Deeds for Acadia National Park
part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
of
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
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(updated 11 May 2014)
Welcome
to the Deeds of Acadia National Park home page, part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project.
Purpose of this web page:
The purpose of this web page is to report the deeds for all the land on Mount Desert Island that is now part of Acadia National Park.
How this page is organized:
Deeds for land that is now part of Acadia National Park are listed in chronological order. Earlier deeds were for large tracts of land purchased by or received as gifts to the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations, an organization that then turned over the land to the United States of America to be part of originally (8 July 1916) Sieur de Monts National Monument, later (26 February 1919) Lafayette National Park, and finally (19 January 1929) Acadia National Park. Later deeds were for smaller, but nevertheless significant, parcels. Following the passage (25 September 1986) of Public Law 99-420 ("An act to establish a permanent boundary for the Acadia National Park in the State of Maine, and for other purposes"), small parcels outside the newly established boundary were sold and inholdings were purchased, a process that has not yet been completed.
How to contribute:
If you have old deeds that you are willing to lend for scanning or photographing, of if you have any related material, please e-mail museum@mdihistory.org, call 207-276-9323, or write to MDI Deeds, c/o Mount Desert Island Historical Society; P. O. Box 653; Mount Desert, ME 04660.
568:509–521
Date: 10 June 1916
Towns: Bar Harbor and Mount Desert
Grantor: Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations
Grantee: United States of America
Description: original deed of what is now part of Acadia National Park
Beginning at a large hemlock tree in the west line of land of Charles C. Burrill, said tree marking the southwest corner of the Humphrey Stanwood Lot, so-called;
then S 6° 30′ W, but everywhere following the west line of said land of Burrill, 1338 feet, more or less, to the southwest corner of said land of Burrill;
then on the same course, S 6° 30′ W, following the west line of land formerly of John B. and Charles T. How, now of George B. Dorr, 412.5 feet to an iron bolt set in the ledge and a cross cut in the ledge [UTM: 19T 0562533 4912851; Lat./Long.: N 44° 21′ 58.4″ x W 68° 12′ 54.7′] on Kebo Mountain, said bolt marking the southwest corner of said land of Dorr;
then following the south line of said land of Dorr, S 83° 30′ E 645 feet to a cedar stake driven in the ground;
then S 15° E 592.5 feet to a cedar stake driven in the ground;
then S 2° 30′ E 440 feet;
then S 10° E 497 feet to a stake and stones;
then S 24° 30′ E 357 feet to a stake driven in the ground;
then S 5° 30′ W 194 feet to a stake driven in the ground;
then S 30′ E 692 feet to a stake driven in the ground;
then S 52° 45′ E to the west side line of the Kane Memorial Path, so-called;
then southerly, but always following the western side line of said Kane Memorial Path, to its intersection with the Ladder Path, so-called;
then southerly and easterly, but everywhere following the western and southern side lines of said Ladder Path, to an iron bolt driven in the ground at a point 1 rod westerly of the western side line of the Otter Creek Road;
then northerly, but everywhere parallel with and 1 rod distant from said Otter Creek Road, to the southern line of said Kane Memorial Path;
then at right angles easterly to the center of said Otter Creek Road;
then northerly, by said Otter Creek Road, to an iron bolt at the junction of line of land of Morrell and the eastern line of said road;
then S 30° 30′ E, but everywhere following said land of Morrell, 250 feet, more or less, to an iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 80° 10′ E, but everywhere following the southerly line of said land of Morrell and land of Dorr 2534.4 feet, passing through an iron pipe driven in the ground marking the southwest corner of land of George B. Dorr, to a stake driven in the ground;
then N 81° 20′ E, following said land of said Dorr, 156.75 feet to a stake driven in the ground;
then N 73° E, still following said land of Dorr, 287.26 feet to a stake driven in the ground;
then N 9° 55′ E, still following said land or Dorr, 744.97 feet to a stake driven in the ground;
then N 15° 30′ E, still following said land of Dorr, 325.05 feet to a stake driven in the ground;
then N 55′ E, still following said land of Dorr, 214.99 feet to the southern line of the Quarry Road, so-called;
then S 65° 23′ E 199.98 feet to a stake driven in the ground;
then S 21° 20′ W, following land of said Dorr, 495 feet to a stake driven in the ground;
then S 87° E, following said land of Dorr, 360.85 feet to a stone set in the ground marking the northwest corner of land of Bowler;
then S 19° 15′ W 869.88 feet to a stone set in the ground in the line between land of Bingham Estate and said Bowler;
then continuing same course, to wit, S 19° 15′ W 181.17 feet to a pine tree marked for a corner;
then S 7° E, but everywhere following the western line of said Bingham land, 387.42 feet, more or less, to the most northerly corner of that certain lot described as conveyed in the deed from Daniel W. Brewer to the trustees of the Bingham Estate, dated 23 October 1882, and recorded in the Hancock County, Maine, Registry of Deeds in Book 185, page 169;
then in a general southwesterly direction, but everywhere following the northwesterly line of said lot so-described as conveyed in said deed from Brewer to Trustees of the Bingham Estate, to the northerly line of land formerly of Charles T. How, later of Brunnow;
then S 83° E to a stake and stones marking the northwest corner of land of Brunnow, said stake and stones being 674 feet N 83° W from the Schooner Head Road;
then S 33° 30′ W 102 feet to a poplar tree;
then S 68° W 119 feet to a stake and stones;
then S 7° E 325 feet to a stake and stones marking the southwest corner of said land of Brunnow;
then N 80° 45′ E, following the southern line of said land of Brunnow, 860 feet, more or less, to the Schooner Head Road;
then S 6° W, but following said Schooner Head Road, 636.25 feet, more or less, to the north line of land of Bliss;
then S 73° 20′ W 855.6 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 60° W 39.6 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 50° 40′ W 42.9 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 43° 28′ W 46.1 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 39° 16′ W 44.2 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 38° 10′ W 47.8 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 36° 50′ W 332.6 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 26° 26′ W 132.2 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 25° 24′ W 119.7 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 23° 2′ W 55.8 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 15° 30′ W 60.8 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 12° 26′ W 207.8 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 4° 14′ W 43.4 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 32′ W 40.5 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 23° 8′ E 34 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 47° 24′ E 39.8 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 58° 24′ E 34.7 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 63° 52′ E 322.3 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 73° 40′ E 115.9 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 84° 4′ E 105.7 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 76° 34′ E 71.4 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 61° 26′ E 171.2 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then N 86° 10′ E 65.1 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then N 70° 24′ E 82.9 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then N 81° 20′ E 78.7 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 76° 10′ E 131.5 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 62° 45′ E 183.7 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then S 69° 58′ E 52.8 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground;
then N 44° 45′ E 39.3 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground on the west side of the Schooner Head Road;
then following the west side of said road southerly to a stone post set in the ground in the north line of land of Hale et al.;
then N 84° W 4750 feet to a stake and stones;
then southerly 910 feet to a point N 88° E from a stake driven in the ground in the east side of the Otter Creek Road, marking the northeast corner of the Timothy Smallidge Lot, so-called;
then S 88° W 697.9 feet to said stake;
then continuing same course, to wit, S 88° W, following said Smallidge lot, to the southwest corner of the lot described as conveyed in the deed from Daniel W. Brewer to Fountain & Serenus H. Rodick, dated 21 April 1883 and recorded in said Registry of Deeds book 187, page 510;
then north, following the west line of said land so conveyed by Brewer to Rodick, to the southeast corner of the Green Mountain House Lot, so-called, said corner being marked by a bolt set in the ledge near the edge of a steep bluff on the southerly slope of Green Mountain and also marked by a cross cut in the ledge;
then S 67° 30′ W 2589 feet to an iron bolt set in the ledge on the westerly slope of the western ridge of said Mountain, also marked by a cross cut in the ledge;
then N 49° 30′ W 660 feet to an iron bolt set in the ledge and a cross cut in the ledge near said bolt, said point being in the Gilmore-Brewer division line, or Deane line, so-called;
then following said Gilmore-Brewer division line S 45° W to a point 150 feet easterly of the eastern shore of Bubble Pond, or Turtle Lake;
then northerly, but everywhere parallel with and 150 feet distant from said eastern shore of Bubble Pond, or Turtle Lake, to a stake driven in the ground;
then S 52° W to a point 150 feet westerly from the western shore of said Pond;
then southerly, but everywhere parallel with and 150 feet distant from the western shore of said Pond, to a stake driven in the ground near the southern end of Bubble Pond;
then southwesterly to a point on the town line between the towns of Eden [now Bar Harbor] and Mount Desert, said point being 750 feet at right angles westerly from the eastern line of the Benjamin and Enoch Spurling lot, or Jordan Purchase, so-called;
then S 4° W, parallel with and 750 feet distant from said eastern line of said Spurling Lot, or Jordan Purchase, 2130 feet;
then westerly, at right angles to said last-described line 475 feet;
then southerly, at right angles to said last-described line 1200 feet;
then southeasterly to a copper bolt set in a ledge on the eastern slope of the Eastern Triad Mountain;
then S 13° 55′ E 1266.37 feet to a copper bolt in a point of ledge;
then S 41° 50 ′ W 177.37 feet to an iron bolt set in a ledge marking the northeast corner of the lot of J. & C. H. Clement;
then westerly, but everywhere following the northerly line of said Clement Lot, to the northwest corner thereof;
then southerly, but everywhere following the westerly line of said Clement Lot, to the northerly side of the road leading to Turtle Lake;
then southwesterly, but everywhere following the northern side line of said road, 45 feet, more or less, to a stone post in the side of said road;
then N 81° 23′ W, passing through 2 iron bolts set in a boulder in line of land of Helen P. Dane, and everywhere following same, 475.75 feet to a stone post set in the ground;
then N 28° 46′ W, still following said Dane line, 345.2 feet to an iron bolt in a boulder;
then N 61° 39′ W, everywhere following said Dane line, 635.8 feet to an iron bolt in a boulder;
then S 58° 58′ W, but everywhere following said Dane line 642.8 feet to a stone post set in the ground;
then N 87° 45′ W, but everywhere following said Dane line, 833 feet, to a stone post set in the ground;
then N 35° 56′ E, following the easterly line of the so-called Candage Quarry Lot, 150.1 feet to a stone post set in the ground;
then N 11° 39′ E, but everywhere following the eastern line of said Quarry Lot, 249.1 feet to a stone post marking the northeastern corner of said Quarry Lot, said stone post at said northeastern corner being distant 1087 feet, measuring S 82° 30′ E, from the intersection of the southerly line of the Sidney P. Bracy Lot (called also the Candage Lot) with the center of the town road leading to Jordan's Pond;
then turning and running easterly, bounded northerly by said Bracy or Candage Lot, to the southeast corner of said Bracy or Candage Lot;
then generally northerly, bounded westerly by said Bracy or Candage Lot, the John Clement Lot, and the Hannah A. Bracy (widow) Dower Lot, to the northeast corner of said Dower Lot;
then S 70° W, but always following the northern line of said Dower Lot, 1303.5 feet to the southeast corner of land formerly of Charles T. How;
then N 4° E, following said How's east line, 742 feet, more or less, to a point 155 feet distant from the southerly shore of Jordan Pond;
then easterly, northerly, westerly, and southerly, but everywhere parallel with and 150 feet distant from the shore of said Jordan Pond, to a point 150 feet from the intersection of the shore line of the water of said Pond with the westerly line of the strip of land 2 rods wide taken and condemned for a pipe line by the Seal Harbor Water Supply Company by its condemnation proceedings of 22 December 1896, and according to its plans and descriptions of that date filed in the Registry of Deeds for Hancock County;
then S 25° 50′ W, but everywhere following the westerly line of said strip so taken and condemned for a pipe line to its intersection with the northerly line of the lot of land taken and condemned for dams, reservoirs, and other necessary buildings for the said Water Company by its condemnation aforesaid, and according to its plans and descriptions file as aforesaid;
then N 52° 40′ W, but everywhere following the northerly line of said lot taken and condemned for dams and other purposes above mentioned, to the stone post marking the northwestern corner of said lot;
then S 17° 20′ W, but everywhere following the westerly line of said lot, 106.41 feet to the stone post marking its southwestern corner;
then in a southerly direction to Station Eighteen plus Seventy-eight in the center line of the old location of the water pipe line of the Seal Harbor Water Supply Company according to the condemnation aforesaid;
then southwesterly, but everywhere following the center line of said old location, being the center line of a strip 2 rods wide marked at its angles by stone posts in the outside lines of said strip 2102 feet, more or less, to Station Thirty-nine plus Eighty in said center line of said old location;
then diverging from said pipe line location and running S 6° 41′ W 1443 feet to the Hannah H. Bracy north line, called also the widow Jordan's Dower Lot;
then N 86° 45′ W, but everywhere following the northerly side line of said Dower Lot to its northwest corner;
then N 10° 30′ W, but everywhere following the westerly line of said Dower Lot, 594 feet, more or less, to a stake in the northern line of the Shore or Settler's Lots, it being also the southwestern corner of said Dower Lot;
then N 85° 45′ W, everywhere following the northern line of the said Settlers' Lots and the southern line of the Jordan Purchase, so-called, 3943.5 feet, more or less, to the southwesterly corner of said Jordan Purchase at the northwesterly corner of Settler's Lot 73 on the old Peters Plan;
then N 4° 45′ E, but everywhere following the westerly line of said Jordan Purchase 13,233 feet, more or less, to an iron bolt marking the northwestern corner of said Jordan Purchase, being the southern line of the Southwest Valley, or Gilmore Lot, said westerly line of the Jordan Purchase being marked throughout its length by iron bolts;
then westerly, following the southern line of said Southwest Valley or Gilmore Lot, 412.5 feet to the southwest corner thereof;
then northerly, by the head line of the shore lots, to said town line
then S 45° E, following said town line, to the southwesterly corner of Lot 4, according to survey and plan made by A. P. Godell in October 1880, said plan being recorded in the Registry of Deeds for said Hancock County;
then northerly and easterly, but always following said Lot 4, to a point 150 feet distant from the shore of Eagle Lake;
then easterly and northerly, but everywhere parallel with and 150 feet distant from said shore of Eagle Lake to a point 150 feet distant from the Bubble Pond Brook;
then easterly, but everywhere parallel with and 150 feet distant from said Bubble Pond Brook, to the road leading to Bubble Pond;
then by said road, by the four next following courses and distances,
first, S 8° 5′ E 202.12 feet;
then S 11° 40′ E 99.99 feet;
then S 25° 20′ E 149.98 feet;
then S 13° 36′ E 283.8 feet to a stake driven in the ground;
then diverging from said road and crossing said brook N 89° 40′ E 339.9 feet;
then N 8° 35′ W 115.5 feet;
then N 8° 20′ W 125.4 feet;
then N 1° 15′ W 113.35 feet;
then N 10° 30′ W 132 feet;
then N 6° 50′ E 168.96 feet;
then N 14° E 182.49 feet;
then N 14° W 138.93 feet;
then N 9° W 351.91 feet;
then S 74° 30′ W to a point 150 feet distant from the shore of Eagle Lake;
then northerly, but everywhere parallel with and 150 feet distant from said shore of Eagle Lake to the southeastern line of land of W. M. Roberts;
then N 52° 30′ E, but everywhere following the southeasterly line of said Roberts 1270.5 feet, more or less, to an iron bolt at the corner of land of the estate of T. L. Roberts;
then S 37° 30′ E, but everywhere following the southwest line of said Roberts estate and land now or formerly of William H. Puffer 1155 feet, more or less, to a stone post at the southwest corner of said land of Puffer;
then N 52° 30′ E, but always following the southeasterly line of land now or formerly of Puffer et al, being lot No. 56 on said Peters Plan, to the Thomas Wasgatt Lot, so-called;
then S 37° 30′ E, following said Wasgatt Lot, to land formerly of the heirs of Benjamin Ash, now of the Rodick Realty Company;
then S 2° 30′ W, but always following said land of the Rodick Realty Company 5735 feet to said Brewer-Gilmore Division Line, or Deane Line;
then N 45° E, always following said land of Rodick Realty Company et al., 3852.75 feet, more or less, to the hemlock tree, the place of beginning.
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Peters Plan - A1
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(updated 3 December 2013)
30:313–314
Date: 26 July 1809
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Robert Gilmore, Thomas Mayne Willing, and Charles Willing Hare (representatives of the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Abraham Thomas
Description: 65 acres and 52 square rods; Thomas Islands [now called Thomas Island and the Twinnies] near mouth of Northeast Creek; This page will follow Thomas Island.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Peters Plan - A2
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30:313–314
Date: 26 July 1809
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Robert Gilmore, Thomas Mayne Willing, and Charles Willing Hare (representatives of the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Abraham Thomas
Description: 65 acres and 52 square rods; Thomas Islands [now called Thomas Island and the Twinnies] near mouth of Northeast Creek; This page will follow the Twinnies.
Note: This parcel (A2) was shown on the Peters Plan as a single island. In fact, the Twinnies are two islands: North Twinnie and South Twinnie.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Peters Plan - A3
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(updated 15 March 2011)
6:257–258
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: John Thomas
Description: 100 acres
beginning at a large hemlock between him the said John and Aur[...] Thomas;
running first S 30° E 204 rods to a stake;
then S 53[°] W 67 rods to Nicholas Thomas' line;
then N 37° W 208 rods to the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 6:260–261
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6:260–261
Date: 18 October 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: John Thomas
Grantee: John Thomas Jr.
Description: 100 acres; "my lot of one hundred acres of land which I now possess as a settler on this island together with my dwelling house, barn, and out houses"
[S]aid lot is bounded as by one deed of Bartholomew [sic] de Gregoire, Esq., & Maria Theresa, his wife, may be seen.
Note: In addition to the above land and buildings, this deed conveyed "all my cattle, sheep, and stock of all kinds; all my wearing apparel; one desk; my gun; the larger Bible; a book entitled the 'Young Man's Companion'; and all my farming tools".
Grantor obtained this parcel via 6:257–258
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Peters Plan - A4
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6:258–259
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: John Thomas
Description: 61 acres 13 [square?] rods by deed; 65 acres 130 [square?] rods by Peters Plan
beginning at a fir tree near the great rock;
runs first S 25° E 100 rods;
then S 88° E to Mr. Hadley's line;
then S 20° E 80 rods to the to the head of Mr. Hadley's line to a spruce tree;
then S 46° W to a spruce tree at the head of Mr. John Thomas' lot;
then N 37° W to the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 6:262
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6:262
Date: 19 October 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: John Thomas
Grantee: Peggy Thomas
Description: 61 acres 13 [square?] rods by deed; 65 acres 130 [square?] rods by Peters Plan
beginning at a fir tree near a great rock;
run first S 25° E 100 rods;
then S 88° E to Mr. Hadley's line to a spruce tree;
then S 20° E 80 rods to the to the head of Mr. Hadley's line;
[then S 46° W; see note below] to a spruce tree at the head of Mr. John Thomas' lot;
then N 37° W to the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
Note: a portion of the description, supplied in brackets above, was omitted when copying/entering the deed in the Registry of Deeds book.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 6:258–259
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Peters Plan - A5
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27:12–13
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Daniel Richardson
Description: 36 acres
Beginning at a fir tree, the bounds between him [Daniel Richardson] and John Thomas;
run first S 25° E 100 rods;
then S 88° E to Mr. Hadley's line;
then N 20° W to the shore;
then following the shore to the first bounds.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Peters Plan - A6
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This parcel contains Hadley Point, the northernmost point on Mount Desert Island.
1:433–434
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Simeon Hadley
Description: 100 acres
Beginning at an oak tree, which is a bound between Daniel Richardson and the said Simeon [Hadley];
and running first S 15° E 200 rods to a spruce tree;
then N 37° E 166 rods to the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bounds.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Peters Plan - A7
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(updated 16 April 2011)
12:361–362
Date: 7 October 1802
Town: Eden [now Bar Harbor]
Grantors: William Bingham et al.
Grantee: Nehemiah Higgins
Description: 54 acres, 65 [square?] rods by deed; 54 acres, 25 [square?] rods by Peters Plan
Beginning on the shore at the northern corner of Ezra Leland's lot;
then running S 45° W 100 rods to the county road;
then along said road to Simeon Hadley's line;
then N 37° E 146 rods along said [Simeon] Hadley's line to the shore;
then easterly along the said shore to the point of beginning.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Peters Plan - B1
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(updated 17 January 2011)
After you cross the bridge from Thompson Island onto Mount Desert Island, you are on land purchased on 28 March 1792 from Bartholomy and Maria Theresa DeGregoire for "five Spanish milled dollars" paid by Joseph Mayo, who was already a "settler on the land". This parcel includes land in Bar Harbor and Trenton (yes, Trenton extends onto Mount Desert Island), and some of it is now owned by the United States of America as part of Acadia National Park.
1:547–548
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Joseph Mayo
Description: 100 acres
Beginning at a spruce tree that stands about 4 rods from the corner of his [Joseph Mayo's] fence and is the bound between the said Mayo and John Chipper;
from thence running first N 59° E 230 rods to a small birch tree;
then N 31° W to the shore;
then following the shore to the first bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Peters Plan - B10
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41:421–422
Date: 20 October 1818
Town: Eden [now Bar Harbor]
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Robert Gilmore, Thomas Mayne Willing, and Charles Willing Hare (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Nicholas Thomas
Description: 30 acres
Beginning at a certain marked tree on the east line of land owned by said Thomas;
running northeasterly by said Thomas land 160 rods to land belonging to Ezra Leland;
then easterly by said Leland's land 30 rods to the north corner bound of land belonging to Col. Thompson;
then southwesterly by said Thompson's land 160 rods;
then northwesterly 30 rods to the first mentioned bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Peters Plan - B11
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(updated 17 January 2011)
1:371–372
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Thomas Wasgatt Jr./2nd [Jr. on plan; 2nd in deed]
Description: 2 lots: 140 acres (first lot) and 60 acres (back lot); This page follows the back lot.
first lot (140 acres):
Beginning at the stake and stones, the bounds between him and Daniel Rodick;
from thence run first due south 2[...] rods to a spruce tree;
then due west 37 rods to Mr. Higgins' line;
then south on said line 48 rods;
then N 43° E 50 rods or until [...] come to the brook;
then following said brook to the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bounds.
back lot (60 acres):
[Begin] at the southwest corner of Ezra Leland's lot;
run first S 45° W 180 rods to a stake;
then N 45° W 33.5 rods;
then N 45° E 178 rods to Leland's line;
then following said line to the first bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of the back lot this parcel via 2:463–464
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2:463–464
Date: 23 June 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Thomas Wasgatt [no designation of Jr. or 2nd]
Grantee: Samuel Hull
Description: 60 acres
[Begin] at the southwest corner of Ezra Leland's lot;
run first S 45° W 180 rods to a stake;
then N 45° E 33.5 rods; [see note 1 below]
then N 45° E 128 rods to Leland's line; [see note 2 below]
then following said line to the first bound.
Notes:
1. This deed incorrectly reads N 45° E, which would be a retracing of a portion of the previous boundary line. The correct direction is N 45° W, as given in the same line in 1:371–372 above.
2. This distance should be 178 rods, given that distance in 1:371–372 above and the relative dimensions of the parcel shown on the Peters Plan.
Grantor obtained this parcel via: 1:371–372
Grantee disposed of the back lot this parcel via ???:???
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The deed found in book 2 on pages 418–419 covered one parcel (B12) of 200 acres on the Peters Plan but was composed of two contiguous lots: a first lot (at the shore) and a back lot.
2:418–419
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Ezra Leland
Description: 2 contiguous lots totaling 200 acres
first lot: beginning at a birch tree, the bound between Nehemiah Higgins and said Ezra Leland;
thence running first S 45° W 131 rods to a poplar tree;
then S 47.5° E 128 rods to a fir stake;
then N 40° E to the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
back lot: beginning at the northwest corner of this first lot [i.e., at the poplar tree mentioned above];
thence running first S 45° W 121 rods to a poplar tree;
then S 47.5° E 128 rods;
then N 40° E [to] a fir stake [the same fir stake as in the first lot], which finishes his second lot.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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41:123–124
Date: 23 October 1818
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Robert Gilmore, Thomas Mayne Willing, and Charles William [Hass?] (devisees of William Bingham")
Grantees: Abraham Thomas, Joel Emery, and William Emery
Description: Peters Plan lot #12; 98 acres, more or less, but the property description includes an adjacent 23 acres of "marsh & meadow" so-called by the Peters Plan
Beginning on Northeast Creek, so-called, on the east line of land belonging to Col. Thompson;
and running northeasterly by said Thompson's land to the west corner bound of Ebenezer Leland's lot;
then easterly by said Leland's land to a brook or creek, the bound of lot #13;
then southerly by said brook or creek to Northeast Creek aforesaid;
then westerly by said Northeast Creek to the first mentioned bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantees disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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The deed for this parcel has not yet been located. However, we do have the deeds for the sale by Ebenezer Leland of the two lots into which he broke the original parcel: one lot (90 acres more or less; see 2:464 below) being the eastern "half" and the other lot (100 acres more or less; see 2:420 below) being the western "half". The compass direction of the east bound of the eastern lot (S 24° W) is the same as the compass direction (though in the opposite direction) of the boundary of the adjoining parcel belonging to Joseph Hopkins. The eastern lot was sold first and mentioned that its western bound was the land still owned at that time by Ebenezer Leland. The deed for the western lot mentioned that the eastern bound of that lot was land of Samuel Hull, the person to whom Ebenezer Leland sold the eastern lot. That second deed also mentions that the original 200-acre parcel was purchased by Ebenezer Leland from "B. DeGregoire, Esqr." on 28 March 1792. From this information, we can reconstruct the original deed as follows:
???:???
