Part 519sb – Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1798 Robert Smith – Carriacou – 4/4

Good Morning,

The Pack has had their morning walk and breakfast. All are each doing their own thing, and I thought that I had better sit down and finish Part 4/4 of the latest Indenture that I have been transcribing. There is no incidence of a clue to a connection to ggg-grandfather James Smith. This of course means that I will just continue my Transcription Project of other Smith-related Indentures as found in the Grenada Registers of Records.

Continuing on from Part 518sb here are the next seven pages of the 1798 Indenture, Part 4/4. As I previously wrote, this has been a long Indenture and I have decided to post my transcription work to four postings; 1/4; 2/4; 3/4; and 4/4. The Document Pages include Pages 376 through and including 402. They are downloaded from the Grenada Registers of Records 1799-1811 (v. M4-W4) from the microfilm FHL [1563378].

Here are images of Pages 397 through and including 402.

My transcription –

(397)

Be made in Payment of the said several Bills of Exchange or some of
them or some part thereof as and when the same shall respectively become due
and payable contrary to the aforesaid Proviso and Covenant for payment of the
same and the true intent and meaning of these Presents without any let suit trouble
interruption or disturbance whatsoever of from or by the said John Campbell the
elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell the Younger or any of them
their or any of their Executors Administrators or A∫signs or of from or by any other
Person or Persons whomsoever lawfully or equitably claiming or to claim by from
under or in Trust for them or any of them And it is hereby agreed and declared
between and by all and every thesaid Parties to these Presents that thesaid Robert
Smith his Executors Administrators and A∫signs shall stand and be po∫se∫sed of and
interested in the Hereditaments and Premises a∫signed to him for the residue of the
mid term of one thousand Years by the said Indenture of the tenth day of
February one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven as hereinbefore is
mentioned and of and in their Appurtenances for the new residue of the said Term
Upon the Trusts following (that is to say) In Trust in the first place for better
securing to the said John Campbell the elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander
Campbell the Younger their Executors Administrators and A∫signs the payment of the
said several Bills of Exchange as and when the same shall respectively become due
and payable according to the Proviso and Agreement for payment of the same
and the true intent and meaning of these Presents And from and after payment
and satisfaction thereof then as to one undivided third Part or share of the Premises
comprised in the said term of one thousand years in trust for the said Patrick
Bartlet is Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs according to the nature and
quality thereof respectively and to convey a∫sign and dispose thereof as he or they shall
direct or appoint and as to one other undivided third part or share of the Premises
comprised in the said term of one thousand Years In trust for the said William
Arbuthnot is Heirs Executors Admors and A∫signs according to the nature and
quality thereof respectively and to convey a∫sign and dispose thereof as he or they
shall direct or appoint and as to the remaining undivided third part or share of
the Premises comprised in the said term of one thousand Years In Trust for the
said John Span his Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs according to the

nature

(398)

Nature and quality thereof respectively and to convey a∫sign and
dispose thereof as he or they shall direct or appoint and in the mean time and
until such Conveyance A∫signment and disposition respectively shall be made
In trust to permit the said term of one thousand Years to wait upon and attend
the freehold and Inheritance of the said Premises to protect the same from all
mesne incumbrances (if any such their be) And lastly the said John
Campbell the elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell the Younger
Patrick Bartlet William Arbuthnot and John Span Do and each and every of
them Doth hereby nominate constitute and appoint Duncan Campbell
Alexander Stewart and John Orr all of the Island of Grenada Esquires their
and each of their true and lawful Attorneys and Attorney jointly and separately
to knowledge the respective hands and seals of them the said John Campbell
the elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell the Younger Patrick
Bartlet William Arbuthnot and John Span described and affixed to these
Presents and to the Lease for a Year on which the same is grounded to be their
respective ^ Hands writing and seals and to acknowledge these Presents and the said Lease for a Year as their Productive Acts and Deeds before the Register of the Island of Grenada or his
lawful Deputy for the time being or other competent Person in the said Island in
order that the same may be registered and recorded according to the acts laws
and Constitutions of the said Island of Grenada as fully and effectually to all
intents and purposes as they the said John Campbell the elder Alexander Campbell
and Alexander Campbell the Younger Patrick Bartlet William Arbuthnot and
John Span or any of them might or could do if personally present In Witne∫s
where all the said Parties to these Presents have hereunto set their hands and seals
the day and year first above written

John (L S) Campbell Senr. Alex (L S) Campbell Alex (L S) Campbell Junr

by Alex Campbell his attorney

Alex (L S ) Campbell Junr. Pat (L S ) Bartlet William Arbuthnot

by Pat (L S) Bartlet his Atty.

John (L S) Span William Arbuthnot (L S)

Sealed and Delivered by the within named John Campbell the Elder Alexander
Campbell and Alexander Campbell the Younger by his Attorney Alexander

Campbell

(399)

Campbell (being first duly stamped) In the Presence of

Robert Grahame Notary Public Glasgow

Chas. Menzies Clerk to John Campbell Senior and Company Glasgow

Sealed and Delivered (by the within named Patrick Bartlet William Arbuthnot
by the said Patrick Bartlet his Attorney and John Span) in the presence of

Worthn Brice of Bristol Merchant

J. Lewis of College Green Bristol

Sealed and Delivered (by the within named William Arbuthnot in his proper person)
in the presence of

Geo Webb Hall of Bristol Atty at Law

J. Lewis of College Green Bristol

Robert Grahame of the City of Glasgow Notary Public Maketh Oath and
Saith that he this Deponent was present and did see the Indenture of Lease for
an Year hereunto annexed (marked with the Letter A) duly signed sealed and
delivered by the therein named John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell
and Alexander Campbell the Younger by the said Alexander Campbell his
Attorney who so signed sealed and delivered the same in the presence of this
Deponent and Charles Menzies of Glasgow Clerk to the therein named John Campbell
Senoir & Company And that the names and signature “John Campbell Senr” “Alexdr
“Campbell Alexr Campbell Junr. by Alexr Campbell his Attorney” set and subscribed
to the said Indenture of Lease for a Year as three of the Parties executing the same are
of the respective proper hands Writing of the said John Campbell the Elder
Alexander Campbell and the said Alexander Campbell as Attorney for Alexander
Campbell the Younger And that the names Robert Grahame and Chas Menzies”
as and subscribed to the Attestation thereon indorsed as Witne∫ses to the due execution
thereof by the said john Campbell Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell
the Younger by his Attorney the said Alexander Campbell are of the respective proper
hands writing of the Deponent and the said Charles Mezies And this
Deponent farther Saith That he was also present and did see the Indenture of
Release and A∫signment hereunto also annexed (marked with the letter B) duly
signed sealed and delivered by the therein named John Campbell the Elder
Alexander Campbell & Alexander Campbell the Younger by the said Alexander
Campbell his Attorney who so signed sealed and delivered the same in the presence

of

(400)

