Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library

GENEALOGY REPORTS FROM
REGISTERS, WILLS AND ALMANACS

Note:
1. All baptisms, marriages and burial before 1878 are from Anglican Parish Registers, unless otherwise noted.
2. If no parents are listed at a child's baptism, they were unmarried, as a general rule.
3. Date format: Month, Day, year


Descendants of ? Bayly

Generation No. 1

        1.  ?1 Bayly was born Bef. 1708.
        
Children of ? Bayly are:
        2 i. Zachary2 Bayly, born Abt. 1721; died December 18, 17691.

Notes for Zachary Bayly:
Owner of Trinity, Tryal, Baylys Vale, Brimmer Hall, Nonsuch, Unity, Crawle, and sundry penns and provision settlements in St. Mary; houses and stores in Port Maria Bay, a Wharf; and Greenwich Park in St. Andrew.
In 1811 to 1822 Zachariah Hume Edwards was the proprietor/trustee of Nonsuch and Unity in St. Mary.

WILL OF ZACHARY BAYLY:

I Zachary Bayly Do hereby make and declare my Will as to the disposition and Division of such Estate and property as I am now or may be Seized or possessed of or intitled unto at the time of my decease. 1st. Imprimis I Do in the First place make all my Estate Subject and Liable to the payment of all my Debts and Legacys and desire the same may be Speedily paid and discharge[d] by my Executor hereinafter named. 2d. I Give devise and bequeath unto my most worthy and respected Sister Mary Bayly of Westbury in the County of Wilts in the Kingdom of Great Britain Spinster one hundred pounds Sterling Money to be paid her immediately after my decease to buy Mourning and One hundred pounds Sterling every three Months after during her natural Life, but it is my will that if my said Sister shall rather Chuse to accept and take the sum of Four thousd. pounds Sterling Money than the said Annuity or Rent Charge of Four hundred pounds Sterling Per Annum It is my Express will and desire that my Executor and Residuary Devisee hereafter named do upon Notice given to him within one year after my Decease pay unto my said Sister the said sum of Four Thousand Pounds Sterling Money with Interest at Five pounds Per Centum to be accounted from the day such Notice shall be given or from the date of the First Quarterly payment of such Annuity as would next become due after the Notice Given, it being my absolute Intention that the said Annuity or Quarterly Payments shall be punctually made to her my said Sister untill such Notice shall be given of her Intention as aforesaid. 3d. I Give Devise and bequeath to my other Loving Sisters Elizabeth Edwards Ann Barton Susanna Linger and Jane Watts one Annuity or Rent Charge of one hundred pounds Sterling each for Life to be paid into Each of their respective hands for their own Sole and seperate use and not to be liable to the Controul of Either of their now or any future husband, and I do give my said Sisters Fifty pounds Sterling each to buy Mourning. 4th. Whereas I did some time Since Execute a Deed of Gift to Settle upon my Sister the Honble. Mrs. Elizabeth Bayly Wife of my Brother Nathaniel Bayly an Annuity or Rent Charge of Six hundred pounds Sterling to be Issuing and payable out of my Plantations called Trinity Tryal and Baylys Vale from the death of my said Brother if she should Survive him during her natural Life which Deed I do hereby Confirm, and [ie. now] I do also give and bequeath to my said Sister Five hundred pounds Sterling which I hope She will accept as a further token of my respect to her. 5th. I Give devise and bequeath to each and every of my Nephews now Born or who shall be born within one year next after my decease the sum of two thousand pounds Sterling Money to be paid to each of them that may be of age in two years after my decease and to the rest as they shall respectively attain their age of Twenty one years with Interest at Five pounds per Centum to Commence two Years after my decease and be paid Annually for their support except out of this Devise such of my said Nephews as shall by this my Will or by any other Codicil that I may make to this Will be by me otherwise provided for. 6th. I Give devise and bequeath in like manner to each of my Neices and to such other Daughters of my Sisters as may be born within a year after my decease One Thousand Pounds Sterling Each to be paid to such as may be Married or that have attained the age of Twenty one years in two years after my decease and to the Rest as soon as they shall Attain to their respective Ages of Twenty one years or days of Marriage which shall First happen with Interest at Five pounds Per Centum to be allowed and paid for their Support to Commence two years after my decease. 7th. I Give Devise and bequeath unto my Esteemed and very much respected Friends Benjamin Hume of this Island and Thomas Harris (of the City of Bristol) and John Morse (of the City of London) One hundred Guineas each to buy a Ring or other Token of the long Interrupted Friendship that has subsisted between us and it is my desire that my Nephew Bryan Edwards will not distress the said Benjamin Hume on Account of the large Sum or Sums of Money due or that may be due to me from the said Benjamin Hume or his Estate at the time of my decease but give reasonable time for the payment and Contribute as much as in his power to render the remainder of my said worthy Friends Life Comfortable and Happy in all respects. I also Desire my Said Nephew will Give Fifty Mourning Rings Value two Guineas Each amongst my most Intimate Friends. I likewise Give to my worthy Friends John Ellis Esqr. and the Reverend Mr. William Williams Fifty pounds Sterling each to buy a Ring or other token of my respect to them. 8th. Whereas John Ireland Stands Indebted to me in a sum of Money lent to him upon Bond I do hereby give and devise the same to my Nephew Bryan Edwards for the use of my Kinswoman Catharine Ireland Wife of the said John Ireland to be held in Trust by my said Nephew Bryan Edwards my Executor hereinafter named who I desire will take a better security for the Said Money and pay over into her own hands the Interest thereof annually for her the said Catherines own Sole and Seperate use during her Coverture and the whole Money of She shall Survive her said Husband as soon as the same can be recovered and received, And in Case of her Death during the Life of her said Husband then I Give the same to her Brother James Nibbs but not to be called Inn [sic] during the Life of the said John Ireland, Provided he will give a Mortgage upon his property as a Security and Pay the Interest Annually. 9th. Whereas I am Seized and Possessed (inter alia) of Four Plantations in the parish of Saint Mary called Trinity Tryal Baylys Vale and Brimmer Hall and Sundry Penns and Provision Settlements all Contiguous and adjoining to Each other containing in the whole upwards of three Thousand acres of Land which together with all the Capital Messuages Works Water Mills Wind Mills and Cattle Mills Boyling and Curing Houses Still Houses and all the Houses with the Coppers Stills and all manner of Plantation Utensils thereon together also with one thousand Negro Slaves with a Sufficient number of Mules Steers Cattle and Stock of every kind thereon together likewise with a large Pile of Buildings lately Erected for Houses And Stores upon Port Maria Bay and a Wharfe and Crane and all my Lands upon which the same is Built and Erected being about Five Acres including the Shoal Water Land, I Give devise and bequeath the said Plantations Lands Slaves and Premisses to my worthy Friend John Morse of the City of London and John Ellis Esquire to them and their Heirs, in Trust to permit and suffer my Nephew Bryan Edwards to manage and Carry on the said Estates and to raise and pay out of the Rents and Profits thereof to my Brother the above named Nathaniel Bayly One Thousand Pounds Sterling in one year after my decease and the like Sum every year for the Term of Five years after my decease and the remainder of the Clear Yearly profits and produce of said Estates I hereby impower the said Bryan Edwards to lay out in the settling and Compleating all necessary Works and Buildings on the New Plantation called Bayly's Vale and Erecting a Water Mill at Trinity and any other Works or Buildings my said Nephew shall think necessary on any of the said Plantations and Premisses and in the Purchase of Slaves so as to Compleat at least the Number of one Thousand Slaves on the said Plantations Penns Provision Lands so Vested in Trust together with a sufficient Number of Mules Steers And all kinds of Stock and Plantation necessarys for carrying on the same and the remainder of the Neat Produce for the said Term of Five years to be made use of by my said Nephew in the Purchase of Shoreditches Penn and a Piece of Land called Frys Run belonging to Mr. Heywood and Forty Acres part of another Run called Frys belonging to Mr. Taylor or the Heirs of Byndloss if the same can be bought by him on reasonable Terms during the said period of Five years in which Case it is my will that the same shall be held by my said Friends the said John Morse and John Ellis and be Purchased in their Names and the Name of the Survivor of them and their Heirs In Trust for the same uses and purposes as my said Plantations above mentioned are to be held, and in case it shall so happen that the said Lands nor any part thereof can be bought by my said Nephew or the neat Produce shall Exceed the purchase to which the same is made applycable as aforesaid the same shall Vest in my said Nephew as Part of the Residuum of my Estate, And it is my Will that at the End and Expiration of the said Term of Five years the said Plantations and Premisses shall be held by my said Trustees to the use of my said Brother for Life and to be under his Management and direction or such person or persons as he shall appoint, but it is my Express will that my said Brother do constantly Keep the works and buildings in good repair and keep up the Number of one thousand Slaves upon the said Plantations together with a Sufficiency of Mules Steers Stock of all kind and Plantation utensils out of the annual produce. And after the Death of my said Brother Remainder to the said John Morse and John Ellis and their Heirs to the use of the First Son of the Body of my said Brother Lawfully begotten and of the Issue Male of the Body of such First Son Lawfully begotten and for default of such Issue then to the use of the second third and fourth and of all and every other the Son and Sons of the Body of my said Brother Nathaniel Bayly Lawfully to be begotten Severally Successively and in remainder one after another as they and every of them shall be in Seniority of Age and Priority of Birth and of the several and respective Issue Male of the Body and Bodys of all and every such Son and Sons Lawfully begotten, the Elder of such Sons and the Issue Male of his Body being always to be Preferred and to take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Heirs Male of his and their Body and Bodies Lawfully Issuing and for default of such Issue then to the use of my said Nephew Bryan Edwards for and during the Term of his natural Life without Impeachment of Waste and from and after the determination of that Estate Then to the use of them the said John Morse and John Ellis and their Heirs during the natural Life of my said Nephew, Upon Trust to support and preserve the Contingent uses and Estates hereinafter Limitted from being Barred or Defeated and for that purpose to make Entries and bring Actions as occasion shall be or require but nevertheless