Part 622s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1801 William, Robert, James – Belvidere, Boulogne, Madeys and Union Estates and Plantations – Part 6 of 6

Good Day,

And now I come to the final and sixth part of my Transcription of this 1800 Document – Schedule B entered to the Grenada Registers of Records 2nd April 1801.

This is an amazing piece of work… and I was wondering about the poor soul who had to spend his days, and probably candlelit nights transcribing the original documents to the Registers… (His only dream in 1801 could have been… “I wish someone would invent an automatic contraption to do this work.”) And I am sure the geese always honked incessantly about having their left wing feathers plucked. Just a thought.

Anyway, in my search for any hints or leads to the discovery of the origins and genealogy of my ggg-grandfather James Smith, in Grenada, does not appear to be forthcoming in this specific 1800 Document. The three Smiths in this Document are: James - Clerk, Robert - Attorney, and William – The Reverend. There may be two William Smiths included but there is no real delineation between the two.

Here are the last six images, of the total 39 Pages, as downloaded from Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378]. Pages 67 through and including 72 –

My Transcription of the last six Pages includes the sign-offs as seemed to be required. Please excuse my transcription of the German portion on Page 72.

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To all to whom these Presents shall come I Harvey Christian Combe Esquire Lord Mayor of the City of London Do hereby Certify that on the day of the date here of personally came and appeared before me Alexander Scott in the annexed Indenture of Release named and acknowledged the said Indenture of Release and the Indenture of Lease thereby referred to to be his Free and Voluntary Act and Deed and that he executed the same for the uses and purposes therein mentioned

(L S)

In Faith and Testimony whereof I the said Lord Mayor have caused the Seal of the Office of Mayoralty of the said City of London to be here unto put and affixed Dated in London this twenty-fourth day of July in the Year of Our Lord One thousand and eight hundred

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To all to whom these Presents shall come I Thomas Mandall Esquire Mayor of the Borough of Doncaster in the County of York in the Kingdom of Great Britain Do hereby Certify that on the day of the date here of Personally came and appeared Before me Ann Wordsworth in the annexed Indenture of Release named and acknowledged the said Indenture of Release and the Indenture of Lease thereby referred to to be her free and voluntary Act and Deed And that she executed the same for the Uses and Purposes therein mentioned

(L S)

In Testimony whereof I the said Mayor have caused the Seal of the Office of Mayoralty of the said Borough to be here unto put and affixed Dated at Doncaster after said twenty Eighth day of August in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred

Thos. Mandall Mayor

Joseph Robinson of Wadworth County of York Servant with Ann Wordsworth of the same place Widow maketh Oath that he was present and did see Ann Verelst duly sign Seal and as her Act and Deed Deliver the respective Indentures of Lease and Release hereunto annexed And that the Name “Ann Verelst” thereto set and subscribed against the Seals of the said respective Indentures as one of the Parties executing the same is of the proper hand Writing of thesaid Ann Verelst And saith that the Names "James Hall" "Joseph Robinson" wrote on the back of the said respective Indentures of Lease and Release as subscribing Witne∫ses to the due Execution thereof by the said Ann Verelst are of the respective proper hands Writings of this Deponent and the said James Hall who subscribe his Name in this Deponents presence

Sworn at Doncaster in the said County of York in }

the Kingdom of Great Britain 28th day of August }

One thousand eight hundred Before me

Joseph Robinson

Thos Mandall Mayor

I Thomas Mandall Esquire Mayor of the Borough of Doncaster in the County of York in the Kingdom of Great Britain Do hereby Certify that Joseph Robinson named in the above written Affidavit Personally come before me the said Mayor and was duly Sworn to the Truth of the the said Affidavit at Doncaster aforesaid the twenty eighth day of August One thousand eight hundred In Testimony thereof I the said Mayor have hereunto subscribed my Name and caused the Seal of the Office of Mayoralty of the said Borough to be hereto put and affixed the day and year above written

Thos. Mandall Mayor (L S)

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To all to whom these Presents shall come I Henry Matson Esquire Mayor of the Town and Port of Sandwich in the County of Kent in the Kingdom of Great Britain Do hereby certify that on the day of the date hereof Personally came and appeared before me Sir Charles Kent Baronet and Dame Mary his Wife in the annexed Indenture of Release named and severally acknowledged the said Indenture of Release and the Indenture of Lease thereby referred to be their free and voluntary Acts and Deed (the said Dame Mary having been first examined separate and apart from her said Husband and freely and voluntary consenting thereto) and that they severally executed the same for the Uses and Purposes therein mentioned

(L S )

In Faith and Testimony whereof I the said Major have caused the Seal of the Office of Mayoralty of the said Town and Port of Sandwich to be hereunto put and affixed Dated at Sandwich aforesaid the sixth day of September in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred

H Matson Mayor

London to wit. ---- Robert Lanning Clerk to Me∫s. Ward Dennetts and Greaves of Henrietta Street in the Parish of St. Paul Covent Gardens in the County of Middlesex and Kingdom of Great Britain Gentlemen maketh Oath and saith that he was present and did see William Lushington Alexander Scott and Marthé Cornette Victorie De St. Cyr Scott by Robert Smith her Attorney duly sign seal and as their several and restriction Acts and Deeds deliver the Indenture of Bargain and Sale or Lease for a Year hereunto annexed marked with the letter A and this Deponent saith that the Names of Signatures “W. Lushington” “Alex. Scott” “Marthé Cornette Victoire de St; Cyr Scott by her Attorney Robt. Smith Thereunto set and subscribed as three of the Parties executing the same are of the respective proper hands Writing of the said William Lushington Alexander Scott and Robert Smith And this Deponent saith that the Names or Signatures “James Smith Robert Lanning” thereunto set and subscribed as the Witne∫ses attesting the Execution thereof by the said Alexander Scott are of the respective proper hands Writing of James Smith of Basinghall Street in the City of London Gentleman and of him this Deponent And that the Names or Signatures “William Brown Robert Lanning” thereunto set and subscribed as the Witne∫ses attesting the execution thereof by the said William Lushington and Robert Smith as such Attorney as aforesaid are of the respective proper hands writing of William Brown Clerk to thesaid Me∫sr. Ward Dennetts and Greaves and of him this Deponent; And this Deponent further saith that he was likewise present and did see William Smith the said Alexander Scott, Marthé Cornette Victoire de St. Cyr Scott by the said Robert Smith her Attorney William Lushington and James Law duly sign seal and as their several and respective Acts and Deeds deliver the Indentures of Release and Conveyances hereunto annexed marked with the Letter B and this Deponent saith that the Names or Signatures “William Smith, Alexr Scott, Marthé Cornette Victoire de St. Cyr Scott by her Attorney Robt. Smith W. Lushington, James Law hereunto set and subscribed as five of the Parties executing the same are of the respective proper hands writing of the said William Smith Alexander Scott Robert Smith William Lushington and James Law And this Deponent saith that the Names or Signatures “Geo. Theakston” “Robert Lanning” thereunto set and subscribed as the Witne∫ses attesting the Execution thereof by the said William Smith are of the respective proper Hands writing of George Theakston of Christ Church in the County of Surry Gentleman and of him this Deponent And that the Names or Signatures “James Smith Robert Lanning”

thereunto

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Thereunto set and subscribed as the Witne∫ses attesting the Execution thereof by the said Alexander Scott are of the respective proper hands Writing of James Smith of Basinghall Street in the City of London Gentleman and of him this Deponent And that the Names or Signatures “William Brown Robert Lanning” thereunto set and subscribed as the Witne∫ses attesting the Execution thereof by the said Robert Smith as such Attorney as aforesaid and William Lushington and James Law are of the respective proper hands Writing of the said William Brown and of him this Deponent

Robert Lanning

Sworn at Guild Hall London this fifth day of

February 1801 Before me.

Willm Staines Mayor

To all to whom these Presents shall come I Marthé Marie Victoire Cornette de Sainte Cyr Scott of Wolfenbuttel in the Dutchy of Brunswick in Lower Saxony Widow and Relict of Michael Scott late of the Island of Grenada in the West Indies Esquire deceased Send Greeting Whereas the said Michael Scott was in his life time and at the time of his Death seized and po∫se∫sed of certain Plantations or Estates in the Island of Grenada called Boulogne and Madeys and Belvidere And whereas under and by virtue of a certain Deed bearing date the nineteenth day of November One thousand seven hundred and sixty five I am intitled to a Jointure of one thousand Pounds per Annum for the term of my naturel Life i∫suing out of the said several Estates And Whereas thesaid Michael Scott in his life time and at the time of his Death indebted unto William Lushington and James Law of the City of London Merchants and Partners in a large sum of money secured by Mortgages of all and every the said Plantations or Estates called Boulogne and Madeys and Belvidere which said Mortgage has been said a∫signed to and in now vested in the said James Law alone And Whereas for raising Money towards paying off the said Mortgage certain Articles of Agreement in Writing bearing date the thirty first day of August one thousand seven hundred and ninety two were made and entered into by and between one the said Marthé Marie Victoire Cornette de Saint Cyr Scott and Alexander Scott (eldest surviving Son and heir at law of the said Michael Scott then an Infant of the age of nineteen Years or thereabouts) of the first part the said William Lushington and James Law of the second part and Charles Ashwell of the third part Whereby I the said Marthé Marie Victoire Cornette de Saint Cyr Scott did Covenant on behalf of myself and the said Alexander Scott in consideration of the sum of fifty one thousand Pounds Sterling to be paid by the said Charles Ashwell Was therein mentioned to sell and convey to him as soon as the said Alexander Scott should come of Age the said two Plantations called Madeys and Belvidere And I did thusly agree to release and discharge the said two Plantations from my said Jointure and all Claims for in in Respect thereof and to accept and take the same from and out of the said other Plantation called the Boulogne Estate And Whereas the said Charles Ashwell being afterwards unable to perform the said Agreement certain other Articles of Agreement bearing date the thirtieth day of May One thousand seven hundred and ninety seven were made and entered into by and between the said Charles Ashwell of the first part the said Alexander Scott of the second part the said James Law of the third Part Patrick Crawford Bruce of the fourth

