up all my gizmos, and on the trip home I immediately thought “What would I do if I was in a new car accident?” And I subsequently began to think, not of my physical corps, but of my electronic Avatars. How I would survive in my created world without any electronic tool for my means of communications? Heavens forbid I would have to talk orally, and with the vocal chords as found in my upper throat.

Well, everything is back in place, now. Everything is connected and working, backed-up and protected.

Just something to think about… Oh and yeah, thanks to the guys at Citrus Computers.

Enjoy,

Jim

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My Tangent - Written In The Stars? - And Something To Really Think About

Good Day,

Is this something written in the stars?



Here is the weirdest thing I have come across in my short sojourn and workings of this my obsession of genealogy.

It is possible that my son’s ggg-grandfather John Robertson, from his father’s maternal line's and his ggg-grandfather Thomas Aldridge, from his mother’s paternal line's families may have known or at least passed by each other at the regular services at the now no longer existing St. Peter’s Church in Liverpool.

Check out the following images, downloaded from the Bishop's Transcripts.

8 November 1845 Bishop's Transcript, St. Peter's Church, Liverpool - William Donaldson aka Robertson
Item 9, FHL [1068927]

10 September 1849 Bishop's Transcript, St. Peter's Church, Liverpool - Thomas Henry Edward Aldridge
Item 4, FHL [1068940]

Now this would have been no big deal if JK’s ancestry, like so many were all from an immediate location on this planet we call Earth. But here’s the rub, JK’s father, me, was born in Jamaica. My gg-grandfather, JK’s ggg-grandfather John Robertson was born in Lanark, Scotland.

JK’s mother, Maureen was born in Montreal. Maureen and I met in Fredericton, New Brunswick at University. All-things-being-equal I believe I have deduced that her gg-grandfather, JK’s ggg-grandfather Thomas Aldridge was born in Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England…

But at a moment in time, it appears that the Robertson and the Aldridge Families were in Liverpool. It was between the years of 1845 and 1849 that there were Robertson and Aldridge children baptized in the same Parish Church, St. Peter’s in Liverpool.

Happenstance? Maybe? A chance meeting? Perhaps? But 167± years later I discover that there may have been an earlier connection.

Written in the Stars? Definitely something to think about.

Enjoy!

Jim

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