to Permit and Suffer the said Bryan Edwards and his assigns during his natural Life to receive and take the Rents Issues Profits and Produce of the said premisses and of every part thereof to and for his and their own use and benefit, and from and after his decease then to the use of the First Son of the Body of my said Nephew Lawfully to be begotten and of the Issue Male of the Body of such First Son Lawfully begotten and for default of such Issue Then to the use of the Second Third and Fourth and of all and every other the Son and Sons of the body of my said Nephew Bryan Edwards Lawfully to be begotten Severally Successively and in remainder one after another as they and every of them shall be in seniority of Age and priority of Birth and of the several and respective Heirs Male of the Body and Bodies of all and every such Son and Sons Lawfully begotten, the Elder of such sons and the Issue Male of his Body being always to be preferred and to take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Issue Male of his and their Body and Bodies Lawfully begotten, and for default of such Issue then to the use of my Nephew Zachary Bayly Edwards for and during the Term of his natural Life without Impeachment of Waste and from and after the determination of that Estate then to the use of them the said John Morse and John Ellis and their Heirs during the natural Life of my said Nephew, upon Trust to support and preserve Contingent uses and Estates hereinafter Limitted from being barred or defeated and for that purpose to make Entries and bring Actions as occasion shall be or require but nevertheless to Permit and Suffer the said Zachary Bayly Edwards and his assigns during his natural Life to receive and take the Rents Issues Profitts and Produce of the said premisses and of every part thereof to his and their own use and benefit, and from and after his decease Then to the use of the First Son of the Body of my said Nephew Lawfully begotten and of the Issue Male of the Body of such First Son Lawfully begotten and in default of such Issue Then to the use of the Second Third and Fourth and of all and every other the Son and Sons of the Body of my said Nephew Lawfully to be begotten Severally Successively and in remainder one after another as they and every of them shall be in seniority of Age and priority of Birth and of the several and respective Issue Male of the Body and Bodys of all and every such Son and Sons Lawfully begotten, the Elder of such sons and the Issue Male of his Body being always to be preferred and to take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Issue Male of his and their Body and Bodys Lawfully begotten, and for want of such Issue then to the use of the Eldest Son of my Sister Ann Barton Lawfully begotten or to be begotten and of the Issue Male of the Body of such Elder Son Lawfully begotten and for default of such Issue Then to the use of the Second Third and Fourth and of all and every other the Son and Sons of the Body of my said Sister Ann Barton Lawfully to be begotten Severally Successively and in remainder one after another as they shall be in seniority of Age and priority of Birth and of the several and respective Issue Male of the Body and Bodies of all and every such Son and Sons Lawfully begotten, the Elder of such sons and the Issue Male of his Body being always to be preferred and to take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Issue Male of his and their Body and Bodies Lawfully begotten, and in default of such Issue then to the use of the First Son of the Body of my Sister Jane Watts Lawfully begotten or to be begotten and of the Issue Male of the Body of such First Son Lawfully begotten and for default of such Issue Then to the use of the Second Third and Fourth and of all and every other the Son and Sons of the Body of my said Sister Jane Lawfully to be begotten Severally Successively and in remainder one after another as they and every of them shall be in seniority of Age and priority of Birth and of the several and respective Issue Male of the Body and Bodys of all and every such Son and Sons Lawfully begotten, the Elder of such sons and the Issue Male of his Body being always preferred and to take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Issue Male of his and their Body and Bodies Lawfully begotten, and for default of such Issue then to the use of my Own Right Heirs for ever and to and for no other use Intent or purpose whatsoever, Provided always nevertheless and I do hereby will and direct that my said Brother Nathaniel Bayly and my said Nephews Bryan Edwards and Zachary Bayly Edwards and the several other Tenants for Life when and as they shall respectively come into and be in the actual possession of the said Several Plantations Penns Lands Tenements Slaves Heredits and Premisses hereinbefore by me given and devised to the said Trustees by Virtue of the Limitations aforesaid to Charge Incumber and make Liable all the said Premisses or a sufficient part thereof with the payment of an Annuity or Annuities not exceeding the sum of one thousand pounds Sterling to and for the use of any woman or women which he or they respectively shall happen to Marry or take to Wife for the Life or Lives of such Wife or Wives for her or their Jointure or Jointures by any Deed or Deeds or writing Signed and Sealed in the presence of two Credible Witnesses and by the said Deed or deeds in which I will and direct that my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them do join to assign Limit or appoint so much or such part or parts of the said Premisses as shall be sufficient to raise and pay such Jointure as shall be agreed upon by my said Brother or my Nephew or Nephews or other Person in possession of my said Estate for Life by virtue of this my Will not exceeding the said Sum of one Thousand pounds Sterling per annum and also by the same deed or deeds to raise and Levy for the Use of Younger Children by such Wife or Wives out of the Rents Issues and Produce of the said Estate and Premisses such Sum or Sums of Money as are hereinafter mentioned and declared, that is to say, if but one Child (other than the Eldest and only Son) Then the Sum of Ten Thousand pounds Sterling to be paid to such only Child (if a Boy) at his age of Twenty one years and (if a Girl) at her age of Twenty one years or day of Marriage, but if he or she shall happen to dye before the said age or day of Marriage then I will and direct that the said Sum of Ten Thousand Pounds Sterling shall not be raised or paid, and if there shall be two or more Children (other than the Eldest and only Son) then the Sum of Fifteen thousand pounds Sterling to be paid to and equally shared and divided amongst such two or more younger Children share and share alike at the age of twenty one years (if Boys) and (if Girls) at the age of Twenty one years or day of Marriage, and in case any or either of them shall happen to dye before the said age or day of Marriage then the part or share of him or her or any of them so dying to go to the Survivors, Provided always so as no one of them have above the Sum of Ten Thousand pounds Sterling Portion or any two of them above the Sum of Fifteen thousand pounds Sterling between them, and if all of them dye before the said age of twenty one years or day of Marriage then the said sum of Fifteen thousand pounds shall cease and shall not be raised or paid and also till such younger Child or Children shall be Intitled to receive their said portion or portions to reside [raise] and pay out of the Rents Issues Profits and Produce of the said premisses for the Maintenance and Education of such younger Children a Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding one hundred and Fifty pounds Sterling each Per Annum, And my Will and Meaning is that in case any of my Nephews shall come into the possession of my said Estates and Premisses by Virtue of this my Will he shall not be Entitled to the Rents profits produce or benefit thereof until he shall have procured an Act of the British Parliament or of the Legislature of this Island to take upon him the Surname of Bayly nor shall either of the persons to whom my said Estates are Limitted hold the same upon any other Condition than that of taking upon him and making use of my said Surname and if the person to whom the same shall come by Virtue of this my Will shall refuse to take upon him and make use of my said Surname, It is in that case my Will that my said Estate and Premisses given In Trust as aforesaid shall immediately go and pass to the person to whom it is next Limitted in Like manner as if such person so refusing to take upon him and make use of my said Surname was Actually dead or had never been named or included in the Limitation of my Estate and Premisses in this my Will. 10th. Whereas I did some time since Execute a deed granting unto my said Nephew Bryan Edwards one Annuity or Sum of three hundred pounds per Annum payable out of the Rents Issues and Profits of my said Plantation or sugar work called Tryal hereinbefore mentioned which said Annuity or Sum of three hundred pounds per annum given unto him by the said Deed of Settlement I do hereby desire my said Nephew will release and make Null and Void the same from and after my decease as I have otherwise provided for him in this my said Will. And whereas I am also Seized and Possessed of two other Plantations in the said Parish of St. Mary called Nonsuch and Unity and a penn called the Crawle together with the Penns and Provision Grounds adjoining and Contiguous thereto containing in the whole upwards of Two Thousand Acres of Land and about Five hundred Negro Slaves thereon together with all the Capital Messuages Works Water Mills Wind Mill and Cattle Mills Boyling Houses Curing Houses Still Houses and all other Houses and Buildings thereon with the Coppers Stills and all manner of Plantation Utensils thereon and also all the Mules Steers Cattle and Stock of every kind whatsoever and thereunto belonging, I do hereby give and devise the same unto my said Friends John Morse and John Ellis to them and their heirs, In Trust nevertheless to raise and pay thereout the above Several Annuities of Four hundred pounds Sterling to my Sister Mary Bayly and one hundred pounds Sterling Annuity to Each of my said Sisters Elizabeth Ann Susanna and Jane during their respective Lives or to raise and pay thereout the Sum of Four thousand pounds Sterling to my said Sister Mary if She shall make her Option to receive the same in Lieu of the Annuity to her hereinbefore devised, And on further Trust to permit and suffer my said Nephew Bryan Edwards to Manage and Carry on the said Estates and to take the Rents Issues and Profits thereof (paying thereout the severall annuities hereinbefore specified to be paid) to his own use for and during the term of his natural Life, And it is my Will that my said Nephew the said Bryan Edwards do constantly keep the works and building in good repair and keep up the Number of Five hundred Slaves at least upon the said Plantations together with a Sufficiency of Mules Steers Cattle and Stock of all kind and Plantation Utensils out of the annual produce and after the Death of my said Nephew remainder to the said John Morse and John Ellis and their Heirs, To the use of the First son of the Body of my said nephew Lawfully begotten and of the Issue Male of the Body of such First Son Lawfully begotten and for Default of such Issue Then to the use of the second third and Fourth and of all and every other