Part 860s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Updated James Smith Descendant Chart

Good Day,

Okay, I have re-created and redrafted with some minor changes my current James Smith Descendant Chart. I have re-positioned three of the great, great grands: great-great grandaunt Mary Ann; great-great grandaunt Sophia; and great-great granduncle George.

This positions the children of ggg-grandparents James and Mary Ann (née Dore) Smith in the following order on the Descendant Chart:

  GG-Granduncle George Smith;

  GG-Grandaunt Sophia (née Smith) Ventour;

  GG-Grandaunt Mary Ann (née Smith);

  GG-Grandaunt Eley Smith;

  GG-Grandfather James Smith;

  GG-Granduncle Henry Smith; and

  GG-Granduncle Thomas Smith.

My logic is currently based on my research and documentation concerning births, marriage, and burials, as well as the Last Will and Testament of my ggg-grandfather James Smith. (See Part 347s.)

I will shortly be updating the pull-down links at the top of the page of A Genealogy Hunt.

If you have any comment, thought, idea, or question, please feel free to contact me at A Genealogy Hunt.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 859sv- Smith Robertson Genealogy – A Definite Possibility – Great-Great-Grandaunt Sophia (née Smith) Ventour – 1865 Burial Registration

Good Day,

Well as I mentioned the genealogy bug has bit me once again and I guess it definitely is time to come in out of my three-month retirement.

What I have now discovered is an 1865 Burial Registration that may be that of great-great-grandaunt Sophia (née Smith) Ventour. Here is an image of the page from the Grenada, Parish Registers, 1784-1971, Anglican Church, Parish of St. George, Burials 1844-1930 and the microfilm FHL [1523656] Item 18-19.

As you can see the copy from the microfilm is somewhat opaque. Actually it is almost bloody illegible... I have tried to decipher the Burial Registration and determine a possible script even due to the bleeding of the ink of the registration. It seems that the ink from both the facing page and the verso or back side of the page bled through prior to the microfilming of the Register.

I have made close-ups of the registration.  The first is the actual registration and the second is my attempt to make sense of the hidden script using a red tracing to give me a chance to determine the messy script.

Actual registration.

My endeavor to make out the script.

My attempted transcription –

[Page 219]
BURIALS in the Parish of St. George
In the Colony of Grenada in the Year 1865
Name. – Sophia Ventour
Abode. – Town of St. George
When buried. – Feb 2?
Age. – Yrs 59?
By whom the Ceremony was performed. – J K. Anton, Rector

And now, my thoughts and observations. At the present time I cannot be 100% sure that this is the Burial Registration of great-great-grandaunt Sophia (née Smith) Ventour. All I can do is present a number facts and some logical possibilities.

The Burial Register is that of the Anglican Parish Church of St. George, Grenada. This was, from what I understand the Smith family’s primary place of worship. I have been able to collect a considerable amount of documentation and registrations from this church which are all specific to my Smith family. There is some sense to the possibility the gg-grandaunt Sophia (née Smith) Ventour was registered at her death and burial at the family church.

The Burial Registration appears, if I am deciphering it correctly for one “Sophia Ventour”. All-things-being-equal gg-grandaunt Sophia Smith married Benjamin Ventour 16 September 1825. (See Part 62s.)  Her married name would have been Sophia Ventour.

From the 1865 Burial Registration I am trying to decipher the age that this Sophia Ventour passed. It looks to me like it is “Yrs 59”. It is extremely hard to be sure that this is the actual age. If it is 59 years and this Sophia Ventour was buried at the age of 59 there is a possibility that she was born about 1806. And if it is 1806 and this is gg-grandaunt Sophia (née Smith) Ventour then, all-things-being-equal it could be possible that she is the elder sister to gg-grandaunt Mary Ann (née Smith) and to all the other gg-grand Smiths that I have been able to find respectable documentation regarding their birth years and dates.

Following another train of thought, and examining ggg-grandfather James Smith’s Last Will and Testament (see Part 61s), gg-grandaunt Sophia is mentioned after ggg-grandmother Mary Ann and gg-granduncle George and before gg-grandaunt Mary Ann. She is also addressed before gg-grandfather James and gg-granduncles Thomas and Henry. I am not sure if this is a general rule of thumb and process but it may be possible that ggg-grandfather James was addressing a specific hierarchy as he included his survivors in his will; his wife first, and then his children in their possible order of age.

And if this is the case, it would make sense that gg-grandaunt Sophia (née Smith) Ventour would have been older than her sister Mary Ann (née Smith) Steele. GGG-Grandfather James’s will states “and the further sum of Eight pounds annually to each of my daughters Sophia Ventour and Mary Steele during their natural lives…”  This is the initial place in the Will where gg-grandaunts Sophia and Mary are mentioned.

In my previous post, Part 858ss, we discovered that there is a possibility that gg-grandaunt Mary Ann (née Smith) Steele was born about 1809. If gg-grandaunt Sophia (née Smith) Ventour was born before gg-grandaunt Mary Ann it is possible that she would have been born before 1809 and that it would not be unreasonable to say that she may have been born around 1806. And this may be the calculated year of birth of the Sophia Ventour of the 1865 Burial Registration if the age at her death was 59 years.

Definitely food for thought. If you have any comment, thought, idea, or question, please feel free to contact me at A Genealogy Hunt.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 858ss – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Great-Great-Grandaunt Mary Ann (née Smith) Steele – An Aha Moment

Good Day,

I couldn't wait until September 1 to start working on my A Genealogy Hunt again.

Who said “Patience is a virtue”? And I guess I do have a shade of patience… but whether my patience is virtuous, that is another question, for another time.

Most recently I have exchanged a couple of emails with a distant relative of mine regarding some information referencing an ancestor that we may have in common. (Thank you Ashley.) This mutual ancestor is my great-great-grandaunt Mary Ann (née Smith) Steele.

The piece of documentation found is the 1881 Burial Registration of great-great-grandaunt Mary Ann (née Smith) Steele. Here is an image of the page from the Grenada, Parish Registers, 1784-1971, Anglican Church, Parish of St. George, Burials 1844-1930 and the microfilm FHL [1523656] Item 18-19.

My transcription –

[Page 342]
BURIALS in the Parish of St. George
In the Colony of Grenada in the Year 1881
Name. – Mary Ann Steele
Abode. – Town of St. George
When buried. – Oct 2nd
Age. – Yrs 72
By whom the Ceremony was performed. – John K. Anton, Rector

Here is a close-up of the registration.

Based on the information provided by the Register, gg-grandaunt Mary Ann (née Smith) Steele was 72 years old at her burial. Calculating from 1881, this would mean that there is a possibility that gg-grandaunt Mary Ann may have been born in about the year 1809. This is possible proof that gg-grandaunt Mary Ann may have been an elder sister to gg-grandfather James Smith who was born in 1815. (See Part 88s.)

Following this new information I have re-constructed my GenoPro James Smith Descendant Chart.

We now have possible documentary proof and information for the following:

GG-Grandaunt Mary Ann (née Smith) Steele – born circa 1809

GG-Grandaunt Eley Smith – born 17 Mar 1812 (Part 87s)

GG-Grandfather James Smith – born 20 Mar 1815 (Part 88s)

GG-Granduncle Henry Smith – born 3 Mar 1818 (Part 89s)

GG-Granduncle Thomas Smith – born 5 Nov 1820 (Part 90s)

I am still looking for information regarding:

GG-Granduncle George Smith, and
GG-Grandaunt Sophia (née Smith) Ventour

If you have any information and/or documentation that could lead to a discovery and more details regarding gg-granduncle George Smith, gg-grandaunt Sophia (née Smith) Ventour and gg-grandaunt Mary Ann (née Smith) Steele please feel free to contact me at A Genealogy Hunt.

