Part 655s - Smith Robertson Genealogy - 1804 Robert Smith - Saint Patrick's Parish, Grenada

Good Day,

Well I jumped the gun, in my last posting when I wrote that I would be moving on to Item 5 in my search for Smith-related Documents. According to the Index in the Grenada Registers of Records there are no Smiths in that Register.

This is only based on the Index which typically provides a quick summary of the primary Parties concerned with and included in the Indenture. All-things-being-equal there could be mentioned made of the surname Smith in the body of each and any of the pages in this specific Register.

The first part of my Transcription Project in my search for the origin and possible genealogy of my ggg-grandfather James Smith is to cross-reference all the Indexes through the years 1764 to about 1850. My next stage will be to peruse the actual Documents in the Registers to see if I can identify any Smith. And I will only need another 266 years on this planet to complete that task. Hah!

And so on to Item 6.

This first Document dated 1 May 1804 is a contract between "John Campbell the Elder, Alexander Campbell, Alexander Campbell the Younger, and Donald Maclachlan of Glasgow in North Britain Merchants and Partners (carrying on Trade under the firm of “John Campbell Senior and Company” of the one Part and Robert Smith of Basinghall Street in the City of London Gentleman, a Trustee named and appointed by and on the part the thesaid John Campbell the Elder of the other Part".

As far as my research and search has taken me I have not found any viable link between Roger Smith and ggg-grandfather James Smith. I have come across the name Roger Smith, and of Basinghall Street, who may have been a lawyer and attorney in the City of London.

From the 1899 publication The Regality Club -

This family of Campbells deserves some mention John Campbell Senior was a son of Alexander Campbell a cadet of Kinloch and a captain in the Black Watch and like his brothers Mungo of Kailzie and Colin of Park John Campbell was in the West India trade Like them also he found it profitable and was thus enabled to acquire the estate of Morriston as well as the steading in Buchanan Street He was founder of the very respectable West India house of John Campbell Senior & Co and the history of his family in Glasgow covers the period of the prosperity of that trade in the city for like many others when they had made their fortune in Glasgow the Campbells left it for the serener air of the county

The Regality Club, Third Series. James Macelhose and Sons, 

Publishers to the University of Glasgow; 1899.

Here are the images of Pages 63 through and including 67.

And my transcription. I have attempted to read and transcribe the names of the persons, who were listed in the included Schedule, but at times there may be some discrepancies as to what I perceive his or her name may have been.

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Entered 28th January 1805

This Indenture made the first day of May in the forty fourth Year of
the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and in the Year of our Lord One thousand and Eight
hundred and four Between John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell
Alexander Campbell the Younger and Donald Maclachlan of Glasgow in
North Britain Merchants and Partners (carrying on Trade under the firm of “John Campbell
Senior and Company” of the one Part and Robert Smith of Basinghall Street in the City
of London Gentleman a Trustee named and appointed by and on the part the thesaid John
Campbell the Elder of the other Part Witne∫seth that for and in consideration of the sum
of five ∫hillings of lawful Money of Great Britain to them thesaid John Campbell the Elder
Alexander Campbell Alexander Campbell the Younger and Donald Maclachlan in hand
well and truly paid by thesaid Robert Smith at or before the sealing and delivery of these Presents
the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged They thesaid John Campbell the Elder Alexander
Campbell Alexander Campbell the Younger and Donald Maclachlan 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 thesaid Robert Smith his Executors Administrators and A∫signs
All that Plantation or Estate called Herbert’s Pointe or Lower Mont Rose Estate
situate in the Parish of Saint Patrick in the Island of Grenada in the West Indies being
part of the Estate called by the general name of Mont Rose containing by estimation
two hundred and seventy Acres of Land or thereabouts be the same more of le∫s and abutted
and bounded as follows that is to say on the East by the Sea on the West by the Upper Mont Rose
Estate hereinafter described on the North by the River Sallee Estate and on the South by the
River Antoine Estate And also All that other plantation or Estate called Upper Mont
Rose Estate situate in the said Parish of Saint Patrick containing by estimation two hundred
and sixty nine Acres of Land or thereabout be the same more of le∫s and abutted and bounded
as follows (that is to say) in the East by Herberts Parish or Lower Mont Rose Estate hereinbefore
described on the West by Mount Rich Estate on the North by Lands now or late in the Po∫se∫sion
of Me∫rs Rucker and Harvey and on the South by the Observatory Estate And all Edifices
Erections Buildings Houses Storehouses Sugar houses Boiling houses Curing houses Still
houses and Mills erected built standing or being in or upon thesaid two plantations or
Estates and Premises or either of them or any part thereof respectively And also all and every