the Son and Sons of the Body of my said Nephew Bryan Edwards Lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another as they and every of them shall be in seniority of age and Priority of Birth and of the several and respective Issue Male of the Body and Bodys of all and every such Son and Sons Lawfully begotten, the Elder of such Sons and the Issue male of his Body being always to be preferred and to take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Issue Male of his and their Body and Bodys Lawfully begotten, and for default of such Issue then to the use of my Nephew John Edwards for and during the Term of his natural Life without Impeachment of Waste and from and after the determination of that Estate Then to the use of them the said John Morse and John Ellis and their Heirs during the natural Life of my said Nephew, Upon Trust to Support and Preserve the Contingent uses and Estates hereinafter Limitted from being Barred or Defeated and for that purpose to make entries and bring actions as occasion shall be or require but nevertheless to Permit and Suffer the said John Edwards and his assigns during his natural Life to receive and take the Rents Issues Profits and Produce of the said premisses and of every part thereof (he paying thereout the several annuitys hereinbefore devised to be paid or such of them as shall be then existing) to and for his and their own use and benefit, and from and after his Decease Then to the use of the First Son of the Body of my said Nephew Lawfully to be begotten and of the Issue Male of the Body of such First Son Lawfully begotten and for default of such Issue Then to the use of the second third and Fourth and of all and every other the Son and Sons of the Body of my said Nephew John Edwards Lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another as they and every of them shall be in Seniority of Age and Priority of Birth and of the several and respective Issue Male of the Body and Bodys of all and every such Son and Sons Lawfully begotten, the Elder of such Sons and the Issue Male of his Body being always to be preferred and to take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Issue Male of his and their Body and Bodies Lawfully begotten, and for default of such Issue then to the use of my Nephew Nathaniel Bayly Edwards for and during the term of his natural Life without Impeachment of Waste and from and after the determination of that Estate then to the use of them the said John Morse and John Ellis and their Heirs during the natural Life of my said Nephew, Upon Trust to support and preserve Contingent uses and Estates hereinafter Limitted from being barred or defeated and for that purpose to make Entries and bring Actions as occasion shall be or require but nevertheless to Permit and Suffer the said Nathaniel Bayly Edwards and his assigns during his natural Life to receive and take the Rents Issues Profits and Produce of the said Premisses and of every part thereof (he paying thereout the several annuities hereinbefore devised to be paid or such of them as shall be then Existing) to his own use and benefit, and from and after his decease Then to the use of the First Son of the body of my said Nephew Lawfully begotten and of the Issue Male of the Body of such First Son Lawfully begotten and in default of such Issue then to the use of the second third and Fourth of all and every other the Son and Sons of the Body of my said Nephew Lawfully to be begotten Severally Successively and in remainder one after another as they and every of them shall be in Seniority f Age and Priority of Birth and of the several and respective Issue Male of the Body and Bodys of all and every such Son and Sons Lawfully begotten, the Elder of such Sons and the Issue Male of his Body being always to be preferred and to take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Issue Male of his and their Body and Bodys Lawfully begotten and for want of such Issue then to the use of my own Right Heirs for ever and to and for no other use Intent or purpose whatsoever, Provided always nevertheless and I do hereby will and direct that my said Nephews Bryan Edwards John Edwards and Nathaniel Bayly Edwards and the several other Tenants for Life when and as they shall respectively come into and be in the actual Possession of the said Several Plantations Penns Lands Tenements Slaves Heredits and Premisses hereinbefore by me given and devised to the Trustees by virtue of the Limitations aforesaid to Charge incumber and make liable all the said premisses or a Sufficient Part thereof with the payment of an Annuity or Annuities not Exceeding the Sum of Five hundred pounds Sterling to and for the use of any woman or women which he or they respectively shall happen to Marry or take to wife for the Life or Lives of such Wife or wives for her or their Jointure or Jointures by any Deed or Deeds in writing Signed and Sealed in the presence of two Credible Witnesses and by the said Deed or Deeds in which I will and direct that my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them do join to assign Limit or appoint so much or such part or parts of the said premisses as shall be Sufficient to raise and pay such Jointures as shall be agreed upon by my said Nephew or Nephews or other person in possession of my said Estate for Life by Virtue of this my Will not Exceeding the said Sum of Five hundred pounds Sterling per annum, and also by the same deed or deeds to raise and Levy for the use of younger Children by such Wife or Wives out of the Rents Issues and Produce of the said Estates and Premisses such Sum or Sums of Money as are hereinafter mentioned and declared, that is to say, if but one Child (other than the Eldest and only Son) Then the Sum of Five Thousand pounds Sterling to be paid to such only Child (if a Boy) at his age of Twenty one years and (if a Girl) at her age of Twenty one years or day of Marriage, but if he or she shall happen to dye before the said age or day of Marriage Then I will and direct that the said Sum of Five Thousand Pounds Sterling shall not be raised or paid, and if there shall be two or more Children (other then the Eldest and only Son) then the Sum of Ten thousand pounds Sterling to be paid to and equally shared and divided amongst two or more younger Children share and share alike at the age of twenty one years (if Boys) and (if Girls) at the age of Twenty one years or day of Marriage, and in Case either of them shall happen to dye before the said age or day of Marriage then _ part or share of him or her or any of them so dying to go to the Survivors, Provided always so as no one of them have above the Sum of Five Thousand pounds Sterling Portion or any two of them above the Sum of ten Thousand pounds Sterling between them, and if all of them dye before the said age of twenty one years or day of Marriage then the said sum of Ten thousand pounds shall cease and shall not be raised or paid and also till such younger Child or Children shall be Intitled to receive the said portion or portions to raise and pay out of the Rents Issues Profits and Produce of the said premisses for the Maintenance and Education of such younger Children a Sum or Sums of Money not Exceeding one hundred pounds Sterling each Per Annum. 12th. Whereas I am Seized and Possessed of Sundry Negro Slaves bought of Nanchin (which are now on Gibraltar Plantation in the parish of St. George the Property of my Brother Nathaniel Bayly) and a Moiety of a Run of Land called Osbornes partly adjoining to said Gibraltar Plantation which said Land and Negroes and also all other Lands whatsoever that I am possessed of or Intitled unto in the said Parish of Saint George, I give devise and bequeath the same unto the said Nathaniel Bayly, To hold to him the said Nathaniel Bayly his Heirs and assigns for ever. 13th. Whereas I am also Seized and Possessed of a certain piece or parcel of Penn Land called Greenwich Park in the Parish of St. Andrew together with the Capital Messuage or Mansion House thereon Erected and Built, which said Penn with the out Offices and buildings thereon and such Paintings Scoucers [?] or other Furniture or Ornaments as may be Fixed to the Freehold It is my Will shall be offered to sale to the Legislature of this Island which if they shall think proper to purchase for the use and residence of a Governor or of the Commander in Chief for the time being of his Majesty's Ships of War imployed or kept upon this Station. It is my Will that the said premisses shall be valued and appraised by two Indifferent Persons one to be appointed by the Legislature and the other by my Executor with power in Case of disagreement for such persons so to be named and appointed to Choose a Third Person to Fix and ascertain the Value of the said Penn Mansion House Out Offices Heredits and Premisses. And I do hereby order and direct my said Executor to abate and deduct from such Valuation the sum of one thousand pounds Sterling which I Give as so much towards the Furnishing and accomodating the Governor or of the Commanding Officer for the time being of his Majesty's Ships of War upon this Station with a proper and Commodious Place of Residence in the view of the Harbours of Kingston and Port Royal, And it is my will that after deducting the above sum from the valuation so to be made as aforesaid then in Consideration of so much Money as shall remain being paid to my Executor I do hereby Impower and direct my said Executor to Sell and Convey the said Penn Lands Buildings and Premisses to such person or persons as he shall be directed by Act of the said Legislature of this Island for the purposes aforesaid, Provided always and it is my Will that in Case the Legislature shall not accept of the Purchase thereof upon the Conditions aforesaid within two years after my decease Then my Executor shall be at Liberty to Sell and dispose of the said Penn called Greenwich Park in manner as he shall think proper. 14th. Whereas my Mulatta Slave named Tom alias Thomas Brown hath always behaved with Great Faithfullness and distinguished himself in a particular manner when with me against the Rebell Negroes in the parish of St. Marys in the year 1760 as also in the Insurrection at Whitehall in the said parish in the Year 1766, I do in Consideration thereof hereby Manumize and for ever set Free the said Mullatto Man from all manner of Slavery and Servitude whatsoever after my decease and I do hereby give and devise the said Mulatto man the Sum of Fifty pounds Currency Per Annum for Life. 15th. I do also give and devise unto Patience Boone a Free Mulatto woman for her Faithfull Services the sum of one hundred pounds to be paid her immediately after my decease as also the Sum of Fifty pounds Currency per annum during her Life. 16th. And Lastly I do hereby Give and Devise all the rest and residue of my Estate in this Island or elsewhere both real and personal unto my said Nephew Bryan Edwards whom I do hereby Nominate and appoint whole and sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills heretofore by me made. In Witness whereof I have to this my said Will Contained in Five Sheets of Royal Paper to the Four First Sheets of which I have set my hand and to the Fifth and Last Sheet whereof set my hand and seal this twenty second day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Nine. Za: Bayly - Signed Sealed Published and declared by the above named Zachary Bayly to be his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses - Ed. Breon - Robert Ogilvy - John Gutch.

