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James Royer Smith

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Slave-owner on St Kitts, joint-owner of the Dieppe [sometimes given as Deep] Bay estate, who moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia c. 1833. With James George Piguenit (q.v.), James Royer Smith was shown in the key to William McMahon's 1828 as proprietor not only of Deep Bay but of Geralds (73 acres), Mercers (uncultivated) and Gibbons (164 acres), all in St John Capesterre. These other estates are probably subsumed in the reporting for Dieppe Bay in the Slave Registers and compensation records.

  1. James Royer Smith's son Henry William Smith (born in St Kitts in 1826) has an entry in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography as a 'lawyer, judge and politician.'

Sources

  1. ehttp://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/smith_henry_william_11E.html [accessed 02/02/2016].

Further Information

Absentee?
Spouse
Cordelia Wigley
Children
Henry William
Legal Education
Middle Temple [1816 ]

Associated Claims (2)

St Kitts 23
£59 9s 1d
Awardee
Details
St Kitts 718 (Dieppe Bay)
£3,686 8s 2d
Unsuccessful claimant
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Associated Estates (1)

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
1825 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
Dieppe Bay [ St Kitts | St John Capesterre ]

Legacies Summary

Imperial (1)

Other
Canada: Nova Scotia including Cape Breton Island 
Details
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Lawyer with Smith and Hartshorn in Halifax N.S. after moving from St Kitts c. 1833. Father of Henry William Smith (in the...
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Relationships (1)

James Royer Smith
Business associates
James George Piguenit
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The two men were co-owners of Dieppe...