Part 531s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1848 Richard Steele – Last Will and Testament

Good Afternoon and Happy Father’s Day.

And definitely Happy Birthday to AB. Is this the big one… or is it just the beginning of a new adventure?

Today’s Indenture Transcription Project work is sort-of a tangent. I received a request from Ashley in Grenada asking if I may or may not have a copy in my files of the Last Will and Testament of Richard Steele. Well guess what Ashley? I found it.

Based on information gathered from Richard Steele’s Last Will and Testament I have created a Richard Steele Descendant Chart. This Descendant Chart, as always, will continue to be under construction based on current and available information.

Richard Steele was the father of George Steele who married my great-great-grandaunt Mary Ann (née Smith). My own connection to George Steel would be that he was my great-great-granduncle by marriage. Their children would have been my 1st cousins 3 times removed. GG-Grandaunt Mary Ann (née Smith) Steele was, based on what has been discovered, the youngest daughter of my ggg-grandparents James and Mary Ann (Doret) Smith. It is possible that Richard Steele may have been a contemporary of my ggg-grandfather James.

Here are the Pages.

My Transcription –

(407)

Ex

Entered 4th May 1857

This is the Last Will and Testament
of me Richard Steele of the parish of Saint George in
the Island of Grenada Esqr. I give and devise my
daughter Mary Steele and my Son William Steele
their heirs and a∫signs all my real property houses
lands tenements and hereditaments To hold the same
unto and to the use of them the said Mary Steele and
William Steele their heirs and a∫signs Upon Trust that

they

(408)

They or the survivor of them or the heirs or a∫signs of and
survivor do and shall permit and suffer my daughter
the said Mary Steele, and my daughters Ann Steele Sarah
Sarah Steele and Agnes Steele their heirs and a∫signs to reside
in or to occupy my said real property hereditaments and
premises or otherwise to pay to or to apply for the benefit of
them their heirs a∫signs she rents i∫sues and profits thereof
respectively as the same shall become due and payable and
be received Provided however and I do hereby empower the
said Mary Steele and William Steele and the survivor of them
and the heirs and a∫signs of such survivor when they shall
deem it advisable and with the consent in writing of my
said daughters Mary Steele, Ann Steele, Sarah Steele and
Agnes Steele or in case of their death at that time then of the
proper authority of my said Trustees or Trustee to sell and
absolutely to depose of the same real property hereditaments
and premises together or separately or in parcels by public
auction or by private contract as to my Trustees or Trustee
for the time being shall deem expedient with the best price or
prices in money that can be reasonably obtained for the same
respectfully and respectively to convey and a∫sure the same
accordingly and I will and declared that the receipts of my
said Trustees for the purchase money shall be sufficient dis-
charges to the purchases of the said several premises for
their respective purchase money and that such purchases
their heirs executors administrators or a∫signs shall not after
wards be answerable for any lo∫s misapplication or non-
application of such purchase money so received And my
Will further is that the monies which shall arise from such
Sale or Sales as after said shall be considered as real property
and as such shall be paid unto my said daughters Mary Steele
Ann Steele Sarah Steele and Agnes Steele their heirs and a∫signs
I give and bequeath to the said Mary Steele Ann Steele, Sarah
Steele and Agnes Steele all my household furniture books
plate linnen Wines and liquors and also three fifth parts or
shares of any money which I may have or be possessed of
at my decease in the Colonial Bank together with the Interest
then due and owing and the said three fifth parts or shares
of such money I give and bequeath to my Sons Robert Steele
Richard Steele George Steele and William Steele One fifth part
or share of any money which I may have to be possessed of
at my decease in the Colonial Bank with the interest due
and owing thereon And I give and bequeath the remaining
One fifth part with the proportion of interest due thereon to
my Sons Henry Steele, Thomas Steele and James Steele And I
devise and bequeath to the said Mary Steele and William
Steele their heirs executors administrators and a∫signs (according
to the nature of the property whether freehold or a term of years)
a certain me∫suage or tenements lands and hereditaments
whereof I am seized or po∫se∫sed or entitled to by way of
Mortgage from my son Robert and Charlotte his Wife
for securing payments to me of the sum of Fourteen hundred
pounds late current money of Grenada with interest
thereon upon Trust and to the intent that they the said
Mary Steele and William Steele or the survivor of them or
the heirs executing or administrators of such survivor or
their or his or her a∫signs do and shall on payment unto my
Executrix and Executors of such sum or sums of money as shall
be due and owing upon or in respect of the said mort
gaged premises convey a∫sign surrender or a∫sure the same
premises with the appurtenances rents or to the person or
persons who at the time of making such payment
shall be entitled to the equity of redemption thereof and
to his her or their executors administrators or a∫signs
according to the nature of the same premises And I

do

(409)

Do hereby and bequeath the monies which shall be
received for or in respect to the said Mortgage unto my
Sons Robert Steele, Richard Steele, George Steele, William Steele,
Henry Steele, Thomas Steele and James Steele. I give and be
queath to my daughters Mary Steele, Ann Steele, Sarah Steele
and Agnes Steele three fifth parts or shares of any money that
maybe due and owing to me by my son William Steele with
the proportion of interest due thereon at the time of my decease
I give and bequeath to my Sons Robert Steele Richard Steele
George Steele and William Steele One fifth part or share of
any money that may be due and owing to me by my
William Steele the proportion of interest that maybe due
thereon at the time of my decease I give and bequeath
to my Sons Henry Steele, Thomas Steele and James Steele
One fifth part or share of any money that may be due and
owing to me by my son William with the proportion of
interest due thereon at the time of my decease. I give my
Watch with Chain and Seals my son William. My debts
(if any) and funeral expenses (which I wish confine to a
small but indispensable amount potencies to be paid out of the funds
in the Colonial Bank previous to its distribution And I
nominate and appoint my said daughter Mary Steele
in my said Son William Steele and my good friend Joseph
Orgias Esqr to be the Executrix and Executors of this my Will
and last I do revoke hereby all manner of Wills Codicils
and testamentary papers at any time hereto for made by
me On Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal this fourteenth day of October one thousand
eight hundred and forty-eight.

Richard Steele (L S)

Signed and Sealed by the above named Richard Steele
the testator as in the presence of us who were present
together at the same time and who do a test and here
unto scribe our names as Witne∫ses in his presence.

W. A. Horne Alex Aberdein Thos Gibbes

Grenada }
In Ordinary }
In the Estate of Richard Steele deceased
Personally appeared William Alexander Horne
of the town of Saint George in the Island of Grenada
Police Magistrate one of the subscribing Witne∫ses to the with
in Will who been duly sworn and made Oath that he was
present together with Alexander Aberdein and Thomas Gibbes
the other subscribing Witne∫ses thereto and did see the
Richard Steele the Testator therein named duly signed
seal and execute the same as and for his Last Will and
Testament and that the name and signature "Richard
Steele" signed at the end of the within written Will opposite
the Seal at the foot thereof is of the proper handwriting
and signature of the said Richard Steele And this
deponent further saith that in testimony of such due
execution of the said Will they this deponent and the said
Alexander Aberdein and ^ the said Thomas Gibbes did in the presence
of the said Testator and in the presence of each other sub
scribe their names as Witne∫ses thereto And that the names or
signature W. A. Horne Alex Aberdein and Thos Gibbes set and sub
scribed to the said Will as aforesaid are the proper ^signatures and handwritings
of the said Alexander Aberdein Thomas Gibbes and this deponent
respectively And ^ lastly this deponent saith that at the time the said
Testator as executed the said Will as after said he was to the best
of this deponent's judgment and belief of sound and disposing
mind memory and understanding.

W. A. Horne

Sworn to before me this fourth day of May 1857

C. H. Rosbright
Ordinary

And now to continue the search for the origins of ggg-grandfather James Smith.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 530s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1801 Benjamin D’hariet Smith – Curé of the French Church?

Good Morning,

And the Transcription Project continues…

This morning’s Indenture from the Grenada Register of Registers was made 30 December 1800 and entered to the Registers 5 March 1801. The prime parties are Benjamin D’Hariet Smith of Grenada, James Park of Trinidad, and Doctor Alexander Cockburn of Grenada. It appears that the property in question, in the Town of Saint George, began as a lease 14 August 1775 between Benjamin Duharriet, Curé of the French Church in the Parish of Saint George and one David Merril.