part

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Part and the said William Lushington William Lushington the Younger and John Maver of the fifth part whereby the said James Law did covenant and agree to take upon himself the performance of the said Agreement for the purchases of the said Plantations and Premises called Madeys and Belvidere upon the same Terms and Conditions in every Respect as the said Charles Ashwell stood engaged by the said Agreement to become the Purchasor thereof the purchase money for the same originally fifty one thousand Pounds being reduced to the sum of forty four thousand five hundred Pounds which said Sum it was agreed should be retained by him in discharge of so much of his Mortgage Debt and Interest And that my said Jointure together with certain other Charges and Incumbrances therein mentioned and thereafter mutually agreed on should remain and be charged upon the Boulogne Estate which said Estate it was also agreed should be conveyed to and vested in the said James Law Upon Trust and by way of Security and Indemnity against such remaining Debt and Interest Jointure Charges and Incumbrances And Whereas in consequence of the Insurrections in the said Island of Grenada my said Jointure being considerably in arrear certain other Articles of Agreement bearing date the seventeenth day of August one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven were made and entered into by and between the said Alexander Scott of the first part and the said Marthé Cornette Victoire de Saint Cyr Scott of the second part and the said James Law of the third part whereby thesaid James Law in consideration of the Po∫se∫sion of the said Plantation or Estate called the Boulogne Estate being delivered up to him did covenant and agree to pay to me the annual sum of five hundred Pounds during such part of the term of two Years to be computed from the sixteenth day of October then last as I should continue to live and did further Covenant and agree whilst the said Island of Grenada should continue in peace and remain in the po∫se∫sion of the King of Great Britain and the Crops and Produce of the said Plantation and Premises called the Boulogne Estate ∫hould be received by him the said James Law or his Agents and such Procue and Crops should yield the clear yearly sum of five hundred Pounds after defraying all the Island Expenses and all sums of Money that ∫hould be laid out and expended in the nece∫sary supply of Stores with the Interest thereof to pay to me and my A∫signs during the term of my natural life at the times and in manner therein mentioned the said yearly sum of five hundred Pounds And I the said Marthé Marie Victoire Cornette de Saint Cyr Scott did thereby covenant and agree to accept to accept and take during the respective Times aforesaid the said several Payments so covenanted to be made as aforesaid in Lieu and satisfaction of my said Jointure and of all Claims and demands thereof during the said period And I did also thereby agree to postpone the Payment of all the Arrears of my aforesaid Jointure and also the growing Payments of the Mority thereof until the Debt due to the said James Law as aforesaid and Interest should be reduced to the sum of five thousand Pounds but upon Condition neverthele∫s that when such debt should be so reduced all the Arrears of my said Jointure that should be then due and all sums that might thereafter become due in Respect thereof should be considered as a Charge upon the said Plantation and Premises called the Boulogne Estate in preference to any debt that might be then due to the said James Law his Executors Administrators or A∫signs And whereas in pursuance and part performance of the said several Agreements the said Plantations or Estates called Madeys and Belvidere are about to be conveyed unto or in Trust for the said James Law

in

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In and by certain Indentures of Lease and Release already prepared the Release being of ten parts and made or mentioned to be made between Sir Charles Kent Baronet and Dame Mary Kent and Ann Verelst of the first part Ann Wordsworth of the second part the said Sire Charles Kent and Dame Mary Kent and Ann Verelst of the third Part The Reverend William Smith of the Fourth part the said Alexander Scott of the sixth Part Mary Ann Scott Emma Scott Joseph Pierre Alexander Quarre de Chilers and Frances his Wife (late Frances Scott Spinster) and Robert Bygoe Scott of the seventh part the said William Lushington of the Eighth Part the said James Law of the ninth Part and Townley Ward of the tenth Part And Whereas the said Estate called the Boulogne Estate is in further pursuance and performance of the said Agreements also about to be conveyed to the said James Law In Trust as aforesaid in and by certain other Indentures of Lease and Release already prepared the Release being of three parts and made or mentioned to be made between the said Sir Charles Kent and Dame Mary Kent and Ann Verelst of the first part the said Ann Wordsworth of the second part the said Sit Charles Kent and Dame Mary Kent and Ann Verelst of the third Part the said William Smith of the fourth part the said Alexander Cott of the fifth part me the said Marthé Marie Victoire Cornet de Saint Cyr Scott of the sixth part the said William Lushington of the seventh part and the said James Law of the eighth part Now know ye that I the said Marthé Marie Victoire Cornette de Saint Cyr Scott in consideration of the Premises Have made ordained authorized constituted and appointed and by these Presents do make ordain authorize constitute and appoint Robert Smith of Basinghall Street in the City of London Gentleman my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my Name place and stead ^and as and for my Act and Deed or Acts and Deeds to sign seal deliver and execute the said last mentioned Indentures of Lease and Release already prepared for the Conveyance of the said Estate called the Boulogne Estate And also for me and in my Name place and stead and to and for my Use and benefit to ask demand sue for recover and receive of and from the said James Law his Heirs Executors or Administrators and the Executor and Heir at Law of the said Michael Scott deceased and all every other Person and Persons whom it doth shall or may concern the said annual sum of five hundred Pounds so covenanted and agreed to be paid to me by the said James Law as aforesaid And also all such other Sum and Sums of Money whatsoever which now are at any time or times hereafter shall or may become due or payable to me for or in respect of my said Jointure And the Arrears thereof And upon NonPayment thereof or of any part thereof for me and in my Name place and Stead to take and use all such legal and equitable Ways and Means by Action Suit Arrest Attachment or otherwise for enforcing and obtaining payment thereof as may be nece∫sary proper And upon Payment or Receipt of the said annual sum of five hundred Pounds and such other sum and Sums of Money as aforesaid or any of them or any part thereof respectively for me and in my name or otherwise to give sign and execute good and sufficient Receipts Acquittances Releases and Discharges for the same And Generally to do perform and execute all each further and other lawful and reasonable Acts Deeds Matter and Things whatsoever for the better executing performing and discharging all and every the Powers and Authorities hereby given or intended

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To be given as to my said Attorney shall seem meet and one or more Attorney or Attornies Substitute or Substitutes under him my said Attorney of or all or any of the Purposes aforesaid to make and appoint and at his pleasure to revoke and another or others again to appoint I the said Marthé Marie Victoire Cornette de Saint Cyr Scott giving and by these Presents granting unto my said Attorney and his Substitute or Substitutes my full and whole Power and Authority to do and act touching or concerning all or any of the Premises aforesaid as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as I myself might or could do if personally present I the said Marthé Marie ^Victoire Cornette de Saint Cyr Scott hereby ratifying allowing and confirming and agreeing to ratify allow and confirm all and whatsoever my said Attorney and his Substitute or Substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done in or about the Premises by virtue of these Presents In Witne∫s whereof I the said Marthé Marie Victoire Cornette de Saint Cyr Scott have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twenty seventh day of November in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred

marie Marthé victoire Cornette de∫aint cir Scott ( L S )

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

Ferdinand Christian Gothlieb Scholz als KEifer licher geSworen ind inatiorelcter ( L S )

Fredrich Wilhelm Müller aks Zeuge ( L S )

Heinrich Conrad Otto als Zeuge ( L S )

Dier Zurn Fur∫s policzey department verornete Derichtor und eis∫es fural wikünder und Lezeige heedüch wie der die var∫tehende vollmarht untor Schriebre in hie∫iger Stah ift und Suner unter ∫ihrift urk undlich des Hüo∫ch Policey Departments Zie∫iegel und Loei gezetter namens unter ∫chrieft Wil∫enbütell Decembr 1800

( L S ) Cr hodinberg drog unde Policey Director

To all to whom these Presents shall come I Sir William Staines Knight Lord Mayor of the City of London In pursuance of an Act of Parliament made and pa∫sed in the fifthe Year of the Reign of his Late Majesty King George the second Intituled and Act for the more easy Recovery of Debts in his Majesty’s Plantations and Colonies in America Do hereby Certify that on the Day of the dare hereby Personally came and appeared before me Robert Lanning the Deponent named in the Affidavit hereunto annexed being a Person well known and worthy of good Credit and by Solemn Oath which the said Deponent then took before me upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty Good Did Solemnly and sincerely declare testify and depose to be true the several matters and things mentioned and contained in the said annexed Affidavit

( L S )

In Faith and Testimony whereof I the said Lord May have caused the Seal of the Office of Mayoralty of the said City of London to be hereunto put and affixed and the Indentures of Lease and Release marked A and B mentioned and referred to in and by the said Affidavit to be hereunto also annexed Dated in London the fifth Day of February in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred

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Done… And now on to the next Document in my Transcription Project and the search for information of the ancestry and origins of my ggg-grandfather James Smith.

Enjoy,

Jim (The other James Smith)

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Part 621s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1801 William, Robert, James – Belvidere, Boulogne, Madeys and Union Estates and Plantations – Part 5 of 6

Good Day,

And then there is the 5th of six Parts of this 1800 Document that I have transcribed; Pages 61 through and including 66 from the Grenada Registers of Records.

