Part 880sr – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Updated Y-DNA Results – Haplogroup R-CTS7822

Good Day,

I have been reclassified. My Smith Paternal Line is R-CTS7822.

This means that as a descendant of ggg-grandfather James Smith my Y-DNA has gone from one of the more-common to just a little less-more-common… And this includes all male descendants of this Smith line, including the Lloyd Smiths, the Malin Smiths, the Landreth Smiths, et al, that is, if you can trace your ancestry back to great-great-great James Smith of Grenada.

Most recently I had two more SNPs tested – CTS7822 and F2863 with Family Tree DNA. That’s Single Nucleotide Polymorphism, SNP, pronounced snip; plural snips. SNPs are the most common type of genetic variation among people.

One test, F2863 came back negative and the other, CTS7822 came back positive. My Haplogroup classification at Family Tree DNA and at National Geographic’s The Genographic Project has now been changed to R-CTS7822. This is an adjustment from the previous R-L23 and this has something to do with the mapping of the YSC0000072, even though Family Tree DNA has me tested as negative for this SNP.

And what does this mean? According to Geno 2.0 of The Genographic Project each person is assigned to a specific Haplogroup. The Haplogroup is my branch on the human family tree… People belonging to the same Haplogroup can trace their descent to a common ancestor and even a specific place where that ancestor may have lived.

I am 1 of 678,632 participants of The Genographic Project. Accordingly 0.8% of all participants in the Project are included in my paternal Haplogroup and that includes 5,429 participants. As the Y-DNA is passed from father to son to son this means, once again, that all of ggg-grandfather James Smith’s descendants are of the R-CTS7822 Paternal Line.

As a member of one of the Y-DNA projects, the Bristol Channel DNA Project, the current update includes the following members with the Surnames which have tested positive for the SNP CTS78222.  These include Bennett, Coat, Follis, French, Locke, Peed, Robinson, Seymour, and Smith.

One of the project members has been running an analysis on our STRs (Short Tandem Repeats) and has calculated/estimated that our MRCA (Most Recent Common Ancestor) for our grouping may have lived somewhere between 950 AD and 1200 AD. This time frame may be subject to refinement as more kits (albeit persons) join this specific Project.

There is still one hell of a lot that I need to learn and understand. I’m a bit farther along, but I have only scratched the surface of the information. Images and certificates are published by Family Tree DNA and National Geographic The Genographic Project.

Stay tuned.

And the mosquitoes are biting tonight. Have to get me some bay-rum for the itch.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 876sr – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Y-DNA Haplogroup R-L23 – Still Trying To Understand

Good Day,

Yes, I am still trying to understand my Y-DNA results. And it has been sometime since I have even touched my data and information.  My current and tested Haplogroup is R-L23 (R1b1a2a).

Here’s a quick rundown. According to Max Blankfeld of Family Tree DNA, there are 23 pairs of chromosomes: 22 pairs are what we call the autosomal or the recombining DNA. The 23rd pair is the sex gene. Paternity tests use the autosomal. Those are passed from both mother and father and "mixed" into the child, whether male or female. This mixture generates a new set of 22 pairs. This is the part of the DNA that a paternity test company uses.

The 23rd and final pair, the sex gene, is transmitted to the children. A male child receives X-Y, which is the father's Y-DNA and the mother's mtDNA, while a female child receive X-X, which means only the mtDNA from the mother. The Y received by the male son, is passed on to his son.  This son receives his mother's mtDNA, not the grandmother's. So, the Y-DNA goes down the line while the mtDNA does not, and the autosomal continues to be mixed as it progresses down and through the generations...

There are two different kinds of "transmissions" between the autosomal and the sex gene. Since the Y is transmitted from father to son, to grandson, to great-grandson....practically without mutations, this is the DNA that allows us to compare two males to find out if they descend from the same line.