Also some food for thought – It could be possible, based on possible naming conventions that as gg-grandaunt Mary Ann (née Smith) Steele has the same name as her mother, ggg-grandmother Mary Ann (née Doret) Smith and that gg-grandfather James Smith has the same name as his father, ggg-grandfather James Smith, they, gg-grandaunt Mary and gg-grandfather James may have been the elder daughter and son of the Smith family. Just something to think about.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 570sd – Smith Robertson Genealogy – GGG-Grandmother Mary Ann (née Doret) Smith – Food For Thought

Good Day,

When I first arrived on the genealogy scene a few years back, I learned very quickly that to find out information of one's ancestors one, that is me, had to ask a lot of questions. And I did… and did I ever get a lot of answers.

Some have been answers that make sense. And some of the answers just did provide the exact bit of information, about a long-gone ancestor.

Case in point, and this is the study which I am attempting to create and write about. Beginning with this Posting, I would like to find out who is and was my ggg-grandmother Mary Ann (née Doret) Smith. GGG-Grandmother Mary Ann (née Doret) was the wife of my ggg-grandfather James Smith and the mother of his, at last count, seven children.

In order to relay that which I have found, heard, received, and discovered, I have decided to write a couple of Posts to A Genealogy Hunt. The following is pertinent and documented information that I have, to date, discovered about ggg-grandmother Mary Ann.

To start, here is the list of the possible children of ggg-grandmother Mary Ann (née Doret) and ggg-grandfather James Smith. The dates included could be either the registered birth date or the registered baptism date, or both.

• 17 March 1812 – Birth; 10 June 1814 – Baptism – Daughter: Eley Smith
• 20 March 1815 – Birth; 23 April 1815 – Baptism – Son: James Smith (my gg-grandfather). GGG-Grandmother Mary Ann’s surname is entered as Doral.
• 3 March 1818 – Birth; 1 January 1819 – Baptism – Son: Henry Smith. GGG-Grandmother Mary Ann’s surname is entered as Dorette.
• 5 November 1820 – Birth; 1 January 1822 – Baptism – Son: Thomas Smith. GGG-Grandmother Mary Ann’s surname is entered as Dorette.

I have not been able to find either birth or baptism registrations for the following, but their names are included in ggg-grandfather James’ 1842 Last Will and Testament. (See Part 347s.) The additional children include:

• George Smith – Son. Mentioned in ggg-grandfather James Smith’s 1842 Last Will and Testament.
• Sophia (née Smith) Ventour – Daughter. Mentioned in ggg-grandfather James Smith’s 1842 Last Will and Testament.
• Mary Ann (née Smith) Steele – Daughter. Mentioned in ggg-grandfather James Smith’s 1842 Last Will and Testament.

GGG-Grandparents James Smith and Mary Ann (née Doret) were married at Good Hope in Grenada 11 December 1832. (See Part 62s for my discussion of the 1825 Ventour, 1832 Smith, and 1832 Steele marriages.)

(The inserted map is of the island of Grenada with a marker at the location of Good Hope Estate.)

It is based on the order of bequests in ggg-grandfather James’ 1842 LWT, the dates of the above-mentioned marriages, and the birth and baptism dates that I have placed the children of ggg-grandparents James’ and Mary Ann’s in the following order.

1. GG-Grandaunt Eley Smith;
2. GG-Granduncle George Smith;
3. GG-Grandaunt Sophia (née Smith) Ventour;
4. GG-Grandaunt Mary Ann (née Smith) Steele;
5. GG-Grandfather James Smith;
6. GG-Granduncle Henry Smith; and
7. GG-Granduncle Thomas Smith

Please note as I discover more and more data and documentation I will adjust my records and my logic accordingly.

I do have the documentation for the above-mentioned events and occasions. I have also touched on them in previous discussions on A Genealogy Hunt. You can use the “Search This Blog” function in the right hand column to view previous Postings.

If you have any comments, questions, information, and data please feel free to contact me. You can also comment directly to this posting on A Genealogy Hunt.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 446s - Smith Robertson Genealogy - Indenture Research - Smiths To Date Reformatted Matrix

Evening,

Thought I would reformat the Matrix that I introduced in Part 445s. This should present the image of the summary data in a more legible form... hopefully...

And as mentioned if you would like a copy file please contact me.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 445s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – Smiths To Date

Afternoon,

Today I decided to take just a small respite from my work on my Transcription Project. The actual work is relevant to the search of the genealogy and origins of my ggg-grandfather James Smith. I am trying to determine from where and when he did “appear” on the Island of Grenada. For all intents and purposes ggg-grandfather James could have been born in Grenada… There is no immediate or actual discovered proof as to his origins.

The effort of my Transcription Project is to review as many Indentures, Contracts, and Documents from the Grenada Registers of Records which include, at least once, the surname Smith. I have limited, within reason, my search to the mid-to-late 1700s to the mid-1800s. I am hoping that in my review I may stumble across a hint, clue, lead, intimation, suggestion, idea, etc., which may lead me to that “Eureka” moment and assist me to discover the earlier generations of my Smith ancestors.

In the process of my search I am working with those Indentures, Contracts, and Documents from the Grenada Registers of Records that have been collected on microfilm by the Family History Library. As I work with each microfilm, which does represent a period of time, I have created Matrixes which record each unique Smith that I encounter and have included in a specific Posting in A Genealogy Hunt. These Matrixes can be seen listed under the Analyses tab in the Menu at the top of each page.

In a further effort, I have created a new Matrix which summarizes each unique individual named Smith as he or she may appear in a Document, and in my related Posting, from a specific microfilm. (See the write up on Grenada Family History as presented by The National Archives.)

I am currently working to provide an online and clear Matrix. If you would like a copy of the Matrix please contact me. If you any questions, comments, ideas please feel free to contact me.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 363s - Smith Robertson Genealogy – Smith Indenture Study Matrix Update

Good Afternoon,

Yes here it is, a newly updated Smith Indenture Study Matrix for the microfilm FHL [1563380].

If you are new to reading A Genealogy Hunt, the purpose of an Indenture Study Matrix is to present a visual and consolidated summary of those Postings of transcriptions of Records associated with specific Smiths. This Matrix presents cross-references, by Part number to the associated Postings of the microfilm which is a copy of the Grenada Registers of Records, 1825-1834 (v. H5-O5).

To view the Matrix, click on the image and increase the viewing aspect per your viewing software or application. Please note that I have not segregated the Posting numbers by unique individuals only by unique names, as encountered in each Record.

I have only listed the singular Smith names. In other words, there may be more than one individual with the same name, for example, James Smith. I have only recorded those names as single entries if and only if there is a unique prefix or suffix added to the name. For example, James Smith and James Smith, Junior each are represented on separate, single lines of the Matrix. The listed Smith may or may not be the same individual but the transcribed Record(s) may not have any clues or hints as to that fact.

In order to see a specific Part, please enter the Part number, e.g. Part 333s, into the “Search This Blog” box. You can also see a copy of this Matrix by clicking the Analyses tab at the top of the page under the header and choosing the corresponding title on the pull-down menu.