Now are Benjamin D’hariet (aka d’Harriette) Smith of this 1800 Indenture and Benjamin Duharriet of 1775 the same person? At this juncture, I do not know. They could well be as I have discovered multiple iterations of the spelling of Benjamin D’Harriette Smith’s name, especially the D’Harriette. I immediately jumped to the conclusion that they were one and the same, that is until I noticed that the Benjamin the Curé of 1775 did not have the last name of Smith included beside his name in the Indenture.

There is no hint of any clue to any connection to ggg-grandfather James Smith…and so I continue.

The following images are the pages downloaded from Item 2 of the microfilm FHL [1563378]; Pages 481 through and including 484.

And my transcription. (My apologies if I miss a letter here or there on this work. The batteries on my electronic keyboard seem to be giving up slowly.)

(481)

Examined

Entered 5th March 1801. This Indenture made the thirtieth day of December in the forty-first 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 so forth, and in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred; Between Benjamin D'hariet Smith of the Island of
Grenada Merchant and James Park of the Island of Trinidad also merchant of the one
part and the honorable Alexander Cockburn of the said Island of Grenada Doctor of
Physic of the other part; Whereas by various a∫signments of or term of namely nine
years created by a lease bearing date the fourteenth day of August One thousand seven
hundred and seventy five and made between Benjamin Duharriet Curé of the

French

(482)

French Church in the parish of Saint George in the Island of Grenada of the one
Part, and David Merril of the other part, of a certain lot of land the said Benjamin
D’hariet Smith and James Park are now po∫se∫sed of the Lot hereinafter mentioned being
one morety of the lot leased by the said Benjamin Duhariet in and by the aforesaid lease
which they have agreed to sell and dispose to the said Alexander Cockburn for the Price or
Sum of five hundred pounds lawful Current money of the Island of Grenada Now this
Indenture witne∫seth that for and in Consideration of the Sum of five hundred
pounds lawful Current money of the Island of Grenada to the said Benjamin D’hariet
Smith and James Park in hand well and truly paid by the said Alexander Cockburn
at or immediately before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipts whereof
they do hereby acknowledge, and thereof and of every part thereof do acquit release and
discharge the said alexander Cockburn his executors and admǒrs for ever by these pre
sents They the said Benjamin D’hariet Smith and James Park have and each of them
hath granted bargained sold a∫signed transformed and set over and by these presents
do, and each of them doth grant bargain sell a∫sign transfer and set over unto the said
Alexander Cockburn his executors administrators and a∫signs all the aforesaid leases and
a∫signments and also all that lot or piece or parcel of land situate lying and being in
the Carenage in the Town of Saint George and Island of Grenada aforesaid now in the
po∫se∫sion of the said Benjamin D’hariet Smith and James Park and being part or par
cel of the Glebe land formerly belonging to James Carson and John Hutchings whereof
with a water lot a division was made the seventh day of November One thousand
seven hundred and ninety One, containing by admeasurement two Thousand one
hundred and six superficial square feet, and bounded on the South west by land late
in the po∫se∫sion of John Hutchings deceased; on the North East by land late in the po∫se∫sion
of Thomas Bennett deceased, and North west by land also late in the po∫se∫sion of the same
Thomas Bennett, on the South East by other lands of the said James Park and Benjamin
D Smith, and or tending in front twenty four feet from North East, to South West as
by a Diagram or Plan to him of the Premises aforesaid at the time the division afore
said was made in the po∫se∫sion of the said Alexander Cockburn and signed by the
said James Carson and John Hutchings will more fully and clearly appear together with
all and singular dwelling houses me∫suages Outhouse Stables Kitchens Edifices erection
and building ways Paths Pa∫sages waters water Courses easements Rights Commodities
advantages emoluments rights members Tenements hereditaments and appurtenances
whatsoever to the said lot or Piece or parcel of land or ground belonging or in any wise
appertaining or at any time heretofore accepted reputed seemed taken or known uses occu
pied and enjoyed with the same or any part or Parcel thereof and the reversion and
reversions remainder and remainders rents I∫sues and Profits of all and singular the
said Premises and if every part thereof with the appurtenances and also all the estate

Right

(483)

Right Title Interest Property Form of years yet to come and _____ po∫se∫
sion Claim and demand of them the said Benjamin D’hariet Smith and James
Park of in and to the said lot or Piece or parcel of land or ground and Premises
hereby a∫signed or intended so to be and every Part and parcel thereof with the appur
tenances To have and To hold the said lot Piece or parcel of land or ground
and every Part and parcel thereof with the appurtenances unto the said Alexander
Cockburn his executors admǒrs and a∫signs for and during all the rest residue and
remainder of the term of years yet to come and unexpired of and in the said to Piece
or parcel of land or ground in as full ample and beneficial a manner to all
Intents and purposes as the said David Merril or James Park and Benjamin D’
hariet Smith could have held used occupied or enjoyed the same subject neverthe
le∫s to the yearly quit rent resowed and payable out of or for in respect of the said
hereinbefore a∫signed or intended to be a∫signed lot or piece or parcel of land or ground
in and by the said hereinbefore xxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xx xx xxxxxxx xxx xx xxxx xx xxx
xxx xx xxxx xxx xxxxxx xx xxx xx xx xxxxxxxxx mentioned Lease and the
said Benjaming D’hariet Smith and James Park for themselves their heirs executors and
administrators do and each of them doth hereby covenant promise and agree to and
with the said Alexander Cockburn his executors admǒrs and a∫signs in manner following
that is to say that is shall and may be lawful to and for the said Alexander Cockburn
his executors administrators and a∫signs and each and every of them to enter into have
hold occupy po∫se∫s and enjoy all and singular the said herein before a∫signment or intended
to be a∫signed lot Piece or parcel of land or ground with the appurtenances for and during
all the rest residue and remainder yet to come and unexpired of the said Term of and
in the said piece or parcel of land or ground created by the hereinbefore mentioned Leases
without any let Suit Trouble denial eviction ejection molestation or disturbance whatsoever
of or from the said David Merril Benjamin D’hariet Smith and James Park or either
of them their or either of their executors and administrators or of or from any person or
persons claiming or to claim by from or under any former or other lease or leases or
a∫signment of lease or leases or otherwise howsoever by the said Benja
min D’hariet Smith and James Park and the Survivor of them their executors
and administrators and the executors or admǒrs of such survivor saved defended
kept harmle∫s and indemnified of from and against all and all manner of former
and other Gifts Grants bargains sales mortgages uses Charges or Incumbrances what
soever made done committed or executed or wittingly or willingly suffered by the said
Benjamin D’hariet Smith and James Park or either of them or any other person or
persons lawfully claiming or to claim by from through under or in Trust for them or any
of them and further that the said Benjamin D’hariet Smith and James Park

their

(484)

Their executors and administrators and all and every other person and persons
whatsoever having or lawfully claiming any estate right title or Interest of in or to the
premi∫ses hereby bargained and sold ^and a∫signed or intended so to be or any part thereof shall and
will at any time hereafter at the proper Costs and Charges in the law of the said Alex
ander Cockburn make do and execute or cause or procure to be made done and executed
all and every such further and other lawful and reasonable acts deeds Thing and
Things Conveyances and a∫surances in the law for the further better more perfect and
absolute a∫signing conveying and a∫suring the same unto the said Alexander Cockburn
his executors administrators and a∫signs for the remainder of the term aforesaid accor
ding to the true Intent and meaning of these Presents as by the said Alexander Cockburn
his Executors and administrators or his or their Counsel learned in the law shall be reason
nably advised or devised and required In witne∫s whereof the said Benjamin D’
harriette Smith hath hereunto set his hand and Seal and also the hand and Seal of the
said James Park and fully authorizing him so to do as by the record thereof remaining
in the Register Office of the said Island reference being thereunto had will more fully approved
the day and year first above written

D.B. (LS) Smith
J by (LS) Park
His atty B. D. Smith

Sealed and delivered in the presence of

Chas Miles
Jnt Thos. Proby

Received the day and year first within written of and from the within named Alexan
der Cockburn the Sum of five hundred Pounds Current money of Grenada being the Conside
ration money within mentioned and agree to be paid by him to me I say received
£500 Curry

James Park By his att
B.D. Smith
B.D. Smith
Witnes∫
Jno. Thos. Proby

Grenada Acknowledged before me by Benjamin d’harriette Smith one of the
parties of the within Indenture of a∫signment as and for his free and voluntary act and
deed and also by he said 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 fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred and one.