Of the Deponent and the said Charles Mezies And that the Names and
Signatures “John Campbell Senr.” “Alexr. Campbell Alexr. Campbaell Junr. by Alexr
Campbell his Attorney” set and subscribed to the said Indenture of Release and
A∫signment as three of the Parties executing the same are of the respective proper
hands Writing of the said John Campbell Alexander Campbell and the said
Alexander Campbell as Attorney for Alexander Campbell the younger And
that the names Robert Grahame and Chas. Menzies set and subscribed to the
Attestation indorsed on the said Indenture of Release and A∫signment as
Witne∫ses to the due Execution thereof by the said John Campbell Alexander
Campbell and Alexander Campbell the younger are the respective proper
hands Writing of this Deponent and the said Charles Menzies
Sworn before me Lord Provost and Chief }
Magistrate of the City of Glasgow this ninth }
day of May 1798. }

Robert Grahame

James McDowall

To whom these Presents shall come I James
McDowall Esquire Lord Provost and Chief Magistrate of the City of Glasgow
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 Majestys Plantations and Colonies in America”
Do hereby Certify that upon the 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 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 thesaid annexed Affidavit
(LS)

In faith and Testimony whereof I the said lord Provost 

have caused the Seal of the said City of Glasgow to be hereunto put 

and affixed and the Indenture of Lease and Release marked A and 

B mentioned and referred in and by the said Affidavit to be hereunto 

also annexed Dated at the said City of Glasgow the ninth day of 

May

(401)

May One thousand and seven hundred and ninety eight

James McDowall

John Lewis of the City of Bristol Gentleman maketh Oath and saith that he
was present and did see the Indenture of Release and A∫signment hereunto
annexed (marked with the letter B) duly signed sealed and delivered by the
therein named Patrick Bartlet William Arbuthnot by the said Patrick Bartlet
his Attorney and John Span who so signed sealed and delivered the same in the
presence of this Deponent and Worthington Brice of the said City of Bristol
Merchant And that the Names “Pat. Bartlet” “Willm. Arbuthnot by Part Bartlet
his Atty.” “John Span” set and subscribed the said Indenture of Release and
A∫signment as three of the Parties executing the same are the respective proper
Hands Writing of the said Patrick Bartlet, the said Patrick Bartlet as Attorney
for the said William Arbuthnot and of the said John Span And that the Names
“Worthm Brice” “J. Lewis” set and subscrived to the attestation indorsed on the
said Indenture of Release and A∫signment as Witne∫ses to the due Execution thereof
by the said Patrick Bartlet William Arbuthnot by his Attorney the said Patrick
Bartlet and John Span are of the respective proper Hands Writing of the said
Worthington Brice and this Deponent ^And this Deponent also saith that he was afterwards present
and did see the said Indenture of Release and A∫signment duly signed Sealed
and delivered by the said William Arbuthnot in his proper person who so signed
sealed and delivered the same in the presence of this Deponent and George Webb
Hall of the said City of Bristol Attorney at Law And that the name “William
Arbuthnot” set and subscribed to the said Indenture of Release and A∫signment
as one of the Parties executing the same is of the proper hand Writing of the said
William Arbuthnot And that the Names “Geo. Webb Hall” “J. Lewis” set and
subscribed to the attestation indorsed on the said Indenture of Release and
A∫signment as Witne∫ses to the due execution thereof by the said William
Arbuthnot are of the respective proper Hands Writing of the said George Webb
Hall and this Deponent

J. Lewis

Sworn at the said City of Bristol the twenty }
second day of September 1798 before me }

Thos. Daniel Mayor

(402)

To all to whom these Presents shall come I Thomas 

Daniel Esqr. Mayor of the City of Bristol do hereby certify that on the day 

of the date hereof personally came and appeared before me John Lewis (the 

Deponent named in the Affidavit hereunto annexed being a person well 

known and worthy of good Credit) and by his solemn Oath which the said 

Deponent then took before me on 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 his said annexed Affidavit

(LS)

Thos. Daniel

Mayor

In Faith and Testimony whereof I the said Mayor have 

hereunto set my Hand and caused the Seal of my Office of Mayoralty 

of the said City to be hereunto set and affixed and the Indenture of 

Release and A∫signment marked B mentioned and referred to in 

and by the said Affidavit to be hereunto also annexed Dated at 

Bristol the twenty second day of September in the Year of our Lord 

One thousand seven hundred and ninety eight 

Grenada 

Acknowledged before me by Alexander Campbell Junior Esquire
one of the Parties to the within Indenture and whose Name appears to be
subscribed to the fourth Seal of the same Indenture as and for hi free and
voluntary Act and Deed this Tenth day of May One thousand seven hundred
and ninety nine

JH Horsley

Dep Register

And now on to the next search in the next Indenture.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 518sb – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research - 1798 Robert Smith – First Names – Carriacou – 3/4

Good Evening,

The first five months of 2011 are over. June, and our Hurricane Season, begins today. And last night I watched a TV show explaining that I should get my bags packed for the day after my birthday on 21 December 2012. Andy Warhol’s 90+ year old aunt said that, and I’m paraphrasing, “It must be nice over there, cause no one’s ever come back.” And I wonder if I will find out of my ggg-grandfather James Smith’s origins by then. All we have to do before then is to decipher the symbols on the Cross of Hendaye.

Continuing on from Part 517sb here are the next seven pages of the 1798 Indenture, Part 3/4. There’s still no hint of the genealogy or ancestry of ggg-grandfather James Smith. And as I mentioned I do not know if there is a family connection to James Gordon Brebner.

As I previously wrote, this is a long Indenture and I have decided to post my transcription work to four postings; 1/4; 2/4; 3/4; and 4/4. The Document Pages include Pages 376 through and including 402. They are downloaded from the Grenada Registers of Records 1799-1811 (v. M4-W4) from the microfilm FHL [1563378].

Here are images of Pages 390 through and including 396.

And my transcription, with the lists of first names of persons entered as property and slaves –

(390)

And eighty five Pounds three shillings and five pence payable on the
eighteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and the other of the said
Bills for the sum of two thousand six hundred and thirty five Pounds nineteen
shillings and six pence payable on the eighteenth day of December on thousand
eight hundred and one Now this Indenture witne∫seth that
I pursuance and further performance of the said Agreement and for and in
consideration of the said several Bills of Exchange so delivered by the said Patrick
Bertlet William Arbuthnot and John Span to the said John Campbell the
Elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell the Younger as hereinbefore
mentioned the Receipt whereof they do hereby respectively admit and acknowledge
And also for and in consideration of the sum of ten shillings of lawful Money of
Great Britain to each of them the said John Campbell the Elder Alexander
Campbell and Alexander Campbell the younger in hand paid by the said
Joseph Haye at or before the sealing and delivery of these Presents the several
Receipts whereof are hereby acknowledged They the said John Campbell the Elder
Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell the younger at the request and
by the direction and appointment of the said Patrick Bartlet William Arbuthnot
and John Span signified by their severally being made Parties to and sealing
and delivery these Presents Have and each and every of them Hath Bargained
sold aliened Released a∫signed and confirmed and by these Presents Do and each and
every of them Doth bargain sell alien Release A∫sign and confirm unto the said
Joseph Kaye (in his actual Po∫se∫sion now being by virtue of a Bargain and Sale
to him thereof made by the said John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell and
Alexander Campbell the Younger in consideration of five shillings apiece by Indenture
bearing date the day next before the day of the date of these Presents for the term of one
whole Year commencing from the day next before the day of the date of the same
Indenture of Bargain and sale and by force of the statute made for transferring
Uses into Po∫se∫sion ( and to his Heirs All that Plantation or Parcel of Parcel of Land
situate lying and being in the Island of Carriacou containing by estimation four
hundred and eight Acres of Land or thereabouts be the same more or le∫s butted
and bounded in manner following (that is to say) to the East with Lands now or

late 

(391)

