Peter Paint LE MESSURIER ^696,721,778

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Documentation: Family Tree Commercially Published (1909). ⁷⁷⁸

2. Edition: At NL Genealogy Society Office. ⁷⁷⁸

3. Interesting: "Paint" Was Father's Partner's Name. ⁷⁷⁸

4. Occupation: Businessman: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ^696,778

5. Occupation: Merchant and Commercial Clerk: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ^54,781

6. Alt. Birth, 1811, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁷¹³

7. Alt. Birth, 1812, Guernsey, Channel Islands. ^696,778

8. Property: Transfer in trust to Peter Weston Carter - Marsh Meadow west end of Duckworth St, 21 Dec 1820, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁷⁸² This is a two-part transaction designed to transfer a substantial piec e of property to the care of Peter Weston Carter in Trust for the grandchildren of George and Mary Hutchings by their recently deceased daughter, Eliza Coke [Hutchings] Le Messurier. It would appear that there was some measure of distrust in her widower, Pierre Broom Le Messurier, to properly look after their children. This event was shared from Capt. George HUTCHINGS who also shared it with Eliza Shirley Hutchings LE MESSURIER (Party), George Hare LE MESSURIER (Party), Henry Corbin LE MESSURIER (Party), Jane Sydney Shanks LE MESSURIER (Party), John Thomas LE MESSURIER (Party), Mary Broom LE MESSURIER (Party), Mary Monier WILLIAMS (Party), Peter Weston CARTER Esq., JP (Trustee), and William Warner LE MESSURIER (Party).

9. Property: Full Description of the Holdsworth Property, 5 Dec 1837, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁴²⁷ Note that a part of this property was originally the Plantation of a man named John Robins but was sold to Robert Holdsworth on April 13, 1765. The relevant indenture is attached and enclosed in the Media Items folder. It was found in July 2018 at The Rooms in the "Special Items Collection: MG 956 R33 C 1 Robert Holdsworth purchase of John Robins Plantation Ferryland 13 August 1765
This event was shared from John Henry MORRY

10. Occupation: Merchant, 14 Nov 1844, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁷⁸³

11. Appointment: Board of Education (Protestant), 1845, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁷²⁴

12. Residence, 4 Dec 1845, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁷⁸⁴

13. Occupation: Merchant, 8 Feb 1846, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁵¹⁹

14. Occupation: Merchant, 1 Aug 1847, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁵²⁰

15. Appointment: Member of Petty Jury, 17 Oct 1849, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁷⁸⁵

16. Occupation: Accuntant, South Line, 17 Oct 1849, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁷⁸⁵

17. Property: Indenture between John Henry Morry & Peter Paint Le Messurier and Ann Coulman-Winsor, 16 May 1853 to 28 Oct 1862, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁴³¹ Note that the transfer actually occurred more than a decade before the Indenture was written and recorded with the Southern District Court. This would seem to imply that the initial deal, which apparently occurred without legal formality, may not have been abided by and the Indenture was therefore needed to secure the assets for Ann Winsor. This event was shared from Ann COULMAN who also shared it with John Henry MORRY (Witness).

18. Property: Bill of Sale of Nash's Plantation to Matthew Morry Jr. from Arthur W. O. Holdsworth, 14 Dec 1855, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁷⁸⁶ Although the wording on the cover suggests that this is the sale of the entire Nash Plantation in fact it was only one small part of that much larger grant, other bits and pieces of which were bought by others or taken over by them over the years by squatters rights.

Note that the Bill of Sale refers to the purchaser as Matthew Morry Sr., but in fact this was Matthew Morry II as Matthew Morry I was deceased at this time as was Matthew Morry III

This is a curious document. It records the fact that Matthew Morry Junior (II) paid two instalments, one of £30 on June 1 1847 and another of £30 on December 30 1848 to Arthur W. O. Holdsworth's Attorney, Nicholas Stabb, to purchase Nash's Plantation on the Southside of Calvert Harbour which was then occupied by Matthew. It seems that as he was nearing death there must have been some dispute over the ownership of this property and hence this document was given to attest to the purchase for the benefit of his heirs.

The curious thing is that there is no record of Holdsworth ever having bought the plantation from its original owner, Thomas Nash. In all liklihood, Holdsworth never paid a cent for the property and Matthew was the first person to ever do so.

Thomas Nash and his partner at the time, Roger McGraugh, were given the right to use most of the southside of Calvert harbour for the prosecution of the fishery (see attached notice from the Colonial Secretary's Letterbook dated Sept. 25, 1773. But how it wound up in the hands of the Holdsworths when Nash vacated the area for Branch is unknown.