G. H.Horsley Dep Register.

The above-inserted image is a 1910 photograph of the Interior of the Roman Catholic Church in the Parish of St. George's, Grenada found at the site Place Information Vacation Destination.

On to the next Indenture.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 529s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1801 Benjamin d'Harriette Smith

Good Morning,

This morning is a foray into the Grenada Registers of records 1799-1811 (v. M4-W4) and Item 2 of the FHL microfilm [1563378]. This new Indenture was entered to the Registers 5 March 1801 and written 31 December 1800.

The Smith who is of concern in this Document is Benjamin d’Harriette Smith. Three earlier posts and transcription works introduced Benjamin d’Harriette (or D’Harriett) Smith. Is he connected to ggg-grandfather James Smith? Not sure… but in my search and research for the origins of ggg-grandfather James I certainly will be keeping my eyes open.

A certain portion of a sentence in this Indenture, on Page 480, caught my eye.

“…On the North East by the Carpenter’s yard formerly the property of Samuel Hall deceased; on the North West by other lands in the po∫se∫sion of the said James Park and Benjamin d’Harriette Smith…”

The Indenture is a contract regarding property in the Town of Saint George. Obviously the reference to the occupation “Carpenter” and the surname “Smith” in the same sentence are just two of those triggers or clues that could be suggestive that there could be some sort of connection to ggg-grandfather James. In this case, I don’t know… but maybe?

As soon as I come across information regarding the genealogy and ancestry of Benjamin d’Harriette Smith I will be creating and drafting a Descendant Chart.

Here are the images, as downloaded from the microfilm of the copy of the Grenada Registers of Records; Pages 479, 480, and 481.

My transcription -

(479)

Examined

Entered 5th March 1801

Know all men by these presents that we Benjamin d'Harriette Smith
of the Town of Saint George and Island of Grenada Merchant and Archibald Armstrong
of the same place also Merchant are jointly and severally held and firmly bound
unto the Honorable Alexander Cockburn of the aforesaid Town and Island Doctor of
Physic in One thousand five hundred pounds Current money of the Island of Grenada
to be paid to the said Alexander Cockburn or his certain attorney executors

administrators

(480)

Administrators or aſsigns to which Payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves
and each of us now? And each of our heirs executors and administrators firmly by these pre-
sents sealed with our Seals the thirty first day of December in the forty first year of the
reign of our sovereign Lord King George the third and in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred.
Whereas by Indenture of Feoffment bearing date the thirtieth day of December in the year
of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and made between James Park of the Island of
Trinidad merchant and the above bounden Benjamin d'Harriette Smith of the one part and
the said Alexander Cockburn of the other part the said James Park and Benjamin d'Har-
riette Smith for the Considerations therein mentioned have granted enfeoffed and confirmed
to the said Alexander Cockburn his heirs and aſsigns all that lot Piece or parcel of land
situate in the Carenage in the town and Island aforesaid containing by admeasurement
five Thousand nine hundred and ninety four superficial Square feet bounded on the
South East by the Carenage, on the North East by the Carpenter's yard formerly the pro
perty of Samuel Hall deceased and afterwards of Thomas Bennett deceased, on the North
West by other lands in the poſseſsion of the said James Park and Benjamin d'Harriette
Smith; and on the South west by lands late in the poſseſsion of John Hutchings deceas
ed and extending on the South East sixty two feet six Inches, on the North west On hun-
dred and eleven feet three Inches with all and singular meſsuages tenements erections
buildings rights members and appurtenances thereon and thereof and thereto belonging
and appertaining Now the Condition of the above written Obligation is such that if the
said James Park and Benjamin d'Harriette Smith or one of them, their or one of their heirs
executors or admŏrs or the said Archibald his heirs executors or administrators
shall yearly and every year continue to pay, or cause to be paid a certain annuity or year
by Sum of eleven pounds seven Shillings and six pence Irish Sterling money to the said
Mary Carson during her natural life (resounded and made payable by certain Indentures of
lease and release bearing date respectively the sixth and seventh days of October which
were in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six and made
between the said Mary Carson of the one Part and the said James Park and Benjamin
d'Harriette Smith of the other Part in the said Indenture of feoffment particularly
recited) And if the said Alexander Cockburn his heirs and aſsigns shall at all Times
for ever hereafter peacebly and quietly enter into have hold occupy poſseſs and enjoy all
and singular the said lot Piece or parcel of land erections building hereditaments and
premises by the said Indenture of feoffment granted and enfeoffed with the appurte
nances without any let Suit Trouble hindrance molestation Interruption or denial
whatsoever of or from them the said James Park and Benjamin d'Harriette
Smith Mary Carson Elizabeth Carson or any of them their any or either of them heard

or

(482)

Or aſsigns or of or from the heirs of David Merril James Carson the Son or James
Carson the Father or any of them in the said recited Indentures mentioned or of any
other person or persons whatsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the hereby given and gran
ted premises or any part thereof and that freed and discharged or otherwise well and
sufficiently saved kept harmleſs and indemnified by the said James Park and Benja
min d'Harriette Smith or one of them or the said Archibald Armstrong their or one of
their heirs executors and administrators of from and against all former and other
bargains slaes Gifts Grants leases releases feoffments mortgages Jointures Dowers
rights and titles of dower uses will Intails annuities writings obligatory Statutes
recognizances extents Judgments executions rents and arrearages of rent and of and
from all other Charges estates rights titles and Incumbrances whatsoever had made
committed doe or suffered or to be had mad committed done or suffered by the said
James Park and Benjamin d'Harriette Smith David Merril Melaleah Merril
James Carson the Son James Carson the Father Mary Carson the mother Elizabeth
Carson the Sister or any of them their or any of their heirs or aſsigns or any other
person or persons whatsoever claiming or to claim by from or under them any or either
of them or by any other person or persons whomsoever then this Obligation to be
and of no effect or else the same to be and remain in full force and irtue.

Benja D (LS) Smith
Archd. Armstong (LS)

Sealed and delivered (the word “year” being }
intertined? And the words “acertain” and }
“Mary Carson” Elizabeth Carson or any of their heirs any or either of their heirs or aſsigns
“or of or from the heirs of David Merril James Carson the Son or James Carson the father or
“any of them in the said recited Indentures mentioned or of any being previously written on
_____ in the Presence of

M Nolan
Jno. Thos Proby

Acknowledged before me by Benjamin d'Harriette Smith and Ar
chibald Armstrong the parties executing the within bond as and for their respective free
and voluntary act and deed this fifth day of March One thousand eight hundred and one

G H Horsley Dep Register

And I continue. Oh and by the way, I have blue eyes.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 528s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1798 William Smith – Mathew Place, Grenada

Greetings and Good Afternoon,

Tampa’s humidity has most definitely begun. At 7:00 o’clock this morning I was hit with a wall of the pending summer and wet season.

Thank you Stephen, in Glasgow for the image of the 1795 Map of Grenada.

The next Indenture is a definite companion to the one presented in Part 527s. It does not offer any pertinent clues to the origins of ggg-grandfather James Smith. It does however provide detailed accounting of family relationships and inheritance regarding the Ottley and Byam Families. It is an amazing find for anyone seeking these genealogies.

The only Smith is William Smith who is included as a witness to the Indenture. No definitive reference can be inferred or is presented to ggg-grandfather James.

Here are images of the Pages 479 through and including 487 of the Grenada Registers of Records, as downloaded from Item 1 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

The scribe of this Indenture certainly liked apostrophes “ ‘ “, but there is not a consistent use of them to replace the “ed” by “ ‘d” at the end of part tense verbs. There is also a reference on Page 483 to a “Diagram annex’d to the Grant” which is not included in this copy of the Indenture. I would like to find it.