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Ebenezer Leland
Description: 200 acres; unnumbered on the Peters Plan; the following description reconstructed from 2:464 and 2:420–421
Beginning at a fence, the bound between Ebenezer Leland and Joseph Hopkins;
running first S 24° W 198 rods;
then N 63° W 191 rods to Ezra Leland's line;
then by Ezra Leland's lot to the shore;
then following the shore to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of the eastern portion of this parcel via 2:464 and the western portion via 2:420–421
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2:464
Date: 12 March 1793
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Ebenezer Leland
Grantee: Samuel Hull
Description: 90 acres, more or less; eastern portion of original Ebenezer Leland parcel at Emery Cove [just west of Salisbury Cove]
Beginning at a fence, the bound between Ebenezer Leland and Joseph Hopkins;
running first S 24° W 198 rods, which brings [one] to the Mill Pond;
then N 63° W 95 rods [to the line of Ebenezer Leland];
then runs adjoining the said Ebenezer Leland's lot to a pine tree marked with an "E" in presence of Ebenezer Salisbury;
then on the shore to the first mentioned bound.
Grantor obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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2:420–421
Date: 25 November 1793
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Ebenezer Leland
Grantee: Ezra Leland
Description: 100 acres, more or less; western portion of original Ebenezer Leland parcel at Emery Cove [just west of Salisbury Cove]
Beginning at the shore at a marked pine X;
then running by land sold by the said Ebenezer [Leland] to Samuel Hull, to the head of the 200-acres lot the said Ebenezer [Leland] purchased of B. DeGregoire Esq. as appears by deed bearing date 28 March 1792;
then by the head of said lot 96 rods to Ezra Leland's lot;
then by Ezra Leland's lot to the shore;
then by the shore to the bound first mentioned.
Grantor obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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3:178–179
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Joseph Hopkins
Description: 100 acres
Begin at a stake and stones, the bound between Ebenezer Salisbury and Joseph Hopkins;
run first S 9° W 150 rods, to a poplar tree;
then N 74° W 130 rods to Ebenezer Leland's line;
then N 24° E 178 rods, to the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Peters Plan - B17
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The deed found in book 1 on pages 445–446 covered two parcels on the Peters Plan: B17 (first lot) and B24 (second lot). The transaction below follows the transfer of parcel B17, the first lot.
1:445–446
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Elkanah Young
Description: 2 lots: 75 acres, 106 [square] rods and 24 acres, 114 [square] rods; both lots shown on Peters Plan
first lot (75 acres, 106 [square] rods):
begin at the fence between Ebenezer Salisbury and Elkanah Young;
run first S 22.5° E 180 rods to a fir tree;
then S 56.25° E 90 rods;
then N 22.5° W to the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
second lot (24 acres, 114 [square] rods):
begin at a maple tree, the bound between Elkanah Young and Henry Knowles;
run first S 33° W 134 rods to a fir stake;
then S 56.25° E 41 rods to a poplar tree;
then N 45° E 100 rods to the shore;
then following the shore to the first bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of the first lot of this parcel via 9:254–256
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9:254–256
Date: 27 April 1801
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Elkanah Young
Grantees: Ephraim Salisbury and Ebenezer Salisbury Jr.
Description: 75 acres, 106 [square] rods (= the "first lot" of 1:445–446 above)
Beginning at the fence between Ebenezer Salisbury and Elkanah Young;
running first S 22.5° E 180 rods to a fir tree;
then S 56.25° E 90 rods;
then N 22.5° W to the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
Note: This deed conveyed the land described above "together with all the buildings thereunto belonging with fences and every other percusit except a shoe-maker's shop reserved for the Reverend James Covel which is to be removed by him anytime when it is his pleasure to do the same without the interruption of any person"
Grantor obtained this parcel via: 1:445–446
Grantees disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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2:134–135
Date: 4 April 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantees: Sarah Paine, William Mason, and Timothy Mason
Description: 100 acres, composed of two 50-acre lots: a "first lot" and a "back lot", both described here; Subsequent deeds on this page follow only the "first lot". (The "back lot" is followed here.)
first lot (50 acres):
Beginning at a birch tree, the bound between him [Bartholomy DeGregoire] and Elkanah Young;
run first S 22.5° E 172 rods to a maple tree;
then N 67.5° E 48 rods to a maple tree;
then N 22.5° W to the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
"Sarah Paine's back lot" (50 acres):
Begin at the northwest corner of Seth Doane's back lot;
running first S 10° W 125 rods to a birch tree;
then N 80° W 64 rods;
then N 10° E 125 rods to a poplar tree;
then S 80° E 64 rods to the first bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantees disposed of the northern half (i.e., 25 acres) of the first lot of this parcel via 8:353–354, and Sarah Paine disposed of her share of the southern half via 15:301–302
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8:353–354
Date: 3 July 1800
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Sarah Paine and William Mason
Grantees: Benjamin Downs
Description: This deed conveyed two parcels, but only the one that was part of the "first lot" in 2:134–135 above is reported here.
Beginning at a birch tree at the shore between [the grantors Sarah Paine and William Mason] and Elkanah Young;
Running S 22.5° E to the county road;
then easterly by the road about 48 rods to Mr. Seth Doan[e]'s land;
then N 22.5° W to the shore;
then following the shore to the first bound;
"together with all the buildings and appurtenances thereunto belonging".
Grantors obtained this parcel via the "first lot" of 2:134–135
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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15:301–302
Date: 3 July 1800
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Sarah Paine
Grantees: William Mason
Description: This deed conveyed two parcels, but only the one that was part of the "first lot" in 2:134–135 above is reported here. This is the portion of the "first lot" in 2:134–135 that was south of the county road.
Beginning at the northeast corner of Elkanah Young's land, and on the south side of the county road;
then S 22° E to a maple tree;
then N 67° E 48 rods to a maple tree;
then N 22.5° W to the road;
then by the road westerly to the first-mentioned bound.
Grantor obtained this parcel via the "first lot" of 2:134–135
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Summary of the above transactions:
1. Bartholomy DeGregoire and wife Maria Theresa DeGregoire conveyed two parcels, a shore lot (followed on this page) and a back lot (followed on a different page, to Sarah Paine, William Mason, and Timothy Mason.
2. It is uncertain, and will require further research to determine, how Timothy Mason's share of the property was transferred to Sarah Paine and William Mason.
3. At some point in time, to be determined, the county road passed through the shore lot, dividing it into a northern half and a southern half.
4. Co-owners Sarah Paine and William Mason conveyed the northern half to Benjamin Downs.
5. Sarah Paine conveyed her share of the southern half to William Mason, leaving him with sole ownership of that half.
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When the original deed (presumably) from the DeGregoires to Seth Doane has been found, it will be posted here.
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21:222–223
Date: 29 October 1802
Town: Eden [now Bar Harbor]
Grantor: Seth Doane
Grantees: [sons] Jonathan Doane and Abraham Doane
Description: 50 acres, more or less; "together with the house, blacksmith shop, and the smith's tools"
Bounded northwesterly by Frenchman Bay, northeasterly by Daniel Hamor's land, southeasterly by Elkanah Remick's land, and southwesterly by William Mason's and Benjamin Downs's land.
Grantor obtained this parcel via ???:???
Jonathan Doane disposed of one undivided half part of this parcel via 23:416–417
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23:416–417
Date: 2 November 1807
Town: Eden [now Bar Harbor]
Grantor: Jonathan Doane
Grantees: Moses Wallis
Description: one undivided half part of 50 acres, a dwelling house, blacksmith's shop, and other buildings
Beginning at the shore on Frenchman's Bay;
then running southeasterly and bounding northeasterly on land of Daniel Harmons, southeasterly on land of Elkanah Remick, southwesterly on land of Sarah Paine, northwesterly on said Frenchman's Bay;
"or howeer otherwise the aforesaid are bounded or reputed to be bounded".
Grantor obtained his half of this parcel via 21:222–223
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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66:270–271
Date: 20 December 1838
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: estate of William Bingham
Grantee: Nahum Cousins
Description: 150128/160 acres, more or less
Beginning on the shore at the northwest corner bounds of Jesse Higgins's lot;
running by said lot S 70° E 500 rods to a corner on the west line of lot No. 6;
then N 20° E by said lot No. 6 80 rods to a corner on the side of lot No 5;
then N 48° W by said lot No. 5 and lot No. 10 to a corner on the side line of Joseph Mayo's lot to the shore;
then southerly by the shore to the bound first mentioned.
Grantor obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of 40 acres of this parcel via 285:66–68
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285:66–68
Date: 8 October 1867
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Nahum Cousins
Grantee: Samuel H. Cousins
Description: 40 acres, more or less
Beginning at a spruce tree on the west side of the county road [now Old County Road] on William Higgins north line;
then following said line westerly to the shore;
then following said shore northerly 30 rods to a spruce tree at the edge of the swamp;
then N 53° E to the county road;
then following said county road easterly to the first mentioned bound.
Also the flats in front of said land or the land between high and low water mark.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 66:270–271
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 289:8
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289:8
Date: 7 December 1894
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Samuel H. Cousins
Grantee: Wellington H. Cousins
Description: 40 acres, more or less; the homestead of Samuel H. Cousins and "where he now [7 December 1894] resides".
Beginning at a stake in a pile of stones on the western side of the highway [now Old County Road] leading from Town Hill to the toll bridge and at the eastern line of land of said Wellington H. Cousins;
then following the southeast line of said Wellington H. Cousins to a large rock at the shore;
then following the shore southerly to the northwest corner bound of land formerly of Jesse Higgins;
then southeast by land last mentioned to said highway;
then by said highway to the place of beginning.
Also the flats in front of said land or the land between high and low water mark.
Note: An entry on page 19 of book 286 reads [punctuation and grammar updated]: "Whereas Samuel H. Cousins of Eden, Hancock County, Maine, on this day conveyed to me, Wellington H. Cousins of said Eden, his homestead containing 40 acres, more or less, the said Wellington H. Cousins, in consideration of the conveyance aforesaid, agree to and with the said Samuel H. cousins to support and maintain both him, the said Samuel H. Cousins, and his wife, Martha A. Cousins, during the remainder of their natural lives, with necessary and proper food, clothing, shelter, medicine and medical attendance ... and suitable burial for each of them at their death, regard being had to their degree and standing in life. The said Samuel H. Cousins and Martha A. Cousins to live in and with the family of the said Wellington H. Cousins and where the said Wellington H. Cousins now lives. The said Samuel H. Cousins is to be allowed one-half of an acre of land on the aforesaid parcel of land this day conveyed to be selected where he may desire to plant on and to have the proceeds of his planting."
Grantor obtained this parcel via 285:66
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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The deed found in book 1 on pages 445–446 covered two parcels on the Peters Plan: B17 (first lot) and B24 (second lot). This page follows transactions involving parcel B24, the second lot.
1:445–446
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Elkanah Young
Description: 2 lots: 75 acres, 106 [square] rods and 24 acres, 114 [square] rods; both lots shown on Peters Plan
first lot (75 acres, 106 [square] rods):
begin at the fence between Ebenezer Salisbury and Elkanah Young;
run first S 22.5° E 180 rods to a fir tree;
then S 56.25° E 90 rods;
then N 22.5° W to the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
second lot (24 acres, 114 [square] rods):
begin at a maple tree, the bound between Elkanah Young and Henry Knowles;
run first S 33° W 134 rods to a fir stake;
then S 56.25° E 41 rods to a poplar tree;
then N 45° E 100 rods to the shore;
then following the shore to the first bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of the second lot of this parcel via 6:389–390
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6:389–390
Date: 6 May 1799
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Elkanah Young
Grantee: Levi Higgins
Description:24 acres, 114 [square] rods; the "second lot" of 1:445–1:446 above
Begin at a maple tree, the bound between Elkanah Young and Henry Knowles;
run first S 33° W 134 rods to a marked stone;
then S 56.25° E [see note below] 41 rods to a poplar tree;
then N 45° E 100 rods to the shore;
then following the shore to the first bound.
Note: The compass direction of S 56.25° E was written in words in deed 1:445–446. Therefore, although the current deed appears to read 36, it almost certainly meant 56.
Grantor obtained this parcel via: 1:445–446
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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The deed found in book 1 on pages 451–452 covered two parcels on the Peters Plan: B25 (first lot) and C24 (second/back lot). This web page will follow transactions involving the first lot.
1:451–452
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Levi Higgins
Description: 100 acres in 2 lots:
first lot (39 acres, 28 [square?] rods):
Beginning at the fence between Elkanah Young and Levi Higgins;
run first S 45° W 100 rods to a poplar tree;
then [S] 56.25° E 137 rods to the shore;
then following the shore to the first bounds.
second lot (back lot):
Beginning at a birch tree that stands at the northern corner of John Thomas' back lot;
run first S 33.75° W 95 rods;
then due W 14 rods;
then due N 200 rods to the southern corner of Hopkins's [lot];
then following said line 30 rods to the head of Salisbury's lot;
then S 82° E 36 rods;
then due S 120 rods;
then S 56.25° E to the first bounds
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of the first lot of this parcel via ???:???
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151:91–92
Date: 15 April 1875
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Charles Willing and Chapman Biddle (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: K. K. Thompson
Description: 89 acres, more or less; lot #10 on Peters Plan
Beginning at the north corner of lot #9 of the allotment of the lands of the Bingham estate in Eden Township aforesaid conveyed to Nahum Cousins;
then along the northeast line of said lot S 48° E to a maple;
then along a marsh by the several courses and distances thereof (in the main northeasterly) to the shore;
then along said shore by the several courses and distances thereof north and westerly to a corner of a lot conveyed to Joseph Mayo;
then along lines of said Mayo lot S 31° E to the eastern corner thereof and S 59° W to the place of beginning.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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183:371–372
Date: 10 November 1875
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Charles Willing and Chapman Biddle (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Howard L. Cousins
Description: 22 acres, more or less; marsh lot (near head of Mount Desert Island) on Peters Plan
Beginning at a maple, being the southern corner of lot #10 of the allotment of the lands of the Bingham estate in Eden township aforesaid, conveyed to K. K. Thompson;
then along the southeast line of said lot (in the main) northwesterly to the shore;
then along said shore to line of lot #3, conveyed to Cornelius Thomas;
then along said line of lot #3, line of lot #4, conveyed to Alexander Higgins, and line of lot #5, conveyed to Alexander Higgins and Lorenzo Brown (in the main) southwesterly to the place of beginning.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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1:430–431
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Eleazar Higgins
Description: 100 acres
beginning at a stake and stones, the bounds between him [Eleazar Higgins] and Elkanah Higgins;
run first [S] 48° E and 188 rods to a poplar [tree];
then N 42° E 80 rods;
then N 48° W to the shore;
then following the shore to the first bounds.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 53:291
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53:291
Date: 6 August 1825
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Eleazar and Sarah Higgins
Grantee: Isaac Higgins
Description: 100 acres
beginning at a stake and stone, the bounds between him [Eleazar Higgins] and Elkanah Higgins;
run first [S] 48° E and 188 rods to a poplar stub;
then N 42° E 80 rods;
then N 48° W to the shore;
then following the shore to the first bounds.
Grantors obtained this parcel via 1:430–431
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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This shorefront parcel is bounded on the southwest by Northeast Creek.
2:129–131
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Nicholas Thomas
Description: 150 acres; shown on Peters Plan (but with no mention of acreage)
Beginning at a spruce tree at the shore, between the said Nicholas [Thomas] and John Thomas;
running first S 37° E 230 rods to a spruce tree;
then S 53° W 122 rods, to the northeast creek;
[then following the creek to the shore;]
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
Note: The boundary line information was copied incorrectly by the person who recorded the deed in the registry. Specifically, the person repeated the first direction and distance (but corrected above). Also, following the creek to the shore (i.e., the mouth of the creek) was omitted (but included above).
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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72:8–10
Date: 1 December 1841
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miler
Grantee: Leonard J. Thomas and Nicholas J. Thomas
Description: 88 acres and 128 [square] rods by the deed; 118 acres by Peters Plan; lot #11 on Peters Plan
Beginning on the west side of Northeast Creek, so-called, at the southeast corner bound of DeGregoire's lot;
running S 55° W 51 rods to the line of Eleazar Higgins's lot;
then on the head line of said lot S 44° W 74.75 rods to a fir tree;
[see note below] then by Nathan Higgins's settler's lot S 46° E 97 rods to a spruce tree, the old corner bound marked B;
then by the old line N 52° E 152 rods to the creek;
then by the creek to the bound first mentioned.
Note: From this point, the directions do not match the Peters Plan, perhaps because the deed references "a survey and plan of said lot of land by Addison Dodge, surveyor."
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantees disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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19:152
Date: 1 September 1803
Town: Eden [now Bar Harbor]
Grantors: William Bingham et al.
Grantee: Nicholas Thomas Jr.
Description: 180 acres, 110 [square?] rods
Beginning at the northwest corner bound of Ezra Leland's lot;
then running S 47.5° E on said [Ezra] Leland's line 57 rods;
then S 45° W 148 rods to a creek;
then northwesterly bounding by said creek to the southwest bound of Nicholas Thomas's lot;
then northeastwardly by the lines of said Nicholas Thomas's, John Thomas's, Cornelius Thompson's, and part of Simeon Hadley's lots to the northwest corner of Nehemiah Higgins's lot;
then southeastwardly on said [Nehemiah] Higgins's line to the line of the aforesaid Ezra Leland;
then southwesterly on said [Ezra] Leland's line to the place of beginning.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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1:555
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Jesse Higgins
Description: 100 acres
Beginning at a stake and stones that stands between him [Jesse Higgins] and John Chipar;
from thence running first S 70° E 200 rods to a stake;
then S 20° W 80 rods to a stake;
then N 70° W 200 rods to the bay;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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51:388–389
Date: 7 August 1813
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Robert Gilmore, Thomas Mayne Willing, and Charles Willing Hase (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Benjamin Thomas
Description: 46 acres by deed; 40 acres by map; lot #1 on Peters Plan
Beginning on the shore at the west bound of Eleazar Higgins's lot;
running S 48° E by said Higgins's land 290 rods to land sold to Daniel Richardson;
then [S] 50° W 25 rods to a pine tree on said Richardson's line;
then N 48° W 308 rods to the shore;
then by the shore to the first mentioned bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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66:353–354
Date: 1 March 1828
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, John Richards, Joseph R. Ingersoll, William Miller (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Abraham Richardson
Description: 100 acres; lot #26 on Peters Plan
Beginning at the northeast corner bound of a lot of land belonging to the town;
running N 52° E 120 rods to a spruce tree;
then S 38° E 134 rods to a fir tree;
then S 52° W by lots #19 and #20 to the southeast corner of said land belonging to the town;
then N 38° W by said town's land to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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66:354–356
Date: 13 January 1820
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Robert Gilmore, Thomas Mayne Willing, and Charles Willing Hare (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Daniel Richardson
Description: 100 acres; lot #15 on Peters Plan
Bounded on the northeast by lot #14;
southeast by lot #18, sold to Abner Young, and a part of #19;
southwest by lot #26, sold to Abra[ha]m Richardson;
northwest by land of Captain Thompson and lots #1 and #2.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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61:248–249
Date: 1 September 1835
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, John Richards, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representatives of the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Joel Emery
Description: 11 parcels (lots A, B, E, F, G, H, #14, #19, #28, #42, and an unnumbered lot) totaling 1712 acres; This page follows lot #14.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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61:114–115
Date: 6 March 1830
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, John Richards, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Joel Emery
Description: 244 acres total for both #16 and #17; lots #16 and #17 on Peters Plan; This web page will follow lot #17.
Beginning on Northeast Creek [see note 1 below], so-called, at the bound of Ebenezer Salisbury Jr.'s lot;
and running S 26° E 120 rods to the northwest corner bound of Timothy Mason's lot;
then S 10° W 100 rods to a birch tree;
then S 52° W [see note 2 below] 126 rods to a maple tree, the southeast corner bound of lot #18, sold to Abner Young;
then N 38° W 200 rods to a stake;
then N 52° E to the creek;
then up the creek to the bound first mentioned.
Notes:
1. Peters Plan does not show this parcel touching Northeast Creek.
2. Peters Plan shows this direction as being the same as the previous one; i.e., the description should read S 10° W again.
3. The above description covers both lots #16 and #17 on the Peters Plan (labeled C16 and C15, respectively, on the map shown on this website).
Grantors obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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61:114–115
Date: 6 March 1830
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, John Richards, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Joel Emery
Description: 244 acres total for both #16 and #17; lots #16 and #17 on Peters Plan; This web page will follow lot #16.
Beginning on Northeast Creek [see Note 1 below], so-called, at the bound of Ebenezer Salisbury Jr.'s lot;
and running S 26° E 120 rods to the northwest corner bound of Timothy Mason's lot;
then S 10° W 100 rods to a birch tree;
then S 52° W [see note 2 below] 126 rods to a maple tree, the southeast corner bound of lot #18, sold to Abner Young;
then N 38° W 200 rods to a stake;
then N 52° E to the creek;
then up the creek to the bound first mentioned.
Notes:
1. Peters Plan does not show this parcel touching Northeast Creek.
2. Peters Plan shows this direction as being the same as the previous one; i.e., the description should read S 10° W again.
3. The above description covers both lots #16 and #17 of the Peters Plan (labeled C16 and C15, respectively, on the map shown on this website).
Grantors obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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65:196–197
Date: 20 June 1836
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantees: Seth Hopkins and Richard Higgins
Description: 104 acres; lot #13 on Peters Plan
Beginning on the Northeast Creek, so-called, at the northeast corner bound of lot #14, sold to Joel Emery, Esq.,;
running by said lot S 26° E 120 rods to the northwest corner bound of Timothy Mason's lot;
then S 80° E by said Mason's lot and Seth Doane's lot to the line of Stephen Salisbury's lot;
then northwesterly by said Salisbury's lot to the west corner bound of the same;
then northeasterly to the side line of William Mason's lot;
then north by said Mason's lot to the head line of Joseph Hopkins's lot;
then westwardly by said Hopkins's to the side line of Eben Leland's lot;
then southwestwardly by said Leland's lot to the southeast corner bound of the same;
then westwardly by the same lot to a creek;
then down said creek to the Northeast Creek, aforementioned;
then down said Northeast Creek to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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2:134–135
Date: 4 April 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantees: Sarah Paine, William Mason, and Timothy Mason
Description: 100 acres, composed of two 50-acre lots: a "first lot" and a "back lot", both described here; Subsequent deeds on this page follow only the "back lot". (The "first lot", a shore lot, is followed here.)
first lot (50 acres):
Beginning at a birch tree, the bound between him [Bartholomy DeGregoire] and Elkanah Young;
run first S 22.5° E 172 rods to a maple tree;
then N 67.5° E 48 rods to a maple tree;
then N 22.5° W to the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
"Sarah Paine's back lot" (50 acres):
Begin at the northwest corner of Seth Doane's back lot;
running first S 10° W 125 rods to a birch tree;
then N 80° W 64 rods;
then N 10° E 125 rods to a poplar tree;
then S 80° E 64 rods to the first bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee Sarah Paine disposed of her share of the back lot of this parcel via 15:301–302
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15:301–302
Date: 3 July 1800
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Sarah Paine
Grantee: William Mason
Description: This deed conveyed two parcels, but only the one that was part of the "back lot" in 2:134–135 above is reported here.
Beginning at the northwest corner of Seth Doan[e]'s back lot;
running S 10° W 125 rods to a birch tree;
then N 80° W 64 rods;
then N 10° E 125 rods to a poplar tree;
then S 80° E 64 rods to the first bound.
Grantor obtained this parcel as the "back lot" of 2:134–135
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Summary of the above transactions:
1. Bartholomy DeGregoire and wife Maria Theresa DeGregoire conveyed two parcels, a back lot (followed on this page) and a shore lot (followed on a different page, to Sarah Paine, William Mason, and Timothy Mason.
2. It is uncertain, and will require further research to determine, how Timothy Mason's share of the property was transferred to Sarah Paine and William Mason.
3. Sarah Paine conveyed her share of the back lot to William Mason, leaving him with sole ownership of that parcel.
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1:554
Date: 29 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: David Higgins
Description: 100 acres
Beginning at a stake and stones, the bound between him [David Higgins] and Jesse Higgins;
run first S 70° E 284 rods;
then S 51° W to the shore;
then following said shore to the first bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 52:382
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52:382
Date: 6 January 1819
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: David Higgins
Grantee: John Higgins
Description: 100 acres
Beginning at a stake and stones, the bound between said lot and the heirs of Jesse Higgins;
runs S 70° E 284 rods;
then S 51° W to the shore;
then following said shore to the first bound.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 1:554
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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1:449–450
Date: 29 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Stephen Salisbury
Description: 57 acres
Beginning at the southwest corner of William Mason's lot;
run first due W 40 rods;
then N 20° W 122 rods to a birch tree;
then N 52° E to William Mason's line;
then following said line to the first bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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The deed found in book 1 on pages 451–452 covered two parcels on the Peters Plan: B25 (first lot) and C24 (second/back lot). This web page will follow transactions involving the second/back lot.
1:451–452
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Levi Higgins
Description: 100 acres in 2 lots:
first lot:
beginning at the fence between Elkanah Young and Levi Higgins;
run first S 45° W 100 rods to a poplar tree;
then [S] 56.25° E 137 rods to the shore;
then following the shore to the first bounds.
second lot (back lot):
beginning at a birch tree that stands at the northern corner of John Thomas' back lot;
run first S 33.75° W 95 rods;
then due W 14 rods;
then due N 200 rods to the southern corner of Hopkins's [lot];
then following said line 30 rods to the head of Salisbury's lot;
then S 82° E 36 rods;
then due S 120 rods;
then S 56.25° E to the first bounds
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of the second/back lot of this parcel via ???:???
