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

(486)

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

(487)

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

(488)

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

(489)

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

(490)

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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Jim

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Part 530s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1801 Benjamin D’hariet Smith – Curé of the French Church?

Good Morning,

And the Transcription Project continues…

This morning’s Indenture from the Grenada Register of Registers was made 30 December 1800 and entered to the Registers 5 March 1801. The prime parties are Benjamin D’Hariet Smith of Grenada, James Park of Trinidad, and Doctor Alexander Cockburn of Grenada. It appears that the property in question, in the Town of Saint George, began as a lease 14 August 1775 between Benjamin Duharriet, Curé of the French Church in the Parish of Saint George and one David Merril.

Now are Benjamin D’hariet (aka d’Harriette) Smith of this 1800 Indenture and Benjamin Duharriet of 1775 the same person? At this juncture, I do not know. They could well be as I have discovered multiple iterations of the spelling of Benjamin D’Harriette Smith’s name, especially the D’Harriette. I immediately jumped to the conclusion that they were one and the same, that is until I noticed that the Benjamin the Curé of 1775 did not have the last name of Smith included beside his name in the Indenture.

There is no hint of any clue to any connection to ggg-grandfather James Smith…and so I continue.

The following images are the pages downloaded from Item 2 of the microfilm FHL [1563378]; Pages 481 through and including 484.

And my transcription. (My apologies if I miss a letter here or there on this work. The batteries on my electronic keyboard seem to be giving up slowly.)

(481)

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 Benjamin D'hariet Smith of the Island of
Grenada Merchant and James Park of the Island of Trinidad also merchant of the one
part and the honorable Alexander Cockburn of the said Island of Grenada Doctor of
Physic of the other part; Whereas by various a∫signments of or term of namely nine
years created by a lease bearing date the fourteenth day of August One thousand seven
hundred and seventy five and made between Benjamin Duharriet Curé of the

French

(482)

French Church in the parish of Saint George in the Island of Grenada of the one
Part, and David Merril of the other part, of a certain lot of land the said Benjamin
D’hariet Smith and James Park are now po∫se∫sed of the Lot hereinafter mentioned being
one morety of the lot leased by the said Benjamin Duhariet in and by the aforesaid lease
which they have agreed to sell and dispose to the said Alexander Cockburn for the Price or
Sum of five hundred pounds lawful Current money of the Island of Grenada Now this
Indenture witne∫seth that for and in Consideration of the Sum of five hundred
pounds lawful Current money of the Island of Grenada to the said Benjamin D’hariet
Smith and James Park in hand well and truly paid by the said Alexander Cockburn
at or immediately before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipts whereof
they do hereby acknowledge, and thereof and of every part thereof do acquit release and
discharge the said alexander Cockburn his executors and admǒrs for ever by these pre
sents They the said Benjamin D’hariet Smith and James Park have and each of them
hath granted bargained sold a∫signed transformed and set over and by these presents
do, and each of them doth grant bargain sell a∫sign transfer and set over unto the said
Alexander Cockburn his executors administrators and a∫signs all the aforesaid leases and
a∫signments and also all that lot or piece or parcel of land situate lying and being in
the Carenage in the Town of Saint George and Island of Grenada aforesaid now in the
po∫se∫sion of the said Benjamin D’hariet Smith and James Park and being part or par
cel of the Glebe land formerly belonging to James Carson and John Hutchings whereof
with a water lot a division was made the seventh day of November One thousand
seven hundred and ninety One, containing by admeasurement two Thousand one
hundred and six superficial square feet, and bounded on the South west by land late
in the po∫se∫sion of John Hutchings deceased; on the North East by land late in the po∫se∫sion
of Thomas Bennett deceased, and North west by land also late in the po∫se∫sion of the same
Thomas Bennett, on the South East by other lands of the said James Park and Benjamin
D Smith, and or tending in front twenty four feet from North East, to South West as
by a Diagram or Plan to him of the Premises aforesaid at the time the division afore
said was made in the po∫se∫sion of the said Alexander Cockburn and signed by the
said James Carson and John Hutchings will more fully and clearly appear together with
all and singular dwelling houses me∫suages Outhouse Stables Kitchens Edifices erection
and building ways Paths Pa∫sages waters water Courses easements Rights Commodities
advantages emoluments rights members Tenements hereditaments and appurtenances
whatsoever to the said lot or Piece or parcel of land or ground belonging or in any wise
appertaining or at any time heretofore accepted reputed seemed taken or known uses occu
pied and enjoyed with the same or any part or Parcel thereof and the reversion and
reversions remainder and remainders rents I∫sues and Profits of all and singular the
said Premises and if every part thereof with the appurtenances and also all the estate