A male child, and that includes me, receives my Y-DNA and that is the data that is revealed from my Y-sex gene, the part of me that I get from my father, Frederick Kenneth Lloyd Smith. This would mean that all the male Smiths, including the Lloyd Smiths, the Malin Smiths, the Landreth Smiths, et al, who are descended from great-great-great-grandfather James Smith all received the same Y-DNA.
The confirmed Haplogroup is R-L23; also written as R1b1a2a.

As you can see from the two ISOGG, 2010 and 2011, our R-L23 is the “Most common European R1b”.

There is a ton of work to go through and the study of genetics continues. Because my Smith Y-DNA is of the “most common European R1b”, and apart from having the most common name in the English language, I am continuing to investigate and delve into the testing. I have had some success and have been able to match 111 markers through Family Tree DNA to three/four other surnames: Ware; High/Robinson; and Seymour/Seymer.

I will carry on digging, and I mean drilling down, as tests continue to be added. Two outstanding tests are currently slated to be completed – CTS7822 and F2863. Theirs is still one hell of a lot for me to learn. Also I need to restart my search and research for the origins of our ggg-grandfather James Smith.

If you have any thoughts, ideas, questions, please feel free to contact me at A Genealogy Hunt.

Enjoy,

Jim

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

Good Day,

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

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

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

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

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Entered 7th January 1803

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

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

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

Benjamin

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

the 

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

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

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

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

Sealed and delivered in the Presence of us.

Thomas Berry # Rich Lawson

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

Archd. Armstrong

Witne∫s Thomas Berry # Richard Lawson

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

by 

181

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

Archd. Armstrong 

Witne∫s Thomas Berry # Rich Lawson

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

Richd Lawson

Sworn to before me this 9th day of August 1802

J Bridgwater

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

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 638s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1802 Port D’Espagne, Trinidad – Benjamin D’Harriette Smith - £500.0.0

Good Day,

No, I haven't given up...but I tell you that this transcribing can become tedious work. At time I find myself, under my breath, cursing at the scribe to hurry up and get to the point, and stop using so much legalese.

Today I'm attempting to Sous Vide a small Pork Loin roast. Should prove interesting in a water immersion bath of 138°F (59°C) for five hours. Sides - Sweet Potatoes and a Japanese Cucumber Salad.

And so the search and research continues for ggg-grandfather James Smith.

This next Indenture from the Grenada Registers of Records dated 28 August 1802; entered 7 January 1803; and signed 9 August 1805 follows my previous Posting, Part 637s. The principal Parities involved are Benjamin D'Harriette Smith and Archibald Armstrong. Both are Merchants in Grenada, but contracting a transaction of a lot of land in Port D'Espagne (now Port of Spain), Trinidad.

There does not appear to be any immediate link of sorts to ggg-grandfather James.

Here are the images of Pages 171 through and including 174 of the Grenada Registers of Records as downloaded from Item 4 of the microfilm FHL [1563378].