All-things-being-equal I have not stumbled upon a direct connection to ggg-grandfather James Smith. Three possible Smiths, James, Robert, and William… right era and years; correct location… and Grenada is not that big a land mass, considering. You would think that by now, but no. Our last name is Smith!

This may be my research and search project to locate information and hints about the origins and genealogy of my ggg-grandfather James Smith, but I am certainly amazed of the details and information of other Family entities that are jam-packed into these Documents and Records. One of the key Families included in this Document is the Scott Family, and the information appears to cover countries in Europe and the West Indies.

Here are the images of the next six pages; 61 through and including 66, downloaded from Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

And my transcription –

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Eight hundred and four the said Jointure or yearly sum of one thousand Pounds on the days where on the same shall become Payable and subject thereto to stand Po∫se∫sed of the money so to be placed out at Interest Subject to the Payment of the Portions or Legacies next hereinafter mentioned In Trust for the said Alexander Scott his Executors Administrators and A∫signs And Upon Trust by and out of the money to rise but sale or sales hereinbefore directed to be made as aforesaid and from the rents i∫sues Profits and Produce of the said hereby released Premises after the same shall become saleable until sale of the same shall be completed to pay to the said Mary Ann Scott Emma Scott and Francis De Chilers or to their respective Executors Administrators or A∫signs their said respective Legacies or Portions of four thousand Pounds and all Interest which shall be then due to them respectively in respect of the same And as to the residue or surplus (if any) of the money to arise shall Sale or Sales hereinbefore directed to be made and from the rents i∫sues and Produce of the hereby released Premises after the same shall become saleable until the sale thereof shall be compleated Upon trust to pay same unto the said Alexander Scott his Executors Admons or A∫signs and shall and will also stand seized and po∫se∫sed of so much and such part or parts of any of the Premises hereby released and a∫signed as aforesaid or expre∫sed so to be as shall not sold or disposed of in any manner aforesaid In Trust for the said Alexander Scott is Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs according to the nature and quality thereof respectively Provided also And it is hereby agreed and declared by and between the said Parties to these Presents that thesaid James Law is Heirs Executors Admons and A∫signs shall be charged or chargeable with or for any sum or sums of Money other than such as shall actually respectively come to his and their hands by virtue of these Presents nor with work for any lo∫s where damage which may happen in or out the execution of all or any of the trusts aforesaid without use or their respective wilful default this said Alexander Scott for himself his Heirs executors and Administrators doth covenant Promise and agree to and with the said James Law is Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs by these Presents in manner following that is to say that he the said Alexander Scott his Heirs Executors or Administrators shall and will well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said Charles Gore Philadelphia Gore Catherine Gore or their respective A∫signs the said three several Annuities or yearly sums of two hundred Pounds fifty Pounds and fifty Pounds secured to them respectively at our aforesaid and also shall and will well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto Mary Ann Scott Emma Scott and Francis De Chilers and Robert Bygoe Scott or their Representatives respectively the said Portions or Sums of Four Thousand Pounds Piece bequeathed to them by the said in part recited Will said Michael Scott deceased and all Interest to become due from the same and shall and will save if they keep harmless and indemnified said James Law his Heirs Executors Admons and A∫signs and the said Plantations called Madeys and Belvidere Estates and Slaves Live and Dead Stock thereon sue purchase by said James Law as aforesaid of and from the same Portions and Interest and also all and said Jointure of One thousand Pounds to which the said Marthé

Cornette

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Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott is intitled as aforesaid and of and from all Action and Actions Suit and Suits costs charges claims pretensions and demands whatsoever for or on account of St. several Annuities Portions Interest and jointure every or any of them and every part or parts thereof and shall and will also on or before the seventeenth day of August which will be in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and four will and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said James Law is Executors Administrators or A∫signs and also unto the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott her Executors Administrators or A∫signs so much and each part and parts of the said several costs charges and expenses sum and sums of Money Interest and arrears of the said Jointure respectfully hereby intended to be provided for and secured to be paid as shall not be satisfied and discharged by and out of the rents i∫sues profits and produce of the said Plantation Hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby released pursuant to the trusts and directions hereinbefore contained and shall and will also from and after the said seventeenth day of August One thousand eight hundred and four and during the then remainder of her natural life of the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott will and truly pay or cause to be paid unto her or her A∫signs the said Jointure of One thousand Pounds a Year on the days and times where on the same shall become payable according to the Deed whereby the same was originally granted And further that all and singular the said Plantation Hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby released shall and may from time to time and at all times hereafter remain continue and be unto the said James Law his Heirs and A∫signs upon the trusts and to and for the intents and Purposes and with under and subject to the several Powers Provisoes declarations and agreements hereinbefore limited expre∫sed declared and contained of and concerning the same respectively and shall and may be accordingly peaceably and quietly held and enjoyed without any lawful let suit trouble denial eviction interruption disturbance claim or demand whatsoever of or by him the said Alexander Scott or his Heirs or by any other Person or Persons whomsoever and that free and clear and freely and clearly acquitted exonerated released and for ever discharged or otherwise by him the said Alexander Scott or his Heirs Executors or 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 Jointures Dowers Right and Title of Dower Uses Intails Trusts Wills Reversions or Remainders ion the Crown Statutes Merchant and of the Staple Recognizances Judgments Extents Eligets Executions Rents Arrears of Rent Annuities Legacies Sum and Sums of Money yearly Payments for forfeitures Reentry Cause and Causes of Forfeiture and Reentry Debts of Record Debts due to the Kings Majesty and of from and against all other Estates Titles Troubles Charges Incumbrances whatsoever either already had made committed done executed occasioned or suffered or hereafter to be had made committed done executed occasioned or suffered by him thesaid Alexander Scott or his Heirs or by any other Person or Persons whomsoever And further that he the said Alexander Scott and his Heirs and all and every other Person or Persons having or claiming or who shall or may have or claim any estate right title interest trust property claim or demand whatsoever either at Law or in Equity of in to or out of the said Plantation Hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby released or any of them or any part thereof

shall

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Shall and will from time to time and at all times hereafter during the existence of the Trusts hereby created or any of them and unle∫s the same shall be duly satisfied or determined at the request of thesaid James Law his Heirs or A∫signs but at the proper costs and charges in the Law of him the said Alexander Scott his Heirs or A∫signs made to acknowledge _____ suffer and execute or excuse and procure to be made done acknowledged levied suffered and executed all and every such further and other Lawful and reasonable act and acts deed and deeds thing and things devices conveyances and A∫surances in the Law whatsoever for the further better more perfect and absolute conveying and a∫suring of the said Plantation Hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be truly declare with their and every of their Appurtenances unto and to the use of the said James Law is Heirs and A∫signs Upon the Trusts and to and for the intents and Purposes and with under and subject to the several Powers Provisoes Declarations and Arguments hereinbefore limited declared and contained of and concerning the same according to the true intent and meaning of these Presents be the same by fine or fines, Recovery or Common Recoveries or any other matter of Record or otherwise howsoever as by the said James Law is Heirs or A∫signs or any of the Parties interested in the Premises their or any of their Counsel in the Law shall be reasonably advised or devised or received And moreover that in case any Sale or Sales shall be made of all or any Part of the said hereby released and a∫signed Premises by virtue of the Power hereinbefore in that behalf contained that he the said Alexander Scott his Heirs Executors or Administrators it required shall and will join in any such sale or Sales and execute the several Conveyances A∫signments and A∫surances of the said several Premises to the Purchaser or Purchasers thereof or of any of them and enter all usual and reasonable covenants with such Purchaser and purchasers his her and their Heirs Executors Admons and A∫signs for the Estate Title Po∫se∫sion and further a∫surance of the said Premises or such of them as shall be so sold or do any other reasonable act or acts for the confirming such Sale or Sales Neverthele∫s It is hereby agreed and declared that the joining of the said Alexander Scott his Heirs Executors or Administrators in any such Sale or Sales conveyance or conveyances aforesaid shall not in any wise be deemed or considered as e∫sential or nece∫sary to perfect the Title of the Purchaser or Purchasers of the said Premises or any Part thereof the same being intended only for the further satisfaction of such Purchaser or Purchasers And the said Ann Wordsworth William Smith Sir Charles Kent for himself and thesaid Dame Mary his Wife and Ann Verelst separately and apart each for himself and herself and he is and her respective Heirs Executors and Administrators and not jointly or the one for the others or other of them or for that Heirs Executors Administrators or Acts of the others or other of them but each of them for his and their own acts only do covenant and declare to and with the said James Law his Heirs and A∫signs by these Presents that they the said Ann Wordsworth William Smith Sir Charles Kent and Dame Mary his Wife and Ann Verelst or any or either of them made done or committed or wittingly or willingly permitted or suffered to be done or been party or privy to the doing of any Act Deed Matter or thing whatsoever whereby wherewith or by reason or means whereof the said Plantation Hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby released or any Part thereof respectively and

