Part 639s - Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1802 Port D’Espagne, Trinidad – Benjamin D’Harriette Smith – 3rd Installment

Good Day,

This next Indenture dated 28 August 1802 and entered to the Grenada Registers of Records 7 January 1803 appears to be the third and final Document of a series of contracts between Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and Archibald Armstrong. These Contracts all seem to be centered around the Lot of Land in Port D’Espagne, Trinidad.

At this point, I have not found any blatant inter-connection or tie to ggg-grandfather James Smith. This is a continuation of my search and research for the genealogy and origins of ggg-grandfather James to Grenada.

Here are the images of Pages 174 through and including 181 from the Grenada Registers of Records as downloaded from Item 4 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

My transcription. Please note that I have attempted to place a line break at the end of each line as it appears from the actual script in the Document. There may be a word-wrap "over-run" but doing it this way actually provides in keeping with the actual Indenture. I could reduce the pitch of the font to make a "neat and tidy" presentation but then it may require an increase in sales of magnifying glasses.

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Entered 7th January 1803

This Indenture Tripartite made the twenty eighth day of August in the
Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and two Between Archibald Armstrong
of the Island of Grenada Merchant, of the first Part Benjamin D’Harriette Smith of
same Island Merchant and George Henry Horsley of the same Island Gentleman (a Trustee
named and appointed by and on behalf of the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith) of the third Part
Whereas by Indentures of Lease and Release bearing date respectively the twenty seventh and
twenty eight days of this present Month of August and made or mentioned to be made between
the above named Benjamin D’Harriette Smith of the one Part and the also above named Archibald
Armstrong of the other Part, after reciting that the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith was seized in
his Demisne as of Fee of and in one undivided fourth part of and in a certain Plantation or Estate
called the Garden situate in the Quarter of Arouca in the Island of Trinidad with the Slaves
Buildings and Appurtenances thereon and thereto belonging and therein and hereinafter more
particularly described and also of and in one undivided Moiety of and in a certain Lot of Land
Me∫suage and Premises numbered Sixty two situate in Queen Street in the Town of Port D’Espagne
in the said Island of Trinidad therein and hereinafter also more particularly described and
that being so seized he the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith had agreed with the said Archibald
Armstrong for the absolute Sale to him, the said Archibald Armstrong of all his thesaid Benjamin
D’Harriette Smith’s share and Interest as aforesaid in and to the said Plantation Slaves and Premises
and Lot of Land Me∫suage and Premises for and in consideration of a clear Yearly Charge or Annuity
of Five hundred Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain which he thesaid Archibald Armstrong
agree to pay and secure to thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith our of and upon thesaid Premises
He the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith for the Consideration therein mentioned Did grant
bargain sell alien release and confirm unto the said Archibald Armstrong and his Heirs All his
the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith’s one undivided fourth part (the whole into four equal
parts to be divided) of and in the before mentioned Plantation or Estate called the Garden situate
in the Quarter of Arouca in the said Island of Trinidad with the Slaves Buildings and Appurte
nances thereon and thereto belonging And also all his the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith’s
one undivided Moiety of and its all that Lot of Land Me∫suage Tenement and Premises situate in
the Town of Part D’Espagne in the said Island of Trinidad before mentioned To hold thesame
and every part thereof unto and to the use of him thesaid Archibald Armstrong his Heirs and A∫signs
for Ever Now therefore this Indenture Witne∫seth that in compliance with the
said Agreement on the part of the said Archibald Armstrong and for and in Consideration of the
said recited Conveyance and of the sum of Twenty Shillings Sterling to the said Archibald Armstrong
in hand well and truly paid by the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith at or before the Sealing and
delivery of these Presents the Receipt whereof he the said Archibald Armstrong doth hereby
acknowledge He the said Archibald Armstrong Hath given granted bargained and sold
and confirmed and by these Presents Doth give grant bargain sell and confirm unto thesaid
Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Executors Administrators and A∫signs One clear Yearly Rent Charge

