Part 641s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1802 Gavin Smith – St. George, Grenada – Easy Paella

Good Day,

Just diverting a wee bit from my obsession of genealogy and the search and research for the origins and ancestry of my ggg-grandfather James Smith…
I decided to enable another one of my obsessions, cooking.

Last night’s supper was an experiment, (and that is not necessarily something different in this house)… I decided I had a hankering for some Paella. And do you think I had the time to make a true-blue Paella? Hell, no! I only decided this at about 3:00 pm and we were slated to eat about 6ish.

With two pans; my Paella pan and a frying pan on the stove top I placed onion, garlic, and chili pepper in olive oil in the Paella pan. Five minutes later I added some saffron threads, chopped parsley and chicken broth. Brought to a boil, then simmered for 20 minutes.

In the frying pan, in some oil, I threw in some chopped-up chicken breast, which had marinated in olive oil, paprika, oregano, salt and pepper for about 30 minutes or so. Five minutes later, I added chopped green and red bell peppers, and of course some chorizo. Attempting to correspond with the rice time countdown, I then added in some shrimp. Rice on plate topped with chicken, chorizo and shrimp proved a very delectable, simple, quick and easy Paella. Dang was it good!

Back to my search and research.

The next Document is a follow-up Contract to Part 640s between Gavin Smith, the Surveyor of Grenada and Patrick Kewley and his sister-in-law, Elizabeth. Make sure to take note that the surname "Kewley" is spelled two different ways throughout this Indenture - Kewley versus Kewly.

Here are the images of the Pages 182 through and including 184 from the Grenada Registers of Records. I downloaded them from Item 4 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

And my transcription.

182

Examd
Grenada

Entered 27th November 1802

This Indenture made the twenty fifth day of November in the forty third Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and two Between Gavin Smith of the Island of Grenada Surveyor of the one Part and Patrick Kewley of Liverpool in the County of Lancaster Merchant Surviving Partner of John Kewley late of the same Place Merchant deceased and Elizabeth Kewley of Liverpool aforesaid Widow and sole Acting Executrix named in the Will of thesaid John Kewley deceased by William Kewley of the Island of Grenada Merchant their Attorney duly constituted in this behalf of the other Part Whereas by certain Indentures of Lease and Release the Lease bearing date the day before and the Release bearing even date with these Presents and made or expre∫sed to be made between the said Patrick Kewley and Elizabeth Kewley by their said Attorney of the one Part and the said Gavin Smith of the other Part in consideration of the sums of One thousand five hundred Pounds of Current Money of the said Island of Grenada by the said Gavin Smith paid to the said Patrick Kewley and Elizabeth Kewly and in consideration of the further sum of one thousand five hundred Pounds of like Current Money to be secured in manner therein and hereinafter mentioned thesaid Patrick Kewley and Elizabeth Kewley by their said Attorney William Kewley did grant release and confirm unto the said Gavin Smith his Heirs and A∫signs the Hereditaments hereinafter more particularly mentioned and described with the Appurtenances To hold the same unto and to the use of thesaid Gavin Smithhis Heirs and A∫signs for ever Not this Indenture Witnesseth that for the better and more effectually securing the said sum of one thousand five hundred Pounds with lawful Interest in the manner hereinafter mentioned and in further Consideration of the sum of ten ∫hillings of Current Money of the said Island by the said Patrick Kewley and Elizabeth Kewley to the said Gavin Smith in hand well and truly paid at or immediately before the Sealing and delivery of these Presents the receipt whereof is hereby respectively acknowledged He the said Gavin Smith Hath granted bargained sold released and confirmed and by these Presents Doth grant bargain sell release and confirm unto thesaid Patrick Kewley and Elizabeth Kewley (in their or actual Po∫se∫sion now being by virtue of a Bargain and Sale to them thereof made in consideration of five shillings by Indenture bearing date the day next before the date 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 their Heirs All that Lot Piece or Parcel of Land situate lying and being in the Town of Saint George in the said Island of Grenada containing _____________________________________________ or there about be the same more or le∫s) abutting and bounded as next hereinafter is mentioned (that