is

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Is can shall or may be charged impeached incumbered or affected in title estate or otherwise howsoever And said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott for herself her Heirs Executors and Administrators doth covenant and declare to work with the said James Law is Heirs and A∫signs by these Presents that she the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott hath not at any time hereto for made done or committed or wittingly or willingly permitted or suffered to be done or been party or privy to the doing of any act deed matter or thing whatsoever whereby wherewith or by reason or means of the said Plantation Hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby released or any part thereof are is can shall or may be charged impeached incumbered or affected in Title Estate or otherwise howsoever And the said James Law doth hereby for himself his Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs covenant promise and agree to and with the said Alexander Scott his Heirs and A∫signs that he the said James Law his Heirs Executors and Administrators shall and will faithfully execute and perform all and singular the trusts hereby reposed in him and them to the best of his and their knowledge and ability and in case the said trusts shall be duly satisfied and determined shall and will make and execute at such request costs and charges as aforesaid such Reconveyances Rea∫signments and Rea∫surances as are hereinbefore mentioned and shall and will from time to time during the existence of the aforesaid trusts at the like costs and Charges of the said Alexander Scott his Heirs or A∫signs on or before the thirteenth day of April in every Year produce and shewforth or cause and procure to be produced and shownforth to the said Alexander Scott his Heirs or A∫signs in the City of London in full complete and accurate account of all and singular his and their dealings transactions receipts and disbursements in and concerning the said Premises under and by virtue of these Presents Now this Indenture further Witne∫seth that in pursuance of the said Agreement of the said William Lushington Party hereto and in consideration of the said James Law having given to him such other satisfactory security as aforesaid and in consideration of the sum of ten shillings of lawful Money of Great Britain by the said James Law to the said William Lushington Party hereto in hand paid at or before the sealing and delivery of these Presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged He the said William Lushington Party hereto Hath bargained sold a∫signed transferred and set over And by these Presents Doth bargain sell a∫sign transfer and set over unto the said James Law his Executors Admons and A∫signs All the Part share right and interest of in the said William Lushington party hereto of and in the Debt due and owing from the Estate of the said Michael Scott deceased upon or by virtue of the said several hereinbefore in part recited mortgage securities and to which the said James Law is now intitled as aforesaid and of and in all interest due and to grow due for the same And also of and in all and every the sum and sums of Money due and owing by the said Nicholas Herbert and Charles Herbert to the said Michael Scott or his Estate or the Covenant of the said Michael Scott contained in the said hereinbefore in part recited Articles of Agreement of the thirty-first day of April one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six touching the a∫signment of the monies so due by them And also of and in the said Judgment for the sum of One hundred thousand Pounds and of and in all and every sum and sums of money secured thereby or receivable thereupon and of and in all and every the security and Securities for the same several sums of Money which some securities and Premises in and by the said hereinbefore in part recited Indenture of the fifteenth day of June One thousand seven

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Hundred and ninety-seven were vested in the said William Lushington party hereto by way of Indemnity as aforesaid And all benefit to arise there from And also of and in all benefit and Advantage to accrue by reason of any Consignments Commi∫sion and Factorage to be made and arise in respect of the said Plantation Hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore mentioned to be hereby released To have hold receive and take the said debt sum and sums of money Judgment securities and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby a∫signed and all benefit thereof unto the said James Law his Executors administrators and A∫signs to and for his and their non-absolute use and benefit And said William Lushington party hereto for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators doth covenant and declare to and with thesaid James Law is Heirs Executors Admons and A∫signs by these Presents That he the said William Lushington party hereto hath not at any time hereto for made done or committed or wittingly or willingly permitted or suffered to be done or been party or privy to the doing of any act matter or thing whatsoever whereby wherewith or by reason or means whereof the said several Hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby released and a∫signed respectively or any part thereof are is can shall or may be charged a∫signed impeached incumbered or affected in title estate or otherwise howsoever And to the Intent that these Presents and the said Bargain and Sale for one Year bearing date the day next preceding the date of the date of these Presents may be registered and recorded in the said Island of Grenada and take effect according to the acts and Ordinances of the said Island they the said Sir Charles Kent and Dame Mary his Wife Ann Verelst Ann Wordsworth William Smith Alexander Scott Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott and William Lushington party hereto Have and each and every of them Hath made ordained constituted and in their respective Places and stead put and by these Presents Do and each and every of them Doth make ordain constitute and appoint and in their respective Places and stead put William Arnold and Alexander Fraser of the Island of Grenada aforesaid Esq. every of them jointly and severally to be the true and lawful Attorney and Attornies of them the said Sir Charles Kent and Dame Mary his Wife Ann Verelst Ann Wordsworth William Smith Alexander Scott Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott and William Lushington party hereto and every of them to appear before the Sec. or Registrar or other proper Officer of the said Island of Grenada and to knowledge these Presents and the said Indenture of Bargain and Sale for a year to be the acts and Deeds of them the said Sir Charles Kent and Dame Mary his Wife Ann Verelst Ann Wordsworth William Smith Alexander Scott and William Lushington party hereto and of every of them And further to do every other act matter or thing requisite or expedient to be done in order to the registering of these Presents and of the said Bargain and Sale and making same respectively valid and effectual according to the true intent and meaning thereof respectively In Witne∫s whereof the said Parties to these Presents have hereunto set their hands and Seals the day and year first above written.

Charles (L S) Kent William(L S) Smith W(L S) Lushington

Mary(L S) Kent Alexr (L S) Scott James(L S) Law

Ann (L S) Verlst Marthé Cornette

Ann (L S) Wordsworth Victoire De St. Cyr (L S) Scott by her Attorney Robt. Smith

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Sealed and delivered by the within named Sir Charles Kent and Mary his Wife in the presence of Jo Solly Town Clerk of Sandwich

-- Thos. Cro∫s Clerk to Me∫sr Bleasdale & Alexander London

Sealed and delivered by the within named Ann Verelst in the presence of James Hall

– Joseph Robinson

Sealed and delivered by the within named Ann Wordsworth in the presence of Geo Broadrick Town Clerk Doncaster

– Wm. Stephenson Jus Clerk

Sealed and delivered by the within named William Smith in the presence of Geo. Theakston - Christ Church Surrey

--- Robert Lanning

Sealed and littered by the within named Alexander Scott being first duly stamped in the presence of James Smith Bassinghall Street London

-- Robert Lanning Clerk to Me∫s Ward Dennetts & Greaves Covent Garden

Sealed and delivered by the within named Marthé Marie de St. Cyr Scott by Robert Smith her Attorney by Virtue of Power of Attorney bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of November One thousand eight hundred and presence of

William Brown -- Robert Lanning

Sealed and delivered by the within named William Lushington in the presence of

William Brown -- Robert Lanning

Sealed and delivered by the within named James Law in the presence of

William Brown -- Robert Lanning

Be it remembered that on the twenty-fourth day of July in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred Personally came and appeared before me Harvey Christian Combe Esq. Lord Mayor of the City of London at my Mansion House within the same City Alexander Scott in the within written Indenture of Release named and then and there acknowledged the said Indenture of release and the Indenture of lease thereby referred to to be his free and Voluntary Act and deed and that he executed the same for the uses and Purposes therein mentioned

H. C. Combe Mayor

Be it remembered that on the twenty eighth day of August the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred Personally came and appeared before me Thomas Mandall Esquire Mayor of the Borough of Doncaster in the County of York in the Kingdom of Great Britain Ann Wordsworth in the within written Indenture of Release named and then and there acknowledged the said Indenture of Release and the Indenture of Lease thereby referred to to be her free and voluntary Act and Deed and that she executed the same for the Uses and Purposes therein mentioned

Thos. Mandall Mayor

Be it remembered that on the sixth Day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred Personally came and appeared Before me Henry Watson Esquire Mayor of the town and Port of Sandwich in the County of Kent in the Kingdom of Great Britain Sir Charles Kent Baronet and Dame Mary his Wife in the within written Indenture of Release named and then and there severally acknowledged the said Indenture of Release and the Indenture of Lease thereby referred to to be their free and Voluntary acts and Deeds said Dame Mary having being first examined separate and apart from her said Husband and freely and voluntarily and sensing thereto and that they severally executed the same for the Uses and Purposes therein mentioned

H Watson Mayor

And now on to the final six Pages; 67 through and including 72.

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Jim

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Part 620s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1801 William, Robert, James – Belvidere, Boulogne, Madeys and Union Estates and Plantations – Part 4 of 6

Good Day,

The word “thousand” is entered 226 times in this Document and the word “Pounds” 157 times. Twice the amount One hundred thousand Pounds is evident. And this Document from the Grenada Registers of Records was drafted in 1800. My financial background kicks into gear when I see numbers as large as £100,000 for property in 1800. I want to know the approximate equivalent in today’s, or close to, Pounds Sterling.

And does this have anything to do with my search and research of the origins of the genealogy and ancestry of my ggg-grandfather James Smith? Hardly so, but I have to keep my mind working at times.

Per the Retail Price Index (RPI) the £100,000 in 1800 would have been worth £6,300,000 in 2010. The RPI shows the cost of goods and services purchased by a typical household in one period relative to a base period. It is best used when the monetary amount is the cost or price of a simple product, such as a loaf of bread or a pair of shoes. According to the Average earnings, which are a logical measure for computing relative value of wages, salaries, or other income or wealth, the £100,000 in 1800 could convert to approximately £99,700,000.

According to either the RPI or the Average earnings definitions, I think we’re talking about a substantial large sum of money as counted in this 1800 Documents.