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The deed found in book 1 on pages 437–438 covered two parcels: C26 (back lot) and one whose location has not yet been determined. This web page follows transactions involving the back lot.
1:437–438
Date: 29 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: John Hamor
Description: 100 acres [unclear from deed if sum of both lots is 100 acres]; two lots
first lot:
Beginning at a spruce stump, the bounds between him [John Hamor] and John Cousins;
run first S 26° W 100 rods to a maple tree;
then run S 56.25° E 62 rods to a stake and stones;
then run N 32° W to the shore;
then [following] the shore to the first bound.
back lot (51 acres):
Begin at a poplar tree, at the northern corner of Smalledge's as back lot;
run first S 33.75° W 80 rods to a birch tree;
then N 56.25° W 86 rods to a fir tree;
then N 33.75° E 95 rods to a birch tree;
then [S] 56.25° E 6 rods to DeGregoire's line;
then following said line to the first bound.
Note: Of this back lot, 5 acres belong to Mary Hamor and 1 acre to David Hamor "so as to make their lots one hundred acres".
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 79:40
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79:40
Date: 1 August 1845
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Sarah Hamor
Grantee: Richard Hamor
Description: two lots
first lot:
Beginning at a spruce stump, the bounds between a lot formerly owned by John Hamor and John Cousins
run first S 26° W 100 rods to a maple tree;
then run S 56.25° E 62 rods to a stake and stones;
then run N 32° W to the shore;
then [following] the shore to the first bound.
back lot (51 acres):
Begin at a poplar tree, at the northern corner of Smalledge's as back lot (so-called);
run first S 33.75° W 80 rods to a birch tree;
then N 56.25° W 86 rods to a fir tree;
then N 33.75° E 95 rods to a birch tree;
then S 56.25° E 6 rods to DeGregoire's line;
then following said line to the first bound.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 1:437–438
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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66:434–435
Date: 6 January 1839
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Gideon Mayo
Description: 107 acres; lot #8 on Peters Plan
Beginning at the head of Quahog Cove, so-called, at a stake standing near the mouth of the brook;
running S 75° E 170 rods to a pine tree on the west sideline of land belonging to the town;
then S 52° W by said town's land to a corner;
then N 38° W by said town's land to the shore;
then northwardly by the shore to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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The deed found in book 2 on pages 419–420 covered two parcels on the Peters Plan: C30 (back lot) and G10 (first lot). This web page follows transactions involving the back lot.
2:419–420
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: John Cousins
Description: 100 acres, composed of 2 lots:
first lot (65 acres, 108 [square] rods):
Beginning at a birch tree, the northwest bound of said [John] Cousins' lot;
run first S 38° W 126 rods to a poplar tree;
then S 56.25[°] E 100 rods to a maple tree;
then N 26° E 132 rods to the shore;
then following the shore to the first bound.
back lot (34 acres):
Begin ... at the north corner of Elisha Cousins' lot;
run first N 56.25° W 51 rods to a spruce tree, the bound between him [John Cousins] and Monsieur DeGregoire;
then S 33.75° W 112 rods to Mr. Smallidge's line;
then S 60.25° E 51 rods;
then N 33.75° E to the first mentioned bound.
Note: The directions and distances in the back lot do not lead to an ending point that is coincident with the beginning point.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of the back lot of this parcel via 25:133
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John Cousins was the owner of record on the Peters Plan.
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25:133
Date: 24 May 1808
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: John Cousins
Grantee: John Moulton
Description: 34 acres
Beginning at the northern corner of Elisha Cousins' lot;
and running N 56.25° W 51 rods to a spruce tree (the bound between his lot and Bartholomy DeGregoire's);
then S 33.75° W 112 rods to Mr. Smallidge's line;
then S 61.25° E 51 rods;
then N 33.75° E to the first mentioned bound.
Note: The directions and distances in this lot do not lead to an ending point that is coincident with the beginning point. Also, the third direction differs from the corresponding direction in the original deed (2:419–420 above).
Grantor obtained this parcel via: 2:419–420
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 33:159
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33:159
Date: 9 April 1813
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: J. W. Moulton, "late of Eden"
Grantee: Nehemiah Higgins
Description: 34 acres:
Beginning at the northern corner of Elisha Cousins' lot;
and running N 56.25° W 51 rods to a spruce tree, the bound between his lot and Bartholomy DeGregoire;
then S 33.75° W 112 rods to Mr. Smallidge's line;
then S 61.25° E 51 rods;
then N 33.75° E to the first mentioned bound.
Note: The directions and distances in this lot do not lead to an ending point that is coincident with the beginning point. Also, the third direction differs from the corresponding direction in the original deed (2:419–420 above).
Grantor obtained this parcel via: 25:133
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 38:197–198
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38:197–198
Date: 1 July 1818
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Nehemiah Higgins
Grantee: Josiah Higgins
Description: 34 acres:
Beginning at the northern corner of Elisha Cousins' lot;
and running N 56.25° W 51 rods to a spruce tree, the bound between his lot and Bartholomy DeGregoire;
then S 33.75° W 112 rods to Mr. Smallidge's line;
then S 61.25° E 51 rods;
then N 33.75° E to the first mentioned bound.
Note: The directions and distances in this lot do not lead to an ending point that is coincident with the beginning point. Also, the third direction differs from the corresponding direction in the original deed (2:419–420 above).
Grantor obtained this parcel via: 33:159
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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1:446–448
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Elisha Cousins
Description: 100 acres
Beginning at a stake and stones, the bound between him [Elisha Cousins] and Mr. DeGregoire;
run first N 56.25° W 193 rods;
then S 23.75° W 105 rods;
then S 61° E 144 rods to [Samuel] Hull's line;
then following said line to the shore;
then the shore to the first bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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1:434–435
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: (widow) Mary Hamor
Description: 95 acres (=100 acres, 5 of which are allowed in John Hamor's back lot [see 1:437–438]); shown on Peters Plan as 95 acres, 60 [square] rods
Beginning at an oak stump, the bound between Jonah Blake and the widow Hamor;
run first N 56.25° W 390 rods to a fir tree that stands in Mr. Salisbury's line;
then following said line till the lot is 40 rods wide upon a right angle;
then running S 56.25 E to the bay;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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1:438–440
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: David Hamor
Description: 100 acres (there is 1 acre in John Hamor's back lot [see 1:437–438] belonging to David Hamor); shown on Peters Plan as 99 acres, 30 [square] rods
Begin at a small spruce tree, bounds between Elkanah Remick and David Hamor;
run first N 56.25° W 400 rods to a birch tree that stands in the line at the head of [Seth] Doane's lot;
then follow said line on Timothy Mason's lot [Timothy Baron on Peters Plan] till the lot is 39 rods wide upon a right angle, to a hemlock tree for bound;
then run S 56.25° E 414 rods to an oak tree at the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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1:442–443
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Elkanah Remick
Description: 100 acres; shown on Peters Plan as 99 acres, 30 [square] rods
Begin at a birch tree between Levi Higgins and said [Elkanah] Remick;
run first N 56.25° W 348 rods to a birch tree that stands in the Seth Doane's line;
then follow said line on 42 rods wide on right angle, to a birch tree;
then turning and running from said tree S 56.25° E to the shore;
then following the shore to first mentioned bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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85:2–3
Date: 30 September 1847
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Eben M. Hadley
Description: 110 acres; lot #7 on Peters Plan
Beginning at a stake standing near the mouth of a brook at the head of Quahog Cove, the bound between lots #7 and #8 [see note 1 below];
running northeasterly [see note 2 below] by the head of David Higgins's lot to the easterly corner of the same;
then east by lot #6 160 rods to a spruce tree;
then by the same lot S 48° E to the town's land;
then S 52° W by the town's land to a pine tree, the easterly corner bound of lot #8, deeded to Gideon Mayo;
then by said Mayo's lot N 75° W 170 rods to the bound first mentioned.
Notes:
1. The Peters Plan shows a short shoreline for lot #7 contrary to the deed's description in which lot #7 touches the shore at a point.
2. The copy of the deed in the Registry of Deeds gives this direction incorrectly as "North Westerly".
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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85:3–4
Date: 30 September 1847
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Amos T. Hadley
Description: 122 acres; lot #6 on Peters Plan
Beginning at a stake on the south side line of lot #5, sold to William B. Richards, being the easterly corner bound of lot #9, deeded to Nahum Cousins;
running S 20° W by the head of said lot #9 and Jesse Higgins lot 160 rods to a corner on David Higgins side line;
then S 70° E by David Higgins lots to the westerly corner bound of lot #7;
then east by said lot #7 160 rods to a spruce tree, on the side line of lot #5;
then N 48° W by said lot #5 to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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143:529–530
Date: 12 February 1873
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: William Clymer and Charles Willing (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Alexander Higgins and Lorenzo Brown
Description: 96.4 acres; lot #5 on Peters Plan
Beginning at a fir, the eastern corner of lot #7, ... conveyed to Eben M. Hadley;
then along line of said lot, line of lot #6, conveyed to Amos T. Hadley, and line of lot #9, conveyed to Nahum Cousins, N 48° W 3[7?]6 perches to a maple;
then by the marsh easterly to a maple;
then along lines of lot #4, conveyed to the said Alexander Higginns, S 48° E 360 perches to a fir;
then along line of lot #26, conveyed to Abraham Richardson, and line of town land S 52° W 42 perches to the place of beginning.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantees disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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78:257–258
Date: 20 January 1846
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Alexander Higgins
Description: 99 acres and 136 square rods; lot #4 on Peters Plan
Beginning at a maple tree at the edge of the marsh, the westerly corner bound of lot #3, deeded to Cornelius Thomas;
running by said lot S 48° E 366 rods to a spruce tree on the line of Abraham Richardson's lot #26;
then by said lot #26 S 52° W 42 rods to a fir tree, the southeast corner bound of lot #5, sold to William B. Richards;
then by said lot #5 N 48° W 360 rods to a maple tree at the edge of the marsh;
then northerly by the marsh to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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98:495–496
Date: 15 April 1837
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Cornelius Thomas
Description: 96 acres; lot #3 on Peters Plan
Beginning at a stake, the northwest corner bound of lot #2, sold to Ambrose Mayo;
running by said lot #2 S 48° E 306 rods to a birch tree;
then S 52° W 42 rods to a spruce tree;
then N 48° W 366 rods to a maple tree standing at the side of the marsh;
then northeasterly by the marsh and shore to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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93:73–74
Date: 7 January 1848
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Solomon Higgins
Description: 103 acres; lot #2 on Peters Plan
Beginning at a stake on the shore, being the northwest corner bound of lot #1;
running S 48° E 308 rods to a pine tree;
then S 50° W 48 rods to a birch tree;
then N 48° W 306 rods to the shore;
then northeasterly by the shore to the bound first mentioned.
Note: "It is understood that Nathaniel Mayo, to whom the lot above described was formerly sold, shall have a right to occupy and improve that part of the lot lying between the county road and the shore, with the buildings thereon, during his natural life, but he is not to commit unnecessary waste or damage to said part of the lot or the buildings thereon".
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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61:117–118
Date: 25 December 1832
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, John Richards, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Joel Emery
Description: 284.5 acres ; lot #D on Peters Plan
Beginning at a fir tree, the southeast corner bound of lot #20;
running S 37° E 200 rods to a stake and stones, 3 rods southerly of the old Eden road;
then N 53° E 80 rods [see note 1 below] to a hackmatack tree;
then S 64° E [see note 2 below] 47 rods to a stake and stones on the western sideline of lot #41, occupied by Smith Hopkins;
then by said lot #41 N 26° E 136 rods to the northwest corner bound of said lot #41;
then by Thompson lot [see note 3 below] N 78° W 86.5 rods to a birch tree, the southwest corner bound of said Thompson lot;
then N 11° E 173 rods;
then S 53° W 295 rods to the bound first mentioned.
Notes:
1. Given the first two distances of 200 rods and 80 rods, the map is not to scale.
2. This direction should be N 64° W.
3. This direction ignores the apparent difference between the northwest corner of lot #41 and the southeast corner of the Thompson lot.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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8:534
Date: 13 July 1801
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Ebenezer Salisbury
Grantee: Joseph Ireson
Description: 100 acres
Beginning at the southwest corner of Timothy Mason's lot at a popple tree;
run first S 10° W 160 rods;
then S 80° E 100 rods;
then N 10° E 160 rods to a popple tree;
then N 80° W 100 rods to the first bound.
Note: Joseph Ireson mortgaged this parcel with Eleazar Ingalls on 30 January 1808 (24:34–35). The debt was paid via a sale of the land by Ingalls on 8 March 1813 (see 33:100–101).
Grantor obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 24:34 (a mortgage that was foreclosed on by Eleazar Ingalls) and 33:99–100 (a transaction that gave him $55 from Cornelius Thompson Jr.)
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33:99–100
Date: 8 March 1813
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Joseph Ireson
Grantee: Cornelius Thompson Jr.
Description: 100 acres
Beginning at the southwest corner of Timothy Mason's lot at a popple tree;
run first S 10° W 160 rods;
then S 80° E 100 rods;
then N 10° E 160 rods to a popple tree;
then N 80° W 100 rods to the first bound.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 8:534
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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33:100–101
Date: 8 March 1813
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Eleazar Ingalls
Grantee: Cornelius Thompson Jr.
Description: 100 acres
Beginning at the southwest corner of Timothy Mason's lot at a popple tree;
run first S 10° W 160 rods;
then S 80° E 100 rods;
then N 10° E 160 rods to a popple tree;
then N 80° W 100 rods to the first bound.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 24:34 (a 30 January 1808 mortgage with Joseph Ireson that he foreclosed on)
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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The effect of the above transactions was that Cornelius Thompson Jr. became the owner of the 100 acres on 8 March 1813. Eleazar Ingalls recouped the $133 that he lent to Joseph Ireson, who put up the 100 acres for collateral, plus $37 more as a result of his sale of the land to Cornelius Thompson Jr. on 8 March 1813. Cornelius Thompson Jr. ultimately paid $225 for the 100 acres (= $170 to Ingalls + $55 to Ireson). Ireson thus received only $188 (= $133 from Ingalls via the original mortgage + $55 from Thompson Jr. as part of Thompson Jr.'s consolidation of his ownership of the 100 acres) for the 100-acre parcel that he had purchased from Ebenezer Salisbury for $500 in 1801.
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44:292–293
Date: 14 July 1810
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Robert Gilmore, Thomas Mayne Willing, and Charles Willing, devisees of William Bingham
Grantee: Amariah Leland
Description: 119 acres, 128 [square?] rods
Beginning at the northeast corner bound of Ebenezer Salisbury's lot;
run S 10° W by said [Ebenezer Salisbury's] lot 178 rods to an oak tree;
then S 63° E 80 rods to the southwest corner bound of lot No. 39;
then N 27° E 160 rods to a corner on lot No. 27;
then northerly by said lot to the southeast corner bound of land formerly owned and improved by DeGregoire;
then westerly by said DeGregoire land and land belonging to Seth Doane to the first mentioned bound;
excepting therefrom 10 acres being a part of the Barcelona meadow, so-called.
Note: The line from the oak tree to the southwest corner of lot No. 39 is much simpler as described above than is shown on the Peters Plan.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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70:459–460
Date: 20 March 1840
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: William Peach
Description: 100 acres; lot #39 on Peters Plan
Beginning at the south corner bound of lot #40, deeded to Leland and [...];
running by said lot N 27° E 160 rods to lot #27, deeded to Gideon Liscomb;
then by said Liscomb's lot S 63° E 100 rods to the north corner bound of lot #38;
then by said lot #38 S 27° W 160 rods to the east corner bound of lot #42, sold to Joel Emery, Esq.;
then by said lot #42 to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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61:248–249
Date: 1 September 1835
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, John Richards, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representatives of the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Joel Emery
Description: 11 parcels (lots A, B, E, F, G, H, #14, #19, #28, #42, and an unnumbered lot) totaling 1712 acres; This page follows lot #28.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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72:2–3
Date: 27 November 1841
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller ("devisees in trust of the estate of William Bingham")
Grantee: Richard Higgins
Description: 14 parcels (lots #29 [93 acres, 120 square rods], #30 [102, 114 square rods], #32 [99 acres, 130 square rods], #33 [75 acres], #34 [98 acres, 80 square rods], #35 [100 acres], #36 [100 acres], #45 [100 acres], #46 [95 acres], #47 [99 acres], #48 [108 acres], #51 [63 acres, 102 square rods], #53 [101 acres, 100 square rods], and #55 [99 acres, 63 square rods]) totaling 1336 acres, 69 square rods; This page follows lot #36.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of lots #34, #36, and #46 via 79:219
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79:219
Date: 16 January 1845
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Richard Higgins
Grantee: Edward Brewer
Description: 3 parcels (#34 [98 acres, 80 square rods], #36 [100 acres], #46 [95 acres]) totaling 293 acres, 8 square rods; This page follows lot #36.
Grantor obtained these lots via 72:2–3
Grantee disposed of these lots via ???:???
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72:2–3
Date: 27 November 1841
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller ("devisees in trust of the estate of William Bingham")
Grantee: Richard Higgins
Description: 14 parcels (lots #29 [93 acres, 120 square rods], #30 [102, 114 square rods], #32 [99 acres, 130 square rods], #33 [75 acres], #34 [98 acres, 80 square rods], #35 [100 acres], #36 [100 acres], #45 [100 acres], #46 [95 acres], #47 [99 acres], #48 [108 acres], #51 [63 acres, 102 square rods], #53 [101 acres, 100 square rods], and #55 [99 acres, 63 square rods]) totaling 1336 acres, 69 square rods; This page follows lot #30.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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72:2–3
Date: 27 November 1841
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller ("devisees in trust of the estate of William Bingham")
Grantee: Richard Higgins
Description: 14 parcels (lots #29 [93 acres, 120 square rods], #30 [102, 114 square rods], #32 [99 acres, 130 square rods], #33 [75 acres], #34 [98 acres, 80 square rods], #35 [100 acres], #36 [100 acres], #45 [100 acres], #46 [95 acres], #47 [99 acres], #48 [108 acres], #51 [63 acres, 102 square rods], #53 [101 acres, 100 square rods], and #55 [99 acres, 63 square rods]) totaling 1336 acres, 69 square rods; This page follows lot #29.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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1:452–454
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Solomon Rider
Description: 120 acres
Beginning at the fence between Capt. [Solomon] Rider and Elisha Cousins, near the mouth of a small brook;
from thence running first N 56.25° W 60 rods to a stake and stones;
then S 33.75° W 4.75 rods;
then N 60° W 20 rods to a small spruce;
then S 27° W 260 rods to a pine tree;
then S 63° E 80 rods to a spruce tree;
then N 27° E 50 rods;
then N 20° E 16 rods;
then N 41° E 10 rods;
then N 29° E 12 rods;
then N 20° E 17 rods;
then N 36° E 26.5 rods;
then S 60° E 4 rods to the brook;
then following the brook to the first mentioned bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 2:462–463
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2:462–463
Date: 28 September 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Solomon Rider via Levi Higgins, his "lawful attorney"
Grantee: Samuel Hull
Description: 120 acres
Beginning near the mouth of a small brook;
from thence running first N 56.25° W 60 rods to a stake and stone;
then S 33.75° W 4.75 rods;
then N 62° W 20 rods to a small spruce;
then S 27° W 260 rods to a pine tree;
then S 63° E 80 rods to a spruce tree;
then N 20° E 50 rods;
then N 20° E 16 rods;
then N 41° E 10 rods;
then N 29° E 12 rods;
then N 20° E 17 rods;
then N 36° E 26.5 rods;
then S 60° E 4 rods to the brook;
then following down [the] brook to the first mentioned bound.
Note: There is a difference between the third compass direction (N 62° W) in this deed and the comparable direction (N 60° W) in 1:452–454 above, and a difference between the sixth compass directions: N 20° E in this deed and N 27° E in 1:452–454 above.
Grantor obtained this parcel via: 1:452–454
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 5:397–398
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5:397–398
Date: 27 April 1798
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Samuel Hull
Grantee: Gilbert B. Fish
Description: 120 acres
Beginning near the mouth of a small brook by land of Elisha Cousins;
thence running first N 56.25° W 60 rods to a stake and stones;
then S 33.75° W 4.75 rods;
then N 62° W 20 rods to a spruce tree;
then S 27° W 260 rods to a pine tree;
then S 63° E 80 rods to a spruce tree;
then N 20° E 50 rods;
then N 20° E 16 rods;
then N 41° E 10 rods;
then N 29° E 12 rods;
then N 20° E 17 rods;
then N 36° E 26.5 rods;
then S 6° E 4 rods to the brook;
then following down the brook to the bound first mentioned together with one half of a saw mill standing on said brook and one half of the upper and lower dams on said brook with the privileges to the same belonging.
Note: This deed followed deed 2:462–463 (immediately above) in the two discrepant compass directions and introduced a third difference from the original deed (1:452–454) at the top of this page, this time the last direction: S 6° E instead of S 60° E.
Grantor obtained this parcel via: 2:462–464
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 10:455–457
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10:455–457
Date: 4 May 1802
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Gilbert B. Fish
Grantee: Josiah Baker
Description: 120 acres
Beginning near the mouth of a small brook by the land of Elisha Cousins;
thence running first N 56.25° W 60 rods to a stake and stone;
then S 33.75° W 4.75 rods;
then N 62° W 20 rods to a spruce tree;
then S 27° W 260 rods to a pine tree;
then S 63° E 80 rods to a spruce tree;
then N 20° E 50 rods;
then N 20° E 16 rods;
then N 41° E 10 rods;
then N 29° E 12 rods;
then N 20° E 17 rods;
then N 36° E 26.5 rods;
then S 6° E 4 rods to the brook;
then following down the brook to the bound first mentioned, together with one half of a saw mill standing on said brook and one half of the upper and lower dams on said brook with the privileges to the same belonging.
Note: This deed followed deed 5:397–398 (immediately above) in its three discrepant compass directions.