Late of Torlton and also Lands now or late of Jamce Mackintosh
and David Mill Esquires on the North with Lands now or late of Godreau and _____
Disbate on the West by the Kings fifty Paces and on the South with Lands late of William
Young Esquire Collet de Cran and also of John and Henry Perchire Esquires or
howsoever otherwise the same are butted and bounded and also all those three
Islands commonly called or known by the Name or Names of Molonia Detournois
and Jacques Adam situate in Grand Ance bay in the said Island of Cariacou
And also all those Negroes or Slaves following or such of them as are now living
(that is to say) Quashy Alexis Alexander Bernard Pierre Petit Jack Louis
Postilion Jeanvier Hycinth Cudjoe Titus Battist Puv Tamba Aged Ambrose
Billy Bishop Achilles Sampson Neptune York Montrose Danby Claredon Bath
Hartford Portsmouth Hampshire Richard Berwick Dover Abella Ireland Simon
Noel Jacob Casa Lucielle Fori∫son Jeanvier laRoses Horace Merfure Hary
Jack old London Old Pierre John Othello Quaw Robin Will Sandy Dublin Joe
Frankwill Little Mercure Arthur Primas Louison Toma Jean Cou Vincent
Baker Abram Marcus Pompeu Andre Peter Bacchus Little Sampson Prew
Pompey Chatham Douglas Glasgow Stafford Lincoln Quashy Oliver Antigua
Marlborow Camden Monmounth Dundee Hasard Adam Ionsine little Billy
Hamlet Toutsainz Little Battist Burgundy Quaw Quacow James Frank Tom
Harry Little Frank Toby Jupiter Jaffier Prince Jacky Quahsy Vigo Mars
Crab Ned Rubbian Gaudoloupe G. Crab Prenia Argyle and Bristol being
Males Ullali Cate Pruidence Rosallie Marian Mary Loret Ann Labet Venus
Tizes Cor Abba Nilly Ebo Quashiba Ebo Sarah Dyna Franky Madlain Agnes
Abigail Ancilla Betty Clemntina Dorinda Belinda Arabella Ant Polly
Hester Katherine Hetty Helen Sheba Gr: Quasheba Gr: Polly Violet Nannet
Giles Mumba Crumba Maria Ebo Flour Sally Parthenia Coe Flour Eden Ebo
Ann Rosarnia Ebo Chloe Marrot Sirby Presnt Old Abba Sarah Emy Ebo Rose
Old Hester Mally Absu Congo Ann Elsey Gatin Patty Isabella Juba Lina
Marijean Margaret Genevive Nanny Bella congo Chloe Little Marian Little
Abba Little Rose Frances Gatty Judy Doll Minimia Clea Fanny Sylvia May
Savanna Little Dorinda and Violet being females Toma Pascall John Tobin

Jeanie

(392)

Jeanie Mailiner Lanvive Frances Rose Louisa and Rosett being
Children with the I∫sue and Increase of the Females of the said Slaves And
also All Cattle Mules and other live Stock Plantation Tools Utensils and
Implements of the said Plantation Island and other the Premises hereby
released and a∫signed or mentioned and intended so to be or any part thereof
belonging or in any wise appertaining Together with all Houses Outhouses
Storehouses Buildings and other Erections Woods Underwoods Timber Timber
Trees Ways Waters Watercourses Easements Profits Emoluments hereditaments
and Appurtenances whatsoever to the said Plantation or Estate Islands Me∫suages
Tenements or other the Premises belonging or in any wise appertaining And the
Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders yearly and other Rents
I∫sues and Profits of the said Plantation or Estate Lands Slaves Cattle Stock
Hereditaments and Premises and every part and parcel thereof respectively And
Also All the Estate Right Title Interest Use Trust Po∫se∫sion Property Benefit
Claim and Demand whatsoever both at Law and in Equity of them the said
John Campbell the elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell the
Younger and each and every of them of in and to the same Plantation or Estate
Lands Slaves Cattle Stock Hereditaments and Premises or any part or parcel
thereof To have and to hold the said Plantation or Estate Lands
Slaves Cattle Stock hereditament s and all and singular other the Premises
hereby releases and A∫signed respectively or mentioned and intended so to be
with their and every of their Appurtenances unto the said Joseph Haye his
Heirs Executors Admors and A∫signs respectively according to the nature and
quality of the said Premises respectively To and for the several Uses hereinafter
mentioned expre∫sed of and concerning the same respectively (that is to say)
To the use of the said John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell and
Alexander Campbell the younger their Executors Admors and A∫signs from
henceforth for and during unto the full end term of five hundred years now
next ensuing and full to be completed and ended without impeachment of waste
But subject neverthele∫s to the Proviso and Agreement for Redemption of the said
hereditaments and Premises herein after inserted and contain And from and

immediately 

(393)

Immediately after the end expiration or other sooner
determination of the said term of five hundred Years and subject thereto in
the meantime then As to for and concerning one Undivided third part or
share (the whole into three equal parts are shared being divided) of the said
Plantation or Estate Lands Slaves Cattle Stock Hereditaments and Premises
with their Appurts To the Use and Behoof of the said Patrick Bartlet his Heirs
Executors Admors and A∫signs for ever according to the nature and quality
thereof respectively And as to for and concerning one other Undivided third
part or share (the whole into three equal parts or shares being divided) of the
said Plantation or Estate Lands Slaves Cattle Stock Hereditaments and
Premises with their Appurtenances To the use and behoof of the said William
Arbuthnot is Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs for ever according
to the nature and quality thereof respectively And as to for and concerning the
remaining undivided third part or share (the whole into three equal
parts or shares being divided) of the said Plantation or Estate Lands Slaves
Cattle Stock Hereditaments and Premises with their Appurtenances To the
Use and Behoof of the said John Span is Heirs Executors Admors and
A∫signs for ever according to the nature and quality thereof respectively
And the said John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell and
Alexander Campbell the Younger do for themselves severally and respectively
and not jointly nor the one for the others or other of them but each of them for
himself only and for his own Heirs Executors Admors only and so far as
relates to his own Acts and Deeds only Covenant and Declare with and to the
said Joseph Haye is Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs respectively
by these Presents that they the said John Campbell the elder Alexander
Campbell and Alexander Campbell the Younger have not at any time or
times hereto for made done committed or executed or knowingly or willingly
permitted or suffered or been party or privy to any Act Deed matter or thing
whatsoever whereby or by reason or means whereof this said Plantation or Estate
Lands Slaves Cattle Stock Hereditaments and Premises hereby released and
a∫signed respectively and limited in use as after said or any part or parcel

thereof

(394)