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Is to say) For the Eastward by Hallifax Street To the Westward by Land now or late of George English To the Northward by Cheapside Street and to the Southward by the Lands now or late of Nicolas Jacques Saint Aubin and Rosalie his Wife or howsoever the same is abutting and bounded Together with all Houses Outhouses Edifices Buildings Barns Ways Paths pa∫sages Waters Watercourses Lights Easements Emoluments Hereditaments and Appurtenances to the same Hereditaments and Premises belonging or in any wise appertaining And all the Estate right Title Interest po∫sibility property Claim and demand whatsoever both at Law and in Equity of him the said Gavin Smith of in to out of from and upon the Hereditaments and Premises hereby intended to be hereby granted and released with the Appurtenances and the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Yearly and other Rents I∫sues and Profits thereof and and of every part thereof To have and to hold thesaid Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Hereditaments unto the said Patrick Kewley and Elizabeth Kewley their Heirs and A∫signs To the only proper use and behoof of the said Patrick Kewley their Heirs and A∫signs for ever Subject neverthele∫s to a Proviso or Condition for redemption hereinafter contained (that is to say) Provided always and it is hereby agreed between and by the said Parties to these Presents that if the said Gavin Smith his Heirs Executors or Administrators or any of them do and shall at the Parish of Saint George’s in the said Island of Grenada well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto thesaid Patrick Kewley and Elizabeth Kewley their Executors Administrators or A∫signs the sum of One thousand five hundred Pounds of Current Money of the said Island of Grenada on the fifteenth day of March next ensuing the date hereof together with lawful Interest for the same without making any deduction or abatement thereout whatsoever for or by reason of any Taxes charges A∫se∫sments or impositions taxed charges a∫se∫sed or imposed or to be taxed charged a∫se∫sed or imposed by authority of the Legislature of the said Island or otherwise howsoever upon the said Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore mentioned to be hereby as entered? and released or upon the said sum of One thousand five hundred Pounds and Interest hereby intended to be secured or any part thereof or on the said Patrick Kewley and Elizabeth Kewley their or either of their Executors Administrators or A∫signs in respect thereof them and immediately after such Payment made as aforesaid They thesaid Patrick Kewly and Elizabeth Kewly their Heirs or A∫signs _____ and will upon the request and at the Costs and Charges of the said Gavin Smith his Heirs or A∫signs convey and a∫sure thesaid Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Hereditaments and Premises hereby granted and released with the Appurtenances unto and to the use of the said Gavin Smith his Heirs and A∫signs or unto such other Person or Persons as he or they shall direct or appoint freed and discharged of and from all incumbrances made or committed by them the said Patrick Kewley and Elizabeth Kewley their Heirs or A∫signs in the mean time And thesaid Gavin Smith for himself his Heirs Executors and Adminis trators doth covenant promise and agree with and to thesaid Patrick Kewly and Elizabeth Kewly their Executors Administrators and A∫signs that he the said Gavin Smith shall and will well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said Patrick Kewly and Elizabeth Kewly their Executors Administrators or A∫signs thesaid sum of one thousand and five hundred Pounds with Interest for the same at the time and in manner above limited for Payment thereof according to the true intent and meaning of the above written Proviso And thesaid Gavin Smith doth for himself his Heirs Executors and Adminis- trators covenant promise and agree with and to the said Patrick Kewly and Elizabeth Kewly their Heirs and A∫signs that he the said Gavin Smith now at the time of the sealing and delivery of these Presents is lawfully seized of the Hereditaments and Premises herein before granted and released with

the

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The Appurtenances of an indefeazable Estate of Inheritance in fee simple in po∫se∫sion without any condition trust power of revocation or limitation of any use or Uses or other restraint cause matter or thing whatsoever to alter defeat change charge revoke make void le∫sen or incumber the same And also that he the said Gavin Smith now hath in himself good right full power and lawful and absolute Authority to grant release and confirm the Hereditaments and Premises hereby granted and released with the Appurtenances unto and to the use of thesaid Patrick Kewly and Elizabeth Kewly their Heirs and A∫signs for ever according to the true intent and meaning of these presents And further that in case default shall be made in payment of the said sum of one thousand and five hundred Pounds or the Interest thereof or any part thereof contrary to the aforesaid Proviso and Covenant for Payment thereof that then and from thenceforth it shall and may be lawful to and for thesaid Patrick Kewley and Elizabeth Kewly their Heirs and A∫signs into and upon all and singular the Hereditaments and Premises hereby granted and released with the Appurtenances to enter and the same from thenceforth peaceably and quietly to have hold and enjoy and the Rents I∫sues and Profits thereof to receive and take to his and their own use and benefit without any lawful let suit or interruption of or by thesaid Gavin Smith his Heirs or A∫signs or any other Person or Persons whomsoever And that free and clear and freely and Clearly acquitted exonerated and discharged or otherwise by the said Gavin Smith his Heirs Executors or Administrators well and sufficiently defended and kept harmle∫s of from and against all and all manner of former and other Gifts grants bargains Sales Mortgages Jointures Dowers right and title Arrears of Rent Annuities Estates Titles troubles Charges and Incumbrances whatsoever And further that he the said Gavin Smith and his Heirs and all Persons whomsoever Claiming under him or them shall from time to time and at all times after default shall be made in the Payment of the said sum of one thousand and five hundred Pounds and the Interest thereof or any part thereof contrary to the aforesaid Proviso and covenant for payment thereof upon the request of the said Patrick Kewly and Elizabeth Kewly their Executors Administrators or A∫signs but at the Costs and Charges of the said Gavin Smith his Heirs Executors or Administrators do or cause to be done such lawful and reasonable Acts for the better a∫suring and confirming the Hereditaments and Premises hereby granted and released with the Appurtenances unto and to the use of the said Patrick Kewly and Elizabeth Kewly their Heirs and A∫signs freed and discharged from the said Proviso or Condition hereinbefore contained for redemption of the Premises and all other Equity of Redemption whatsoever And lastly it is agreed between the said Parties that until default shall be made in the Payment of the said sum of One thousand and five hundred Pounds and interest as aforesaid it shall and may be lawful for the said Gavin Smith his Heirs and A∫signs peaceably and quietly to hold and enjoy the same Hereditaments and Premises with the Appurtenances and to received and take the rents i∫sues and profits thereof to his and their own use and benefit without any interruption or disturbance whatsoever of or by the said Patrick Kewley and Elizabeth Kewly their Heirs or A∫signs or any other person or persons whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim by from under or in Trust for him her them or any of them In Witne∫s whereof thesaid Parties to these Presents have hereunto set and subscribed their hands and seals the day and Year being first above written