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Or Annual sum of Five hundred Pounds Sterling and lawful Money of Great Britain
for and during this Natural Life, the said Yearly Rent charge or annual sum hereby granted
as aforesaid or intended so to be and every part thereof to be i∫suing and payable net of and
charged and chargeable upon All his the said Archibald Armstrong’s one undivided fourth
part (the whole into four equal parts to be divided) of and in all that certain Plantation Piece
or Parcel of Land called the Garden containing two hundred and ten Acres of Land or there abouts
be the same more or le∫s situate and being in the Quarter of Arouca in the Island of Trinidad
abutting and bounded as follows that is to say to the North by the Savannah of Arouca aforesaid
to the South by by Savannah caller Portirera to the East by Lands of Count de Saint Pierre and of
Monsieur LeBlanc and to the West by Lands of Me∫sieurs Nihell and Robinson or howsoever
otherwise thesaid Plantation Piece of Parcel of Land or any part thereof is abutting and bounded and
by whatever other Name or Names Description or Descriptions the same Plantation or any part thereof
now is or heretoften hath been called or known distinguished or described And also out of and upon
one undivided fourth part of and in all Me∫suages Tenements Houses Outhouses Mills Stills Boiling
houses Curing houses Edifices Erections and Buildings whatsoever erected Built standing or being
in or upon thesaid Plantation Piece or Parcel of Land or any part thereof And also out of and upon
one undivided fourth part of and in all Timber and other Trees Woods Underwoods and other
_____ things upon the said same Plantation And also out of and upon one undivided fourth
part of and in Seventy Negro Slave (more or le∫s) now upon or belonging to the said plantation and
out of and upon one undivided fourth part of all and singular the future Offspring I∫sue Progeny
and Increase of the Females of thesaid Slaves respectively And also out of and upon one undivided
fourth part of and in all horned Cattle Horses Mules and other Stock and all and singular the
Plantation Tools Implements Utensils and other things whatsoever which now are or at any Time
or times hereafter during the continuance of the said Yearly Rent Charge or annual Sum shall or may
be upon or belonging to the said plantation Piece or Parcel of Land Hereditaments and Premises herein
before mentioned or any part thereof and out of and upon the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and
Remainders Yearly and other Rents I∫sues Profits and Produce of all and the said undivided fourth
part of and in the said plantation Piece or Parcel of Land Tenements Negro and other Slaves Heredita
ments and other the premises hereinbefore mentioned And also out of and upon one undivided
Moiety or hald part of and in All that Lot Piece or parcel of Land Me∫suage and Premises numbered Sixty
two and situate in Queen Street in the Town of Port D’Espagne in the Island of Trinidad aforesaid
formerly belonging to Rebecca Griffith, containing in front Sixty French feet, and in depth One hundred
and twenty like feet be the same more or le∫s bounded on the East be Lands and Houses of thesaid
Rebecca Griffiths, on the West by Princes Street now called Abercrombie Street on the North by Houses
of Mr. Pache, and on the South by thesaid Street called Queen Street together with the Me∫suage
or Tenement Outhouses Erections and Buildings thereon erected and built, and out of and upon
the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Yearly and other Rents I∫sues Profits and
Produce of and in the said undivided Moiety of and in the said Lot of Land Me∫suage or
Tenement and Premises hereinbefore mentioned The said Yearly Rent Charge or Annual Sum of
five hundred Pounds hereby granted as aforesaid to be paid and payable to the said Benjamin
D’Harriette Smith his Executors Administrators and A∫signs Yearly and every Year at the Court House
in the Town of Saint George in the said Island of Grenada between the Hours of Ten and Elven OClock
in the Forenoon by half yearly Payable on the first day of January and the first day of July in every

