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

Good Day,

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

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

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

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

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

474

Examd

Entered 30th June 1802

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

Robert

475

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

without

476

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

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

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

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

Money 

477

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

James Park

Witne∫s M. Nowlan # Archd. Armstrong

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

GH Horsley

Dep Register

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

Stay tuned and enjoy,

Jim

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

Good Day,

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

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

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

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

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

And my transcription –

473

Examd

Entered 30th June 1802

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

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

474

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

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

James Park

Witne∫s M. Nowlan # Archd. Armstrong

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

GH Horsley Dep Register

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

And the search continues.

Please feel to contact me if you have any ideas, comments, or questions.

Enjoy,

Jim

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

Good Day,

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

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

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

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

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

And my transcription –

470

Examd

Entered 30th June 1802

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

Harbour

471

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

Heirs

472

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

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

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

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

James Park

Benja: D. Smith

Witne∫s
M. Nowlan Archd. Armstrong

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

GH Horsley

Dept Register

And I continue…

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 631s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1798 Benjamin D’Harriette Smith - St. George’s, Grenada - £4000.0.0

Good Day,

And the search goes on. This is my Trek and search, and my Transcription Project, in my research of the times and lives of those Smiths in Grenada who may or may not have had a connection to my ggg-grandfather James Smith.

GGG stands for Great-Great-Great. All-things-being-equal this is the approximate time period and definitely the location, the Island of Grenada, where I hope to find some clue, hint, or shred of evidence to ggg-grandfather James’ ancestry and genealogy.

I have discovered some references and text regarding the may or may not lead to the possible discovery of Benjamin D’Harriette Smith’s genealogy. Stay-tuned.

My next Document dated 31 August 1798 and entered 30 June 1802 in the Grenada Registers of Records concern a land contract between Benjamin D’Harriette Smith, James Park, and Robert Ker.

Above are the images of Pages 467 through and including 470 as downloaded from Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

And my Transcription –

467

Examd
Grenada

Entered 30th June 1802

This Indenture made the thirty first day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety eight Between Benjamin D’Harriette Smith of the Island of Grenada Merchant and James Park at present in the Kingdom of Ireland Merchant by his Attorney the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith duly constituted and appointed of the One Part and Robert Ker of the said Island of Grenada Merchant of the other Part Whereas the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park are seized and po∫se∫sed of in Fee Simple or otherwise well entitled to among other Premises All that certain Lot of Land situate lying and being in that part of the Town of Saint George commonly called the Carenage beginning as delineated on a Diagram thereof hereto annexed and referred to at A and running South thirty degrees East sixty five feet to B from thence South forty seven Degrees and a half eighty five feet to C the boundary line of the Harbour and then along the said line of the Harbour North thirty seven Degrees and forty four Minutes East fifty seven feet six inches to Pile No. 5 then North twenty five Degrees and three quarters East twenty feet five Inches to D and then North forty two Degrees West ninety one feet to E then South forty eight Degrees West fifty two feet to F then North forty two West forty four feet to G then South forty four Degrees and one Quarter West Eleven feet to A the place of beginning being bounded on the South and West by Land of Me∫sieurs Robert and Alexander Campbell on the South and East by the Harbour on the North and East by Land of Mr. Domingo Commis∫song and on the North and West partly by Land of Me∫sieurs Park and Smith a common pa∫sage and Scott Street Reserving thereout neverthele∫s for the mutual use of the said Parties Parties to these Presents a common Pa∫sage of twelve feet as delineated in the Diagram before mentioned beginning from the Corner of thesaid Robert Kers House straight through to the Street leading to Scott Street aforesaid as by the said Diagram more fully appears Together with the Buildings and Improvements thereon or on any Part or Parcel thereof