And from the Grenada Registers of Records, here is the 4th section of the images of the Pages 55 through and including 60. I have downloaded the images from Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

My transcription –

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The same Premises together with the said two other Plantations were by virtue of the said in part recited Indenture of the fifteenth day of June One thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven meant and intended to be and Indemnity to the said William Lushington party hereto as now remaining unsatisfied Now this Indenture Witne∫seth that in pursuance of the said Agreements and for the purposes of barring and extinguishing all Estates Tail and Revisions and Remainders thereupon expectant of and in the said Plantation or Estate called the Boulogne and Union Plantation and the Negroes alive and dead stock thereon and intended to be hereby release created limited or devised in and by the said in part recited Will of the said Michael Scott deceased or otherwise howsoever and for vesting the fee simple and inheritance of and in the same Premises in thesaid James Law upon the Trusts hereinafter mentioned and for and in consideration of the sum of two thousand two hundred and three Pounds five Shillings of lawful money of Great Britain by the said James Law (at the request and by the direction of the said Alexander Scott Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott Sir Charles Kent Dame Mary his Wife and Ann Verelst testified by their being parties to and respectively executing these Presents) to the said Ann Wordsworth or secured to be paid at or before the sealing and delivery of these Presents the receipt whereof she the said Ann Wordsworth hereby acknowledge and that the same is in full satisfaction and discharge of all monies paid by her to the said Charles Gore Philadelphia Gore and Catherine Gore in respect of their said several Annuities as aforesaid and thereof and of and from the same and every part they doth acquit release and discharge the said James Law his Heirs Executors and Administrators for ever by these Premises and in consider ation of the said Bond of Indemnity executed by the said James Law and Patrick Crawford Bruce to the said Ann Wordsworth as aforesaid and for and in consideration of the of the sum of ten shillings of like lawful Money by thesaid James Law to the said Ann Wordsworth Sir Charles Kent Dame Mary his Wife Ann Verelst William Smith William Lushington party hereto Alexander Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott in like manner the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged They the said Ann Wordsworth Sir Charles Kent Dame Mary his Wife Ann Verelst William Smith and William Lushington party hereto at the request and by the direction of the said Alexander Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott testified as aforesaid Have and each and every of them Hath according to their respective Estates and Interest therein Bargained Sold Aliened A∫signed Released and Confirmed and by these Presents Do and each and every of them Doth according to their respective Estates and Interests therein Bargain Sell Alien A∫sign Release and confirm and the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott Hath Bargained sold Aliened A∫signed Released and Confirmed And by these Presents Doth Bargain Sell Alien Release and Confirm And the said Alexander Scott Hath Granted Bargained Sold Aliened A∫signed Release Ratified and Confirmed And by these Presents Doth Grant Bargain Sell Alien

A∫sign

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A∫sign Release Ratify and Confirm unto the said James Law (in his actual po∫se∫sion as to the freehold parts thereof now being by virtue of a Bargain and Sale to him thereof made by the said Ann Wordsworth Sir Charles Kent Dame Mary his Wife Ann Verelst William Lushington party hereto Alexander Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott for five ∫hillings consideration by Indenture bearing date the day next before the day of the date of these Presents for the terms of a Year commencing from the day next before the day of the date the same Indenture of Bargain and Sale and by force of the Statute made for transferring Uses into po∫se∫sion) and to his Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs All these two several Plantations or Estates or Pieces or Parcels of Land or Ground late of the said Michael Scott with all Me∫suages or Tenements Erections and Buildings thereunto belonging with the Apputena_ situate in the said Parish of St. Andrew in thesaid Island of Grenada and commonly called or Known by the name of the Boulogne and Union Plantations or by whatsoever name or names the same or either of them have or hath been called or known and which said Plantations and Premises were formally in the tenure or occupation of the said Michael Scott or his A∫signs and formally the Estate of George Scott Esq. choose three deceased the Brother of the said Michael Scott and Lieutenant Governor of the Island of Dominique in America together with all Ways Paths Pa∫sages Waters Watercourses Rights Easements Profits Privileges Commodities and Hereditaments to the same Plantation belonging or in anywise appertaining or therewith or with any part thereof commonly used deemed taken or known as part parcel or member thereof together with all and singular the Me∫suages or Dwelling Houses Outhouses Mills Boilinghouses Curinghouses Stillhouses Cisterns Cellars Negro Houses and all other Edifices and Erections of what nature or kind so ever on the said Plantations hereby released or intended so to be erected built standing or being with all and every the Coppers Boilers Mills Worms and other fixtures therein or thereupon And also all and every the Negro and other Slaves in upon or belonging to the said Plantation and Premises And all and every the Horses Mules Horned Cattle and other live Stock in upon or belonging thereto with the future I∫sue and Increase of the Females of the said Slaves and live Stock And also all and singular the Plantation Stores Implements Utensils furniture and dead Stock to the said Plantation hereby released or intended so to be or to the Buildings thereon respectively belonging or use or kept for the purposes of Cultivation or Manufacture And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders yearly and other Rents I∫sues and Profits thereof And all the Estate Right Title Interest Use Trust Po∫se∫sion Property Po∫sibility Claim and Demand whatsoever both at Law and in Equity of them the said Ann Wordsworth Sir Charles Kent Dame Mary his Wife Ann Verelst William Smith William Lushington party hereto Alexander Scott and Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott every or any of them of in to or out of the same Premises every or any part or parcel thereof To have and to hold so much and such Part and parts of the said Plantation Pieces or Parcels of Land Me∫suages Buildings fixtures Negro and other Slaves live and dead Stock Plantation Utensils and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby granted released and a∫signed with their and every of their Appurtenances as is are or be of the nature of Real Estate unto the said James Law his Heirs and A∫signs To the use of the said James Law his Heirs and A∫signs for ever And to have and to hold so much

and

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And such part or parts of the same premises with their Appurtenances as is are or be of the nature of Personal Estate unto the said James Law his Executors Administrators and A∫signs Nevertheles∫s on the Trusts and to and for the Intents and Purposes and with under and subject to the Proviso Provisoes and Declarations hereinafter mentioned expre∫sed and declared of and concerning the same that is to say Upon Trust to cultivate and manage the same Hereditaments and Premises and to supply this same with all nece∫sary Stores and to imploy such Agents Overseers Workman and other Persons about the same as may be nece∫sary and to receive the Rents I∫sues and Profits and sell and dispose of Ship and consign the Produce thereof to the best Advantage and by and out of the Rents Produce and Profits of the same Premises In the first place to retain all such costs Charges and dispenses as he or they shall or may sustained expend or be put on to in or about the managing and cultivating the same Premises and in the Purchasing of nece∫sary Stores for the same and for the Salaries and Wages of Overseers Servants and Workman about the same and in the collecting and disposing of the Rents and Produce thereof and keeping the same in a good and tenable condition and use in or about the preparing and the protecting? The represents or otherwise in the Execution of these Trusts hereby in him and them reposed And in the next place to retain a and discharge the said sum of two thousand two hundred and three Pounds four ∫hillings so secured to be paid to the said Ann Wordsworth as aforesaid and also all such sum and sums of money as he the said James Law his Heirs Executors or Administrators may be called upon to pay and actually paid for the said Charles Gore Philadelphia Gore and Catherine Gore or any of them their ^ or any of their Executors Administrators or A∫signs for or in respect of their said respective Annuities of hundred Pounds fifty Pounds and fifty Pounds on account of the said Bond of Indemnity executed by him and the said Patrick Crawford Bruce to the said Ann Wordsworth as aforesaid and also to retain pay and discharge all such sum and sums of Money costs charges and Expenses as he the said James Law his Heirs or A∫signs as Owners of the said to Plantations called Madeys and Belvidere Estates and the Slaves live and dead Stock thereon made pay their or sustained for or on account for in the Payment or discharge of any sum or sums of money for or in respect of any debt or debts due and owing by the said Michael Scott at the time of his Decease with the Interest thereof respectively or for or in respect of any legacy given by the Will of George Scott Esquire deceased with Interest thereof And in the next place to retain and pay the said Sum of ______________ so paid by him to the said James Law to the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott in respect of the said yearly sum of five hundred Pounds agreed to be paid to her up to the said sixteenth day of October one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight as aforesaid and upon Trust in the next place to pay to the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott for her A∫signs during the rest of the said term of two Years to be computed up to the said sixteenth day of October one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight so much as now remains payable of the same yearly sum of five hundred Pounds according to the said in part recited Articles of the seventeenth day of August One thousand seven hundred and ninety seven and from and after the said sixteenth day of October one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight Upon Trust whilst said Island of Grenada shall continue in Peace

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And remain in the po∫se∫sion of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the the Crops and Produce of the said Plantation and Premises called the Boulogne Estates shall be received by him the said James Law his Heirs Executors Admons or his or their Agents and such net produce and crops shall yield the clear yearly sum of five hundred Pounds after defraying all the Island expenses And all sums of money that the said James Law hath already laid out and expended and which he is Heirs Executors or Admons may during the continuance of the Trusts hereby in him and them esposed? lay out and _____ in the nece∫sary supply of Stores with the interest thereof to pay or cause to be paid unto the said Marthé Cornette Victorie De St. Cyr Scott or her A∫signs during the term of her natural life the yearly sum of five hundred Pounds by Quarterly Payments according to the agreement in that behalf contained in the said in part recited Articles of the seventeenth day of August One thousand seven hundred and ninety seven And in case the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott should die before the term of seven years in the said Articles mentioned then upon Trust to pay or cause to be paid unto the said Alexander Scott her Extors Admõns or A∫signs the said sum of all or some of five hundred Pounds per Annum towards the subsistence of himself and family for such time and in such manner as the same would have been paid to the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott had she been then living And upon Trust in the next Place by and out of the rents i∫sues and Profits and Produce of the said Plantation Hereditaments and Premises herein before mentioned and intended to be hereby use and to retain and pay the interest henceforth to grow due in respect of the sum of thirty one thousand three hundred and fifteen Pounds one ∫hilling and three pence so due and owing as aforesaid and after satisfying such interest to retain the rest of such rents I∫sues profits and produce from time to time in reduction of the said sum of Thirty one thousand three hundred and fifteen Pounds one ∫hilling and three pence until the same shall be reduced to the sum of five thousand Pounds and as soon as the same shall be reduced to that sum then upon Trust by and out of the rents i∫sues and produce of the Plantation Hereditaments and Premises hereby released to pay to the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott her Executors Administrators or A∫signs the said sum of One thousand five hundred Pounds due to her for the Arrears of her said Jointure of one thousand Pounds at the time of her entry into the said in part recited Agreement of the seventeenth day of August One thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven as after said and also so much money as may then be due to her in respect of the Arrears of one Mority of her said jointure of one thousand Pounds unpaid to her from the said six the day of October One thousand seven hundred ninety-six and after satisfying all such Arrears Upon Trust during the then remainder of the natural life of the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott to pay out of the Rents I∫sues Profits and Produce of the said hereby released Premises said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott or her A∫signs the yearly sum of five hundred Pounds in Addition to the said yearly sum of five hundred Pounds hereinbefore directed to be paid to her as aforesaid to the intent ^ that she may thenceforth receive the whole of her said Jointure of one thousand Pounds and In Trust to return the residue of the rents i∫sues and Profits and Produce of the said hereby released Premises from time to time in reduction of the said sum of five Thousand Pounds so to be postponed until the Arrears of the said Jointure be satisfied as aforesaid and the interest thereof until the whole of the same sum of five thousand Pounds and

