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

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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

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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 -

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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?

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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

On to the next Document in Item 4.

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Jim

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

Good Morning,

And the Transcription Project continues…

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

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

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

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

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

(481)

Examined

Entered 5th March 1801. This Indenture made the thirtieth day of December in the forty-first year
of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain
France and Ireland King defender of the faith and so forth, and in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred; Between Benjamin D'hariet Smith of the Island of
Grenada Merchant and James Park of the Island of Trinidad also merchant of the one
part and the honorable Alexander Cockburn of the said Island of Grenada Doctor of
Physic of the other part; Whereas by various a∫signments of or term of namely nine
years created by a lease bearing date the fourteenth day of August One thousand seven
hundred and seventy five and made between Benjamin Duharriet Curé of the

French

(482)

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

Right

(483)

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

their

(484)

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

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

Sealed and delivered in the presence of

Chas Miles
Jnt Thos. Proby

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

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

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

G. H.Horsley Dep Register.

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

On to the next Indenture.

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Jim

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