This Will was proved at London before the worshipfull George Harris Doctor of Laws and Surrogate of the Right worshipfull George Hay also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury Lawfully Constituted on the Fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Seventy One by the oath of Bryan Edwards Esquire the Nephew of the deceased and Sole Executor named in the said Will to whom administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased he having been First sworn duly to administer.

More About Zachary Bayly:
Age: 1769, 48 years
Other facts: Custos and Chief Magistrate of St. Mary & St. George

+ 3 ii. Nathaniel Bayly, born Abt. 1726; died October 1798.
        4 iii. Mary Bayly.

More About Mary Bayly:
Residence: 1769, Westbury, Wiltshire, England

+ 5 iv. Elizabeth Bayly.
        6 v. Ann Bayly.  She married ? Barton.
        7 vi. Susanna Bayly.  She married ? Linger.
        8 vii. Jane Bayly.  She married ? Watts.

Generation No. 2

        3.  Nathaniel2 Bayly (?1) was born Abt. 1726, and died October 1798.  He married (1) the Honble. Elizabeth (Bayly).    He married (2) Sophia Magdalena (Bayly) Bef. 1781.  

Notes for Nathaniel Bayly:
In the Jamaican records the spelling of this family name was sometimes Bayly, and sometimes Bayley.

WILL OF NATHANIEL BAYLY:

I Nathaniel Bayly of the Island of Jamaica Esquire being of a sound and disposing mind do make this my last Will and Testament. First I desire all my Just Debts and Funeral Expences to be paid. And whereas I have expended many thousand pounds in Erecting Superb Works and Buildings on Trinity Tryal Bremer Hall and Roslin Sugar Plantations over and above what has been due to me by the arbitrators out of the five years produce which my late worthy Brother devised in Trust for the same, this or so much thereof as may be Judged my property I give devise and bequeath unto the remainder of my Estate. And whereas I have put on said Estates large quantities of Negroes Stock and Cattle of all kinds which I also give unto the remainder and residue of my Estate, and whereas I possess Wentworth and Gibraltar Estates with Negroes Cattle and all conveniences thereon for making of Sugar and Rum, I give and devise the same unto my Son Wentworth now a Minor in England and his Heirs for ever. And whereas I possess variety of other properties in Lands in this Island America and Great Britain or wheresoever the same may be, I give and devise the same to my said Son Wentworth and his Heirs for ever. I give my Daughter Sophia Forty thousand pounds Sterling. I give my Daughter Diana Forty thousand pounds Sterling, and also my Daughter Anna Forty thousand pounds Sterling. And I give my Daughter Charlotte a Sum to make up Forty thousand pounds Sterling with what she has had or was to have on her Marriage. And whereas my Brother made a Settlement upon my younger Children, I deduct out of those Legacies so much thereof as will exceed twenty thousand pounds Sterling upon the whole. I desire my Executors to pay Mr. John Fry one hundred pounds upon my decease. I hereby appoint David Shaw Esquire and Nathaniel Bayly Williams of this Island Job Matthew Raikes Esquire of London and my said Son Wentworth Executors to this my last Will hereby revoking all others by me heretofore made. In testimony of the above I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my Seal at Kingston in Jamaica this seventeenth Day of October one thousand seven hundred and Ninety Eight. N. Bayly. Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of us as witnesses in presence of the Testator and in the presence of each other. Danl. Steele - Jno. Thomson - William Steele.

Jamaica
In Obedience to the Didimus Potestatem hereunto annexed I have administered an Oath unto John Thomson Merchant who being duly Sworn on the Holy Evangelists maketh Oath and Saith that he was Present and did see Nathaniel Bayly the Testator in the Instrument of Writing hereunto annexed being of sound Mind and Memory Sign Seal Publish and Declare the said Instrument of Writing to be his last Will and Testament and that at the same time Daniel Steele and William Steele were also present and together with him subscribed their Names as witnesses to the same in the presence of the said Testator, And further that he knows nothing of any other will since made by the said Testator which may tend to the disadvantage of the will hereunto annexed. Given under my Hand and Seal this 29th. Day of November Annoque Domini 1798. Geo: Kinghorn. Vera Copia Extra. and G:E:T. M. Atkinson. Sec.