the

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The Negroes and other Slaves whose Names and sizes are particularly
mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written or hereunto annexed or such of them
as are now living and the I∫sue progeny and Offspring of the Females of thesaid
Slaves And all other the Negroes and Slaves now being in upon or belonging to thesaid
Plantations or Estates respectively And also all Horses Cows Oxen Sheep and other Cattle
whatsoever And all Plantation Utensils Tools and other Implements Stock Goods and
Chattels being in upon or belonging to thesaid Plantation Estates Buildings Hereditaments
and Premises or any of them or any part thereof respectively And the Reversion and Reversions
Remainder and Remainders Yearly and other Rents i∫sues profits and Produce of thesaid
Hereditaments and Premises and every part thereof To have and to hold thesaid
Plantations or Estates Buildings Negroes Slaves Stocks Hereditaments and all and singular
other the Premises hereby bargained and sold or expre∫sed or intended so to be with their and
every of their Appurtenances unto thesaid Robert Smith 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 complete
and ended Yielding and Paying for the same unto thesaid John Campbell
the Elder Alexander Campbell Alexander Campbell the Younger and Donald Maclachlan
their Heirs or A∫signs the rent of one pepper Corn only on the last day of the said Term of 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 thesaid
Robert Smith may be in the actual po∫se∫sion of thesaid Premises hereby bargained and
sold and may be thereby enabled to accept and take a grant and Release of the Reversion
and Inheritance thereof to him and his Heirs To such uses upon such Trusts and to for such
intents and purposes as are mentioned and declared in and by a certain Indenture of
Release Tripartite already prepared and intended to bear date the day next after the day of the
date of these Presents and made between thesaid John Campbell the Elder Alexander Campbell
Alexander Campbell the Younger of the first part thesaid John Campbell the Elder of the
second part and thesaid Robert Smith of the third part In Witne∫s whereof thesaid Parties
to these Presents have hereunto set their hands and Seals the day and Year first above written.

The Schedule referred to by the forgoing Indenture

Negroes and other Slave belonging to Mont Rose Estate

Drivers	Carpenters	Amades	Cato Maryann
Pierre	Cerlais	A∫suma	Cato Marshal
Jean Francois	Joa∫sent	Abre∫sac	Dennis
Magloire	Toby	Alert	Dominique
James	Louis	Bruthey	Elliot
Coopers	Masons	Bond	Frederick
Tortoo	Jean Louis	Barthelime	Gilbert
Pierre Nolet	York	Calfa	Galba
Jeanet Coffee	Field	Cuppuo	Gqammey
Pierre Franchon	Alexis	Cudjoe	Hood
Jean Louis	Aberdeen	Coffee	Hamlet
Aqua

Jean Ellis

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Jean Ellis	Lambert	Sam	Willis	Gill
Jack	La Forete	Sam	Yavey	Etienne
Jean/Creole	Modeste	Solomon	Refiner	Jean Paul
John	Polite	St Germain	Charlot	Gratien
				Pierre la Poin
Jean Keppel	Rodney	St Julien	Janoier	Coupedon
Kinnuni	Romeo	Will	Paul	Andrew

Women

Artimire	Gertrude	Martine	Anastitias	Edward
Adelaide	Harriott	Mary Sams	Madlon	Joseph
Angelle	Hellen	Marthe	Mary Therese	Dianna
Bijot	Hannah	Mary Child	Rennet	Nicholas
Betsy	Eugenie	Mary Francoise	Mary Faunursy	Jean Paschol
Barbe	Jeanne Rose	Mary Collins	Mary Anne	Rinue
Bellerose	Julienne	Mary Madlane	Margaret	Rosive
Cecille	Jenivieve	Mary Emma	Angelick	Rossey
Celestine	Justine	Mary Labeth	Rosalie /Creole/	Mary Angelick
Cleron	Jermaine	Mary Neune	Bearesey	Mary Busbe
Calri∫se	Elise Zanja	Marthe Rose	Margoit Ebo	Livoli
Catto	Lawrence	Madlonette	Jacqueline	Franciette
Cath Fanchon	Lucine	Mary Martha	Joinette	Jean Charles
Celeste	Louise	Nancy	Polly	Jean Louis
Cumba	Lisette	Orinette	Kate	Zamlime
Cumba Child	Laure	Pauline	Annette	Juelette
Dorothe	Lisette	Peggy	Zoinette	John
Dianna	Louisanne	Noisette	Therisa	Jean Joseph
Dorothee	Lorine	Nanno	Catharada	Rose
Babby	Margaret	Victoire	Desire	Jean Baptiste
Ebo	Madlane / Creole	Taya	Franchess	Mary Anne
Felicite	Madlane /Thomas/	Zabeth /Creole/	Julie Erge	Mary Ursula
Frosine	Madlane /Pickle/	Limmonde	Joan Luche	Mark Antoine
Fatima	Mary Jeanne	Sultanne	Jearine Luce
Flire	Joanna	Susanne	St Germain