I'm using SmartDraw VP to create the Matrix and hopefully, sometime soon, I hope to provide immediate links to relevant Posting as indicated within the Matrix. At some point, I hope to present the Matrix with relevant and associated links.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

Jim

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Part 361s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1837 James Smith and Benjamin Ventour

Evening,

Five years following the Schedule marked (B) is the Schedule (C), as entered to the Grenada Registers of Records 31 February 1837. (See Part 360s.) Schedule (C) was completed and signed by ggg-grandfather James Smith and his son-in-law, gg-granduncle Benjamin Ventour 24 May 1836.

The search for the origins of my ggg-grandfather continues. Sorry to say, even though he is a part of this contract, there are no clues or hints as to his ancestry and where he may have his birth-ties.

This Record from the Grenada Registers of Records is downloaded from Pages 170 and 171 of the microfilm FHL [1563329].

My transcription –

(170)

(C)

Entered 3d Feby. 1837

To all to whom these Presents shall come Benjamin Ventour and
James Smith two of the Parties to the within Indenture severally and respectively send
Greeting Know Ye that U the within names Benjamin Ventour Do hereby acknowledge
to have received from the within named Owsley Rowley the full sum of One thousand eight
hundred pounds Sterling money of Great and all Interest thereon pursuant to the Tenor
of the within Indenture and of the Covenant and agreements within contained and Stipulated
to be performed by and in the part of the within named Owsley Rowley and I do hereby acquit
release and discharge the said Owsley Rowley his Heirs Executors and Administrators of and
from the same and every part thereof and every of them and of and from all manner of Action
and Actions and causes of Action suits Debts Sum and Sums of Money accounts reckonings Bond
and Bonds Specialties Covenants Agreements promises variances Demands and claims whatsoever in
Law and Equity which against the said Owsley Rowley I ever had or I my Heirs Exors or Admors
hereafter can shall or may have for upon or by reason of the said within Indentures or by reason
of any matter source or thing whatsoever whensoever or howsoever from the beginning of the world
to the day of the date hereof And know Ye also that I the said James Smith for and in
consideration of ten shillings in hand paid me by the said Owsley Rowley at or before

the

(171)

The Sealing and delivery of these Presents by and with the Consent and approbation and at the
request and by the Direction of the said Benjamin Ventour testifies by his Sealing and delivery
these Presents Have and I the said Benjamin Ventour testified by this Sealing and delivering
these Present Have and I the said Benjamin Ventour Have and each of us Hath bargained
and sold surrendered and Yielded up and by these presents Do and each of us Doth hereby bar-
gain and sell surrender and Yield up unto the said Owsley Rowley all and singular the Negro
and other Apprenticed Labourers formerly Slaves in the within Indentures and in the Schedules
thereto annexed mentioned and named such of them as are now living or were on the first day of
August in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty four above the Age of Six years and
all Estate Right Title Interest Term and Terms of years within created property claim
and demand whatsoever of us the said Benjamin Ventour and James Smith and each of us into
or upon the same to the end and intent that the rest residue and remainder now to come and un
expired of five hundred years within created for the Use of the said Benjamin Ventour may
from henceforth merge and be extinguished in or consolidated with the reversion and Inheritance of
the same Apprenticed Labourers In witness whereof we the said Benjamin Ventour James
Smith have hereunto set our Hands and Seals respectively the twenty fourth day of May in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty six.

Benjn Ventour (LS) Js. Smith (LS)

Signed Sealed and delivered In the presence of

Geo. Hy. Rowley Alexr. Purcell

Grenada

Before The Honorable John Sanderson Chief Justice of the 

Supreme Court of Judicature

Personally appeared Alexander Purcell of the Town of Saint George in the
said Island of Grenada Writing Clerk who being duly sworn made oath that he was present
together with George Henry Rowley of the said Island Esquire and did see the Indenture of
Release hereunto annexed marked with the letter © duly signed sealed and as and for their
several and respective free and voluntary acts and deeds delivered by the therein named Benjamin
Ventour and James Smith and that the names or signatures “Benjn Ventour” and “Js Smith”
set and subscribed opposite the seals at foot of the said Indenture as those of parties executing
the same and the names “Geo. Hy Rowley” and “Alexr Purcell” respectively subscribed to the
attestation written at the foot of the same Indenture as witnesses to the execution thereof by the
said Benjamin Ventour and James Smith are of the respective proper handwriting of the said
Benjamin Ventour James Smith George Henry Rowley and of him this deponent And this
deponent further saith that in testimony of such due execution as aforesaid he this deponent
and the said George Henry Rowley did severally and respectively subscribe their names
as the attesting witnesses thereto.

Alex. Purcell

Sworn to before me this third day of February 1837

John Sanderson 

Chief Justice

On to the next Record.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 360s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1832 James Smith, Benjamin and Sophia Ventour

Afternoon,

And here’s a simple recipe. I’m doing it again but the combinations are endless, that is except for the cabbage, eggs, and flour. It was Okonomiyaki, the dreaded word, but a fantastic and quick meal… Japanese pancake for supper. Okonomi means “what you like” or “what you want” and yaki means “grilled” or “cooked”. And of course there are variations – modanyaki and negiyaki. I can almost guarantee that you’ll like it.

Oh and by the way if you’re asking what the hell is Smith doing posting about Japanese food in with his Grenada genealogy, it’s simple. I like food. I like food, and just to throw in a twist in my genealogy and ancestry search I am aware of a gg-granduncle who was a merchant in Japan and married a Japanese lady. He was a brother to my gg-grandfather Benjamin Victor Abraham who lived in London, England, and British Guiana. Maybe one day I can add a small knowledge of the Japanese language to pursue my Japanese connections and distant cousins.

Back to my search and research for the origins and genealogy of my ggg-grandfather James Smith. Following Part 359s I promised to present my work and transcription of the second part, Schedule (B) of the Indenture from the Grenada Registers of Records.

Within the body of this Record and Document there are 11 references each to the surname Smith and the name James. As this James Smith occupation, in 1832, is identified as “Carpenter” and the fact that there is reference to one Sophia, wife of Benjamin Ventour, I can logically accept that this is definitely ggg-grandfather James. But sorry to say that is as far as it goes. There are no, from what I can read or see, any additional clues as to the ancestry or origins of ggg-grandfather James.

Here are the images, Pages 161 through and including 170 from Item 9 of the microfilm FHL [1563329] of the Grenada Registers of Records.

And here is my lengthy transcription.

(161)

Sworn to before me this 27th day of October 1832

(B)

This Indenture made the twenty seventh day of October in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and thirty two Between Benjamin Ventour of
the Island of Grenada Gentleman and Sophia his Wife of the first part Owsley Rowley

of

(162)

