Part 627s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1799 Robert Smith (Entered 1801) – Grand Roi and Mon Plaisir Estates, Saint John – Part 2 of 2

Good Day,

I could become a Vegan, but under one condition. I would have to do without Tofurkey Sausages. Not matter what I did with them there sausages last night they still tasted like dead, soggy, and re-cycled cardboard. I fried them with onions and then simmered them in apple cider vinegar and chicken broth. I coupled the meal with a Delicata Squash, Apple, Potato, and Yogurt mash and a Green Pea salad with celery and onions. Give me NO Tofurkey. Mind and palate lesson learned.

The Transcription Project continues. The search for the origins of ggg-grandfather James Smith appears to be never-ending. Thanks to all of you who have been following A Genealogy Hunt and have been sending me ideas and suggestions. They are most welcome.

The next set of Transcriptions is the second Part, of two of the 1799 Document from the Grenada Registers of Records. The sole Smith included is Robert Smith. There are no explicit clues as to any connection to ggg-grandfather James. The above inserted image is something representational I found of The Consolidated Bank Limited. In the body of this Document there is reference to “…twenty thousand Pounds three per Cent Consolidated Bank Annuities Upon the Trusts following…”

Here are the images of Pages 110 through and including 113 as downloaded Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

And my Transcription -

110

A∫signed unto and in the joint Names of himself and the said Henry Poole and also Samuel Marryat of Chancery Lane London Esquire and Robert Smith of Basing hall Street London Gentleman (two responsible persons nominated by the said Joseph Marryat and Henry Poole) the Capital Sum of Twenty Thousand Pounds three per Cent Consolidated Bank Annuities upon the Trusts mentioned in the said Articles and the said Trustees have by a certain Deed or Instrument in Writing bearing ^even date with these Presents duly declared the Trusts thereof accordingly And whereas the said Henry Poole in Pursuance and performance of the said Agreement on his part hath at the Request of the said William Postlethwaite and Joseph Marryat by Indenture of A∫signment bearing even date with these Presents and made between the said Henry Poole of the one Part and thesaid Joseph Marryat of the other Part duly a∫signed All and singular the said two Plantations Buildings Negroes Slaves Live and dead Stock Utensils Implements and Premises comprised in the said Mortgage for the residue of the said three ^several? Terms therein and also thesaid Mortgage Debt and Interest and the said four unsatisfied Bonds given for securing the Payment thereof And all hi Estate Right Title and Interest as surviving Mortgagee and Partner as aforesaid of in and to the same respectively right full power and Authority for recovering Payment of the said Mortgage Debt and Interest unto the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Administrators and A∫signs Now this Indenture Witne∫seth and it is hereby declared and agreed by and between the said Parties to these Presents and the said Joseph Marryat doth hereby for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators covenant promise declare and agree to and with the said William Postlethwaite his Executors Administrators and A∫signs that such A∫signment was so made to him and that he his Executors and Administrators shall and will stand po∫se∫sed of and interested in the said two Plantations Buildings Negroes Slaves live and dead Stock Utensils Implements and Premises and also the said Mortgage Debt and Interest and Bonds so a∫signed to him as aforesaid Upon the Trusts and to and for the Ends Intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned expre∫sed and declared of and concerning the same that is to say Upon Trust for better securing the Payment of the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Administrators and A∫signs of all such Sum and Sums of Money as he or they shall pay in discharge of his said Acceptances of the said ten several Bills of Exchange drawn on him by the said William Postlethwaite to the said Joseph Marryat his Executors or Administrators together with Interest thereon at and after the rate of five Pounds per Cent per annum And from and after Payment of all such Monies and Interest And all Costs and Charges in respect thereof Then upon Trust to convey a∫sign and a∫sure the said two several Plantations Buildings Negroes Slaves live and dead Stock Utensils Implements and Premises for the then residue of the said three several terms of one thousand Years Eight hundred Years and five hundred Years therein And also the said four unsatisfied Bonds or such of them as shall then be unpaid unto the said William Postlethwaite his Executors Administrators or A∫signs or as her or they shall direct or appoint (Subject neverthele∫s to such Redemption in Equity as the same Premises shall under and by virtue of the said Indenture of Demise or Mortgage of the fifth day of March one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven be then subject or liable to) free form all Incumbrances

to 

111

To be made or done by the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Administrators or A∫signs and to for and upon no other Use Trust Intent or Purpose whatsoever And the said William Postlethwaite doth hereby for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators covenant Promise and Agree to and with the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Adminis trators and A∫signs that so long as the said Bills of Exchange or any or either of them shall remain outstanding and unprovided for by the said William Postlethwaite or any other monies due or to grow due from him to the said Joseph Marryatt shall be unpaid and undischarged he the said William Postlethwaite his Heirs Executors and Admõrs shall and will yearly and every year well and faithfully ship and consign or cause to be shipped and consigned unto the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Administrators or A∫signs in London or to such other person or persons in that City or elsewhere in Great Britain as he or they shall direct All and singular the Sugar and other Produce except Rum which shall grow or be made upon or from the said Plantations or Estates or either of them whereof or of the Rents I∫sues or Profits of which or of any part of which the said William Postlethwaite his Heirs Executors or Administrators shall be in the Po∫se∫sion or the Receipt And in case of his or their not being or not continuing in the Po∫se∫sion of the said William Postlethwaite his Heirs Executors or Admõrs shall and will yearly and every Year ship and consign or assure to be shipped and consigned in manner aforesaid a quantity of Sugar and other Produce from the said William Postlethewaite’s other Estates at Demerara in North America equal to the Produce of the said two Plantations and Estates except the Rum in order that the Sugar and other Produce so to be shipped and consigned may by the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Administrators or A∫signs be sold and disposed of upon Commi∫sion in the usual and customary manner of Merchants in London And that he the said William Postlethwaite his Heirs Exõrs Admõrs or A∫signs shall not nor will in any wise dog incumber or annex any conditions whatsoever to the said Consignments or any part thereof either by Bills of Exchange Transfer of Bills of Lading or otherwise howsoever but shall and will permit and suffer and direct the whole net proceeds of the said Joseph Marryat his Exõrs Admõrs or A∫signs to be by him or them kept and retained and from time to time as occasion may require duly applied in or towards satisfaction and discharge of the said Bills of Exchange when and as the same shall become payable and of all such other Monies as hereinbefore mentioned and the Interest thereof respectively until the whole of the said Bills and other Monies and Interest shall be fully paid and discharges And the said Joseph Marryat doth hereby for himself his Heirs Executors and Admõrs and A∫signs that he the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Admõrs and A∫signs shall and will according to the usage and custom of Merchants cause Insure to be duly made on all such Sugars as shall from time to time be shipped and consigned as hereinbefore mentioned according to the directions or advice he or they shall from time to rime receive form the said William Postlethwaite his Executors Admõrs or A∫signs or otherwise as occasion may be or require And also shall

and 

112

And will duly and faithfully sell and dispose of all and every the Sugars and other Produce so shipped and consigned as aforesaid and which shall come to his or their Po∫se∫sion to best advantage for the benefit of the said William Postlethwaite his Executors Admõrs and A∫signs and shall and will pay and apply the net proceeds of such Sugars when and as the same shall be by him or them received and also all monies which shall in cases of lo∫s be by him or them recovered and received upon or by virtue of any such Policy or Policies of Insurance as shall be effected by virtue of these Presents in or towards Payment of the said Bills of Exchange and other Monies and Interest hereinbefore mentioned And from and after full Payment thereof unto thesaid William Postlethwaite his Executors Administrators or A∫signs or as or they shall from time to time order direct and appoint And lastly that they thesaid Joseph Marryat and William Postlethwaite Do and each of them Doth hereby authorize constitute and impower Alexander Cockburn and John Orr both of the said Island of Grenada Esquires their and each of their Attornies and Attorney jointly and severally for and in their several and respective names to be and appear before the proper Officer or Officers for the recording of Deeds in the said Island of Grenada and then and there to acknowledge the respective signing sealing and delivery of these Presents by the said Joseph Marryat and William Postlethwaite and to do perform and execute all such other Acts Deeds Matters and Things as shall or may be requisite for procuring these Presents to be duly recorded according to the Law for recording of Deeds in the said Island of Grenada in Witne∫s whereof the said Parties to these Presents have hereunto set their Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above written