In his book Courageous Souls on page 245 Kevin Reddigan notes that this property lay adjacent to land to the north of Deep Cove registered in 1847 by Patrick Kavanagh and that the description in that document of the Morry property stated that the shoreline setback from the cliff was about 100 feet. This event was shared from Matthew MORRY II JP

19. Will: Will of Matthew Morry II, 25 Apr 1856, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁷⁸⁷ Will and associated estate papers of Matthew Morry II. This copy, which is more complete than that in the Morry collection at The Rooms (MG231 Box 1, File 1) and in better condition, is in Aunt Jean's research notes now held by Karen Chapman This event was shared from Matthew MORRY II JP who also shared it with Anne SANDERS (Heir), Priscilla Ann MORRY (Heir), and Robert MORRY (Executor).

20. Property: Sale of Timber Cove Fishing Room, 28 Sep 1856, Brigus South, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁷²⁸ In brief, a portion of the late Matthew Morry II's property in Timber Cove, Brigus South, is being sold by his executors to a man named Badcock whose Christian name is not given either in the covering letter or the description. This is probably actually William Battcock, not Badcock, who was already established in business in Brigus South and owned the property beside this one. The date of the transaction, or at least the letter recording it, was Sept. 28, 1856, a few months after Matthew Morry II's death. This event was shared from Matthew MORRY II JP who also shared it with Robert MORRY (Witness), Thomas Graham MORRY II (Trustee), and William BATTCOCK (Party).

21. Residence: Military Rd., 1857, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ²²⁰

22. Probate: Probate of Will of Matthew Morry II granted to Thomas Graham Morry and Peter Paint Le Messurier, 31 May 1862, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁷²⁹ (MG231 Box 1, Files 1 to 3) This event was shared from Matthew MORRY II JP who also shared it with Thomas Graham MORRY II (Petitioner).

23. Occupation: accountant, Cmmercial Bank, 1864-1865, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁷⁸⁸

24. Alt. Death, 1884, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ^696,778

25. Residence: 203 Gower St, 1884, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ¹³⁹

26. Will: From NGB website transcription, 29 Mar 1884, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁷⁸⁹


Will of Peter Paint LeMessurier
from Newfoundland will books volume 4 pages 312-313 probate year 1884

In re
Peter P. LeMessurier deceased.

Know all men by these presents This is my last will and testament. I Peter Paint LeMessurier of Saint John's in the Island of Newfoundland Accountant after payment of all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses I give devise and bequeath unto my children to say Eliza Ann Noel, William Morry LeMessurier, Mary Jane Butteris, Peter Frederick LeMessurier, Esther Graham Lockwood, Priscilla Maria McDougall and Emily Bennett LeMessurier my life policy in the Equitable Assurance of New York in the United States of America for one thousand dollars, also my share in my late grandfather Hutchings Estate which shall be sold to the highest purchaser, with also and as to the residue and remainder of all my real and personal estate, I give devise and bequeath unto the aforesaid children. And I hereby appoint Peter Frederick LeMessurier and Edwin B. McDougall executors of this my will. As witness my hand this seventeenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and eighty three. P.P. LeMessurier. Signed and acknowledged by the said Peter Paint LeMessurier the testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us being present at the same time, who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have herewith subscribed our names as witnesses, Garland Munn Gaden. Robert Campbell Smith.

This is a codicil to my last will and testament bearing date of seventeenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and which I direct be taken as part thereof. I give devise and bequeath unto my daughter Emily Jennett LeMessurier so long as she remains unmarried, and to continue for one year after her marriage, the income derivable from my share of my late grandfather Hutchings estate, in the event of death, or marriage after specified time, I desire that this property be sold and the proceeds equally divided amongst all my children as named in the body of aforementioned will. In witness my hand this twenty ninth (29th) March A.D. 1884, P.P. LeMessurier, Witness to signature Garland Munn Gaden, Robert Campbell Smith.

Certified correct,
D. M. Browning
Registrar




Note: The wills in those will books are NOT actual wills. They are either hand-written copies or in later years typed copies of a, "last will and testament," written or typed by the court clerk, after the death of the testator, when the executor presented them to the court for probate. The court clerk didn't list the signatures at the bottom, he (or she) just put them in the book in whatever order they were in, on the original document, no spacing most of the time, no punctuation and also no paragraphs. The originals were kept by the executor.

We who have typed these wills, have made every effort to include all the errors that were on the microfilm, in order to avoid destroying the integrity of the originals, where ever they may be. However, in some of the very long wills, we have tried to insert paragraphs to make it easier for the researcher to read the document.

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Page Revised by Ivy F. Benoit (Wednesday February 20, 2013)

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Peter married Mary MORRY, daughter of Matthew MORRY II JP and Anne SANDERS, on 7 Feb 1843 in Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ^220,696.^,777 (Mary MORRY was born on 10 Jun 1816 in Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ^418,419, christened on 29 Sep 1818 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada,^418,419 died on 19 Jan 1857 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ^220,696,778 and was buried on 24 Feb 1857 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ^722,790.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Minister/Priest: Rev. William Bowman, 7 Feb 1843, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ^220,417,777

2. Witnesses: Matthew Morry, George Le Messurier, Robert Carter, John Morry, Benjamin S. Morry, Eliza Rowe Carter, Fanny R. Carter, Eliza Coleman, 7 Feb 1843, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ^417,777