Of the Town of Saint George in the said Island Esquire of the second part and James
Smith of the Town and Island aforesaid, Carpenter of the third part Whereas by
Indenture bearing date on or about the twenty first day of March in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and twenty five and made or expressed to be made between the said Ben
jamin Ventour of the one part and the said Owsley Rowley of the other part the said Benja
min Ventour did for the considerations therein mentioned demise and lease unto the said Owsley
Rowley his executors administrators and assigns All those forty six Negro and other Slaves
mentioned and described in the Schedule thereunto annexed or thereunder written with the
further issue and increase of the females of the said Slaves To hold the same with the issue and
increase of the females unto the said Owsley Rowley his Executors administrators and assigns from
the fifteenth day of October then last past for the term of Eight Years determinable nevertheless upon
such notice being given as therein and hereinafter mentioned at the yearly rent of One hundred and
Eighty four pounds of lawful Sterling money of Great Britain payable half yearly as therein
mentioned And the said Benjamin Ventour did thereby for himself his heirs executors adminis
trators and assigns covenant promise and agree to and with the said Owsley Rowley his heirs
executors administrators and assigns that at or upon the expiration of the said term of eight years on
payment of the sum of Two thousand three hundred pound Sterling and all such further and
other sums of money which should be due and payable on account of the rent thereby reserved and
made payable by the said Owsley Rowley to the said Benjamin Ventour he the said Ben
jamin Ventour should and would will and truly execute a good and sufficient conveyance and
assurance of the fee simple and inheritance of all and singular the said Negro and other Slaves
thereinbefore referred to and mentioned and named in the said Schedule thereunto annexed or thereun
der written together with the issue and increase of the females which might have been born during
the continuance of the said demise and alive at the determination thereof unto the said Owsley
Rowley his heirs and assigns for ever and further that at the time of making and executing such
conveyance as aforesaid the said Negro and other Slaves should be free and clear and freely and
clearly discharged of and from all manner of former and other grants bargains sales gifts
leases or incumbrances whatsoever then before and at the time had been made committed or executed
by the said Benjamin Ventour his heirs or assigns or any of them or by any other person whatsoever
and the said Owsley Rowley did thereby for himself his heirs executors administrators and assigns
covenant promise and agree to and with the said Benjamin Ventour his heirs executors admin
istrators and assigns in manner following that is to say that upon the due execution of such
goof and sufficient conveyance and assurance of the said Slaves as therein and herein before
mentioned by the said Benjamin Ventour his heirs or assigns he the said Owsley Rowley his
heirs executors administrators or assigns should and would well and truly pay or cause to be
paid unto the said Benjamin Ventour his heirs executors or administrators the full and true
sum of Two thousand three hundred pounds sterling and all sums of money which should
be due for and on account of the rent thereby reserved and made payable without any abate
ment deduction or defalcation whatsoever Provided always and it was in and by the said
Indenture covenanted declared and agreed by and between the said parties thereto that if the
said Benjamin Ventour his heirs executors administrators or assigns should be minded

desirous

(163)

Desirous and willing to call in and receive the said principal sum of Two thousand three
hundred pounds Sterling and should give unto the said Owsley Rowley his heirs executors
administrators or assigns eight months notice of such his or their will and desire and should at
or before the expiration of the time mentioned in such notice tender unto the said Owsley
Rowley his heirs executors administrators or assigns a good and sufficient conveyance of the
fee simple and Inheritance of the said Negro and other Slaves unto the said Owsley Rowley
his heirs executors administrators or assigns the said Owsley Rowley his heirs executors admin
istrators or assigns should thereupon well and truly pay unto the said Benjamin
Ventour his heirs executors administrators or assigns the aforesaid principal sum of Two
thousand three hundred pounds sterling money of Great Britain together with the rent thereby
reserved and made payable according to the rate aforesaid up the end and expiration of
such notice free and clear from every deduction or abatement thereout and after such payment
as aforesaid the demise thereby made should cease and determine And whereas the said
Benjamin Ventour being minded desirous and willing to call in and receive the said principal
sum of Two thousand three hundred pound Sterling did on the twenty sixth day of January
now last past give unto the said Owsley Rowley notice of such his mind will and desire and that he
the said Benjamin Ventour should require the same to be paid to him at the expiration of eight
months from the receipt of the said notice by the said Owsley Rowley And Whereas
the said Owsley Rowley before the expiration of the said eight months applied to the said
Benjamin Ventour and requested him to accept a Surrender of the said Lease and term
of years and to receive the sum of Five hundred pounds Sterling in part satisfaction of the
said sum of Two thousand three hundred pounds and to accept payment of the residue
of the said sum of Two thousand three hundred pounds sterling being the sum of One thousand
Eight hundred pounds sterling by the instalments and at the days and times hereinafter
mentioned which the said Benjamin Ventour consented and agreed to do on having the said
sum of One thousand eight hundred pounds Sterling secured to him with interest upon the said
Negro and other Slaves and by the Bond of the said Owsley Rowley in manner hereinafter
expressed And Whereas the said Owsley Rowley had paid and satisfied to the said
Benjamin Ventour as he the said Benjamin Ventour doth hereby admit all arrears of rent
for the said Slaves up to the twenty ninth day of August now last past from which day it
was agreed that the said Lease and term of years should be considered as surrendered and the
said agreement should take effect And Whereas the said Owsley Rowley hath in
pursuance of the said Agreement surrendered the said Lease and term of years to the said
Benjamin Ventour and the said Owsley Rowley hath also by his Bond or obligation in
writing under his hand and seal bearing even date with these presents become bound to the
said Benjamin Ventour in the penal sum of Three thousand six hundred pounds sterling money
of Great Britain with a condition thereunder written for making void the same on payment by
the said Owsley Rowley his heirs executors or administrators to the said Benjamin Ventour
his executors administrators or assigns of the sum of Two hundred pounds of like sterling money
on the twenty ninth day of August which will be in the year One thousand Eight hundred
and thirty three with interest for the same at Six pounds per cent per annum from the

twenty

(164)

Twenty ninth day of August now last past and of the further sum of Five hundred
pounds of like Sterling money on the twenty ninth day of August which will be in the year
One thousand eight hundred and thirty four with interest for the same at the rate aforesaid
from the twenty ninth day of August now last past and of the further sum of Five hundred
pounds of like sterling money on the twenty ninth day of August which will be in the year
one thousand eight hundred and thirty five with interest for the same at the rate aforesaid
from the twenty ninth day of August now last past and of the further sum of Three hundred
pounds of like sterling money on the twenty ninth day of August which will be in the year
one thousand eight hundred and thirty six with interest for the same at the rate aforesaid from
the twenty ninth day of August now last past Now this Indenture witnesseth that
in further pursuance of the said Agreement and in consideration of the said sum of Five hun
dred pounds sterling money of Great Britain (part of the said purchase money or sum of
Two thousand three hundred pounds) to the said Benjamin Ventour in had well and
truly paid by the said Owsley Rowley at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents
the receipt of which said sum of Two hundred pounds the said Benjamin Ventour doth
hereby acknowledge and of and from the same doth acquit release and discharge the said
Owsley Rowley his heirs executors administrators and assigns and also for and in consideration
of the further sum of One thousand eight hundred pounds of like sterling money being the residue
of the said purchase money to be paid to the said Benjamin Ventour with interest at the
times and in the manner hereinafter mentioned and also for and in consideration of the sum
of ten shillings a piece of like sterling money in hand paid to the said Benjamin Ventour
and Sophia his wife by the said James Smith the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged
they the said Benjamin Ventour and Sophia his wife Have and each of them Hath
granted bargained sold aliened released and confirmed and by these presents Do and each
of them Doth grant bargain sell alien release and confirm unto the said James Smith
(in his actual possession now being by virtue of a bargain and sale to him thereof made
by the said Benjamin Ventour and Sophia his wife in consideration of five shillings
a piece by Indenture bearing date the day next before the day of the date of these presents
for the term of one whole year commencing from the day next before the say of the date
of the sum Indenture of Bargain and Sale and by force of the Statute made for
transferring uses unto possession) and his heirs All those fifty two Negro and other
Slaves whose names are mentioned and set forth in the Schedule hereunto annexed or hereunder
written (being the Negro and other Slaves mentioned to be demised by the said in past
recited Indenture of Lease or such of them as are now living and the surviving issue
and increase of the females) together with the future issue and increase of the females of the said
Negro and other Slaves and all other if any the Slaves comprised in the said Indenture
of demise and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders rents issues and
profits thereof and all the estate right title interest sue trust property claim and demand
whatsoever both at Law and in Equity of them the said Benjamin Ventour and Sophia
his wife respectively in to out of upon or respecting the said Negro and other Slaves or any
of them or the future issue and increase of the females To have and To hold