Sealed and delivered by the within named

Josp ( L S ) Marryat _________________ ( L S )

Joseph Marryat being first duly stamped) in the presence of

Robt Smith – Robt Wiltshire 

Sealed and delivered by the within named William Postlethwaite in the presence of Robert Wiltshire Clear to Robert Smith of Basinghall Street London Gentleman maketh Oath and saith that he together with the said Robert Smith was present and did see Joseph Marryat in the Parchment Writing or Deed of Declaration of Trust hereto annexed named duly sign seal and as his Act and Deed deliver the said Parchment Writing or Deed And that the Named “Josh Marryat” to the said Deed set and subscribed as the Party executing the same and the Names “Robt Smith” “Robt. Wiltshire” set and subscribed to the Attestation written on the back of the said Deed as Witne∫ses to attest the due Execution thereof by the said Joseph Marryat are of the respective proper handswriting of the said Joseph Marryat Robert Smith and this Deponent

Rob Wiltshire

Sworn at the Mansion House London this 10th January 1799 before me

RC Glyn Mayor

To all to whom these Present shall come I Sir Richard Carr Glyn Knight Lord Mayor of the City of London In pursuance of an Act of Parliament made and pa∫sed in the fifth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Second Intituled an Act for the more easy recovery of Debts in his Majesty’s Plantations and Colonies in America Do hereby Certify that on the Day of the Date hereof Personally came and appeared before me Robert Wilshire the Deponent named in the Affidavit hereunto annexed being a Person well known and worthy of good Credit and by solemn Oath which the

said 

113

Said Deponent then took before me upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God Did solemnly and sincerely declare testify and depose to be true the several matters and things mentioned and contained in the said annexed Affidavit

( L S )

In Faith and Testimony whereof I the said Lord Mayor have aused the seal of the Office of Mayoralty of the said City of London to be hereunto put and Affixed and the Parchment Writing or Deed or Declaration of Trust mentioned and referred to in and by the Affidavit to be hereunto also annexed Dated in London the tenth day of January in the Year of our Lord One thousand ∫even hundred and ninety nine

Windale

And I continue the search and research for ggg-grandfather James Smith.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 626s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1799 Robert Smith (Entered 1801) – Grand Roi and Mon Plaisir Estates, Saint John – Part 1 of 2

Good Day,

In my continued sear and research for the origins and genealogy of my ggg-grandfather James Smith at times I chance upon a name, aka surname, that sort of catches my eye. And just before I go any further, this Document appears to be a followup to the previous one that only includes the name Robert Smith.

The name that has caught my eye is that of "Marryat". I wonder if it my have been an original format of the current name "Marriot"? Just thinking our loud. Anyway from A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry by Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D… Vol. II, edited by Ashworth P. Burke. London, 1895, I discovered information that more than likely is of the same Joseph and Samuel Marryat, which are names included in this Document.

Here are the first five Pages of the 1799 Document which appears to be a schedule of payment options and choices. The name Robert Smith appears as Legal Counsel. Once again there does not appear to be any immediate connection to ggg-grandfather James Smith.

Here are the images of Pages 105 through and including 109 as downloaded from the Grenada Registers of Records and Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

My Transcription -

105

Entered 11th May 1801

This Indenture made the ninth day of January in the thirty ninth 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 nine Between Joseph Marryat of New Bridge Street Blackfriars in the City of London Merchant of the one part and William Postlethwaite of the Island of Grenada in the West Indies Planter of the other part Whereas by Indenture of Demise or Mortgage bearing date the fifth day of March One thousand seven hundred and eighty seven and made or mentioned to be made between Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier by their several descriptions therein mentioned of the one Past and Thomas Harrison (since deceased) and Henry Poole (then Partners in Trade with the said Thomas Harrison) by their several descriptions therein also mentioned of the other Part After reciting as therein is recited A certain Plantation and Premises called Grand Roi situate in the said Island of Grenada together with the Negroes Slaves Cattle Live and Dead Stock Utensils and Implements thereto belonging with the Appurte nances were duly granted and demised by the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Cole their Executors Admõrs and A∫signs for the term of One Thousand Years And by the same Indenture A Certain other Plantation and premises called Mont Plaisir situate in the said Island with the Negroes Slaves Cattle Live and Dead Stock Utensils and Implements thereto belonging with the Appurtenances were also duly granted and demised by the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Admõrs and A∫signs for the term of Eight hundred Years And by the same Indenture certain Negro Slaves therein mentioned with the I∫sue and Increase of the Females of the said Slaves were duly granted and demised by the said Jean Baptiste Ollivier unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Admõrs and A∫signs for the term of five hundred Years subject to a Proviso for making void the said Indenture on Payment by the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariescheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier or either of their or either of their Heirs Executors or Admõrs unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Admõrs of the sum of twenty

Thousand

106

Thousand Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain with Interest for the same (and also of the sum of nine hundred and seventeen Pounds five ∫hillings being the balance of an Account Current therein mentioned) making in the whole both Principal and Interest the sum of twenty six thousand nine hundred and twenty six pounds five shillings by Eight yearly Instalments payable on the first day of September in each and every Year in manner therein mentioned And Whereas the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptist Ollivier did at the same time enter into and execute to the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole eight several Bonds or Obligations in Writing bearing date respectively the said fifth day of March one thousand seven hundred and eight seven for securing payment of the said several Instalments and Interest And Whereas the said Thomas Harrison departed this Life on or about the thirty first day of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety one having previously a∫signed his share and Interest in the said Monies to the said Henry Poole and having also fist duly made and published his last Will and Testament in Writing bearing date the sixteenth day of February one thousand seven hundred and ninety and thereby constituted and appointed the said Henry Poole together with James Clarke Satterthwaite Esquire Executors thereof which said Will hath since his Death been duly proved by the said Henry Poole alone in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury And Whereas the dour first of the said Yearly Instalments were paid and discharged by the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier and the four Bonds corresponding with such Instalments were delivered up to be cancelled but the four last of such Instalments not being paid thesaid Henry Poole in or about the Month of December one thousand seven hundred and eight five made up an Account of the Principal Money and Interest then due on the said Mortgage and unsatisfied Bonds whereby it appears that there was then justly due and owing to the said Henry Poole as surviving Mortgagee and Partner as aforesaid from the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier the sum of fourteen thousand and thirty one Pounds ten ∫hillings and eight pence of lawful Money of Great Britain And Whereas the said Henry Poole as such surviving Mortgagee and Partner as aforesaid in or about the said Month of December One thousand seven hundred and ninety five duly executed a Power of Attorney to Edmund Thornton Duncan Campbell and John Orr of the said Island of Grenada Esquires thereby authorizing them to institute such proceedings at Law and in Equity as might be proper for settling the said Mortgage Account and for recovering the Payment thereof out of the said Mortgaged Premises and certain proceedings have been since had thereon accordingly and the same are now depending in the Courts of the said Island And Whereas thesaid William Postlethwaite previously to the Institution of such proceedings entered into Po∫se∫sion of the said Plantation and Premises called Grand Rio and then was and still is in the receipt of the receipt of the Rents Profits and Produce thereof And Whereas by certain Articles of Agreement bearind date the twentieth day of July one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight and made or mentioned to be made between the said Henry Poole of the first part the said William Postlethwaite of the second part and the said Joseph Marryat of the third part After

