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

Good Day,

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

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

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

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

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

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

(L S)

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

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

(L S)

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

Thos. Mandall Mayor

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

Sworn at Doncaster in the said County of York in }

the Kingdom of Great Britain 28th day of August }

One thousand eight hundred Before me

Joseph Robinson

Thos Mandall Mayor

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

Thos. Mandall Mayor (L S)

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

(L S )

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

H Matson Mayor

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

thereunto

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

Robert Lanning

Sworn at Guild Hall London this fifth day of

February 1801 Before me.

Willm Staines Mayor

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

part

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

in

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

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

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

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

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

Fredrich Wilhelm Müller aks Zeuge ( L S )

Heinrich Conrad Otto als Zeuge ( L S )

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

( L S ) Cr hodinberg drog unde Policey Director

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

( L S )

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

Windale

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

Enjoy,

Jim (The other James Smith)