Part 333s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1834 James and Archibald Smith - Carriacou

Morning,

The research and search continues. My Transcription Project of Indentures from the Grenada Registers of Records has now moved to Item 7 of the microfilm FHL [1563380]. The Smiths involved in this Indenture are James and Archibald who at present I do not have any documentary proof that either gentleman is, or was, a part of my ancestry and genealogy.

The Indenture is a contract that is between the Smiths and their partner Robert McCunn and one, Pierre Aman Belfon regarding the Hermitage Estate, I believe in Carriacou, and its matters and contents. There is no definitive or immediate hint or clue of any connection to ggg-grandfather James.

(The inserted map of Carriacou is from the Department of Sustainable Development, Organization of American States.)

There may be some association with at least the Indentures I worked on in Part 264s and Part 265s.

Here are Pages 15, 16, and 17 including the mentioned Schedules A and B.

My transcription –

(15)

Xmd

Entered 14 March 1834

this Indenture made the twenty second day of April in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three Between James Smith
Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn all of the City of Glasgow Merchants
there trading under the firm of James and Archibald Smith and Company of the
one part and Pierre Aman Belfon of the Island of Carriacou within the
Government of the Island of Grenada of the other part Witnesseth that they
the said James Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn for and in con
sideration of the sum of five shilling sterling money of Great Britain to them
in hand well and truly paid by the said Pierre Aman Belfon at or before the
sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged
Have and each and every of them Hath bargained and sold and by these presents
Do and each of them Doth bargain and sell unto the said Pierre Aman Bellfon

his

(16)

His executors administrators and aʃsigns All that plantation estate or
parcel of land situate lying and being in the said Island of Carriacou in
the Government of Grenada called or known by the name of Hermitage
estate and containing two hundred and thirty five acres of land more or less
bounded in the East by lands of the late Thomas Davidson called Harvey Vale
on the north by the Carenage and in the South and west by the sea for howsoever
otherwise called known situate lying or being bounded or distinguished and
the meʃsuage or dwelling houses kitchens stables houses outhouses stores tene
ments erections or buildings and fixtures thereon or thereto attached and all
ways waters watercourses paʃsages cisterns ditches woods underwoods trees or
chards fences hedges plantation implements and utensils easements emolu
ments profits and advantages whatsoever now being on the said plantation
estate or parcel of land and premises or to any part thereof in any wise belonging
or to or with the same or any part thereof usually held poʃseʃsed or enjoyed accepted
deemed or known as parcel or member thereof and all there fifty six negro slaves
thereto belonging whose names are set forth in the Schedule hereto annexed
marked A and all other the hereditaments and premises comprised in the said
Indentures of Lease and Release of the thirty first day of May and first day of
June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty save and
except such of the said slaves as were granted and conveyed as aforesaid by the
several indentures of Lease and Release of the twelfth and thirteenth days of
March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two
and twenty eighth and twenty ninth days of August in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and twenty three and the Feoffment of the seventh
day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
two And also all those thirty four negro slaves whose names are set forth in the
Schedule hereto in annexed marked B the same being the negro slaves comprised
in the said Indentures of Lease and Release of the twenty fourth and twenty fifth
days of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four
and the increase thereof together with the future iʃsue and increase of the females
thereof and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders of all and sin
gular the said plantation estate or parcel of land meʃsuages hereditaments slaves and
premises and every part thereof and all the estate right title interest use trust
poʃseʃsion property claim and demand whatsoever at law and in equity of these the
said James Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn and their heirs and aʃsigns
To have and To hold all and singular the said lands buildings slaves and premises
above mentioned to be bargained and sold with the appurtenances unto the said
Pierre Aman Belfon his executors administrators and aʃsigns from the day next before
the day of the date hereof for and during and until the full end and term of one
whole year and fully to be complete and ended Yielding and Paying therefor at
the expiration of the said term the rent of one pepper corn if the same shall be
lawfully demanded To the intent and purpose that by virtue of these and by
force of the statute for transferring uses into poʃseʃsion to the said Pierre
Aman Belfon may be in the actual poʃseʃsion of the said lands buildings slaves
and premises above bargained and sold and thereby be enabled to take and accept

of

(17)

Of a grant and release of the reversion and inheritance thereafter to him and his heirs
and aʃsigns in and by in denture or release intended to bear date the day next after
the day of the date of these presents and to be made between the said James Smith
Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn of the one part and the said Pierre Aman
Belfon of the other part In witneʃs whereof the said parties to these presents
have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written

James Smith (LS) by his Atty Robert Kirk

Archibald Smith (LS) by his Atty Robert Kirk 

Robert McCunn (LS) by his Atty Robert Kirk

Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of

Owsley Rowley Alex Purcell

Grenada Acknowledged before me by Robert Kirk Esquire as the attorney
in the names of and as and for the several and respective free and voluntary acts
and deeds of James Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn the parties
executing the within Indenture of Lease this fourteenth day of March in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four

Owsley Rowley Reg.