reciting

107

Reciting as or to the effect hereinbefore recited And reciting that the said William Postlethwaite had through the said Joseph Marryat made proposals to the said Henry Poole for paying off the said Mortgage and taking on A∫signment thereof but such proposals not being acceded to other proposals in lieu thereof had been made and agreed to between the said Henry Poole and Joseph Marryat at as thereinafter mentioned subject neverthele∫s tp the confirmation thereof by the said William Postlethwaite It is by the said now reciting Articles Witne∫sed and the said Parties thereto did Mutually ^_____ or themselves their Heirs Executors and Administrators each with the other and others of them and the Executors and Administrators of the other and others of them (amongst other things) as follows that is to say first That the Principal Monies and Interest due upon the said Mortgage and Bonds such Interest being computed to the first day of September then next and now last past amounting in the whole by the account thereon indorsed to the sum ‘ of Sixteen thousand three hundred and nineteen Pounds seventeen shillings and four pence should be paid by the said William Postlethwaite to the said Henry Poole at the times and in manner following vizt the sum of six thousand three hundred and nineteen Pounds seventeen Shillings and four pence should be paid down to the said Henry Poole his Executors Administrators or A∫signs at the time thereinafter mentioned and the sum of ten thousand Pounds residue of the said sum of sixteen thousand three hundred and nineteen Pounds seventeen shillings and four pence should be paid down to the said Henry Poole his Executors Administrators or A∫signs at the time Hereinafter mentioned and the sum of ten thousand Pounds residue of the said sum of sixteen thousand three hundred and nineteen Pounds seventeen shillings and four pence should be paid within the space of ten Years from the ∫aid first day of September then next by ten equal annual Instalments Payable on the first day of September in every Year to each and every of which said Instalments should be added the Interest then due on the remainder of the said Principal sum of ten thousand Pounds such Interest being computed at the rate of five Pounds per Cent per Annum Secondly That the Payment of such Instalments (comprehending both Principal and Interest) should be paid or secured to be paid by Bills of Exchange to be drawn by the said William Postlethwaite upon and to be accepted by the said Joseph Marryat payable to the said Henry Poole or Order? Thirdly That as a further or Collateral Security for the due and punctual Payment of such Bills according to the tenors thereof respectively the said Joseph Marryat should and would at any time on Demand from and after such Notification should be made or given to him as thereinafter mentioned transfer and A∫sign unto and in the Names of four responsible Persons two to be nominated by the said Henry Poole and the other two by the said Joseph Marryat the Capital sum of twenty thousand Pounds three per Cent Consolidated Bank Annuities Upon the Trusts following that is to say In Trust to pay the Dividends and Interest thereof from time to time to the said Joseph Marryat and his A∫signs for his and their own use and benefit And upon further Trust when and as any of such Bills of Exchange ∫hould be duly paid and discharged to transfer and rea∫sign to the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Administrators or A∫signs one tenth part

of

108

Of the said Capital sum of twenty thousand Pounds three per Cent Consolidated Bank Annuities But in case any one or more of the said Bills of Exchange should not be paid or and when the same should become due and payable Then In Trust by and out of the Dividends of the said Stock and by sale of so much of the Capital of the said Stock as should be nece∫sary for that purpose to pay and discharge such Bill or Bills of Exchange with all Charges and Expenses attending the NonPayment thereof and that such Trustees should be a proper Deed or Instrument in Writing declare the Trusts thereof accordingly fourthly That is case is should not be convenient to the said William Postlethwaite to pay down so large a sum as the sum of six thousand three hundred and nineteen Pounds seventeen shillings and four pence then that the sum of four thousand three hundred and nineteen Pounds seventeen shillings and four pence of like lawful Money should be paid down by him to the said Henry Poole in part Payment of the said sum of sixteen thousand three hundred and nineteen Pounds seventeen shillings and four pence and Interest and that the remainder thereof should be paid or secured to be paid by the said William Postlethwaite to the said Henry Poole within seven Years from the first day of September then next by seven equal annual Instalments payable as therein mentioned and the Payment thereof to be secured as therein also mentioned fifthly That the said William Posthelwaite should have the option of determining which of the said two modes or Plans of Payment he would adopt such Option to be declared to the said Attornies of the said Henry Poole within thirty days next after the said Articles of Agreement should be shown and presented to him for the Execution thereof and that within ten days next after such option should be declared the said William Postlethwaite should and would draw Bills of Exchange upon the said Joseph Marryat (payable to the said Henry Poole or Order) corresponding with the said Articles and the mode or plan of Payment so adopted by the said William Postlethwaite Sixthly that upon Notification being made or given to the said Joseph Marryat and Henry Poole of the mode or plan of Payment which should have been adopted by the said William Postlethwaite and upon Receipt of the said Bills of Exchange in England the said Articles so far as respected the said Joseph Marryat and Henry Poole should immediately thereupon be carried into full and comple__ effect Seventhly that all Expenses which should have been incurred by the said Henry Poole in the said Island touching the commencing and prosecuting of any Suit or Proceedings in Justice of the said Letter of Attorney of any Instructions since given by him to his said Attornies in respect of the said Mortgage and Bonds as also the Commi∫sion chargeable by or payable to his said Attornies on account thereof should be advanced and paid to him by the said William Postlethwaite with Liberty to the said William Postlethwaite to charge the same against the said Mortgage Premises it being the true intent and meaning of the said Articles of Agreement now in recital that the said Henry Poole should receive Payment of his sd Mortgage Debt and Interest in manner aforesaid free of all charges and expenses whatsoever Eighthly that when such Option should have been determined and notified such payments made and such Securities given as aforesaid the said Henry Poole should and would at the Costs and Charges of the said William Postlethwaite and Joseph Marryat duly a∫sign and make over unto them or one of them or to such Person or Persons as they should direct or appoint all his Right Title and Interest as surviving Mortgagee and Partner as aforesaid of and in the said Mortgage Debt and Interest and of all Securities for the Payment thereof And also should and would give and execute full and irrevocable Power and

Authority

109

Authority to them or either of them or to such person or persons as aforesaid to take such steps as might be nece∫sary or proper for establishing the said Mortgage account or debt and for recovering Payment thereof as also for foreclosing the Equity of Redemption of and in the said Mortgaged Premises He the said Henry Poole his Executors and Administrators being fully indemnified by the said William Postlethwaite and Joseph Marryat from and against all Costs Charges and Expences whatsoever which should or might be incurred in or about any Proceedings to be instituted for all or any of the Purposes aforesaid as in and by the said in part recited Indenture of Demise or Mortgage duly recorded in the Register’s Office of the said Island of Grenada and the said Bonds and Articles of Agreement reference being thereunto respectively had may more fully appear And Whereas the said William Postlethwaite did in pursuance and part performance of the said Articles on his part and with the Time thereby limited declare to the said Attornies of the said Henry Poole the Option given to him by the said Articles and did determine to adopt the first of the said two modes or plans of payment mentioned in the said Articles and in pursuance of such his Option and Determination did within the time limited for that purpose draw ten several sets of Bills of Exchange upon the said Joseph Marryat (payable to the said Henry Poole or Order) for Payment of the ten annual Installments and Interest comprised in the said Mode or Plan of Payment so adopted by him as aforesaid and corresponding therewith and with the said Articles And Whereas Notification hath been duly made or given to the said Joseph Marryat and Henry Poole of the mode or plan of Payment as adopted by the said William Postlethwaite and the said several sets of Bills of Exchange have been transmitted to and received by the said Joseph Marryat in England And Whereas the said Joseph Marryat hath at the request of the said William Postlethwaite in further pursuance and performance of the said agreement on the part of the said William Postlethwaite this day advanced and paid to the said Henry Poole the said sum of six thousand three hundred and nineteen Pounds seventeen shillings and four pence And also the further sum of One hundred and twelve Pounds ten shillings and ten pence (being the Interest thereof from the said first day of September last to the day of the date of these presents and likewise the further sum of One hundred and Eight Pounds at which it was consented and agreed between the said Henry Poole and Joseph Marryat that the charges and expenses incurred by the said Henry Poole in the said Island touching the Suits or Proceedings instituted in pursuance of the said Letter of Attorney and the commi∫sion payable to his said Attornies thereon should be finally ascertained and liquidated such three several Sums making in the whole the sum of Six thousand six hundred and twelve Pounds eight shillings and two pence And Whereas the said Joseph Marryat hath in pursuance and performance of the said Agreement on his part duly accepted the said several Bills of Exchange and hath delivered over the same s accepted to the said Henry Poole and for better securing the payment thereof when and as the same shall become due and payable the said Joseph Marryat hath also in further pursuance and performance of the said Agreement on his part this Day transferred and

A∫signed

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Jim

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Part 625s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1799 Robert Smith – Grand Roi and Mon Plaisir Estates, Saint John – Part 2 of 2

Good Day,

The cold continues here in Tampa. Supposed to be warming up this week… and only 4 ½ months until the beginning of Hurricane Season.

And staying with my Transcription Project in the search for the genealogy, ancestry, and origins of my ggg-grandfather James Smith, today’s Posting of A Genealogy Hunt presents the next four Pages of the 1799 Document from the Grenada Registers of Records. (See Part 624s for the first five Pages.)