Grantor obtained this parcel via: 5:397–398
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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2:116–117
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Cornelius Thompson
Description: 120 acres (with land enough allowed for 2 roads, one lengthways of his lot and the other crossways of his lot)
Beginning at a maple tree, the bound between said [Cornelius] Thompson and the common land;
running first S 57° W 258 rods to a rock maple tree;
then N 63.5° W 10.5 rods to a hemlock tree;
then N 27° E 30 rods;
then N 20° E 16 rods;
then N 41° E 10 rods;
then N 29° E 12 rods;
then N 20° E 17 rods;
then N 36° E 26.5 rods;
then S 60° E 4 rods to the brook;
then following the brook down to the mouth;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 6:511–512
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6:511–512
Date: 8 August 1799
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Cornelius and Peggy Thompson
Grantee: William Hull
Description: 120 acres (with land enough allowed for 2 roads, one lengthways of his lot and the other crossways of his lot)
Beginning at a maple tree, the bound between said [Cornelius] Thompson and the proprietors [referred to in 2:116–117 as the "common land"];
running first S 57° W 258 rods to a rock maple tree;
then N 63.5° W 10.5 rods to a hemlock tree;
then N 27° E 30 rods;
then N 20° E 16 rods;
then N 41° E 10 rods;
then N 29° E 12 rods;
then N 20° E 17 rods;
then N 36° E 26.5 rods;
then S 60° E 4 rods to the brook;
then following the brook down to the mouth;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via 2:116–117
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 31:351–352
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31:351–352
Date: 16 May 1805
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: William Hull
Grantee: Samuel Hull
Description: 120 acres (with land enough allowed for 2 roads, one lengthways of his lot and the other crossways of his lot)
Beginning at a maple tree, the bound between Cornelius Thompson and the proprietors [referred to in 2:116–117 as the "common land"];
running first S 57° W 258 rods to a rock maple tree;
then N 63.5° W 10.5 rods to a hemlock tree;
then N 27° E 30 rods;
then N 20° E 16 rods;
then N 41° E 10 rods;
then N 29° E 12 rods;
then N 20° E 17 rods;
then N 36° E 26.5 rods;
then S 60° E 4 rods to the brook;
then following the brook down to the mouth;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 6:511–512
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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167:477–478
Date: 21 October 1879
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Charles Willing and Chapman Biddle (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Edward H. Greely
Description: 115.7 acres; lot #31 on Peters Plan
Bounded on the southeast by lot #32 of the allotment of the lands of the Bingham estate in Eden township aforesaid, conveyed to Richard Higgins;
on the southwest by lot #35, also conveyed to Richard Higgins;
on the northwest by lands originally settled by Solomon Rider and Cornelius Thompson;
on the northeast by Frenchman Bay.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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72:2–3
Date: 27 November 1841
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller ("devisees in trust of the estate of William Bingham")
Grantee: Richard Higgins
Description: 14 parcels (lots #29 [93 acres, 120 square rods], #30 [102, 114 square rods], #32 [99 acres, 130 square rods], #33 [75 acres], #34 [98 acres, 80 square rods], #35 [100 acres], #36 [100 acres], #45 [100 acres], #46 [95 acres], #47 [99 acres], #48 [108 acres], #51 [63 acres, 102 square rods], #53 [101 acres, 100 square rods], and #55 [99 acres, 63 square rods]) totaling 1336 acres, 69 square rods; This page follows lot #32.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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70:422–423
Date: 20 May 1817
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Robert Gilmore, Thomas Mayne Willing, and Chales Willing Hare (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: James Hamor and William Hamor
Description: 100 acres; lot #23 on Peters Plan
Bounded northeasterly by lot #22, sold to James Mayo;
southeasterly by lot #105;
southwesterly by lot #24 and lot #25, [the latter] sold to Prince Mayo;
northwesterly by the Town's land.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantees disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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61:420–422
Date: 1 January 1836
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, John Richards, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: James Mayo
Description: 100 acres; lot #22 on Peters Plan
Beginning at a maple tree on the east line of the town's land, being the north corner bound of lot #23;
running by said line, N 52° E 80 rods to a birch tree;
then S 38° E 200 rods to a stake;
then S 52° W to a spruce tree, the east corner bound of said lot #23;
then N 38° W to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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70:312–313
Date: 15 April 1837
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: David Higgins 2nd
Description: 100 acres; lot #21 on Peters Plan
Beginning at a birch tree, the northeast corner bound of lot #22, deeded to James Mayo;
running by the town land N 52° E 80 rods to a fir tree, the northwest corner bound of lot #20, sold to Gideon Mayo;
then S 38° E by said lot #20 200 rods to a poplar tree;
then S 52° W 80 rods to a stake in a heath, the southeast corner bound of lot #22 aforesaid;
then N 38° W by said lot #22 to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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77:218–219
Date: 1 September 1841
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Joel Mayo
Description: 100 acres; lot #20 on Peters Plan
Beginning at a fir tree, the northwest corner bound of lot #21, deeded to David Higgins 2nd;
running N 52° E 80 rods to a fir tree, the northwest corner bound of lot #19;
then by said lot #19 S 38° E 200 rods to a fir tree, the northeast corner bound of lot #C, deeded to Capt. John Haynes;
then by said lot #C S 52° W 80 rods to a poplar tree, the southeast corner bound of lot #21 aforementioned;
then by said lot #21 to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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61:248–249
Date: 1 September 1835
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, John Richards, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representatives of the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Joel Emery
Description: 11 parcels (lots A, B, E, F, G, H, #14, #19, #28, #42, and an unnumbered lot) totaling 1712 acres; This page follows lot #19.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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61:115–116
Date: 1 December 1834
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, John Richards, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Joel Emery
Description: 100 acres ; lot #18 on Peters Plan
Beginning at a stake and stones, the west corner bound of lot #17, sold [to] Joel Emery, Esq.;
and running S 38° E 200 rods to a maple tree, the south corner of said lot #17;
then S 53° W 80 rods to the southeast corner of lot #19;
then N 38° W 200 rods to a corner, on Daniel Richardson's southeast line;
then N 53° E to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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61:248–249
Date: 1 September 1835
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, John Richards, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representatives of the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Joel Emery
Description: 11 parcels (lots A, B, E, F, G, H, #14, #19, #28, #42, and an unnumbered lot) totaling 1712 acres; This page will follow lot E.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
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81:49–50
Date: 8 July 1839
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representatives of the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Benjamin W. Kittredge
Description: 100 acres; lot #24 on Peters Plan;
Beginning at the southwest corner bound of lot #25, occupied by Prince Mayo;
running S 38° E 100 rods to a fir tree, the northwest corner bound of lot #105, deeded to David Richardson, Esq.;
then by said Richardson lot N 52° E 160 rods to a birch tree, the southwest corner bound of lot #23;
then N 38° W by said lot #23 100 rods to a spruce tree, the southeast corner bound of lot #25;
then by said lot #25 S 52° W 160 rods to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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61:248–249
Date: 1 September 1835
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, John Richards, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representatives of the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Joel Emery
Description: 11 parcels (lots A, B, E, F, G, H, #14, #19, #28, #42, and an unnumbered lot) totaling 1712 acres; This page follows lot F.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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61:248–249
Date: 1 September 1835
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, John Richards, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representatives of the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Joel Emery
Description: 11 parcels (lots A, B, E, F, G, H, #14, #19, #28, #42, and an unnumbered lot) totaling 1712 acres; This page follows lot E.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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61:248–249
Date: 1 September 1835
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, John Richards, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representatives of the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Joel Emery
Description: 11 parcels (lots A, B, E, F, G, H, #14, #19, #28, #42, and an unnumbered lot) totaling 1712 acres; This page follows lot #42.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
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72:2–3
Date: 27 November 1841
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller ("devisees in trust of the estate of William Bingham")
Grantee: Richard Higgins
Description: 14 parcels (lots #29 [93 acres, 120 square rods], #30 [102, 114 square rods], #32 [99 acres, 130 square rods], #33 [75 acres], #34 [98 acres, 80 square rods], #35 [100 acres], #36 [100 acres], #45 [100 acres], #46 [95 acres], #47 [99 acres], #48 [108 acres], #51 [63 acres, 102 square rods], #53 [101 acres, 100 square rods], and #55 [99 acres, 63 square rods]) totaling 1336 acres, 69 square rods; This page follows lot #45.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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72:2–3
Date: 27 November 1841
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller ("devisees in trust of the estate of William Bingham")
Grantee: Richard Higgins
Description: 14 parcels (lots #29 [93 acres, 120 square rods], #30 [102, 114 square rods], #32 [99 acres, 130 square rods], #33 [75 acres], #34 [98 acres, 80 square rods], #35 [100 acres], #36 [100 acres], #45 [100 acres], #46 [95 acres], #47 [99 acres], #48 [108 acres], #51 [63 acres, 102 square rods], #53 [101 acres, 100 square rods], and #55 [99 acres, 63 square rods]) totaling 1336 acres, 69 square rods; This page follows lot #46.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of lots #34, #36, and #46 via 79:219
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79:219
Date: 16 January 1845
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Richard Higgins
Grantee: Edward Brewer
Description: 3 parcels (#34 [98 acres, 80 square rods], #36 [100 acres], #46 [95 acres]) totaling 293 acres, 8 square rods; This page follows lot #46.
Grantor obtained these lots via 72:2–3
Grantee disposed of these lots via ???:???
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72:2–3
Date: 27 November 1841
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller ("devisees in trust of the estate of William Bingham")
Grantee: Richard Higgins
Description: 14 parcels (lots #29 [93 acres, 120 square rods], #30 [102, 114 square rods], #32 [99 acres, 130 square rods], #33 [75 acres], #34 [98 acres, 80 square rods], #35 [100 acres], #36 [100 acres], #45 [100 acres], #46 [95 acres], #47 [99 acres], #48 [108 acres], #51 [63 acres, 102 square rods], #53 [101 acres, 100 square rods], and #55 [99 acres, 63 square rods]) totaling 1336 acres, 69 square rods; This page follows lot #35.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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72:2–3
Date: 27 November 1841
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller ("devisees in trust of the estate of William Bingham")
Grantee: Richard Higgins
Description: 14 parcels (lots #29 [93 acres, 120 square rods], #30 [102, 114 square rods], #32 [99 acres, 130 square rods], #33 [75 acres], #34 [98 acres, 80 square rods], #35 [100 acres], #36 [100 acres], #45 [100 acres], #46 [95 acres], #47 [99 acres], #48 [108 acres], #51 [63 acres, 102 square rods], #53 [101 acres, 100 square rods], and #55 [99 acres, 63 square rods]) totaling 1336 acres, 69 square rods; This page follows lot #34.
Grantors obtained these lots via ???:???
Grantee disposed of lots #34, #36, and #46 via 79:219
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79:219
Date: 16 January 1845
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Richard Higgins
Grantee: Edward Brewer
Description: 3 parcels (#34 [98 acres, 80 square rods], #36 [100 acres], #46 [95 acres]) totaling 293 acres, 8 square rods; This page follows lot #34.
Grantor obtained these lots via 72:2–3
Grantee disposed of these lots via ???:???
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72:2–3
Date: 27 November 1841
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller ("devisees in trust of the estate of William Bingham")
Grantee: Richard Higgins
Description: 14 parcels (lots #29 [93 acres, 120 square rods], #30 [102, 114 square rods], #32 [99 acres, 130 square rods], #33 [75 acres], #34 [98 acres, 80 square rods], #35 [100 acres], #36 [100 acres], #45 [100 acres], #46 [95 acres], #47 [99 acres], #48 [108 acres], #51 [63 acres, 102 square rods], #53 [101 acres, 100 square rods], and #55 [99 acres, 63 square rods]) totaling 1336 acres, 69 square rods; This page follows lot #47.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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72:2–3
Date: 27 November 1841
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller ("devisees in trust of the estate of William Bingham")
Grantee: Richard Higgins
Description: 14 parcels (lots #29 [93 acres, 120 square rods], #30 [102, 114 square rods], #32 [99 acres, 130 square rods], #33 [75 acres], #34 [98 acres, 80 square rods], #35 [100 acres], #36 [100 acres], #45 [100 acres], #46 [95 acres], #47 [99 acres], #48 [108 acres], #51 [63 acres, 102 square rods], #53 [101 acres, 100 square rods], and #55 [99 acres, 63 square rods]) totaling 1336 acres, 69 square rods; This page follows lot #48.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
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72:2–3
Date: 27 November 1841
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller ("devisees in trust of the estate of William Bingham")
Grantee: Richard Higgins
Description: 14 parcels (lots #29 [93 acres, 120 square rods], #30 [102, 114 square rods], #32 [99 acres, 130 square rods], #33 [75 acres], #34 [98 acres, 80 square rods], #35 [100 acres], #36 [100 acres], #45 [100 acres], #46 [95 acres], #47 [99 acres], #48 [108 acres], #51 [63 acres, 102 square rods], #53 [101 acres, 100 square rods], and #55 [99 acres, 63 square rods]) totaling 1336 acres, 69 square rods; This page follows lot #33.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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This parcel contains land on both sides of Duck Brook from its mouth to nearly halfway to Eagle Lake, then called Young's Pond.
2:136–137
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Ezra Young
Description: 240 acres (exclusive of public roads)
Begin at the fence, the bound between Ezra Young and Robert Young;
run first S 60° W 48 rods to the ledge;
then run S 45° W 65 rods to a pine tree, the bound of the first hundred acres;
then the same course 117 rods more to a spruce tree;
then N 35° W 172 rods to a spruce tree;
then N 45° E to the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound, the 40 acres or allowance made for mountains, the public roads are exclusive.
Note: The first compass direction (S 60° W) seems to be incorrectly mapped on the Peters Plan.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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1:389–390
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Robert Young
Description: 100 acres
Beginning at the fence between Capt. Ezra Young and Robert Young at the shore;
running first S 60° W 48 rods to a ledge;
then S 45° W 276 rods to a spruce tree;
then S 45° E 70 rods;
then N 45° E to the shore;
then following the shore to the first bounds.
Note: The first compass direction (S 60° W) seems to be incorrectly mapped on the Peters Plan.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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1:388–389
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Benjamin Stanwood
Description: 100 acres
Beginning at a stake and stones, the bounds between Robert Young and Benjamin Stanwood;
from thence running first S 45° W 340 rods to a tree;
then S 45° E 58 rods to a spruce tree;
then N 45° E to the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bounds.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 38:512
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Benjamin Stanwood was the owner of record on the Peters Plan.
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38:512
Date: 15 February 1819
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Benjamin Stanwood
Grantee: Amos Higgins
Description: 100 acres
Beginning at a stake and stones, the bounds between Robert Young and Benjamin Stanwood;
from thence running first S 45° W 340 rods to a tree;
then S 45° E 58 rods to a spruce tree;
then N 45° E to the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bounds.
Grantor obtained this parcel via: 1:388–389
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 42:124–125
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42:124–125
Date: 27 October 1821
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Amos Higgins
Grantee: Jeremiah Stevens
Description: 100 acres
Beginning at a stake and stones, the bounds between Robert Young and Benjamin Stanwood;
from thence running first S 45° W 340 rods to a tree;
then S 45° E 58 rods to a spruce tree;
then N 45° E to the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bounds.
Grantor obtained this parcel via: 38:512
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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83:44–45
Date: 1 January 1836
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, John Richards, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representatives of the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Kendal Kittredge
Description: 102 acres; lot #104 on Peters plan
Beginning at a stake at the northwest corner bound of lot #103, sold to Doctor Kittredge;
running N 52° E 250 rods to a spruce tree;
then N 38° W 64 rods to a fir tree;
then S 52° W 250 rods to the French line;
then southerly by the sai line to the creek;
and by the creek to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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85:109–110
Date: 17 January 1847
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representatives of the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Benjamin W. Kittredge and William Kittredge
Description: 103 acres; lot #103 on Peters Plan
Beginning at the shore on the east side of the sound, so-called, at a stake, the southeast corner bound of lot #104, deeded to Dr. Kittredge;
running by said lot N 52° E 250 rods to a spruce tree;
then S 38° E 64 rods to a fir tree;
then S 52° W to a poplar tree on the north side line of James Richardson's lot;
then west by said Richardson's lot to the shore;
then northerly by the shore to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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124:490–491
Date: 17 August 1842
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Town: Mount Desert
Grantees: Isaac Somes and George B. Somes
Description: 18 lots: #63, #71, #72, #84, #89, #90, #91, #92, #93, #94, #96, #97, #98, #99, #100, #101, #102, and a small island near lot #97 on Peters Plan, containing 1578 acres and 128 square rods; This page will follow lot #102.
"Likewise the unsold land adjoining the lots aforementioned, and bounded easterly by land sold to Joel Emery, Edward Brewer, and Messrs Spurling, altogether containing 2857 acres."
Grantors obtained these lots via ???:???
Grantees disposed of these lots via ???:???
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61:248–249
Date: 1 September 1835
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, John Richards, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representatives of the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Joel Emery
Description: 11 parcels (lots A, B, E, F, G, H, #14, #19, #28, #42, and an unnumbered lot) totaling 1712 acres; This page will follow parcel A.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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61:248–249
Date: 1 September 1835
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, John Richards, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representatives of the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Joel Emery
Description: 11 parcels (lots A, B, E, F, G, H, #14, #19, #28, #42, and an unnumbered lot) totaling 1712 acres; This page follows lot H.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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61:248–249
Date: 1 September 1835
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, John Richards, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representatives of the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Joel Emery
Description: 11 parcels (lots A, B, E, F, G, H, #14, #19, #28, #42, and an unnumbered lot) totaling 1712 acres; This page follows lot G.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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124:490–491
Date: 17 August 1842
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Town: Mount Desert
Grantees: Isaac Somes and George B. Somes
Description: 18 lots: #63, #71, #72, #84, #89, #90, #91, #92, #93, #94, #96, #97, #98, #99, #100, #101, #102, and a small island near lot #97 on Peters Plan, containing 1578 acres and 128 square rods; This page will follow the small island near lot #97.
"Likewise the unsold land adjoining the lots aforementioned, and bounded easterly by land sold to Joel Emery, Edward Brewer, and Messrs Spurling, altogether containing 2857 acres."
Grantors obtained these lots via ???:???
Grantees disposed of these lots via ???:???
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72:2–3
Date: 27 November 1841
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller ("devisees in trust of the estate of William Bingham")
Grantee: Richard Higgins
Description: 14 parcels (lots #29 [93 acres, 120 square rods], #30 [102, 114 square rods], #32 [99 acres, 130 square rods], #33 [75 acres], #34 [98 acres, 80 square rods], #35 [100 acres], #36 [100 acres], #45 [100 acres], #46 [95 acres], #47 [99 acres], #48 [108 acres], #51 [63 acres, 102 square rods], #53 [101 acres, 100 square rods], and #55 [99 acres, 63 square rods]) totaling 1336 acres, 69 square rods; This page follows lot #55.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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88:358–359
Date: 1 February 1848
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representatives of the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Philip H. Hamor
Description: 107.25 acres; lot #54 on Peters Plan
Beginning on the north side of the Great Pond [Eagle Lake] at a spruce tree, being the corner bound of lot #53, sold to Edward Brewer;
running by said lot N 63° W 254 rods to a spruce tree standing in the line of land sold to Joel Emery, Esq.;
then by said Emery's land S 27° W 66 rods to the corner of lot #55;
then by said lot #55 S 63° E to the pond;
then northerly by the pond to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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72:2–3
Date: 27 November 1841
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller ("devisees in trust of the estate of William Bingham")
Grantee: Richard Higgins
Description: 14 parcels (lots #29 [93 acres, 120 square rods], #30 [102, 114 square rods], #32 [99 acres, 130 square rods], #33 [75 acres], #34 [98 acres, 80 square rods], #35 [100 acres], #36 [100 acres], #45 [100 acres], #46 [95 acres], #47 [99 acres], #48 [108 acres], #51 [63 acres, 102 square rods], #53 [101 acres, 100 square rods], and #55 [99 acres, 63 square rods]) totaling 1336 acres, 69 square rods; This page follows lot #53.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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58:488
Date: 1 March 1832
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, John Richards, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller ("devisees in trust of the estate of William Bingham")
Grantee: Edward Brewer
Description: Peters Plan lot #52; 99 acres, more or less
Beginning at the south corner bound of lot #44, sold to Samuel Hadley;
then running S 27° W 66 rods to the corner of lot #53;
then S 63° E 242 rods to a cedar tree on the side line of lot #51;
then N 27° E 66 rods to a corner on lot #47;
then N 63° W by lots numbered 45 and 46 to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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72:2–3
Date: 27 November 1841
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller ("devisees in trust of the estate of William Bingham")
Grantee: Richard Higgins
Description: 14 parcels (lots #29 [93 acres, 120 square rods], #30 [102, 114 square rods], #32 [99 acres, 130 square rods], #33 [75 acres], #34 [98 acres, 80 square rods], #35 [100 acres], #36 [100 acres], #45 [100 acres], #46 [95 acres], #47 [99 acres], #48 [108 acres], #51 [63 acres, 102 square rods], #53 [101 acres, 100 square rods], and #55 [99 acres, 63 square rods]) totaling 1336 acres, 69 square rods; This page follows lot #51.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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179:224–226
Date: 25 April 1881
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Charles Willing and Phineas Pemberton Morris (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Stephen Higgins Jr.
Description: 119 acres; lot #50 on Peters Plan
Beginning at the west corner of lot #49 of the allotment of the lands of the Bingham estate in Eden township aforesaid (unsold);
then along the southwest line of said lot S 45° E 100 perches;
then along the northwest line of lot #56, conveyed to Oliver Higgins, and the northwest line of lot 57 (unsold) S 45° W 280 perches;
then along the eastern shore of Young's Pond, so-called [now Eagle Lake], by the several courses and distances thereof (in the main northerly) to the southeast line of lot #51, conveyed to Richard Higgins;
then along the said line of lot #51 and the southeast line of lot #48, also conveyed to Richard Higgins aforesaid, N 45° E to the place of beginning.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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The following deed conveyed land that was part of F15.
501:217–219
Date: 17 September 1913
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Lena M. Lynam
Grantee: Bar Harbor Water Company
Description: Two lots bordering east shore of Eagle Lake.
Lot one:
Beginning at a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground on the eastern shore of Eagle Lake at the southwesterly corner of land of Charles E. Lindall;
then S 38° 25′ E, but always following said land of said Lindall to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground in the westerly side of the old private way leading from the Eagle Lake Road to the camp of William M. Roberts;
then following said westerly side of said old way southerly to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground at a point 25 feet distant from the line next above described to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground at a point 25 feet distant from the line next above described, measuring at right angles from said line;
then westerly parallel with and everywhere 25 feet distant from the line first hereinabove described to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground on the eastern shore of Eagle Lake;
then following said shore to the place of beginning. [subject to "the exception and reservation" in deed (448:437; 4 May 1908) from William M. Roberts to Lena M. Lynam; namely, the right to "widen said private way not exceeding thirty feet"]
Lot two:
Beginning at a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground on the eastern shore of Eagle Lake at the southwesterly corner of the lot first hereinabove described;
then S 38° 25′ E, but always following said lot first hereinabove described to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground in the westerly side of the old private way leading from the Eagle Lake Road to the camp of said Roberts, said iron pipe marking the southeasterly corner bound of said lot first hereinabove described;
then N 52° W to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground on the eastern shore of Eagle Lake;
then following said shore in a northerly direction to the place of beginning.
Grantor obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 589:309–311
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574:25–27
Date: 20 November 1922
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Effingham B. Morris and Charles Edward Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: George B. Dorr
Description: 111 acres and 88 square perches; lot #49 on Peters Plan
Beginning at the extreme north corner of lot #50, of the allotment of the "Bingham Lands" in the town of Bar Harbor (formerly Eden), Hancock County and State of Maine, conveyed to Stephen Higgins Jr.;
then along the northeast line of said lot and the northeast line of lot #56, [the latter] conveyed to Oliver Higgins, S 45° E to the northwest line of land originally in the name of Thomas Wasgatt;
then along the northwest line of said Thomas Wasgatt lot, N 45° E, to the south corner of land originally in name of William Wasgatt;
then by the southwest line of said William Wasgatt lot, northwesterly to the west corner thereof;
then by the northwest line of said William Wasgatt lot, northeasterly to the south corner of land originally in the name of Benjamin Stanwood;
then by the southwest line of said Benjamin Stanwood lot, northwesterly to the west corner thereof;
then by the northwest line of said Benjamin Stanwood lot, northeasterly to the south corner of land originally in the name of Robert Young;
then along the southwest line of said Robert Young lot, northwesterly to the west corner thereof, in the southeast line of lot #48, conveyed to Richard Higgins;
then along said line of lot #48, conveyed to Richard Higgins, S 45° W to the place of beginning.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 614:519–520
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614:519–520
Date: 25 November 1922
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: George B. Dorr
Grantee: John D. Rockefeller Jr.
Description: 111 acres and 88 square perches; lot #49 on Peters Plan
Beginning at the extreme north corner of lot #50, of the allotment of the "Bingham Lands" in the town of Bar Harbor (formerly Eden), Hancock County and State of Maine, conveyed to Stephen Higgins Jr.;
then along the northeast line of said lot and the northeast line of lot #56, [the latter] conveyed to Oliver Higgins, S 45° E to the northwest line of land originally in the name of Thomas Wasgatt;
then along the northwest line of said Thomas Wasgatt lot, N 45° E, to the south corner of land originally in name of William Wasgatt;
then by the southwest line of said William Wasgatt lot, northwesterly to the west corner thereof;
then by the northwest line of said William Wasgatt lot, northeasterly to the south corner of land originally in the name of Benjamin Stanwood;
then by the southwest line of said Benjamin Stanwood lot, northwesterly to the west corner thereof;
then by the northwest line of said Benjamin Stanwood lot, northeasterly to the south corner of land originally in the name of Robert Young;
then along the southwest line of said Robert Young lot, northwesterly to the west corner thereof, in the southeast line of lot #48, conveyed to Richard Higgins;
then along said line of lot #48, conveyed to Richard Higgins, S 45° W to the place of beginning.
Note: "This conveyance is made by George B. Dorr as a mere intermediary and no actual valuable consideration whatever is paid herefor."
Grantor obtained this parcel via 574:25–27
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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65:388–389
Date: 12 December 1837
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Oliver Higgins
Description: 87 acres; lot #56 on Peters Plan
Beginning on the side line of Thomas Wasgatt's settler's lot, near the northwest corner bound of the same;
running N 45° W about 65 rods to a hemlock tree, the east corner bound of lot #50;
then S 45° W 200 rods to a spruce tree, the north corner bound of lot #57;
then S 45° E 70 rods to a spruce tree;
then N 45° E to the head line of said Thomas Wasgatt's lot [see note below];
then N 45° W to the corner bound of said Wasgatt's lot;
then N 45° E by said Wasgatt's lot to the bound first mentioned.
Note: These last three directions indicate that the northwest side of this lot and the northwest side of Thomas Wasgatt's lot were slightly offset from each other.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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1:360–361
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: William Wasgatt
Description: 100 acres
Beginning at a stake and stones, being the bounds between Benjamin Stanwood and William Wasgatt;
running first S 45° W 374 rods to a cedar tree;
then S 35° E 44 rods to a spruce tree;
then N 45° E to the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bounds.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 51:282–283
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51:282–283
Date: 4 March 1827
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: William Wasgatt, David Higgins 2nd, and Eleanor Higgins
Grantee: Benjamin Stanwood Jr.
Description: 100 acres, more or less; "meaning & contending to convey our right and title to the lot of land formerly conveyed to William Wasgatt by DeGregoire by deed bearing date March twenty-eight, A.D. seventeen hundred & ninety-two".
Beginning at a stake and stones, being the bounds between Benjamin Stanwood and William Wasgatt;
running first S 45° W 374 rods to a cedar tree;
then S 35° E 44 rods to a spruce tree;
then N 45° E to the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bounds.
Grantor William Wasgatt obtained this parcel via 1:360–361
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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1:368–369
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Thomas Wasgatt Sr. [under the name Thomas Wasgatt (i.e., no "Sr.")]
Description: 100 acres (exclusive of roads)
Beginning at a stump that stands on the east side of a small brook, which stump is the bounds between the said Thomas Wasgatt Sr. and Solomon Higgins;
thence running first S 45° W 389 rods to a spruce tree;
then N 45° [W?] 40 rods to a hemlock tree;
then N 45° E to the shore;
then N following the shore to the first mentioned bounds.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of the northwest longitudinal half (= 50 acres) of this parcel via 5:215
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5:215
Date: 5 April 1793
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Thomas Wasgatt Sr. [under the name Thomas Wasgatt (i.e, no "Sr.")]