My transcription –

479

Entered 20th June 1799

This Indenture Tripartite made the Seventeenth Day
of July in the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Ninety Eight Between
Thomas Ottley of the Island of Antigua Esquire Father and Guardian of George Weatherill
Ottley, Drury Ottley and Richard Ottley, being Minors, Children of him the said Thomas
Ottley and Grace Ottley is Wife Sister of Sir Ashton Warner Byam deceased late His
Majesty's Attorney General of the Island of Grenada (acting herein by his sole constituted
Attorney Thomas Turner Wise of the said Island of Grenada Esquire) Of the first
Part The Honorable Edward Byam President of His Majesty's Council for the Island
of Antigua one of the Executors named in the Will said Sir Ashton Warner Byam
who is now sole surviving Executor thereof and would have been Heir at Law as being eldest
Brother of the said Sir Ashton Warner Byam if he had made no Will (Acting herein by his
constituted Attornies the Honorable William Arnold of the said Island of Grenada
Esquire and the said Thomas Turner Wise) of the second Part and Joseph Beete
late of the said Island and now of the Colony of Demarary on the Southern Continent
of America Esquire (Acting herein by his constituted Attorney George Henry Horsley of the
said Island of Grenada Esquire) of the third Part Witne∫seth That
Whereas the said Sir Ashton Warner Byam in and by his last Will and Testament

in

480

In Writing duly executed or sign'd Seal'd publish'd and declared at the
Town of Saint George in the said Island of Grenada on the eleventh Day of November
in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Ninety as and for his last
Will and Testament in the Presence of three credible Witne∫ses (as the Statute of
Devises in Cases of Real Estate made and provided requires which said Statute by
an act pa∫s'd at Grenada on the Twentieth Day of February in the Year of Our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty Nine is declared to be in Force within
the said Island and its' Dependencies) Among other Devises gave and devised to his
Nephews George Weatherill Ottley Drury Ottley and Richard Ottley and their respective
Heirs as Tenants in Common is Dwelling House and Out Houses where he lived
with all the Land and thereto belonging call'd Mathew Place said George
Weatherill Ottley, Drury Ottley and Richard Ottley by the Children above named of the
said Thomas Ottley and Grace Ottley is Wife Sister as after said of the said Sir Ashton
Warner Byam And That Whereas the said Sir Ashton Warner Byam shortly
after he executed his Will took a Voyage to Antigua where he felt sick and died
and during his Sickne∫s made a Codicil to his Will wear in and whereby he ratified
and confirm'd the foregoing Devise as in and by the said Codicil duly executed by him
on the twenty-first Day of December in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and Ninety conformably to the Statue of Devises as after said in cases of Real
Estate and duly proved and recorded after the Testator's Death in the Registry of Wills
in the said Island of Antigua as in and by the said Codicil upon the Record in the said
Registry of Wills Relation being thereunto had will more fully and at large appear
And That Whereas from the said Codicil that the said Sir Ashton
Warner Byam when he went to Antigua left his said Will in the Hands of the late
Reverend Walter Carew one of the Executors named therein now deceased And That
Whereas it appears from a Deposition made to a Copy of the said Will by John Davis
Of the said Island of Grenada Esquire (late Deputy Secretary of the said Island and as
such Register of the Court of Ordinary) who is cheap acting Executor of the Will of Benjamin
Webster late of the said Island Esquire deceased after the Death of the said Walter
Carew was sole resident acting Executor in Grenada of the Will of the said Sir Ashton
Warner Byam That while he the said John Davis acted in the said Office the Original
Of the said Sir Ashton Warner Byam's Will was lodged or the Purposes of being recorded

but

481

But afterwards lent out of the Office for was recorded to the said
Benjamin Webster who he believes either lost or mislaid it the said Original not
appearing upon Record and not being now to be found And That Whereas
of the said Sir Ashton Warner Byam had died intestate the said Edward Byam as
being his eldest Brother would have been his Heir at Law and consequently have
become intitled to all his Real Estate But tho' the Original Will of the Testator cannot
be found it is the Opinion of divers Counsel learned in the Law That under all the
Circumstances of the Case a Court of Chancery would certainly establish the Will from
a Copy which can be well authenticated And That Whereas if the Point of
Law and Equity or even doubtful it clearly appears the said Edward Byam would
never have taken Advantage of any Doubt that could po∫sibly be entertained on the
_____ as by a Letter from him to the said Thomas Turner Wise dated Antigua,
December the thirteenth one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven to put the
Matter out of all Dispute the road as follows "I flatter myself I need not offer any
Arguments to persuade you to believe, That my being the undesign’d Heir at Law of my
Brother Ashton cannot make any Difference to my Sister Ottley's Family, either as to
is Real, or Personal Estate, as Doctor Byam, who is our only surviving Brother,
breathes the same Sentiments with myself upon the Occasion, and it is our wish
That the Copy, we are fortunately able to produce, may be consider’d equally valid and
Authentic And That Whereas of being the Opinion of the said Thomas
Ottley Father and Natural Guardian of the said George Weatherill Ottley Drury Ottley
and Richard Ottley Devisees as aforesaid (under the Will of the said Sir Ashton Warner
Byam) of the said Lands and Tenements call'd Mathew Place That it will be
now for the Interest of the said Devisees who are Minor to have the Premises sold the
said Edward Byam in order to secure a good Title to a Purchaser is willing to joyn the
said Thomas Ottley Father and Natural Guardian of the said George Weatherill Ottley
Drury Ottley and Richard Ottley in a Conveyance of the said Lands and Tenements to
any One who will give an adequate Price or Consideration for the same And That
Whereas the said Joseph Beete by his constituted Attorney said George Henry
Horsley has offer'd to give the sum of two thousand Pounds Current Money of the said
Island of Grenada for the Premises Provided the said Edward Byam will joyn the
said Thomas Ottley in the Execution of the Conveyance of the same to him with all nece∫sary
Covenants on both their Parts and a proper Release or Relinquishment on the Part of the said
Edward Byam of every Right Title Interest Claim Demand or Pretence whatsoever which

he

482

He the said Edward Byam or any Person or Persons claiming under him being
ever set up And That Whereas the said Thomas Ottley and Edward
Byam both think this Sum offer'd by the said Joseph Beete an adequate Price for the
said Lands and Tenements And the said Edward Byam is perfectly willing
to comply with the Requisition of the said Joseph Beete Now therefore They the
said Thomas Ottley and Edward Byam (the former as being Father and Natural
Guardian of the said George Weatherill Ottley Drury Ottley and Richard Ottley and
the latter as being eldest Brother of the said Sir Ashton Warner Byam whose Heir at
Law he would have been if the said Sir Ashton Warner Byam had made no will)
for and in Consideration of the Sum of two thousand Pounds Current Money of the said
Island of Grenada thesaid Thomas Ottley as Father and Natural Guardian of
the said George Weatherill Ottley, Drury Ottley and Richard Ottley in Hand well
and truly paid by the said Joseph Beete by and with the Consent and Approbation
of the said Edward Byam testified by his being a Party hereto at or before the Sealing and
Delivery of these Presents And for and in consideration of the sum of ten Shillings
Current Money of the said Island to the said Edward Byam also in Hand well and
truly paid by the said Joseph Beete at or before the Sealing and Delivery of these
Presents the Receipt of which two respective Considerations is hereby respectively
acknowledged by the said Thomas Ottley and Edward Byam have and each of
them hath granted bargain'd sold sold released and confirm'd and by these
Presents do and each of them Doth grant bargain sell release and confirm unto
the said Joseph Beete his Heirs and A∫signs All that Tract or Parcel of Land which
was of the said Sir Ashton Warner Byam at the time of his Decease with the Mansion
or Dwelling House Out Offices and all and singular other the Buildings thereon call'd
Mathew Place situate lying and being in the Town of Saint George in the said
Island of Grenada together with all Ways Paths Pa∫sages Waters Water Courses Trees
Woods Underwoods Rights Privileges Easements and Advantages to the same Annex'd
appertaining or belonging or had and enjoyed therewith or reputed to be so which
said Tract or Parcel of Land comprehends or Comprises two distinct Lots Pieces or
Parcel of Land namely All that Lot Piece or Parcel of Land granted to John Ahmuty
late of the Town of Saint George thesaid Island of Grenada Esquire now deceased
by his Majesty's Letters Patent under the Seal of these Islands (Grenada and the Islands
call'd the Grenadines annex'd thereto or dependent thereon) bearing Date the sixteenth