My Transcription -

171

Entered 7th January 1803

This Indenture made the twenty eighth day of August in the Year of Our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and two Between Benjamin D’Harriette Smith
of the Island of Grenada Merchant of the one Part, and Archibald Armstrong of the same Island
Merchant of the other Part Whereas thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith is seized or po∫se∫sed
in his Dimesue as of Fee of and in one undivided fourth part of and in a certain plantation or
Estate called the Garden situate in the Quarter of Arouca in the Island of Trinidad with the
Slaves Buildings and Appurtenances thereon and thereto belonging and hereinafter more
particularly described And also of and in one undivided Moiety of and in a certain Lot of
Land Me∫suage and Premises numbered sixty two situate in Queen Street in the Tow of Port
D’Espagne in the said Island of Trinidad hereinafter also more particularly described And
Whereas the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith hath agreed with the said Archibald Armstrong
for the absolute Sale to him the said Archibald Armstrong of all his the said Benjamin D’Harriette
Smith’s Share and Interest in and to thesaid Plantation Slaves and Premises and Lot of Land Me∫suage
and Premises above in part and hereinafter more particularly described for and in consideration of a
_____ yearly Charged or Annuity of Five hundred Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid
and secured by thesaid Archibald Armstrong to the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith Now
therefore this Indenture Witnesseth that for and in Consideration of the said Yearly
Rent Charge or Annual sum of Five hundred Pounds Sterling and lawful Money of Great Britain
to be paid and secured by the said Archibald Armstrong to the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith
Now therefore this Indenture Witnesseth That for and in Consideration of the
said Yearly Rent Charge or Annual Sum of Five hundred Pounds Sterling and lawful Money of Great
Britain during the natural life of Benjamin D’Harriette Smith well and sufficiently secured
to be paid by the said Archibald Armstrong, and also for and in consideration of the sum of Ten
Shillings Sterling to the Benjamin D’Harriette Smith in hand well and truly paid by the said
Archibald Armstrong at or before the Sealing and Delivery of these Presents the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged He thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith hath granted bargained sold aliened released
and confirmed and by these Presents Doth grant bargain sell alien release and confirm unto the said
Archibald Armstrong (in his actual Po∫se∫sion now being by virtue of a Bargain and Sale to him thereof
made by the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith 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
unto Po∫se∫sion) and to his Heirs, All his the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith’s one undivided
fourth part (the whole into four equal parts to be divided) of and in All that certain Plantation
Piece or Parcel of Land called the Garden ^containing two hundred and ten Acres of Land or thereabouts be the
same more or le∫s situate lying and being in the Quarter of Arouca in the Island of Trinidad,
abutting and bounded as follows, that is to say to the North by the Savannah of Arouca aforesaid,
to the South by the Savannah called Portirera, to the East by Lands of Count de Saint Pierre and
of Monsieur Le Blanc, and to the West by Lands of Me∫sieurs Nihell and Robinson, or howsoever
otherwise thesaid Plantation Piece or Parcel of Land or any part thereof is abutting and bounded, and
by whatever other Name of Names Description or Descriptions the same Plantation or any part thereof
now is or heretofore hath been called or known distinguished or described And also of and in all
Me∫suages Tenements Houses Outhouses Mill Stills Boilinghouses Curing houses Edifices Erections and
Buildings whatsoever erected Built standing or being in or upon the said Plantation Piece or Parcel
of Land or on any part thereof And also of and in all Timber and other Trees Woods Underwoods and
other growing things Ways Paths Pa∫sages Waters Watercourses Pastures Grounds Hedges Ditches Fences