Thereof are is can shall or may be impeached charged incumbered
or affected in title estate or otherwise howsoever Provided always
neverthele∫s And it is hereby agreed and declared between and by the said
John Campbell the elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell
Younger and the said Patrick Bartlet William Arbuthnot and John Span and
the true intent and meaning of them and these presents is That if the said
several Bills of Exchange so drawn by the said Patrick Bartlet and William
Arbuthnot upon and Accepted by the said Me∫rs Samuel and John Span
and Company and made payable to the said John Campbell the elder Alexander
Campbell and Alexander Campbell the Younger as herein before mentioned shall
be duly and regularly paid and discharged as and when the same shall
respectively become due and payable without any deduction defalcation
or abatement whatsoever out of or from the same or any of them for or upon
account of any present or future Taxes or Impositions whatsoever or any other
Matter Cause or thing whatsoever Then and in such Case the said Term of
five hundred Years shall from and immediately after such Payments shall be
so made as aforesaid cease determine and be absolutely void to all Intents
and Purposes whatsoever any herein contained to the contrary thereof in any
wise notwithstanding And the said Patrick Bartlet William Arbuthnot
and John Span do jointly for themselves their Heirs Executors Admors and
A∫signs and each of them doth separately for himself his Heirs Executors Admors
and A∫signs covenant promise and agree with and to the said John Campbell
the elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell the Younger is Executors
Admors and A∫signs by these Presents that if default shall be made in Payment
of the several Bills of Exchange for any of them as and when the same shall
respectively become due and payable contrary to the aforesaid Proviso and
Agreement for Payment of the same and the true intent and meaning of these
Presents then and in such lease it may and shall be lawful to and for the said
John Campbell the elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell the
Younger their Executors Admors and A∫signs at any time or times thereafter into
and upon the said Plantation or Estate Lands Hereditaments and Premises hereby

limited

(395)

Limited in uses to the said John Campbell the Elder Alexander
Campbell and Alexander Campbell the Younger their Executors Admors and
A∫signs for the said term of five hundred Years to enter and same from
time to time peaceably and quietly to have hold use occupy po∫se∫s and enjoy
and receive and take the Rents I∫sues Profits and Produce thereof to and for their
own proper use and benefit without any let suit trouble interruption or
disturbance whatsoever of from or by the said Patrick Bartlet William Arbuthnot
and John Span or any of them their or any of their Heirs Executors Admors and
A∫signs or any other Person or Persons whomsoever lawfully or equitably
claiming or to claim any Estate Right Title Interest for Inheritance into or out
of the said Plantation or Estate Lands Slaves Cattle Stock Heredits and Premises
so limited in case as aforesaid or expre∫sed and intended so to be or any part or
parcel thereof by from under or in trust of them or any of them and that free and
clear and freely and clearly ^ and absolutely acquitted exonerated and discharged or otherwise by
the said Patrick Bartlet William Arbuthnot and John Span or sum of them their
or sum of their Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs well and sufficiently
saved defendant harmle∫s and indemnified of from and against all and all
manner of Charges and incumbrances whatsoever to be had made done occasioned
or suffered by the said Patrick Bartlet William Arbuthnot and John Span or any
of them their or any of their Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs or any other
Person or Persons whomsoever lawfully or equitably claiming or to claim by from
under or In trust for them or any of them And moreover that if default
shall be made of four in payment of the said several Bills of Exchange or any of
them as and when the same shall respectively become due and payable contrary to
the aforesaid Proviso and Agreement for payment of the same and the true intent
and meaning of these Presents then and in such Case they the said Patrick Bartlet
William Arbuthnot and John Span and their respective Heirs Executors and
Administrators and all and every other Person or Persons whomsoever having or
lawfully or equitably claiming or who shall or may have or lawfully or equitably
claim any Estate Right title or Interest of in or to the said Plantation or Estate
Lands Slaves Cattle Stock Hereditaments and Premises hereby limited in use for

the

(396)

The said term of five hundred Years or any part or parcel thereof by
from under or In trust for them or any of them shall and will from time to time
and at all times thereafter upon the request of the said John Campbell the Elder
Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell the Younger their Executors
Administrators or A∫signs but at the proper Costs and Charges of the said
Patrick Bartlet William Arbuthnot and John Span their or sum of their Heirs
Executors Administrators or A∫signs make do and execute or cause and procure to
be made done and executed all and every such further and other lawful and
reasonable Acts Deeds Matters Things Devices Conveyances and A∫surances
in the Law whatsoever for the further better more perfect and absolute granting
conveying and a∫suring the said Plantation or Estate Lands Slaves Cattle Stock
Hereditaments and Premises hereby limited in use to the said John Campbell
the Elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell the Younger their
Executors Administrators and A∫signs for the said term of five hundred Years
with their Appurtenances for and during all the residue and remainder which
shall be then, and unexpired of the said term of five hundred Years as
by the said John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander
Campbell the Younger their Executors Administrators or A∫signs for their or any of
their Counsel in the Law shall be reasonably advised or devised and required
Provided always And is hereby further agreed and declared
between and by the said John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell and
Alexander Campbell the Younger and the said Patrick Bartlet William Arbuthnot
and John Span and the true intent and meaning of their and fees Presents is
that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Patrick Bartlet William
Arbuthnot and John Span their Heirs Executors Admors and A∫signs respectively
peaceably and quietly to have hold use occupy po∫se∫s and enjoy the said Plantation
or Estate Lands Hereditaments and other the Premises hereby limited in uses to the
said John Campbell the elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell law
younger their Executors Admors and A∫signs for the said term of five hundred Years
with their Appurts and to receive and take the rents i∫sues profits and produce
thereof and of every part thereof to and for their own proper use and benefit in the
several parts shares and for portions hereinbefore mentioned until default shall

be

On to Part 4/4.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 517sb – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1798 Robert Smith – James Gordon Brebner – Carriacou – Rent = One Grain of Indian Corn – 2/4

Morning,

You know in the morning, if you have dogs… that shed especially at this time of the year, there are herds of dust-bunnies scampering to hide in every nook and cranny of every room. The Pack, totalling five for the next two weeks, are interested in two things… “Get me outside, now! I can only cross so many legs for not much longer.” And “What’s on the menu this morning? I need food!” Five bowls, five portions of food… Five empty bowls, and not a bark of thanks…

That is excepting Bella. She is my fastidious Rat. Bella feels that it is her duty and personal chore to clean, albeit lick, the complete kitchen floor. Do you know what it is like to see a snail’s viscous trail shining in the sunlight? Bella’s is the same, ‘cepting as made by the Giant Snail of all times. And so she continues… She’s the Rat Housekeeper, as I stumble across empty bowls, trying not to step on her tongue and saliva trails. Oh well, makes for an interesting morning.

Continuing on from Part 516sb here are the next seven pages of the 1798 Indenture, Part 2/4. There’s still no hint of the genealogy or ancestry of ggg-grandfather James Smith. And as I mentioned I do not know if there is a family connection to James Gordon Brebner.