Schedule A to which the forgoing Indenture refers

	Males			Females
David	Rosamond?	John	Betsey	Susannah	Nicol
Jean Pierre	Sylvester	Thomas	Catherine	Jeʃsy	Tonette
Joseph	Simon	Phillipe	Congo	Tabeth	Christian
Patrice	Wellington	Hamlet	Lucy	Justine	Nancy
Peter	Alexis	Clark	Madelaine	Anne	Judith
Quashy	Frederick	William	Mary Lawrence	Agneʃs	Charlotte
Robert	Fitzroy	Colenton?	Jeanet	Felicty	Jenny
Andrew	Luke	Philip2	Queen	Helen	Marie Hart
Benjamin	Matthew		Zabeth	Hortence	Celeste
Johnny			Jacobina	Molly

Schedule B to which foregoing Indenture refers

	Males			Females
James	Mathew	Noel	Annee?	Julie	Agath
Prince	Mark	Benjamin	Jabette	Coraly	Charlotte
Nelson	Francois	Thomas	Flora	Reine	Prudence
Edward	Sandy	Jean	Marianne	Brigete	Therese
Jean Charles	William	Renee	Sophy	Comba
Jasmain?	William 2	Philip	Betsey	Retha

The next Indenture, I believe, follows this one.

Hope New Orleans doesn’t get too wet.

Enjoy.

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Part 332s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Smith Indenture Study Matrix Update

Good Morning Again,

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 the 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 289s, 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 to create the Matrix and hopefully, sometime soon, I hope to provide immediate links to relevant Posting as indicated within the Matrix .

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

Jim

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Part 331s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1833 Smith, Steele, and Ventour

Morning,

I’ve finally finished the last Smith-related transcription of Item 6 of the microfilm FHL [1563380]. This is an entry to the Grenada Registers of Records 1825-1834 (v.H5-O5).

As previously mentioned in my search for the origins and ancestry of my ggg-grandfather James Smith I am transcribing all and any of the Records entered to the Grenada Registers that may have some reference to the surname Smith. GGG-grandfather James passed away in 1842 so I am trying to limit the range of this search to approximately a 60-year period. It is an arduous task and one hell of a lot of years and a lot of Documents. I am just hoping to find some hint or clue which may relate to the surname Smith and directly or indirectly to ggg-grandfather James.

The subject Record in this Posting references ggg-grandparents James and Mary Ann/e (née Doret) Smith; their daughter, gg-grandaunt Mary (née Smith Steele); and two of their sons-in-law, Benjamin Ventour and George Steele. There is also a distinct possibility that the final entered signature of the Document, Richard Steele, Assistant Justice could be that of gg-granduncle George Steele’s father. (Please note that none of the signatures or seals entered in the Registers is an original but of copies by the Clerk/Scribe who may have transcribed it from the original document.) The other persons included in the Record, from my immediate knowledge, who are not a part of my Smith family are gg-granduncle Benjamin Ventour’s partner Ambrose Hayling, Rosette Overton, John Reynaert, Js Bruce, and Gavin Smith.

This Record, written 21 June 1833 and entered to the Grenada Registers of Records 7 October 1833, appears to involve the same transfer and/or purchase of property in the Town of Saint George as previously discussed. It also seems to be the workings and development of a Trust. See my previous Postings; Parts 329s, and 330s.

Here are the images of Pages 523 through and including 526.

And this is my transcription.

(523)

Examined

Entered 7th October 1833

This Indenture made the twenty first day of June in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three Between Ben
jamin Ventour and Ambrose Hayling of the parish of Saint George
in the island of Grenada Esquires of the first part James Smith of the
parish and island aforesaid Esquire of the second part George Steele of the
town of Saint George in the island aforesaid Gentleman and Mary Steele his
wife of the third part Whereas a marriages has been lately hand and solemnized
between the said George Steele and Mary Steele lately Mary Smith daughter
of the said James Smith And whereas by indentures of lease and release
bearing date the lease the day and before and the release even date with these
presents and made or expressed to be made between the said James Smith and
Mary Anne Smith his wife of the one part and the said Benjamin Ventour and
Ambrose Hayling of the other part in consideration of the said marriage the
said James Smith and Mary Anne Smith his wife granted limitted bargained
sold aliened and released unto the said Benjamin Ventour and Ambrose Hayling
and their heirs All that lot piece or parcel of land with the meʃsuage and tenements
thereon erected and built situate lying and being in the Bay in the town of
Saint George in the said Island of Grenada abutted and bounded in the manner
following that is to say to the westward fifty one feet by a certain Street called
Melville Street To the Southward thirty feet by a certain Street called Granby
Street To the eastward by a lot of land and tenements belonging to Rosette Overton
and to the Northward by lands of Gavin Smith of the said island Surveyor or
howsoever the same is abutted bounded known or described and all ways paths
paʃsages watercourses sewers yards profits commodities advantages emoluments
and hereditaments whatsoever to the same premises or any part thereof belonging

or 

(524)