Boundaries

172

Boundaries Sight Easements Profits Commodities Emoluments Advantages
Hereditaments Right Privileges Members and Appurtenances whatsoever to the said Plantation
Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements and Premises or to any part or parcel thereof belonging
or in anywise appertaining or with the same or any part thereof now or at any time heretofore
used occupied po∫se∫sed or enjoyed or accepted reputed deemed taken or known as part parcel or
member of the same And also of and in all those Seventy Negro and other Slaves (be thesame
more or le∫s) upon and belonging to the said Plantation and the future I∫sue and Increase
of the Females of the said Slaves And also of and in all horned Cattle Horses Mules and other
Stock upon and belonging to the same Plantation And all Plantation Tools Implements Utensils
and other things whatsoever to the said Plantation Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements
and Premises belonging or in any wise appertaining And also all his thesaid Benjamin
D’Harriette Smith’s one undivided Moiety or half part of and in All that Lot Piece or
Parcel of Land Me∫suage and Premises numbered Sixty two and situate in Queen Street in the
Town of Port D’Espagne in the Island of Trinidad aforesaid formerly belonging to Rebecca
Griffith, containing in front Sixty french feet and in Depth One hundred and twenty like feet
be the same more or le∫s bounded on the East by Lands and Houses of the said Rebecca Griffiths
on the West by Princes Street, now called Abercrombie Street on the North by Houses of Mr Pache
and on the South by the said Street called Queen Street, together with the Me∫suage or Tenement
Outhouses Erections and Building thereon erected and built and of all Ways Paths Pa∫sages Waters
Watercourses Easements Profits Commodities Advantages Emoluments and Hereditaments
whatsoever to the said Lot Me∫suage or House and Premises belonging or in any wise appertaining
or which to and with the same now are or at any time heretofore have been used held occupied
accepted reputed deemed taken or known as part parcel or member thereof or of any part thereof as
And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Yearly and other Rents I∫sues
Profits and Produce of the said Plantation Slaves Buildings and Premises and of the said Lot of
Land Me∫suage or Tenement and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and of every part and Parcel
thereof And also all the Estate Right, Title Interest Inheritance Use Trust Po∫se∫sion Property Equity
and Benefit of Redemption Claim Challenge and Demand whatsoever of him thesaid Benjamin
D’Harriette Smith of ^in and to all and singular thesaid undivided fourth part of and in thesaid
Plantation Slaves Buildings and Premises with the Appurtenances and of and in thesaid undivided
Moiety of the said Lot of Land Me∫suage Buildings and Premises with the Appurtenances hereby
or meant mentioned or intended to be hereby granted and released or any or either of them or any
part or parcel thereof To Have and to Hold thesaid undivided fourth part of and in the
said Plantation Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suage Tenements Hereditaments and Slaves and the
said undivided Moiety or half part of the said Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suage and Tenement
and all and singular other the Premises hereby mentioned or intended to be hereby granted and
_____ used and every part and parcel thereof with their and every of their Rights Members and
Appurtenances unto thesaid Archibald Armstrong his Heirs and A∫signs for Ever to the only proper
Use and behoof of the said Archibald Armstrong his Heirs and A∫signs fir ever And thesaid
Benjamin D’Harriette Smith for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators Doth hereby
covenant promise and agree to and with thesaid Archibald Armstrong his Heirs and A∫signs
manner and form following, that is to say, That he the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith is _____
_____ the _____ of the Sealing and Delivery of these Presents the sole trur and Lawful Owner and

173

Proprietor of the said undivided fourth part of and in the said plantation Piece or
Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and Slaves and of the said undivided Moiety
or half part of the said Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suage and Tenement and all and singular
othere the Premises hereby or intended to be hereby granted and released with their and every of their
Appurtenances, and is and stands seized thereof of and in a good sure perfect absolute and
indefeasible Estate of Inheritance in fee simple without any manner of Condition Limitation of
Use or Uses Proviso Restraint or other Matter Cause or Thing whatsoever to alter change charge or
determine thesame And also that he hath now in himself good light true Title and Lawful and
absolute Authority in the Law to grant and release all and singular the Premises above mentioned
Unto and to the Use of the said Archibald Armstrong his Heirs and A∫signs in manner and form
aforesaid according to the true Intent and Meaning of these Presents And moreover that
the said undivided fourth part of and in the said Plantation Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages
Tenements Hereditaments and Slaves and the said undivided Moiety or half part of thesaid Lot
Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suage and Tenement and all and singular other the Premises hereby or
intended to be hereby granted and released as aforesaid, are and every part thereof is now and
shall at all times for ever hereafter be remained and continue unto the said Archibald Armstrong
his Heirs and A∫signs to be by him and them peaceably and quietly enjoyed, free and clear and
freely and clearly acquitted exonerated and discharge d or otherwise by thesaid Benjamin
D’Harriette Smith his Heirs Executors or Administrators well and sufficiently save defended kept
harmle∫s and indemnified of from and against all and all manner of former and other Gifts Grants
Bargains Sales Leases Mortgages Dowers Jointures Settlements Wills Intails Rent Charges Annuities
and Arrearages thereof Statutes Recognisances Judgments Extents and Executions and of from and
Against all other Titles Charges Troubles and Incumbrances whatsoever heretofore had made done
committed or suffered by any person or persons whomsoever or to be hereafter had made done committed
or suffered by thesaid Benjamin D’Harriette Smith or by any Person or Persons lawfully claiming or to Claim
by from under or in Trust for him And lastly that he the said Benjamin D’Harriette Smith and his
Heirs and all Persons lawfully claiming or to claim any Estate or Interest in the said undivided fourth
part of and in the said Plantation Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suages Tenements Hereditaments and
Slaves and thesaid undivided Moiety or half part of thesaid Lot Piece or Parcel of Land Me∫suage and
Tenement or any part or parts thereof by from 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 Costs and
Charges in the Law of the said Archibald Armstron his Heirs or A∫signs make do acknowledge levy suffer
and execute all such further and other lawful and reasonable Acts Deeds Things Devices Conveyances
and A∫usrances in the Law whatsoever for the further better more perfect and absolute granting conveying
and A∫suring of the same Premises and every part thereof with the Appurtenances unto and to the use of
thesaid Archibald Armstrong his Heirs and A∫signs in manner aforesaid as by the said Archibald
Armstrong his Heirs or A∫signs or his or their Counsel learned in the Law Shall be reasonably advised
or devised and required In Witne∫s whereof the Parties above named to these Presents have set
their Hands and Seals the day and year first above written