Grantee: Moses Wasgatt
Description: 50 acres, the northwest longitudinal half of the 100 acres purchased from the DeGregoires via 1:368–369
Beginning at the shore at William [Wasgatt]'s northeasterly corner bound;
[then] running southwesterly in said Willian's range to the head of my [Thomas Wasgatt's] lot;
then extending southeasterly an equal distance at the shore and the head so as to include the said 50 acres."
Note: also included were "one-half the dwelling house and half the barn"; Moses used this parcel as collateral for a loan from Thomas Wasgatt (6:395).
Grantor obtained this parcel via 1:368–369
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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3:293–294
Date: 29 March 1792
Town: Mount Desert
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: James Richardson Sr.
Description: 100 acres
Begin at the head of a cove about 80 rods to the eastward of an old mill dam formerly built by Governor Bernard;
run first N 80° E 124 rods;
then N 10° W 70 rods;
then S 80° W to the shore;
then following the shore to the first bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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1:363–364
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Solomon Higgins
Description: 100 acres
Beginning at a stump, which is the bound between Solomon Higgins and Israel Higgins;
from thence running first due south 113 rods to a birch tree;
then S 45° W 164 rods to a pine tree;
then N 45° W 80 rods to a fir tree;
then N 45° E to the first mentioned bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of part of this parcel via 48:470 and the remainder via 55:160
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48:470
Date: 21 December 1825
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Solomon Higgins
Grantee: Abijah Higgins
Description: 40 acres, more or less
Beginning at a stake and stones, which is the bound between Solomon Higgins and the lot of land formerly owned by Israel Higgins, the first [...] from;
then running first due south 35;
then S 45° W till you strike the cedar swamp;
then S 45&176; E till you strike the side line of Solomon Higgins's lot;
then following said side line S 45° W 20 rods;
then N 45° W 55 rods;
then S 45° W till it strikes the head line of Solomon Higgins's lot;
then N 45° W to the corner bound, supposed to be 25 rods;
then N 45° E to the first mentioned bound.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 1:363–364
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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55:160
Date: 16 October 1830
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Solomon Higgins
Grantee: Dean Higgins
Description: 60 acres, more or less
Beginning at the shore at a stump, the old bound between me [Solomon Higgins] and Israel Higgins;
from thence running first due south 113 rods to a birch tree;
then S 45° W 164 rods to a pine tree;
then N 45° W 80 rods to a fir tree;
then N 45° E to the first mentioned bound;
a part of said lot has heretofore been deeded to Abijah Higgins by me. I therefore hereby deed and convey, all and every part of the remainder of said lot of land to the said Dean Higgins, reference always to be had to the original deed of the same.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 1:363–364
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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When the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations presented more than 6000 acres to the United States of America on 10 June 1916 (568:509–521), the land to become the Sieur de Monts National Monument and ultimately Acadia National Park, the description of the land started with "Beginning at a large hemlock tree". Nearly 125 years earlier, in March of 1792, this hemlock tree marked the southwest corner of the parcel conveyed to Humphrey Stanwood by Bartholomy and Maria Theresa DeGregoire (1:376–377 below).
1:376–377
Date: 2[8?] March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Humphrey Stanwood
Description: 100 acres
Beginning at a birch tree that stands at the southeast corner of Solomon Higgins' lot, the bounds between him and Humphrey Stanwood;
run first due S 240 rods;
then due W 80 rods to a hemlock tree;
then due N 162 rods to a fir tree;
then N 45° E to the first mentioned bounds.
Note: Humphrey Stanwood used this parcel as collateral for a loan from Jeremiah Stevens (11 October 1821; 42:57–58). The loan was discharged on 15 June 1825 (65:186–187).
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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2:555–556
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Israel Higgins
Description: 200 acres
Begin at a stump, the bound between Solomon Higgins and Israel Higgins;
run first due S 437 rods to a pine stake that stands in the meadow;
then due E 77 rods to a pine stake;
then due N to the shore;
[then following the shore] to the first mentioned bound.
Note: On 2 September 1794, Israel Higgins used this parcel as collateral for a loan of 105 pounds from Samuel Jackson of Plymouth, Massachusetts (2:526–527). On 16 June 1800, the loan was repaid for $300 plus interest (95:116). In this latter deed the mortgage was incorrectly referenced as "book 2 folio 265" (rather than folio 526).
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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The following deeds conveyed land that was part of the 200-acre parcel described in 2:555 above.
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264:324
Date: 30 July 1892
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Juliette Nickerson
Grantee: L. Taylor Dickson
Description: a rectangular lot extending from Cottage Street to Frenchman Bay.
[Bounded] northerly by the sea;
easterly by land of Sherley;
southerly by Cottage Street; and
westerly by land late of Jacob Suminsby, deceased.
Note: "The intent of this deed is to convey all rights and easements which the grantor may have in land of the grantee and especially to fully release and extinguish a certain right of way from Cottage Street to the sea across land of the grantor claimed by the grantors [sic] however and wherever said right of way may have been acquired."
Grantor obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee's widow disposed of a portion of this parcel via 372:483–487
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268:75
Date: 17 November 1892
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Juliette Nickerson
Grantee: L. Taylor Dickson
Description: a rectangular lot extending from Cottage Street to Frenchman Bay.
Bounded on the north by low water mark of Frenchmans Bay;
on the east by a lot of land formerly conveyed by Alcenus Higgins and afterward owned by the Mt. Desert Island Real Estate Company and Almon C. Snow;
on the south by Cottage Street; and
on the west by the western line of the original Israel Higgins lot.
Grantor obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee's widow disposed of a portion of this parcel via 372:483–487
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372:483–487
Date: 24 December 1901
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Jeanie G. Dickson, widow of L. Taylor Dickson
Grantee: George S. Bowdoin
Description: 2 acres, more or less, between West Street and high water mark of Frenchman Bay
Beginning at a bolt set in the ground in the northern line of West Street in the western line of land of George Douglass Sherley, said bolt being the southeast corner bound of the herein described lot;
then N 5°40′ E but always following the said western line of said Sherley 268 feet, more or less, to a stone bound set in the ground at high water mark at the shore, said stone bound being the northeast corner bound of the herein described lot;
then in a general westerly and southwesterly direction 500 feet, more or less, but always following said high water mark of the shore to a stone bound set in the ground, said stone bound being the northwest corner bound of the said lot herein described and at the point where the original Israel and Solomon Higgins lines met, in land formerly of Eddy;
then S 50° W, but everywhere following land formerly of said Eddy, 35.2 feet to a bolt set in the gowned in the line of land formerly of the Eden Swimming Pool Club;
then S 8° E, but always following line of land of said Eden Swimming Pool Club, 91.25 feet to a bolt set in the ground in the said northerly line of said West Street;
then in an easterly direction but always following said West Street, 33.4 feet to a bolt set in the ground in an angle in said northerly line of said West Street;
then easterly but always following said West Street 46.3 feet to a bolt set in the ground in the said northerly line of said West Street;
then in an easterly direction but always following said West Street 391.6 feet to a bolt set in the ground at the place of beginning.
Grantor's deceased husband obtained this parcel via: 264:324 and 268:75
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 510:12–16
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380:9–11
Date: 24 December 1901
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: George Douglass Sherley
Grantee: George S. Bowdoin
Description: quit claim to any property west of the line established in this deed
Beginning in the center line of West Street, at a point bearing S 5° 40′ W and 25 feet, more or less, distant from a bolt set in the ground in the northerly line of said West Street, said bolt being the southeast corner bound of land formerly of L. Taylor Dickson, now of his estate;
then N 5° 40′ E 293 feet, more or less, to a stone bound set in the ground at high water mark on the shore;
... .
Note: The purpose of this deed was to establish the line between the land of George S. Bowdoin (to the west of the line) and the land of George Douglass Sherley (to the east of the line). With the later acquisition of Sherley's land by Bowdoin, this line no longer marked a boundary.
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 510:12–16
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478:450–451
Date: 17 March 1911
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Harry G. Clay and Effingham B. Morris, trustees of William Bingham estate
Grantee: George S. Bowdoin
Description: land between high water mark and low water mark of Frenchman Bay, adjacent to 372:483–487 above, "said lot or parcel of shore and flats being 500 feet more or less in length"
[bounded] on the north by the line of low water mark of said [Frenchman] bay;
on the east by the west line of the shore and flats adjacent to and in front of the upland of [George] Douglass Sherley;
on the south by the line of high water mark of said bay;
on the west by the east line of the shore and flats adjacent to and in front of the Pine Tree Realty Company, Lucy G. Clark and estate of Jane P. Dennison and Sarah S. Hewitt.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 510:12–16
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484:71–73
Date: 5 October 1911
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: George Douglass Sherley
Grantee: George S. Bowdoin
Description: land between West Street and low water mark of Frenchman Bay, approximately 108.3 feet along West Street and immediately east of Bowdoin's property of 372:483–487 and 478:450–451.
Beginning at the southeast corner of a brick pier on the northern side of West Street, in the division line of land of Bowdoin and the herein described lot, as established by deed from me [Sherley] to the said George S. Bowdoin (380:9, 4 March 1902);
then from said southeast corner of said brick pier, but always following the said division line, N 5° 55′ E, the two following distances: 268 feet to the stone post referred to in said deed at or near high water mark of Frenchman Bay, then 356 feet, more or less, to low water mark of said bay;
then generally northeasterly, but always following said line of low water mark of said bay, to the western line of land of Caroline Blish Thompson;
then S 6° 20′ W but always following said line of land of Carolinne Blish Thompson, the two following distances: 371 feet, more or less, to said high water mark, then 284.5 feet to an iron pipe set in the ground in the said northerly line of West Street;
then by said West Street N 84° 20′ W 108.3 feet to the said southeast corner of said brick pier at the place of beginning.
Grantor obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 510:12–16
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510:12–16
Date: 2 August 1914
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: George S. Bowdoin
Grantees: Julia Grinnell Bowdoin (widow of George S. Bowdoin) and Edith Grinnell Bowdoin (daughter of George S. Bowdoin)
Description: inheritance.
"all lands which at the date of my death I may own at Bar Harbor"
Grantor obtained this parcel via: 372:483—487, 478:450—451, and 484:71—73
Grantees disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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694:552–555
Date: 22 November 1943
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Beeckman J. Delatour, Irving B. Kingsford, and George T. Bowdoin
Grantee: Helen N. Cough
Description: six lots, the first two being adjacent and previously owned (but purchased separately) by George Sullivan Bowdoin.
First lot:
Beginning at a bolt set in the ground in the northern line of West Street in the western line of land formerly of George Douglass Sherley, said bolt being the southeast corner bound of the herein described lot;
then N 5° 40′ E but always following the said western line of said Sherley, 268 feet, more or less, to a stone bound set in the ground at high water mark of the shore, said stone bound being the northeast corner bound of the herein described lot;
then in a general westerly and southwesterly direction 500 feet, more or less, but always following said high water mark of the shore to a stone bound set in the ground, said stone bound being the northwest corner bound of the said lot herein described and at the point where the original Israel and Solomon Higgins lines met, in land formerly of Eddy;
then S 50° W, but everywhere following land formerly of said Eddy, 35.2 feet to a bolt set in the ground in line of land formerly of the Eden Swimming Pool Club;
then S 8° E, but always following line of land of said Eden Swimming Pool Club, 91.25 feet to a bolt set in the ground in the said northerly line of said West Street;
then in an easterly direction, but always following said West Street 33.4 feet to a bolt set in the ground in an angle in said northerly line of said West Street;
then easterly, but always following said West Street, 46.3 feet to a bolt set in the ground in the said northerly line of said West Street;
then in an easterly direction, but always following said West Street, 391.6 feet to the bolt set in the ground at the place of beginning.
Together with the shore and flats in front of and adjacent to the above described lot of land, bounded and described as follows, to wit:
Beginning at the stone bound set in the ground at high water mark of the shore, the said stone bound being the northeast corner bound of the above described lot of land;
then N 5° 40′ E 354 feet, more or less, to low water mark of the bay;
then generally westerly, but everywhere following the line of said low water mark, 162.25 feet, more or less;
then S 35° 30′ W, but everywhere following the western line of the shore or flats formerly of L. Taylor Dickson, 636 feet to the stone bound set in the ground at high water mark, at the northwest corner of the lot of land above described;
then generally easterly, but everywhere following the line of high water mark, to the stone bound at the point of beginning.
The said parcel hereby conveyed being however, subject to all the rights of the public in said West Street and said shore and flats, and also subject to any public easement of drainage legally existing in and through said described land, shore and flats.
Meaning and intending to convey and hereby conveying the same premises described as conveyed to George S. Bowdoin by deeds dated and recorded in Hancock County, Maine, Registry of Deeds, as follows: From The Philadelphia Trust Safe Deposit and Insurance Company, Executor, dated March 10, 1902, Book 372, Page 477; from The Contributorss to the Pennsylvania Hospital, dated February 28, 1902, Book 372, Page 471; from Jeanie G. Dickson, dated December 24, 1901, Book 372, Page 483; from Harry G. Clay and Effingham B. Morris, Trustees, dated March 17, 1911, Book 478, Page 450; and from George Douglass Sherley, dated March 4, 1902, Book 380, Page 9.
Second lot:
Beginning at the southeast corner of a brick pier on the northern side of West Street, in the division line of land formerly of George S. Bowdoin and the herein described lot, as established by deed from George Douglass Sherley to the said George S. Bowdoin (380:9, 4 March 1902);
then from said southeast corner of said brick pier, but always following the said division line, N 5° 55′ E the two following distances: 268 feet to the said stone post referred to in said deed at or near high water mark of Frenchman Bay, and 356 feet, more or less, to low water mark of said bay;
then generally northeasterly, but always following said line of low water mark of said bay, to the western line of land formerly of Caroline Blish Thompson;
then S 6° 20′ W, but always following said line of land formerly of Caroline Blish Thompson, the two following distances: 371 feet, more or less, to said high water mark, and 284.5 feet to an iron pipe set in the ground in the said northerly line of West Street;
then by said West Street N 84° 20′ W 108.3 feet to the said southeast corner of said brick pier at the place of beginning.
Meaning and intending to convey and hereby conveying the same premises described as conveyed by George Douglass Sherley to George S. Bowdoin by deed dated October 5, 1911 and recorded in said Registry in Book 484, Page 71.
Third lot:
Beginning at a stone bound set in the ground, in the southerly side line of West Street, being the northeast corner of the lot herein conveyed and the northwest corner of the Sherley Lot (formerly so called);
then in a westerly direction following said West Street 348 feet, more or less, to a stone bound set in the ground in the easterly line of land formerly of the estate of L. Taylor Dickson, being the northwest corner bound of the said lot herein conveyed;
then in a southerly direction, following the eastern line of said land formerly of the estate of L. Taylor Dickson and the eastern line of the P. W. Blanchfield lot (formerly so called), 245 feet to an iron bolt set in the ground, said bolt being the southwest corner bound of the lot herein conveyed;
then in an easterly direction parallel with and everywhere 245 feet distant from the said southern side line of West Street, 348 feet, more or less, to an iron bolt set in the grounding the western side line of the said Sherley Lot, said bolt being the southeast corner bound of the lot herein conveyed;
then in a northerly direction, following the said western sideline of the said Sherley Lot, 245 feet to the said stone bound at the point of beginning, together with all rights, if any, of the grantors in and to the land in said West Street in front of the above described lot.
The above described Third Lot is hereby conveyed expressly subject to the restrictions, if any now in force, as set forth in the deed from Mary Ann Greely et als. to George S. Bowdoin, dated September 19, 1903 and recorded in said Registry in Book 396, Page 419, and to any rights that the Town of Bar Harbor may have in any sewer now on said premises.
Said premises are also hereby conveyed subject to the right of way for the building and maintaining of a sewer as granted by George S. Bowdoin to the inhabitants of the Town of Eden by indenture dated November 18, 1905 and recorded in said Registry in Book 427, Page 514.
Meaning and intending to convey and hereby conveying the same premises described as conveyed to George S. Bowdoin by said deed from Mary Ann Greely et als., and to said George S. Bowdoin by said Inhabitants of the Town of Eden by said indenture, and to said George S. Bowdoin by Edward B. Mears by deed dated April 4, 1912 and recorded in said Registry in Book 488, Page 522.
Fourth lot:
Beginning at a stone bound set in the ground in the northerly line of Cottage Street, said stone bound being the southeasterly corner bound of land formerly of L. Taylor Dickson;
then N 5° 55′ E, but always following the easterly line of land formerly of L. Taylor Dickson the two following distances, to wit: 400 feet to a stone post set in the ground in the southerly line of West Street, then 24.75 feet to the center line of said West Street;
then turning and running in an easterly direction, but always following the said center line of West Street, 108 feet, more or less, to the westerly line of land formerly of R. Hamor and Sons;
then turning and running S 6° 20′ W, but always following the said westerly line of land formerly of R. Hamor and Sons the three following distances, to wit: 24.75 feet to an iron pipe driven in the ground, then 212 feet to a stone post set in the ground, then 189 feet to the northerly line of said Cottage Street;
then N 84° 30′ W by said Cottage Street 106.5 feet to the said stone post at the place of beginning; containing 0.986 of an acre.
Mean[ing] and intending to convey and hereby conveying the same premises described as conveyed by George Douglass Sherley to said George S. Bowdoin by deed dated March 15, 1912 and recorded in said Registry in Book 487, Page 369.
Fifth lot:
Bounded northerly by West Street (running about S 85° 10′ E) 165 feet, more or less,
easterly by Holland Avenue (running about S 6° 30′ W) 240.15 feet, more or less;
southerly by the north line (running about N 83° 20′ W) of land now or formerly of Tower 165 feet, more or less;
westerly by the east line (running about N 6° 30′ E) of land formerly of [George] Douglass Sherley 236.75 feet, more or less; and containing .93 of an acre, more or less;
Also all the right, title and interest of the said grantors herein in said West Street and said Holland Avenue adjoining and contiguous to said premises herein described as conveyed.
All said premises herein conveyed are however, so conveyed subject to the right, if any, of the public in and to said West Street and in and to said Holland Avenue, so called, where the same cross the premises herein conveyed.
Meaning and intending to convey and hereby conveying the same premises described as conveyed by Catherine Pingree Dawes to Edith Grinnell Bowdoin, by deed dated January 28, 1921 and recorded in said Registry in Book 561, Page 73.
Sixth lot:
Beginning at an iron bolt set in the ground in the southern line of the George S. Bowdoin lot formerly so called and at the northwest corner bound of the Shea lot formerly so called, and being the northeast corner of the lot herein conveyed;
then in a westerly direction but everywhere following the southern line of the said George S. Bowdoin lot 175 feet, more or less, to the eastern line of the P. W. Blanchfield lot formerly so called;
then in a southerly direction but everywhere following the eastern line of the said P. W. Blanchfield lot 40 feet, more or less, to the lot conveyed by Mary Ann Greely, Thomas F. Moran, and Charles B. Pineo to Frank G. Stevens;
then in an easterly direction parallel with the first described line and 40 feet distant therefrom 175 feet, more or less, to the western line of the said Shea lot;
then in a northerly direction, but everywhere following [the] western line of the said Shea lot 40 feet more or less to the point for beginning.
Together with a way for all purposes of a way in common with all others lawfully entitled thereto from the above described lot over Cadillac Avenue to Cottage Street.
The premises herein conveyed are herein conveyed expressly subject to any rights the town of Bar Harbor may have to maintain a public sewer in any part of the above described property.
Meaning and intending to convey and hereby conveying the same premises described as conveyed by Mary Ann Greely et als. to George S. Bowdoin by deed dated August 10, 1906 and recorded in said Registry in Book 432, Page 321, and by deed dated August 2, 1906 and recorded in said Registry in Book 432, Page 320.
Excepting and reserving herefrom and not hereby conveying the following described lot or parcel of land, together with all the buildings situated thereon, bounded and described as follows, to wit:
Beginning on the western line of Holland Avenue at the northeast corner of land of Tower;
then following the northern line of land of Tower and a continuation thereof, in a westerly direction, 149 and 2/3 feet;
then turning and running in a southerly direction, parallel to and 149 and 2/3 feet distant from said western line of Holland Avenue, 190 feet to the northern line of Cottage Street;
then turning and running 106 feet in a westerly direction along Cottage Street;
then turning and running 325 feet in a northerly direction parallel to and 256 and 2/3 feet distant from said western line of Holland Avenue;
then turning and running in an easterly direction, parallel to and 75 feet distant from the southern line of West Street, 256 and 2/3 feet to said western line of Holland Avenue;
then turning and running in a southerly direction along said Holland Avenue, 139 and 1/12 feet to the place of beginning.
All of the premises hereby conveyed are conveyed subject to the rights of the public in and to all streets laid out over any part of said premises.
Said Irving B. Kingsford and said George T. Bowdoin are the sole heirs-at-law of Edith Grinnell Bowdoin, late of New York City, County and State, deceased, and said Beeckman J. Delatour and said Irving B. Kingsford are the sole devisees of the above described premises under the instrument executed November 13, 1942 and offered for probate in the Surrogate's Court, New York County, New York, as the last will and testament of said Edith Grinnell Bowdoin.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: 372:483—487, 478:450—451, and 484:71—73
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
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The original deed for parcel F23 has not yet been found and posted. The land in 20:244–245 (below) is the west longitudinal half of F23, and the land in 45:51 is the east half.
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20:244–245
Date: 15 February 1799
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Daniel Rodick
Grantee: David Rodick
Description: 24.5 acres
Bounded by the Bay on the north end;
by the land of Israel Higgins on the westerly side;
on the southerly end by the land of Thomas Wasgatt Jr.;
and on the easterly side by the land of the forenamed Daniel Rodick.
Grantor obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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45:51
Date: 8 June 1822
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: John Rodick
Grantee: James Hamor
Description: 24.5 acres, "one equal half of a lot of land granted to Daniel Rodick by Bartholomew DeGregoire" [John Rodick, the grantor in this deed, was likely the son of Daniel Rodick.]
Beginning at a stake and stones at the shore, being the northeast corner bound between Daniel Rodick and Thomas Wasgatt Jr.;
from thence running due south 203 rods to a spruce tree;
then due west 18.5 rods;
then due north to the aforesaid shore;
then by said shore to the first-mentioned bound.
Note: This deed also included one-half of Bar Island.
Grantor obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 80:189
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80:189
Date: 7 October 1846
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: James Hamor
Grantee: John Rodick
Description: 24.5 acres, "one equal half of a lot of land granted to Daniel Rodick by Bartholomew DeGregoire"
Beginning at a stake and stones at the shore, being the northeast corner bound between Daniel Rodick and Thomas Wasgatt Jr.;
from thence running due south 203 rods to a spruce tree;
then due west 18.5 rods;
then due north to the aforesaid shore;
then by said shore to the first-mentioned bound.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 45:51
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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The deed found in book 1 on pages 371–372 covered two parcels on the Peters Plan: B11 (back lot) and F24 (first lot). This web page follows transactions involving the first lot (F24).
This first lot contained most of what is now downtown Bar Harbor and all the shoreline from at least as far north as the town dock to the mouth of Cromwell Harbor Brook.
1:371–372
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Thomas Wasgatt Jr./2nd [Jr. on plan; 2nd in deed]
Description: 2 lots: 140 acres (first lot) and 60 acres (back lot)
first lot (140 acres):
Beginning at the stake and stones, the bounds between him and Daniel Rodick;
from thence run first due south 203 rods to a spruce tree;
then due west 37 rods to Mr. Higgins' line;
then south on said line 48 rods;
then N 4[3]° E 50 rods or until [...] come to the brook;
then following said brook to the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bounds.
back lot (60 acres):
[Begin] at the southwest corner of Ezra Leland's lot;
run first S 45° W 180 rods to a stake;
then N 45° W 33.3 rods;
then N 45° E 178 rods to Leland's line;
then following said line to the first bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of the first lot of this parcel via 16:190 and ???:???
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16:190
Date: 21 November 1801
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Thomas Wasgatt 2nd
Grantee: Thomas Wasgatt 3rd
Description: acreage not given in deed
Beginning at the stake and stones on the shore, the bound between Daniel Rodick's lot and said [Thomas] Wasgatt [2nd];
run due south to Cromwell Harbor Brook;
then east on said brook 32.5 rods;
then due north to the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 1:371–372
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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The deeds below conveyed land that is part of 1:371–372 above.
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91:188–189
Date: 3 January 1851
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Stephen Higgins Jr.
Grantee: Giles Snow
Description: 50 acres, more or less
Beginning at a stake at the county road [this portion now called Main Street] and adjoining land owned by Stephen Higgins Jr.;
then run first a due East course to the seashore;
then following said shore to the mouth of Cromwell Harbor Brook, so-called;
then following said brook or stream to the county road;
then folioing said county road as said road now runs to the first-mentioned bound.
Grantor obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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133:203
Date: 27 January 1869
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Giles Snow
Grantee: Edward S. Rand
Description: 45 acres, more or less
Beginning at a stake at the southwest corner of land owned by Oliver Higgins, on the easterly side of [the] highway [this portion of now called Main Street];
running first a due East course to the seashore;
then following the shore southerly to the point;
then, turning the point, following the shore westerly to the Cromwell Harbor Brook, so-called,
then following the brook up to land owned by A. F. Higgins;
then following said land northerly to Snow's garden fence;
then westerly, following said Higgins line to the highway;
the following the highway northerly to [the] first-mentioned bound.
Grantor obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 154:335–337
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154:335–337
Date: 14 April 1876
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Edward S. Rand, Jr.