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Year by even and equal Portions during the continuance of the said Yearly Rent Charge or
Annual Sums and a proportion thereof from the last of the days of Payment which shall happen
next before the decease of the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith, the said Yearly Rent charge or Annual Sum and
every part thereof to be paid without any Deduction or Abatement whatsoever to be made thereout
or out of any part thereof for or on account of any Taxes Charges Rates A∫se∫sments or Impositions
whatsoever either already taxed charged a∫se∫sed or imposed or at any time or times hereafter to be
taxed charged a∫se∫sed or imposed on the said Plantation Lot of Land and Premises or either of them
or any part of them or either of them or on the said Yearly Rent charge or annual sum or any part or
parts thereof or on thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Executors Administrators or A∫signs on
account of the same by Authority of Parliament or by virtue of any Act or Acts of A∫sembly or of
any Ordinance or Decree of Council or of the Government of thesaid Island of Trinidad or by reason
of any other Matter Cause or Thing whatsoever the first Payment of the said Yearly Rent charge or
Annual Sum hereby granted to be made in the first day of January next ensuing the day of the
date of these Presents To have and to Hold thesaid clear Yearly Rent Charge or Annual
sum of Five hundred Pounds unto the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Executors Adminis
trators and A∫signs for and during the natural life of him the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith
And for the Considerations aforesaid thesaid Archibald Armstrong for himself his Heirs Executors
and Administrators Doth covenant promise and agree to and with thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette
Smith his Executors Administrators and A∫signs by these Presents in manner following that is to say
That he the said Archibald Armstrong his Heirs Executors and Administrators or Some or one of them
shall and will well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto him the said Benjamin D’Harriette
Smith his Executors Administrators and A∫signs thesaid Yearly Rent Charge or Annual Sum of
Five hundred Pounds hereinbefore expre∫sed to be granted to him and such proportion of the same
as aforesaid free and clear of and from all deductions and Abatements whatsoever as aforesaid at
the days and place and in way and manner hereinbefore limitted and appointed for the Payment
at the Same And also that in case the said Yearly Rent Charge or Annual Sum hereby granted
as aforesaid or intended so to be or any part thereof shall at any time or times be in arrear or unpaid
by the space of thirty days next after either of thesaid days or times whereon the same ought to be
paid as aforesaid then and from thenceforth and so often from time to time as it shall so happen it
shall and may be lawful to and for the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Executors Administrators
and A∫signs to do and upon all and singular the said undivided fourth part of thesaid Plantation
Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫sugages Tenements Negro and other Slaves horned Cattle Mules Horses and
other Stock Utensils Profits Implements Hereditaments and other the Premises hereinbefore mentioned
and into and upon all and singular the said undivided Moiety of the Lot of Land Me∫suage or
Tenement and other the Premises hereinbefore also mentioned and into and upon every or any part
or parcel thereof to enter and distrain, and the distre∫s and distre∫ses then and there found to take lead
arise carry ^award? and impound and in pound to detain and keep until the said Yearly Rent Charges
or annual Sum hereby granted as aforesaid or intended so to be and all arrears of the same and
every part thereof so unpaid and all Costs Charges and Expenses attending the taking and keeping
such distre∫s and distre∫ses shall be fully satisfied and paid and in default of Payment thereof within
the space of fifteen days next after every or any such Distre∫s and Distre∫ses shall be so taken to appraise
and sell or dispose of Distre∫s or Distre∫ses xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxx or otherwise to act therein according to Law To the Intent that thereby thesaid