Benja: D ( L S ) Smith 

Sealed and Delivered In the presence of

Thomas Berry & Rich Lawson

Received on the day of the date of the within written Indenture of and from the therein named Archibald
Armstrong the sum of Ten Shillings Sterling being the Consideration Money within mentioned to be by
him paid to be I say received 10∫ Stg

Benja: D Smith

Witne∫s - Thomas Berry & Rich Lawson

174

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

GH Horsley Dep Register

On to the next Indenture. Maybe this will produce some results?

Enjoy,

Jim

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

Good Day,

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

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

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

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

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

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

Here are images of the Pages 169 and 170.

And my transcription –

169

Entered 7th January 1803

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

Plantation 

170

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

Benja: D (L S ) Smith

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

Grenada

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

GH Horsley Dep Register

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Jim

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Part 535s - Smith Robertson Genealogy - Indenture Research - 1801 James and Robert Smith - Saint Patrick

Good Morning,

The Transcription Project continues. This current Document is the first Indenture of Grenada Registers of Records from Item 3 of the microfilm [1563378].

There are two Smiths included in the Indenture but I would chance an opinion that neither is, or at least I should say that there is no apparent filial connection indicated to ggg-grandfather James. The two Smiths are: Robert Smith, an Attorney to Marthé Cornette Victoire de St. Cyr Scott; and James Smith of Bassinghall Street, London.

I have discovered that neither of these two Smiths are/were listed in the Index of the Volume of the Registers. Neither of the two of them are either of the two principal parties executing the transaction as prescribed by the Indenture. The only way that I discovered the two Smiths was by reading and/or scanning the Indenture looking for the written name “Smith”.

A critical issue that is key when reviewing and comparing the Indexes to the actual Indentures or collection of documents is that the Index may only provide a single name. There actually may be more than two parties involved in the transaction. In this case this Indenture includes:

For the One Part –

• William Lusington of the City of London, Merchant
• Sir Charles Kent of Chandor Street, Cavendish Square, Middlesex County, Baronet
• Dame Mary, his Wife
• Ann Verelst of Aston, York County, Widow, ecetera and ecetera… The inset portrait is of Ann (née Wordsworth) Verelst.
• Ann Wordsworth of Wadworth, Widow, ecetera
• James Law of the City of London, Merchant
• Alexander Scott, Son, Heir at Law, of the Island of Grenada
• Marthé Cornette Victoire De St. Cyr Scott of Wolfenbuttel in the Dutchy in Lower Saxon, Widow

and for the Second or Other Part –

• Townley Ward of Henrietta Street in the Parish of Saint Paul Covent Garden, Middlesex County

And there are more names included in the text of these three pages; a wealth of finds. Bottom line, you cannot depend upon Indexes provided. You still have go through the documents and the pages, line by line, page by page… and who know what you may find.