Grantee: Thomas Wigglesworth
Description: "one undivided half part" of the below-described parcel; specific number of acres not mentioned in the deed
Beginning at a stake at the southwest corner of land owned by Oliver Higgins, on the easterly side of [the] highway [this part now called Main Street];
and first running a due East course to the seashore;
then following the shore southerly to the Point;
then turning the point, following the shore westerly to the Cromwell Harbor Brook, so-called;
then following the brook up to land owned by A. F. Higgins;
then following said land northerly to Snow's garden fence;
then westerly, following said Higgins' line to the highway;
then following the highway northerly to [the] first-mentioned bound.
Note: It appears that pages 336–337 conveyed the remaining "half part".
Grantor obtained this parcel via 133:203
Grantee disposed of a portion of this parcel via 166:47–50
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166:47–50
Date: 1 January 1879
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Thomas Wigglesworth
Grantee: Jacob M. Da Costa
Description: 21.5 acres according to the plan on 166:47
Beginning at a point on the easterly side of the Schooner Head Road, so-called [this part now called Main Street], where the said road crosses the brook running into Cromwell Harbor (the said point being the middle line of the said brook);
then running northerly by the said road 632 feet, more or less, to the middle of a road 50 feet wide to be laid out, one-half over the land of each of the parties hereto as shown on the plan hereinafter mentioned;
then running easterly by the middle line of the said proposed road 1100, more or less, to a corner where the said road turns southerly at [a] right angle;
then turning and running southerly on the easterly side of the said proposed road by land released to me [Thomas Wigglesworth] by the said Da Costa by deed of even date herewith 307 feet, more or less, to a corner;
then turning and running easterly by the land released to me [Thomas Wigglesworth] as aforesaid by the said Da Costa 711 feet, more or less, to the sea and continuing in the same direction to low water mark;
then turning and running southerly and westerly by the sea and by Cromwell Harbor by the line of low water mark and by the center line of the brook running into Cromwell Harbor at various courses, but generally southerly and westerly to the Schooner Head Road [this part now called Main Street], the point of beginning.
Reserving to me [Thomas Wigglesworth] and my heirs and assigns in common with the said Da Costa and his heirs and assigns the right to pass and repass in and over, and to lay drains and water pipes under that part of the said granted premises which [is] included in the said proposed road, and granting to the said Da Costa and his heirs and assigns like rights in, over, and under that part of the land released by him to me as aforesaid, which is included in the said road, the said road to be made and maintained at the joint expense of those parties entitled to use the same.
Grantor obtained this parcel as part of: 154:335–337
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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401:74–77
Date: 30 October 1903
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Sophie B. Thayer
Grantee: John S. Kennedy
Description: 2.17 acres, more or less; between Wayman Lane and Livingston Road
Beginning at a stone monument set in the ground at the northwest corner of land of the late Miss Anna Rotch on the south side of Wayman Lane;
then running S 4° 10′ W 505.8 feet to a stone monument at the southwest corner of said Rotch lot on the north side of Livingston Road;
then deflecting 90 degrees to the right for a tangent to a reverse curve of 141-foot radius for the first half and 191 feet for the second half with parallel tangents and a total angle of deflection of 18 degrees and 32 minutes to the right from said tangent running on these curves, but everywhere following the northern line of said Livingston Road, to a stone monument at the southeast corner of land belonging to How and Bates, this monument which bears N 67° 18′ W from the stone monument at the beginning of the curve and at a distance of 210.9 feet from it;
then deflecting 90 degrees to the right and running N 4° 10′ E 437.8 feet to a stone monument at the northeast corner of the How and Bates lot on the south side of Wayman Lane;
then deflecting 89 degrees and 42 minutes to the right and running S 86° 8′ E 200 feet along the southern line of said Wayman Lane to the first-mentioned bound."
Grantor obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 469:171–177
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403:180–187
Date: 12 January 1904
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Johnston Livingston
Grantee: John S. Kennedy
Description: 14 acres, more or less
Beginning at the junction of the county road [now Main Street] with the private way known as Livingston Road [see 183:280 for a description of Livingston Road];
then running easterly, but everywhere following the center line of said Livingston Road, 623 feet, more or less, to the southwest corner of land formerly of Sophia B. Thayer, and now of the grantee herein, said center line of said Livingston Road in the part thereof above described being also the southern line of land formerly of Charles T. How and Frank C. Bates, and now or late of Fountain Rodick;
then southeasterly and easterly, but everywhere following the center line of said Livingston Road, 200 feet, more or less, to the southeast corner of land formerly of Sophia B. Thayer and now the grantee herein, the said center line of the Livingston Road in the part thereof next hereinabove described being also the southern line of said land formerly of Sophia B. Thayer, and now of the grantee herein;
then easterly, still following the center line of said Livingston Road, 200 feet, more or less, to the southeastern corner of land of Anna S. Rotch, the said center line of said Livingston Road in the part thereof next hereinabove described being also the southern line of said land of Anna S. Rotch;
then easterly, but everywhere following a production of the said southern line of said land of Anna S. Rotch, 50 feet to the western line of land formerly of Charles J. Morrill, deceased, and now of his estate;
then southerly, but everywhere following the western line of said land formerly of Charles J. Morrill, deceased, and now of his estate [see 189:499 for a description of this line], to a stone post at the southwest corner of said land formerly of Charles J. Morrill, in the north line of land of the grantee herein;
then westerly, but everywhere following the north line of said land of the grantee herein, 10 feet to the northwest corner of said land of the grantee herein;
then following the west line of land and west line of shore of the grantee herein [see 258:49 and 262:135 for a description of these lines], or however otherwise said land of the grantee herein may be bounded by the several courses and distances of said line, but generally southerly and southeasterly to the southwest corner of said land and shore of the grantee herein, in the center line of Cromwell Harbor Brook, so-called;
then following up said brook by the center line thereof in its various windings, but generally westerly to said county road, said center line of said brook being also the northern line of land of Edgar Scott;
then northerly, but everywhere following said Schooner Head Road [this portion now Main Street], 634 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
Grantor obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 469:171–177
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469:171–177
Date: 2 April 1910
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: John Stewart Kennedy
Grantee: Emma B. Kennedy
Description: Kenarden Lodge
From article 2, number 6 of his probated will: "I give and devise to my said wife [Emma B. Kennedy], absolutely, Kenarden Lodge, my country place at Bar Harbor, Maine, including all structures thereon, and all lands and other real property owned by me at Bar Harbor, Maine."
Grantor obtained this parcel via: 401:74–77 and 403:180–187
Grantee disposed of a portion of this estate via 640:531–533
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640:531–533
Date: 9 May 1933
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Stephen Baker, F. Leonard Kellogg (executors of the last will and testament of Emma B. Kennedy
Grantee: Ethel M. Dorrance
Description: "property having been known for many years as Kenarden Lodge"
Beginning at the junction of Main Street with the center line of Livingston Road (a town way);
then easterly, but everywhere following the center line of said Livingston Road, 623 feet, more or less, to the center line of a private way 50 feet wide, which way was established by 272:328;
then southeasterly and easterly, but everywhere following the center line of said right of way, 200 feet, more or less, to the southeastern corner of the land formerly of Sophia B. Thayer and now of the estate of Emma B. Kennedy;
then easterly, still following the center line of said private way, 200 feet, more or less, to the southeastern corner of land formerly of Anna S. Rotch and now of Emilie P. Kellogg, the same being the westerly side of a private way known as Barberry Lane or Carr Avenue;
then continuing on the same course 50 feet to the land formerly of Charles J. Morrill;
then southerly, but everywhere following the western line of said land formerly of Morrill as described in 189:499 and along the ewestly face of the stone wall erected by said Charles J. Morrill, to the southwesterly corner of the granite post at the southerly end of said stone wall aforesaid and the southwest ornery of land formerly of Charles J. Morrill;
then S 86° E, but everywhere following the southerly line of land formerly of Charles J. Morrill (see 189:496), 45 rods, more or less, to an iron bolt fixed in a rock on the shore of Frenchman Bay;
then continuing the same course, but always following the south line of land formerly of Morrill to low water mark of Frenchman Bay;
then generally southerly and westerly, following low water mark by its various windings and turnings to the mouth of Cromwell Harbor Brook;
then following up said brook by the center line thereof in its various windings, but generally westerly, to the county road, known as Main Street;
then northerly by said Main Street 634 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 469:171–177
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
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This parcel is bordered on the north by Cromwell Harbor Brook and on the east by Frenchman Bay, and contains what is now known as Ogden Point.
1:543–544
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantees: Thomas Wasgatt and Stephen Higgins
Description: 200 acres
Beginning at a stake and stone just below the mill[s?];
from thence run northwardly on said [Cromwell Harbor] brook till we come to Mr. Wasgatt's line near the southeast corner of Rodick's lot;
then S 43° W 50 rods to Israel Higgins's;
then due south on said line to the corner of said Higgins's lot;
then S 59° E 126 rods to Henry Higgins's line;
then following said line to the shore;
then following the shore to the first bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantees disposed of the first lot of this parcel via ???:???
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The deed below conveyed land that is part of 1:543–544 above.
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132:99–100
Date: 24 August 1868
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: N. Goddard Gould, Tobias Roberts, Mary Roberts, Joseph Disco Jenness, Mary Elizabeth Jenness
Grantee: Gouverneur M. Ogden
Description: 15 acres, more or less
Beginning at the northeast corner bound of Josiah B. Richards' land on the shore of Frenchman Bay;
then running S 15° W 15 rods to a brook;
then following the brook to a cove easterly;
then northerly and westerly following the shore to the point of beginning.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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124:490–491
Date: 17 August 1842
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Town: Mount Desert
Grantees: Isaac Somes and George B. Somes
Description: 18 lots: #63, #71, #72, #84, #89, #90, #91, #92, #93, #94, #96, #97, #98, #99, #100, #101, #102, and a small island near lot #97 on Peters Plan, containing 1578 acres and 128 square rods; This page will follow lot #101.
"Likewise the unsold land adjoining the lots aforementioned, and bounded easterly by land sold to Joel Emery, Edward Brewer, and Messrs Spurling, altogether containing 2857 acres."
Grantors obtained these lots via ???:???
Grantees disposed of these lots via ???:???
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124:490–491
Date: 17 August 1842
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Town: Mount Desert
Grantees: Isaac Somes and George B. Somes
Description: 18 lots: #63, #71, #72, #84, #89, #90, #91, #92, #93, #94, #96, #97, #98, #99, #100, #101, #102, and a small island near lot #97 on Peters Plan, containing 1578 acres and 128 square rods; This page will follow lot #100.
"Likewise the unsold land adjoining the lots aforementioned, and bounded easterly by land sold to Joel Emery, Edward Brewer, and Messrs Spurling, altogether containing 2857 acres."
Grantors obtained these lots via ???:???
Grantees disposed of these lots via ???:???
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124:490–491
Date: 17 August 1842
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Town: Mount Desert
Grantees: Isaac Somes and George B. Somes
Description: 18 lots: #63, #71, #72, #84, #89, #90, #91, #92, #93, #94, #96, #97, #98, #99, #100, #101, #102, and a small island near lot #97 on Peters Plan, containing 1578 acres and 128 square rods; This page will follow lot #99.
"Likewise the unsold land adjoining the lots aforementioned, and bounded easterly by land sold to Joel Emery, Edward Brewer, and Messrs Spurling, altogether containing 2857 acres."
Grantors obtained these lots via ???:???
Grantees disposed of these lots via ???:???
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124:490–491
Date: 17 August 1842
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Town: Mount Desert
Grantees: Isaac Somes and George B. Somes
Description: 18 lots: #63, #71, #72, #84, #89, #90, #91, #92, #93, #94, #96, #97, #98, #99, #100, #101, #102, and a small island near lot #97 on Peters Plan, containing 1578 acres and 128 square rods; This page will follow lot #98.
"Likewise the unsold land adjoining the lots aforementioned, and bounded easterly by land sold to Joel Emery, Edward Brewer, and Messrs Spurling, altogether containing 2857 acres."
Grantors obtained these lots via ???:???
Grantees disposed of these lots via ???:???
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124:490–491
Date: 17 August 1842
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Town: Mount Desert
Grantees: Isaac Somes and George B. Somes
Description: 18 lots: #63, #71, #72, #84, #89, #90, #91, #92, #93, #94, #96, #97, #98, #99, #100, #101, #102, and a small island near lot #97 on Peters Plan, containing 1578 acres and 128 square rods; This page will follow lot #97.
"Likewise the unsold land adjoining the lots aforementioned, and bounded easterly by land sold to Joel Emery, Edward Brewer, and Messrs Spurling, altogether containing 2857 acres."
Grantors obtained these lots via ???:???
Grantees disposed of these lots via ???:???
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124:490–491
Date: 17 August 1842
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Town: Mount Desert
Grantees: Isaac Somes and George B. Somes
Description: 18 lots: #63, #71, #72, #84, #89, #90, #91, #92, #93, #94, #96, #97, #98, #99, #100, #101, #102, and a small island near lot #97 on Peters Plan, containing 1578 acres and 128 square rods; This page will follow lot #96.
"Likewise the unsold land adjoining the lots aforementioned, and bounded easterly by land sold to Joel Emery, Edward Brewer, and Messrs Spurling, altogether containing 2857 acres."
Grantors obtained these lots via ???:???
Grantees disposed of these lots via ???:???
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61:248–249
Date: 1 September 1835
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, John Richards, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representatives of the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Joel Emery
Description: 11 parcels (lots A, B, E, F, G, H, #14, #19, #28, #42, and an unnumbered lot) totaling 1712 acres; This page will follow the last lot (unnumbered; 700 acres), described below:
Bounded northwesterly by lots marked E, F, G, and H;
northeasterly by lots #43 and #44;
easterly by lots #52, #53, #54, and #55, to Richardson's Pond [now Aunt Betty's Pond], so-called;
then by the northerly shore of said pond to the outlet thereof and by said outlet to the head of lot #95;
then north by said lot #95 to the northeast corner bound of lot #96;
then west by said lot #96 to the southeast corner bound of lot #98;
then north by lots #98, #99, #100, and #101, to the side line of lot marked H aforementioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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2:558–559
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Henry Higgins
Description: 100 acres
Beginning at a stake and stones, the bound between Stephen Higgins and Henry Higgins;
first running N 65° W 5 rods to a pine tree;
then S 15° W 347 rods to an oak stake;
then S 75° E 60 rods to a cedar stump;
then N 15° E to the shore;
then following the shore to the first-mentioned bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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41:272–273
Date: 15 September 1817
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Amos Higgins
Grantee: Solomon Stanwood
Description: 50 acres, more or less; the northwest half of 2:558–559 above
Beginning at a pine stump at the shore at the head of Cromwell's Harbor, so-called;
and run first S 15° W 320 rods;
then S 75° E 25 rods;
then N 15° E to the shore;
then following the shore to the first-mentioned bound.
Note: Solomon Stanwood mortgaged this parcel with Peleg Stanwood on 2 April 1821 (41:273), and the mortgage was discharged on 17 November 1838 (margin of 41:273).
Grantor obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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The deeds below were part of 2:558–559 above.
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42:311
Date: 11 March 1822
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Stephen Higgins, Anna Googins, Mary Eaton
Grantee: Dean Higgins
Description: 50 acres, more or less
Beginning at the shore at a stake and stone, formerly the bound between Stephen Higgins and Henry Higgins;
first running N 65° W 5 rods to a pine tree;
then S 15° W 347 rods to an oak stake;
then S 75° E 30 rods, formerly to David Stanwood's western line;
then following said Stanwood line to the shore;
then following the shore to the first-mentioned bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 80:347
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80:347
Date: 20 October 1846
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Dean Higgins
Grantee: Charles Bunker
Description: two adjoining parcels - 50 acres, more or less, "with the buildings thereon", plus an 8.5-rod-wide strip along its eastern side
first parcel:
Beginning at the shore at a stake and stone, formerly the bound between Stephen Higgins and Henry Higgins;
first running N 65° W 5 rods to a pine tree;
then S 15° W 347 rods to an oak stump;
then S 75° E 30 rods, formerly to David Stanwood's western line;
then following said Stanwood's line to the shore;
then around the shore to the first bound.
second parcel:
Another piece of land lying on the eastern side of the above-named lot, and adjoining the same, 8.5 rods in width extending from the shore to the head of the lot.
Note: This transaction involved a mortgage (see 80:348 below).
Grantor obtained the 50-acre parcel via 42:311 and the 8.5-rod-wide strip via ???:???
Grantee disposed of these parcels to his wife, Lydia C. Bunker, likely via the settlement of his estate.
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80:348
Date: 20 October 1846
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Charles Bunker
Grantee: Dean Higgins and Eunice Higgins (husband and wife)
Description: mortgage of two adjoining parcels (that were sold/purchased via 80:347 above) - 50 acres, more or less, "with the buildings thereon", plus an 8.5-rod-wide strip along its eastern side
first parcel:
Beginning at the shore at a stake and stone, formerly the bound between Stephen Higgins and Henry Higgins;
first running N 65° W 5 rods to a pine tree;
then S 15° W 347 rods to an oak stump;
then S 75° E 30 rods, formerly to David Stanwood's western line;
then following his line to the shore;
then around the shore to the first bound.
second parcel:
Another piece of land lying on the eastern side of the above-named lot, and adjoining the same, 8.5 rods in width extending from the shore to the head of the lot.
Note: This mortgage was almost certainly discharged (deed to be located) because Lydia C. Bunker, wife of Charles Bunker, was able to sell these adjoining parcels in 1868 (see 131:263 below).
Grantor obtained of these parcels via 80:347
Grantee discharged this mortgage via ???:???
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131:263
Date: 7 July 1868
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Lydia C. Bunker
Grantee: John Conners
Description: two adjoining parcels - 50 acres, more or less, and an 8.5-rod-wide strip along its eastern side
first parcel:
Beginning at a stone at a pope [sic] stone beach on the north side of what is termed Dean Higgins Cove at a stake and stone;
then running N 65° W 5 rods to William Douglass's land;
then S 15° W by said Douglass's land 340 rods to an oak stump;
then S 75° E 30 rods to what was formerly called David Stanwood's western line;
then following said Stanwood's line to the shore to a cedar stake;
then following the shore in a northerly direction to the first-mentioned bound.
second parcel:
Another piece of land lying on the eastern side of the above-named lot, and adjoining the same, 8.5 rods in width extending from the shore to the head of the lot.
Grantor obtained these parcels likely via inheritance from Charles Bunker, her husband (see 80:347 above), who died between approximately 1854 and 1860.
Grantee disposed of these parcels via 131:282
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131:282
Date: 13 August 1868
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: John Connors
Grantee: Mary Helena Mahan
Description: two adjoining parcels - 50 acres, more or less, and an 8.5-rod-wide strip along its eastern side
first parcel:
Beginning at a stone at a cobble stone beach on the north side of what is termed Dean Higgins Cove at a stake and stone;
then running N 65° W 5 rods to William Douglass's land;
then S 15° W by said Douglass's land 340 rods to an oak stump;
then S 75° E 30 rods to what was formerly called David Stanwood's western line;
then following said Stanwood's line to the shore to a cedar stake;
then following the shore in a northerly direction to the first-mentioned bound.
second parcel:
Another piece of land lying on the eastern side of the above-named lot, and adjoining the same, 8.5 rods in width extending from the shore to the head of the lot, with all the buildings on the above-decribed premises.
Grantor obtained these parcels via 131:263
Grantee disposed of these parcels via 143:81–83
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143:81–83
Date: 15 June 1872
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Mary Helena Mahan
Grantee: Charles H. Dorr
Description: two adjoining parcels - 50 acres, more or less, and an 8.5-rod-wide strip along its eastern side; Old Farm [or Oldfarm], was constructed on this property.
first parcel:
Beginning at a stone at a cobble stone beach on the north side of what is termed Dean Higgins Cove at a stake and stone;
then running N 65° W 5 rods to William Douglass's land;
then S 15° W by said Douglass's land 340 rods to an oak stump;
then S 75° E 30 rods to what was formerly called David Stanwood's western line;
then following said Stanwood's line to the shore to a cedar stake;
then following the shore in a northerly direction to the first-mentioned bound.
second parcel:
Another piece of land lying on the eastern side of the above-named lot, and adjoining the same, 8.5 rods in width extending from the shore to the head of the lot, with all the buildings on the above-decribed premises.
Grantor obtained these parcels via 131:282
Grantee disposed of these parcels via ???:???
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156:443–???
Date: 5 February 1877
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Charles Willing and Chapman Biddle, trustees of the estate formerly of William Bingham the elder
Grantee: Lucy Ellis
Description:
Beginning at the sea an[d] the east line of the Dorr Lot, so-called, which lot was part of the allotment of the lands of the Bingham estate in said town of Eden;
then running along the said east line of the said Dorr Lot S 19° W through a fir tree and skirting the west side of the ravine to the upland, and continuing the same course 100 perches from the said fir tree to a stake and stone near a crotched fir tree; so far bounded northwesterly by said east line of said Dorr lot;
then running N 85 ° E 82 perches to a birch stake and stones on the brink of the cliff;
then continuing the same course to the sea; bounded from the first herein mentioned stake and stone to said sea southeasterly by land formerly of said William Bingham now held in trust by said Willing and Biddle as said trustees;
and then running by the sea by the several courses and distances thereof, in the main northwesterly and bounded by the sea to the place of beginning.
And appurtenant to the said parcel of land hereby conveyed, a right of way 2 rods wide for animals, vehicles, and on foot and for all purposes from said parcel of land southerly and westerly and to the same easterly and northerly over and through the land of the grantors to and from the highway from Bar Harbor to Schooner Head in said town of Eden by the easiest feasible route to be located whenever the grantors or their heirs or assigns or the grantee and her heirs and assigns shall agree or if they do not agree, whenever the County Commissioners of said County of Hancock shall determine.
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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535:253–255
Date: 16 April 1917
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: President and Fellows of Harvard College
Grantee: Ethel Kissam Train
Description: 7 acres, more or less
[Bounded] northerly by land of Anne Pierrepont Luquer, formerly of Lucy Ellis [see 156:443–??? above];
easterly by the sea, at low water mark;
southerly by land formerly of Theodore Chase, still earlier of Markos; and
westerly by the middle line of a private way 2 rods wide leading in both directions to the Schooner Head Road, so-called, said middle line being also the eastern line of land of George B. Dorr.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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737:317–318
Date: 24 October 1950
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Evelyn Pierrepont Luquer and City Bank Farmers Trust Company, executors and trustees under Last Will and Testament of Anne Low Pierrepont Luquer
Grantees: George S. Munson and Katharine T. Munson (husband and wife)
Description: land and buildings known as "Eagle Cliff"; 20 acres, more or less
Beginning at low water mark on Frenchman Bay at the northeast corner of the Dorr lot, so-called, being land of heirs of C. H. Dorr, deceased, which lot was part of the allotment of the lands of the Bingham Estate in said town of Eden;
then running, following and bounded northwesterly by the easterly line of said Dorr lot;
southwesterly by the easterly line of said Dorr lot;
southwesterly to an iron bolt set or to be forthwith set in the ground at high water mark;
then S 19°30′ W, but always following and bounded northwesterly by said easterly line of said Dorr lot 83 rods and 9 links to an iron bolt set or to be forthwith set in the ledge in said line;
then N 85°30′ E passing through an iron bolt set or to be forthwith set in the ledge at the top of a high bluff near the shore 75 rods and 6 links bounded southerly by other land of me the said grantor not hereby conveyed or released but hereinafter excepted and reserved, to high water mark;
then on the same course still bounded southerly b other land of said grantor not hereby conveyed or released but hereinafter excepted and reserved to low water mark;
then following and bounded northeasterly by low water mark by its various courses and distances, mainly, northwesterly to the first herein mentioned corner at the place of beginning.
Excepting, however, from the above described lot of land, a certain lot or parcel of land deeded by Anne Pierrepont Luquer to George B. Dorr by 432:456 (20 September 1906) described in said deed as follows, to wit:
Beginning at the corner of land of Harvard University and said Anne Pierrepont Luquer on line of land of said George B. Dorr marked by stone post and iron bolt;
then N 21°15′ E (old course N 19°30′ E) 447 feet following boundary line between said Dorr and Luquer to a stone post set in the ground on said line and at southerly and easterly line of right of way granted by C. H. Dorr to Lucy Ellis;
then on said course 15 feet to the center line of said right of way;
then S 24°30′ E along center line of right of way granted by Lucy Ellis to Matilda C. Markoe, 22.3 feet to a point 16.5 feet distant from last mentioned stone post, and at right angle to said Dorr and Luquer line;
then S 21°15′ W 99.4 feet along center line of said last mentioned right of way to a point 16.5 feet distant from a stone post set in the ground, and at right angle to said Dorr and Luquer line;
then S 5°30′ E 81.2 feet along center line of said right of way to a point 16.5 feet distant from and at right angle to the last described line to a stone post set in the ground;
then S 20°40′ E 77.8 feet along the center line of said right of way to a point 16.5 feet distant from and at right angle to the last above described line to a stone post set in the ground;
then S 3°55′ W 108.5 feet along the center line of said right of way to a point 16.5 feet distant from and at right angle to the last described line, to a stone post set in the ground;
then S 2°45′ E 54.3 feet along the center line of said right of way to intersection with boundary line between said Harvard University land and land of Anne Pierrepont Luquer;
then S 87°15′ W (old course S 85°30′ W) 16.5 feet to a stone post set in the ground on said boundary line for the western boundary of said right of way;
then on same course S 87°15′ W 153 feet to place of beginning, containing 29,059 square feet, more or less.