Jamaica
George the 3rd. by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King and of Jamaica Lord Defender of the Faith &c. To our Trusty and well beloved George Kinghorn and James Amoss Esquires or either of them. Know ye that we have Constituted authorized and appointed and by these presents do Constitute authorize and appoint ye or either of ye to administer an Oath unto John Thomson Merchant or any other that are witnesses and can make Oath of the Signing Sealing Publishing and Declaring of the last Will and Testament of Nathaniel Bayly late of the parish of Saint Mary Esquire deceased and thereof you or either of you are to make a due return under your or either of your Hands and Seals unto Our Lt. Govr. & Commander in Chief of our said Island or to the Governor in Chief of the same for the time being with this power annexed so that such proceedings may be ordered therein as may be according to Law. Witness His Honor the Right Honorable Alexander Earl of Balcarres Lt. Govr. & Comm. in Chief of our said Island at Saint Iago de la Vega the fifteenth day of November Annoque Domini 1798 and in the thirty Ninth year of our Reign. Balcarres. Passed the Secretarys office. M. Atkinson. Secy.

Jamaica
By Virtue of the power and authority to me given in and by the within writ to me and another directed I have administered an Oath unto John Thomson within named to the Effect within mentioned which I certify under my Hand and Seal this 29th. day of November Anno Domini 1798. Geo: Kinghorn.

I The Right Honorable Alexander Earl of Balcarres Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief in and over this His Majestys Island of Jamaica and other the Territories thereon depending in America Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the same &c. Do hereby certify and make known To all to whom these presents shall come or may concern That Matthew Atkinson Esquire whose attestation is hereunto annexed is Secretary and Notary Public of this His Majestys Island of Jamaica duly admitted allowed and Sworn and that to all Acts and Instruments by him Signed and attested full faith and Credit are and ought to be given in Judgment Court and without.

In Testimony and Confirmation Whereof I have hereunto put my Hand and Caused the [illegible] Seal of this Island to be appended at St. Iago de la Vega the thirtieth day of November in the thirty Ninth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third King of Great Britain France and Ireland &c. and in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Ninety Eight. Balcarres.

Jamaica
I Matthew Atkinson Esquire Secretary and Notary Public of His Majestys Island of Jamaica duly admitted allowed and Sworn dwelling in the Town of Saint Iago de la Vega in the Island aforesaid do hereby certify and make known To all to whom these presents shall come or may concern That the Instrument in Writing hereunto annexed Signed and attested by me is a true Copy of the last Will and Testament and probate thereunto subjoined of Nathaniel Bayly late of the parish of Saint Mary Esquire deceased as it remains of Record in my office of Secretary of the said Island, I having carefully compared and examined the same.

Done and performed in my office at Saint Iago de la Vega aforesaid this thirtieth day of November Annoque Domini one thousand seven hundred and Ninety Eight. Quod attestor mann at Livillo [?] regatus  M: Atkinson Secens. & Not Pubcus.

This Will was proved at London the thirty first Day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Ninety Nine before the worshipful John Sewell Doctor of Laws and Surrogate of the Right Honorable Sir William Wynne Knight also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Job Mathew (written in the will by mistake Matthew) Raikes Esquire one of the Executors named in the said will to whom administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased having been first Sworn duly to administer, Power reserved of making the like grant to David Shaw Esquire Nathaniel Bayly Williams Esquire and Wentworth Bayly Esquire the Son of the said deceased and the other Executors named in the said Will when they or either of them shall apply for the same.

More About Nathaniel Bayly:
Other facts: Bet. 1790 - 1796, Commissioner of Forts and Fortifications, Jamaica North Side2

More About Nathaniel Bayly and Sophia (Bayly):
Marriage: Bef. 1781
        
Child of Nathaniel Bayly and Elizabeth (Bayly) is:
+ 9 i. Charles Nathaniel3 Bayly, died Bet. June 18, 1850 - February 16, 1854.

        
Children of Nathaniel Bayly and Sophia (Bayly) are:
        10 i. Diana3 Bayly, born 1781.
+ 11 ii. Wentworth Bayly, born Abt. 1784; died Bet. 1826 - 1833.
        12 iii. Anna Bayly, born Abt. 1786.
        13 iv. Charlotte Sophia Bayly.  She married Job Matthew Raikes June 1798 in Woodford, Essex, England3.

More About Job Raikes and Charlotte Bayly:
Marriage: June 1798, Woodford, Essex, England3

        5.  Elizabeth2 Bayly (?1)  She married ? Edwards.  
        
Children of Elizabeth Bayly and ? Edwards are:
        14 i. Bryan3 Edwards, born 1743 in Wiltshire, England.

More About Bryan Edwards:
Occupation: Author

        15 ii. Zachary Bayly Edwards.
        16 iii. Nathaniel Bayly Edwards, born Bet. 1749 - 1750; died January 28, 17714.

More About Nathaniel Bayly Edwards:
Age: 1771, 21 years

        17 iv. John Edwards.

Generation No. 3

        9.  Charles Nathaniel3 Bayly (Nathaniel2, ?1) died Bet. June 18, 1850 - February 16, 1854.  He married Lady Sarah Villiers.  

Notes for Charles Nathaniel Bayly:
He is listed in the Jamaica Almanaca from 1815 TO 1840 as the proprietor of Brimmer Hall, Trinity, Tryall, and Roslin.

WILL OF CHARLES NATHANIEL BAYLY:

I Charles Nathaniel Bayly of Hampton Court Palace in the County of Middlesex being of sound mind & memory do hereby revoke all former wills & declare this to be my last will & testament. Whereas I made a settlement at the time of my marriage for the provisions whereof I appropriated two of my estates called Tucall & Brimmer Hall in Jamaica. By this settlement a jointure of £4000 a year was to be paid to my widow & a sum of £20,000 to be raised for the portion of younger children. To this settlement, now I fear rendered little better than a dead letter, I refer my Executors. The reduced state of West India property occasioned in the first place by the abolition of slavery & in the next by the admission of Foreign Slave grown Sugar into British use has not only greatly impoverished me during the latter part of my life but has left me little or nothing to leave to my family. From an income varying from 4 to £8000 so great have been the losses on the estates since 1838, the year of Emancipation, that I am now reduced to an income of £300 a year out of which I am obliged to provide for my oldest son & other charges which diminish it to 220 & even this I owe to the liberality & I may say charity of my Merchant. To my said Merchant Samuel Baker Esq: of Fenchurch Street London a considerable debt is due. The disposable property that I may have been possessed of is assigned over to him & most heartily do I hope, but greatly fear, that eventually he may be no sufferer by the friendship kindness & liberality he has always shewn me. And whereas I may possess many effects in my apartments in Hampton Court Palace, All these excepting such as I may exclude or specifically devise I give & bequeath to my wife for the term of her life. The portrait of my daughter Augusta by Hurlstone to be given to my son in law John Davidson, by agreement, immediately after my death. After the death of my wife I bequeath the distribution of my effects as follows. The furniture pictures frames drawings and prints objects of use & ornament clocks bronzes china & glass together with all things appertaining to the kitchen pantry, excepting plate, larder & offices & all other effects save & excepting those specifically devised I will to be sold & from the money arising from the sale thereof I will that my Executors receive £100 to enable them to pay small debts & funeral expences. Afterwards to pay to Samuel Baker Esqr., according to agreement, three hundred pounds. My plate, of which there is but a small quantity left, I will to be divided in equal shares between my two sons William & Charles. My books & wine I also will to be sold on decease of my wife. Of my books each of my children together with my two grand children Duncan & Sophia Davidson selecting such as may be of or about the value of five pounds as small memorials of me, Georgiana taking 1st. choice Augusta second William third Charles fourth Duncan fifth & Sophia sixth. The picture of Duncan & Sophia Davidson by Hurlstone I bequeath to John & Augusta Davidson. The picture of Lady Sarah by Shee to my eldest son with a stipulation that after his death, or before if he pleases, it may be sent as a present to Lord Jersey to be placed among the family portraits at Middleton Park. To my two daughters I bequeath the pictures & miniatures being in the drawing room between the fire place & the window, Georgiana taking the first choice Auga. second & so on. To my daughter Georgiana to whom I have already given my large gray book [of] lettered drawings by Rowlandson I leave my box of Pebbles & the black & white marble clock which usually stands in the drawing room also half of the music books & the other half to her sister Augusta. To my son in law John Davidson I bequeath the French Clock which usually stands in my dressing room & to my daughter Augusta the screen which usually stands in the large bed room. I constitute & appoint Samuel Baker Esqr. of Fenchurch Street Merchant & my two sons William Villiers & Charles George Villiers Bayly their heirs executors administrators & assigns to be the Executors of this my will. C. N. Bayly. Signed sealed published & declared by the said Testator Charles Nathaniel Bayly as for his last will & testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request & in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto. June 18th. 1850. Robert Evans Grocer Hampton Court. Robert William Evans Grocer Hampton Court.