Gavin ( L S ) Smith # Patrick ( L S ) Kewley # Elizabeth ( L S ) Kewley

by his Attorney           by her Attorney

William Kewley                          William Kewley

Sealed and delivered in the presence of

Owsley Rowley

Grenada Acknowledge before me by Gavin Smith the Party executing the within Indenture of Release as and for his free and voluntary Act and Deed this twenty seventh day of November One thousand eight hundred and two

GH Horsley Dep Register

Well no connection apparent to ggg-grandfather James Smith. And so I continue my search and research...and definitely I enjoyed the easy Paella.

Enjoy,

Jim

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

Good Day,

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

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

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

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

174

Entered 7th January 1803

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

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

Year

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

Benjamin

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

the 

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

and

179

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

hereby

180

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

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

Sealed and delivered in the Presence of us.

Thomas Berry # Rich Lawson

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

Archd. Armstrong

Witne∫s Thomas Berry # Richard Lawson

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

by 

181

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

Archd. Armstrong 

Witne∫s Thomas Berry # Rich Lawson

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

Richd Lawson

Sworn to before me this 9th day of August 1802

J Bridgwater

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

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 637s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1802 Port D’Espagne, Trinidad – Benjamin D’Harriette Smith

Good Day,

I’m reading the book A Passion for the Possible by Jean Houston and I chanced upon a couple of sentences in her first chapter that… well, here they are “And so I ask you to reflect on this: What would you be like if you started today to make the most of the rest of your life? If you turned a corner and awoke?”

As I type and work on this Posting, I have three of the four members of the Pack in my chair and lap, trying to get comfortable, while low-growling at each other as he or she adjusts position of comfort.

And then I continue in the search and research for the genealogy and origins of my ggg-grandfather James Smith. I continue with my Transcription Project.

The next Document from the Grenada Registers of Records is now from Item 4 of the microfilm FHL [1563378]. It is an 1802 contract between Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and Archibald Armstrong regarding some properties in Trinidad. As to a clue to a connection to ggg-grandfather James, I do not read one.

The above-inserted Google Map image is my guesstimate of the approximate location of one of the properties in Port of Spain, Trinidad at Abercromby(e) (formerly Princes) and Queen Streets.

Check out that Port of Spain is referred to as Port D’Espagne.

Here are images of the Pages 169 and 170.

And my transcription –

169

Entered 7th January 1803

This Indenture made the twenty seventh day of August in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and two Between Benjamin D’Harriette Smith of the Island of Grenada Merchant of the one Part and Archibald Armstrong of the same Island Merchant of the other Part Witne∫seth that for and in Consideration of Five Shillings Sterling to the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith in hand well and truly paid by the said Archibald Armstrong before the Sealing and delivery of these Presents the Receipt whereof thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith Doth hereby acknowledge He the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith Hath granted bargained and sold by these Presents doth grant bargain and sell unto the said Archibald Armstrong his Executors Administrators and A∫signs All his the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith’s one undivided fourth part or share (the whole into four part to be equally divided) of and in All that Plantation Piece or Parcel of Land called the Garden containing two hundred and ten Acres of Land or thereabouts be the same more or le∫s situate lying and being in the Quarter of Arouca in the Island of Trinidad abutting and bounded as follows that is to say to the North by the Savannah of Arouca aforesaid to the South by the Savannah called Portivera, to the East by Lands of Count de Saint Pierre and of Monsieur LeBlanc and to the West of the Lands of Me∫sesieurs Nihell and Robinson or howsoever otherwise thesaid Plantation Piece or Parcel of Land or any part thereof is abutting and bounded and by whatever other Name or Names Description or Descriptions the same Plantation or any part thereof now is or heretofore hath been called or known distinguished or described And also of and in all Me∫suages Tenements Houses Outhouses Mills Stills Boiling houses Curing houses Edifices Erections and Buildings whichever erected Built standing or being in or upon the said Plantation Piece or Parcel of Land or on any part thereof And also of and in all Timber and other Trees Woods Underwoods and other growing things Ways Paths Pa∫sages Waters Water courses Pastures Grounds Hedges Ditches Fences Boundaries Lights Easements Profits Commodities Emoluments Advantages Hereditaments Rights Privileges Members and Appurtenances whatsoever to the said Plantation Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements and Premises or to any part or parcel thereof belonging or in any wise appertaining or with the same or any part thereof now or at any time heretofore used occupied po∫se∫sed or enjoyed or accepted reputed deemed taken or known as part parcel or Member of the same And also of and in all these Twenty Negro and other Slaves (be the same more or le∫s upon and belonging to the said Plantation and the future I∫sue and Increase of the Females of the said Slaves And also of and in all Horned Cattle Horses Mules and other Stock upon and belonging to the same Plantation And all