Or in any wise appertaining or therewith at any time before held and occupied
poʃseʃsed and enjoyed accepted reputed deemed and taken or known as part or
parcel or member thereof or of any part thereof and all and every the improve
ments houses offices buildings and tenements now erecting and to be erected thereon
the said James Smith thereby engaging and binding himself to complete and
finish the same at his own proper charge and costs To Hold the same with the
appurtenances unto the said Benjamin Ventour and Ambrose Hayling their
heirs and aʃsigns Nevertheleʃs to the uses upon the trusts and for the intents
and purposes and under and subject to the provisoes declarations stipulations
and agreements therein referred to and hereinafter contained Now this In
denture witnesseth and the said Benjamin Ventour and Ambrose Hayling
_____ hereby for themselves severally and respectively and for their several and
respective heirs executors and administrators admit acknowledge and declare that
the names of them the said Benjamin Ventour and Ambrose Hayling were
made are of in the such recited indentures of lease and release, as trustees only
in the manner hereinafter mentioned, and do hereby for themselves severally
and respectively and for their respective heirs executors and administrators wholly
and utterly renounce and disclaim all and all manner of beneficial or other
estate right title interest claim and demand whatsoever as well legal as equi
table in to upon or repsecting the said lot piece or parcel of land and premises
by the said recited indentures of lease and release granted and released on other
was? aʃsured unto them their heirs and aʃsigns as therein mentioned except only
and otherwise than in trust in the manner hereinafter mentioned that to
say In trust for the said George Steels and his aʃsigns for and during the term
of his natural live without impeachment of or for any manner of waster other than
in (_____ and _____ or permiʃsive waste, and from and immediately after the
determination of the said estate by forfeiture or otherwise in his life time To the use
of the said Benjamin Ventour and Ambrose Hayling and their heirs during the
natural life of the said George Steele) In trust to _____ the contingent uses
and estates hereinafter limited from being defeated or destroyed and for that
purpose to being? actions or make entries as occasion may require but nevertheleʃs
to permit and suffer the said George Steele and his aʃsigns to receive and take
the rents issues and profits thereof to and for his and their own use and benefit
and from and immediately after the decease of the said George Steel To the
use of the said Mary Steele his wife and her aʃsigns for and during the term
of her natural life without impeachment of or for any manner of waste other
than willful and malicious or permiʃsive waste and from? and immediately
after the determination of that estate by forfeiture or other reversion her lifetime _____
to the use of the said Benjamin Ventour and Ambrose Hayling and their heirs
during the natural life of the said Mary Steele In trust to presence? the contin
gent uses and estates hereinafter limited from being defeated and _____ and
for that purpose to bring notions or make entries as reason may require, but

nevertheleʃs

(525)

Nevertheleʃs to permit and suffer the said Mary Steele and her aʃsigns
to receive and take the rents issues and profits thereof to and for her and their
own use and benefit And from and immediately after the decease of the survi
vor of them the said George Steele and Mary Steele his wife To the use and
behoof of all and every the Child and children whether male or female or both
of the said George Steele by the said Mary Steele to be begotten to be equally
divided between and amongst them if more than one share and share alike
as tenants in common and nor as joint tenants and of the several and respective
heirs of the bodies of all and every such child and children respectively iʃsuing
And if there shall be but one child then to the use of such only child and the
heirs of his or her body And in case there shall be more than one such child
and there shall be a failure of lawful iʃsue of the body or bodies of any such child
or children then as to the original part and share or parts and shares of such
child or children where iʃsue shall so fail also as to such other or occurring
part and share or parts and shares as by virtue of this present clause shall
have become vested in or accrued unto the same child or children or his her
or their iʃsue To the use of the other or others of the said child or children so
remaining or surviving child or children equally to be divided between such
remaining or surviving children if more than one share and share alike as
tenants in common and not as joint tenants and if there shall be but one such
remaining or surviving child Then to the use of such one only remaining or sur
viving child and the heirs of his or her body and in default of such issue To the
use of the said James Smith his heirs and aʃsigns for ever Provided always and it
is hereby agreed and declared that in case the trustees before names or either of them
or any succeeding or other trustees or trustee to be substituted in the place or stead of
them or either of them shall happen to die or be desirous to be discharge from or iʃsue?
or become incapable to act in the trust hereinbefore expreʃsed declared and contained
before the same trusts shall have been fully preformed or discharged then and so
often as the same shall so happen it shall and may be lawful for the said George
Stell and Mary Steel his wife sand the said James Smith during their joint
lives and after the decease of any or either of them then to and for the survivors or
survivor of them during their his or her life or lives, and after the decease of the
survivor of them then to and for the surviving or continuing trustee for the time
being by any deed or writing under their his or her hands and seals or hand and seal
to nominate substitute and appoint any other person or persons to be a trustee or
trustees in the place or stead of such trustees or trustee so dying or desirous to be
discharged from or refusing or becoming incapable to act as aforesaid and when
and as often as any new trustee or trustees shall be nominated and appointed
as aforesaid all the rust premises the trustees or trustee of which shall so die
desire to be discharged from or refuse or become incapable to act as aforesaid shall
be thereupon with all convenient speed conveyed transferred aʃsigned and aʃsured

respectively

(526)

Respectively in such sort and manner and so that the same
shall and may be legally and effectually vested in the newly appointed trustees
or trustee jointly with such of the former trustees as shall be willing and capable
to act and in case there shall be no continuing former trustee then in such
newly appointed trustee or trustees only upon the several trusts and to and
for the several intents and purposes hereinbefore created expreʃsed and continued
of an concerning the same and that every such new trustee shall and may
in all things and in all respects act and assist in the management carrying
on and execution of the trusts to which he or they shall be so appointed as fully
and effectually and with the same power and powers authority and authorities
as if such new trustee or trustees had been originally by the said indentures of
lease and release and by these presents nominated and appointed as the trustees
of the same trust premises or otherwise as if such original trustees had been
living and continuing to act under or in execution of the trusts hereby and here
inbefore mentioned declared and contained In witness whereof the said parties
to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year firstly
herein written

Benjm Ventour (LS) George Steele (LS) Jas Smith (LS)

A Hayling (LS) Mary Steele (LS)

Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of

John Reynaert Js Bruce

John Reynaert of the town of Saint George in the island of Grenada
maketh oath and saith that he was present and saw the within named
Benjamin Ventour, Ambrose Hayling, James Smith, George Steele and Mary
Steele his wife respectively duly execute, and as and for their several and respective
act and deed deliver the within written indenture, and that the names subscribed
thereof as partied executing the same are of the respective proper handwriting
of the said Benjamin Ventour, Ambrose Hayling James Smith George
Steele and Mary Steele

John Reynaert

Sworn before me in the town of Saint George Grenada this 21st day of June 1833.