the

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The said Negro and other Slaves hereby granted and release or otherwise assured or intended
so to be and the future issue and increase of the females unto the said James Smith and his heirs
but nevertheless to and for the uses ends intents and purposes hereinafter expressed concerning the
same that is to say To the use of the said Benjamin Ventour his executors administrations
and assigns for and during the term of five hundred years to be computed from the day next
before the day of the date of these presents without impeachment of or for any manner of waste
Subject nevertheless to the proviso or agreement for redemption and reconveyance of the
said Negro and other Slaves hereinafter contained and from and after the expiration or other
sooner determination of the said term of five hundred years and also in the mean time
subject only thereto and to the payment of the said principal sum and interest intended to
be thereby secured To the use and behoof of the said Owsley Rowley his heirs and assigns for
ever Provided always and it is hereby agreed and declared between and by the parties hereto and
their true intent and meaning is that if the said Owsley Rowley his heirs executors administrators or
assigns shall and do well and truly pay or cause to be paid to the said Benjamin Ventour his
executors administrators or assigns the sum of One thousand Eight hundred pounds sterling
money of Great Britain with interest for the same at the rate of Six pounds for every One
hundred pounds for a year by or in the instalments or shares and on or at the days or times
following that is the say the sum of Five hundred pounds sterling money of Great Britain
(part of the said principal sum of One thousand Eight hundred pounds) on or before the twenty
ninth day of August which will be in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty three with
interest for the same at the rate aforesaid from the twenty ninth day of August now last past the
further sum of Five hundred pounds of like sterling money (other part of the said principal sum of
one thousand eight hundred pounds) on or before the twenty ninth day of August which will
be in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four with interest for the same at the
rate aforesaid from the twenty ninth day of August now last past the further sum of Five
hundred ^pounds of like sterling money (other part of the said principal sum of one thousand Eight
hundred pounds) on or before the twenty ninth day of August which will be in the year One
thousand eight hundred and thirty five with interest for the same at the rate aforesaid from the
twenty ninth day of August now last past and the further sum of Three hundred pounds of
like sterling money (being the remainder of the said principal sum of One thousand eight
hundred pounds) in or before the twenty ninth day of August which will be in the year One thou
sand eight hundred and thirty six with interest for the same at the rate aforesaid from the twenty
ninth day of August now last past (being such and the same days or times as are appointed for
that purpose in the condition of the aforesaid Bond of equal date herewith) without any deductions
or abatement out of the said principal and interest monies or any of them or any part thereof res
pectively for or in respect of any present or future Parliamentary Colonial or other taxes charges
reates assissments payments or impositions affecting or to affect the said Negro and other Slaves hereby
granted and released or otherwise assured or intended so to be or the issue and increase of the
females or the said sum of one thousand Eight hundred pounds and interest or any part
thereof respectively or any person or persons whomsoever in respect thereof then and from thence
forth the said term of five hundred years hereinbefore created shall cease determine and by utterly

void

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Void to all intents and purposes whatsoever And the said Benjamin Ventour for himself
his heirs executors and administrators doth grant covenant and agree to and with the said James
Smith his heirs and assigns by these presents in manner following that is to say that for and
notwithstanding any act deed matter or thing whatsoever by him the said Benjamin Ventour
or any person or persons whomsoever lawfully claiming made done committed executed or suffer
ed to the contrary he the said Benjamin Ventour now is lawfully rightfully and absolutely
seized of or well entitled to the Negro and other Slaves hereby granted and released or otherwise
assured or intended as to be and every of them for an absolute and indefeasible estate of inhe
ritance in fee simple without any condition use trust power of revocation or other restraint
cause matter or thing whatsoever to alter defeat incumber revoke or make void the same
and that for and notwithstanding any such act deed matter or thing as aforesaid he the said
Benjamin Ventour now hath in himself good right full power and lawful and absolute
authority to grant release and convey this Negro and other Slaves hereby granted and released or other
wise assured or intended so to be to the uses and for the ends intents and purposes and in the
manner hereinbefore declared or expressed concerning the same and further that all and singular
the said Negro and other Slaves and the issue and increase of the females shall and may at
all times hereafter go and remain to the uses and for the intents and purposes hereinbefore expres
sed concerning the same and the rents issues and profits thereof and every part thereof had re
ceived and taken accordingly without any lawful let suit trouble eviction claim or demand
whatsoever of or by the said Benjamin Ventour or any person or persons lawfully claiming and
that free and cleae and freely and clearly acquitted exonerated and for ever discharged or other
wise by the said Benjamin Ventour his heirs executors or administrators well and sufficiently
saved kept harmlee and indemnified of from and against all former and other gifts grants bar
gains sales jointures dowers uses trusts entails will statutes judgments executions rents sums of
money forfeitures escheats reentries and all other estates titles charges trouble and incumbrances
whatsoever had made executed or suffered by the said Benjamin Ventour or any person or
persons lawfully claiming or to claim And further that he the said Benjamin Ventour and
his heirs and all and every other persons and person whosoever having or lawfully claiming or
who shall or may have or lawfully claim any estate right title or interest at law or in Equity
into or out of Negro and other Slaves hereby granted and released or otherwise assured or intended
so to be or any of them shall and will from time to time and at all times hereafter upon every
reasonable request and at the proper costs and charges of the said Owsley Rowley his heirs or
assigns make do and execute or cause and procure to be made done and executed all and singular
such further and other lawful and reasonable acts deeds things conveyances and assurances in
the Law whatsoever for the further better and ^more absolutely granting conveying and assuring the
Negro and other Slaves hereby granted and released or otherwise assured or intended so to be
and every of them to the uses and for the ends intents and purposes hereinbefore declared or
expressed of or concerning the same in such manner and form (subject only and without
prejudice to the payment of the said sum of One thousand eight hundred pounds sterling and
interest) as by the said Owsley Rowley his heirs or assigns or his or their Counsel in the law
shall be reasonably devised or advised and required and the said Owsley Rowley doth hereby