Proved at London 16th. Feby. 1854 before the worshipful William Calverley Curteis Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oath of Samuel Baker Esquire one of the Executors to whom adm'on was granted having been first sworn duly to administer. Power reserved of making the like grant to William Villiers Bayly and Charles George Villiers Bayly the sons the other Executors when they shall apply for the same.

[note beside Probate details] By Motion & Decree.

        
Children of Charles Bayly and Sarah Villiers are:
        18 i. Georgiana4 Bayly.
+ 19 ii. Augusta Bayly.
        20 iii. William Villiers Bayly.
        21 iv. Charles George Villiers Bayly.

        11.  Wentworth3 Bayly (Nathaniel2, ?1) was born Abt. 1784, and died Bet. 1826 - 1833.  He married Frances Carleton Smith, daughter of John Smith and Isabella Wanchope.  She was born 1792.

Notes for Wentworth Bayly:
The Jamaica Almanacs provide information on his property ownership, for the following years of publication (reflecting tax returns for the 1st quarter of the prior year):
For "Wentworth Castle", St. Mary:
1811, 184 slaves, 90 stock
1812, 182/114
1815, 153/81
1817, 154/79
(From 1820 to 1828 Wentworth belonged to George Quinlan)

For "Gibraltar", St. George:
1811, 250 slaves / 211 stock
1812, 235/56
1815, 250/206

For "May Hill", St. George, 1815, 176 slaves / 54 stock

1817, "Gibraltar, etc." 406/248
1818, 422/222
1820, 454/210
1822, 631/110
1824, 576/150
1826, 500/162

In the 1824 Almanac he was listed as the Member of the House of Assembly for St. George.  The Almanac states that he was not in the previous Assembly.

The Almanacs list him as "Assistant judge and of the quorum" as follows:

1809 Wentworth Baillle [sic], St. George
1810 (name correct after 1809), St. Mary* [asterisk indicates was off the island]
1811, St. Mary* and St. George*
1812 St. George
1814, 1817 - 1826 St. George
1815 - 1826 St. Mary+ [indicating he was not residing in the parish]

The Almanacs list him as a Lieutenant in the the St. George Horse Militia as follows:
Commissioned August 1, 1809
1813 - 1818 in Militia

He is not in the 1827 Almanac.

WILL OF WENTWORTH BAYLY

(Jamaica S.S.)

In the Name of God Amen I Wentworth Bayly of the Parish of Saint George in the County of Surry and Island aforesaid Esquire being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding do make publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in manner following, that is to say, It is my mind and will and I do hereby order and direct that all my just debts and funeral expences & the charges of proving this my Will be in the first place fully paid and satisfied to the payment and satisfaction whereof I do hereby subject and charge make liable all the estate and effects of whatever nature kind sort or description which I may be seized and possessed of or entitled unto in any manner whatsoever at the time of my decease. Whereas previous to my intermarriage with my dear Wife Frances Carleton I did by a certain Indenture bearing date on or about the second day of June which was in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fourteen settle and secure upon my Plantation or Sugar Work called Gibralter situate in the said Parish of Saint George and the Slaves thereupon and thereunto belonging an Annuity or clear yearly rent charge or sum of Two thousand pounds Sterling money of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to my said Wife for and in the name of her Jointure during the term of her natural life in case she should survive me as by the said Indenture or Deed of Trust of record in the Office of the Secretary of this Island, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear. And whereas I am now desirous of making a further provision for my said Wife in case she shall happen to survive me and also to make a suitable provision for my Infant daughter Augusta Isabella as well as any other issue which I may happen to have by my said Wife I do therefore give devise and bequeath All my estate real and personal or of what nature kind sort or description the same may be or wheresoever situate unto my brother Charles Nathaniel Bayly of the City of London in that part of the said United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called England Esquire and John Frederick Sigismund Smith at present of the Parish of Port Royal in the County of Surry and Island aforesaid Esquire and their heirs To the uses upon the Trusts and to and for the ends interests and purposes hereinafter declared of and concerning the same, that is to say, To the use of the said Charles Nathaniel Bayly and John Frederick Sigismund Smith and their heirs during the life of my said Wife, Upon Trust to support and preserve the contingent uses and estates hereinafter limited from being defeated and destroyed and for that purpose to make entries and bring actions as the case shall require but nevertheless to permit and suffer my said Wife and her assigns during her life to receive and take the rents issues and profits thereof and of every part thereof to and for her and their own use and benefit, but subject nevertheless to the term of five hundred years hereinafter raised and to the Trusts thereof, and subject thereto. Then to the use and behoof of Nathaniel Barton Esquire and The Reverend Samuel Dolworthy Clerk both of that part of the said United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called England their Executors Administrators and Assigns for and during and unto the full end or term of five hundred years to be computed from the day of my decease and fully to be complete and ended without impeachment of waste upon such Trusts nevertheless and to and for such intents and purposes and under and subject to such provisoes and agreements as are hereinafter mentioned expressed and declared of and concerning the same. And from and after the end expiration or other sooner determination of the said term of five hundred years and subject thereunto To the use and behoof of the first Son to be by me begotten on the body of my said present Wife and of the heirs of the body of such first Son lawfully issuing and for default of issue of such first Son then to the use and behoof of the second third and of all and every and every other my Son and Sons on the body of my said present Wife to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another as they and every of them shall be in seniority of age and priority of birth and of the several and respective heirs of the body and bodies of all and every such Son and Sons lawfully issuing, the elder of such Son and Sons and the heirs of his body issuing being always to be preferred and to take before the younger of such Sons, and the heirs of his or their body or bodies issuing and for default of such issue then to the use and behoof of my said daughter Augusta Isabella and of all and every other my daughters on the body of my said Wife to be begotten to be equally divided between them, if more than one, share and share alike as tenants in common and not as joint tenants and of the several and respective heirs of the body and bodies of all and every such daughter and daughters lawfully issuing and for default of such issue then to the use and behoof of the first Son of the body of my said present Wife by any future husband lawfully to be begotten and of the heirs of the body of such first Son lawfully issuing and for default of issue by such first Son Then to the use and behoof of the second third and of all and every other the son and sons on the body of my said present Wife by any future husband lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another as they and every of them shall be in Seniority of age and priority of birth and of the several and respective heirs of the body and bodies of all and every such Son and Sons lawfully issuing, the elder of such Sons and the heirs of his body issuing being always to be preferred & to take before the younger of such Sons, and the heirs of his or their body or bodies issuing. And for default of such issue then to the use and behoof of all and every the daughter and daughters on the body of my said present Wife by any future husband lawfully to be begotten to be equally divided between them, if more than one, share and share alike as Tenants in common and not as joint tenants and of the several and respective heirs of the body and bodies of all and every such daughter and daughters lawfully issuing and for default of such issue then to the use and behoof of the said Samuel Dolworthy and of his heirs and assigns for ever, And to for & upon no other use trust end intent or purpose whatsoever. And as to for and concerning the said term of five hundred years hereinbefore limited to the said Nathaniel Barton and Samuel Dolworthy their executors admors and assigns as aforesaid I do hereby declare that the same is so limited to them upon the Trusts and to and for the intents and purposes and under and subject to the provisoes and agreements hereinafter mentioned expressed and declared of and concerning the same, that is to say, in case I shall have an eldest or only Son & one or more other child or children on the body of my said present Wife begotten or to be begotten Then upon Trust that they the said Nathaniel Barton and Samuel Dolworthy and the survivor of them and the executors and administrators of such survivor and their or his assigns by mortgage of my said estate or any part thereof for the whole or any part of the said term of five hundred years shall and do raise and borrow and take up at Interest the several sums of money hereinafter mentioned as portions for such younger child or children, that is to say, for each and every of such child or children as shall be a Son or Sons, save and except an eldest or only Son, the sum of Fifteen thousand pounds Sterling money of the said United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and for each and every of such child or children as shall be a daughter or daughters, save and except an eldest or only daughter who shall for want of issue male of my body be entitled under the limitations hereinbefore contained to the reversion of my estate, the sum of Twenty thousand pounds of like Sterling money of Great Britain, the portion or portions of such of them as shall be a Son or Sons to be raised and paid on his or their attaining their respective age or ages of twenty one years and the portion or portions of such of them as shall be a daughter or daughters to be paid on their attaining their respective age or ages of twenty one years or day or days of marriage which shall first happen. And upon this further Trust that in the mean time and until the said portions shall respectively become due and payable as aforesaid the said Nathaniel Barton and Samuel Dolworthy and the survivor of them and the executors & administrators of such survivor and their or his assigns shall and do by and out of the rents issues and profits of my said estate raise and levy such competent yearly sum and sums of money for the maintenance and education of such child or children as shall not exceed the interest of their respective portions after the rate of five pounds in the hundred yearly and also to raise & levy a sufficient Annual sum of money for the maintenance and education of my eldest or only Son or eldest or only daughter until he or she shall be entitled to the reversion of my said Estate upon the decease of my said present Wife by virtue of this my Will. Provided always that in case I shall die leaving no such child or children on the body of my said present Wife to be begotten besides an eldest or only Son or an eldest or only daughter or in case all and every such child or children shall happen to die before all or any of their said portions shall become due and payable as aforesaid or in case the said portions and also such maintenance as aforesaid shall by the said Nathaniel Barton and Samuel Dolworthy or the survivor of them or the executors and administrators of such survivor or their and his assigns be raised and borrowed by the means aforesaid or in case of the same by such person or persons as shall for the time being be next in reversion or remainder of my said Estate expectant upon the said term of five hundred years shall be paid or well and truly secured to be paid according to the directions herein contained, then and in any of the said cases and at all times thenceforth the said term of five hundred years or so much thereof as shall remain undisposed of for the purposes aforesaid shall cease determine and be utterly void to all intents and purposes any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. And Lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said dear Wife Frances Carleton and my brother the said Charles Nathaniel Bayly and John Frederick Sigismund Smith to be Executrix and Executors of this my Will hereby revoking all former and other Wills at any time heretofore made and declare this only to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament contained on four sheets of paper set and subscribed my hand and seal as follows to the three first sheets thereof subscribed my hand alone and to this fourth and last sheet subscribed my hand and affixed my seal this fourth day of December in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventeen. Wentworth Bayly. Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testator Wentworth Bayly as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our names as Witnesses thereto, The words "said Wife in case she shall happen to survive me" in the fifteenth line of the first sheet being first obliterated, And the word "Fifteen" in the tenth line of the third sheet being first written on an erazure. Thos. J. Hill - John Niess [?] - R. Davies.