The Negroes and other Slaves belonging to Herbert’s Pointe Estate

John Francoise	Mary	Madloniti Child	Cesar Quaquie	John
Loverine	Louis	Mary Therese’s Child	Francis	Quamina
Mammet	Robert	Geneivies ditto	Jacka	Nestor
George	Nelson	Gustache	Marlborough	Attist
Lhozy	George	Jean Laurent	Mercury	Biba
Veronique	Doll	Jimmy	Sampson	Branet
Ettienne	Louise	Turk	Telemaque	Billy
Toussaint	Charles	Alexis	Jack	Fortyfive
Jean Joseph	Justine’s Child	Calais	John	Gordon

Grandby

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Grandby	Cupid	Catherine	Maqua	Ogowime
Guernsey	Philemon	Clair	Molly	Sarah
Grinbeau	Robo	Desdemonia	Madlin	Fransique
Hayren	Attica	Europa	Madlonette	Venus
Jack	Anna	Eugenny	Mary Francois	Victoire
Imbesine	Alastina	Eppy	Mary Ann	Violet
Miller	Aphiba	Flore	Mary Susanne	Nancy
Ned	Madland	Fanny	Nancy Scott	Peggy
Natty	Agath	Jenvive	Natrice	Juno
Reineo	Aqua timpi	Judique	Sully	Margarite
Augar	Bela	Jenny Attist	Nanno	Rose Naya
Adderly	Betty	Jenny G	Numa	Zebeth
Nado	Bridgette	Hetty	Rennet

Children

Charles	Joseph	Pierre	Catherine	Thertirle
Ettienne	Clairon	Jean Baptiste	Bibian	Jenevive
Jean Pierre	Jean Rose	Laurine	Bridget	Sally’s Child
Jean Charles	Franchonette	Angelique	Felicité	Lindlone’s ditto
			Jean
Jean Louis	Mary	Angelle	Mary Sealque	Anna’s ditto
John	Mary Emma	Charlotte	Mary Louise	Catherine’s ditto
Jean Paul	Nabina	Celestine	Rose	Zabeth’s ditto

Alex ( LS) Campbell Junr # Don ( LS) Maclachlan # Alex ( LS ) Campbell

by his Attorney

Alex Campbell John ( LS ) Campbell, Senr

Sealed and Delivered by Alexander Campbell the Younger by his Attorney Alexander Campbell

Donald Maclachlan Alexander Campbell and John Campbell the Elder (being first duly

stamped) In the presence of

Mungo Nutter Campbell Clerk to John Campbell Sen & Co Glasgow

John Dinning Clerk to James Hill Attorney at Law Glasgow

Glasgow – John Dinning Clerk to James Hill of the City of Glasgow Attorney at Law
maketh Oath & Sayeth That he this Deponent together with Mungo Nutter Campbell
Clerk to John Campbell Senior & Company of the City of Glasgow Merchants were present and
did see Alexander Campbell the Younger by his Attorney Alexander Campbell Donald Mac
Lachlan Alexander Campbell & John Campbell Senior severally sign seal and as their
several Acts and Deeds in due form of Law deliver the Indenture of Lease hereunto annexed
to and for the uses intents and purposes therein mentioned And this Deponent further sayeth
that the names “Alex Campbell Junr by his Attorney Alex Campbell Don Maclachlan Alexr
Campbell John Campbell Senr” set and subscribed to the said Indenture of Lease are of the
Respective proper hand Writings of the said Alexander Campbell Donald Maclachlan
and John Campbell Senr parties thereto And that in Testimony of such sue execution of
thesaid Indenture of Lease he this Deponent and the said Mungo Nutter Campbell did
severally set and subscribe their Names thereto as thereby may appear and that the Names
“Mungo Nutter Campbell and “John Dinning” inserted on the said Indentures of Lease

are

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Are of the respective proper hand Writing of this Deponent and thesaid Mungo Campbell

John Dinning

Sworn at the City of Glasgow this Twenty ninth day of August One thousand Eight hundred
and four Years before me Laurence Craigie Lord Provost & Chief Magistrate of the said
City

Laue Craigie

To all to whom these Presents shall come I Laurence Craigie Lord
Provost & Chief Magistrate of the City of Glasgow Do hereby Certify that on the day of the
date hereof Personally came and appeared before me John Dinning the Deponent named in
the Affidavit hereunto annexed being a Person well known and worthy of good Credit and
by solemn Oath which the said Deponent then took before me upon the Holy Evangelists of
Almighty God did solemnly & sincerely testify and depose to be true the several matters and
things mentioned and contained in the said annexed Affidavit

( LS )
In Faith and Testimony whereof I thesaid Laurence Craigie have
caused the Seal of the said City of Glasgow to be hereunto put and affixed
and the Parchment Writing or Indenture of Lease mentioned and referred
to in and by the said Affidavit to be hereunto annexed Dated in
Glasgow this Twenty ninth day of August in the Year One thousand
Eight hundred and four

Law Craigie

The top inserted image is the underwater sculpture off the coast of Grenada, by Jason deCaires Taylor, titled Vicissitudes. It is reflectively and eerily beautiful.

I now I continue my Transcription Project and search for my ggg-grandfather James Smith.

Enjoy,

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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