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Grand Roi Estate

Grenada | St John

Estate Details

Associated People (11)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
- 1776 [LA] → Annuitant
John Hyde of St James Hackney, merchant

In his will of 1776, John Hyde said that he had purchased an annuity of £200 p.a. secured on Grand Roy from the executors of Peter Fearon merchant of London.

1776 [EA] - → Annuitant
John Hyde of Montagu Square

Inherited an annuity of £200 p.a. secured on the Grand Roy estate from his father John Hyde of St James Hackney.

1776 [EA] - 1776 [LA] → Not known
Peter Fearon

The executors of Peter Fearon (d. 1772) sold an annuity of £200 p.a. secured on Grand Roy to John Hyde, according to Hyde's will proved in 1776. It is not clear whether Fearon had owned the estate. He is known to have held three annuities on the lives of three members of the Touchet family, and conceivably the annuity sold to Hyde might have been one of these.

1787 [EA] - 1790 [LA] → Mortgage Holder
Thomas Harrison
1787 [EA] - 1799 [LA] → Mortgage Holder
Henry Poole of Woodford
1799 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
Joseph Marryat senior

At some point between 1799 and 1817, Marryat must have extinguished the equity of redemption.

1817 [EA] - → Attorney
John Hoyes of Grenada
1817 [EA] - 1824 [EY] → Owner
Joseph Marryat senior
1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
John Hoyes of Grenada
1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Previous owner
Joseph Marryat senior
1832 [EA] - → Attorney
Richard Steele

Associated Claims (1)

Grenada 614 (Grand Roy Estate)
£2,810 13S 3D

Estate Information (7)

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1787
[Number of enslaved people] 115(Tot)  
[Name] Grand Roi  
[Size] 332  
 

An indenture of 09/01/1799 between Henry Poole of Woodford and Joseph Marryat of New Bridge Street gave background on Grand Roi: By a deed of 05/03/1787 Marie Mariecheau and Jean Baptiste Ollivier had mortgaged Grand Roi with 115 enslaved people, Mon Plaisir with 103 enslaved people, and a further 42 enslaved people, to Thomas Harrison of Angel Court and Henry Poole his partner for £20,000 (there was also a balance due on current account of £917 5s) at 6%p.a. Mariecheau and Ollivier had committed to repay a total of £26,926 5s over the following 8 years. Harrison had died c. 31/12/1791 having assigned his interest in the mortgage to Poole. Four of the 8 instalments were made but the other four were not, and under the deeds of 1799 Joseph Marryat bought the mortgage for the then outstanding balance £16612 8s 2d, of which £6612 8s 2d was paid upfront and £10,000 to be paid over 10 years at 5% (secured also by £20,000 consols placed in trust by Marryat).

This deed has been transcribed by Jim Smith, who gives the reference Grenada Registers of Records Item 3 of the microfilm FHL [1563378], https://agenealogyhunt.blogspot.com/2012/01/part-624s-smith-robertson-genealogy.html [accessed 24/11/2020].

1817
[Number of enslaved people] 134(Tot)  
[Name] Grand Roy  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of John Hoyes attorney for Joseph Marryatt Esqr.

 
T71/265 289-293
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 132(Tot) 65(F) 67(M)  
[Name] Grand Roy Estate  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of Joseph Marryat Esq, position not recorded.

 
T71/274 43
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 125(Tot) 59(F) 66(M)  
[Name] Grande Roy Estate  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of John Hoyes as Attorney of Joseph Marryat Esq, the Proprietor.

 
T71/285 2-3
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 121(Tot) 55(F) 66(M)  
[Name] Grand Roy Estate  
 

In the lawful possession of John Hoyes attorney of the trustees of the late Joseph Marryat deceased.

 
T71/299 69
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 117(Tot) 55(F) 62(M)  
[Name] Grand Roy Estate  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of John Hoyes Attorney for the Trustees of the late Joseph Marryatt decd

 
T71/311 170-1771
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 113(Tot) 54(F) 59(M)  
[Name] Grand Roy Estate  
 

In the lawful possession of Richard Steele as attorney of Joseph and Charles Marryat Esquires.

 
T71/317 152-153