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Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Executors Administrators and
A∫signs shall and may be fully paid and satisfied the said Yearly Rent Charge or Annual Sum and
all Arrears of the same and every part thereof and all Costs Charges Damages and Expenses to be
occasioned by the nonpayment or delaying payment of the said Yearly Rent Charge or annual
Sum or any part thereof in any wise howsoever And also that in case thesaid Yearly Rent Charge
or Annual Sum hereby granted as aforesaid or intended so to be or any part thereof shall at any time
or times be in arrear or unpaid by the space of Forty days next after either of the said days hereinbefore
limitted and appointed for payment of the same Then and from thenceforth and so often it
shall and may be lawful to and for the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Executors Admini
trators and A∫signs into and upon the said undivided fourth part of used in thesaid Plantation
Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Negro and other Slaves Hereditaments and other the
Premises before mentioned and also into and upon the said undivided Moiety of and in the Lot
of Land Me∫suage or Tenement and other the Premises also before mentioned and into and upon
every part thereof to enter and the same to have hold and enjoy and the Rents I∫sues Services
Profits and Produce thereof and of every part thereof to have receive and take to and for his and
their own use and benefit, until he and they shall therewith and thereby be fully paid and satisfied
thesaid Yearly Rent Charge or annual sum hereby granted as aforesaid, and all arrears of the same
and every part thereof And also all such Arrears of the same which grow due or incur during
the time that he or they shall by virtue of such Entry or Entries be in Po∫se∫sion of the said Premises together
with all Rents Charges Damages and Expenses to be occasioned by ot by reason of the non payment or
detention of the same or any part thereof or in relation thereto such Po∫se∫sion when taken to be without
Impeachments of Waste And this Indenture further Witne∫seth that for the Consider
ations aforesaid and for the further and better securing the due payment of the said Yearly Rent Charge
or annual sum of Five hundred Pounds hereby granted as aforesaid or intended so to be and every
part thereof And in consideration of the sum of Ten Shillings Sterling to the Archibald Armstrong in
hand paid by the said George Henry Horsley at or before the Sealing and delivery of these Presents the Receipt
whereof is hereby acknowledged He the said Archibald Armstrong (with the Privity and Consent of thesaid
Benjamin D’Harriette Smith testified by his being a Party to and executing these Presents Hath
granted bargained sold and demised and by these Presents Doth grant bargain sell and demise
unto the said George Henry Horsley his Executors Administrators and A∫signs All that the before
mentioned undivided fourth part (the whole into four equal parts to be divided) of and in All that
Plantation Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Negro and other Slaves, and the future I∫sue
and Increase of the Females of the said Slaves Hereditaments Horned Cattle Horses Mules and other Stock
Utensils and Implements And also all that the before mentioned Moiety of and in the before Mentioned
Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suage or Tenement and Premises and all and singular other the Premises
hereinbefore by these Presents charges with the Payment of the said Yearly Rent Charge or Annual Sum
thereby granted as aforesaid or intended do to be with their and every of their Rights Members and
Appurtenances And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Yearly and other
Rents I∫sues Services Profits and Produce of all and singular thesaid Premises and of 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 of him the said Archibald Armstrong of in and to the same and every
part and parcel thereof To Have and to hold the said one undivided fourth Part of and in All
that the said Plantation Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Negro and other Slaves and