Right

(483)

Right Title Interest Property Form of years yet to come and _____ po∫se∫
sion Claim and demand of them the said Benjamin D’hariet Smith and James
Park of in and to the said lot or Piece or parcel of land or ground and Premises
hereby a∫signed or intended so to be and every Part and parcel thereof with the appur
tenances To have and To hold the said lot Piece or parcel of land or ground
and every Part and parcel thereof with the appurtenances unto the said Alexander
Cockburn his executors admǒrs and a∫signs for and during all the rest residue and
remainder of the term of years yet to come and unexpired of and in the said to Piece
or parcel of land or ground in as full ample and beneficial a manner to all
Intents and purposes as the said David Merril or James Park and Benjamin D’
hariet Smith could have held used occupied or enjoyed the same subject neverthe
le∫s to the yearly quit rent resowed and payable out of or for in respect of the said
hereinbefore a∫signed or intended to be a∫signed lot or piece or parcel of land or ground
in and by the said hereinbefore xxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xx xx xxxxxxx xxx xx xxxx xx xxx
xxx xx xxxx xxx xxxxxx xx xxx xx xx xxxxxxxxx mentioned Lease and the
said Benjaming D’hariet Smith and James Park for themselves their heirs executors and
administrators do and each of them doth hereby covenant promise and agree to and
with the said Alexander Cockburn his executors admǒrs and a∫signs in manner following
that is to say that is shall and may be lawful to and for the said Alexander Cockburn
his executors administrators and a∫signs and each and every of them to enter into have
hold occupy po∫se∫s and enjoy all and singular the said herein before a∫signment or intended
to be a∫signed lot Piece or parcel of land or ground with the appurtenances for and during
all the rest residue and remainder yet to come and unexpired of the said Term of and
in the said piece or parcel of land or ground created by the hereinbefore mentioned Leases
without any let Suit Trouble denial eviction ejection molestation or disturbance whatsoever
of or from the said David Merril Benjamin D’hariet Smith and James Park or either
of them their or either of their executors and administrators or of or from any person or
persons claiming or to claim by from or under any former or other lease or leases or
a∫signment of lease or leases or otherwise howsoever by the said Benja
min D’hariet Smith and James Park and the Survivor of them their executors
and administrators and the executors or admǒrs of such survivor saved defended
kept harmle∫s and indemnified of from and against all and all manner of former
and other Gifts Grants bargains sales mortgages uses Charges or Incumbrances what
soever made done committed or executed or wittingly or willingly suffered by the said
Benjamin D’hariet Smith and James Park or either of them or any other person or
persons lawfully claiming or to claim by from through under or in Trust for them or any
of them and further that the said Benjamin D’hariet Smith and James Park

their

(484)