day

483

Day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
and eighty-five and therein said to be Situate lying and being between the
Road leading to Fort Royal and the House called Chanteloup's lately in the
po∫se∫sion of The Honorable Samuel Williams in the said Town of Saint the
said Lot being bounded Northerly by a Lane or Narrow Street leading from the
Carenage to the Fort Easterly by the before mention’d Lott call’d Chanteloup’s and
partly by a Pa∫sage left between the said Lot and the Prison Southerly on another
Lot then lately Granted to the said Sir Ashton Warner Byam and Westerly on the
Road leading to the Glacis (of the Fort) or however otherwise the same might or
may be butted bounded lying or being which said Lot Piece or Parcel of Land
the said Sir Ashton Warner Byam afterwards purchased from the said John
Ahmuty for the consideration mention’d in an Indenture of Feoffment made the
fifth Day of July in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty
five between the said John Ahmuty of the One Part and the said Sir Ashton
Warner Byam then Ashton Warner Byam Esquired of the other Part as in and by
the said Indenture duly executed proved and Recorded in the Registry of Deeds in
the said Island of Grenada Relation being thereunto had will more fully and at
large appear And all that Lot Piece or Parcel of Land granted to the said
Sir Ashton Warner Byam (then Ashton Warner Byam Esquire) by the Name or
Description of the Honorable Ashton Warner Byam of the Town of Saint George in the
Island of Grenada Esquire by His Majesty’s Setters Patent under the Seal of these
Islands (Grenada and the Islands call’d the Grenadines annex’d thereto or
dependent thereon) bearing Date the sixteenth day of February in the Year of Our
Lord One thousand seven hundred and eight five and therein said to be situate
lying and being between the Road leading to the Glacis of Fort Royal and the
common Goal in the said Town of Saint George butted and bounded in the same
Form and Manner as the Diagram annex’d to the Grant made to the said Sir
Ashton Warner Byam (then the Honorable Ashton Warner Byam) represents Which
said two distinct Lots and Pieces or Parcels of Land together now form one Tract or Parcel
of Land butted and bounded as follows (that is to say) To the East partly by a Lot of
Land formerly of one Chanteloup and lately of Samuel Williams Esquire and partly
by the Goal Wall, to the West by the Road leading thro’ the Gate to the Artillery Hospital
to the North by the Alley leading from the Carenage to Fort George and to the South
by ungranted Lands, or howsoever otherwise the said Tract or Parcel of Land may be

butted

484

Butted and bounded situate lying and being all which said
Premises are now in the actual Po∫se∫sion of the said Joseph Beete by Virtue of a
Bargain and Sale to him thereof made for one Year in Consideration of Ten shillings
Current Money of the said Island of Grenada to each of them the said Thomas
Ottley and Edward Byam paid by the said Joseph Beete in and by an Indenture
bearing Date the Day next before the Day of the Date of these Presents and by Force
of the Statute for transferring Uses into Po∫se∫sion) and the Reversion and Reversions
Remainder and Remainders Yearly and other Rents I∫sues and Profits thereof and
every Part and Parcel thereof and all the Estate Right Title Interest Use Trust Property
Claim and Demand whatsoever both at Law and in Equity which the said Sir
Ashton Warner Byam had of in or to the said Tract or Parcel of Land together with
the Mansion or Dwelling house Out offices and all and singular other the Buildings
thereon call'd Mathew Place at the Time of his Death and in and by his
last Will and Testament gave and devised as aforesaid to his Nephews the said George
Weatherill Ottley Drury Ottley and Richard Ottley and their respective Heirs as
Tenants in Common to have and to hold the said Tract or Parcel of Land
together with the Mansion or Dwelling House Out offices and all and singular other
the Buildings thereon Tenements Hereditaments and Premises hereby or mention'd or
intended to be hereby granted and released with their and every of their Appurtenances
unto the said Joseph Beete his Heirs and A∫signs to and for the sole proper Use and
Behoof of him the said Joseph Beete his Heirs and A∫signs and to or for no other Use
Intent or Purpose whatsoever And the said Edward Byam for the barring and
extinguishing all the Estate Right Title Interest Claim or Demand whatsoever which
he or any Person or Persons claiming under him might otherwise have pretended to
or setup hath agreeably to the Requisition of the said Joseph Beete and his own
Conviction of the Fee of Honor and Justice he is under to make such a Renunciation
or Relinquishment remised released and for ever quit claim'd and by these Presents
doth remise release and for ever quit claim all the Estate Right Title Interest
Claim and Demand whatsoever of him thesaid Edward Byam of in to or out of the
said Tract or Parcel of Land together with the Mansion or Dwelling House Out offices
and all and singular other the Buildings thereon call'd Mathew Place
And the said Thomas Ottley and Edward Byam do hereby for themselves and

their

485

Their respective Heirs Executors and Administrators respectively covenant
to and with the said Joseph Beete his Heirs and A∫signs That the said Sir Ashton
Warner Byam was at the Time of his Death seized of an absolute Estate of
Inheritance in Fee Simple of and in the said Tract or Parcel of Land Tenements
Hereditaments and Premises And That they the said Thomas Ottley and
Edward Byam have not nor have either of them since the Death of the said Sir
Ashton Warner Byam done any Act whatsoever to charge encumber or affect the
said Tract or Parcel of Land Tenements Hereditaments and Premises and shall
and will Warrant and for ever defend the same unto the said Joseph Beete his
Heirs and A∫signs against them the said Thomas Ottley and Edward Byam
and against the said George Weatherill Ottley Drury Ottley and Richard Ottley
and against all and every Person and Persons whomsoever claiming or who may
claim by from or under them the said Thomas Ottley and Edward Byam or either
of them or buy from or under the said George Weatherill Ottley Drury Ottley and
Richard Ottley their Heirs and A∫signs or any of them And That the said Joseph
Beete his Heirs and A∫signs and may from henceforth for ever hereafter
peaceably and quietly enter into have hold po∫se∫s and enjoy the said Tract or
Parcel of Land Tenements Hereditaments and Premises hereby granted and released
with their and every of their Appurtenances without any Molestation Interruption
Disturbance or Denial of them the said Thomas Ottley and Edward Byam or
either of them or of the said George Weatherill Ottley Drury Ottley and Richard Ottley
their Heirs and A∫signs or any of them or any other Person or Persons whomsoever And
that free and clear and freely and clearly acquitted exonerated and discharged of and
from all and all Manner of Uses Trusts Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Feoffments
Leases and Releases Mortgages Fines Forfeitures Rents Arrears of Rent Executions
Judgments Decrees Verdicts Suits Rights Titles Claims Demands Charges and
Incumbrances whatsoever And further That they the said Thomas Ottley and
Edward Byam and the said George Weatherill Ottley Drury Ottley and Richard Ottley
their Heirs and A∫signs and all and every Person and Persons whomsoever having or lawfully
claiming or who at any time or times hereafter shall or may have or lawfully claim
any Estate Right Title or Interest of in to or out of the said Tract or Parcel of Land
Tenements Hereditaments and Premises hereby granted and released or mention'd or
intended so to be shall and will from Time to Time and at all Times hereafter upon

the

486

The reasonable Request and at the Costs and Charges in the Law of the
said Joseph Beete his Heirs or A∫signs make do and execute ^ or can or procure to be
made done and executed all and every such further and other lawful and
reasonable Act and Acts Thing and Things Conveyances and A∫surances in the
Law whatsoever for the further better more perfect and absolute granting or
conveying and A∫suring the said Tract or Parcel of Land Tenements Hereditaments
and Premises with their and every of their Appurtenances unto the said Joseph
Beete his Heirs and A∫signs to the only proper Use and Behoof the said Joseph
Beete his Heirs and A∫signs for ever as by the said Joseph Beete his Heirs or A∫signs or
his or their Counsel learned in the Law shall or may be devised advised or required
In Witne∫s whereof the respective Parties to these Presents have hereunto set their
respective Hands and Seals the day and Year first above written.