for

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For himself his heirs executors and administrators grant covenant promise and agree to and with
the said Benjamin Ventour and James Smith and each of them and their respective executors
administrators and assigns in manner following that is to say that he the said Owsley Rowley
his heirs executors administrators or assigns shall and will well and truly pay or cause to be paid
unto the said Benjamin Ventour his executors administrators or assigns the said principal sum
of One thousand Eight hundred pound Sterling with interest at the rate aforesaid for the install
ments and on or at the days and times and in the manner hereinbefore appointed for payment of
the same without any deduction or abatement whatsoever and according to the true intent and
meaning of these presents and that he the said Owsley Rowley now is (subject only to the estate
hereinbefore limited in use to the said Benjamin Ventour for the term of five hundred years
as aforesaid and the trusts thereof for securing the payment of the said sum of One thousand
Eight hundred pounds Sterling and interest as aforesaid) lawfully and rightfully seized of or
well entitled to an absolute estate of inheritance in fee simple of and in the negro and other
slaves hereinbefore granted and released or otherwise assured or intended so to be without any
condition use trust power or other matter or thing whatsoever to alter charge encumber or
prejudicially affect the same And also that all and singular the same Negro and other Slaves
with the future issue and increase of the female slaves shall from time to time and at all times hereafter
during and in the mean time subject to the said term of five hundred years hereinbefore
limited or created as aforesaid remain continue and be to the uses upon the trusts and for the
intents and purposes hereinbefore declared or expressed concerning the same and shall and
may be holden occupied and enjoyed and the rents issues profits and proceeds thereof be re
ceived retained and applied accordingly without any manner of hindrance interruption claim
or demand whatsoever from or by him the said Owsley Rowley his heirs or assigns or any other
person or persons whomsoever And further that if default shall be made un payment of the
said sum of One thousand eight hundred pounds sterling and the interest thereof or of any
part of the same respectively contrary to the true intent and meaning of the proviso and
Agreement hereinbefore contained in that behalf then and in such case but not otherwise it
shall be lawful to and for the said Benjamin Ventour his executors administrators or
assigns at any time or times thereafter during the continuance of the said term of five
hundred years hereby granted or demised peaceably and quietly to enter into and upon and
have hold use occupy possess and enjoy the negro and other slaves hereby granted and released
or otherwise assured as aforesaid with the future issue and increase of the females and have
receive and take the rents i∫sues and profits thereof to and for his and their own use and benefit
for and during all the residue and remainder which shall be then to come and unexpired of the
same term without any molestation interruption disturbance claim or demand whatsoever of or by
him the said Owsley Rowley or his heirs or any other person or persons whomsoever And that
free and clear and freely and clearly exonerated and discharged or otherwise by him the said
Owsley Rowley hiss heirs executors or administrators well and sufficiently saved defended
kept harmless and indemnified of from and against all and all manner of former and
other gifts grants bargains sales jointures dowers mortgages uses wills entails statutes judg
ments recognizances _____ _____ and all other estates titles charges and incumbrances

whatsoever

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Whatsoever And moreover that he the said Owsley Rowley and his heirs and
all and every person and persons whosever having or claiming or to have or claim any estate
right title or interest of in or to the negro and other Slaves comprised in these presents or any
of them or the issue of the female shall and will at all times after default shall be made
in payment of the said sum of One thousand eight hundred pounds sterling or of any part
or Instalment thereof or of the interest thereof or of any part thereof respectively contrary
to the true intent and meaning of the proviso and agreement hereinbefore contained for
that purpose at the request of the said Benjamin Ventour his heirs executors administra
tors or assigns but at the expense of the said Owsley Rowley his heirs executors or administer
tors make do and execute or cause and procure to be made done and executed all and every
such further and other lawful and reasonable acts deeds matters things conveyances and assuran
ces in the law whatsoever not only for the further better and more perfectly granting demising
confirming or otherwise assuring all and singular the said Negro and other Slaves with the
future issue and increase of the females unto the said Benjamin Ventour his executors admin-
istrators and assigns for all their residue of the said term of ^five hundred years but also for
granting conveying and assuring the fee simple reversion and inheritance of the same
Negro and other Slaves and issue unto and to the use of him the said Benjamin Ventour
and his heirs (free from all right and equity of redemption whatsoever) as by the said
Benjamin Ventour his heirs executors administrators or assigns or his or their Counsel
in the law shall be reasonably devised or advised and required Provided always
nevertheless and it is hereby further declared and agreed by and between the said Owsley
Rowley and the said Benjamin Ventour and it is the true intent and meaning of
them and of these presents and the said Benjamin Ventour doth hereby consent and agree
notwithstanding the demise hereinbefore contained) that until default shall be made
in payment of the said principal sum of One thousand eight hundred pounds Sterling
or some instalment or part thereof or of the interest thereof or some part thereof upon the days
at the times or in the manner hereinbefore appointed for payment of the same respectively it
shall be lawful for the said Owsley his heirs and assigns peaceably to have hold occupy
possess and enjoy all and singular the negro and other Slaves by these presents granted
and released or otherwise assured or intended so to be with the issue and increase of the females
and to receive and take the rents issues and profits thereof to and for his and their own use and
benefit without any molestation hindrance interruption or disturbance whatsoever of from or by
the said Benjamin Ventour his executors administrators or assigns or any other person or per
sons whomsoever rightfully claiming or having title to claim any Estate right title or interest
either at law or in equity In Witness whereof the parties to these presents have here
unto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.

The Schedule above referred to

	Males
1	Joachim	4	Jim	7	Michel	10	Ian
2	Germain	5	William	8	Glasgow	11	Alexander
3	Joseph	6	Julien	9	Jeremy	13	Philip

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The Schedule continued

	Males		Females
13	Charles	1	Marie Noel	11	Louisa	21	Elsey
14	Robert	2	Marie Rose	12	Augustine	22	Shatonice?
15	Henry	3	Madelaine	13	Mary Ann 1st	23	Charlotte
16	Benjamin	4	Angelique	14	Mary Cathrine	24	Jorennah?
17	Walter	5	Mary Ann 2d	15	Augusta	25	Rosey
18	Samuel	6	Scholastique	16	Judith	26	Betsey
19	Ben	7	Margret	17	Yamoe	27	Lavinia
20	Thomas	8	Mary	18	Perune	28	Sophy
21	Davy	9	Pracella	19	Marie Nette	29	Cecil
22	Frederick	10	Francoise	20	Susannah	30	Louisa

Benjn Ventour (LS) Sophia Ventour (LS)

Owlsey Rowley (LS) James Smith (LS)

Signed Sealed and delivered In the presence of

Wm. Snagg James R. Hill

Received on the day and year first within written of the within named Owsley Rowley the
sum of Five hundred pounds Sterling money of Great Britain within mentioned to be
paid by him to me being part of the within mentioned sum of Two thousand three hundred
pounds Sterling.

Benj. Ventour

Witness

Wm. Snagg James R. Hill

Grenada. Be it remembered that upon this twenty seventh day of October in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Before me The Honorable
Daniel Gibbs Assistant Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature personally came an ap
peared Benjamin Ventour of the Island of Grenada Gentleman and Sophia his wife parties
to the with written Indenture of Release and acknowledged the Indenture of Lease there
unto annexed and upon which the same is grounded and also the same Indenture of Release
to be their respective acts and deeds by them duly executed And the said Sophia the wife of
the said Benjamin Ventour being first by me privately examined separately and apart from
her said Husband did also acknowledge confess and declare that she executed the same Indentures
freely and voluntarily and of her own accord without any fear threats dread or compulsion of
or by her said Husband and in order to bar her right and title to dower in the Slaves
therein comprised or intended so to be all which I certify and attest under my hand and
seal the day and year aforesaid.

Dan Gibbs (LS)

Assistant Justice

Witness

Wm. Snagg James R. Hill

Grenada

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Grenada

Before the Honorable Daniel Gibbs Assistant Justice of

the Supreme Court of Judicature

Personally appeared James Ralph Hill of the Town of Saint George in
the Island of Grenada Writing Clerk who maketh oath and saith that the Indenture
of Lease hereunto annexed marked with the letter (A) and the Indenture of Release here-
unto also annexed make with the letter (B) were signed sealed and as his several acts and
deeds delivered by the therein named James Smith in the presence and sight of William
Snagg and of this Deponent and that the name “James Smith” set and subscribed at the
foot of the said several Indentures as that of a party executing the same and the manes “Wm.
Snagg” and “James R. Hill” respectively subscribed to the attestation written at the foot of
the same Indentures as witnesses to the section thereof by the said James Smith are of the
respective proper handwriting of the said James Smith William Snagg and of this Deponent
And this Deponent further said that the said Indenture of Release so marked as aforesaid
was also signed sealed and as his act and deed delivered by the therein named Owsley Rowley
in the presence and sight of the said William Snagg and of this Deponent and that the name
“Owsley Rowley” set and subscribed at foot of the same Indenture of Release as that of
a party executing the same and the names “Wm Snagg” and “James R Hill” respectively
subscribed to the attestation written at the foot of the same Indenture or Release as witnesses
to the execution thereof by the said Owsley Rowley are of the respective proper handwriting of
the said Owsley Rowley William Snagg and of this Deponent.