Richard Steele

Aʃsistant Justice

And now on to Item 7 of the microfilm.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 330s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1833 Definitely More Smith Family

Good morning again,

When it rains in Tampa, it pours… and I do not mean H2O. One never knows what priceless gem of information one may find in the search and research of one’s genealogy and family tree.

This next Indenture, written 21 June 1833 brings in and introduces more members of my Smith Family Tree. The Document found, and entered 7 October 1833 in the Grenada Registers of Records, first of all, concerns ggg-grandparents James and Mary Ann/e (née Doret) Smith and gg-granduncle Benjamin Ventour and his partner Ambrose Hayling. This Record is a part of and follows the Indenture that I have just transcribed in Part 329s. This Record introduces the daughter of ggg-grandparents James and Mary Ann/e, gg-grandaunt Mary (née Smith) Steele and her husband George Steele.

Indicated within the Indenture includes reference to “a marriage had been lately had and solemnized…” between George Steele and gg-grandaunt Mary Smith. It explicitly states that she is the “daughter of the said James Smith”. Check out gg-grandaunt Mary Smith’s and George Steele’s 1832 Marriage Registration in Part 62s.

Here are the images of Pages 521, 522 and 523.

My transcription –

(521)

This Indenture made the twenty first day of June in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three Between James Smith
of the parish of Saint George in the island of Grenada Esquire and Mary
Anne Smith his wife of the one part and Benjamin Ventour and
Ambrose Hayling of the same parish and island Esquires of the other part
Whereas a marriage had been lately had and solemnized between George Steele
of the town of Saint George in the said island of Grenada Gentleman and Mary
Steele lately Mary Smith daughter of the said James Smith Now this
Indenture witnesseth that in consideration of the said marriage as lately
had and solemnized as aforementioned They the said James Smith and Mary Anne
Smith his wife Have and each of them Hath granted limitted bargained sold
aliened and released and by these presents Do and each of them Doth grant
limit bargain sell alien release and confirm unto the said Benjamin Ventour

and

(522)

And Ambrose Hayling (in their actual poʃseʃsion now being by virtue
of a bargain and sale to them thereof made by the said James Smith and
Mary Ann Smith his wife in consideration of five shillings 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 day of the date of the same
indenture of bargain and sale and by force of the statute made for transferring
uses into poʃseʃsion) and to their heirs All that lor piece or parcel of land with
the meʃsuages and tenements thereon erected and built situate lying and being
in the Bay in the town of Saint George in the said Island of Grenada abutted
and bounded in the manner following that is to say To the westward fifty one
feet by a certain street called Melville Street To the Southward thirty feet
by a certain Street called Granby Street To the Eastward by a lot of land and
tenements belonging to Rosette Overton and To the northward by lands of
Gavin Smith of the said island Surveyor or howsoever the same is abutted
bounded known or described and all ways paths paʃsages watercourses sewers
yards profits commodities advantages emoluments and hereditaments whatsoever
to the same premises or any part thereof belonging or in any wise appertaining
or therewith at any time before held and occupied poʃseʃsed and enjoyed accepted
reputed deemed and taken or known as part or parcel or member thereof or of
any part thereof and all and every the improvements houses offices buildings
and tenements now erecting and to be erected thereon the said James Smith
hereby engaging and binding himself to complete and finish the same at his
own proper charge and costs and the reversion and reversions remainder and
remainders yearly and other rents iʃsues and profits thereof and all the estate
right title interest use trust property poʃseʃsion poʃsibility dower right and
title of dower claim and demand whatsoever at law and in equity of them the
said James Smith and May Anne Smith his wife or either of them of in
to or respecting the premises or any part thereof To have and To hold the
said lot piece or parcel of land and all and singular other the premises here
in before and release or mentioned or intended so to be with their rights
members and appurtenances unto the said Benjamin Ventour and Ambrose
Hayling their Heirs and aʃsigns Nevertheless To the uses upon the trusts and
for the intents and purposes and under subject to the provisoes declarations
stipulations and agreements bearing or intended to bear even date with these
presents and made or mentioned to be made between and by the said Benja
min Ventour and Ambrose Hayling of the first part, the said James Smith
of the second part and the said George Steele and Mary Steel his wife of the
third part In witneʃs whereof the said James Smith and Mary Anne Smith
his wife have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year firstly herein
written.

James Smith (LS) Mary Ann her + mark Smith (LS)

Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of

John Reynaert J S Bruce

Personally

(523)

Personally came before me this twenty first day of June in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three the within named
James Smith and Mary Anne Smith his wife who being severally sworn upon
the holy Evangelists do severally depose and say that the within written Indenture
of release and also the Indenture of bargain and sale therein referred to and there
unto annexed were duly and respectively executed and delivered by them as their
several and respective acts or deeds And the said Mary Anne Smith being
privately and apart from her husband duly interrogated and examined by me
doth acknowledge 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 in that behalf used or exercised, And in order to bear? her right title
and claim of or to dower or thirds and every other right title or claim and demand
of or in the within mentioned premises all which I do hereby attest.