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The future I∫sue and Increase of the Females of the said Slaves Hereditaments Horned Cattle
Horses Mules and other Stock Utensils and Implements And also all that undivided Moiety of
and in the before mentioned Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suage or Tenement and Premises
and all and singular other the Premises hereby granted and demised or intended so to be and
every part and parcel thereof respectively with their and every of their Rights Members and
Appurtenances unto the said George Henry Horsley his Executors Administrators and A∫signs for
and during and unto the full End and Term of five hundred Years to commence and to be
computed from the day next before the day of the date of these Presents and from thenceforth next
ensuing and fully to be compleat and ended without Impeachment of or for any manner of waste
Yielding and Paying therefor Yearly and every Year during the said Term hereby granted
and demised unto the said Archibald Armstrong his Heirs and A∫signs the Rent of a Grain of Indian
Corn only at the Feast day of Saint Michael the Arch Angel in every Year during the said Term of
the same shall be lawfully demanded But Subject neverthele∫s to the Payment of the said
Yearly Rent Charge or Annual Sum hereby granted as aforesaid and the said several Powers and
Authorities for the Recovery of the same hereinbefore contained And also subject to upon
and for the several Trusts Intents and Purposes hereinafter expre∫sed and declared of and concerning the
said hereby granted and demised Premises (that is to say) Upon Trust and to and for the End
Intent and Purpose that in case the said Yearly Rent charge or annual Sum hereby granted as
aforesaid or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid by the space of Sixty days next after either if
the said days hereinafter appointed for Payment of the same Then and from thenceforth and
so often from time to time as if shall so happen it shall and may be lawful to and for thesaid
George Henry Horsley his Executors Administrators and A∫signs by Mortgage Sale Demise or other
Disposition of all or any part or parts of the said hereinbefore particularly mentioned Premises comprised
in the said Term of five hundred Years for all or any part of the said Term or by with and out of the Rents
I∫sues Profits and Produce of all or any part or parts of the said premises or by making Entries upon or
bringing Actions against the Tenants or Occupiers of the same or any part or parts thereof or by all or
any of the aforesaid Ways and Means or by any other ways or means as he the said George Henry
Horsley his Executors Administrators or A∫signs shall think proper to levy and raise all and every such
sum and sums of Money as shall be requisite and sufficient to pay and satisfy unto thesaid Benjamin
D’Harriette Smith his Executors Administrators and A∫signs at the times and in manner hereinbefore
mentioned thesaid Yearly Rent Charge or Annual Sum of Five hundred Pounds so long as the same
shall be payable or so much of thesaid Yearly Rent Charge or Annual Sum as shall from time to time
be in Arrear and unpaid as aforesaid together with all such Sum and Sums of Money Costs Charges
Damages and Expenses as shall be laid out sustained or occasioned by or by reason of the nonpayment
or detention of the same or any part thereof at the days or times hereinbefore mentioned for Payment
thereof and shall and do pay apply and dispose of the Monies so to be levied and raised as aforesaid
in payment satisfaction and discharge of the said Yearly Rent Charge or Annual Sum hereby granted
and all arrears thereof and of all Costs Charges and Expenses attending the Recovery of the same and any
or any part thereof and after payment and satisfaction thereof then In Trust to render and pay
the Surplus of the Money so to be raised as aforesaid (if any such Surplus there shall be) unto the
said Archibald Armstrong his Heirs or A∫signs And thesaid Archibald Armstrong for himself his
Heirs Executors and Administrators Doth Covenant Promise and agree to and with thesaid
Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Executors Administrators and A∫signs by these Presents in manner
following that is to say That he the said Archibald Armstrong now hath in himself good Right full Powers