Plantation 

170

Plantation Tools Implements Utensils and other things whatsoever to thesaid Plantation Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements and Premises belonging or in anywise appertaining And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Rents I∫sues and Profits thereof and of every part and Parcel thereof with the Appurtenances And also all his the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith’s one undivided Moiety or half part of and in All that Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages and Premises numbered Sixty two and situate in Queen Street in the Town of Port D’Espagne in the Island of Trinidad aforesaid formerly belonging to Rebecca Griffith, containing in Front Sixty French feet and in Depth one hundred and twenty like feet be the same more or le∫s, bounded on the East by Lands and Houses of the said Rebecca Griffiths, on the West by Princes Street now called Abercrombe Street, on the North by Houses of Mr. Pache and on the South by the said Street called Queen Street, together with the Me∫suage or Tenement Outhouses Erections and Buildings thereon erected and built, and all Ways Paths Pa∫sages Waters Watercourses Easements Profits Commodities Advantages Emoluments and Hereditaments whatsoever to the said Lot Me∫suage or House and Premises belonging or in any wise appertaining or which to and with the same now are or at any time heretofore have been used held occupied accepted reputed deemed taken or known as part parcel or member thereof or of any part thereof And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Yearly and other Rents I∫sues and Profits thereof and of every ‘ part and parcel thereof with the Appurtenances To Have and to Hold All his thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith’s said undivided fourth part of and in the said Plantation Slaves Hereditaments and Premises And also all his said undivided Moiety of thesaid Lot of Land Me∫suage and Premises and all and singular other the Premises above bargained and sold or meant mentioned or intended so to be with their and every of their Appurtenances unto the said Archibald Armstrong his Executors Administrators and A∫signs from the day next before the day of the date of these Presents for and during and until the full end and term of one whole Year from thence next ensuing and fully to be compleat and ended Yielding and Paying therefore unto the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith the Rent of one Grain of Indian Corn on the last day of the said Term (if the same shall be lawfully demanded) To the Intent that by virtue of these Presents and by force of the Statute made for transferring Uses into Po∫se∫sion He the said Archibald Armstrong may be in the actual Po∫se∫sion of all and singular the said Premises hereby bargained and sold or meant mentioned or intended so to be with the Appurtenances and be thereby enabled to accept and take a Grant and Release of the Reversion and Inheritance thereof to him and his Heirs to the only proper Use and Behoof of the said Archibald Armstrong his Heirs and A∫signs for ever as in and by a certain Indenture intended to bear date the day next after the day of the date of these Presents and to be made between the same Parties as are Parties to these Presents In Witne∫s whereof the said Parties to these Presents have hereunto set their Hands and Seals the day and Year first above written

Benja: D (L S ) Smith

Sealed and Delivered In the presence of Thomas Berry & Rich Lawson

Grenada

Acknowledged before me by Benjamin D’Harriette Smith the Party executing the within Indenture as and for his free and voluntary Act and Deed this ninth day of August One thousand eight hundred and Two

GH Horsley Dep Register

On to the next Document in Item 4.

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Jim

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Part 634s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1802 Benjamin D’Harriette Smith - St. George’s, Grenada – Last in Item 3

Good Day,

This is the continuation of my Transcription Project in the search for the genealogy and origins of my ggg-grandfather James Smith. And this is the last Smith-related Document in Item 3 of the Family History Library microfilm FHL [1563378].

The inserted image is of the file stacks of microfilms at the Family History Library.

This Document is comprised of Pages 474 through and including 477. There have been, from my discovery, 108 Smith-pages in the Grenada Registers of Records. These are manifestly labeled in the Index assuming that a Smith is one of the “To/From” Parties. This does not mean that there could be more mentions and inclusions of the name Smith, it just means that these are the Pages that are listed in the Index.

Here are the four images of Pages 474 through 477 as downloaded from Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

And my transcription. This contract is between Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park. Once again, I do no read any clue to a connection to ggg-grandfather James.