Thomas Ottley (LS) Edward Byam (LS)
by his Attorney by his Attorney
Thomas Turner Wise W. Arnold
Thomas Turner Wise

Sign'd Seal’d and deliver’d In the Presence of

J. S. Fredrickson Jr. Wm. Smith.

Received on the Day of the Date of these Presents the Considerations within mentioned
to be paid to us respectively (that is to say) the full Consideration of two thousand
Pounds Current Money of Grenada by me Thomas Ottley Father and Natural
Guardian of the within named George Weatherill Ottley Drury Ottley and Richard
Ottley and the Consideration of ten shillings by me Edward Byam eldest Brother of
the within named Sir Ashton Warner Byam deceased We say received by us
respectively as aforesaid

Thomas Ottley by his Attorney
Thomas Turner Wise
Edward by his Attornies
W. Arnold
Thomas Turner Wise
Witne∫s
J.S. Fredrickson Jr.
Wm. Smith

Grenada Before the Honorable Thomas Bridgwater Esquire Chief Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas for the said Island and its
Dependencies established

Personally

487

Personally appeared John Simon Fredrickson Junior of the Town
of Saint George in the Island of Grenada Gentleman one of the subscribing Witne∫ses
to the within Indenture of Release and also to the Lease thereto leading, who being
duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God maketh Oath and saith That
he was present together with William Smith the other subscribing Witne∫s to the
said Indentures and did see Thomas Turner Wise sign seal execute and deliver
the said Indentures or selectively as the Attorney in the Name of and as and for
the free and voluntary Act and Deed of Thomas Ottley one of the Parties to the said
Indentures And that he did also see William Arnold Esquire and the said
Thomas Turner Wise sign seal execute and deliver the said Indentures as the
Attornies in the Name of and as for the free and Voluntary Act and Deed of
Edward Byam the other Party the said Indentures And that he also saw the said
Thomas Turner Wise as the Attorney of the said Thomas Ottley and also one of the
Attornies of the said Edward Byam And the said William Arnold as the other
Attorney of the said Edward Byam sign the Receipt for the Consideration Money
mentioned in the within Indenture of Release and the Deponent further saith that
in Testimony of such Execution he this Deponent and the said William Smith
described their Names as Witne∫ses to the said Indentures respectively
Sworn to before this 20th day of June 1 799

J. S. Fredrickson Jr.
Thomas Bridgwater

Item 1 is now finished. On to Item 2. The first Indenture includes the name Benjamin d’Harriette Smith. Stay tuned.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 527s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1798 William Smith – Antigua, Demerary, & Grenada

Afternoon,

The research continues in the search for the origins of ggg-grandfather James Smith.

Thank you to Richard, in Australia, for your informative email regarding your relationship and connections to your ancestors William Smith and Richard Oliver Smith. It is amazing the stories how the Smith surnames do get changed over time and history.

This next Indenture from the Grenada Registers of Records was entered 20 June 1799 of a document written 16 July 1798. There is no reference to ggg-grandfather James, but the Indenture is witnessed by William (Wm.) Smith. And I cannot from the information provided determine if this William Smith is connected to ggg-grandfather James.

There is a wealth of information in this contract pertinent to the Byam, Ottley, and Beete families. This Indenture is an “Indenture Tripartite” which, by definition could mean that it is a contract or agreement between three parties. In this case, the First Part – Ottleys; the Second Part – Byams; and the Third Part – Beete… covering Antigua, Demerary, and Grenada.

I have included a 1762 English version of the 1710 French Plan Map of Fort Royal and St. George’s Harbour. (The source of this image is Paul R. Huey and the Bureau of Historic Sites, New York.) The other, a photograph by Jim Rudin is of Fort George and part of The Carneage, Grenada. These two images provide a semblance of possibility as to where the property referred to in the Indenture may have been located.

Here are images of the Pages 476 through and including 479 of the Grenada Registers of Records, as downloaded from Item 1 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

My transcription –

476

Examined

Entered 20th June 1799

This Indenture Tripartite made the Sixteenth day
of July in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety eight
Between Thomas Ottley of the Island of Antigua Esquire Father and Natural
Guardian of George Weatherhill Ottley, Drury Ottley and Richard Ottley being Minor
Children of the said Thomas Ottley and Grace Ottley his Wife a Sister of Sir Ashton
Warner Byam deceased late His Majesty’s Attorney General of the Island of Grenada
(acting herein by his sole constituted Attorney Thomas Turner Wise of the said Island
Esquire Of the first Part The honorable Edward Byam President of His Majesty’s
Council for the Island of Antigua who was one of the Executors of the said Sir
Ashton Warner Byam named in his Will is now the sole surviving Executor thereof
and would have been Heir at Law as Eldest Brother of the said Sir Ashton Warner
Byam if he had not made a Will (acting herein by his constituted Attornies the
Honorable William Arnold of the said Island Esquire and the said Thomas Turner
Wise ) Of the second Part and Joseph Beete late of the said Island of Grenada and
now of the Colony of Demarary on the Southern Continent of America Esquire (action
herein by his constituted Attorney George Henry Horsley of the said Island Esquire)
Of the third Part witne∫seth That for and in Consideration of ten shillings
Current Money of the said Island of Grenada to each of them the said Thomas
Ottley and Edward Byam in Hand well and truly paid by the said Joseph Beete
at or before the Sealing and Delivery of these Presents the Receipt whereof is hereby

acknowledged

477

Acknowledged They the said Thomas Ottley and
Edward Byam Have and each of them Hath granted bargain’d and
Sold and by these Presents Do and each of them Doth Grant Bargain and
Sell unto the said Joseph Beete his Executors Administrators and A∫signs All
that Tract or parcel of Land which was of the said Sir Ashton Warner Byam at
the Time of his Decease with the Mansion or Dwelling House Out Offices and all
and singular other the Buildings thereon call’d Mathew Place situate
lying and being in the Town of Saint George in the said Island of Grenada
together with all Ways Paths Pa∫sages Waters Watercourses Trees Woods Underwoods
Rights Privileges Easements and Advantages to the same Annex’d appertaining
or belonging or had and enjoy’d therewith or reputed to be so which said Tract
or Parcel of Land comprehends or Comprises two distinct Lots Pieces or Parcels of Land
namely All that Lot Piece or Parcel of Land granted to John Ahmuty late of the
Town of Saint George in the said Island of Grenada Esquire now deceased by His
Mayesty’s Letter Patent under the Seal of these Islands (Grenada and the Islands
call’d the Grenadines annex’d thereto or dependent thereon) bearing date the
sixteenth Day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
eighty five and therein said to be situate lying and being between the Road
leading to Fort Royal and the house call’d Chanteloup’s and lately in the Po∫se∫sion
of The Honorable Samuel Williams in the said Town of Saint George the said Lot
being bounded Northerly by a Lane or narrow Street leading from the Carenage to
the Fort Easterly by the before mentioned Lot call’d Chanteloup’s and partly by a
Pa∫sage le∫s between the said Lot and the Prison Southerly on another Lot then lately
Granted to the said Sir Ashton Warner Byam and Westerly on the Road leading to the
Glacis (of the Fort) or however otherwise the same might or may be butted bounded
lying or being which said Lot Piece or Parcel of Land the said Sir Ashton Warner Byam
afterwards purchased from the said John Ahmuty for the consideration mentioned in
an Indenture of Feoffment made the fifth day of July in the Year of Our Lord One thousand
seven hundred and eighty five between the said John Ahmuty of the one Part and the
said Sir Ashton Warner Byam then Ashton Warner Byam Esquire of the other Part as in
and by the said Indenture duly executed proved and Recorded in the Registry of Deeds
in the said Island of Grenada Relation being thereunto had will more fully and at
large appear And all that Lot Piece of Parcel of Land granted to the said Sir
Ashton Warner Byam (then Ashton Warner Byam Esquire) by the Name or Description of