A new point of interest has appeared in this specific Indenture. On Page 383 there is written that

“for the Term of One Thousand Years from thence next ensuing under the Yearly Rent of one Grain of Indian Corn (if demanded)…”

Okay, what happened to the One Pepper Corn deal? Is this because the “security” factor of the Lease contract was explicit to “Indian Corn” in the 1700s? Why “Indian Corn”? And this is Grenada, England, and Scotland…even though at the time Grenada was considered one of His Majesty’s Plantations and Colonies in America. I am not a student of contractual or retail law, but I thought I understood the token concept of “One Pepper Corn”. But where did this deal of “One Grain of Indian Corn” originate?

As I previously wrote, this is a long Indenture and I have decided to post my transcription work to four postings; 1/4; 2/4; 3/4; and 4/4. The Document Pages include Pages 376 through and including 402. They are downloaded from the Grenada Registers of Records 1799-1811 (v. M4-W4) from the microfilm FHL [1563378].

Here are images of Pages 383 through and including 389.

The following is the continuation of my transcription –

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Proper Chattels Monies and Effects for ever And whereas in
and by a certain Indenture of A∫signment bearing date on or about the tenth
day of February one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven and made or
expre∫sed to be made between the said Duncan Campbell therein described
Of Grafton Street Fitzroy Square in the County of Middlesex Esquire first
part the said John Campbell Elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander
Campbell the Younger of the second Part the said Robert Smith of the third
Part After Reciting therein that the said John Grant and his Trustee
William Bartlett then of the Town of Saint George in the Island of Grenada
Esquire or one of them being seized or intitled of or to the Plantation or Estate and
Premises thereinafter particularly mentioned and described being the said Plantation
or Estate Hereditaments and Premises in thesaid Island of Carriacou comprised
in and conveyed by the hereinbefore recited Indentures ( did by an Indenture of
Demise or Mortgage bearing date the eighth day of October one thousand seven
hundred and seventy-seven and made or expre∫sed to be made between the said
John Grant and William Bartlet of the one part and the said Duncan Campbell
of the other Part for the Considerations therein mentioned demise grant and to farm
let unto the said Duncan Campbell his Executors Administrators and A∫signs
the said Plantation or Estate Slaves Cattle Stock Hereditaments and Premises
by the description therein mentioned and contained To hold the same unto the
said Duncan Campbell his Executors Administrators and A∫signs for the Term of
One thousand Years from thence next ensuing under the Yearly Rent of one Grain
of Indian Corn (if demanded) Subject to a Proviso in the said Indenture of Demise
or Mortgage contained for making void the said Term on payment by the said
John Grant his Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs unto the said James
Gordon (therein called James Brebner Gordon) his Executors Administrators or
A∫signs of each and every of the fourteen then remaining annual Instalments of two
thousand one hundred Pounds each secured on the said Hereditaments and Premises
and made payable to him and them by the said herein before recited Indentures of
Lease and Release of the fourteenth and fifteenth days of April One thousand seven
hundred and sixty nine and on indemnifying the said Duncan Campbell his

Heirs

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Heirs Executors and Administrators and all other Persons engaged for the
payment of such annual Instalments or who would be affected thereby of and
from the Payment of the same And also on Payment by the said John Grant
his Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs to the said Duncan Campbell his
Executors Administrators or A∫signs of the sum of fifteen thousand six hundred
Pounds Sterling therein mentioned to be the remainder of the original Purchase
Money for the said Premises (by three Annual Payments or Instalments of five
thousand two hundred Pounds each at the Times and in manner therein particularly
mentioned but without Interest on any of the said Sums in the mean time until
after the respective days on which the same were made payable and that the
said John Grant did thereby covenant and Agree that in Case default should
be made in Payment of the said last mentioned Sums at the times appointed
for Payment thereof then the same should carry Interest at the Rate of Six Pounds
per Cent per Annum from the respective days on which any such Principal Sum
was mad payable unto actual Payment thereof And also reciting in
the said Indenture of the tenth day of February one thousand seven hundred
and ninety seven that the said Principal Sum of fifteen thousand six hundred
Pounds was not paid at the times appointed by the said in Part recited Indenture
of Demise or Mortgage for Payment thereof whereby the Estate of the said Duncan
Campbell of and in the said Mortgage Premises became absolute at Law for all
the residue of the said Term of One thousand Years And also reciting
the said hereinbefore recited indentures of Lease and Release of the second and
third days of September one thousand seven hundred and ninety five as or to the
Effect hereinbefore recited And also reciting that the whole of the said
Principal Sum of fifteen thousand six hundred Pounds secured and made
payable to the said Duncan Campbell by the said in Part recited Indenture of
Demise or Mortgage and all Interest accrued thereon were then due and owing to
the said Duncan Campbell from the said John Grant And also Reciting
that the said John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander
Campbell the Younger had paid or secured to be paid to the said Duncan Campbell

the

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The whole of the Principal Money and Interest due on his said Mortgage
It is by the Indenture of A∫signment now in recital witne∫sed that in
consideration of the said Sum of fifteen thousand six hundred Pounds of lawful
Money of Great Britain and Interest paid or secured to be paid to the said
Duncan Campbell by the said John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell
and Alexander Campbell the Younger and for other the Consideration therein
mentioned He the said Duncan Campbell did at t the request nomination
and appointment of the said John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell and
Alexander Campbell the Younger testified as therein mentioned (bargain sell
A∫sign transfer and set over unto the said Robert Smith his Executors Adminis-
trators and A∫signs the Plantation or Estate Islands Me∫usages lands Tenements
Slaves Cattle Stock Hereditaments and Premises therein and hereinafter particularly
mentioned and described To hold the same unto the said Robert Smith his Executors
Administrators and A∫signs from thenceforth for all the rest residue and remainder
then to come and unexpired of the said Term of one thousand Years subject
neverthele∫s to such Redemption in equity as the same Premises were under and
by virtue of the said Indenture of Demise or Mortgage then subject and liable
to upon just? for the said John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell and
Alexander Campbell the Younger their Heirs and A∫signs and to be a∫signed and
disposed of as they should direct or appoint and in the mean time to attend wait
upon and go along with the Reversion Freehold and Inheritance of the said
Plantation and Premises so conveyed to the said John Campbell the Elder
Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell the Younger their Heirs and
A∫signs as aforesaid and for better securing to them their Executors Administrators
and A∫signs the Payment of the said Principal Monies and Interest secured by the
and Indenture of Demise as aforesaid And whereas in and by
certain Indentures of Lease and Release and A∫signment the Lease bearing date
the day next before the day of the date of the said Indenture of Release &
A∫signment and the said Indenture of Release and A∫signment bearing date
the Twenty eighth day of February last and made or expre∫sed to be made between
the said John Grant and Martha his Wife of the first part the said Patrick Bartlet
and William Arbuthnot of the second part the said John Span of the third part and