The above inserted image is a cut-out from the 1801 Gavin Smith Map of the Island of Grenada. The portion that I have included approximates the location of the two Estates; Grand Roi and Mon Plaisir. The Red oval is placed in the contiguous location.

Here are the images of Pages 102 through and including 105 as downloaded from the Grenada Registers of Records and Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

And my Transcription –

102

Come at or procure without Suit at Law or Equity To have and to hold the said two several Plantations Buildings Negroes Slaves Cattle Stock and all and singular other the Premises hereby A∫signed or mentioned or intended so to be with Appurtenances unto the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Admõrs and A∫signs from henceforth for and during all the rest residue and remainder and to come and unexpired of and in the aid three several Terms of One thousand Years Eight hundred Years and five hundred Years in and by the said in part recited Indenture of Demise Granted as aforesaid subject neverthele∫s to such Redemption in Equity as the same Premises are under and by virtue of the said Indenture of Demise now subject and liable to And to have hold receive take and enjoy the said Principal Monies and Interest and Bonds hereby a∫signed or mentioned or intended so to be and every part thereof unto the said Joseph Marryat at his Executors Admõrs and A∫signs as his and their own proper Monies Goods and Chattels absolutely for ever and for the Consideration aforesaid He the said Henry Poole Hath made authorized constituted and appointed And by these Presents Doth make authorize constitute and appoint the said Joseph Marryat his Executor Admõrs and A∫signs the rue and Lawful Attorney and Attornies of him the said Henry Poole his Executors and Admõrs in his or their name or names or otherwise but at the proper Costs and Charges of the said Joseph Marryat his Executor Admõrs and A∫signs to ask demand sue for recover and receive of and from the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier and each of them their and each of their Heirs Exõrs Admõrs and A∫signs or whom else it doth shall or may concern The said Principal Monies and Interest hereby A∫signed or mentioned or intended so to be every or any part thereof and upon Non Payment thereof or any part thereof to take and use all lawful and equitable ways and means by Action suit Arrest Attachment or otherwise for recovering and inforcing payment thereof and such proceeding or proceedings to prosecute and carry on to Judgment and Execution and or to release discontinue or withdraw the same as the said Joseph Marryat his Exõrs Admõrs or A∫signs shall think proper And upon receipt of the said Principal Monies and Interest or any part thereof to give sign and execute proper and sufficient receipts Releases and discharges for the same He the said Henry Poole hereby ratifying allowing and confirming and agreeing to ratify allow and Confirm all and whatsoever the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Admõrs or A∫signs shall lawfully do or cause to be done in or about the Premises by virtue of these Presents And the said Henry Poole doth hereby for himself his Heirs Exõrs and Admõrs Covenant Promise and Agree to and with the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Admõrs and A∫signs that he the said Henry Poole hath not nor hat the said Thomas Harrison his Exõrs or Admõrs or any or either of them made done committed or wittingly or willingly suffered and that he the said Henry Poole his Exõrs or Admõrs shall not nor will at any time or times hereafter make do commit or suffer any Act Deed Matter or Thing whatsoever whereby or by reason or means whereof the said two Plantations Buildings Negroes Slaves Cattle Stock and Premises hereby a∫signed or mentioned or intended so to be or the said three several Terms of One thousand Years Eight hundred Years and five hundred Years therein or any of them are is can shall or may be impeached charged surrendered

forfeited

103

Forfeited or incumbered in Title Charge Estate or otherwise howsoever And also that he the said Henry Poole shall not nor will at anytime or times hereafter revoke defeat or make void the Power hereby given nor released not discharge the said unsatisfied Bonds or the Principal Monies and Interest thereby secured or any Part thereof nor release discontinue or become nonsuit in any Action Suit Proceeding brought commenced or prosecuted or which shall or may be brought commenced or is prosecuted in pursuance of these Presents not Act in the Premises further or otherwise than as the said Joseph Marryat his Exõrs Admõrs or A∫signs and all and every other Person and Persons whosoever having or lawfully or equitably Claiming or who shall or may at any time or times have or lawfully or equitably Claim any Estate Right Title Trust or Interest of into or out of the said two Plantations Buildings Negroes Slaves Cattle Stock and Premises and the said Principal Monies and Interest hereby A∫signed or mentioned or intended so to be by from under or in Trust for him them or any of them shall and will from time to time and at all times hereafter upon the reasonable request and at the proper Costs and Charges of the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Admõrs or A∫signs make do and 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 Things Devices Conveyances A∫signments and A∫surances in the Law whatsoever as well for the further better more perfectly and absolutely a∫signing and a∫suring the said Plantations Buildings Negroes Slaves Cattle Stock and Premises with the Appurtenances unto the said Joseph Marryat his Exõrs Admõrs and A∫signs for all the then residue of the said three several Terms of One thousand Years Eight hundred Years and five hundred Years therein (Subject as aforesaid) as also for the further better more perfectly and absolutely a∫signing the said Principal Monies and Interest hereby A∫signed unto the said Joseph Marryat at his Executors Admõrs and A∫signs as by the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Admõrs or A∫signs or his or their Counsel learned in the Law shall be lawfully and reasonably devised or advised and required so as such further A∫surances contain in them no further or other Covenants than against the Person or Persons his her or their Heirs Exõrs or Admõrs who shall make or do the same And so as the Person or Persons who shall be required to make do or execute the same be not compelled or compellable for the making or doing thereof to go on Travel above ten Miles from his her or their then most usual Dwellings or Places of abode And the said Joseph Marryat doth hereby for himself his Heirs Executors and Admõrs Covenant Promise and agree to and with the said Henry Poole his Executors Admõrs and A∫signs that he the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Admõrs and A∫signs shall and will well and sufficiently save defend keep harmle∫s and indemnified the said Henry Poole his Heirs Executors and Admõrs and his and their Lands Tenements Goods and Chattels of from and against all and all manner of Costs Charges Damages and Expenses whatsoever which he the said Henry Poole his Heirs Exõrs or Admõrs shall or may bear pay sustain or be liable to for or by

reason

104

Reason or means of his or their name or names being used in any Action suit or other Proceedings which shall or may be brought commenced or Prosecuted by the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Administrators or A∫signs for the Recovery of the said Mortgage Debt and Interest hereby a∫signed or any part thereof or any ways relating thereto And lastly the said Henry Poole and Joseph Marryat do and each of them doth hereby authorize and empower Alexander Cockburn and John Orr both of the said Island of Grenada Esquires their Attornies and Attorney jointly and each of them severally for and in their respective Names to be and appear before the proper Officer or Officers for the recording of Deeds in the sd Island of Grenada and then and these to acknowledge the Signing sealing and Delivery of these Presents by the said Henry Poole and Joseph Marryat and to do perform and execute all such other Acts Deeds Matters and Things as may be requisite for procuring these Presents to be duly recorded according to the Law for recording of Deeds in the said Island In Witne∫s whereof the said Parties to these Presents have hereunto set their Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above written.

Henry ( L S ) Poole – Josh ( L S ) Marryat

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

Robt Smith – Robt Wiltshire

Received the day of the date of the within Indenture of and from the within named Joseph Marryat the sum of Six thousand six hundred and twelve Pounds eight shillings and two pence being the Consideration Money within mentioned to be paid by him to me £6612.8.2

Witne∫s – Robt. Smith – Robt. Wiltshire

Henry Poole

Robert Wilshire Clerk to Robert Smith of Basinghall Street Gentleman maketh Oath and saith that he together with the said Robert Smith was present and did see Henry Poole and Joseph Marryat in the Parchment Writing or Indenture of A∫signment hereunto annexed respectively named duly sign seal and as their respective Acts and Deeds deliver the said Parchment Writing or Indenture of A∫signment And that the Names “Henry Poole” “Josh Marryat” to the said Indenture set and subscribed as parties executing the same And the Names “Robt. Smith” “Robt. Wiltshire” set and subscribed to the Attestation written on the back of the said Indenture as Witne∫ses to attest the due execution thereof by the said Henry Poole and Joseph Marryat are of the respective proper Handswriting and of the said Henry Poole Joseph Marryat Robert Smith and this Deponent

Rob Wiltshire

Sworn at the Mansion House London this
10th Janry 1799 Before me R C Glyn Mayor

To all to whom these presents shall come I Sir Richard Carr Glyn Knight Lord Mayor of the City of London In pursuance of an Act of Parliament made and pa∫sed in the fifth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Second Intituled an Act for the more easy recovery of Debts in His Majesty’s Plantations and Colonies in America Do hereby Certify that on the Day of the Date hereof Personally came and appeared before me Robert Wiltshire the Deponent named in the Affidavit hereunto annexed being a Person well known and worthy of good Credit and by solemn Oath which the said

105

Said Deponent then took before me upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God Did solemnly and sincerely declare testify and depose to be true the several matters and things mentioned and contained in the said annexed Affidavit

( L S )

In Faith and Testimony whereof I the said Lord Major have caused the Seal of the Office of Mayoralty of the said City of London to be hereunto put and affixed and the Parchment Writing or Indenture of A∫signment mentioned and referred to in and by the said Affidavit to be hereunto also annexed Dated in London the tenth Day of January in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety nine

Windale

The next Indenture appears to be new, but a continuation of this one. Stay tuned.