the

478

The Honorable Ashton Warner Byam of the Town of Saint George in the Island
of Grenada Esquire by His Majesty’s Letters Patent under the Seal of these Islands
(Grenada and the Islands call’d the Grenadines annex’d thereto or dependent thereon)
bearing Date the sixteenth Day of February in the Year of Our Lord One thousand
seven hundred and eighty five and therein said to be situate lying and being
between the Road leading to the Glacis of Fort Royal and the common Goal in
the said Town of Saint George butted and bounded in the same Form and
Manner as the Diagram annex’d to the Grant made to the said Sir Ashton Warner
Byam (then the Honorable Ashton Warner Byam represents Which said
two distinct Lots Pieces or Praceld of Land together now form one Tract or Parcel of Land
butted and bounded as follows (that is to say) To the East partly by a Lot of Land
formerly of Ane Chanteloup and lately of Samuel Williams Esquire and partly by the
Goal Wall, to the West by the Road leading thro’ the Gate to the Artillery Hospital, to
the North by the Alley leading from the Carenage to Fort George and to the South by
ungranted Lands or howsoever otherwise the said Tract or Parcel of Land may be butted
and bounded situate lying and being To have and to hold to the said Tract
or Parcel of Land comprehending or comprising the said two distinct Lots Pieces or
Parcels of Land granted as aforesaid to the said John Ahmuty and the said Sir
Ashton Warner Byam (then the Honorable Ashton Warner Byam) and all and
singular other the Premises herein before mention’d or intended to be hereby Granted
bargain’d and Sold with their and every of their Appurtenances and every Part and
Parcel thereof unto the said Joseph Beete his Executor Administrator 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 therefor unto the said Thomas Ottley
as Father and Natural Guardian of the said George Weatherill Ottley Drury Ottley
and Richard Ottley (by and with the Consent and Approbation of the said Edward Byam
testified by his signing and Sealing these Presents ) the Rent of one pepper Corn only at the
Expiration of the said Term if the same shall be lawfully demanded to the Intent
that by virtue of these Presents and by Force of the Statute for transferring Uses into Pro∫se∫sion
the said Joseph Beet may be in the actual Po∫se∫sion of the hereby bargain’d and sold
Premises with their and every of their Appurtenances and every Part and Parcel thereof and

be

479

Be thereby enabled to accept and take a Grant and Release of the Reversion
and Inheritance thereof to Him his Heirs and A∫signs to and for the only proper
Use and Behoof of him the said Joseph Beete his Heirs and A∫signs for ever In
Witne∫ whereof the said Thomas Ottley and Edward Byam have hereunto set their
respective Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above mention’d

Thomas Ottley (LS) Edward Byam by his (LS)
by his Attorney Attornies W Arnold

Sign’d seal’d and deliver’d in the presence of JFrederickson Jr. Wm Smith
Received on the Day of the Date of these Presents the Consideration within mention’d
to be paid to us respectively.
Thomas Ottley by his Attorney
Thomas Turner Wise

Witne∫s
JFrederickson Jr.
Wm. Smith
Edward Baym by his Attornies
W. Arnold
Thomas Turner Wise

The next Indenture appears to a companion to this one; written the next day 17 July 1798 and entered to the Grenada Registers of Records on the same 20 June 1799.

Stay tuned, the next is the last one of Item 1.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 526b – Brunhammer Doherty Genealogy – A Deeper Look – SNP Markers Results Returned

Early Morning,

Well, it couldn’t get any more confusing, sort of, than this. Some words of advice to anyone out there who is thinking of trying to understand the whole kit and caboodle of genetic DNA testing… Make sure you talk or write to, and listen to those who have experience. You just might find someone that knows a little bit more on the subject.

The latest Brunhammer SNP (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism) test results have just returned. Andy tested L161-, L69+, and L147.2+. These results confirm one of the Group Administrators of the Family Tree DNA – Y-Haplogroup I2a Project projections based on the Y-DNA 111 marker results. I mentioned that there was a possibility in my Posting Part 515b.

Family Tree DNA has now posted some of the information to the Brunhammer Y-Haplotree. I’ve included a new updated image of the same Y-Haplotree. The most discernible difference between the Y-Haplotree in Part 515b and this one is that the L161 test has been confirmed as negative. This means that Andy is now confirmed and excluded from the Haplogroup subclade I2a2b.

But this is where is becomes a bit more confusing. Because of timing factors of Family Tree DNA testings, that is in some cases, according to the Group Administrator, Family Tree DNA “only updates their tree every two years or so.” He continued that “I was referring to I2a2a in the ISOGG tree and your (Andy’s) L69+ result places you in I2a2a in that tree”. ISOGG is the International Society of Genetic Genealogy. The last revision of their information for the Y-DNA Haplogroup I and its Subclades was 31 May 2011.

One thing for sure is that this is a new and fast evolving science… and as more and more people sign up for testing, the results will be in somewhat a constant state of flux. It is almost like surfing on the crest of a wave that never seems to break.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 525s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1798 James and Robert Smith – Pointe Saline & Morne Rouge Estates – 2 of 2

Morning,

The weather is great this morning. T’ain’t humid and it looks like a good day for the beach or the pool.

Last night’s supper was a “Hey I got a purple eggplant and I got a white eggplant… wonder if the two are enough to make eggplant lasagna?” Yup! Used arugula instead of basil and cottage cheese instead of ricotta. Covered with six-blend of shredded Italian cheeses and slices of mozzarella. Can of Bella Rossa Tuscan Tomato & Herbs… and sprinkled with some red chili pepper. The compliments included second helpings and looking forward to the left-overs. Oh and did I mention that I did not use any pasta… albeit lasagna noodles.

Continuing the transcription of the Indenture as first presented in Part 524s I can say that there is no conclusive evidence that this James Smith either ggg-grandfather James Smith or in any way connected to him. Chalk this one up to another James Smith associated with Grenada in the late 1790s.

Here are the next pages comprising the second part of the transcription work of the Indenture relevant to one James Smith and the Robert Smith. The following are pages 452 through and including 458 as downloaded from the Grenada Registers of Records and Item 1 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

Here is my transcription including the two individual Schedules of Slaves included as a part of the transaction.

452

Lawfully claiming or to claim by from or under them or any of
them And It is hereby declared and agreed by and between the said
Parties to these Presents that all and every Person and Persons in whom the residue
of any outstanding term or terms for years or other Estate or Interest of and in the
said Plantations or Estates Buildings Negroes Slaves Cattle Hereditaments and
Premises hereby granted and released or mentioned or intended so to be now is or
are or at any time or times hereafter shall or may be vested shall from henceforth
stand po∫se∫sed of & interested in such Term and Terms Estate and Interest In
Trust for the said John Campbell the elder Alexander Campbell and
Alexander Campbell the younger their Heirs and A∫signs and to attend wait upon
and go along with the reversion freehold and Inheritance of the same Premises
And for better securing to them the said John Campbell the Elder Alexander
Campbell and Alexander Campbell the younger their Executors Administrators
and A∫signs the payment of the said sum of Eight thousand Pounds and Interest at
the Days and Times and in the proportions and manner hereinbefore mentioned
and appointed for payment thereof And lastly they the said Edmund
Thornton John Campbell the elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell
the younger Do and each and every of them Doth hereby authorize constitute
and empower John Orr Henry Rush and John Hay all of the said Island of Grenada
Esquires their and every of their Attornies and Attorney jointly and each of them 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 Edmund Thornton John Campbell the elder Alexander Campbell and
Alexander Campbell the Younger and also to acknowledge the signing sealing and
delivery of the Lease for a Year herein referred to by the said Edmund Thornton and
to do perform and execute all such other acts deeds matters and things as shall or
may be requisite for procuring these Presents and the said Lease for a Year 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

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The Schedule above referred to
List A of Slaves belonging to Pointe Saline Estate