Richard Steele

Aʃsistant Justice

And I keep working. Maybe someday soon I will turn over a clue as to the origins and ancestry of ggg-grandfather James Smith. And as a further piece of information, note that concerning the property in question on of the borders lines up with land owned by Gavin Smith. From my understanding, Gavin Smith was the Surveyor who drafted and created the map that I reference to in Part 329s. Thank you Steve for sending me a copy of the map.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 329s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1833 GGG-Grandparents James and Mary Ann/e Smith, and GG-Granduncle Benjamin Ventour

Early Morning,

Persistence in genealogy sometimes pays off. And no I have not discovered the origins or ancestry of my ggg-grandfather James Smith, but I have just completed the transcription of an Indenture that includes the names of ggg-grandfather James, as well as ggg-grandmother Mary Anne (née Doret) Smith and gg-granduncle Benjamin Ventour.

I believe this is a critical document in the events of my genealogy as it does indicate that ggg-grandmother Mary Anne is referred to ggg-grandfather James Smith’s wife. Also this is the second document and record in my library that includes the three; ggg-grandparents James and Mary Anne and gg-granduncle Benjamin Ventour together. The other document is the 11 December 1832 Marriage Registration of ggg-grandfather James Smith and ggg-grandmother Mary Ann Doret. GG-granduncle Benj. Ventour is included on the Registration as a witness to their marriage. (See Part 62s.)

As an aside, please note that ggg-grandmother’s name in this 20 June 1833 Indenture is entered both as Mary Ann and Mary Anne Smith. Her name in the 1832 Marriage Registration is entered as Mary Ann, without the “e”. In both, the Indenture and the Marriage Registration her “x” or “+” marks may indicate to us that she may have been unschooled in writing, and at this point in time we do not have any other definitive or exact spelling of her second name Ann/Anne.

This Indenture written and made 20 June 1833 and entered to the Grenada Registers of Records 7 October 1833 appears to be the exchange of property in the parish of Saint George between ggg-grandparents James and Mary Ann Smith and their son-in-law Benjamin Ventour and a partner, Ambrose Hayling. The inserted image of the Bing map of an aerial view of Saint George, in the highlighted yellow square with rounded corners, indicates the current and approximate location of property referred to in the Indenture.

The two pages of this Indenture; pages 520 and 521 are downloaded from Item 6 of the microfilm FHL [1563380]. Here are the two pages.

Here is my transcription. (And we have a different scribe, whose script is much easier on my tri-focals.

(520)

Examd.

Entered 7th October 1833

This Indenture made the twentieth day of June in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three Between James
Smith of the parish of Saint George in the Island of Grenada Esquire and
Mary Ann Smith his wife of the one part and Benjamin Ventour
and Ambrose Hayling of the same parish and Island Esquires of the other
part Witneʃseth that the said James Smith and Mary Ann Smith in
consideration of five shillings to them in hand paid by the said Benjamin Ventour
and Ambrose Hayling at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents the
receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged Have and each of them Hath bargained
and sold and by these presents Do and each of them Doth bargain and sell unto
the said Benjamin Ventour and Ambrose Hayling their executors administra
tors and aʃsigns All that lot piece or parcel of land with the meʃsuages and
tenements thereon erected and built situate lying and being in the Bay in
the town of Saint George in the said island of Grenada abutted and bounded
in the manner following that is to say to the westward fifty one feet by a
certain Street called Melville Street To the Southward thirty feet by a
certain Street called Granby Street To the eastward by a lot of land and
tenements belonging to Rosetta Overton and to the northward by lands of Gavin
Smith of the said island Surveyor or however the same is abutted bounded?
known or situated? and all ways paths paʃsages watercourses _____ grounds, _____

commodities

(521)

Commodities advantages emoluments and hereditaments whatsoever
to the same premises or any part thereof belonging or in any wise appertaining
ot therewith at any time before held and occupied poʃseʃsed and enjoyed accepted
reputed deemed and taken or known as part or parcel or in member thereof or of any
part thereof, and all and every the improvements houses offices buildings and
tenements now erecting and to be erected thereon To have and To hold the
said lot piece or parcel of land and other the premises hereinbefore bargained
and sold unto the said Benjamin Ventour and Ambrose Hayling their exe
cutos administrators and aʃsigns from the day next before the day of the
date of these presents for and during and unto the full and term of one whole
year thence next ensuing and fully to be complete and ended Yielding and Paying
therefore the rent of one peppercorn at the end of the said term if lawfully de
manded to the intent and purpose that by virtue of these presents and of the
statute for transferring uses into poʃseʃsion the said Benjamin Ventour and
Ambrose Hayling may be in the actual poʃseʃsion of the same premises and
may thereby be enabled to accept and take a grant and release of the ^freehold reversion
and inheritance of the same premises to them and their heirs and aʃsigns by an
indenture already prepared and made between the same parties as the parties
hereto, and intended to be dated the day next after the day of the date hereof
Nevertheleʃs to the uses upon the trusts and for the intents and purposes and unto
and subject to the powers provisoes declarations stipulations and _____ in
a certain deed of declaration bearing or intended to bear even date with the last
mentioned indenture In witness whereof the said James Smith and Mary
Anne his wife have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and
year firstly herein written –

James Smith (LS) Mary Anne her + mark Smith (LS)

Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of

John Reynaert, J. S. Bruce.

Looking ahead to the next Indenture I would tender a guess that it has something to do with a continuation of this current one. Stay tuned.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 328s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Indenture Research – 1833 James and Archibald Smith, Again Once More

Afternoon,

Just had a late morning thunderstorm. The humidity has increased. Temperature just dropped to 85˚F (29˚C) and the Heat Index to 93˚F (34˚C). Just found out that the Heat Index is measured in the shade. Earlier this week it was well over 100 degrees, Fahrenheit.