474

Examd

Entered 30th June 1802

This Indenture made the Seventeenth day of June in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and Two Between James Park of the Town of Saint George in the Island of Grenada Merchant of the one part and Benjamin D'Harriette Smith of the same Town and Island Merchant of the other Part Whereas the said James Park and Benjamin D'Harriette Smith at present stand seized and po∫se∫sed of in equal undivided Moities of a certain Lot of Land Buildings and Premises situate in the said Town of Saint George and Island of Grenada And Whereas said James Park hath contracted and agreed thesaid Benjamin D'Harriette Smith for the absolute purchase of his thesaid James Park’s undivided Moiety of the said Lot of Land and Premises (hereinafter particularly described) at and for the Price or sum of eight hundred and fifty Pounds Current Money of the said Island of Grenada Now therefore this Indenture Witne∫seth that for and in consideration of the said sum of Eight hundred and fifty Pounds Current Money as aforesaid in hand well and truly paid by the said Benjamin D'Harriett Smith unto the said James Park at or for the Sealing and delivery of these Presents the receipt whereof and of every part and parcel thereof he the said James Park doth ^ hereby acknowledge & _____ and thereof and therefrom and of and from every part the parcel thereof doth acquit release and discharge for ever thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith is Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs each and every of them by these Presents He thesaid James Park Hath granted bargained sold aliened released and confirmed and by these Presents Doth grant bargain sell alien release and confirm unto thesaid Benjamin D'Harriette Smith (in his actual Po∫se∫sion now being by virtue of a Bargain and Sale to him thereof made by the said James Park for one whole Year by Indenture bearing date the day next before the day of the date of these Presents and by force of the Statute made for transferring Uses into Po∫se∫sion) and to his Heirs All is thesaid James Park’s one full undivided Mority or half part of and in All that Lot Piece or Parcel of Land situate lying and being in that part of the town of Saint George in thesaid Island of Grenada commonly called the Carenage contained in front to the South West forty-three feet and to the North West forty feet and in the whole One thousand seven hundred and twenty square feet be the same more or le∫s Bounded to the North East by Lands late belonging to Domingo Commi∫siong deceased to the North West by Lands belonging to the Heirs of Daniel Campbell and by a Pa∫sage leading to House of Mr. Robert Ker to the South East by lands of thesaid

Robert

475

Robert Ker and to the North West by a Pa∫sage or Lane leading to the Shipwrights Yard or howsoever otherwise the same Lot of Land is abutted or bounded together with a Moiety of all Me∫suages Houses and Outhouses thereupon erected and built And all ways Paths Pa∫sages Waters Watercourses Privileges Easements Advantages Hereditaments and Appurtenances to the said Moiety of the said Piece or Parcel of Land belonging or in any wise appertaining or therewith now or commonly used enjoyed or occupied reputed taken or known as part parcel or Member thereof or of any part thereof And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Rents I∫sues and Profits thereof and of every part and parcel thereof And also all the Estate Right Title Interest Property Claim and Demand whatsoever of him thesaid James Park of into or out of thesaid undivided Moiety of thesaid Piece or Parcel of Land Buildings and Premises And all Deeds Writings Surveys Grants and Muninents whatsoever in use Power or Custody touching or concerning the same To have and to Hold the said full undivided Moiety or half part of and in the said Lot Piece or parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and all and singular other the Premises hereby or mentioned or intended to be hereby granted and released and every of them with their and every of their Appur tenances unto the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs forever To the only proper Use and Behoof of thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs for ever, and to and for no other Use Intent or purpose whatsoever And the said James Park doth hereby for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators covenant promise grant and agree to and with thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs in manner and form following that is to say That for and notwithstanding any Act Matter and Thing whatsoever by him thesaid James Park or by any Person or Persons lawfully Claiming or to claim by from or under or in Trust for him done committed or wittingly or willingly suffered to the contrary He thesaid James Park now is and standeth lawfully rightfully and absolutely seized in his Demissue as of Fee of and in the said hereby or mentioned or intended to be hereby granted and released Moiety of the said Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and Premises with their Appurtenances of a good sure lawful absolute and undefeazible Estate of Inheritance in fee simple without any Reversion Remainder Trust Limitation Power of Revocation Use or Uses or any other matter _____ or thing whatsoever to alter change charge revoke make void le∫sen encumber or determine the same And also that he the said James Park for and notwithstanding any such Act Matter or thing as aforesaid hath in himself good right full Power and lawful and absolute Authority to grant release and convey thesaid undivided Moiety of the said Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and Premises with the Appurtenances unto and to the use of thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs for ever in manner aforesaid and attending to the purport true Intent and meaning of these Presents And further that it shall and may be lawful for the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs from time to time and at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly to enter into have hold occupy po∫se∫s and enjoy the said undivided Moiety of the said Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and Premises with the Appurtenances and to receive and take the Rents I∫sues and Profits thereof and of every Part thereof to and for his and their own Use and Benefit