erected

468

Erected standing or being with the Appurtenances And Whereas thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park have agreed to and with the said Robert Ker to sell and dispose of the same to him at and for the price or sum of Four thousand Pounds Current Money of the said Island of Grenada Now therefore this Indenture witne∫seth that thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park for and in consideration of the said sum of Four thousand Pounds Current Money of Grenada aforesaid to them thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park in hand well and truly paid at or before the ensealing and delivery of these Presents the Receipt whereof they the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park Do and each of them Doth hereby acknowledge and thereof and therefrom and of and from every part and parcel thereof Do and each of them Doth hereby acquit release exonerate and for ever discharge thesaid Robert Ker his Heirs Executors and Administrators and every of them by these Presents Have and each of them Hath granted bargained sold aliened released and confirmed And by these Presents Do and each of them Doth grant bargain sell alien release and confirm unto the said Robert Ker (in his actual po∫se∫sion now being be virtue of a Bargain and Sale to him thereof made for one whole Year by Indenture bearing date the day next before the day of the date of these Presents And by force of the statute made for Transferring of uses into Po∫se∫sion) and to his Heirs and A∫signs All that contain Lot of Land hereinbefore particularly mentioned and described Together with all Houses Outhouses Edifices Buildings Ways Paths Pa∫sages Easements Profits Commodities Advantages Emoluments and Hereditaments whatsoever to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining or which to and with the same now are or at any time or times heretofore have been held used occupied accepted reputed taken or known as part parcel or member thereof or any part thereof And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Rents I∫sues and Profits of all and singular thesaid Premises and every part and Parcel thereof with the Appurtenances And also all the Estate Right Title Interest Property Claim and Demand whatsoever in Law or Equity of them thesaid Benjamin D’ Harriette Smith and James Park of in and to all and singular the said Premises above mentioned and of in and to every part Parcel thereof with the Appurtenances \\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ===================================================== =============================================================================================================================================================== And also all Deeds Evidences and Writings touching or concerning thesaid Premises only or only any part thereof Together with true Copies of all other Deeds Evidences and Writings which do concern the said Premises or any Part thereof jointly with any other Lands or Tenements now in the custody or Po∫se∫sion of them thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park or which they can or may get or come by without suit in Law or Equity the same Copies to be made taken and written at the proper Costs and Charges of thesaid Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs To Have and to hold all and singular thesaid Lot of Land herein before particularly mentioned and described And all Houses Outhouses Edifices and Buildings above in and by these Presents released and confirmed Reserving thereout neverthele∫s the twelve feet for a common Pa∫age herein before particularly mentioned

and 

469

And set forth in the Diagram as aforesaid and every part and Parcel thereof with the Appurtenances unto thesaid Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs To the only proper use and behoof of thesaid Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs for ever and to and for no other use intent or purpose whatsoever And the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park for themselves their Heirs Executors and Administrators do covenant promise grant and agree to and with thesaid Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs that they thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park now are the true lawful and rightful Owners of all and singular the Lot of Land Tenements and Buildings above mentioned and of every Part and Parcel thereof with the Appurtenances And also that they the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Part at the time of the sealing and Delivery of these Presents are lawfully and rightfully seized in their own right of a good sure perfect absolute and undefeasible Estate of Inheritance in Fee Simple of and in all and singular thesaid Premises above mentioned with the Appurtenances without any manner of Condition Mortgage Limitation of use or uses or other Matter Cause or Thing whatsoever to alter change charge or determine the same And also that thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park have good right full Power and sufficient Authority in the law to grant release ^convey and confirm all and singular the said Lot of Land Buildings and Premises above granted and released with the Appurtenances unto thesaid Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs to the only proper use and behoof of the said Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs for ever according to the true intent and meaning of these Presents And also that he the said Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs shall and may at all times for ever hereafter peaceably and quietly have hold occupy po∫se∫s and enjoy all and singular thesaid Lot of Land Buildings and Premises aforesaid with the Appurtenances And every Part and Parcel thereof without the lawful let suit Trouble Hindrance Molestation Interruption Eviction or Disturbance of them thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park their Heirs or A∫signs or of any other Person or Persons lawfully Claiming or to Claim by from or under them any or either of them And that freed and discharged otherwise well and sufficiently saved kept harmle∫s and indemnified of from and against all former and other Gifts Grants Leases Mortgages Jointures Dowers Uses Wells Entails Americaments Bonds Annuities Writings Obligatory Extents Judgments Executions Rent and Arrearages of Rent and of and from all other Charges Estates Rights Titles Troubles and Incumbrances whatsoever had made committed done or suffered to be had made committed done or suffered by the aid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park or their Heirs or any other Person or Persons lawfully claiming or to claim by from or under them any or either of them And further that they thesaid Benjamin D’ Harriette Smith and James Park and their Heirs and all and every other Person and Persons and his and their Heirs \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\ having or lawfully claiming any Estate Right Title or Interest of in or to the said Premises above in and by these Presents released and confirmed or any part thereof by from or under them any or either of them shall and will from time to time and at all times here after upon the reasonable request and at the proper Costs and Charges in the Law