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And absolute Authority to charge and demise thesaid undivided fourth part of and in
thesaid Plantation Slaves and Premises and the said Undivided Moiety of and in the said Lot of
Land Me∫suage or Tenement and all and singular other the Premises upon which the said
Annual sum or clear yearly Rent Charge hereinbefore mentioned is charged or intended to i∫sue
out of and every part and parcel thereof with and for the Payment of the said clear yearly Rent
Charge or Annual sum hereby granted as aforesaid or intended so to be and everypart thereof in
manner aforesaid And also that the said undivided fourth part of and in the said Plantation
Slaves and Premises and the said undivided Moiety of and in thesaid Lot of Land Me∫suage or
Tenement and all and singular other the Hereditaments and Premises as aforesaid and every part
thereof respectively shall and may from time to time and at all times during the Life of the said
Benjamin D’Harriette Smith be open and liable to the distre∫s and distre∫ses Entry and Entries of the
said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Executors Administrators and A∫signs for the non payment
or detention of the said clear yearly Rent Charge or Annual Sum hereby granted as aforesaid and
every or any part thereof in manner aforesaid according to the true intent and meaning of these
Presents And further that it shall and may be lawful to and for thesaid George Henry Horsley
his Executors Administrators and A∫signs in case of such Default being made of or in payment of the
said Yearly Rent Charge or annual Sum or any part thereof by the space of Sixty days next after the
same shall be come due and payable as aforesaid from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the natural life of the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and until all Arrears of the said
Yearly Rent Charge or Annual sum hereby granted and every part thereof and all Costs Charges Damages
and Expenses attending the recovery of the same and every or any part thereof or otherwise to be occasioned
by or in the Execution of any of the aforesaid Trusts shall be fully paid and satisfied into and upon
all and singular the said undivided fourth part of and in the said Plantation Slaves and Premises
and the said undivided Moiety of thesaid Lot of Land Me∫suage or Tenement and all other the
Hereditaments and Premises hereby charges and demised as aforesaid and into and upon every or any
part or parts thereof respectively to enter and the same to have hold and retain and the Rents I∫sues
Profits and Produce thereof and of every part thereof to receive and take upon the Trusts and for the
Intents and Purposes aforesaid, without the lawful let suit trouble denial eviction ejection interruption
Claim or Demand whatsoever of or by him the said Archibald Armstrong or his Heirs or of or by any other
Person or Persons whomsoever And that free and clear and freely and clearly acquitted ^exonerated released and
forever discharged or otherwise by him thesaid Archibald Armstrong his Heirs Executors Administrators
well and sufficiently saved defended kept harmle∫s and indemnified of from and against all and all
manner of former and other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Mortgages Leases Annuities Legacies Sums
of Money Jointures Dowers Right and Title of Dower Uses Trusts Intails Wills Statutes Recognizances
Judgment Extents Executions Rents Arrears of Rent Forfeitures Re-entries Cause and Causes of Forfeiture
and Re-enter, Debts of Record Debts due to the King’s Majesty and of from and against all other
Estates Titles Troubles Charges Debts and Incumbrances whatsoever either already had mad committed
executed done or suffered or hereafter to be had made committed done or suffered by him the said
Archibald Armstrong or his Heirs or any other Parson or Persons whomsoever And further
that he the said Archibald Armstrong and his Heirs and all and every other Person and Persons
having or claiming or who shall or may have or claim any Estate Right Title Interest Property Claim
of Demand whatsoever either at Law or in Equity of into or out of the said undivided fourth part of
and in the said Plantation Slaves and Premises and the said undivided Moiety of the said Lot Piece
or Parcel of Land Me∫suage or Tenement and all and singular other the Hereditaments and Premises

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Hereby charged and demised as aforesaid or intended so to be or any of them or any part
or parts thereof by from or under or in Trust for him thesaid Archibald Armstrong or any other Person
or Persons whomsoever shall and will from Time to time and at all times hereafter upon every
reasonable request but as the proper Costs and Charges in the Law of him the said Benjamin
D’Harriette Smith make do execute or cause or procure to be made done and executed all and every
such further and other lawful and reasonable Act and Acts Deed and Deeds Thing and Things
Conveyances and A∫surances in the Law whatsoever for the further better more perfect and absolute
charging and demising of the said hereinbefore mentioned Hereditaments and Premises and every of
them and every part and parcel thereof respectively in manner aforesaid according to the true
intent and meaning of these Presents as by the said George Henry Horsley his Executors Administrators
or A∫signs or the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith or their or either of their Counsel learned in
the Law shall be reasonably devised or advised and required Provided always and it is
hereby declared and agreed by and between thesaid Parties to these Presents that in the mean time
and untol Default shall happen to be made of or in payment of the said Yearly Rent Charge or
Annual Sum hereby granted as aforesaid or some part or parts thereof contrary to the true Intent
and meaning of these Presents it shall and may be lawful to and for thesaid Archibald Armstrong
his Heirs and A∫signs peaceable and quietly to have hold use occupy po∫se∫s and enjoy all and
singular the said Premises hereby charges and demised as aforesaid or intended so to be with their
and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances and to receive and take the Rents I∫sues
Profits and Produce thereof and of every part and parcel thereof respectively to and for his and their
own use and benefit, without the Lawful let suit trouble denial eviction ejection Interruption
Claim or Demand whatsoever of or by the said George Henry Horsley his Executors Administrators or
A∫signs or of or by thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Executors Administrators or A∫signs Provided
also and it is likewise hereby declared and agreed by and between thesaid Parties to these Presents
that from and after the decease of thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and after Payment satisfaction
and discharge of all Arrears which shall be them due in respect of thesaid Yearly Rent Charge or Annual
sum and every part thereof And likewise after payment and satisfaction of all Costs Charges
Damages and Expenses attending the Execution of the aforesaid Trusts and every of them Then and from
thenceforth the said Sum of Five hundred Years hereby granted of and in all and singular thesaid
Premises therein comprised or so much thereof as shall not have been sold or disposed of for the purposes
aforesaid or any of them shall cease determine and be utterly void to all intents and purposes whatsoever
any thing hereinbefore contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding In Witness
whereof the said Parties to these Presents have hereunto severally set their Hands and Seals the day and
year first above written