the 

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The said Joseph Kaye of the fourth Part After Reciting in the
said Indenture of Release amongst other Things the said Indenture of Demise of
the eighth day of October One thousand seven hundred and seventy seven and
also reciting certain Indenture of Lease and Release bearing day respectively
the twenty fourth and twenty fifth days of August One thousand seven hundred
and ninety and made between the said John Grant of the one part and the
said Duncan Campbell of the other Part whereby the said Plantation or Estate
Islands Slaves Cattle Stock Hereditaments and Premises were granted and
conveyed unto and to the use of the said Duncan Campbell his Heirs and A∫signs
Upon certain Trusts therein mentioned And in case the several Incumbrances
therein mentioned should not be paid off and discharged on or before the first day
of September One thousand seven hundred and ninety seven then upon Trust
that the said Plantation or Estate should be put up to sale in manner and upon
the Terms and Conditions therein mentioned And also Reciting that by certain
other Indenture of Lease and Release bearing date respectively the fourteenth
and fifteenth days of February one thousand seven hundred and ninety two and
made between the said Duncan Campbell of the one part and the said Patrick
Bartlet and William Arbuthnot of the other Part the said Plantation or Estate Lands
Slaves Cattle Stock Hereditaments and Premises were granted and conveyed unto
and to the use of the said Patrick Bartlet and William Arbuthnot their Heirs and
A∫signs subject to such of the Trusts mentioned in the said Indenture of Release of
the twenty fifth day of August one thousand seven hundred and ninety as were
not then performed It is by the Indenture of Release and A∫signment now in recital
witne∫sed that for the considerations therein mentioned the said Patrick Bartlet and
William Arbuthnot did Bargain Sell A∫sign and Release And the said John
Grant and Martha his Wife at the request and by the direction and upon the
nomination of the said Patrick Bartlet William Arbuthnot and John Span
testified as therein mentioned Did Grant Bargain Sell Release A∫sign Ratify and
confirm unto the said Joseph Kaye and his Heirs the said Plantation or Estate
Slaves Cattle Stock Hereditaments and Premises with the Appurtenances be such
description as therein is contained To hold the same unto the said Joseph

Kaye

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Kaye his Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs according to the
nature and quality of the said Premises respectively to and for the several uses
therein and hereinafter mentioned and expre∫sed of and concerning the same
(that is to say) as to for and concerning one undivided third part of Share
(the whole into three equal parts or Shares being divided of the said
Plantation or Estate Lands Slaves Cattle Stock Hereditaments and Premises
with the Appurtenances To the Use of the said Patrick Bartlet his Heirs
Executors Administrators and A∫signs for ever according to the nature and quality
thereof respectively freed and absolutely discharged of and from the Trusts Powers
Provisoes and Agreements contained in the said Indenture of Release of the
twenty fifth day of August one thousand seven hundred and ninety so far as
the said John Grant was concerned or interested therein But subject neverthele∫s
to the Payment and satisfaction of one third part or Share of the several Debts
Charges and Incumbrances to which the said Plantation or Estate Slaves Cattle
Stock Hereditaments and Premises were by the said last mentioned Indenture
and the Securities therein mentioned subject or liable And as to for and concerning
one other undivided third part or Share the whole into three equal Parts or
Shares being divided of the said Plantation or Estate Lands Slaves Cattle Stock
Hereditaments and Premises with the Appurtenances To the use of the said
William Arbuthnot his Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs for ever according
to the nature and quality thereof respectively freed and absolutely discharges of and
from the Trusts Powers Provisoes and Agreements contained in the said Indenture
of Release of the twenty fifth day of August one thousand seven hundred and ninety
_____ the said John Grant was concerned or interested therein But subject
neverthele∫s to the Payment and satisfaction of one third part or share of the several
Debt Charges and Incumbrances to which the said Plantation or Estate Slaves
Cattle Stock Hereditaments and Premises were by the said last mentioned
Indenture and the Securities therein mentioned Subject or liable And as to for and
concerning the remaining undivided third Part or share the who into three
equal parts or share being divided of the said Plantation or Estate Lands Slaves
Cattle Stock Hereditaments and Premises with the Appurtenances To the use of

the

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The said John Span his Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs
ever according to the nature and quality thereof respectively free and _____
discharged of and from the Trusts Powers Provisoes and Agreement contained
in the said Indenture of Release of the twenty fifth day of August one thousand
seven hundred and ninety so far as the said John Grant was concerned or
Interested therein But subject neverthele∫s to the Payment and satisfaction of one
third Part or Share of the several Debts Charges and Incumbrances to which
the said Plantation or Estate Lands Slaves Cattle Stock Hereditaments and
Premises were by the said last mentioned Indenture and the Securities
therein mentioned Subject or liable as in and by the said several recited
Indentures reference being thereunto respectively had will more fully and at
large appear And whereas the produce arising from the said
Plantation or Estate has for several Years last past been consigned to the said
John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell the
Younger and the net proceeds thereof have from time to time been applied towards
satisfaction and discharge of the Monies secured to them by the said recited
Indenture of the second and third days of September One thousand seven hundred
and ninety five and the tenth day of February one thousand seven hundred and
ninety seven and by an account made up by the said John Campbell the
elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell the younger to the twenty
first day of December last there appeared to be due and owing to them upon or by
virtue of their said recited securities the balance or sum of nine thousand nine
hundred and forty seven Pounds one shilling and two pence of lawful Money of
Great Britain And whereas it was lately agreed between the said Patrick
Bartlet William Arbuthnot and John Span and the said John Campbell the
elder Alexander Campbell & Alexander Campbell the younger that the said
John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell the
Younger should out of the Net Proceeds to arise from the Produce of the said Plantation
or Estate which should be consigned to them during the present Year deduct and retain
the sum of two thousand four hundred and eighty sic Pounds fifteen shillings and three
pence part of the said sum of nine thousand nine hundred and forty seven Pounds one

shilling

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Shilling and two pence together with Interest for the same at the
rate of six Pounds per Cent per Annum from the said twenty first day of December
last and that the remainder of such net proceeds should be paid over by them to
Me∫srs. Samuel and John Span and Company of the City of Bristol Merchants and
that the sum of Seven thousand four hundred and sixty Pounds five shillings
and eleven pence the remainder of the said Sum of nine thousand nine hundred
and forty seven Pounds one shilling and two pence should be paid to the said
John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell the
Younger by Bills of Exchange to be drawn by the said Patrick Bartlet and
William Arbuthnot upon and accepted by the said Me∫sre. Samuel and John
Span and Co. payable to the said John Campbell the Elder Alexander
Campbell and Alexander Campbell the younger or their Order in two three
and four Years from the said twenty first day of December last with Interest for
the same in the mean time And it was also agreed between them that the due
payment of thesaid Bills of Exchange should be secured by a Mortgage to be
made of the said Plantation or Estate Islands Slaves Cattle Stock Hereditaments
and Premises in such manner as hereinafter mentioned And whereas in
pursuance and part Performance of the said Agreement the said Patrick Bartlet
William Arbuthnot and John Span have this day delivered to the said John Campbell
the Elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell the Younger three Bills of
Exchange all bearing date the eleventh day of January last amounting in value
in the whole to the sum of eight thousand three hundred and fifty fife Pounds ten
shillings and five pence ( being the said Sum of seven thousand four hundred
and sixty Pounds five shillings and eleven pence and the Interest accruing thereon
until the said Bills become due ) drawn by the said Patrick Bartlet and William
Arbuthnot upon and accepted by the Me∫srs. Samuel and John Span and Co. and
made payable in London to the said John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell
and Alexander Campbell the Younger in their said Copartnership firm of Me∫srs.
John Campbell Senior and Co. or order for the several sums of Money and payable
at the several periods hereinafter mentioned (that is the say) one of the said Bills for the
Sum of two thousand nine hundred and thirty four Pounds seven shillings and six
pence payable on the eighteenth day of December One thousand seven hundred and
ninety nine one other of the said Bills for the sum of two thousand seven hundred

and

On to part 3/4. Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 516sb – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1798 Robert Smith – James Gordon Brebner – Carriacou – 1/4

Good Afternoon,

My transcription work continues in the search for the ancestry and origins of my great-great-great-grandfather James Smith.