of 

470

Of the said Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs make do seal and execute or casue or Procure to be made done sealed and executed aall and every such further and other lawful and reasonable Act and Acts Things Device and Devices Conveyance and Conveyance A∫surance and A∫surances in the Law whatsoever for the further better and more perfect granting conveying releasing confirming and a∫suring of all and singular the Premises aforesaid with the Appurtenances and every part and parcel thereof unto the said Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs to the only proper use and behoof of the said Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs for ever as aforesaid as by the said Robert Ker his Heirs or A∫signs or his or their Counsel learned in the Law shall be reasonably advised devised or required In Witne∫s whereof the said Parties to these Presents have hereunto subscribed and set their Hands and Seals the day and Year first above within written

Benja: D’Harriette Smith ( L S )

James Park by his Attorney ( L S )

Benja: D’Harriette Smith

Sealed and delivered in the presence of

Jas Ro∫s M. Nowlan

Grenada
Received on the day of the date of the within written Indenture of and from the therein named Robert Ker the sum of Four thousand Pounds Current Money of the Island of Grenada aforesaid being the full Consideration Money within mentioned to be paid to us
We say received

Benja: D’Harriette Smith

James Park by his Attorney

Benja: D’Harriette Smith

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

GH Horsley Dep Register

Forging forward with my search, the next Document begins on Page 470.

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Jim

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Part 630s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1798 Benjamin D’Harriette Smith - St. George’s, Grenada

Good Day,

This is the “One Pepper Corn” Document following up on the Benjamin D'Harriette Smith contract as introduced in Part 629s. In my search for the genealogy and origins of my ggg-grandfather James Smith I am trying not to leave any “stone” or even “pepper corn” unturned.

The inserted image is of The Carnage (The Harbour), St. George's, Grenada, from Caribbean Photo Archive.

In this case of this contract/document from the Grenada Registers of Records “A peppercorn in legal parlance is a metaphor for a very small payment, a nominal consideration, used to satisfy the requirements for the creation of a legal contract. Consideration is the concept of legal value in connection with contracts. It is anything of value promised to another when making a contract. It can take the form of money, physical objects, services, promised actions, abstinence from a future action, and much more.” (From Wikipedia)

Here are the pages 466 through and including 467 from the Grenada Registers of Records. I have downloaded the images from Item 3 of the microfilm [1563378].