without

476

Without the lawful Let Suit Trouble Denial Eviction or Interruption of or by him thesaid James Park his Heirs or A∫signs or of or by any persons or persona lawfully claiming or to claim any Estate Right Title Trust or Interest at Law or in Equity of into out of the said Moiety of the said Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Buildings and Premises with the Appurtenances or any part thereof by from under or in trust for him them or any of them And that free and clear and freely and clearly acquitted exonerated and discharges or otherwise by the said James Park his Heirs Executors and Administrators (as some or one of them well and sufficiently saved defended kept harmle∫s and indemnified of from and against all and all manner of former and other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases Mortgages Jointures Dowers Settlements Contracts Uses Trusts Wills Entails Seizures Deeds Annuities Writings Obligatory Statutes Recognizances Judgments Extents Executions Rents Arrears of Rent and of from and against all and singular other Estates Titles Troubles Charges and Incumbrances whatsoever had made done committed occasioned entered into acknowledged or suffered or to be had made done committed occasioned entered into acknowledged or suffered by the said James Park his Heirs or A∫signs or by any other Person or Persons lawfully claiming or to claim by from under or in Trust for him Them or any of them or from by or under his their or any of their Act Means A∫sent Consent or Procurement And moreover that he thesaid James Park and his Heirs and all and every other Person or Persons having or lawfully claiming or who shall or may have or lawfully claim any Estate Right Title Use Trust or Interest at Law or in Equity of unto or out of the said hereby or mentioned or intended to be hereby granted and released undivided Moiety of the said Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and Premises or any part thereof from by under or in Trust for him or them shall and will from time to time and at all times hereafter upon every reasonable request and at the proper Cost and Charges in the Law of him thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs make do execute and acknowledge or cause or procure to be made done executed and acknowledged all such further and other lawful and reasonable Acts Deeds Conveyances and A∫surances in the Law whatsoever for the further better more perfect and absolute granting conveying and a∫suring of the said undivided Moiety of the said Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and Premises with the Appurtenances unto and to the use of the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs for ever in manner aforesaid as by thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs or A∫signs or his or their Counsel learned in the Law shall be reasonably advised devised and required In Witne∫s whereof thesaid Parties to these Presents have hereunto set their hands and Seals the day and Year first above written

James Park ( L S ) Benja: D. Smith ( L S )

Sealed and delivered In the presence of M. Nowlan # Archd Armstrong

Received on the day of the date of the within Indenture of and from the within named Benjamin D’Harriette Smith the sum of Eight hundred and fifty Pounds Current

Money 

477

Money of Grenada being the Consideration Money with mentioned to be by him paid to me I say received the same £850.0.0 Cy

James Park

Witne∫s M. Nowlan # Archd. Armstrong

Grenada Acknowledge before me by the within named James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith the Parties to the within Indenture as and for their respective free and voluntary Act and Deed this twenty eighth day of June One thousand and Eight hundred and Two

GH Horsley

Dep Register

Done…and now on to Item 4 of FHL [1563378]. And it is time for me to update my Matrices.

Stay tuned and enjoy,

Jim

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Part 633s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1802 Benjamin D’Harriette Smith - St. George’s, Grenada – Next to Shipwright’s Yard

Good Day,

Today’s entry of my Smith-related Transcription Project is a short Indenture from the Grenada Registers of Records. This Indenture was dated 16 June 1802; presented and approved 28 June 1802; and entered to the Registers of Records 30 June 1802. This record is another Document of the Benjamin D'Harriette Smith and James Park agreement that appears to be a part of the series of Records that I have recently presented. (See my previous Postings Parts 629s, 630s, 631s, and 632s.)

As per usual, I am looking for a hint that may present some evidence that I could follow regarding the genealogy and origins of my ggg-grandfather James Smith. In this Document there is no direct confirmation that there may be a connection between my ggg-grandfather James and one of the Parties, Benjamin D’Harriette Smith. But…

Transcribing and reading the Document there is a phrase on Page 473 that catches my eye. The phrase is “…to the North West by a Pa∫sage or Lane leading to the Shipwrights Yard…” Previously in Part 60s from the Indenture written 15 May 1841 there is a definitive reference to ggg-grandfather James and his occupation and business as a Shipwright: “Witnessed that they the said James Niccol John Mortimer and James Smith should and would continue and be Copartners in the trade or business of ShipWrights to commerce…” (See also my matrix analysis – GGG-Grandfather James Smith’s Occupation Titles.)

Here is my question. In 1802, when the above mentioned Indenture was written, how many Shipwrights’ Yards were there in the Town of Saint George, Grenada? Could ggg-grandfather have had any working relationship in 1802, 39 years before the reference in the 15 May 1841 Indenture, in this Shipwrights’ Yard? Could this be the same ShipWrights’ Yard? How well, if he did, did ggg-grandfather James Smith know Benjamin D’Harriette Smith? Was there any other connection?

Here are the images of the Indenture Pages 473 and 474 from the Grenada Registers of Records. I have downloaded the Pages from Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