I’ve sort of been struggling with the Record that I’ve been transcribing this week in the continued search for the genealogy and ancestral origins of my ggg-grandfather James Smith. The next document from the Grenada Registers of Records exhibits extremely small and compacted writing, plus the ink has sort of smudged and blurred over since 1833.

The above-entered image is a clip, highlighting the location of the Union Estate, taken from the Map Of The Island of Grenada made by Gavin Smith in 1801.

The name Smith is repeated 60 times in this Record and the compounded name James Smith is repeated, at least 31 times. Not one of them refers to ggg-grandfather James.

The images, Pages 327 through and including 332, are downloaded from Item 6 of the microfilm FHL [1563380]. I believe that this Record is another Indenture of the former works in Part 325s and Part 326s.

Here are the images.

The lines of my transcription may not to wrap correctly on your monitor. I have placed a "hard-return" at the end of each line which should correspond to each complete line in the actual Documents. Here is my transcription.

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Exd

Entered 10 January 1833

This Indenture made the Fifth day of January in the year of Our Lord One
thousand Eight hundred and Thirty three Between Henry Wharton Waddilove of the Island of
Grenada Esquire of the one part and James Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn
Merchants and Copartners carrying on busineʃs in the City of Glasgow in Scotland under the style
or firm of James and Archibald Smith and Co of the other part Whereas divers transactions
and matter of busineʃs have for some years back paʃsed and take place between the said James
Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn and the said Henry Wharton Waddilove the said
Henry Wharton Waddilove having been in the habit of consigning the sugars made on his Estate
called Union hereinafter more particularly mentioned to them the said James Smith Archibald
Smith and Robert McCunn ^and they the said James Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn having sent out the stores and supplies and accepted and paid the
drafts which he the said Henry Wharton Waddilove had from time to time drawn and valued on them
And whereas there is now due and owing by the said Henry Wharton Waddilove to the said James
Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn upon the transactions aforesaid the sum of Five
thousand Pounds Sterling money of Great Britain or thereabouts and the said Henry Wharton Waddilove
may have occasion to apply to the said James Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn
to make further advances to enable him to carry on the cultivation and management of the
said Estate which the said James Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn are inclined
to do upon having a mortgage security upon the said Estate and premises and which the said
Henry Wharton Waddilove had agreed to give and grant Now therefore this Indenture

witneʃseth

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Witneʃseth that for and in consideration of the said agreement and of the said sum of Five thousand
pounds or thereabouts now due and owing from the said Henry Wharton Waddilove to the said James
Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn And also for and in consideration of the sum of Ten
shillings of sterling and lawful money of Great Britain to the said Henry Wharton Waddilove in hand
well and truly paid by the said James Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn at or imme
diately before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged He the said
Henry Wharton Waddilove Hath granted bargained sold aliened released and confirmed and by
these presents Doth grant bargain sell alien release and confirm unto the said James Smith Archibald
Smith and Robert McCunn (in their actual poʃseʃsion now being by virtue of a bargain and sale to
them thereof made for one whole year in consideration of Five shillings by Indenture bearing date the day
next before the fay of the date of these presents and by force of the statute made for transferring uses such poʃseʃsion
and to their heirs and aʃsigns All that plantation or estate called or known by the name of the Union formerly
of Thomas Townsend deceased situate in the Parish of Saint Mark in the said Island of Grenada containing
Four hundred and thirteen acres of land or thereabouts abutted and bounded as follows that is to say towards
the north partly by Duquesne Resource and Mount Pleasant Estate and on the West partly by lands belonging to George
Paterson and lands belonging to Mount Alexander Estate and an estate called Bellevue belonging partly
to Mount William and Industry Estates or howsoever otherwise the same is abutted bounded know distinguished
or described together with all meʃsuages houses buildings sugar works edifices and erections thereon erected
and built standing or being And all ways paths paʃsages waters watercourses trees woods underwoods canes
provisions and other growing things thereon mills stills still heads worms boilers coolers cisterns _____ ladles
skimmers plantation tools implements of planting and dead stock whatsoever And all horses mules cattle
oxen sheep and live stock whatsoever upon or belonging to the same lights easements priviledges profits commodities
advantages emoluments rights members hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever to the said plantation
or estate lands and premises belonging or in any wise appertaining or therewith or with any part thereof used
occupied or enjoyed or accepted reputed deemed taken or known as part parcel or member thereof and also
all those one hundred and fifty nine slaves whose names are particularly mentioned and set forth in the
schedule hereto annexed together with the future iʃsue and increase of the females of the said slaves and
the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders rents iʃsues and profits of all and singular the said
plantation slaves and premises And also all the estate right title interest use trust property claim and
demand whatsoever both at law and in equity of him the said Henry Wharton Waddilove of in to as out
of the same premises every or any part or parcel thereof and all deeds evidences and writings? which solely
relate to or concern the said plantation slaves and premises in his custody or power or which he can or may
get or come by without suit at law or in equity To have and to hold the said plantation buildings lands
slaves hereditaments and all and singular other premises mentioned to be hereby granted and released or
intended so to be with? their and every of their rights _____ and appurtenances unto the said James Smith
Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn their heirs and aʃsigns to their only proper? use and behoof of the
said James Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn their heirs and aʃsigns for ever? subject
nevertheleʃs to the proviso and condition hereinafter mentioned or contained _____ the same (that is to say)
Provided always and the said James Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn their heirs executors
and administrators do hereby covenant promise and agree to and with the said Henry Wharton Waddilove
his heirs and aʃsigns that if the said Henry Wharton Waddilove his heirs executors or administrator do