This next Indenture dated 13 April 1798 and entered to the Grenada Registers of Records 10 May 1799 is a long one; 27 pages of document copy. It also includes many, many names. This contract I believe includes property and land to include, more or less, 408 acres in Carriacou, as well as three islands: Molonia, Detournois, and Jacques Adam, all found in Grand Ance Bay. (The above inserted map is a Nautical Chart of Carriacou from 1891; from Wikipedia.)

The only Smith that I have been able to extract, entered five times, is one “Robert Smith of Basinghall Street London Gentleman”. Is there any connection to ggg-grandfather James Smith? At this point in my research there is no conclusive evidence that there is. My previous references to one Robert Smith are included in Part 192s and Part 427s.

Another name included in this Indenture, on Page 377, piqued my interest. It is that of “the Honorable James Gordon Brebner Esquire Chief Justice of his Majesty’s Southern Caribee Islands in America)…” Brebner is a family name included in my Family Tree. See my previous references on July 10, 2009; Part 1; Part 3; and Part 6.

As this is a long Indenture I have decided to post my transcription work to four postings; 1/4; 2/4; 3/4; and 4/4. The Document Pages include Pages 376 through and including 402. They are downloaded from the Grenada Registers of Records 1799-1811 (v. M4-W4) from the microfilm FHL [1563378].

This is my first Smith-related transcription work from this microfilm and set of Registers. (I will be updating my Indenture Study Matrixes in the short future to indicate my progress.)

Here are images of Pages 376 through and including 382.

And my corresponding transcription –

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B

Entered 10th May 1799

This Indenture of four Parts made the thirteenth
day of April in the thirty eighth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the
Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender
of the Faith _____ And in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety
eight Between John Campbell the Elder Alexander
Campbell and Alexander Campbell the Younger of the City
of Glasgow Merchants and Partners carrying on Trade under the firm of John
Campbell Senior and Company of the first part Patrick Bartlet late of
the Island of Carriacou in the West Indies but now of the City of Bristol in the
Kingdom of Great Britain Esquire William Arbuthnot of the said
Island of Carriacou Esquire and John Span of the said City of Bristol

Merchant

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Merchant of the second part Joseph Kaye of Swithins
Lane London Gentleman of the third Part and Robert Smith of Basinghall
Street London Gentleman of the fourth Part Whereas by certain Indentures of
Lease and Release bearing date respectively on or about the second and third
days of September which was in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven
hundred and ninety five and made or expre∫sed to be made between James
Gordon of upper Grosvenor Street in the County of Middlesex Esquire of the one
Part And the said John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell and
Alexander Campbell the Younger of the other Part Reciting in the said
Indenture of Release that the said James Gordon being seized in his Demesne
as of fee or otherwise well and sufficiently intitled unto the Plantation and
Premises thereinafter particularly mentioned and described and described did by Indentures
of Lease and Release bearing date respectively the Twelfth and Thirteenth days of
April One thousand seven hundred and sixty nine and made between him the
said James Gordon ( by his then Name and Description of the Honorable James
Gordon Brebner Esquire Chief Justice of his Majesty’s Southern Caribee Islands
in America ) of the one Part and James Campbell and Duncan Campbell of
the Island of Grenada Esquires of the other Part In Consideration of the Sum of
Forty four thousand one hundred Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain to
him paid or secured to be paid by the said James Campbell and Duncan
Campbell their Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs The Plantation or
Estate situate in the Island of Carriacou therein and hereinafter particularly
mentioned and described with the Negroes Slaves Cattle Stock and Appurtenances
thereunto belonging or appertaining To hold the same unto and to the use
of the said James Campbell and Duncan Campbell their Heirs Executors
Administrators and A∫signs as Tenants in Common and nor as joint Tenants
according to the natures and qualities thereof respectively And also reciting
in the Indenture of Release now in recital that by Indenture of Lease and
Releases bearing date respectively the fourteenth and fifteenth days of April One
thousand seven hundred and sixty nine and made between the said James
Campbell and Duncan Campbell of the one Part and the said James Gordon of

the

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the other Part It was witne∫sed that for the Considerations
and Purposes therein mentioned They the said James Campbell and Duncan
Campbell did Grant Release and convey unto the said James Gordon as well the
said Plantation situate in the Island of Carriacou aforesaid with the Negroes
Slaves Cattle Stock and Appurtenances thereto belonging as also another Plantation
or Estate and Premises situate in the Island of Tobago To hold the same unto
and to the Use of the said James Gordon his Heirs Executors Administrators and
A∫signs according to the natures and qualities thereof respectively Subject neverthele∫s
to a Proviso Therein contained for Redemption of the same Premises on payment by
the said James Campbell and Duncan Campbell or either of them their or either
of their Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs unto the said James Gordon his
Executors Administrators or A∫signs of the said Sum of forty four thousand and one
hundred Pounds by Twenty one Annual Payments or Instalments of Two thousand
one hundred Pounds each at the times and in manner therein particularly
mentioned And also reciting in the said Indenture of Release now
in recital that the said James Campbell and Duncan Campbell afterwards
came to some Agreement between themselves touching a Partition of the several
Plantations and Estates held by them as Tenants in Common in the said Island
of Carriacou and in the Island of Tobago in the West Indies And upon such
Agreement the Plantation or Estate and Premises at Carriacou aforesaid were
allotted to the said Duncan Campbell and the nece∫sary Conveyances thereof were
made to him accordingly Subject to such Mortgage thereof as aforesaid And
also reciting in the Indenture of Release now in Recital that the said
Duncan Campbell some time after such Partition as aforesaid sold and conveyed
the said Plantation and Premises as Carriacou aforesaid unto and to the Use of
John Grant then of the Island of Carriacou aforesaid Esquire this Heirs Executors
Administrators and A∫signs for were according to the natures and qualities thereof
respectively And also reciting that the said annual Instalments
payable on the said Mortgage of the fourteenth and fifteenth days of April One
thousand seven hundred and sixty nine note having been regularly paid an
account Current of the Arrears thereof was on or about the twenty eighth day of April