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Jim

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Part 624s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1799 Robert Smith – Grand Roi and Mon Plaisir Estates, Saint John – Part 1 of 2

Good Day,

When is a Risotto not a Risotto? According to what I have read, there is no true Risotto but made with three types of rice: Arborio, Carnaroli, and Nano.

Okay, okay, something to do with the ‘pearl’ in the center of the rice. Well last night I tried something different, once again, for supper – Chicken and Orzo Pasta… and made it like a Risotto. ‘Twas ever so easy to prepare. Chicken breast cut in some fork-sized bites, water and chicken broth, and Orzo pasta all thrown into the pot. Brought to a boil and then lowered heat and stirred every so often for about 12 minutes. In the meantime I fried up some sliced mushrooms and minced garlic in olive oil and butter. Once the chicken orzo concoction was sort of done, I threw in the mushrooms and garlic, some various herbs, pepper and salt, and about a ¼ cup chopped Nasturtium flowers, stems, leaves, and all. Then I stirred in a bit more than a ¼ cup of Parmesan Cheese. Served it with shaved Parmesan Cheese on warmed plates. Too, too good.

And then I got back to my Transcription Project in my search and research for the genealogy and origins of my ggg-grandfather James Smith. I have decided that one of my genealogy priorities this 2012, sort of a resolution, (but don’t count on it), is to transcribe as much of those Smith-related Documents from the period of 1764 through 1850 that are available from the Grenada Registers of Records. All-things-being-equal I would hope to find more hints, clues, and leads to the origins and genealogy of ggg-grandfather James. For your information, that would be about 23 of the 33 16mm microfilms that are housed at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

In keeping with my goal, here is the next 1799 Document of the Grenada Registers of Records from Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378]. This one includes the attorney Robert Smith of Basinghall Street, London. His name, and work appears to be a possible constant over a number of Documents. There does not appear to be any reference or link to ggg-grandfather James Smith included in the nine pages of this Indenture.

For your information I try to include as many as possible surnames as labels to my Postings. All-things-being-equal the following are names, as transcribed, included in this 1799 Indenture:

• James Campbell
• Alexander Cockburn
• Thomas Harrison
• Me∫srs French and Johnston
• Sir Richard Carr Glyn
• Monsr LeVevier
• Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau
• Monsr Marreaud
• Joseph Marryat
• Samuel Marryat
• James Mays
• Jean Baptiste Ollivier
• John Orr
• Henry Poole
• William Postlethwaite
• Messors St. Germain
• James Clark Satterwaite
• Robert Smith
• Robert Wiltshire

Here are the first set of two of downloaded images of Pages 97 through and including 101.

My transcription –

97

Examined

Entered 11th May 1801.

This Indenture made the ninth day of January in the thirty ninth Year of the Reign or our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland Kind Defender of the Faith ₰. And in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety nine Between Henry Poole of Woodford in the County of E∫sex Esquire of the one Part and Joseph Marryat of New Bridge Street Blackfriars in the City of London Merchant of the other Part Whereas by Indenture of Demise or Mortgage bearing date the fifth day of March One thousand seven hundred and eight seven and made or mentioned to be made between Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau of the Parish of Saint John in the Island of Grenada Widow and Jean Baptiste Ollivier of the same Parish and Island Esquire of the one Part and Thomas Harrison of the Angel Court Throgmorton Street London Merchant (then in thesaid Island of Grenada but since deceased) and the said Henry Poole (then Partner in Trade with the said Thomas Harrison) of the other Part After Reciting as therein is recited It is witne∫sed that for the Consideration therein mentioned They the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier and each of them Did Grant Bargain sell Demise and to farm Let unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Admõrs and A∫signs All that Plantation Piece or Parcel of Land commonly called or known by the name of Grand Roi Estate or Plantation situate lying and being in the Parish of Saint John in the said Island of Grenada containing three hundred and thirty two Acres and an half Acre of Land (be the same more or le∫s) butted and bounded as follows that is to say towards the North by Lands belonging to the Palmiste Plantation of Me∫srs. French and Johnston towards the West by the Kings fifty paces next the Sea Shore towards the South by Lands belonging to the Ance Noire Plantation of James Mays and towards the East by Lands belonging to the Mon Plaisir Plantation of the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau thereinafter Demised or however otherwise the same might be butted or bounded lying or being with all and singular the Dwelling houses Outhouses Negro houses Mills Boiling houses Curing houses Stoves Still houses Stables

Pens

98

Pens and other Edifices and Erections of what quality or nature soever on the said Plantation or any Part thereof erected Built standing and being And all and singular the Stills Still heads Coppers Furnaces Worms Cisterns and Tubs fixed or unfixed then being on thesaid Plantation or of right belonging thereto And also all and every of those one hundred and fifteen Negro and other Salves specified in the List marked A in the Schedule thereunto annexed And all those twenty six Mules twenty two head of horned Cattle and eighteen Sheep (being the live Stock of the said Plantation) with the future I∫sue and Increase of the Females of the said Slaves and other live Stock together with all and singular the Pots Drips Coolers Casks Plantation Stores Utensils and Implements whatsoever used or useful for the Purposes by Agriculture or Manufacture then being upon or belonging to the same Plantation as the Stores and Dead Stock thereof To hold the said Plantation and Premises with the Appurtenances unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Admõrs and A∫signs from the day of the date of the said Indenture for the Term of One thousand Years from thence next ensuring subject to the Proviso thereinafter contained and hereinafter set forth for making void the same And it is thereby further witne∫sed that for the Considerations therein mentioned she the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau Did Grant Bargain sell Demise and to farm Let unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Admõrs and A∫signs All that other Plantation Piece or Parcel of Land of her the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau commonly called of Known by the name of Mon Plaisire situate lying and being in the same parish of Saint John in the said Island of Grenada containing two hundred and thirty nine English Statute Acres (were the same more or le∫s) butted and bounded as follows that is to say towards the North by Lands of the Plantation called Palmiste of Me∫srs French and Johnston by Lands of Monsr LeVevier and by Lands of the Messors St. Germain towards the East by Lands of the Plantation called Belvidere of James Campbell Esquire towards the South by Lands of Monsr Marreaud and by Lands of the Plantation called Ance Noire of James Mays Esquire and towards the West by the therein before described Plantation of Grand Roi or otherwise howsoever the same might be butted and bounded lying or being with all and singular the Dwelling houses Outhouses Negrohouses Mills Boiling houses Curing houses Stoves Still houses Stables Pens and other Edifices and Erections of what quality or nature soever on the said Plantation or any part thereof Erected standing or being And all and singular the Stills Still heads Coppers Furnaces Worms Cisterns and Tubs fixed or unfixed then being on the said Plantation or of right belonging thereto And also all those one hundred and three Negro and other Slaves specified in the List marked B in the Schedule thereunto annexed And all those twenty seven Mules and twelve head of horned Cattle (being the live Stock of the same Plantation) with the future I∫sue and Increase of the Females of the said Slaves and other Live Stock together with all and singular the Pots Drips Coolers Casks Plantation Stoves Utensils and Implements whatsoever and or useful for the purpose of Agriculture or Manufacture then being upon or belonging to the same Plantation as the Stores or dead Stock