Archd. ( L S ) Armstrong # Benja: ( L S ) D Smith # G.H. ( L S ) Horsley

Sealed and delivered in the Presence of us.

Thomas Berry # Rich Lawson

Received on the day of the date of the above written Indenture of and from the therein named Benjamin
D’Harriette Smith the sum of Twenty Shillings Sterling being the Consideration Money above mentioned
to be paid by him to me I say received 20∫. Stg.

Archd. Armstrong

Witne∫s Thomas Berry # Richard Lawson

Received on the day of the date of the above written Indenture of and from the therein named George
Henry Horsley the sum of Ten Shilling Sterling being the Consideration Money above mentioned to be

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By him paid to me I say received 10∫ Stg.

Archd. Armstrong 

Witne∫s Thomas Berry # Rich Lawson

Grenada Before the Honorable Thomas Bridgwater Esquire Chief Justice of His Majesty’s Supreme
Court of Judicature for said Island and its Dependencies established
Personally appeared Richard Lawson one of the subscribing Witne∫ses to the Execution of the within
Indenture who being duly Sworn maketh Oath and saith that he was present together with Thomas
Berry the other Witne∫s to the same Indenture and did see Archibald Armstrong Benjamin D’Harriette
Smith and George Henry Horsley the Parties thereto severally sign seal execute and deliver thesaid
Indenture as and for their several and respective free and voluntary Act and Deed And that in
Testimony of such Execution thesaid Thomas Berry and the Deponent did thereto subscribe their Names
as Witne∫ses

Richd Lawson

Sworn to before me this 9th day of August 1802

J Bridgwater

The next Indenture includes the Surveyor Gavin Smith. Stay-tuned.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 538s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1796 William Smith – Last Will and Testament – The Logie Connection!

Good Hot Evening,

In the heat of the day, with the lack of the precious commodity of air-conditioning, I have been able to stumble upon a prize Document. This Indenture is the Last Will and Testament of William Smith.

Is this William Smith a connection to my ggg-grandfather James Smith? That I cannot answer… but there are a number of answers that are revealed from the script of this 1796 Last Will and Testament.

In the body of the Will is the reference “As for all the rest and Residue of my Estate and Effects of whatsoever nature or kind I give and bequeath the same to my dear Brother James Smith living at Logie in Scotland…” James Smith! Brother! Living at Logie in Scotland! This is a connection that I have been searching for, the detail that will connect Smiths of Logie, Scotland to Grenada.

I introduced in Part 178s a James Smith, a Weaver from Logie in Scotland who in 1803 is searching for information regarding his brother William Smith’s estate. Accordingly it is written that the brother William Smith was a Merchant in Grenada.

This looks to be the Last Will and Testament of the “lost” brother, William. As the LWT was written on 1 December 1796 and sworn to on 3 December 1796, it would appear that William Smith passed away sometime between the 1st and the 3rd. The Saint George Parish Death Registration, in Part 440s “1491 Mr. William Smith, Merchant; was buried on the 2nd day of Decbr. 1796” is the next confirmation.

Examining William Smith’s 1796 Last Will and Testament there does not appear to be any mention of any direct family inheritance, that is, the only immediate relative that is mentioned in the text of the Will is his brother James Smith of Logie. There are notices of bequests to others but I cannot conclude that there are any gifts given to any direct relative save that to his brother.