Here are the images of Pages 1, 2 and 3.

And my transcription -

1

Examined

Entered 2nd April 1801.

This Indenture made the twenty third day of July in the fortieth Year of
the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and
Ireland King Defender of the Faith And in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred
Between William Lushington of the City of London Merchant Sir Charles Kent
of Chandor Street Cavendish Square in the County of Middlesex Baronet and Dame Mary
his Wife and Ann Verelst of Aston in the County of York widow (which said Dame
Mary the Wife of the said Sir Charles Kent and Ann Verelst are the Coheire∫ses at Law of
Josias Wordsworth late of the City of London Merchant deceased and are also Coheire∫ses
at Law of Ann Algehr Sister of the said Samuel Wordsworth formerly the Wife and afterwards
the Widow of Peter Chris Algehr of Leytonstone in the County of E∫sex Esquire deceased Ann
Wordsworth of Wadworth aforesaid Widow Administratrix with the Will annexed of the Goods
Chattels Rights and Credits of the said Samuel Wordsworth unadministered by the said Josias
Wordsworth who was the only Executor of the Will of the said Samuel Wordsworth James Law
of the City of London Merchant Alexander Scott Son Heir at Law and Devisee named
in the last Will and Testament of Michael Scott late of the Island of Grenada in the West
Indies Esquire deceased Marthe Cornette Victorie De St. Cyr Scott of
Wolfenbuttel in the Dutchy of Brunswick in Lower Saxony Widow of the said Michael Scott
of the One Part and Townley Ward of Henrietta Street in the Parish of Saint Paul Covent
Garden in the said County of Middlesex Gentleman of the other Part Witne∫seth that the
said William Lushington Sir Charles Kent and Dame Mary his Wife and Ann Verelst Ann
Wordsworth Alexander Scott Marthe Cornette Victoire de St. Cyr Scott and James Law for and
in consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful money of Great Britain to them in hand
well and truly paid by the said Townley Ward at or before the sealing and delivery of these
Presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged Have and each and every of them Hath
bargained and sold and by these Presents Do and each and every of them Doth bargain and
sell unto the said Townley War his Executors Administrators and A∫signs All that Sugar
Plantation Piece or Parcel of Land commonly called or known by the name of Madey’s situate
lying and being in the Parish of Saint Patrick in the said Island of Grenada containing by
estimation two hundred and forty Acres of Land be the same more or le∫s with all and singular
the Lands added to the Original Purchase thereof and now worked and occupied as part of the
same Plantation butted and bounded by the Great River of Saint Patrick in the rear
by the Lands now or heretofore of the Heir of William Snell Esquire deceased on one side by the lands
now or heretofore Me∫ss Rucker and Harvey and on the other side by the lands of the Plantation
called Lafortune now or late in the Occupation of William Irvin Esquire or howsoever otherwise
the said Plantation of Madey’s may be butted or bounded lying or being And also all that
Tract of Woodland and Provision called Levera lying in the said Parish of Saint Patrick and
containing by estimation one hundred and twenty eight Acres of Land more or le∫s And also
all that other Coffee and Sugar Plantation (formerly St. Lawrents) heretofore purchased by the
said Michael Scott and called or Known by the name of Belvedere situate lying and being in
the said Parish of Saint Patrick containing by estimation two hundred and twenty Acres of Land
were the same more or le∫s butted and bounded towards the North and North East by Lands now
or heretofore Lands of Rucker and Harvey towards the East and South East by Mount Rose