My Transcription –

466

Examd
Grenada

Entered 30th June 1802

This Indenture made the thirtieth day of August in the year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety eight Between Benjamin D’Harriette Smith of the Island of Grenada Merchant and James Park at present in the Kingdom of Ireland Merchant by his Attorney the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith duly constituted and appointed of the one Part and Robert Ker of the said Island of Grenada Merchant of the other Part Witne∫seth that the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and James Park for and in consider ation of the sum of five ∫hillings Current Money of the Island of Grenada aforesaid to them in hand paid by the said Robert Ker at or before the ensealing and delivery of these Presents the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged Have and each of them Hath granted bargained and sold and by these Presents Do and each of them Doth grant bargain and sell unto thesaid Robert Ker his Executors Administrators and A∫signs All that certain Lot of Land situate lying and being in that part of the Town of Saint George’s commonly called the Carenage beginning as delineated on a Diagram thereof at A and running South thirty Degrees East sixty five feet to B from thence South forty seven Degrees and a half eighty five feet to C the Boundary line of the Harbour and then along thesaid line of the Harbour North thirty seven Degrees and forty two minutes East fifty seven feet six inches to Pile No. 5 then North twenty five Degrees and three quarters East twenty feet five Inches to D and then North forty two Degrees West ninety one feet to E then South forty eight Degrees West fifty two feet to F then North forty two West forty four feet to G then South forty four Degrees and one quarter West eleven feet to A the place of beginning bounded on the South and West by Land of Me∫sieurs Robert and Alexander Campbell on the South and East by the Harbour on the North and East by Land of Mr. Domingo Commi∫song and on the North and West partly by Land of Me∫sieurs Park and Smith a common Pa∫sage and Scott Street Reserving thereout Neverthele∫s for the mutual use of the said Parties to these Presents a common Pa∫sage of twelve feet as delineated in the Diagram before mentioned beginning from the Corner of the Robert Ker’s House straight through to the street leading to Scott Street aforesaid Together with the Buildings and Improvements thereon or on any Part thereof erected standing or being And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Rents I∫sues and Profits of the Premises above mentioned with their and every of their appurtenances To have and To hold the said Piece or Parcel of Land with the Buildings and Improvements thereon or on any Part thereof Hereditaments and Premises above mentioned and every part and parcel thereof with their and every of their appurtenances unto thesaid Robert Ket his Executors Administrators and A∫signs from the Day next before the day of the date of these Presents for and during and unto the full said and Term of one whole Year from thence next ensuing and fully to be complete and ended Yielding and Paying therefor at the expiration of thesaid year One Pepper Corn if the same shall be lawfully demanded To the intent that by virtue of these Presents And of the statute made for transferring of Uses into Po∫se∫sion he the said Robert Ker may be in the actual Po∫se∫sion of all and singular the Premises above mentioned with the appurtenances And thereby be enabled to accept and take a Grant and Release of the Reversion and Inheritance thereof to him and to his Heirs To the only proper use benefit and behoof of him thesaid Robert Ker his Heirs and A∫signs for ever as by a certain

Indenture

467

Indenture of Release and made between the same Parties as are Parties to these Presents and bearing date the day after the day of the date hereof shall be thereof declared In Witne∫s whereof the said Parties to these Presents have hereunto subscribed and set their Hands and Seals the day and year first above written within

Benja: D. Smith ( L S ) James Park of his Atty

Benja: D. Smith ( L S )

Sealed and Delivered in the presence of

Jas Ro∫s - M. Nowlan

Grenada – Received on the day of the Date of the above written Indenture of and from the herein named Robert Ker the sum of five ∫hillings Current Money of the Island of Grenada aforesaid being the full Consideration Money therein mentioned to be paid to us

Benja: D. Smith

James Park of his Attorney

Benja: D. Smith

We say received
Witne∫s Jas Ro∫s. M. Nowlan

Grenada

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

GH Horsley 

Dept Register

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Jim

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

Morning,

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

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

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

Here are the images of the Indenture.

And my transcription –

(484)

Examined

Entered 5th March 1801

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

Benjamin

(485)

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

patent

(486)

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

did

(487)

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

and

(488)

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

Or

(489)

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

shall

(490)

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

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

Sealed and delivered in the presence of

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

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

James Park by his Atty
B.D. Smith

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

JH Bromley Dept Register

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Enjoy,

Jim

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