interest

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Interest shall be therewith be satisfied and discharged and subject to the several Trusts hereinbefore declared concerning the said Plantation Hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby released and subject to the payment of the ∫aid Portions or Legacies of four thousand Pounds a Piece bequeathed by the Will of the said Michael Scott to the said Mary Ann Scott Emma Scott Francis Scott and Robert Scott as aforesaid and also subject to the Proviso next hereinafter contained It is hereby declared that the said James Law his Heirs Executors Administrators and a∫signs shall stand seized and po∫se∫sed of and interested in all and singular the Hereditaments and Premises hereby released and a∫signed or expre∫sed so to be In trust for the said Alexander Scott his Heirs Executors Adminis trators and A∫signs forever And it is hereby declared and agreed by and between the said Parties to these Presents that when and as often as all and singular the disbursements costs charges and expenses which shall or may be laid out sustained or expended by the said James Law his Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs in exercise or execution of all or any of the trusts Powers or Authorities hereby _____ _____ shall be fully reimbursed and satisfied together with all other sum or sums of money which he or they shall pay or cause to be paid to said Ann Wordsworth Charles Gore Philadelphia core and Catherine Gore respectively or on account of the aforesaid Annuities or any of them or otherwise in respect or on amount of the Bond executed by the said James Law and Patrick Crawford Bruce to the said Ann Wordsworth as aforesaid and after the said Bond shall be released or canceled or the said Annuities determined and all arrears thereof discharged and after the Legacy or Portion given by the Will of the said Michael Scott to his said Son Robert shall be paid or when the said James Law is Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs _____ the said Estates called Madeys and Belvidere shall be released there from and after all such debts (if any) of the said Michael Scott as effect the said Estates called Madeys and Belvidere shall be discharged and after the said James Law his Heirs Extors Administrators and A∫signs shall be reimbursed all monies paid or advanced by him or them in respect thereof and after all arrears of the said Jointure of One thousand Pounds shall be discharged to the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott and all advances of the said James Law his Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs in respect thereof reimbursed and after the whole the sum now due from the said Alexander Scott to the said James Law and all interest on the aforesaid Payments and advances shall be fully paid satisfied and discharged he the said James Law his Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs shall at the request costs and Charges of the said Alexander Scott his Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns reconvey rea∫sign and rea∫sure all such part or parts of the Premises hereby released and a∫signed or expre∫sed so to be as shall not have been sold or disposed of under the Proviso next hereinafter contained unto and to the use of the said Alexander Scott his Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs here they shall direct or appoint for his and their non-absolute use and disposal free from all incumbrances to be done committed or wilfully suffered by the said James Law is Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs in the meantime Provided that if the several Costs Charges Expenses Sum and Sums of Money and Interest hereinbefore directed to be satisfied (except only the growing Payments for the time being of the said Jointure of one

thousand

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Thousand Pounds and of the said Annuities to the said Charles Gore Philadelphia Gore and Catherine Gore respectively after the arrears thereof shall be paid) shall not be satisfied and discharged by and out of the Rents I∫sues Profits and Produce of the said Plantation Hereditaments and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby released or by the said Alexander Scott his Heirs Executors or Administrators on or before the seventeenth day of August which shall be in the Year of our Lord One thousand and eight hundred and for then and in such case it shall and may be lawful to and for the said James Law his Heirs Executors Admons or A∫signs from and after the said seventeenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and four to sell and dispose of the said Plantations heredits and Premises thereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby released and a∫signed or any part thereof either together or in parcels and by Public Sale or Private contract for such Price or Prices as can be reasonably had or gotten for the same and upon payment of the money arising by the Sale or sales thereof or of any part or parts thereof to sign and give proper receipts or receipts for the money for which the same shall be so sold which receipt or receipts of the said James Law his Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs shall be a sufficient discharge to such Purchaser or Purchasers for so much of the Purchase money as shall be therein expre∫sed or acknowledged to be received and such Purchaser or Purchasers his her or their Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs shall not afterwards be answerable or accountable for any lo∫s or misapplication of the said Purchase money so received or any part thereof and by and out of the money to arise by the sale of the aforesaid Premises or any part or parts thereof and out of the rents i∫sues profits and produce thereof after the same shall be calm saleable until the Sale thereof to retain to and reimburse himself and themselves all such Costs charges and expenses as he or they shall or may sustained expend or be put to in and about the making of such Sale or Sales and from and after payment and satisfaction thereof Upon Trust to retain pay satisfy and discharge such and so much of the said several costs charges expenses ^ sum and sums of money and Interest hereinbefore directed to be paid satisfied and discharged out of the rents i∫sues profits and Produce of the said hereby released Premises except the growing Payments of the said Jointure of One thousand Pounds from and after the said seventeenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and four as shall then remain unsatisfied and on discharged and in the same order course and priority in Payment as hereinbefore mentioned and directed concerning the Payment of the same and upon Trust to place out or best so much of the money to arise from this Sale or Sales hereinbefore directed to be made and from the rents i∫sues profits and Produce of the said hereby released Premises after the same shall become saleable until the sales thereof shall be completed as will be sufficient to secure the Payment of the said Jointure of one thousand Pounds in the name or names of him the said James Law his Executors Adminis trators or A∫signs in or upon Government or Real Securities at Interest and upon Trust by and out of the Interest Dividends and yearly proceeds of the money so to be placed out at Interest or by calling in and disposing of a sufficient part of the principal such money in case the interest thereof shall be insufficient to paid to the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott or her A∫signs during the remainder of her life after the said seventeenth day of August One thousand

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Jim

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Part 619s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1801 William, Robert, James – Belvidere, Boulogne, Madeys and Union Estates and Plantations – Part 3 of 6

Good Day,

And now on to the third session of six that incorporate my Transcription work of the 1800 Document from the Grenada Registers of Records. All-things-being equal there has been no immediate clue or hint of connection to ggg-grandfather James Smith. I can’t even say how old ggg-grandfather James was in 1800, but his first child, Eley, of whom I have an 1814 Baptism record, was born in 17 March 1812. So was ggg-grandfather an infant, a young child, or a young man at the time of the recording of the 1800 Document?

From the “S Index”of the Grenada Registers of Records the entry “Scott Alexr. & others . . . . to James Law & his Trustees Conveyance (of 2 Estates) Folio 1” includes this Document and the previous ones that I worked with in Parts 614s and the Document beginning in Part 608s and Part 535s.

In my research this proves to the point that I cannot only depend upon that which is included in the “old” Indexes… or for that matter what may be recorded in “new” Index. All-things-being-equal the “old” Index of this specific Register of Records of Grenada may have been created sometime in the early 1800s. As you can see the only surnames included in the Register Index are Scott and Law. And what does this mean? It means that I have to peruse, review, read the complete Document to determine that any Smiths, the surname of which I am concerned, are included in the body of the test. Bottom-line, there are NO shortcuts.

The following names are names that appear only on the first page of the Schedule Document; Page 34. (See Part 617s.)

Sir Charles Kent

Dame Mary Kent

Ann Verelst, Widow

Josias Wordsworth

Samuel Wordsworth, Deceased

Ann Wordsworth, Widow

Ann (née Wordsworth) Algehr, Widow

Peter Christopher Algehr

Reverend William Smith

Alexander Scott

Michael Scott, Deceased

Marthé Marie Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott, Widow

Peter Lushington

James Law

Archeson Irwin

Andrew Irwin

Here are the images of the Pages 48 through and including 54 from the Register as downloaded from Item 3 of the FHL microfilm [1563378].