Grantors [for the then Anne Low Pierrepont] obtained this parcel via 292:11
Grantees disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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124:490–491
Date: 17 August 1842
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Town: Mount Desert
Grantees: Isaac Somes and George B. Somes
Description: 18 lots: #63, #71, #72, #84, #89, #90, #91, #92, #93, #94, #96, #97, #98, #99, #100, #101, #102, and a small island near lot #97 on Peters Plan, containing 1578 acres and 128 square rods; This page will follow lot #94.
"Likewise the unsold land adjoining the lots aforementioned, and bounded easterly by land sold to Joel Emery, Edward Brewer, and Messrs Spurling, altogether containing 2857 acres."
Grantors obtained these lots via ???:???
Grantees disposed of these lots via ???:???
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124:490–491
Date: 17 August 1842
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Town: Mount Desert
Grantees: Isaac Somes and George B. Somes
Description: 18 lots: #63, #71, #72, #84, #89, #90, #91, #92, #93, #94, #96, #97, #98, #99, #100, #101, #102, and a small island near lot #97 on Peters Plan, containing 1578 acres and 128 square rods; This page will follow lot #93.
"Likewise the unsold land adjoining the lots aforementioned, and bounded easterly by land sold to Joel Emery, Edward Brewer, and Messrs Spurling, altogether containing 2857 acres."
Grantors obtained these lots via ???:???
Grantees disposed of these lots via ???:???
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124:490–491
Date: 17 August 1842
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Town: Mount Desert
Grantees: Isaac Somes and George B. Somes
Description: 18 lots: #63, #71, #72, #84, #89, #90, #91, #92, #93, #94, #96, #97, #98, #99, #100, #101, #102, and a small island near lot #97 on Peters Plan, containing 1578 acres and 128 square rods; This page will follow lot #92.
"Likewise the unsold land adjoining the lots aforementioned, and bounded easterly by land sold to Joel Emery, Edward Brewer, and Messrs Spurling, altogether containing 2857 acres."
Grantors obtained these lots via ???:???
Grantees disposed of these lots via ???:???
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124:490–491
Date: 17 August 1842
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Town: Mount Desert
Grantees: Isaac Somes and George B. Somes
Description: 18 lots: #63, #71, #72, #84, #89, #90, #91, #92, #93, #94, #96, #97, #98, #99, #100, #101, #102, and a small island near lot #97 on Peters Plan, containing 1578 acres and 128 square rods; This page will follow lot #91.
"Likewise the unsold land adjoining the lots aforementioned, and bounded easterly by land sold to Joel Emery, Edward Brewer, and Messrs Spurling, altogether containing 2857 acres."
Grantors obtained these lots via ???:???
Grantees disposed of these lots via ???:???
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124:490–491
Date: 17 August 1842
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Town: Mount Desert
Grantees: Isaac Somes and George B. Somes
Description: 18 lots: #63, #71, #72, #84, #89, #90, #91, #92, #93, #94, #96, #97, #98, #99, #100, #101, #102, and a small island near lot #97 on Peters Plan, containing 1578 acres and 128 square rods; This page will follow lot #90.
"Likewise the unsold land adjoining the lots aforementioned, and bounded easterly by land sold to Joel Emery, Edward Brewer, and Messrs Spurling, altogether containing 2857 acres."
Grantors obtained these lots via ???:???
Grantees disposed of these lots via ???:???
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81:211–213
Date: 9 July 1845
Town: Bar Harbor and Mount Desert
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph N. Ingersoll, devisees of William Bingham
Grantees: John D. Gilmore and Edward Brewer
Description: 6144 acres; included much/most of what are today called Cadillac, Dorr, and Champlain Mountains, plus most of Seal Harbor east of Stanley Brook
Beginning at the outlet of a small pond called Richardson's Pond [now Aunt Betty's Pond] that runs into the sound, so-called, on the east line of land deeded to Joel Emery, esquire;
following said outlet southwesterly to the head of lot No. 95, occupied by George Richardson;
then south by the head of the shore lots deeded to Isaac and G. B. Somes to a corner;
then by land sold to Benjamin and [Enoch] Spurling S 89° E about two miles and [...]5 rods to the northeast corner bound of said Spurlings' land;
then S 1° W by said Spurlings' land 2 miles and 100 rods to a cedar tree;
then N 89° W 1[8?]6 rods to the northeast corner bound of lot No. 81, deeded to James Clement;
then southerly by said [James] Clement's lot to the shore;
then easterly and northerly by the shore to the head of Otter Creek, so-called;
then N 9° W 69 rods to the southeast corner bound of lot No. 86, sold to John Stanley;
then west by said [John] Stanley's lot 140 rods to a [corner?];
then north 206 rods to the northwest corner bound of lot No. 85, sold to Timothy Smallidge;
then N 80° E 184 rods to a cedar stake, the northeast corner of lot No. 84;
then S 9° E to the southeast corner of lot No. 82, sold to James Walls;
then east to the shore;
then northeasterly by the shore to the southwest corner bound of lot No. 63;
then northerly by lots Nos. 63, 62, [...?] Lynam's lot, 61, and 60 to the southwest corner bound of lot No. 59, sold to Dean Higgins;
then N 86° W to the southwest corner of lot No. 58, deeded to Tobias Roberts;
then north 194 rods to the head line of Israel Higgins settler's lot;
then northwesterly by the head of said [Israel] Higgins's lot, Humphrey Standwood's, Solomon Higgins's, and Thomas Wasgatt's settler lots to the side line of lot No. 56, deeded to Oliver Higgins;
then S 45° W by lots No. 56 and 57 to the [...] Young's Pond, so-called, [now Eagle Lake];
then southerly and westerly around the south end of said pond to the southeast corner bound of lot No. 55, sold to Edward Brewer;
then N 63° W by said lot No. 55 to the east side of the small pond aforementioned;
then southerly and westerly around said pond to the outlet, the place of beginning.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Gilmore disposed of [part of?] his portion of this parcel via 83:139–140
Brewer disposed of his portion of this parcel via ???:???
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83:139–140
Date: 10 February 1848
Towns: Bar Harbor and Mount Desert
Grantor: John D. Gilmore
Grantee: Edward Brewer
Description: 5000 acres, more or less
All that part of a certain tract of land purchased by myself and the said [Edward] Brewer of Alexander Baring and others by their deed dated the 29th day of July A.D. 1845, and recorded in book 81, page 211 in Hancock County Registry of Deeds, reference thereto to be had [see above],
lying southerly and easterly of a straight line to be run across said tract from the northwest corner of a lot of land bounded by the said [John D.] Gilmore and [Edward] Brewer to Reuben Salisbury and adjoining Tobias Roberts's lot in said Eden;
and from thence in a southwesterly direction over the mountain to the northeast corner of the tract of land now owned or in the possession of George N. and John S. Jordan, and formerly owned by B[enjamin]. and E[noch]. Spurling.
Grantor obtained his portion of this parcel via: 81:211–213
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Each of the many deeds below cover a portion of the 6144 acres described in 81:211–213 above.
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131:119
Date: 22 April 1868
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Daniel W. Brewer and Porter Brewer
Grantee: Edward L. Brewer
Description: 2 parcels of land
Lot 1: 50 acres, more or less:
Commencing at the southeast corner of land known as the Zacheus Higgins lot on the west line of lot No. 60 on town plan;
and following said line to the point of Newport Mountain [now Champlain Mountain];
then southwesterly on the side of said mountain at the edge of the woods to a pine tree spotted;
then N 75° W to a pile of stones on the top of Picked Mountain [now Huguenot Head];
then N 5° E to the south line of Tobias Roberts' Beverly Lot, so-called;
then easterly on said line by the head line of John Connors' and said Zacheus Higgins' lot to the first bound."
Lot 2: 75 acres, more or less:
Commencing at Enoch H. Leland's southwest corner;
and following Reuben Salisbury's line southerly, easterly, and northerly to land formerly occupied by Zacheus Higgins;
then following his south line easterly to the west line of Tobias Roberts' Beverly Lot, so-called;
then following said line southerly to Albert F. Higgis' northeast corner;
then following his north line westerly to his northwest corner at the side of Dry Mountain [now Dorr Mountain];
then in a northwesterly direction to a pile of stones on the dividing line between Brewer and Gilmore, so-called;
then following said line northeasterly to the first mentioned bound.
Grantors obtained their portion of this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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131:341
Date: 18 August 1868
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Daniel W. Brewer
Grantees: Orient H. Carpenter, Porter Brewer, and Perry H. Brewer
Description: 75 acres, more or less [but see 455:185–186 below with a probably more accurate "84.5 acres, more or less"], "on the top of Green [now Cadillac] Mountain"
Beginning on Dean[e]'s south line on the north side of the mountain, about 15 rods from road eastward at a pile of rocks and a B marked in the ledge;
then running S 14° E to a bluff on the south side of the mountain, also marked B;
then S 56° W to a bluff marked B on the west side of the mountain;
then N 51° W to said Dean[e]'s line;
then following said line easterly to the first bound.
Note: Included in this transaction were "the buildings thereon, the conveyed premises being known as the Mountain House, and outbuildings, and lot"
Grantor obtained his portion of this parcel via: ???:???
Grantees disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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229:114–117
Date: 8 June 1888
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Charles H. Lewis
Grantee: Mount Desert and Eastern Shore Land Company
Description: 1000 acres, more or less; "being the same parcel of land conveyed to me by Elihu T. Hamor and John J. Carr by their deed dated 7 June 1888, to be recorded herewith"
Beginning at a point on the east side of Eagle Lake at the mouth of a stream leading from Turtle Lake or Bubble Pond to said Eagle Lake;
then running southerly, bounded westerly by said stream and said Turtle Lake, to the north line of land conveyed to me by W. E. Hadlock by deed dated 2 June 1888 [see 229:121–123], formerly a part of the Jordan lot so-called;
then running easterly by said north line, bounded southerly by said land conveyed by Hadlock, to the northeast corner thereof at land of Wellington and the southwest end of the old Gilmore and Brewer division line so-called;
then running northeasterly by said division line in a straight line over the mountain to land of heirs of Benjamin Ash or the Ash lot so-called;
then running northerly in a straight line, bounded easterly by said Ash lot, to the southerly corner of what was formerly the Thomas Wasgatt lot as shown and so designated on the old Peters Plan;
then running northwesterly, bounded northeasterly by said Wasgatt lot, to land of Roberts and others, being lot No. 56 on said plan;
then running southwesterly, bounded northwesterly by lots Nos. 56 and 57 as shown on said plan, to Eagle Lake;
then running southerly, bounded westerly by said Eagle Lake, to the point of beginning.
Note: "Excepting from the above, 5 acres at the Green Mountain Railway terminus, as described in a deed from [Elihu T.] Hamor and [John J.] Carr to me"
Grantor obtained his portion of this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via: ???:???
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450:310–312
Date: 3 June 1908
Town: Mount Desert
Grantor: Richard M. Hoe, Tracy Dows, Charlton Dows Cooksey, and Eunice Cooksey, trustees under the Last Will and Testament of Linda Dows Cooksey
Grantee: Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations
Description: land surrounding the original location of the Champlain Monument; the monument is now just north of Route 3 and east of the access trail for the Day Mountain carriage roads and Day Mountain trail.
Beginning at an iron bolt set in the ground at a point N 38° 30′ W of and 6 feet distant from the northwesterly corner of the Champlain Monument;
then S 82° 45′ E 6 feet to the westerly side of the Sea Cliff Drive;
then southerly and everywhere following the westerly side line of the Sea Cliff Drive about 14.2 feet to an iron bolt driven in the ground;
then N 82° 45′ W 8.3 feet to an iron bolt set in the ground;
then N 7° 15′ E 14 feet to the point of beginning.
Note: Also included in the deed: "The parcel above described shall be used for the purposes of a memorial site only and not for any commercial or business purposes, nor for any purposes inconsistent with the reasonable use of the same as a memorial site."
Grantors obtained his portion of this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via: ???:???
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455:185–186
Date: 28 October 1908
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Frank L. Brewer, individually and as trustee under the will of Daniel W. Brewer
Grantee: Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations
Description: 85.4 acres, more or less; "meaning and intending to include and convey one-third of all and the same property described" in 131:341
Beginning at a point in the Gilmore-Brewer division line or Deane line, so-called, said point being on the northern slope of the mountain [Green in 1908; Cadillac today] and about 250 feet easterly of the mountain road, and is marked by an iron bolt set in the ledge, and a cross cut in the ledge [UTM: 19T 0561663, 4911811; Lat./Long.: N 44°21′25.0″ x W 68°13′34.5″];
then running S 12° 30′ E 2105 feet to an iron bolt set in the ledge near the edge of a steep bluff on the southerly slope of the mountain, and is also marked by a cross cut in the ledge [UTM: 19T 0561983, 4911265; Lat./Long.: N 44°21′7.2″ x W 68°13′20.2″];
then S 67° 30′ W 2589 feet to an iron bolt set in the ledge on the westerly slope of the western ridge of the mountain, and is also marked by a cross cut in the ledge [UTM: 19T 0561385, 4910734; Lat./Long.: N 44°20′50.2″ x W 68°13′47.5″];
then N 49° 30′ W 660 feet to an iron bolt set in the ledge and a cross cut in the ledge near said bolt [UTM: 19T 0561198, 4910807; Lat./Long.: N 44°20′52.6″ x W 68°13′55.9″], said point being in the Deane line;
then following said Deane line, N 42° E 3422 feet to the place of beginning.
Grantor obtained his portion of this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 568:509–521, this being the deed to the United States of America that conveyed the land to what would become Sieur de Monts National Monument, later Lafayette National Park, and now Acadia National Park.
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467:465–467
Date: 15 December 1909
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Frank L. Brewer, trustee under the will of Daniel W. Brewer
Grantee: Rodick Realty Company
Description: 2 lots, "described as follows in the deed (131:119; 22 April 1868) of the same from Daniel W. and Porter Brewer to Edward L. Brewer"
Lot 1 - 50 acres, more or less:
Commencing at the southeast corner of land known as the Zacheus Higgins lot on the west line of lot No. 60 on town plan;
and following said line to the point of Newport Mountain [now Champlain Mountain];
then southwesterly on the side of said mountain at the edge of the woods to a pine tree spotted;
then N 75° W to a pile of stones on the top of Picked Mountain [now Huguenot Head];
then N 5° E to the south line of Tobias Roberts' Beverly Lot, so-called;
then easterly on said line by the head line of John Connors' and said Zacheus Higgins' lot to the first bound."
Lot 2 - 75 acres, more or less:
Commencing at Enoch H. Leland's southwest corner;
and following Reuben Salisbury's line southerly, easterly, and northerly to land formerly occupied by Zacheus Higgins;
then following his south line easterly to the west line of Tobias Roberts' Beverly Lot, so-called;
then following said line southerly to Albert F. Higgis' northeast corner;
then following his north line westerly to his northwest corner at the side of Dry Mountain [now Dorr Mountain];
then in a northwesterly direction to a pile of stones on the division line between Brewer and Gilmore, so-called;
then following said line northeasterly to the first mentioned bound.
Note: Excepting from the above any interest therein which was conveyed by the aforesaid deed of Daniel W. Brewer and Porter Brewer to Edward L. Brewer (131:119; 22 April 1868), and also excepting such portion of the above described premises as was included in the deed from the late Daniel W. Brewer to the Trustees of the Bingham Estate (185:169; 23 October 1882).
Grantor obtained his portion of this parcel via: ???:???
Grantees disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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467:500–503
Date: 18 December 1909
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Rodick Realty Company
Grantee: Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations
Description: land in the vicinity of Cadillac, Dorr, and Champlain Mountains
Beginning at a large hemlock tree in the west line of land of Charles C, Burrill, said tree marking the southwest corner of the Humphrey Stanwood lot, so-called;
then S 6° 30′ W, but everywhere following the west line of said land of Burrill, 1338 feet, more or less, to the southwest corner of said land of Burrill;
then on the same course, S 6° 30′ W, following the west line of land of John B. How and the estate of Charles T. How, 412.5 feet to an iron bolt set in the ledge and a cross cut in the ledge [UTM: 19T 0562533 4912851; Lat./Long.: N 44° 21′ 58.4″ x W 68° 12′ 54.7′] on Kebo Mountain, said bolt marking the southwest corner of said land of How;
then following the south line of said land of How, S83° 30′ E 1452 feet to a stone post set in the ground at the southeast corner of said land of How;
then following the east line of land of said How N 6° 30′ E 178.5 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground at the southwest corner of land of Sarah A. Ash;
then following the south line of said land of Ash S 83° 30′ E 202.5 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground at the northwest corner of land of William M. Roberts known as the "Beverly Lot";
then following the west line of said land of Roberts S 3° 30′ W 3524 feet to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground at the southwest corner of said land of Roberts;
then following the south line of said Roberts' land S 80° 10′ E 95 feet, more or less, to a piece of iron pipe driven in the ground in the western side line of the road leading from Bar Harbor to Otter Creek;
then southerly, but everywhere following the western side line of said Otter Creek Road, 3532 feet, more or less, to an iron bolt set in the ledge in the center of the brook draining the south valley between Newport Mountain [now Champlain Mountain] and Picket Mountain [now Huguenot Head];
then following said brook, which is in some seasons of the year a brook with a dry bed, northwesterly 435 feet to an iron bolt set in a boulder at the southwesterly side of said brook;
then S 51° 15′ W 3049 feet to an iron bolt set in the ledge, and a cross cut in the ledge, on the crest of the southern ridge of Dry Mountain;
then N 24° 30′ W to an iron bolt set in the ledge, and a cross cut in the ledge, at the southeast corner of the "Green Mountain Lot", so-called, being the lot described as conveyed in the deed from Frank L. Brewer, Trustee, to Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations, dated 26 October 1908, and recorded in the Hancock County, Maine, Registry of Deeds in Book 455, Page 185 [see above];
then following the easterly line of said Green Mountain Lot N 12° 30′ W 2105 feet to an iron bolt set in the ledge, and a cross cut in the ledge, at the northeast corner of said lot, said bolt being in an old division line known as the "Gilmore and Brewer line";
then following said old division line N 42° E to the hemlock tree, the place of beginning.
Note: The "large hemlock tree" and the first few directions at the beginning of this deed are the same as the original deed for Sieur de Monts National Monument (568:509–521).
Grantor obtained his portion of this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee transferred this parcel to the U.S.A. as part of 568:509–521.
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505:418–419
Date: 16 September 1912
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Bar Harbor Water Company
Grantee: Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations
Description: land on southwest shore of Eagle Lake
Beginning on the shore of Eagle Lake, at the southeast corner of land formerly of F. M. and A. E. Conners, and known as the Burleigh Lot;
then N 58° W, but always following the southern line of said Burleigh Lot to a stake and stones on the road leading to Southwest Valley, so-called, being the southwest corner of said land formerly of F. M. and A. E. Conners;
then following said road southerly to the north line of land formerly of Fountain Rodick, it being Lot No. 7, according to a survey and plan made by Andrew P. Godell in October 1880;
then N 75° W, but always following the northerly line of said Lot No. 7, to Richardson & Sargents line, at a stake;
then S 5° W, following said Richardson & Sargent's line, 135 rods to a stake, the northwest corner of Lot No. 6, as shown on said plan and known as the Conners Lot;
then continuing same course, to wit, S 5° W 103 rods to a monument, a birch tree;
then N 85° W to the town line between the towns of Eden and Mount Desert;
then southeasterly, but always following said town line between the towns of Eden and Mount Desert to a point in the northerly line of the John S. and George N. Jordan purchase, so-called;
then easterly but everywhere following said northerly line of said Jordan purchase to the southwest corner of land of William M. Roberts, it being Lot No. 1 on said plan made by Andrew P. Goodell;
then N 5° E, but always following the western line of land of William M. Robertts, 160 roads to the waters of Eagle Lake;
then westerly and northerly, following the waters of said Eagle Lake to the point of beginning.
Grantor obtained his portion of this parcel via: ???:???
Grantees disposed of this parcel via 623:139 to the U.S.A.
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5147:78–81
Date: 26 January 2009
Town: Mount Desert
Grantor: David Rockefeller [Sr.]
Grantee: Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Description: Cooksey Drive overlook; 2 acres, more or less (bearings are magnetic north 2008)
Beginning at an iron pipe found set in the ground at the juncture of the southeasterly side line of Sea Cliff Drive, so-called [now Cooksey Drive], with the westerly corner of land now or formerly of Southerly, LLC, by virtue of the deed from Hudson International, Inc., dated 5 October 2004 and recorded in book 4033, page 342 in the Hancock County, Maine, Registry of Deeds;
then S 58° 26′ E, but always following the southwesterly side of said land now or formerly of Southerly, LLC, 489.6 feet to an iron rod found set in the ground;
then S 24° 40′ 46″ E, but always following said southwesterly side of said land now or formerly of Southerly, LLC, 35 feet, more or less, to the approximate high water mark of the Atlantic Ocean;
then in a generally westerly, then southwesterly, then westerly, then northwesterly, then westerly, then southerly direction, but always following the approximate high water mark of the Atlantic Ocean, 358 feet, more or less, to a point located in the approximate high water mark of the Atlantic Ocean, which point is located on a course bearing S 29° 24′ 11″ E from a drill hole in ledge found set in the ground in the northeasterly side line of land now or formerly of Robert P. Kogod, Trustee of the Robert P. Kogod 2002 Qualified Personal Residence Trust by virtue of the deed from Robert P. Kogod, dated 25 October 2002 and recorded in book 3441, page 337 in said Registry of Deeds, which drill hole in ledge found set in the ground is located on a course bearing S 63° 37′ 52″ W and 297.69 feet from said last-mentioned iron rod found set in the ground;
then N 29° 24′ 11″ W but always following said northeasterly side line of said land now or formerly of Robert P. Kogod, Trustee, 30 feet, more or less, to said drill hole in ledge found set in the ground;
then continuing on the same course (N 29° 24′ 11″ W), but always following said northeasterly side line of said land now or formerly of Robert P. Kogod, Trustee, 141.41 feet to an iron rod found set in the ground with surveyor's ID #1091;
then N 65° 41′ 11″ W, but always following said northeasterly side line of said land now or formerly of Robert P. Kogod, Trustee, 115.90 feet to a #5 rebar with surveyor's ID #1091 to be set in the ground;
then S 77° 6′ 57″ W, but always following the northwesterly side line of said land now or formerly of Robert P. Kogod, Trustee, 20.59 feet to a #5 rebar with surveyor's ID #1091 to be set in the ground, which #5 rebar with surveyor's ID #1091 to be set in the ground is located on a course bearing S 12° 2′ 56″ W and 227.39 feet distant from the point and place of beginning;
then continuing on the same course (S 77° 6′ 57″), but always following said northwesterly side line of said land now or formerly of Robert P. Kogod, Trustee, 2.41 feet to the juncture of said northwesterly side line of said land now or formerly of Robert P. Kogod, Trustee, with the easterly side line of Sea Cliff Drive;
then in a generally northerly, then northeasterly direction, but always following the generally easterly, then southeasterly side line of Sea Cliff Drive, 230 feet, more or less, to said first-mentioned iron pipe found set in the ground, the point and place of beginning.
Note: Together with the above are the adjoining shore and flats lying between the southwesterly side line of said parcel of land extended S 29° 24′ 11″ E and the northeasterly side line of said parcel of land extended S 24° 40′ 46″ E.
Grantor obtained this parcel via: 1158:70–145 [to be added above]
Grantee still owns this parcel.
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Peters Plan - G9
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Mount Desert Island Historical Society
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(updated 18 November 2013)
75:170–171
Date: [15 July 1843?]
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Tobias Roberts
Description: 166 acres; lot #58 on Peters Plan
Beginning at the southwest corner bound of John Cousins settler's lot;
running N 86° W 128 rods to a stake;
then north 194 rods to the head line of Israel Higgins lot;
then east by the head line of said Higgins lot to the southwest corner bound of John & Joseph Bunker's settler's lot;
then southeasterly by the head of said Bunkers' lot to the side line of said John Cousins lot;
then south by said Cousins side line to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of the first lot of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Peters Plan - H2
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of
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
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(updated 2 December 2013)
169:57–59
Date: 21 October 1879
Town: Mount Desert
Grantors: Charles Willing and Chapman Biddle (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Benjamin Richardson
Description: 116.4 acres; lot #88 on Peters Plan
Beginning at a spruce tree on the eastern shore of Some Sound, so-called, being the southwest corner of lot #89 of the allotment of the lands of the Bingham estate in Eden township aforesaid, conveyed to Isaac and George B. Somes;
then along the south line of said lot east 170 perches;
then along line of land conveyed to Isaac and George B. Somes aforesaid south 80 perches to a spruce;
then still along line of said Somes land and the north line of lot #87, conveyed to John Brown, west 194 perches to a pine on the shore;
then along said shore by the several courses and distances thereof to the place of beginning.
Note: Excepting and reserving nevertheless out of the said grant and above-described parcel of land, all merchantable stone of every description on and under the surface, and all ores and minerals of every description on and under the surface, with full right to enter upon said parcel and quarry dig and mine all such stone, ore, and minerals with all proper appliances for such purposes, including men, teams, machinery, and tools, and to occupy so much of said land as may be necessary for such purposes, and for reducing ores and minerals and cutting stone, including the erection of buildings for storehouses and machinery, boarding houses, stables, sheds, and all other necessary for such purpose, lad also the full right to cross and recross said land for such purpose, and transport men, supplies, materials, stone, ores, and minerals, the same as if this conveyance had not been made, except that no unnecessary damage shall be done to any of the tillage land or grass land or buildings now on said parcel, but such tillage or grass land may be used as aforesaid when necessary for said purposes.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of a portion of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Peters Plan - H3
part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
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(updated 27 November 2013)
78:58–59
Date: 15 July 1845
Town: Mount Desert
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: John Brown
Description: 117 acres; lot #87 on Peters Plan
Beginning at a pine tree standing on the east side of the sound, so-called;
running east by lot #88 148 rods to a stake;
then south 120 rods to a spruce tree;
then west to the shore of said sound;
then northeasterly by the shore to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of a portion of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Peters Plan - H5
part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
of
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
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(updated 6 November 2013)
[The original deed will be placed here.]