On the 23rd. February 1833 Administration, with the Will annexed, of the Goods Chattels and Credits of Wentworth Bayly formerly of the parish of Saint George in the County of Surry in the Island of Jamaica, but late of Weston Hall in the County of Suffolk Esquire deceased was granted to Leicester Viney Smith Esquire the lawful Uncle and Curator or Guardian lawfully assigned to Wentworth Bayly a Minor the natural lawful and eldest Son and as such interested in the Residue of the Personal Estate and Effects of the said deceased for the use and benefit of the said Minor and until he shall attain the age of twenty one years having been first Sworn duly to Administer, Frances Carleton Bayly Widow the Relict Charles Nathaniel Bayly Esquire the brother and Sir John Frederick Sigismund Smith Knight, formerly John Frederick Sigismund Smith Esquire, as the Executors and the said Charles Nathaniel Bayly and Sir John Frederick Sigismund Smith as the Residuary Legatees In Trust and the said Frances Carleton Bayly as the residuary Legatee for life named in the said Will having respectively renounced as well the Probate and Execution of the said Will as also the Letters of Administration, with the said Will annexed, of the Goods of the said deceased and the said Frances Carleton Bayly as the natural and lawful Mother of the said Minor having renounced the said Curation or Guardianship, as by Acts of Court appears.

On the 6th. [?] July 1847 Adm'on, with the Will annexed, of the Goods Chattels and Credits of Wentworth Bayly formerly of the Parish of Saint George in the County of Surrey in the Island of Jamaica but late of Weston Hall in the County of Suffolk Esquire deceased was granted to Montague Bayly Esquire the lawful Attorney of Wentworth Esquire the natural lawful and eldest Son and as such interested in the Residue of the Personal Estate and Effects of the said deceased for the use and benefit of the said Wentworth Bayly now residing at Secunderabad in the East Indies and until he shall duly apply for and obtain Letters of Adm'on, with the said Will annexed, of the Goods of the said Deceased to be granted to him having been first sworn duly to Administer. Frances Carleton Bayly Widow the Relict Charles Nathaniel Bayly Esquire the Brother and Sir John Frederick Sigismund Smith Knight, formerly John Frederick Sigismund Smith Esquire, as the Executors and the said Charles Nathaniel Bayly Esq and Sir John Frederick Sigismund Smith as the Residuary Legatees In Trust and the said Frances Carleton Bayly as the Residuary Legatee for life named in the said Will having heretofore respectively renounced as well the Probate and Execution of the said Will as also the Letters of Admon, with the said Will annexed, of the Goods of the said Deceased and the said Frances Carleton Bayly as the natural and lawful Mother of the said Wentworth Bayly then a Minor having also heretofore renounced his Curation and Guardianship. And the Letters of Admon, with the said Will annexed, of the Goods of the said Deceased granted in the month of Feby. 1833 to Leicester Viney Smith Esquire the Uncle and Curator or Guardian lawfully appointed to the said Wentworth Bayly, then a Minor, for his use and benefit and until he should attain the age of 21 years having ceased and expired by reason of his having attained that age, as by Acts of Court appears.

On the 21st. March 1866 Admon for the Will granted, of the personal estate and effects of Wentworth Bayly formerly of the Parish of Saint George in the County of Surrey in the Island of Jamaica but late of Weston Hall in the County of Suffolk Esquire deceased who died 27th. December 1831 at Weston Hall aforesaid was granted to Wentworth Bayly Esquire the natural and lawful and eldest Son of the said deceased and as such interested in the Residue of his personal estate and effects he having been first sworn. Frances Carleton Bayly Widow the Relict and Charles Nathaniel Bayly the Brother of the said deceased and Sir John Frederick Sigismund Smith Knight, formerly John Frederick Sigismund Smith Esquire, the Executors named in the said Will having respectively renounced the Probate and execution of the said Will. The said Frances Carleton Bayly being also the Residuary Legatee for life and the said Charles Nathaniel Bayly and Sir John Frederick Sigismund Smith being also the Residuary Legatees in Trust named in the said Will. The Letters of Adm'on, with the said Will annexed, of all and singular the personal estate and effects of the said deceased granted in the month of July 1847 by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury to Montague Bayly Esquire the lawful Attorney of the said Wentworth Bayly Esquire, the Son, then residing at Secunderabad in the East Indies for his use and benefit & until he should duly apply for and obtain Letters of Adm'on, with the said Will annexed, of the personal estate and effects of the said deceased to be granted to him having ceased and expired by reason of his taking upon himself such Administration.

More About Wentworth Bayly:
Residence: Bet. 1822 - 1824, St. George, according to St. Mary Parish Register of Baptisms
        
Children of Wentworth Bayly and Frances Smith are:
        22 i. Augusta Isabella4 Bayley, born Bef. December 04, 1817.
        23 ii. Louisa Frances Bayley, born August 03, 1818.

More About Louisa Frances Bayley:
Baptism: August 14, 1818, St. George5

        24 iii. Georgiana Bayley, born February 17, 1822.

More About Georgiana Bayley:
Baptism: September 17, 1822, St. Mary6

        25 iv. Montague Bayley, born July 24, 1824.