In the 7 June 1803 entry of the Power of Attorney by James Smith, the Weaver of Logie, it is indicated that “Whereas William Smith of the Island of Grenada Merchant died lately without iʃsue and whereas James Smith late of St. Georges in the same Island according to the best of my Information died sometime before the said William Smith…”. (See Part 178s.) This means, of course, that I need to now search and find any documentation that may lead me to William Smith’s nephew James, son of James Smith the Weaver of Logie.

William Smith’s Last Will and Testament was found in the 1796 Grenada Registers of Records, Volume F, pages 329 – 331. The same copy is downloaded from the microfilm FHL [1563320]. Here are the images –

My transcription –

329

Entered 6th December 1796.

Grenada
In the Name of God Amen I William Smith of the Town of
Saint George in the said Island Merchant do make this my last Will and Testament
in manner and form following (to wit) First I desire that all my just Debts to be fully
paid and satisfied Item I give and bequeath unto Felicité Boisfermé free Mulatre∫s
my House keeper the five Negroes hereinafter named Viz, Sam, Romeo, Jack, John, Tweed

and

330

and Sally and also the Sum of Sixty Joes in Cash as a Reward for her constant
Care and Attention towards me. Item I give and bequeath the Sum of twenty
Joes in Cash to Betsy Bridgwater Housekeeper to Mr. George Campbell of this
Town. Item I desire my Executors hereinafter named to make free and manumit
as soon as po∫sible my Negro Slave Dick and for the Expence to be paid out of my
Estate. As for all the rest and Residue of my Estate and Effects of whatsoever
nature or kind I give and bequeath the same to my dear Brother James Smith
living at Logie in Scotland And for the Execution of this my Will I request my
Friends
William Stiel William Shaw George Campbell and George Henry Horsley
to take upon themselves that trouble and I hereby appoint the said William
Stiell William Shaw George Campbell and George Henry Horsley Executors of this
my last Will In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this first
day of December On thousand ∫even hundred and ninety Six.

Wm. Smith (LS)

Signed ∫ealed published and declared }
by the said Testator William Smith as }
and for his last Will in the presence of us }

Alex Cockburn __ R Mitchelson __ Edward Nichols

Grenada

Before His Honor Alexander Houston Esquire Lieutenant
Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the Island of
Grenada and it’s Dependencies Chancellor Ordinary and Vice
Admiral of the same.

Personally appeared Edward Nicholls of the Town of Saint George Mariner one of
the subscribing Witne∫ses to the within Paper Writing purporting to be the Will of William
Smith late of the said Town Merchant deceased, who being duly sworn on the holy Evan
gelists of Almighty God maketh Oath and ∫aith that he was present with Alexander
Cockburn and Robert Mitchelson the other subscribing Witne∫ses thereto and did see
the said William Smith the Testator sign and ∫eal the same and also heard him publish
and declare the same as and for his last Will and Testament. And the Deponent
further Saith that in Testimony of such Execution as aforesaid the said Alexander
Cockburn Robert Mitchelson and the Deponent did in the presence of the said Testator
at his request and in the presence of each other severally subscribe their Names as
Witne∫ses to the said Will. And the Deponent lastly saith that at the time the said

Testator

331

Testator so executed his said Will as aforesaid he was to the best of this Deponents
Judgment and belief of sound and disposing Mind Memory and Understanding

Edward Nichols

Sworn to before me }
this third day of }
December 1796 }

Alexander Houstoun

And as a part of the Item gifted in the will are "Joes". I had to find out what a "Joe" is/was? It appears that it is a slang term for a Johannes, a Portuguese coin. At about the time some of the currencies used in Grenada and the Windward Islands included a Spanish doubloon which passed for $16 and a half joannes or joes for $8. (From The Shipmaster's Assistant and Commercial Digest by Joseph Blunt, 1851, New York.) That resolves that issue.

And now to search for the son and nephew James Smith. Could this be a connection to ggg-grandfather James?

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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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