and 

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And shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said James Smith Archibald Smith and
Robert McCunn heir executors administrators or aʃsigns at the _____ house of the said James and
Archibald Smith in Glasgow on or before the first day of January which will be in the Year of Our Lord
One thousand Eight hundred and Thirty six the full sum of Five thousand pounds sterling money of Great
Britain within interest thereon at the rate of Five Per Centum Per Annum from the and of the date hereof
or on such sum as may appear by the account current of the said Henry Wharton Waddilove with the
said James Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn to be fairly due on this day without any
______ or abatement net of the same forms in respect of any notes taxes charges aʃseʃsments or impositions
whatsoever already taxed aʃseʃsed or imposed or hereafter to be rated taxed aʃseʃsed or imposed by authority
of Parliament or otherwise howsoever on the said plantation or estate lands slaves hereditaments and
premises hereby released or mentioned and intended so to be or any part thereof or on the said sum of Five
thousand pounds or such sum or sums as may to now become due or hereafter become due or any part
thereof to the said James Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn their heirs executors administrators
or aʃsigns in respect thereof a fee? or in respect of any other sum or sums of money that may be hereafter lent
or advanced or become due from the said Henry Wharton Waddilove to the said James Smith Archibald
Smith and Robert McCunn of for or in respect of any other matter or thing whatsoever then from and
_____ thereafter or after such payment to made as aforesaid the said James Smith Archibald Smith
and Robert McCunn their heirs and aʃsigns shall and will at the request of the said Henry Wharton Waddilove
his heirs executors or administrators convey and _____ the said Plantation or estate lands slaves hereditaments and
premises hereby released or mentioned and intended so to be with their and every of their appurtenances
unto and to the use of the said Henry Wharton Waddilove his heirs and aʃsigns or to and for such uses
estates and purposes as he the said Henry Wharton Waddilove his heirs or aʃsigns shall direct _____ or
appoint freed and discharged of and from all incumbrances whatsoever committed or done by them the said
James Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn or any of either of them ^ their or any or either of their Heirs or aʃsigns, And the said
Henry Wharton Waddilove for himself his heirs executors ^and administrators doth hereby covenant promise and
agree to and with the said James Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn their heirs executors
administrators and aʃsigns in manner following (that is to say) that he the said Henry Wharton Waddilove
his heirs executors and administrators shall and will well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said
James Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn their executors administrators and aʃsigns the said sum
of Five thousand pounds Sterling money aforesaid with interest as aforesaid at the time and place and in manner
above limited? for payment thereof accorded to the true intent and meaning of the above written proviso And also
that he the said Henry Wharton Waddilove now hath in himself good right full power and absolute authority
by these present to grant bargain sell release and convey the said plantation lands buildings Slaves
hereditaments and premises hereby released or mentioned or intended so to be justly their and every of
their appurtenances unto and to the use of the said James Smith Archibald Smith and Robert Mc
Cunn their heirs and aʃsigns in manner aforesaid and according to the true intent and meaning of
these presents And further that from and after default shall happen to be made of or in payment of
the said sum of Five thousand pounds or of any such further advances and sums of money which
the said James Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn may pay or cause under on
account for the said Henry Wharton Waddilove or the said said Union Estate according to the true intent
and meaning of these presents and the before mentioned proviso it shall and may be lawful
to and for the said James Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn their heirs and aʃsigns

peaceably

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Peaceably and quietly to enter into have hold and enjoy the said plantation slaves and premises
hereby? or mentioned and intended to be hereby released with their appurtenances and receive and take
the rents iʃsues and profits thereof to their own use and uses without the let hindrance interruption _____
of the said Henry Wharton Waddilove his heirs or aʃsigns or any of them or of any other person or persons
whosoever and that (save and except or certain mortgage incumbrance of Eight thousand pounds
sterling money of Great Britain affecting the same by Indentures bearing sale respectively the third and
fourth days of January in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and twenty eight and
made between the said Henry Wharton Waddilove of the one part and Sophia Townsend Charlotte
Townsend Caroline Townsend and Louisa Townsend therein described of the other part _____ free and clear
and freely and clearly acquitted exonerated and discharged or otherwise by the said Henry Wharton Waddilove
his heir executors and administrators saved? defended kept harmleʃs and indemnified of from and against
all and all manner of former and other gifts grants bargains sales mortgages jointures dowers uses
entails statutes recognizances judgments titles charges and incumbrances whatsoever And that he the
said Henry Wharton Waddilove and his heirs and all and every other person or persons whomsoever having
or lawfully claiming or who shall or may hereafter have a lawfully claim any estate right title _____ or
interest as to or out of the said plantation or estate lands buildings slaves hereditaments and premises
hereby or mentioned or intended to be hereby released or any part thereof shall and will from time to time
and at all times from and after default shall happen to be made of or in payment of the said sum of
Five thousand pounds and if any further sum and sums of money hereafter to be advanced paid laid out
or expensed to or for the behoof of the said Henry Wharton Waddilove or the said Union estate and interest
as aforesaid upon the reasonable request and at the costs and charges of the said James Smith Archibald Smith
and Robert McCunn their heirs executors and administrators make do acknowledge levy suffer and execute
or made? and procure to be made done acknowledged and executed all and every such further and other lawful
and reasonable act and acts deed and deeds devices conveyances and aʃsurances in the law whatsoever for the
further better more perfect and absolute conveying and aʃsuring the said premises hereby released or mentioned
and intended to be with their and every of their appurtenances unto and to the use of the said James Smith
Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn their heirs or aʃsigns or their Counsel in the law shall be reasonably _____ or
advised and required And lastly it is hereby declared and agreed by and between the said parties to these
presents that until default shall happen to be made of or in payment of the said sum of Five thousand
pounds and all and every sum sum and sums of money hereafter to be advanced last and paid as aforesaid or
of the interest thereof contrary to the true interest and meaning of the above written proviso it shall ^_____ and may be lawful
to and for the said Henry Wharton Waddilove and his heirs and aʃsigns peaceably and quietly to have hold and
enjoy the said premises hereby released or mentioned and intended so to be with their and every of their appurte
nances and receive and take the rents iʃsues and profits thereof without the let suit hindrance interruption or
denial of or by the said James Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn their executors and administrators
or aʃsigns or of any other person or persons whomsoever lawfully claiming or who shall or may claim by from or
under them any or wither of them In Witneʃs whereof the said parties to these presents their hands and seals
have hereunto set the day and year first above written - Henry Wharton Waddilove (LS)