Plantation

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Plantation now heretofore belonging to the Heirs of Herbert towards the South by Mount
Riche Plantation now or hereto fore belonging to the said Duncan Davidson and towards the West
by Snell Hall Plantation now or heretofore belonging to the Heirs of William Snell deceased or howsoever
otherwise the said Plantation of Belividere may be butted or bounded lying or being together with all
ways paths pa∫sages waters watercourses rights easements profits privileges commodities and heredita-
ments to the same Plantations or any of them belonging or in anywise appertaining or therewith or with
any or either of them 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 boiling houses curing houses
Stillhouses Cisterns Cellars Negroehouses and all the Edifices and erections of what nature or
kind soever on the said Plantations hereby bargained and sold intended so to be erected built standing
or being with all and every Copper Boilers Stills Worms and other fixtures thereon or thereupon
And also all and every Negroe and other Slaves now upon the said Plantations or either
of them And all and every the Horses mules horned cattle other live stock thereon with the future
i∫sue and increase of the females of the said Slaves and live Stock And also all & singular the
Plantation Stores implements utensils furniture and dead stock to the said two several Plantations
hereby bargained and sold or intended so to be or to the building thereon respectively belonging or uses
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 To have and to hold the said
two several Plantations Pieces or Parcels of Land Me∫suages Buildings Fixtures Negroe and other
Slaves live and dead Stock Plantation Utensils and all and singular the Hereditaments and
Premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby bargained and sold and their and every of
their Appurtenances unto the said Townley Ward 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 end and term of one whole
year from thence next ensuing and fully to be compleat and ended Yielding and Paying
therefore tunto the said William Lushington Sir Charles Kent and Dame Mary his Wife and Ann Verelst
Ann Wordsworth Alexander Scott Marthe Cornette Victoire de St. Cyr Scott and James Law their Heirs
A∫signs the rent of one Pepper Corn only on the last day of the said Term (if the same shall be lawfully
demanded) To the intent and Purpose that by virtue of these Presents and by force of the
Statute made for transferring Uses into Po∫se∫sion the said Townley Ward may be in the actual Po∫se∫sion
of the said Hereditaments and Premises hereby bargained and sold and be thereby inabled to accept and
take a Grant and Release of the Reversion and Inheritance thereto to him and his Heirs and A∫signs
To the Use of the said James Law and Townley Ward and the heirs and A∫signs of the said Townley
Ward for ever Neverthele∫s as to the Estate and Interest of the said Townley Ard therein In
Trust for the said James Law his heirs and A∫signs for ever In Witne∫s whereof the said Parties
to these Presents have hereunto set their Hands and Seals the day and year first above Written

W (LS) Lushington Ann (LS) Wordsworth Marthe Cornette (LS) Scott by her
Charles (LS) Kent James (LS) Law Victorie de St. Cyr
Mary (LS) Kent Alexr (LS) Scott Attorney Robt Smith
Ann (LS) Verelst

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

William Brown --- Robert Lanning

Sealed and delivered by the with named Sir Charles Kent and Mary his Wife in the Presence of

Jo. Solly Town Clerk of Sandwich
Thos. Cro∫se Clerk to Me∫sr Bleasdale & Alexander London

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Sealed and delivered by the within name Ann Verelst in the presence of

James Hall --- Joseph Robinson

Sealed and delivered by the within named Ann Wordwsorth (being first duly Stamped) in the presence of

Geo. Broadrick Town Clerk Doncaster --- W. Stephenson his Clerk

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

William Brown --- Robert Lanning

Sealed and delivered by the within named Alexander Scott in the Presence of

James Smith Bassinghall Street London --- Robert Lanning

Sealed and delivered by the within named Marthé Marie Cornette de St. Cyr Scott by Robert Smith
her Attorney by virtue of a Power of Attorney bearing date the twenty seventh day of November
One thousand Eight hundred in the presence of

William Brown Robert Lanning

And I continue…

Enjoy,

Jim

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