And my transcription –

473

Examd

Entered 30th June 1802

This Indenture made the sixteenth day of June in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Two Between James Park of the Town of Saint George in the Island of Grenada Merchant of the one Part and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith of the same Town and Island Merchant of the other Part Witne∫seth that the said James Park for and in consideration of the sum of ten shillings Current Money of the said Island to him in hand paid by the said Benjamin D'Harriette Smith at or before the Sealing and Delivery of these Presents the receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge Hath bargained and sold and by these Presents Doth bargain and sell unto the said Benjamin D'Harriette Smith his Executors Administrators and A∫signs All his the said James Park’s one full individual Mority or half part of and in All that Lot Piece or Parcel of Land situate lying and being in that part of the Town of Saint George in the said Island of Grenada commonly called the Carenage containing in front to the South West forty three feet and to the North West forty feet and in the whole One thousand seven hundred and twenty square feet be the same more or le∫s; Bounded to the North East by Lands late belonging to Domingo Commi∫siong deceased to the North West by Lands belonging to the Heirs of Daniel Campbell and by a pa∫sage leading to the House of Mr. Robert Ker; to the South East by Lands of thesaid Robert Ker and to the North West by a Pa∫sage or Lane leading to the Shipwrights Yard; or howsoever otherwise the same Lot of Land is abutted or bounded together with a Mority of all Me∫suages Houses and Outhouses thereupon erected and built And all ways paths pa∫sages Waters Water courses privileges Easements Advantages Hereditaments and Appurtenances to the said Mority of the said Piece or Parcel of Land belonging or in anywise appertaining or therewith now or commonly used enjoyed or occupied reputed had taken or known as part parcel or member thereof or of any part thereof And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Rents I∫sues and Profits thereof and of every part and parcel thereof To Have and to Hold thesaid full undivided Mority or half part of thesaid Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and all and singular other the Premises hereby or mentioned or intended to be hereby bargained and sold and every of them with their and every of their Appurtenances unto thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Executors Administrators and A∫signs for and during and unto the full end and term of one whole Year from henceforth next ensuing and fully to be compleat and ended Yielding and Paying therefore unto thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs at the end of the said term the rent of One Pepper Corn if the same shall be lawfully demanded to the intent that by virtue of these Presents and of the Statute for transferring Uses into Po∫se∫sion thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith may be in the actual Po∫se∫sion of all and singular thesaid one undivided Mority or half part of the said Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and Premises with the Appurtenances and be thereby enabled to take and accept of a Grant and Release of the Reversion and Inheritance thereof to him thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette and his Heirs to the only proper Use and Behoof of the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith his Heirs and A∫signs for ever and to and for no other use intent or purpose whatsoever In Witne∫s whereof thesaid Parties xx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx have hereunto set their hands and Seals the day and Year first above written

James Park ( L S ) Benja: DSmith ( L S )

474

Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of M. Nowlan – Archd. Armstrong

Received on the day of the date of the above Indenture of and from the above named Benjamin D’Harriette Smith the Sum of Ten shillings Current Money of the Island of Grenada being the Consideration Money above mentioned to be by him paid to me I say received 10∫ Cy

James Park

Witne∫s M. Nowlan # Archd. Armstrong

Grenada Acknowledged before me by the within named James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith the Parties to the within Indenture as and for their respective free and voluntary Act and Deed this twenty eighth day of June One thousand eight hundred and two

GH Horsley Dep Register

Definition – Mority: also Moiety – Each of two parts into which a thing is or can be divided.

And the search continues.

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Jim

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Part 632s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1798 Benjamin D’Harriette Smith - St. George’s, Grenada – 1,000 Years

Good Day,

The search continues. This is my Genealogy Transcription Project. I am looking for any hint and clue that may proffer me with a lead to the ancestry and genealogy, as well as the origins, of my ggg-grandfather James Smith. I would like to discover from where my Smith line arrived in Grenada.

This Transcription Project is my effort to transcribe, while reading as many as possible Smith-related Documents and Indentures that have been collected in the Grenada Registers of Records. The earliest set on record begins approximately in the year 1764. The Family History Library in Salt Lake City has 33 16mm microfilms that include Records of the years 1764 through and about 1931.

This is my task. It is self-imposed and all-things-being-equal I will find that iota of a hint that will answer the question of the origins of my Smith Line. To date I have been working on this Transcription Project for about two years... and I will continue.

Here is the next Indenture from the Grenada Registers of Records, which is an additional Record regarding the Benjamin D’Harriette Smith, James Park and Robert and Elizabeth Ker contract. Here are the images of Pages 470, 471, and 472 as downloaded from Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

Sorry to say, this Smith Indenture does not have any apparent lead to the genealogy of ggg-grandfather James.

And my transcription –

470

Examd

Entered 30th June 1802

This Indenture made the seventeenth day of June in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and two Between James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith of the Town of Saint George in the Island of Grenada Merchants of the one Part and Robert Ker of the same Town and Island Merchant of the other Part Whereas by a certain Indenture of Demise bearing date the first day of September in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety eight and made between thesaid Robert Ker and Elizabeth his Wife of the one Part and thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith of the other Part \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ the said Robert Ker and Elizabeth his Wife for and in consideration of the sum of Four thousand Pounds Current Money of the said Island of Grenada to thesaid Robert Ker I hand paid by the said James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith Did demure grant and to Farm let unto thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith their Executors Administrators and A∫signs All that certain Lot of Land situate lying and being in that part of the Town of Saint George commonly called the Carenage beginning as delineated on a Diagram there at A and running South thirty Degrees East sixty five feet to B from thence South forty seven degrees and a half eighty five feet to C the boundary line of the