More About Montague Bayley:
Baptism: November 19, 1824, St. Mary6

        26 v. Wentworth Bayley, born Bet. 1818 - 1826.

Generation No. 4

        19.  Augusta4 Bayly (Charles Nathaniel3, Nathaniel2, ?1)  She married John Davidson.  
        
Children of Augusta Bayly and John Davidson are:
        27 i. Duncan5 Davidson.
        28 ii. Sophia Davidson.


Endnotes

1.  Archer, J. H. Lawrence, Captain, B129 "Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies",  (London, Chatto and Windus 1875), p. 243.
2.  B178 Jamaica Almanac.
3.  Oliver,  Vere Langford, editor, B128 "Caribbeana: being the Misc. Papers relating to the History, Genealogy. Topography and Antiquities of the British West Indies",  (London, 1910), Columbian Magazine, October 1798.
4.  Archer, J. H. Lawrence, Captain, B129 "Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies",  (London, Chatto and Windus 1875), p. 243.
5.  B0077 St. George Parish Register I, 1806-1840, p. 31.
6.  B0084 St. Mary Parish Register BMB I, 1752-1842, p. 91.


Descendants of ? Smith

Generation No. 1

        1.  ?1 Smith was born Bef. 1750.
        
Children of ? Smith are:
+ 2 i. John Frederick2 Smith.
+ 3 ii. Charlotte Sophia Phillipina Smith.

Generation No. 2

        2.  John Frederick2 Smith (?1)  He married Isabella Wanchope.  She was born Bet. 1767 - 1768, and died September 1814.

Notes for John Frederick Smith:
The Jamaica Almanacs show information on his service in the Royal Artillery British Military.  The dates are the years of publication of the Almanac, but reflect information from previous years.

1797 Major
1799 Second Lieutenant-Colonel
1800 Lieutenant-Colonel

He held the position of "Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding Officer" for a Detachment of the Royal Artillery in Jamaica, with the following details supplied by the Almanacs:
Commissioned July 20, 1804.
Commissioned as Colonel, June 4, 1813
He was also the Deputy Governor and Captain of Fort Charles, which is in Port Royal.

The Almanacs show him as the owner of property in Port Royal, Town District, with the following number of slaves:

1822, 30 slaves
1824, 24 slaves
1825, over 20 (the second number was torn off)
1826, 21 slaves.

He was not in the 1827 Almanac.

More About Isabella Wanchope:
Age: September 1814, 46 years
Burial: September 24, 1814, The church yard, Port Royal1
Fact: September 1814, "the wife of Col. John F. Smith, R.A."
        
Children of John Smith and Isabella Wanchope are:
        4 i. John Mark Frederick3 Smith, born 1790.
        5 ii. Frances Carleton Smith, born 1792.  She married Wentworth Bayly; died Bet. 1826 - 1833.

For more about Wentworth Bayly, please see Bayly genealogy above

        6 iii. Charles Wood Smith, born 1794; died June 1815.

More About Charles Wood Smith:
Age: June 1815, 21 years
Burial: June 01, 1815, The church yard, Port Royal2
Fact: June 1815, "son of Col. John F. Smith, Lieut R.A."

        7 iv. Leicester Viney Smith.

        3.  Charlotte Sophia Phillipina2 Smith (?1)  She married Thomas Groser.  He was born Bet. 1781 - 1782, and died January 1828.

Notes for Thomas Groser:
The Jamaica Almanacs listed the "givings-in" for the 1st quarter of the preceding year (a sort of property tax return).  The Almanacs, bearing date of  the following years,  list him as a property owner in St. Catherine, with the number of slaves/stock:

1817 3 slaves / 1 stock
1818 3 slaves
1820 2 slaves / 1 stock
1822 1/2
1824 1/1
1826 1/1
1828 5/1

He was not included in the list of proprietors in the 1811 and 1815 Almanacs as those lists were limited to persons who had 20 or more slaves.

The Almanacs also listed the names of officers in the local Militia.  Service was obligatory, and officers purchased their commissions.  The following are the dates on which Thomas Groser was appointed to each position in the Militia of Foot for the parish of St. Catherine:

Ensign, September 26, 1812
Lieutenant, May 31, 1816
Captain, November 13, 1819
Major, December 30, 1822
Lieutenant-Colonel, January 10, 1825

The Court of Chancery for the County of Middlesex appears for the first time in the 1818 Almanac (which reflected offices for 1817).   

More About Thomas Groser:
Addressed as: Esquire
Age: January 1828, 46 years
Burial: January 30, 1828, St. Catherine, by the Revd. L. Bowerbank, rector3
Occupation: Bet. 1817 - 1828, Master Extraordinary in the Court of Chancery, for the County of Middlesex
Race/nationality/color: White
Residence: 1828, Spanish Town, St. Catherine

More About Thomas Groser and Charlotte Smith:
Status of bride/groom: Spinster
        
Children of Charlotte Smith and Thomas Groser are:
        8 i. Frederick Dilkes3 Groser, born May 30, 1806; died June 1808.

More About Frederick Dilkes Groser:
Age: June 1808, 3 years, in burial register
Baptism: November 18, 1806, Port Royal4
Burial: June 05, 1808, The Palisades, Port Royal5

        9 ii. George Groser, born Bef. November 02, 1808; died November 1808.

More About George Groser:
Burial: November 02, 1808, St. Catherine, by W. H. Lynch, curate6
Cause of Death: Fever
Fact: November 1808, His parents' names are not listed in the Burial Register
Race/nationality/color: November 1808, White child

        10 iii. George Brown Groser, born July 20, 1810.

More About George Brown Groser:
Baptism: December 28, 1810, St. Catherine, by Isaac Mann, rector7

        11 iv. William Oldham Groser, born August 29, 1812.

More About William Oldham Groser:
Baptism: May 13, 1813, St. Catherine, by Isaac Mann, rector8

        12 v. Sophia Groser, born Bet. December 08 - 09, 1816; died Bet. December 09 - 10, 1816.

More About Sophia Groser:
Age: Age at death, one day
Burial: December 10, 1816, St. Catherine, by William Hamilton, rector9
Fact: Her parents' names, and the date of her birth or death, are not listed in the Burial Register.  Assumptions are being made.
Race/nationality/color: White

        13 vi. Thomas Wentworth Groser, born May 11, 1818.

More About Thomas Wentworth Groser:
Baptism: December 12, 1821, St. Catherine10
Fact: His mother's first name is listed as Sophia


Endnotes

1.  B0085 Port Royal Parish Register BMB I & II, 1725-1835, I, p. 215.
2.  B0085 Port Royal Parish Register BMB I & II, 1725-1835, I, p. 216.
3.  B0024 Jamaica Parish Register Burials I & II, 1826-1844, I, pp. 107 & 109.
4.  B0085 Port Royal Parish Register BMB I & II, 1725-1835, I, p. 64.
5.  B0085 Port Royal Parish Register BMB I & II, 1725-1835, I, p. 209.
6.  B0080 St. Catherine Parish Register BMB I & II, 1669-1825, II, p. 321.
7.  B0080 St. Catherine Parish Register BMB I & II, 1669-1825, II, p. 415.
8.  B0080 St. Catherine Parish Register BMB I & II, 1669-1825, II, p. 420.
9.  B0080 St. Catherine Parish Register BMB I & II, 1669-1825, II, p. 446.
10.  B0080 St. Catherine Parish Register BMB I & II, 1669-1825, II, p. 434.


© 2013. Jamaican Family Search hereby grants you a limited license to copy and use the materials provided on this site solely for your personal, non-commercial use. No other use of the site or materials is authorized. You agree that any copy of the materials (or any portion of the materials) that you make shall retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained therein. Posting of materials on other Web Sites is strictly prohibited.


SEARCH THIS SITE

Search for


GO TO:

Home

Plan of this website

Help - Frequently Asked Questions

Jamaica Almanacs Slave-owners, Civil & Military officers, Magistrates etc.

Items in the Samples Directory

Items in the Members Directory

Transcriptions from Registers and Wills (Church of England, Dissenters, Civil Registration)

Jamaican Roman Catholic Church Registers - transcriptions

Jamaican Methodist Baptisms - transcriptions

Jewish births marriages deaths - transcriptions

Slaves and slavery in Jamaica

Photographs, maps, prints, etc.