thereof

99

Thereof To hold the said last mentioned Plantation and Premises with Appurtenances unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Administrators and A∫signs from the day of the date of the said Indenture for the Term of Eight hundred Years from thence next ensuing Subject also to the before mentioned Proviso And it is hereby further Witne∫sed that for the Considerations therein mentioned He the said Jean Baptiste Ollivier Did Grant Bargain Sell Demise and to Farm Set unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Administrators and A∫signs All those forty two Negro and other Slaves specified in the List marked C in the Schedule thereunto annexed with the future I∫sue and Increase of the Females thereof To hold the said last mentioned Forty two Slaves with the future I∫sue and Increase of the Females thereof unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Admõrs and A∫signs from the day of the date of the said Indenture for the Term of Five hundred Years from thence next ensuing subject also to the before mentioned Proviso for making void the said Indenture and Terms of Years on Payment by the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier or either of them their or either of their Heirs Executors or Admõrs unto thesaid Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Admõrs or A∫signs of the sum of Twenty thousand Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain with Interest for the same at and after the rate of Six Pounds per Cent per Annum (and also of the sum of nine hundred and seventeen Pounds five shillings being the ascertained balance of an Account Current therein mentioned) making in the whole both Principal and Interest the sum of Twenty six thousand nine hundred and twenty six Pounds five ∫hillings by eight yearly Instalments payable on the first day of September in each and every year at London in manner therein mentioned As in and by the said Indenture of Demise or Mortgage duly recorded in the Register Office of the said Island of Grenada on the ninth day of March one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven reference being thereunto had may more fully appear And whereas in and by eight several Bonds or Obligations in Writing bearing date respectively the said fifth day of March one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven they the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier became jointly and severally bound unto the said Thomas Harrison and Henry Poole their Executors Administrators and A∫signs in the Penal sums of Money in such Bonds respectively mentioned with conditions thereunder respectively written for payment of the several Instalments or sums of Money in the said Indenture of Mortgage mentioned at the several Periods therein stipulated that is to say on the said first day of September in each and every Year commencing in the first day of September in the Year One thousand seven hundred and ninety four And Whereas the said Thomas Harrison departed this Life on or about the thirty first day of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety one

having

100

Having previously A∫signed his Share and Interest in the said Monies to the said Henry Poole and having also first duly made and published his Last Will and Testament in Writing bearing date the sixteenth day of February One thousand seven hundred and ninety and thereby constituted and appointed the said Henry Poole together with James Clark Satterthwaite Esquire Executors thereof which said Will hath since his death been duly proved by the said Henry Poole alone in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury And whereas the four first of the said Yearly Instalments were paid and discharged by the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier and the four Bonds corresponding with such Instalments have been delivered up to be cancelled by the four last of such Instalments have not yet been paid And there is now justly due and owing to the said Henry Poole or Surviving Mortgagee and Partner as aforesaid for Principal Money and Interest and Costs on the said Mortgage and unsatisfied Bonds the sum of sixteen thousand six hundred and twelve pounds eight shillings and two pence of lawful Money of Great Britain And Whereas the said Joseph Marryat hath contracted and agreed with the said Henry Poole for the absolute Purchase of all his right Title and Interest of and in the said Mortgage Debt and Securities at or for the price or sum of Sixteen thousand six hundred and twelve Pounds eight shillings and two pence payable in manner hereinafter mentioned that is to say the sum of six thousand six hundred and twelve Pounds eight shillings and two pence part thereof in present payment and the remainder thereof with Interest computed from the first day of September last at and the rate of five Pounds per Cent per Annum in ten Annual Instalments commencing on and from the said first day of September last And whereas the said Joseph Marryat hath accordingly this day paid to the said Henry Poole the said sum of six thousand six hundred and twelve Pounds eight shillings and two pence in part of the said sum of Sixteen thousand six hundred and twelve Pounds eight shillings and two pence and for payment of the residue thereof with Interest agreeably to such Instalments he the said Joseph Marryat hath accepted then ∫everal bills of Exchange drawn on him by William Postlethewaite of the Island of Grenada Planter bearing respectively become due and Payable the said Joseph Marryat hath this day transferred and a∫signed unto and in the joint names of himself and the said Henry Poole and also of Samuel Marryat of Chancery Lane London Esquire and Robert Smith of Basinghall Street London Gentlemen the Capital Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds three per Cent Consolidated Bank Annuities and the said Joseph Marryat Henry Poole Samuel Marryat and Robert Smith have by a certain Deed or Instrument in Writing bearing even date with these Presents duly declared the Trusts thereof accordingly Now this Indenture witne∫seth that for and in consideration of the said sum of Six thousand six hundred and twelve Pounds eight shillings and two pence of lawful money of Great Britain in hand well and truly paid to the said Henry

Poole

101

Poole by the said Joseph Marryat at or before the Sealing and Delivery of these Presents in Part of the said Sum of Sixteen thousand six hundred and twelve Pounds eight ∫hillings and two pence and also for and in consideration of the Acceptance of the said several Bills of Exchange for Payment of the residue of the said sum of sixteen thousand six hundred and twelve pounds eight ∫hillings and two pence & of the Transfer of the said Stock for better securing the Payment of such Bills He the said Henry Poole Hath bargained sold A∫signed Transferred and set over and by these Presents Doth bargain sell A∫sign Transfer and set over unto the said Joseph Marryat his Executors Admõrs and A∫signs All that the said Plantation called Grand Roi and all Erections and Buildings thereon And also all those one hundred and fifteen Negro and other Slaves specified on the said List marked A in the Schedule to the said Indenture of Demise annexed or such of them as are now living with the present and future I∫sue and Increase of the females thereof And also all the Cattle Live and dead Stock Utensils Implements and Appurtenances to the same Plantation and Premises belonging And also all that thesaid other Plantation called Mon Plaisir and Erections and Buildings thereon And also all those One hundred and three Negro and other Salves specified in the List marked B in the said Schedule annexed to the said Indenture of Demise or such them as are now living with the Present and future i∫sue and Increase of the females thereof And also all the Cattle Live and dead Stock Utensils Implements and Appurtenances to the said last mentioned Plantation and Premises belonging And also all those forty two Negro and other Slaves specified in the List marked C in the said Schedule or such of them as are now living with the Present and future I∫sue and Increase of the Females thereof And all and singular other the Premises comprised in the said in part recited Indenture of Demise and herein before particularly mentioned and described And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Yearly and other Rents I∫sues and Profits of the said Plantations and Premises and every part thereof with the Appurtenances And also the said Debt or Sum of Sixteen thousand six hundred and twelve Pounds eight shillings and two pence so due and owing from the said Marie Madelaine Coulon Mariecheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier to the said Henry Poole as aforesaid together with all such Interest as shall from henceforth accrue and become due and payable thereon and also the said four several unsatisfied Bonds or Obligations for securing the Payment thereof And all the Estate Right Title Interest Use Trust Term and Terms of Years now to come and unexpired Property Claim and Demand whatsoever both at Law and in equity of him the said Henry Poole as surviving Mortgagee and Partner as aforesaid of into or out of the said several Plantations Buildings Negroes Slaves Cattle Stock and Premises and the said Principal Monies and Interest hereby a∫signed or intended so to be or any part thereof respectively Together with the said in part recited Indenture of Demise and all other Deeds Evidences and Writings relating to on concerning the said Plantations and Premises now in the Custody of the said Henry Poole pr which he can

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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?

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 533s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1801 Benjamin D’harriette Smith – Charibee Islands & Irish Sterling

Morning,

Summer solstice has passed and now the days begin to get shorter. And we’re in those penultimate days of the just-waiting-for the thunder and lightning season to begin its fury in Central Florida. The days are hot… but at least I have the pool just outside my living room door and I get soaked hourly to keep a cool and calm brain and body.

So I continue on in the search for my ggg-grandfather James Smith; the search and research for his origins and genealogy. This morning’s Indenture does not have any immediate hints or clues that there is any possible association between Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and ggg-grandfather James. The dates included in the Indenture could approximate the time frame near and about ggg-grandfather James’ life and there may have been some association between him and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith. I only conclude because of the indication that the property that is discussed on Page 488 in this contract is bounded and bordered in the Town of Saint George by what is called “the Carpenter’s yard”.

This Indenture begins on Page 484 and continues through to Page 490 of the Grenada Registers of Records found in Item 2 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

Here are the images of the Indenture.