One

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One thousand seven hundred and eighty four made out by the said James
Gordon and such Account was duly settled and adjusted between him and the
said John Grant whereby it appeared that such Arrears amounted to the Sum of
five thousand two hundred and eighty three Pounds eighteen shillings and
three pence of lawful Money of Great Britain and thereupon the said Duncan
Campbell and John Grant did by their Bond or Obligator in Writing bearing
date the same Twenty eighth day of April One thousand seven hundred and
eight four and duly executed by them in the Island of Grenada aforesaid
became jointly and severally bound to the said James Gordon in the Penal Sum
of forty thousand Pounds conditioned for payment as well of such Arrears with
Interest thereon from the first day of November One thousand seven hundred
and eighty four on the several days and times therein mentioned as of such of the
said Principal Sums or Instalments in the said Mortgage contained as would
thereafter become payable or grow due at the several times in the said Mortgage
mentioned And also reciting in the Indenture of Release now in Recital
that the several annual Payments or Instalments in the Condition of the said Bond
mentioned not having been regularly paid an Account Current in respect thereof
was made up be the said James Gordon to the first day of November One thousand seven
hundred and eighty nine and such account was on or about the fourteenth day
of the same Month duly settled and subscribed in London by him and the said
John Grant whereby it appeared that there was then justly due and owing to the
said James Gordon upon and by virtue of the said recited Mortgage and Bond
the Balance or Sum of Ten thousand six hundred and seventy two Pounds thirteen
shillings and eight pence of like lawful Money of Great Britain And also
reciting that by another account Current in like manner made up settled
and adjusted by and between the said James Gordon and Thomas Campbell late
of the Island of Grenada Esquire on behalf of the said Duncan Campbell and
John Grant up to the twenty first day of December One thousand seven hundred
and ninety ( the several periods of Instalment in the said Mortgage mentioned
being then fully expired ) the Balance then remaining due to the said James
Gordon ( after crediting in such Account the sum of two thousand two hundred

and

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And fifty one Pounds eighteen shillings and seven pence which on
the twenty first day of December One thousand seven hundred and ninety was
paid to the said James Gordon by the said John Campbell the Elder party
hereto for or on Account of them the said Duncan Campbell and John Grant )
amounted to the sum of Eleven thousand two hundred and fifty nine Pounds
thirteen shillings and four pence of like lawful Money of Great Britain and
which said Balance or Sum of Eleven thousand two hundred and fifty nine
Pounds thirteen shillings and four pence ( being principal Monies ) it was
agreed should be paid in five equal Payments of Two thousand two hundred
and fifty one Pounds eighteen shillings and eight pence each on the Twenty first
day of December yearly beginning on the twenty first day of December One
thousand seven hundred and ninety one together with Interest annually at
and after the Rate of Six Pounds per Cent per Annum ( the dame being the
lawful Interest of the said Island of Grenada and Carriacou and the Rate
of Interest specified in the said recited Bond executed in the said Island of
Grenada as aforesaid in manner at the foot of such last mentioned Account
particularly specified And also reciting that the said John Campbell
the Elder as the request and as Surety or Guarantee for the said Duncan
Campbell and John Grant or one of them did in and by a certain paper writing
under his hand bearing date the tenth day of January One thousand seven
hundred and ninety-one undertake and ingage to pay to the said James Gordon
the said Balance or Sum of Eleven thousand two hundred and fifty-nine Pounds
thirteen shillings and four pence so due to him upon the said Account current
made up to the Twenty first day of December one thousand seven hundred and
ninety as aforesaid with Interest thereon at the times and by the by several
Instalments at the foot of the said Account mentioned (that is to say) on the twenty
first day of December One thousand seven hundred and ninety One the sum of
Two thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven Pounds ten shillings and two
pence on the twenty-first day of December One thousand seven hundred and ninety
two the sum of two thousand seven hundred and ninety-two Pounds seven shillings

and

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And eleven pence on the twenty-first day of December One thousand seven
hundred and ninety-three sum of Two thousand six hundred and fifty-seven
Pounds five shillings and seven pence on the twenty-first day of December One
thousand seven hundred and ninety-four the Sum of Two thousand five hundred
and seventy-two Pounds three shillings and three pence on the twenty-first day of
December one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five the sum of Two thousand
three hundred and eighty-seven Pounds and eleven pence said several
Sums made together with the said Sum of Two thousand two hundred and fifty
one Pounds eighteen shillings and seven pence before paid by the said John Campbell
the Elder to the said James Gordon as aforesaid the sum of fifteen thousand five
hundred and thirty-eight Pounds six shillings and five pence of lawful Money of
Great Britain And that it was by such Paper Writing stipulated and agreed that
upon the whole of the said Instalments being paid and discharged the said
James Gordon should execute the said John Campbell the Elder (for his Security
and Indemnification in the Premises) a Transfer of the said Mortgage and also an
A∫signment of the said Bond so given and executed by the said Duncan Campbell
and John Grant as after said And also writing in the Indenture of
Release now in recital that all such of the said several Instalments in the said
last mentioned Account Current and Paper Writing contained as had then become
due and Payable had been duly paid the said James Gordon by the said John
Campbell the Elder either singly or in Partnership with the said Alexander Campbell
and Alexander Campbell the Younger And also Reciting that the
said John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell
the Younger had proposed to paid to the said James Gordon the last of the said
five Instalments amounting to the sum of two thousand three hundred and eighty
seven pounds and eleven pence he the said James Gordon first deducting a proportion
able Part of such Instalment for the time then unexpired of the period whereas the
same would become payable according to the said Mortgage Bond and Paper
Writing and that the said James Gordon had agreed to accept the same and
thereupon to execute and Transfer and A∫signment as thereinafter mentioned It
is by the Indenture of Release now in recital Witne∫sed that in consideration

of

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Of the sum of the sum of two thousand three hundred and forty-six Pounds
fourteen shillings of lawful Money of Great Britain being said last
Instalment or Sum of two thousand three hundred and eighty-seven Pounds
and eleven pence after deducting thereout the sum of forty Pounds six shillings
and eleven pence in respect of such proportion of time there unexpired as
aforesaid) to the said James Gordon paid by the said John Campbell the
Elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell the Younger He the said
James Gordon did bargain sell alien release and confirm unto the said John
Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander Campbell the
Younger their Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs The said Plantation
or Estate Lands Tenements Negroes Slaves Cattle Stock Hereditaments and
Premises therein and hereinafter ^ particularly mentioned and described and intended to be
hereby Released and Conveyed To hold the same unto the use of the said
John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell & John Campbell the Younger
their Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs for ever according to the natures
and qualities thereof inspected lease subject neverthele∫s to such Redemption in Equity
as the said Plantation and Premises were then subject to under and by virtue of
said in part recited Indentures of Lease and Release or Mortgage of the
fourteenth and fifteenth days of April One thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine
or otherwise howsoever And it is by the Indenture of Release now in recital further
witne∫sed that for the considerations aforesaid either said James Gordon did bargain
sell a∫sign transfer and set over unto the said John Campbell the Elder Alexander
Campbell & Alexander Campbell the Younger The said in part recited Bond or
Obligation of the twenty-eight day of April one thousand seven hundred and eighty
four so given and entered into the said Duncan Campbell and John Grant to the
said James Gordon as aforesaid and all and every Sum and Sums of Money then due
or to become due and payable thereon and all remedies and Powers both at Law
and in Equity of the said James Gordon is Executors or Administrators for
compelling payment of such Monies To hold receive and take and enjoy the same
unto the said John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell and Alexander
Campbell the Younger their Executors Administrators or A∫signs as and for their own
proper

Stay tuned for my next Posting 2/4 with the next set of transcribed pages.

Enjoy,

Jim

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