My transcription -

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And every sum and sums of Money secured thereby or recoverable thereupon And of and in all securities for the same sum and sums of Money To hold the same (except as aforesaid) unto and to the use of the said William Lushington to his Heirs Executors Admons and A∫signs according to the natures and qualities thereof respectively were the same Real or Personal To the Intent that the said William Lushington his Heirs Executors Admons and A∫signs might be scised and po∫se∫sed of the intirety of the said Hereditaments Chattels and Premises Subject neverthle∫s as therein mentioned And also subject to the Proviso or Condition for redemption of the same Premises thereinafter contained that is to say Provided always neverthele∫s and it is thereby covenanted declared and agreed by and between the said Parties to the said Indenture now in recital that if the said James Law his Heirs Executors or Administrators should from time to time and at all times thereafter keep indemnified the said William Lushington his Heirs Executors and Administrators of from and against the Covenant on the part of him the said William Lushington contained in the said in part recited Indenture of the twenty ninth day of July One thousand seven hundred and ninety one to pay the said Debt of Eight thousand Pounds and Interest to the said Peter Christopher Algehr and Ann his Wife and for from and against all the Covenants contained on the part of the said William Lushington and James Law in the said several Articles of Agreement of the twenty seventh day of March One thousand and seven hundred and ninety three and the _____ day of _____ One thousand seven hundred and ninety four And also of from and against the Payment of all and every the Debts mentioned and specified in the Schedule thereunder written And of from and against all and all manner of costs charges damages and expenses whatsoever which he or they might bear pay sustain incur be put unto or be liable for reason or means of the non payment thereof or any part thereof or of his or their being party or parties to any Suit or Suits or of any matter or thing whatsoever in any way relating to the same Debts or any part thereof or any Security for the same or any part thereof according to the true intent and meaning of the said Award then and so soon as the said several sums of Money mentioned in the said Schedule thereunder written should be paid or satisfied or the said William Lushington his Heirs Executors and Administrators and his and their Estate and Effects should be discharged therefrom the said William Lushington his Heirs Executors and Administrators should at the request and at the proper costs and Charges of the said James Law his Heirs Executors Admors or A∫signs well and effectually convey and a∫sign the intirety of the said Plantations Pieces or Parcels of Land Me∫suages Buildings Fixtures Negro and other Salves Debt Sum and Sums of Money or so much thereof as should remain due owing and unreceived and all and singular other the Hereditaments and Premises thereby released and a∫signed or intended so to be with their Appurtenances unto and to the use of the said James Law his Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs according to the nature and quality thereof But subject neverthele∫s to such Equity of Redemption as the said Mortgaged Premises should then be subject to and also subject to the said in part recited Articles of Agreement of the thirty first day of August One thousand seven hundred and ninety two the twenty seventh day of March One thousand seven hundred and ninety three and the _____ day of _____ One thousand seven hundred and ninety seven and made or expre∫sed to be made between thesaid Charles Ashwell of the first part the said Alexander Scott of the second part the said James Law of the third part Patrick Crawford Bruce ^then and now a Partner with the said James Law of the fourth part and

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The said William Lushington party hereto therein described as William Lushington the Elder and William Lushington the younger and John Mavor of the City of London Merchants of the fifth part After reciting (amongst other things) that the said Alexander Scott after he attained the age of twenty one years confirmed the said recited Agreement of the thirty-first day of August One thousand seven hundred and ninety-two and on account of the short delivery of Stock or other Effects belonging to the said Estates agreed to make and allowance of One thousand five hundred Pounds thereby reducing the said sum of fifty one thousand Pounds the Purchase Money for the said Estates to forty-nine thousand five hundred Pounds thesaid James Law did for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators covenant promise and agree with and to the said Charles Ashwell his Heirs Executors and Administrators that he the said James Law his Heirs Executors or Administrators ∫hould and would take upon himself the performance of the said in part recited Agreement of the thirty-first day of August One thousand seven hundred and ninety-two for the Purchase of the said Plantations or Estates called Madeys and Belvidere upon the same terms and Conditions in every respect as the said Charles Ashwell stood engaged by the said Argument to become the Purchaser thereof but Purchase Money for the same originally fifty-one thousand Pounds been reduced to the said sum of forty-nine thousand five hundred Pounds as therein before mentioned And it is thereby agreed between the said Alexander Scott and James Law that in consideration of the said James Law a∫suming the performance of the Agreement entered into by the said Charles Ashwell for the purchase of said Estates as therein before mentioned he the said Alexander Scott his Executors or Administrators should and would allow the said James Law his Heirs Executors or Administrators the sum of five thousand Pounds Sterling on account of the Inquiry done to the said Estates in the then late Insurrections and troubles in the said Island of Grenada and that the said sum of five thousand Pounds should be added to and thereafter come pose part of the Balance due to the said late Partnership of Lushington and Law from the Estates of the said Michael Scott deceased And Whereas by Articles of Agreement bearing date on or about the seventeenth day of August one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven and made or expre∫sed to be made between the said Alexander Scott of the first part said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott of the second part and the said James Law of the third part After reciting (amongst other things) that the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott under and by virtue of a certain Deed bearing date the nineteenth day of November One thousand seven hundred and sixty five was entitled to a Jointure of One thousand Pounds per annum for the term of her natural Life i∫suing out of the said three Plantations called Madeys Belvidere and Boulogne Estates but which Jointure the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott had by the said recited Articles of the thirty first day of August One thousand seven hundred and ninety two agreed to accept and take from and out of the said Estate and Premises called the Boulogne Estate and to release the said Plantations called Madeys and Belvidere therefrom And reciting that in consequence of the Insurrections which had taken place in the said Island of Grenada the Jointure of the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott was considerably in arrear and that she had applied to and requested the said James Law to secure to her

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The Payment of the sum of five hundred Pounds Sterling during such part of the term of two Years to be computed from the sixteenth day of October then last as she should happen to live and also to engage to pay to her during the term of her natural life and from and after the sixteenth day of October which would be in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety eight the yearly sum of five hundred Pounds Provided the produce of the said Plantation called the Boulogne Estate should yield that sum after defraying all the Island expenses and the sum of Money that should be laid out and expended in the nece∫sary supply of Stores with Interest for the same And provided the said Island of Grenada should continue in Peace and remain in the Po∫se∫sion of the King of Great Britain and such Crops and Produce of the said Plantation and Premises called the Boulogne Estate should be received by the said James Law or his Agents And that in consideration thereof she the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott had agreed to postpone the Payment of all Arrears of her aforesaid Jointure and also the growing payments of the mority thereof until the Debt then due and owing unto the said James Law as aforesaid and such other Debt as should thereafter be due and owing unto him his Executors Administrators or A∫signs with Interest at the rate of six Pounds per cent per annum should be reduced to the sum of five thousand Pounds of lawful money of Great Britain but upon condition neverthele∫s that when such Debt should be so reduced all the arrears of the aforesaid Jointure that should be then due and all sums that might thereafter become due in respect thereof should be considered as a Charge upon the said Plantation and Premises called the Boulogne Estate in Preference to any debt that might be then due and owing unto the said James Law his Executors Administrators or A∫signs And reciting that the said Alexander Scott in order to induce the said James Law to comply with such request of the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott and the better to enable him so to do had agreed to deliver up the Po∫se∫sion of the said Plantation called Boulogne Estate with the Salves Cattle and all other the Appurtenances thereunto belonging so that the said James Law should and might be deemed considered and taken to all Intents and purposes as the Mortgagee in Po∫se∫sion thereof it being neverthele∫s agreed that the said James Law his Heirs Executors Administrators or A∫signs should not bring or cause the said Plantation and Premises to be brought to sale during the space of seven Years nor institute any Suit at Law or in Equiity for that purpose provided the said James Law should remain in the peaceable and quiet Po∫se∫sion of the said Premises as such Mortgagee as aforesaid in manner therein after mentioned And that the said Alexander Scott had accordingly given the nece∫sary directions to his Agents in the said Island of Grenada to deliver up the Po∫se∫sion of the said Plantation and Premises called the Boulogne Estate unto the said James Law It is by the said Articles of Agreement now in recital Witne∫sed and the said James Law did thereby for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators Covenant Promise and agree to and with the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De ST. Cyr Scott her Executors Administrators and A∫signs that he the said James Law his Executors or Administrators should and would well and truly Pay or cause to be paid unto the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott and her A∫signs ^at the common Dining Hall of Lincoln’s Inn in the County of Middlesex the said annual sum of five hundred Pounds by Quarterly Payments during such part of the said term of Two Years to be computed from the said sixteenth day of October then last as ∫he the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott should continue to live

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And further that whilst the said Island of Grenada should continue in Peace and remain in the Po∫se∫sion of the King of Great Britain and the Crops and Produce of thesaid Plantation and Premises called the Boulogne Estate should be received by the said James Law or his Agents and such nett produce and Crops should yield the clear yearly sum of five hundred Pounds after defraying all the Island dispenses and all sums of money that should be laid out and expended in the nece∫sary supply of Stores with the Interest thereof he the said James Law his Executors or Admons should and would pay or cause to be paid unto the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott during the term of her natural life at the time in the manner and at the place after said the said yearly sum of five hundred Pounds And it is by the said Articles of Agreement now in recital further Witne∫sed and the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott Did thereby for herself her Heirs Executors and Administrators covenant Promise and agree to and with the said James Law his Executors at Administrators and A∫signs that she the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott should and would accept and take during the respective times aforesaid said several Payments so covenanted to be made as aforesaid in lieu and satisfaction of her said Jointure and of all claims and demands in respect thereof And it is by the said Articles now in recital further Witne∫sed and the said James Law did thereby for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators covenant promise and agree to and with the said Alexander Scott his Heirs Executors Administrators and A∫signs that he the said James Law his Heirs Executors and Administrators should not nor would at any time within the said space of seven years bring or cause the said Plantation and Premises called the Boulogne Estate to be brought to sale nor institute any suit at Law or in Equity for that purpose he the said James Law and not being Interrupted during that time in the peaceable and quiet Po∫se∫sion of the said Premises as such Mortgagee as aforesaid by reason of any act to be done or committed by the said Alexander Scott his Heirs Executors or Administrators or by any Person or Persons claiming or to claim by from or under him or them And Whereas by a Memorandum indorsed on the said last recited Articles and subscribed by the said Alexander Scott and James Law It was agreed by and between the said Parties thereto that in case the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott should die before the expiration of the said term of seven Years in the said Articles mentioned the allowance of five hundred Pounds per annum therein agreed to be paid to her in lieu of her Jointure should from thenceforth be paid to the said Alexander Scott his Executors Administrators or A∫signs towards the subsistance of himself and his family for such time and in such manner as the same would have been paid to the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott if she were living and that such Payments should be charged to the said Estate It was also thereby agreed that regular Accounts should be kept by the said James Law of all the Expenses and produce of the said Estate and of all his receipts and disbursements for account of the said Alexander Scott and such Accounts rendered to the said Alexander Scott on or before the thirtieth day of April in every Year And Whereas the arrears due to the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott in respect of her said Jointure up to the sixteenth day of October in the Year One thousand seven