And my transcription –

(484)

Examined

Entered 5th March 1801

This Indenture made the thirtieth day of December in the forty first year of the
reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and
Ireland King defender of the faith and so forth and in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred Between James Park of the Island of Trinidad merchant and

Benjamin

(485)

Benjamin D’harriette Smith of the Island of Grenada merchant of the one
part, and Alexander Cockburn of the Town of Saint George in the aforesaid Island of
Grenada Doctor of Physic of the other Part Whereas in and by a certain royal
Grant or letters patent under the great Seal of the said Island of Grenada bearing
date the thirty first day of August which was in the year of our Lord One Thousand
seven hundred and seventy five and in the fifteenth year of his present Majesty’s
reign by the humble petition of David Merril to his Excellency William Young the
then Commander in Chief of the Southern Charibbee Islands of Grenada the Grena
dines Saint Vincent and Tobago his Majesty did give and grant unto the said
David Merril his heirs and a∫signs all that water lot lying and being in the
upper Carenage in the Town of Saint George and Island of Grenada aforesaid contain
ning seven thousand nine hundred and thirty two square feet being ninety feet four
Inches in front next the lands of the said David Merril and running on the North
East Side seventy six feet ten Inches and ninety five feet five Inches on the South
West Side backwards into the sea of the figures and boundaries particularly described
in the Diagram of the said lot hereunto annexed with liberty to _____ out a Wharf
into the Carenage with the appurtenances whatsoever the same ^or any part of the same belonging and all things on the same built erected stan
ding growing or being To hold the same unto the said David Merril his heirs and
a∫signs in free and Common Socage to his and them only proper use and behoof for ever
and for no other use at the annual rent of one penny Sterling for every foot in front of
such town lot in Saint Georges aforesaid to commence on the thirty first day of August
which was in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and seventy seven which
would be within two years after the date of the said Grant and subject to the Conditions
thereinafter particularly mentioned as by the said recited Grant duly recorded in
the Clerk of the Patent’s Office in and for the said Island of Grenada and other the
Islands then thereto depending reference being thereunto had will more fully and at large
appear And whereas the said David Merril did some time after depart this life where
by the above recited lot granted into him as aforesaid descended to his Brother and heir
at law Melaliah Merril and whereas by Indentures of lease and release bearing date
respectively the sixteenth and seventeenth days of March which were in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven and made between the said
Melaliah Merril of the one part and James Carson of the other Part the said Melaliah
Merril for the Considerations therein mentioned did grant release and confirm unto
the said James Carson his heirs and a∫signs all his right and title in and to one
equal moiety or half part of all the said lot and premises granted unto the said
David Merril his brother deceased in the said hereinbefore recited grant or letters
patent mentioned and described as by the said Indenture of release recorded in the
Register office of the said Island of Grenada reference being thereunto had well more
fully appear And whereas in and by a certain other royal Grant or letters

patent

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Patent under the great Seal of the said Island of Grenada bearing date the twenti
eth day of November in the twenty eight year of the reign of his present majesty by the
humble Petition of John Hutchings and James Carson then of the Town of Saint George in
the said Island of Grenada to his honor Samuel Williams the then President of the Council
and Commander in Chief of the said Island of Grenada and its dependencies his Majesty did
give and grant unto the said John Hutchings and James Carson their heirs and a∫signs
all that Piece of land being of such dimensions butts and bounds as therein and hereinaf
ter mentioned that is to say beginning at the South angle by the lot of land in the po∫
se∫sion of the said John Hutchings and James Carson and containing along the same
North thirty two East one hundred and thirteen feet six Inches thence South fifty eight
East twenty feet into the harbor to intersect the boundary thereof thence South 24 45
West along the said Boundary one hundred and twenty feet thence North 48 30 West thir
ty four feet six Inches to the Place of beginning abutted and bounded North West by the
said lot of land in the po∫se∫sion of the said John Hutchings and James Carson North East
by the water lot adjoining lands of Samuel Hall South East by the boundary line of
the said harbor and South West by the water lot adjoining to lands in the po∫se∫sion of
Charles Morris and all the woods underwoods profits Commodities easements heredits and Ap
purtenances thereunto belonging and appertaining To hold the same unto the said John Hutch
ings and James Carson their heirs and a∫signs in free and Common Socage to their only
proper use and behoof for ever and for no other use at the yearly quit rent of one Penny
Sterling post in front of the lot thereby Granted to commence the twentieth day of Novem
ber one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine subject to the Terms and Conditions
thereinafter mentioned And whereas the said John Hutchings purchased the other unde
vided moiety of the Premises one moiety whereof was conveyed to the said James Carson by
the hereinbefore recited Indenture of lease and release whereby the said James Carson and
John Hutchings became tenants in Common of the Premises granted by the first recited Grant
all which said premises were adjoin and contiguous to each other they the said John
Hutchings and James Carson caused a division to be made of all the said Premises whereby
the parcel and allotment of the premises contained in the said recited grants made and
allotted to the said James Carson extended sixty two feet six Inches in front towards the
sea fifty three feet back seventy six feet ten Inches towards the North East and eighty three
feet nine Inches towards the south West as by a Survey and diagram thereof made and
signed by the said James Carson and John Hutchings well more fully and clearly appear
And whereas the said James Carson some time after the execution of the said recited
Indenture of lease and release departed this life And whereas in and by the last will
and Testament of the said James Carson deceased bearing date the twenty ninth day of
May which was in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty nine and
recorded in the proper Register Office and for the said Island of Grenada and its
dependencies the fourth day of July which was in the year of our Lord One thousand seven
hundred and ninety three the said James Carson amongst other devises and bequests

did

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Did give and bequeath unto James Carson of Carmony, Belfast and Mary
Boyd his wife (his Father and mother) and to Elizabeth Carson his Sister German equally?
and the survivor or Survivors of them their heirs and a∫signs the whole remainder of
his Goods and Chattels, effects and Slaves, his lot of land in the Carenage with the houses
thereon erected and all other means and estates real and personal whatsoever belonging
unto him, or that may belong unto him at his death, as also all debts, dues and demands
then indebted or vesting to him or that may be owing to him at his death as by the said
recited will in the aforesaid Register’s Office recorded reference being thereunto have with
more full and at large appear And whereas the said Elizabeth Carson the Sister of
the said James Benson deceased has never since been heard of and the said Mary Car-
son the mother by the death of the said James Carson the Father became and was lawfully
intitled to one moiety of the said devised Premises by virtue of the above recited will of
the said James Carson her son deceased; And whereas in and by certain Indentures
of lease and release bearing date respectively the sixth and seventh day of October
which were in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety six, and
made or mentioned to be made between the said Mary Carson widow of the one Part
and the said James Park and Benjamin d’hariet Smith of the said Island of
Grenada merchants and partners in Trade under the firm of Park and Smith of the
other part It is witne∫sed that for the Consideration therein mentioned the said
Mary Carson did grant bargain sell remise release and confirm unto the said
Park and Smith all her right title and Interest in and to all the lot or parcel of
Ground before recited situate lying and being in that Part of the Town of Saint George
called the Carenage in the Island of Grenada aforesaid containing in front fifty
feet and extending backwards eighty feet or thereabouts more or le∫s bounded as before
mentioned together with her moiety or Proportion of all houses buildings and Improvements
thereon with their rights members and appurtenances and the reversion and reversions
remainder and remainders yearly and other rents I∫sues and Profits thereof and all the
estate right title Interest Claim and demand of her the said Mary Carson of in and to
the same or any Part thereof to hold the said premises thereby granted and released
unto the said Park and Smith their heirs and a∫signs for ever as Tenants in Common
and not as joint Tenants subject to the Payment of an annuity or yearly Sum of Seven
pound seven Shillings and sixpence Irish Sterling money by the said Park and
Smith during her natural life and to a moiety of such payments and Covenants as may
be required pursuant to the Tenor of the said Grants And whereas the said James
Park and Benjamin d’Harriette Smith are now in the actual po∫se∫sion of that moiety of
the premises mentioned in the hereinbefore first recited Grant and of that moiety of the
premises mentioned in the hereinbefore secondly recited Grant which were allotted to the said
James Carson upon the division hereinbefore mentioned being made and have agreed to sell