Men	Maydne	Cuba	Rose
Hu∫sar, Carpenter	Mitchell	Diamond	Sophia
Sandy Do.	Ned	Esther	Sinna
Noel, Driver	Petit Pierre, Field	Eve	Susan
Dimba Do.	Pirian	Fanny	Susan 2d
August Field	Plato	Frances	Seleman
Anthony	Robert	Harriet	Sally
Aera	Scipio	Jenny	Skinns
Adam	Stewart	Jolo	Sue
Ben Field	Smart	Jean Rose	Ursul
Billy	Sambo	Kitty	Victorie
Billy 2d	Thomis	Kitty 2d	Venus
Buller	Thomas	Kuma	Violette
Cromwell	Ware	Sidy	Wormer
Duke	Will, Barbadoes	Lucy	Windy
Dimba	York	Lisette	Aduck
Duncan	Will	Margaret	Mary Louise, Hospital Nurse
Danio	Petit Will	Mary Rose	Kenny H
Dover	George, Blind	Mary Clair	Venus do
Fortune	Women	Mary Clair 2d	Mary Louise 2d
Tomfoot	Amarant	Mary	Claire
Jack	Adailade	Mary 2d	Fatima
James	Annive	Moll	Margaret
Isaac	Annive 2d	Madlane	Amarant 2d
John Pierre	Amelia	Martha	Petit Cumba
John Pierre 2d Field	Betty	Martha Rose	Perine
Je∫samine	Betty 2d	Nanny	Labette
Jimy	Bella	Petit Chloe	Children
John	Cumba	Peggy	Antoine
Kimba	Charlotte	Poll	Baptiste
Laid	Clair	Rosette	Bachus

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Brutus	Jean Pierre	Jane 2d	Mary ∫t
Benna	John Louis	Judy	Mary Madlane
Baillie	Michel	Mary Rose	Madlonette
Ben	Noel	Mary	Mary, Cath
Charlie	Agnes	Madlane	Nilly Mulatto
Guilliam	Catharine	Veronick	Lys
Jean Baptiste	Chloe	Mary Ursul	Rosette
John Paul	Grace	Alexander, Infant	An Infant
John Paul 2d	Harriet	SYlvester
John	Jane	Frances

List B of Slaves belonging to Morne Rouge Estate

Men	Hudebras	Bash, Watch	Hanna 2d
Andrew Carpt.	Hamlet	Champaigne do.	Hebe
Gift do	Kilerney	Dicks, do.	Judy
Ambrose Driver	Kitt	Nero	Jemima
John Baptiste do.	St. Amour	Robin	Jannet
Adrian, Field	Lawrence	Fortune } Incurable	Jackie
Boyer	Laurent	Women	Jack Wa∫sis
Boyer 2d	Neptune	Abzira	Kate
Boatswain	Ovid	Beckie	L’Misere
Baptiste	Pompey	Bella	Laurence
Camorie	Gonave	Boy	Margaret
Darby	Charlie	Betsey	Marianne
Dumboy	Quamina	Betsey Skinner	Matty
Edward	Romeo	Betsy Gooridge	Nelly
Hilliar	Solphor	Canda	Nannette
Fonday	Solgier	Charlotte	Nancy
Glasgow	Toby	Catherine	Olive
Gilbert	Tom	Dutche∫s	Polly
Giles	Yamma	Doll	Present
Grice	Pierre, Fisherman	Dellia	Phillis
Guy	Sharper do	Hanna	Rosette

Rachael

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Rachael	John	Madlane	Rose
Sally	John Baptiste	Mary	John Vieve
Therese	Joceline	Mary Madlane	Piragean
Nanny	John Francois	Mary Catherine	Louis
Rowe	Michael	Mary Labette	Phillip
Zara	Prince	Maru Jeane	Ann
Children	Sam	Amelia	4 Children
Jasper	Elenor	Francis

Edmund (LS) Thornton John (LS) Campbell Senr.
Alex. (LS) Campbell Alex. (LS) Campbell Junr.

Sealed and Delivered by the within named Edmund Thornton (being first duly
stamped) in the presence of James Smith Clerk to Robt Smith Attorney at Law
Bassing Hall Street London

Rd Blood at Baillie Thornton & Campbells

Sealed and Delivered by the within named John Campbell the Elder Alexander
Campbell in the Presence of Robert Grahame Notary Public Glasgow

John Macintyre Clerk to John Campbell Senr. & Co. Glasgow

Sealed and delivered by the within named Alexander Campbell the younger in the
presence of

Alex Frase Ben: Harper

Received the day and year first within written of and from the }
within named John Campbell the elder Alexander Campbell and }
Alexander Campbell the younger the sum of Eight thousand Pounds }
being the consideration money within mentioned to be paid by them to me }

£8000….

Edmund Thornton

Witne∫s
James Smith R Blood

James Smith of Basinghall Street London Gentleman maketh Oath and
saith that he together with Richard Blood of Finsbury Square in the County
of Middlesex Gentleman was present and did see Edmund Thornton in the
Parchment Writings or Indentures of Lease and Release hereunto annexed
named duly sign seal and as his Act and Deed deliver the said Parchment
Writings or Indentures respectively And that the Names “Edmund Thornton” to

the

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The said Indentures respectively set and subscribed as the Party
executing the same and also the Names “James Smith” “Rd Blood” set and
subscribed to the Attestations written on the back of the said Indentures
respectively as Witne∫ses to attest the due Execution thereof by the said Edmund
Thornton are of the respective proper hands writing of the said Edmund
Thornton this Deponent and the said Richard Blood

James Smith

Sworn at the Mansion House London }
this 21st February 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
James Smith 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 and sincerely declare 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 the said lord Mayor
have caused the Seal of the Office of Mayoralty of the said City of
London to be hereunto put and affixed and the Parchment
writings or Indentures of Lease and Release mentioned and
referred to in and by the said Affidavit to be hereunto also annexed
Dated in London the twenty first day of Feby in the year of our
Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety nine

Windale

Robert Grahame of the City of Glasgow in the County of Lanerk in that
part of Great Britain called Scotland Gentleman Maketh Oath and Saith
That he together with John Macintyre of Glasgow aforesaid Gentleman was
present and did see John Campbell the Elder and Alexander Campbell in the

Parchment

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Parchment Writing or Indenture of Release hereunto annexed
named duly Sign Seal and as their and each of their Act and Deed Deliver
the said Parchment Writing or Indenture And that the names “John
Campbell Senr” “Alex Campbell” to the said Indenture Sett and Subscribed
as two of the Parties executing the same and also the names “Robert Grahame”
“John Macintyre” sett and subscribed to the attestation written on the back of
the said Indenture as witne∫es to attest the due execution thereof by the said
John Campbell the Elder and Alexander Campbell are of the respective proper
hands writing and subscription of the said John Campbell the Elder and
Alexander Campbell this deponent and the said John Macintyre And further
this Deponent saith That no Stamps are by the laws of Great Britain required
for affidavits or certificates made and executed in that part of the Kingdom
called Scotland

Robert Grahame

Sworn at and within Glasgow the 2d March
1799 Before me Lord Provost and Chief Magistrate

Laur Craigie

I John Hall notary Public duly admitted and sworn dwelling in the
City of Glasgow in the County of Lanerk in that part of Great Britain called
Scotland Do hereby Certify and Attest That the Affidavit and Certificate
before written were of the date hereof duly made and certified according to the
laws and practices of that part of Great Britain called Scotland used and
observed in ^the like Cases And That no Stamps are by law required for Affidavits
and Certificates made and executed in Scotland In Witne∫s whereof I have
hereunto Sett my Hand and Seal this Second day of March In the Year of our Lord
One thousand seven hundred and ninety nine.

(LS) John Hall Not: Pub

To all to whom these presents shall come I Laurance Craigie
Esquire Lord Provost and Chief Magistrate of the City of Glasgow in the County of
Lanerk in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland 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 Do hereby Certify That on the

day

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Day of the date hereof personally came and appeared before me Robert
Grahame 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 and Sincerely Declare 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 the said Lord Provost
have caused the Corporation seal of the said City to be hereunto
put and affixed And the Parchment Writings or Indentures of
Lease and Release mentioned and referred to in and by the said
Affidavit to be hereunto also annexed Dated in Glasgow the
second day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand seven
hundred and ninety nine

Laur Craigie

The next Indenture, in Item 1 includes a William Smith signing as a witness. Stay tuned.

And the search continues for the origins of ggg-grandfather James Smith. Maybe soon?

Enjoy,

Jim

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