converted into a cottage colony in December 1954. Prior to this transformation, the property plus Newbold Estates to the north of South Shore Road, which together totaled about 50 acres of land, were known as Jennings Land having belonged to Richard Downing Jennings. Mr. Jennings mortgaged this land along with Jennings Land in Smith's Parish by an Indenture dated September 1, 1809 to William Maxwell, who then assigned the mortgage to John Brickwood, the elder. John Brickwood went bankrupt in 1810. Richard Downing Jennings died and was survived by his elder son and heir at Law, Joseph Clayton Jennings, who later changed his name to Joseph Clayton De Windt (and that of his wife, Elizabeth Sarah) by Royal License on February 15, 1851. An Indenture dated November 25, 1857 was made between Joseph Clayton De Windt of the first part, Charles Robert Turner (Trustee under the Settlement) of the second part, Hatton Hamer Stansfield (assignee in bankruptcy) of the third part, John Strelleur Brickwood, Edward Clanfield Brickwood and Emily Vaux (widow) -- nephews and niece of the late John Brickwood the elder of the fourth part, Thomas Melville Dill of the fifth part, Charles John Crawly (Dower Trustee) of the sixth part and Rowland Babington Piele (Trustee re Mortgage terms) of the seventh part. Thomas Melville Dill acquired both the Devonshire and the Smith's Parish, Jennings Land. Mr. Dill, a Sea Captain who made a record voyage from Bermuda to Cork, Ireland commanding the barque "Sir George Seymour'' died of cholera in London, England, leaving his son, Thomas Newbold Dill, to survive him. Thomas Newbold Dill, one time mayor of Hamilton, left the Jennings Land by will to his only child, Thomas Melville Dill, who by his will dated August 21 1944, left Jennings Land to a trustee upon trust for his wife during her lifetime, and after her death to his three sons, Thomas Newbold Dill, Nicholas Bayard Dill and Lawrence Dill as tenants-in-common.

Thomas Melville Dill died in March, 1945. The three sons created two limited liability companies, one named Melville Estates Ltd., which acquired that portion of the Jennings Land north of the South Shore Road and the other known as Dill Estates Limited, which acquired that portion of Jennings Land to the south of the South Shore Road on which Ariel Sands was subsequently built. The title of the southern portion of Jennings Land is now therefore in Dill Estates Limited and the Cottage Colony erected there is known as Ariel Sands.

Dill Estates Limited was formed on December 18, 1953 and by an Indenture dated November 27, 1964, and made between the Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Ltd.

(Trustee) of the first part, Ruth Rapalje Neilson Dill, Thomas Newbold Dill, Nicholas Bayard Dill and Laurence Dill of the second part and Dill Estates Limited of the third part, the property was vested in the Company. It was conveyed to several persons on lend lease financing agreements. During the early days, Jennings Land was very heavily wooded with large cedar trees which were cut down to make sailing vessels, one of which was named the Cedrine, which had a fatal ending on its maiden voyage, being wrecked after a fast passage on the Isle of Wright on April 2, 1862, when conveying numerous Hotel enjoys well earned reputation lodged with the Bermuda Maritime Museum. Cedrine was launched from the yard of Mr. J.J. Outerbridge in February, 1862. And after grounding on the Isle of Wight, she became a total wreck. The cedar from her timbers and body were used in the re-roofing of Mottistone Church in the Isle of Wight, where the strong scent of Bermuda cedar can still be detected. During the 1930s and 1940s, the cedar trees were growing up again and the property was used for farming and grazing land for cows and many of the surrounding families used it as a bathing place. However, in 1948, Bermuda experienced a severe hurricane starting in the south-east moving to south and south-west winds ending up in the north-west after the centre had passed. The wind knocked the entire young growing trees flat and the place looked forlorn. The Dill family decided to remove the trees and create a cottage colony, which was opened for business on December 18, 1954. And it has since enjoyed a well earned reputation as Ariel Sands. (Information taken from Nicholas Bayard Dill's records.) PHOTO AERIAL VIEW -- A picture of the Ariel Sands Beach Club taken in the 1980s before two million dollars worth of renovations were recently completed. The cottage colony has added on a seaside restaurant and bar, and renovated both the inside and outside of the hotel extensively.