and

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And convey the same unto the said Alexander Cockburn for the Consideration and in
Manner hereinafter mentioned; Now this Indenture witne∫seth that for and in Con-
sideration of the Sum of One Thousand Pounds lawful Current Money of the Island of Grenada
to them the said James Park and Benjamin d’Harriette Smith in hand well and truly paid
by the said Alexander Cockburn the receipt whereof the said James Park and Benjamin d’Har
riette Smith do hereby acknowledge and thereof and of every part thereof do and each of them
doth acquit release and discharge the said Alexander Cockburn his heirs executors administrators
and a∫signs for ever by these Presents They the said James Park Benjamin D’hariet
Smith have and each of them hath given granted bargained and sold aliened enfeoffed released
and confirmed and by thes Presents do and each of them doth give grant bargain sell
alien enfeoff release and confirm unto the said Alexander Cockburn his heirs and a∫signs
for ever all that the aforesaid lot piece or parcel of Ground situate lying and being in that
part of the town of Saint George aforesaid called the Carenage containing by admeasurement
five Thousand nine hundred and ninety four superficial Square feet and bounded on the
South East by the Carnage, on the north East by the Carpenter’s yard from only the Property
of Thomas Bennett deceased and afterwards of Samuel Hall deceased, on the North west by
the other lands on the po∫se∫sion of the said James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and
on the South West by lands late in the po∫se∫sion of John Hutchings deceased, and extending on
the South East sixty two feet six inches, on the North East ninety six feet six Inches, on the
North West one hundred and seven feet three Inches, with all and singular me∫suages dwel-
lin house Outhouses erections Buildings and Improvements thereon standing and made
with the rights members and appurtenances thereof and all ways Paths Pa∫sages waters
water courses xxxxxxxx easements Profits Commodities advantages emoluments and Heredi
taments whatsoever to the said lot Piece or parcel of land erections and buildings belonging or
in any wise appertaining or which now or heretofore have been accepted reputed taken known
used occupied or enjoyed to or with the same or as part of Parcel thereof or of any Part thereof
and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders rents I∫sues and Profits of all and
singular the said Premises above mentioned and of every part thereof with the appurtenances
and also all the estate right Title Interest Claim and demand whatsoever of them the said
James Park and Benjamin D’harriette Smith of in and to the same every Part
and Parcel thereof with the appurtenances To have and To hold all and singular the said
lots Pieces or Parcels of land erections Buildings hereditaments and Premises above mentioned
and every Part and Parcel thereof with the appurtenances unto the said Alexander Cock-
burn his heirs and a∫signs forever to the use of the said Alexander Cockburn his heirs and
a∫signs for ever And the said James Park and Benjamin D’harriette Smith for themselves
their heirs executors and administrators do jointly and each of them for himself severally and
for his heirs executors and administrators doth covenant promise and agree to and with the
said Alexander Cockburn his heirs and a∫signs in manner and form following that is to
say that they the said James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith or one of them their

Or

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Or one of their heirs executors or administrators shall and will continue to pay or cause to be
paid the said annuity or yearly Sum of eleven Pounds seven Shillings and six pence Irish Ster
ling money to the said Mary Carson in and by the said recited Indenture of release required
during the term of her natural life And that he the said Alexander Cockburn his heirs
and a∫signs shall and may at all times for ever hereafter peaceably and quietly in his use?
have hold occupy po∫se∫s and enjoy all and singular the said Lot Piece or parcel of land erec
tions buildings hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore granted and enfeoffed or intended
so to be with the appurtenances without any let trouble hindrance molestation Interruption
or denial whatsoever of or from them the said James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith
David Merril Melaliah Merril Mary Carson the mother Elizabeth Carson the Sister or any
of them their either or any their heirs or a∫signs or of or from the heirs or a∫signs of the said
James Carson the Son or James Carson the Father or of any other Person or persons whatsoever
having or lawfully claiming or to claim the hereby given and granted premises or any Part
thereof by from or under them or any of them and that freed and discharged or otherwise well
and sufficiently saved and kept harmle∫s and indemnified by the said James Park and Ben-
jamin d’Harriette Smith their heirs Executors and administrators of from and against all for
mer and other bargains sales Gifts leases releases Feoffments mortgages Jointures dowers
rights and titles of Dower uses wills Intails annuities writings Obligatory statutes recognizances
estates rights titles troubles and Incumbrances whatsoever had made committed done or suffered
or to be had made committed done or suffered or caused or to be caused to be had mad committed
done or suffered by the said James Park and Benjamin d’Harriette Smith the said David
Merril Melalial Merril James Carson the Son James Carson the Father Mary Carson Elizabeth
Carson or any of them their or any of their heirs or a∫signs or any other person or persons what
soever claiming or to claim by from or under them or any of them or by any other Person or Per
sons whomsoever except neverthele∫s the rent hereafter to accrue and in and by the said herein
before recited Grants reserved and payable our of the Premises hereby granted And further that
they the said James Park and Benjamin D’harriette Smith and the Survivor of them and his
and their heirs and all and every other Person or Persons having or claiming any estate right
title or Interest in the Premises hereinbefore granted and enfeoffed or any Part thereof by from or
under them the said James Park and Benjamin d’harriette Smith David Merril Melaliah Merril
James Carson the Son James Carson the Father Elizabeth Carson and Mary Carson or any of them
shall and will from time to time and at all Times hereafter upon the request that at the Costs
and Charges of the said Alexander Cockburn his heirs or a∫signs make do and execute or cause
and procure to be made done and executed all the every such lawful and reasonable act
and acts Thing and things Devise and Devises Conveyances and a∫surances in the law _____ _____
for the further better more perfect and absolute granting conveying and a∫suring of all and singular
the said premises above mentioned with the appurtenances unto the said Alexander Cockburn
his heirs and a∫signs for ever according to the true Intent and meaning of these Presents as by
the said Alexander Cockburn his heirs and a∫signs or his or their Counsel learned in the law

shall

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Shall be reasonably advised or devised and required And the said Alexander Cockburn for
himself his heirs executors and admǒrs doth hereby covenant and agree to and with the said James
Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith jointly and each of them severally and to and with their and
each of their heirs that he the said Alexander Cockburn his heirs executors administrators and a∫signs
shall and will from time to time and at all Times hereafter pay and discharge as well one moi
ety of the rent to and by the said hereinbefore first recited Grant reserved and payable out
of the premises thereby granted ^and one moiety of the used? in and by the said premises? by _____ of _____ reserved and payable out of the premises thereby granted In Witne∫s whereof the said Benjamin D’harriette Smith hath
hereunto set his hand and Seal and also the hand and Seal of the said James Park by virtue
of a letter of attorney or deed Poll bearing date the eighth day of December in the year of our
Lord One Thousand eight hundred duly executed by the said James Park and fully authorizing
him so to do (as by the said letter of attorney or the record thereof remaining in the Register’s Office
of the said Island of Grenada reference being thereunto had will more fully and at large appear))
and the said Alexander Cockburn hath also set his hand and Seal the day and year first
above written

James (LS) Park
By his atty
B.D. Smith
B.D. (LS) Smith

Sealed and delivered in the presence of

Chas Miles
Jno. Thos. Proby Alex (LS) Cockburn

Received on the day and year first within written of and from the within named Alexan
der Cockburn the Sum of one thousand pounds Current money of Grenada being the amount of
the Consideration money within mentioned and agreed to be paid by him to us we say received
£1000.0.0 Curry

James Park by his Atty
B.D. Smith

Witne∫s Jno Thos. Proby
Be it remembered that on the day of the date of the within written deed full free and absolute
po∫se∫sion and livery of seizing was given and made by the within named Feoffers James Park
and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith to the within named Feoffers Alexander Cockburn of all and
singular the premises within mentioned To hold unto the said Alexander Cockburn his heirs
and a∫signs for ever according to the true Intent and meaning of the within deed by deliver of a
Clod of the earth of the within mentioned land in the Presence of M. Nowlan Daniel Lyson
Grenada
Acknowledged before me by Benjamin D’Harriette Smith as the attorney in the
name of and as and for the free and voluntary act and deed of James Park one of the parties to the
within Indenture of Feoffment and also by the said Benjamin d’harriette Smith the other party
to the said Indenture as and for his own free and voluntary act and deed this fifth day of March
One Thousand eight hundred and one.

JH Bromley Dept Register

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