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Hundred and ninety-six amounted to the sum of One thousand five hundred Pounds And Whereas the said Charles Gore Philadelphia Gore and Catherine Gore to whom the said Annuities of Two hundred Pounds Fifty Pounds and Fifty Pounds were respectively secured by the said three several in part recited Bonds of the ninth day of July One thousand seven hundred and seventy-one are yet living and the said Ann Wordsworth as such Administratrix as aforesaid hath since the decease of the said Michael Scott paid to them respectively several Payments of their Annuities amounting in the whole to the sum of Two thousand two hundred and three Pounds five Shillings And Whereas the said James Law lately applied to the said Sir Charles Kent and Dame Mary his Wife and Ann Verelst and requested them to convey the legal estate and interest now vested in them the said Dame Mary Kent and Ann Verelst add the Coheire∫ses at Law of the said Jona Wordsworth of and in the said Plantations called Boulogne and Union Estates and the said several Slaves Negroes and other Effects thereon unto the said James Law and in order to induce them so to do he the said James Law proposed and agreed to give security to the satisfaction of the said Ann Wordsworth for the payment of the said Sum of Two thousand Two hundred and three Pounds five shillings now due and owing unto her for the arrear of the said three several Annuities as aforesaid and also to indemnify and save harmle∫s the Estate and Effects Real and Personal of the said Samuel Wordsworth of from and against the future Payments of such Annuities in manner hereinafter mentioned and the said Sir Charles Kent and Dame Mary his Wife and Ann Verelst hath consented and agreed to comply with each request of the said James Law on the Conditions aforesaid And Whereas the said sum of Eight thousand Pounds was not paid at the time mentioned in the Proviso for redemption contained in the said recited Indenture of Release of the Eighteenth day of June One thousand seven hundred and seventy-six whereby the Estate of the said Christopher Algehr and Ann his Wife in the Mortgaged Premises became absolute at Law And Whereas the said James Law out of his own proper Money have to advanced and paid to thesaid William Smith since the decease of the said Ann Algehr the sum of Six thousand Pounds part of the said Principal sum of Eight thousand Pounds together with all Interest due in respect thereof and the said James Law hath debited the said Alexander Scott in account And Whereas there was due and owing to the said James Law on the first day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand and seven hundred and ninety-six upon or by virtue of the said recited Securities so transferred to him and the said William Lushington (party hereto) in and by the said in part recited Indentures of Lease and Release of the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth days of July in the Year One Thousand seven hundred and ninety-one as aforesaid and to which the said James Law is now become solely intitled the sum of forty-six thousand eight hundred and fifty-six Pounds fourteen ∫hillings and Seven pence including the said sum of six thousand Pounds with the Interest thereof so paid by the said James Law as aforesaid and over and above the sum of two thousand Pounds residue of the said sum of Eight thousand Pounds secured by the said Mortgage with the Interest thereof but from which said sum of fifty-six Thousand eight hundred and forty-six Pounds fourteen and eleven pence the said James Law and Alexander Scott agreed to deduct the sum of forty-four thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight Pounds sixteen shillings and eight pence due as the residue of the said sum of fifty-one thousand Pounds so agreed to be paid for the Purchase of the

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Said Estates called Madeys and Belvidere after allowing the said sum of One thousand five hundred Pounds and divers other Payments made by the said James Law whereby the said sum of forty thousand eight hundred and forty-six Pounds fourteen shillings and eleven pence was reduced to the sum of two thousand and seventeen Pounds agreed to be allowed for the injuries so done to the said Estates of Madeys and Belvidere as aforesaid and which was to be a charge on the said Plantations called Boulogne and Union And said Alexander Scott and James Law agreed that the sums of forty-four thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight Pounds sixteen shillings and Eight pence should be retained by the said James Law in satisfaction and discharge of so much of his said Mortgage Debt of forty-six thousand eight hundred and forty-six Pounds fourteen shillings and eleven pence And whereas there was due and owing from the said Alexander Scott to the said James Law for Principal and Interest on the first day of January in the year One thousand eight hundred the sum of thirty-one thousand three hundred and fifteen Pounds one shilling and three pence including the said balance of two thousand and seventeen Pounds eighteen shillings and three pence and also the allowance of the said sum of five thousand Pounds for the injuries done to the estates of Madeys and Belvidere as aforesaid and likewise the said sum of two thousand Pounds residue of the said sum of Eight thousand Pounds secured by the said Mortgage and which has been paid by the said James Law __________________________________ And whereas the said legacies of four thousand Pounds apiece bequeathed by the said recited Will of the said Michael Scott unto the said Mary Ann Scott Emma Scott and Francis Scott now Francis De Chilers and Robert Bygoe Scott have yet being discharged And Whereas it hath been agreed that the said to Plantations and Estates called Madeys and Belvidere and the Slaves and Plantation Stores and Stock agreed to be purchased by the said James Law shall be conveyed the said James Law his Heirs and A∫signs free from all the Incumbrances hereinbefore mentioned and subject only to the performance of the said two agreements with the sale of certain parts thereof to the said Duncan Davidson and Charles Snell Chauncey (for the conveyance of which accordingly certain Indenture of Lease and Release are now prepared and engro∫sed and are intended to be executed immediately after the execution hereof and that for the purpose of enabling the said James Law to reimburse himself the said sum of two thousand two hundred and three Pounds five ∫hillings agreed to be paid by him to the said Ann Wordsworth as aforesaid and all such sum or sums as he may be called upon to pay to the said Charles Gore Philadelphia Gore and Catherine Gore or any of them in respect of their said Annuities and for the Purpose of indemnifying him against any Claims on account of the said Bond of Indemnity agreed to be given by him to the said Ann Wordsworth and for the purpose of enabling the said James Law to repay himself the said sums agreed to be already paid by him to the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott in respect of the said yearly sum of five hundred Pounds agreed to be paid to her up to the said sixteenth day of October One thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight as after said and to pay to her the rest of such

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Yearly sum and also the said subsequent yearly sum of five hundred Pounds agreed to be accepted by her in respect of her Jointure of one thousand Pounds according to the said recited agreement of the seventeenth day of August one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven and to retain and pay himself the said sum of thirty-one thousand three hundred and fifteen Pounds one Shilling and three pence so due and owing on the said first day of January one thousand eight hundred and to pay the arrears of the said Jointure to the said Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott according to the terms of the same articles of Agreement said Plantation called the Boulogne and Union Estate and the Slaves Plantation Stores and Stock thereon shall be conveyed and a∫sured unto and to the use of the said James Law his Heirs and A∫signs upon the trusts and in manner hereinafter mentioned And whereas the said James Law hath in pursuance of the said agreement together with the said Patrick Crawford Bruce by a Bond or Obligation in Writing under both their Hands and Seals bearing even date with these Presents become jointly and severally and unto thesaid Ann Wordsworth as such Administratrix as aforesaid in the Final sum of twelve thousand Pounds with a Condition thereunder written for making void the same if the said James Law and Patrick Crawford Bruce or either of them their or either of their Heirs Executors or Administrators shall from time to time well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said Charles Gore Philadelphia Gore and Catherine Gore or their A∫signs the said several Annuities or yearly sums of two hundred Pounds fifty Pounds and fifty Pounds secured by the said three several hereinbefore recited Bonds or Obligations for their respective lives as aforesaid or and when the same shall severally become due and payable according to the true intent and meaning of the same Bonds and Obligations and also shall at all times hereafter harmle∫s and keep indemnified the said Ann Wordsworth her Heirs Executors and Adminis trators and also the Heirs Executors and Administrators of the said Samuel Wordsworth of from and against all sum and sums of moneys costs charges damages and expenses whatsoever which the said Ann Wordsworth her Heirs Executors or xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Administrators or the Heirs Executors or Administrators of the said Samuel Wordsworth deceased shall at any time or times hereafter bear pay sustain expend or be put unto for or on account or by reason or means of the said Samuel Wordsworth having executed the said several recited Annuity Bonds or any or either of them or touching or relating thereto or in anywise whatsoever And Whereas the said William Lushington party hereto hath consented and agreed to join in conveying and a∫suring the said Plantation called the Boulogne and Union Estate and the Stock and Stores thereon unto the said James Law and to a∫sign unto him all benefit to be derived from the Personal Securities vested in them the said William Lushington party hereto and James Law as additional or collateral Securities for payment of the Debt due to them from the said Michael Scott deceased as aforesaid in manner hereinafter mentioned in consideration of his the said James Law’s having agreed to give to the said William Lushington party hereto some other satisfactory Security and indemnity against such of the Debts Charges and Engagements from which

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And now on to Pages 55 through 60; Part 4 of 6. Isn't this exciting. Stay tuned, and ya'll come back now.

Enjoy,

Jim

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