Their executors and administrators and all and every other person and persons
whatsoever having or lawfully claiming any estate right title or Interest of in or to the
premi∫ses hereby bargained and sold ^and a∫signed or intended so to be or any part thereof shall and
will at any time hereafter at the proper Costs and Charges in the law of the said Alex
ander Cockburn make do and execute or cause or procure to be made done and executed
all and every such further and other lawful and reasonable acts deeds Thing and
Things Conveyances and a∫surances in the law for the further better more perfect and
absolute a∫signing conveying and a∫suring the same unto the said Alexander Cockburn
his executors administrators and a∫signs for the remainder of the term aforesaid accor
ding to the true Intent and meaning of these Presents as by the said Alexander Cockburn
his Executors and administrators or his or their Counsel learned in the law shall be reason
nably advised or devised and required 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 and fully authorizing him so to do as by the record thereof remaining
in the Register Office of the said Island reference being thereunto had will more fully approved
the day and year first above written

D.B. (LS) Smith
J by (LS) Park
His atty B. D. Smith

Sealed and delivered in the presence of

Chas Miles
Jnt Thos. Proby

Received the day and year first within written of and from the within named Alexan
der Cockburn the Sum of five hundred Pounds Current money of Grenada being the Conside
ration money within mentioned and agree to be paid by him to me I say received
£500 Curry

James Park By his att
B.D. Smith
B.D. Smith
Witnes∫
Jno. Thos. Proby

Grenada Acknowledged before me by Benjamin d’harriette Smith one of the
parties of the within Indenture of a∫signment as and for his free and voluntary act and
deed and also by he said 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 the other party to the said
Indenture this fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred and one.

G. H.Horsley Dep Register.

The above-inserted image is a 1910 photograph of the Interior of the Roman Catholic Church in the Parish of St. George's, Grenada found at the site Place Information Vacation Destination.

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Part 529s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1801 Benjamin d'Harriette Smith

Good Morning,

This morning is a foray into the Grenada Registers of records 1799-1811 (v. M4-W4) and Item 2 of the FHL microfilm [1563378]. This new Indenture was entered to the Registers 5 March 1801 and written 31 December 1800.

The Smith who is of concern in this Document is Benjamin d’Harriette Smith. Three earlier posts and transcription works introduced Benjamin d’Harriette (or D’Harriett) Smith. Is he connected to ggg-grandfather James Smith? Not sure… but in my search and research for the origins of ggg-grandfather James I certainly will be keeping my eyes open.

A certain portion of a sentence in this Indenture, on Page 480, caught my eye.

“…On the North East by the Carpenter’s yard formerly the property of Samuel Hall deceased; on the North West by other lands in the po∫se∫sion of the said James Park and Benjamin d’Harriette Smith…”

The Indenture is a contract regarding property in the Town of Saint George. Obviously the reference to the occupation “Carpenter” and the surname “Smith” in the same sentence are just two of those triggers or clues that could be suggestive that there could be some sort of connection to ggg-grandfather James. In this case, I don’t know… but maybe?

As soon as I come across information regarding the genealogy and ancestry of Benjamin d’Harriette Smith I will be creating and drafting a Descendant Chart.

Here are the images, as downloaded from the microfilm of the copy of the Grenada Registers of Records; Pages 479, 480, and 481.

My transcription -

(479)

Examined

Entered 5th March 1801

Know all men by these presents that we Benjamin d'Harriette Smith
of the Town of Saint George and Island of Grenada Merchant and Archibald Armstrong
of the same place also Merchant are jointly and severally held and firmly bound
unto the Honorable Alexander Cockburn of the aforesaid Town and Island Doctor of
Physic in One thousand five hundred pounds Current money of the Island of Grenada
to be paid to the said Alexander Cockburn or his certain attorney executors

administrators

(480)