James R. Hill

Dan Gibbs. Assistant Justice

And my apologies for the wrapping in my transcription. It appears the the Writing Clerk, possibly James R Hill, was extremely frugal with the sizing of and the use of ink on each of the Document's lines.

There is a Schedule (C) which follows. It is my next work.

Enjoy,

Jim

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My Tangent – What Am I Expecting of My Blogs?

Morning,

For the past couple of days the following question has been keeping me up at night… not that I really sleep much anyway; What am I expecting of my Blogs? And a succinct and definite answer or answers seems to evade the mushed-up gray matter between my ears.

At present I have four Blogs; two active and two in-active. Two deal with the subject of genealogy. One is our quilt catalog and the fourth is my past attempt at writing a fictional fantasy.

My most active Blog is A Genealogy Hunt, this one. Would I be wrong if I did make mention that I am somewhat obsessed with the subject of genealogy? I have geared and steered A Genealogy Hunt as sort-of a journal of the search and research into the genealogy and ancestry of my family lines; Smith and Robertson and their associated branches. But is it as active a blog as I think it should be?

Should I not present more of my travails and thought-processes of the nature of my investigations and examinations? I certainly do not claim to be an expert genealogist, under whatever auspices one may want to define the classification. Should I not focus on the how I did that, versus look what I’ve found? Reasonable question… and it’s me who is asking the question. I am not responding to anyone or to any reader’s comment at present.

Now flip over to my second active Blog, Quilts SB. It is sort-of a presentation catalog of the quilts that we have made. I design and Andy quilts. Our goal is to cut up some fabric and then sew it back together again. We make a good team and we enjoy the cooperative working process. All-things-being-equal our results are not just your run-of-the-mill, in our opinion, quilts. But should I provide more detail? Should I blog about how two amateur quilt-artists really enjoy our efforts? Should I present our techniques?

And what about the other attempts, the other Blogs, Hero and Angel and Genealogy, The Anderson Garcia Saga? Should I spend more time in those arenas? This is just my thought progression. You can comment or not.

And then there is my cooking. I just love to cook. I love to create good and healthy food… to eat. And of course along with that goes the gardening-for-the-table. But the blogging food recipe arena is a saturated market. You certainly can tell that when you can find the same and/or similar recipes in type, on coincidental blogs after a Google, Bing, or Yahoo search. And why do I continue to buy cookbooks?

These are just my thoughts this morning. I have to get back to work now. I am working on the transcription of an Indenture that is 10 pages long that includes references to ggg-grandfather James Smith, his daughter, gg-grandaunt Sophia and her husband, gg-granduncle Benjamin Ventour. This Document is immediately followed by a two-page Indenture that is most definitely connected to the 10-pager.

I have to take some photos of our next quilt which was completed yesterday and is ready for presentation. This is the second quilt in our OP Noël Series – OP Noël II. (There is no OP Noël I, as yet.) The designs on the third, OP Angel have been completed. And the design and fabrics have been chosen for a brand new small quilt titled P’nG, pronounced Ping. P’nG’s colors are pink and grey.

Stay tuned and enjoy,

Jim

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Part 359s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1837 James Smith, Benjamin and Sophia Ventour

Morning,

And what did I find? As I mentioned I stumbled upon a folder in my stash in my database of Item 9 of the microfilm FHL [1563329], and sure enough the first Indenture is one that relates directly to my ancestors. The ancestors are my ggg-grandfather James Smith, his daughter, my gg-grandaunt Sophia (née Smith), and her husband, my gg-granduncle Benjamin Ventour.

I can be sure of the immediate relationships between ggg-grandfather James, gg-grandaunt Sophia and gg-granduncle Benjamin but beyond that there is no revealing origin or ancestral insight that I can read in my immediate work and transcription.

This Indenture as entered 31 February 1837 to the Grenada Registers of Records, appears to follow, or at least have something to do with a similar Indenture entered and dated 27 October 1832; see Part 319s. It also may be related to the Indenture dated 27 October 1832 as per my transcription and work in Part 322s.

The fact that this specific Indenture is labeled “(A)” would lead me to believe that it may have been an attachment or an annexed schedule. I do know that immediately following this Indenture (A) there is a (B) and a (C).

Here are the images of the Pages 160 and 161 for (A).

And my Transcription –

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(A)

Entered 31 Feby 1837

This Indenture made the twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord
One thousand Eight hundred and thirty two Between Benjamin Ventour of
the Island of Grenada aforesaid and Sophia his wife of the one part and James Smith
of the Town and Island aforesaid, Carpenter, of the other part Witnesseth that the said
Benjamin Ventour and Sophia his wife for and in consideration of the sum of five shillings
a piece in hand paid by the said James Smith at or before the sealing and delivery of these
presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged Have and each of them Hath bargain
ed and sold and by these presents Do and each of the Doth bargain and sell unto the said
James Smith his executors and administrators All those Fifty two Negro and other Slaves
whose names are mentioned and set forth in the Schedule hereunto annexed or hereunder written
being the Negro and other Slaves mentioned to be demised by a certain Indenture of Lease bearing
date on or about the twenty first day of March in the year One thousand Eight hundred and twenty
five and made or expressed to be made between the said Benjamin Ventour of the one part and
Owsley Rowley therein described of the other part or such of therein as now living and the surviv
ing issue and increase of the female together with the future i∫sue and increase of the females of
the said Negro and other Slaves and all other if any the Slaves comprised in the said Indenture
of demise and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders rents issues and profits

thereof

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Thereof To have and To hold the said Negro and other Slaves and all and singular
the premises hereby bargained and sold or intended so to be and every of them unto the said James
Smith his executors and administrators from the day next before the day of the date of these presents
for the term of one whole year thence next ensuing and fully to be complete and ended Yielding
and Paying therefore the rent of one pepper corn 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 of
the statute made for transferring uses unto possession the said James Smith may be in the
actual possession of all and singular the premises hereby bargained and sold or intended so to be
and be thereby enabled to accept and take a grant and release of the reversion and Inheritance
of the same premises to such uses upon such trusts and for such ends intents and purposes as shall
be declared thereof in or by a certain Indenture of Release already prepared and intended to
bear date the day next after the day of the date of these presents and to be executed after the
execution hereof and made or expressed or intended to be made between the said Benjamin Ventour
and Sophia his wife of the first part the said Owsley Rowley of the second part and the
said James Smith of the third part In witness whereof the parties to these present have here
unto set their hands and seals the day any year first above written.