Harbour

471

Harbour and then along the said Line of the Harbour North thirty seven Degrees and forty four Minutes East fifty seven feet six Inches to Pile No. 5 then North twenty five Degrees and three quarters East twenty five feet five inches to D and then North forty two Degrees West ninety one feet to E then South forty eight Degrees West fifty two feet to F then North fifty two degrees West forty four feet to G then South forty four Degrees and one quarter West Elven feet to A the place of beginning being bounded on the South and West by Land of Me∫sieurs Robert and Alexander Campbell on the South and East by the Harbour on the North and East by Land of Mr. Domingo Commmi∫siong and on the North and West partly by Land of Me∫sieurs Park and Smith by a common Pa∫sage and Scott Street Reserving thereout neverthele∫s for the mutual use of the said Parties to these Presents a common Pa∫sage of twelve feet as delineated in the Diagram before mentioned beginning from the Corner of the said Robert Ker’s House straight through to the Street leading to Scott Street aforesaid together with the Buildings and Improvements thereon or on any part thereof erected standing or being And all ways Paths Pa∫sages Easements Profits Commodities Advantages Emoluments and Hereditaments whatsoever to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining or which to and with the same then were or at any time or times theretofore had been held used occupied accepted reputed taken or known as Part Parcel or member thereof or any part thereof And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Rents I∫sues and Profits of all and singular thesaid Premises and every part and parcel thereof with the Appurtenances And also all the Estate Right Title Interest Property Claim and Demand whatsoever in Law or in Equity of them thesaid Robert Ker and Elizabeth his Wife ofin and to all singular thesaid Premises with the Appurtenances to have and to hold thesaid Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Buildings and Premises with Appurtenances unto the said James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith their Executors Administrators and A∫signs from the day of the date thereof unto the full End and Term of One thousand Years from thence next ensuring and fully to be compleat and ended Yielding and paying therefore yearly and every Year during the continuance of the said Form the rent of One Pepper Corn Subject neverthle∫s to a Proviso or Condition for making the same void on Payment of the said sum of four thousand Pounds Current Money of Grenada aforesaid with Interest at the times and in way and manner therein particularly mentioned And Whereas thesaid Robert Ker hath since paid to thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith the said principal sum of four thousand Pounds Current Money as aforesaid together with all Interest due thereon and hath requested thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith to execute a Surrender of the said Mortgage which they have consented to do Now this Indenture Witne∫seth that for and in consideration of the said sum of four thousand Pounds Current Money as aforesaid and all Interest due thereon so paid by the said Robert Ker to thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith in full satisfaction and discharged of the hereinbefore recited Indenture of Demise of the Receipt whereof thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith Do and each of them Doth hereby acknowledge and thereof acquit release and discharge thesaid Robert Ker his

Heirs

472

Heirs Executors and Administrators and every of them for ever by these Presents They thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith Have and each of them Hath surrendered and a∫signed and by these Presents Do and each of them Doth absolutely surrender and a∫sign unto the said Robert Ker his Executors Administrators and A∫signs All that the herein before mentioned Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Buildings and Premises with the Appurtenances which in and by thesaid recited Indenture were granted and demised to the said James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith their Executors Administrators and A∫signs for the Term of One thousand Years And all the Estate Right Title Interest Term of Years Property Claim and Demand whatsoever either at Law or in Equity of them thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith or either of them of in or to the herein before mentioned and hereby a∫signed {remises or any part or parcel thereof by virtue of thesaid recited Indenture or otherwise together with thesaid Indenture and all such and other Deeds Evidences and Writings as they thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith have in their Hands or Power relating to the Title of thesaid Premises To the Intent that thesaid Term of One thousand Years may no longer have any continuance or Subsistence, but may be for ever merged and extinguished in the Reversion of the said Premises and may be no ways made use of to the prejudice disadvantage or interruption of any other Uses Trusts Tenures or Estates already or hereafter to be limited expre∫sed or declared of an concerning thesaid Hereditaments and Premises: And thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith Do and each of them for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators Doth hereby covenant promise and agree to and with thesaid Robert Ker his Executors Administrators and A∫signs that they the said James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith have not nor hath either of them at any time made done committed or wittingly or willingly suffered any Act matter Deed or thing whatsoever whereby or by whereof thesaid Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Buildings and Premises with the Appurtenances or thesaid Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Buildings and Premises with the Appurtenances or thesaid Term of One thousand Years to them demised or the residue thereof is are or shall or may be in any ways charged impeached or incumbered in title charge Estate or otherwise howsoever In Witne∫s whereof thesaid James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith have hereunto set their hands and Seals the day and Year first above written

James Park ( L S ) Benja: D. Smith ( L S )

Sealed and Delivered In the Presence of M. Nowlan. Archd. Armstrong

Received on the day of the date of the above Indenture of and from the above named Robert Ker the Sum of Four thousand Pounds Current Money of Grenada together with all Interest due thereon being the full Consideration Money mentioned in the said Indenture to be by him paid to us We say received the same

James Park

Benja: D. Smith

Witne∫s
M. Nowlan Archd. Armstrong

Grenada Acknowledged before me by the within named James Park and Benjamin D’Harriette Smith the Parties to the within Indenture as and for their respective free and voluntary Act and Deed this twenty eighth day of June One thousand Eight hundred and Two

GH Horsley

Dept Register

And I continue…

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Jim

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