Administrators or aſsigns to which Payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves
and each of us now? And each of our heirs executors and administrators firmly by these pre-
sents sealed with our Seals the thirty first day of December in the forty first year of the
reign of our sovereign Lord King George the third and in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred.
Whereas by Indenture of Feoffment bearing date the thirtieth day of December in the year
of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and made between James Park of the Island of
Trinidad merchant and the above bounden Benjamin d'Harriette Smith of the one part and
the said Alexander Cockburn of the other part the said James Park and Benjamin d'Har-
riette Smith for the Considerations therein mentioned have granted enfeoffed and confirmed
to the said Alexander Cockburn his heirs and aſsigns all that lot Piece or parcel of land
situate in the Carenage in the town and Island aforesaid containing by admeasurement
five Thousand nine hundred and ninety four superficial Square feet bounded on the
South East by the Carenage, on the North East by the Carpenter's yard formerly the pro
perty of Samuel Hall deceased and afterwards of Thomas Bennett deceased, on the North
West by other lands in the poſseſsion of the said James Park and Benjamin d'Harriette
Smith; and on the South west by lands late in the poſseſsion of John Hutchings deceas
ed and extending on the South East sixty two feet six Inches, on the North west On hun-
dred and eleven feet three Inches with all and singular meſsuages tenements erections
buildings rights members and appurtenances thereon and thereof and thereto belonging
and appertaining Now the Condition of the above written Obligation is such that if the
said James Park and Benjamin d'Harriette Smith or one of them, their or one of their heirs
executors or admŏrs or the said Archibald his heirs executors or administrators
shall yearly and every year continue to pay, or cause to be paid a certain annuity or year
by Sum of eleven pounds seven Shillings and six pence Irish Sterling money to the said
Mary Carson during her natural life (resounded and made payable by certain Indentures of
lease and release bearing date respectively the sixth and seventh days of October which
were in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six and made
between the said Mary Carson of the one Part and the said James Park and Benjamin
d'Harriette Smith of the other Part in the said Indenture of feoffment particularly
recited) And if the said Alexander Cockburn his heirs and aſsigns shall at all Times
for ever hereafter peacebly and quietly enter into have hold occupy poſseſs and enjoy all
and singular the said lot Piece or parcel of land erections building hereditaments and
premises by the said Indenture of feoffment granted and enfeoffed with the appurte
nances without any let Suit Trouble hindrance molestation Interruption or denial
whatsoever of or from them the said James Park and Benjamin d'Harriette
Smith Mary Carson Elizabeth Carson or any of them their any or either of them heard

or

(482)

Or aſsigns or of or from the heirs of David Merril James Carson the Son or James
Carson the Father or any of them in the said recited Indentures mentioned or of any
other person or persons whatsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the hereby given and gran
ted premises or any part thereof and that freed and discharged or otherwise well and
sufficiently saved kept harmleſs and indemnified by the said James Park and Benja
min d'Harriette Smith or one of them or the said Archibald Armstrong their or one of
their heirs executors and administrators of from and against all former and other
bargains slaes Gifts Grants leases releases feoffments mortgages Jointures Dowers
rights and titles of dower uses will Intails annuities writings obligatory Statutes
recognizances extents Judgments executions rents and arrearages of rent and of and
from all other Charges estates rights titles and Incumbrances whatsoever had made
committed doe or suffered or to be had mad committed done or suffered by the said
James Park and Benjamin d'Harriette Smith David Merril Melaleah Merril
James Carson the Son James Carson the Father Mary Carson the mother Elizabeth
Carson the Sister or any of them their or any of their heirs or aſsigns or any other
person or persons whatsoever claiming or to claim by from or under them any or either
of them or by any other person or persons whomsoever then this Obligation to be
and of no effect or else the same to be and remain in full force and irtue.

Benja D (LS) Smith
Archd. Armstong (LS)

Sealed and delivered (the word “year” being }
intertined? And the words “acertain” and }
“Mary Carson” Elizabeth Carson or any of their heirs any or either of their heirs or aſsigns
“or of or from the heirs of David Merril James Carson the Son or James Carson the father or
“any of them in the said recited Indentures mentioned or of any being previously written on
_____ in the Presence of

M Nolan
Jno. Thos Proby

Acknowledged before me by Benjamin d'Harriette Smith and Ar
chibald Armstrong the parties executing the within bond as and for their respective free
and voluntary act and deed this fifth day of March One thousand eight hundred and one

G H Horsley Dep Register

And I continue. Oh and by the way, I have blue eyes.

Enjoy,

Jim

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