The Schedule above referred to

	Males		Males continued	4	Angelique	18	Perine?
1	Joachim	14	Robert	5	Mary Ann 2d	19	Marie Nette
2	Germain	15	Henry	6	Scholastique	20	Susannah
3	Joseph	16	Benjamin	7	Margaret	21	Elsey
4	Jim	17	Walter	8	Mary	22	Thalonice
5	William	18	Samuel	9	Pracilla	23	Charlotte
6	Julien	19	Ben	10	Francoise	24	Jounnah
7	Michel	20	Thomas	11	Louisa	25	Rosey
8	Glasgow	21	Davy	12	Augustine	26	Betsy
9	Jeremy	22	Frederick	13	Mary Ann 1st	27	Lavinia
10	Ian		Females	14	Mary Catherine	28	Sophy
11	Alexander	1	Marie Noel	15	Augusta	29	Cecile
12	Philip	2	Marie Rose	15	Judith	30	Louisa
13	Charles	3	Madelaine	17	Yamoe

Benjn Ventour (LS) Sophia Ventour (LS) James (LS) Smith

Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of

Wm Snagg James R Hill

Stay tuned for the next part.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 349s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1854 Thomas Smith - LWT

Afternoon,

Last night I may have found a possible clue that could provide a smidgen of hope in the search and research for the origins, ancestry, and genealogy of ggg-grandfather James Smith.

The next Document appears to be the Last Will and Testament of gg-granduncle Thomas Smith. This Document is located in the Grenada Registers of Records 1837-1881 (v.Z2-G3) as found on the microfilm FHL [1563330]. The LWT is dated 30 December 1854; sealed, signed, and delivered 1 May 1855; and entered to the Registers 14 August 1855.

Within the body of gg-granduncle Thomas Smith’s Last Will and Testament there is a specific distribution that made my eyes and my head start. Specifically it is point number 3 – “I devise to my Nephew James Smith Jr. at present in the Island of Tobago Seven Acres of the Land of the said Morne Jaloux Estate to be chosen by his Father immediately or within twelve months after my decease on the outskirts of the lands of the said Morne Jaloux Estate.”

For what I understand if the “Nephew James Smith Jr.” who is referred to in gg-granduncle Thomas’ LWT, may possibly be the James Smith, Jr. who may have been the son of gg-granduncle Thomas’ brother, my gg-grandfather James Smith. It is also possible that this James Smith, Jr., gg-granduncle Thomas’ Nephew, may have been James Edwin Smith, my great-granduncle. This is the only other James to James relationship that I am aware of, apart from the ggg-grandfather James and gg-grandfather James, Jr. father/son relationship. In other words the descendancy was ggg-grandfather James Smith -- gg-grandfather James Smith, Jr. -- great-granduncle James Edwin Smith. My great-grandfather was William James Smith, brother of great-granduncle James Edwin Smith.

And now here’s the rub. GG-granduncle Thomas’ LWT refers to his “Nephew James Smith Jr.” If this is great-granduncle James Edwin Smith and if he is a “Junior” would it not make sense that he would have had the same name as his father, gg-grandfather James Smith? And then, would it not make sense that gg-grandfather James’ middle name was Edwin? Could gg-grandfather James have been James Edwin Smith as well, with a son named James Edwin Smith, Jr.?

But gg-grandfather James was also known as James Smith, Junior. Therefore, is it possible that ggg-grandfather James may have been James Edwin Junior? Therefore a more complete pedigree may, and I repeat may, look like – great-granduncle James Edwin Smith, Jr. -- gg-grandfather James Edwin Smith, Jr. -- ggg-grandfather James Edwin Smith. And to further add to the thought process, gg-granduncle Thomas only mentions one of his brothers, James Smith in his Last Will and Testament. He also mentions his sisters, gg-grandaunt Mary (née Smith) Steele and gg-grandaunt Sophia (née Smith) Ventour. He does not mention his two other brothers, gg-granduncle George Smith and gg-granduncle Henry Smith. All six siblings: George, Sophia, Mary, James, Thomas, and Henry are mentioned in his father, ggg-grandfather James Smith’s 1842 Last Will and Testament. See my Postings Part 61s and Part 347s.

Here are the images of Pages 318 and 319 as downloaded from the microfilm.

My transcription –

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A

Entered 14th of August 1855

This is the Last Will and Testament of me Thomas
Smith of the town of Saint George in the Island of Grenada Spirit Dealer
1. Whereas I have for some time past carried on the business of a Retailer
of Spirituous Liquors in the said Town of Saint George and Island aforesaid
And Whereas I am desirous that the said business shall be carried on after
my decease for the benefit of my children I do therefore hereby give and bequeath
my said business of Retailer of Spirituous Liquors and all my interest therein
and all my stock and effects now or hereafter to be employed therein and
all my stock and effects now or hereafter during the period for which I
now hold a License for the same rents the Trustees and Executors hereinafter
named their Executors Administrators and Assigns. 2. I devise to my two
nieces Emily and Elsey Steele Three acres of Land of Morne Jaloux Estate in the
parish of Saint George of which I stand seized. 3. I devise to my Nephew
James Smith Jr. at present in the Island of Tobago Seven Acres of the Land of the
said Morne Jaloux Estate to be chosen by his Father immediately or within
twelve months after my decease on the outskirts of the lands of the said
Morne Jaloux Estate. 4. I devise Sixteen Acres of Land of which I am seized
situate above Mardigras in the parish of Saint George to my Sister in Law
Rosa Collier. 5. I devise to my friend Thomas Grant Two Acres of land on
the said Morne Jaloux Estate in the line of Cocoa Nuts commonly called
_____ near the pond or the boundary of Charles Court Estate. 6. I give
and bequeath unto my Trustees and Executors hereinafter named the
Bedstead and Clothes Press at present in my Bedroom and all Jewellery I am
possessed of at my decease for the benefit of my infant daughter Charlotte
Sophia. 7. I give and bequeath unto my son Thomas Landreth my Watch
and Gold Chain. 8. I give and bequeath unto my son George William
my Fowling Piece. 9. I give and bequeath unto my son Frederick my Sword.
I give devise and bequeath unto my Brother James Smith my Horse
Saddle & Bridal and all my wearing Apparel. I give devise and be
queath all the rest remainder and residue of my Estate Real or personal
whatsoever or wheresoever situate or processed unto my said Trustees and
Executors for the benefit of my children namely Thomas Landreth, George
William, Frederick and Charlotte Sophia upon their respectively attaining
the age of Twenty-One years or if or daughter upon her Marriage which ever
shall first happen and to the survivor or survivors of them who shall have
attained the said Age or Majority after my decease. I hereby nominate
my Sister In Law Rosa Collier Guardian of my Children during their
respective minority and as my dying request I trust that she will kindly
undertake the charge and burthen? which I have _____ thrown upon her
I hereby appoint my Sister Mrs. Sophia Ventour now all of the Island of Tobago
and Henry Garraway Esquire of the town of Saint George and Island
of Grenada aforesaid Trustees and Executors under this my Last Will
and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills Testaments or Testamentary
writings whatsoever done by me. In Witness whereof I have here unto set
my hand this thirtieth day of December One thousand eight hundred
and fifty-four.

Thos. Smith

Signed by the above named Thomas Smith the Testator as and for his Last
Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time and

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At his request in his presence and in the presence of each other _____
subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto The word "present" between the fourth
& fifth line and the words "who at his request" between the fifth and sixth
lines of this attestation having been previously inserted.

B

Codicil to the foregoing Last Will and Testament of me Thomas
Smith of the Island of Grenada made this first day of March in the year
1855. I give and bequeath to George Steele in trust for Mary the Wife of the
said George Steele Three Acres of land on Morne Jaloux Estate also One Acre
of the said land to James Romney as a mark of esteem and a small recom
pense for his services and also Three Acres of land to Henry son of my
friend Henry Garraway.

Thomas Smith (L S)

Sealed Signed and delivered in the presence of us this first day of March
1855.

Felix Prudhomme James Logan

I will follow up with my notes of the distribution of property and personal effects as written in gg-granduncle Thomas’ LWT in my next Posting. Part 350s.

Enjoy,

Jim

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