James Smith by his Attorney Robert Kirk (LS)

Archibald Smith by his Attorney Robert Kirk (LS)

Robert McCunn by his Attorney Robert Kirk (LS)

Sealed and delivered in the presence of

Jno Dixon Gilbert Owsley Rowley

Schedule

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Schedule of Slaves referred to in and by the aforegoing Indenture 

Males

Abraham	20 Gregoire	Joseph	Noel
Alexis	Honoire	40 Joseph Ker	Paddy
Artist	Horatio	Julien 1	60 Peter
Bernard	Hugh	Julien 2	Pierre
5 Caesar	Isaac	Justin	Polite
Caliste	25 Jack	King	Richard 1
Croʃse?	Jim Black	45 Lofaret?	Richard 2
Charles	Jerome	Laurent	65 Richmond
David	John	London	Robert
10 Denis	Jno Baptiste	Louis	Sam
Diamond	30 Jno Cabre	McSween	Sandy
Edward	Jno Charles	50 Magloire?	Sandy Ker
Edward Bishop	Jno Elley	Mark	70 Simon
Ettienne	John Jack	Maurice 1	Thomas
15 Francois	Jno Joseph	Maurice 2	Touʃsaint
Frank	35 Jno Louis	Modest	William
George 1	John McLaurence?	55 Ned Ker	74 William Cameron
George 2	Jno Noel	Nicholas
Ginger	Jno Pierre	Noel

Females

Adelaide 1	Elinot	Madlaine Ker	Pauline 1
Adelaide 2	Eliza	Madlonette	65 Pauline 2
Agnes	Franchine	45 Margaret 1	Peggy
Alexandrine	20 Francis	Margaret 2	Pitaque
5 Angel	Franciette	Margaret Ker	Pindar
Anne	Germaine	Marie	Reine
Baby	Glaudine	Mariette	70 Rosallie
Bolta?	Hanah	50 Mary Ann	Ruffine
Betsy Ker 1	30 Javotte	Mary Cary 2	Rose 1
10 Betsy Townsend	Jenny	Mary Dominique	Rose 2
Bibianne	Jane Claire		Mary Emma 1	Sally
Catherine 1	Jane Rose	Mary Emma 2	75 Sally Ker
Catherine 2	Jeannette	55 Mary Gibson 1	Sophia 1
Charlotte	35 Jeʃsy	Mary Gibson 2	Sophia 2
Christianne	Janine?	Mary Jane	Susanne
Claire	Julianne	Mary Madlaine	Susey
Chloe	June	Mary Rose	80 Thelioste
Clarene	Kitty	60 Mary Therese	Toinette
			Therese
Cumba	Louisa	Mary Townsend	Zabeth 1
20 Delia	Lucy	Monique	Zabeth 2
Elinore	Madlaine	Nanon	85 Zetrine?

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Grenada - Acknowledged before me by Henry Wharton Waddilove Esquire one of the parties executing the written?
Indenture of Release as and for his free and voluntary act and deed and also Robert Kirk Esquire as the Attorney
in the several and respective names of and as for the several and respective free and voluntary acts and
deeds of James Smith Archibald Smith and Robert McCunn the other parties to the said Indenture of
Release this ninth day of January in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty three.

Owsley Rowley – Reg –

And I now move on to the next Record.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 327s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1918 Marriage HL Smith & JLE Abraham

A wonderful good morning… and a thank you very much to Bernard.

Via email from London and Sweden I received a very nice gift yesterday; the Marriage Announcement from the 5 April 1918 edition of The Daily Chronicle. It is the Marriage Announcement of my grandparents Hubert Lloyd and Jeanne Lucie Ernestine (née Abraham) Smith. Per the Announcement, they were married 3 April 1918 at the St. James-the-Less Anglican Church in Kitty, Demerara, British Guiana (now Guyana).

From Zoë’s and Toni’s files we have had a copy of their 23 March 1918 marriage Licence.

And from a 2010 online copy of the Stabroek News, referencing a 30 June 2009 article in the Guyana Review I found images and a brief history of the St. James-the-Less Anglican Church.

It is amazing what can be found and how information can be communicated today online. This is the Internet.

Just think of what grandfather Hubert Lloyd could of imagined of his grandchildren's future when he went to work at the W.I. and P. Telegraph Company.

Thank you, Bernard, Toni, and Zoë.

Enjoy,

Jim

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