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The following deeds conveyed land that is part of H5.
174:100–102
Date: 4 May 1880
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Charles Willing and Chapman Biddle, trustees of the Estate of William Bingham the elder
Grantee: Matilda C. Markoe
Description: 87 acres and 114.3 square rods along south side of Bear Brook
beginning near the mouth of Bear Brook at a point on the sea between Bar Harbor and Schooner Head at an iron bolt in the ledge at low-water mark;
then S 56.75° W across the beach to a stake on the top of the beach, which stake bears S 35.5° E from a spruce tree on the top of the beach and is distant 2 rods and 16 links from said spruce tree (these courses and all courses herein given or described being from the magnetic meridian);
then from said stake N 79° W to the center line of said Bear Brook;
then in a general westerly direction for 115 rods and 13 links from the said stake on the top of said beach up the said middle of Bear Brook where there is only one channel of said brook, but where there are more than two channels of said brook up and through the middle line of the middle channel of said Brook, and where there are only two channels of said brook then through the middle of the island formed by the said two channels, to a stake in the center of a small island on the east line of land of Charles H. Dorr;
then on said east line of said Dorr N 19° E 112 rods to a stake and stones on the south line of land of Lucy Ellis;
then on said south line of said land of said Lucy Ellis N 85° E 89 rods and 16 links to the sea;
then by the sea in a general southerly direction 151 rods and 22 links to the said iron bolt at low-water mark at the place of beginning.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of a portion of this parcel via 463:513–514
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463:513–514
Date: 9 October 1909
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Matilda C. Markoe
Grantees: Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations
Description: land along west side of Schooner Head Road
beginning at the center line of Bear Brook on the westerly side of the Schooner Head Road;
then by a line as described in a deed from the Trustees of the estate of William Bingham to me, dated 4 May 1880 and recorded in the Hancock County Registry of Deeds, Book 174, Page 100, to a stake in the center of a small island on the east line of land formerly of Charles H. Dorr;
then on said east line of said Dorr N 19° E to the westerly side of the Schooner Head Road;
then southerly on said westerly side of said Schooner Head Road to the place of beginning.
Grantor obtained this parcel via: 174:100–102
Grantees disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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604:551–553
Date: 8 September 1926
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: J. Henry Russell, trustee of Lorenzo N. Kettle estate
Grantee: Pauline K. Palmer
Description: 2 lots
lot 1 (8.62 acres above high water mark):
Beginning at the point in the line of low water mark on the shore of Frenchman Bay at the southeast corner of the allotment of the lands of the Bingham Estate in Bar Harbor, conveyed to May W. Bowler and Louisa F. Bowler;
then generally westerly, but always following said south line of said land of said Bowlers, to a post placed on an iron bolt set in the ledge about 10 feet above high water mark on the shore of Frenchman Bay aforesaid;
then S 86° W, but always following said south line of said land of said Bowlers, 780 feet to a stone bound set in the ground situated 2 feet westerly from a perpendicular ledge, which ledge is about 3 feet high;
then from said stone bound, S 3° E 607 feet to an iron bolt set in a rock;
then S 67° W 74.7 feet to a stone bound set in the ground;
then S 72°30′ W 63 feet to an iron bolt set in the ground;
then S 70° W 44 feet to an iron bolt set in the ground;
then S 75° W 51 feet to a stone bound set in the ground;
then S 84°50′ E 117 to a stone bound set in the ground;
then N 85°30′ W 54 feet to an iron bolt set in the ground;
then N 76° W 54 feet to an iron bolt set in the ground;
then N 64°15′ W 42 feet to a stone bound set in the ground;
then N 59° W 194 feet to a stone bound set in the ground on the east side of the Schooner Head Road, 34.3 feet to a stone bound set in the ground (and being far enough to make a distance of 33 feet measuring from this point N 31° E to intersection of said line named as "N 59° W 194 feet" long);
then S 59° E 186.4 feet to an iron bolt set in the ground;
then S 64°50′ E 47.3 feet to an iron bolt set in the ground;
then S 76° E 60.2 feet to an iron bolt set in the ground;
then S 85°30′ E 60.2 feet to a stone bound set in the ground;
then N 84°50′ E 122 feet to a stone bound set in the ground;
then N 75° E 56.3 feet to an iron bolt set in the ground;
then N 70° E 43.8 feet to an iron bolt set in the ground;
then N 72°30′ E, 45 feet to a stone bound set in the ground;
then N 86° E 80 feet to a stone bound set in the ground; (searing S 3° E from and distant 25 feet from a stone bound set in the ground by Eben M. Hamor or West Eden, Maine, in 1887);
then continuing the course last named, to wit: N 86° E, and parallel with said south line of said land of said Bowlers, 198 feet to an iron bolt set in the ledge;
then continuing the same course, to wit: N 86° E 20 feet, more or less, to the line of high water mrk on the shore of Frenchman Bay aforesaid;
then continuing same course, to wit: N 86° E to the line of low water mark on the shore of Frenchman Bay aforesaid;
and then generally northerly, but following said line of low water mark of said Frenchman Bay in its various turnings and windings to the point of beginning.
lot 2 (8.5 acres, more or less):
Beginning at the stone bound on the east side of the Schooner Head Road, so-called, and in the north line of a lot of land sold and conveyed by the trustees of the Bingham estate to the said Lorenzo N. Kettle by deed dated 12 April 1898;
then generally northerly, but by said Schooner Head Road, 30 rods, more or less, to the south line of land conveyed to May W. Bowler and Louisa F. Bowler;
then along said south line of land of the said Bowlers N 86° E 33.76 rods to a stone bound set in the ground at a corner of said land conveyed to said Kettle by said deed of said trustees as aforesaid;
then along and always following the various lines of said land conveyed to said Kettle by the said deed from said trustees as aforesaid; being the same as 322:522 (12 April 1898 and 347:45 (12 December 1899).
first S 3° E 607 feet to an iron bolt set in a rock;
next S 67° W 74.7 feet to a stone bound set in the ground;
next S 72°30′ W 63 feet to an iron bolt set in the ground;
next S 70° W 44 feet to an iron bolt set in the ground;
next S 75° W 51 feet to a stone bound set in the ground;
next S 84°50′ W 117 feet to a stone bound set in the ground;
next N 85°30′ W 54 feet to an iron bolt set in the ground;
next N 76° W 54 feet to an iron bolt set in the ground;
next N 64°15′ W 42 feet to a stone bound set in the ground;
and last N 59° W 194 feet to the stone bound in the east side of Schooner Head Road named as the point of beginning;
and being that lot or parcel of land bounded generally on the west by said Schooner Head Road; on the north by land of May W. Bowler and Louisa F. Bowler aforesaid; and on the east and on the south by land heretofore conveyed by said trustees to said Lorenzo N. Kettle, as aforesaid;
being all and the same property described as conveyed in two certain deeds from Harry G. Clay and Effingham B. Morris, trustees of the Bingham estate to Lorenzo N. Kettle: 322:522 (12 April 1898) and 347:45 (12 December 1899).
Grantor obtained this parcel via: ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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2875:540–546
Date: 26 August 1999
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Rose Movius Palmer
Grantee: United States of America
Description: 68.86 acres, more or less, of which 1.08 acres, more or less, is within the right-of-way of Schooner Head Road
Beginning at an iron pin [UTM: 19T 0564669, 4912536; Lat./Long.: N 44°21′47.6″ x W 68°11′18.3″] on the east side of Schooner Head Road, said iron pin being a corner common to the lands of the Seely Road subdivision and the lands of the subject owner;
then leaving said [Schooner Head] Road along the line common to said subdivision and the lands of the subject owner, N 87°36′27″ E 1134.20 feet, more or less, to an iron bolt [UTM: 19T 0564998, 4912681; Lat./Long.: N 44°21′52.2″ x W 68°11′03.4″];
then continuing N 87°36′27″ E 72 feet, more or less, to the approximate high water line of Frenchman Bay;
then leaving said subdivision along the meanders of the approximate high water line, southeasterly and southwesterly 2920 feet, more or less, to a point, said point lying S 78°30′ E, 65 feet, more or less, from an iron pin in the line of the lands now or formerly of the Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory;
then leaving said [Frenchman] Bay along the line of said laboratory, N 78°30′ W 65 feet, more or less, to said iron pin;
then continuing along said line N 78°30′ W 426.5 feet to a stone monument [UTM: 19T 0565315, 4910630] on the east side of said Schooner Head Road;
then leaving the lands of said laboratory along the east, right-of-way line of said [Schooner Head] Road, northerly 1365 feet, more or less, to a point bearing N 87°20′02″ E of and 50 feet, more or less, from an iron rod on the west right-of-way line of said road;
then leaving the east side of said road on a line crossing said road, S 87°20′02″ W 50 feet, more or less, to an iron rod on the west right-of-way line of said road;
then continuing S 87°20′02″ W 292.53 feet to a pin, said pin being a corner common to lands of the United States of America and the lands of the subject owner;
then along the line of the lands of said United States of America the following two courses and distances:
N 23°05′21″ W 501.33 feet and
N 36°57′59″ W 533.90 feet to a point in the line of lands now or formerly of Albertine Maxwell;
then leaving the lands of said United States of America along the line of the lands of said [Albertine] Maxwell, N 87°35′42″ E 689.32 feet to an iron pin [UTM: 19T 0564657, 4912524; Lat./Long.: N 44°21′47.2″ x W 68°11′18.3″] on the west side of Schooner Head Road;
then crossing said [Schooner Head] Road, easterly 49.5 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning;
together with the shore and flats between high and low water lines of Frenchman's Bay, subject to the rights of the public in and to so much of the conveyed premises within the shore and flats between high and low water lines.
Grantor obtained this parcel via: ???:???
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474:475–479
Date: 6 October 1910
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Samuel W. Bates, Frank C. Bates (named to administer the will of Charles T. How after Waldron Bates, the executor named in How's will, died)
Grantee: Rudolph Brunnow
Description: 12.33 acres, more or less, "exclusive of shore between high and low water mark"; This parcel was owned jointly by Charles T. How, and Warren Delano and Frederic D. Hitch. This deed conveyed How's share.
Beginning at an iron bolt set in the ground in the eastern line of the Schooner Head Road and in the northern line of land of William H. Bliss;
then N 5° E, but following said Schooner Head Road, 572 feet;
then N 30′ E, but still following said Schooner Head Road, 327 feet to the Meadow Brook;
then following said Meadow Brook by its various courses, but generally northerly and easterly, to its mouth at low water mark of Frenchman Bay (said Meadow Brook being the boundary between the herein conveyed lot on the south and land of estate of William Bingham on the north);
then by line of low water mark by its various courses, but generally southerly, about 1200 feet to the northern line of shore or flats of William H. Bliss;
then westerly, but everywhere following the north line of shore or flats of William H. Bliss, to high water mark;
then N 83° W, but everywhere following the north line of land of William H. Bliss, 460 feet to the point of beginning.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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474:480–483
Date: 6 October 1910
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Warren Delano, Frederic D. Hitch
Grantee: Rudolph Brunnow
Description: 12.33 acres, more or less, "exclusive of shore between high and low water mark"; This parcel was owned jointly by Warren Delano and Frederic D. Hitch, and Charles T. How. This deed conveyed Delano's and Hitch's shares.
Beginning at an iron bolt set in the ground in the eastern line of the Schooner Head Road and in the northern line of land of William H. Bliss;
then N 5° E, but following said Schooner Head Road, 572 feet;
then N 30′ E, but still following said Schooner Head Road, 327 feet to the Meadow Brook;
then following said Meadow Brook by its various courses, but generally northerly and easterly, to its mouth at low water mark of Frenchman Bay (said Meadow Brook being the boundary between the herein conveyed lot on the south and land of estate of William Bingham on the north);
then by line of low water mark by its various courses, but generally southerly, about 1200 feet to the northern line of shore or flats of William H. Bliss;
then westerly, but everywhere following the north line of shore or flats of William H. Bliss, to high water mark;
then N 83° W, but everywhere following the north line of land of William H. Bliss, 460 feet to the point of beginning.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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592:147–154
Date: 6 October 1910
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Thomas T. Sherman, Edward P. Beckwith, Charles Elliot Warren (executors and trustees of the last will and testament of Rudolph Brunnow)
Grantee: Eva van Cortlandt Hawkes
Description: 12.33 acres, more or less, "exclusive of the shore between high and low water mark"
Beginning at a point in the easterly line of the Schooner Head Road and in the northerly line of land now or late of William H. Bliss, which point is marked by an iron bolt set in the ground;
and running from there N 5° E, and following and along the said Schooner Head Road, 572 feet;
then N 30′ E, still along and following the said Schooner Head Road, 327 feet to the Meadow Brook;
then following said Meadow Brook by its various courses, but generally northerly and easterly, to its mouth at low water mark of Frenchman Bay (said Meadow Brook being the boundary between the herein-described and conveyed land on the south and land formerly belonging to William Bingham, deceased, on the north);
then by and along the line of low water mark by its various courses, but generally southerly, about 1200 feet to the northerly line of shore or flats now or formerly of William H. Bliss;
then westerly, but everywhere following the north line of shore or flats now or formerly of William H. Bliss, to high water mark;
then N 83° W, but everywhere following the northerly line of said land now or formerly of William H. Bliss, 460 feet to the point or place of beginning.
Grantor (Rudolph Brunnow via his estate) obtained this parcel via 475–479 and 474:480–483
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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595:463–464
Date: 29 July 1925
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Effingham B. Morris, Charles Edward Ingersoll (trustees of the estate in the U.S. of William Bingham)
Grantee: Eva van Cortlandt Hawkes
Description: 3.77 acres, more or less; This parcel now contains Low Seas
Beginning at a stone post in or near the east side of the Schooner Head Road, so-called;
then S 84° E 29.36 rods, more or less, passing through an iron bolt about 4 rods, more or less, from the shore of Frenchman Bay, to the shore of said Frenchman Bay at high water mark;
then continuing the same course, to wit, S 84° E across the said shore of Frenchman Bay to the line of low water mark on said Frenchman Bay;
then generally southerly, but following said line of said low watermark of said Frenchman Bay, 17.32 rods, more or less, but to Meadow Brook, so-called, the north line of other land of said Eva Van Cortland Hawkes;
then generally westerly and southwesterly, but following said Meadow Brook, the said north line of said other land of said Eva van Cortland Hawkes, to the center of said Schooner Head Road;
then generally northerly, but following the center of said Schooner Head Road, 36.24 rods, more or less, to a point bearing N 84° W from the stone post, the point of beginning;
then S 84° E to said stone post, the place of beginning.
Grantor (William Bingham via his estate) obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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510:486–487
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: William Lynam
Description: 100 acres (not specified in deed but shown on Peters Plan)
Beginning at a birch cast [sic]; in a cove to the south[w]ard of his [William Lynam's] house;
from said birch we run first S 73° W 120 rods to a stake and stones;
then N 14° E 160 rods;
then due east to the shore;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bounds.
Note: Although this deed was signed by the DeGregoires on 28 March 1792, it was not recorded in the Hancock County Registry of Deeds until 8 December 1914.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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The following deeds conveyed land that was part of I7.
151:97–98
Date: 15 April 1875
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Charles Willing and Chapman Biddle (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Hasket Derby
Description: 72 acres and 139 square rods, more or less; southern part of lot #62 on the Peters Plan
Beginning at the sea shore at a pile of stones, the southeast corner of the north part of lot #62 of the allotment of the lands of the Bingham estate in Eden township, aforesaid, conveyed to Charles D. Homans;
then along the shore S 9° W (nearly) 105 perches;
then along the north line of lot #63 (the Sand Beach Lot, so-called) N 81° W 115 perches;
then along the east line of land conveyed to Gilmore and Brewer N 5° E 73 perches to a cedar tree;
then along the south line of the north part of lot #62 conveyed to Charles D. Homans aforesaid N 81° E 147 perches to the place of beginning.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Trustees of grantee's estate disposed of this parcel via 627:218
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627:218
Date: 25 October 1929
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Philip Stockton and George S. Derby (trustees of the estate of Hasket Derby)
Grantee: George B. Dorr
Description: southern part of lot #62 on the Peters Plan, containing 72 acres and 139 square rods, more or less.
Beginning at the sea shore at a pile of stones, the southeast corner of the north part of lot #62 of the allotment of the lands of the Bingham estate in Bar Harbor, formerly Eden Township, conveyed to Charles D. Homans;
then along the shore S 9° W (nearly) 105 perches;
then along the north line of lot #63 (the Sand Beach Lot, so-called) N 81° W 115 perches;
then along the east line of land conveyed to Gilmore and Brewer N 5° E 73 perches to a cedar tree;
then along the south line of the north part of lot #62 conveyed to Charles D. Homans aforesaid N 81° E 147 perches to the place of beginning.
Grantors obtained this parcel via 151:97–98
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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124:490–491
Date: 17 August 1842
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Town: Mount Desert
Grantees: Isaac Somes and George B. Somes
Description: 18 lots: #63, #71, #72, #84, #89, #90, #91, #92, #93, #94, #96, #97, #98, #99, #100, #101, #102, and a small island near lot #97 on Peters Plan, containing 1578 acres and 128 square rods; This page will follow lot #63.
"Likewise the unsold land adjoining the lots aforementioned, and bounded easterly by land sold to Joel Emery, Edward Brewer, and Messrs Spurling, altogether containing 2857 acres."
Grantors obtained these lots via ???:???
Grantees disposed of these lots via ???:???
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30:138–139
Date: 26 July 1809
Town: Mount Desert
Grantors: Devisees of William Bingham
Grantee: Davis Wasgatt Jr.
Description: 23 acres
Beginning on the shore at the northwest corner of John Manchester Jr.'s lot;
running N 83° E on said Manchester's line 96 rods to a corner;
then N 25° W 38 rods to a corner;
then S 83° W to the shore;
then southwardly by the shore to the first mentioned bounds.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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The deed found in book 1 on pages 410–411 covered two parcels on the Peters Plan: J3 (first lot) and L2 (second lot). This web page follows transactions involving the first lot.
1:410–411
Date: 29 March 1792
Town: Mount Desert
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: John Manchester Jr.
Description: 2 lots, both with shoreline: 70 acres and 30 acres, 10 [square?] rods
first lot (70 acres):
begin at Samuel Hadlock's northern line at the shore;
run first N 83° E 124 rods;
then N 10° E 100 rods;
then S 83° W to the shore;
then following the shore to the first bound.
second lot (30 acres, 10 [square?] rods):
begin at the south corner of John Manchester's first lot;
run first S 80° E 70 rods to James Richardson [Jr.]'s line;
then following said line to the shore;
then the shore to the first bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee and wife Polly disposed of the first lot of this parcel via 7:207–208
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7:207–208
Date: 22 April 1799
Town: Mount Desert
Grantors: John and Polly Manchester
Grantee: Samuel Hadlock
Description: 70 acres with house and barn
begin at Samuel Hadlock's northern line at [the] shore;
run first N 83° E 124 rods;
then N 10° E 100 rods;
then S 83° W to the shore;
then following the shore to the first bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via 1:410–411
Grantee disposed of the first lot of this parcel via ???:???
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77:559
Date: 19 January 1846
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Timothy Smalledge
Description: 93 acres, 76 square rods; lot #85 on Peters Plan
Beginning at a cedar stake, the northeast corner bound of lot #86, sold to John Stanley, near the head of Otter Creek;
running by said lot west 126 rods to a corner;
then north 120 rods to a corner;
then N 80° E 104 rods to a stake, the northwest corner bound of lot #84;
then by said lot #84 S 9° E 150 rods to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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143:476–477
Date: 20 January 1873
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: William Clymer and Charles Willing (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Frederick A. Stanley
Description: 71.25 acres; lot #86 on Peters Plan
Beginning at a cedar stake, the southeast corner of lot #85, ..., conveyed to Timothy Smalledge;
then along the south line of said lot west 126 perches to a birch;
then along line of land conveyed to Gilmore and Brewer south 86 perches to a cedar stake;
then along the north line of lot #87, conveyed to Gilmore and Brewer aforesaid east 140 perches;
then along the west line of lot #83, conveyed to Samuel Hadley, and the west line of lot #84, conveyed to Thomas H. Smalledge N 9° W 87 perches to the place of beginning.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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100:385–386
Date: 1 March 1855
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Joseph R. Ingersoll, John Craig Miller, Richard Willing, and Francis Baring (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Thomas H. Smalledge
Description: 75 acres; lot #84 on Peters Plan
Beginning at a birch tree, the northeast corner bound of lot #85, marked B;
running S 81° W 80 rods to a cedar stake marked BAD 1835;
then N 9° W 150 rods to a stake;
then N 81° E to a cedar stake marked B;
then S 9° E 150 rods to the first bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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143:188–189
Date: 25 January 1871
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: William Clymer and Charles Willing (representing [see 137:306] the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Samuel Hadley
Description: 90.6 acres; lot #83 on Peters Plan
Beginning at the southeast corner of lot #72 [sic] - #84 of the allotment of the lands of the Bingham Estate in Eden ..., conveyed to Thomas H. Smalledge/
then along the south line of said lot S 81° W 80 perches;
then along the east line of lot #86 and the east line of lot #87, [the latter] conveyed to John D. Gilmore and Edward Brewer, S 9° E 146 perches to a corner near the head of Otter Creek [now Otter Cove];
then along the margin of said creek by the several courses and distances thereof (in the main southeasterly) to the northwest corner of lot #82, conveyed to Edward Brewer;
then along the north line of said lot #82 N 70° E 56 perches;
then along line of land conveyed to John D. Gilmore and Edward brewer aforesaid N 9° W about 200 perches to the place of beginning.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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124:122–123
Date: 30 January 1848
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Edward Brewer
Description: 25 acres; lot #82 on Peters Plan
Beginning at the shore on the east side of Otter Creek, so-called [now Otter Cove], at the southwest corner bound of lot #83;
running N 70° E 56 rods to a birch tree;
then S 10° E 76 rods to the northeast corner bound of lot #81;
then west by said lot #81 to the shore of said Otter Creek [now Otter Cove];
then northerly by the shore to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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1:412–413
Date: 28 March 1792
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Town: Mount Desert
Grantee: Samuel Hadlock
Description: 100 acres
Begin at a birch tree between him [Samuel Hadlock] and John Manchester;
run first N 78° E 162 rods to a small spruce;
then N 10° E 124 rods to a small spruce;
then S 83° W 124 rods to the bay;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
Note: There is a 0.5° discrepancy between the compass direction in this deed (N 78° E) and the compass direction of the common boundary line in the deed of John Manchester (1:448–449; N 78.5° E).
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee and wife Sally disposed of this parcel via 15:178–179
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15:178–179
Date: 14 April 1803
Grantors: Samuel and Sally Hadlock
Town: Mount Desert
Grantees: Nathan Clark and Lewis Clark
Description: 100 acres
Beginning at a stake and stones between him [Samuel Hadlock] and the widow Comfort Manchester;
run first N 78.5° E 162 rods to a small spruce;
then N 10° E 124 rods to a small spruce tree;
then S 83° W 124 rods to the bay;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
Note: The 0.5° discrepancy between the compass direction in the above deed (1:412–413) and the compass direction in the deed of John Manchester (1:448–449) has been corrected in the current deed.
Grantors obtained this parcel via 1:412–413
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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176:425–426
Date: 25 April 1881
Grantors: Charles Willing and Phineas Pemberton Morris (representing estate of William Bingham)
Town: Mount Desert
Grantee: Charles W. Elliot
Description: 89.4 acres; lot #70 on Peters Plan
Beginning at a spruce on the shore, being the southeast corner of lot #69 of the allotment of the lands of the Bingham estate in Mount Desert township aforesaid, conveyed to Mrs. Harriet Pung;
then along the east line of said lot north 278 perches to a birch;
then along the south line of lot #71, conveyed to Isaac Somes and George B. Somes, east 85 perches;
then along the west line of lot #73, conveyed to Thomas Savage, south to the sea;
then along the shore by the several courses and distances thereof westerly to the place of beginning.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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92:314–315
Date: 24 December 1847
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Town: Mount Desert
Grantee: Thomas Savage
Description: 95 acres; lot #73 on Peters Plan
Beginning at a fir tree on the shore, being the southwest corner bound of lot #74;
running by said lot north 314 rods to a spruce tree;
then west 50 rods to the northeast corner bound of lot #70;
then south by said lot #70 to the shore;
then easterly by the shore to the bound first mentioned.
Note: "This lot was sold to George Roberts, and is understood that all taxes upon said lot have been paid".
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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95:398–399
Date: 31 January 1848
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Town: Mount Desert
Grantee: James Clement
Description: 102 acres; lot #74 on Peters Plan
Beginning on the shore at a fir tree, being the southeast corner bound of lot #73 [see note below], deeded to Thomas Savage;
running by said lot north 314 rods to a spruce tree;
then east 50 rods to the northwest corner bound of lot #75;
then south by said lot #75 to the shore;
then westerly by the shore to the bound first mentioned.
Note: The copy of this deed in the Registry of Deeds incorrectly calls the adjacent lot number "72".
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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106:204–205
Date: 8 March 1839
Town: Mount Desert
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Stephen Southard
Description: 64.25 acres; lot #77 on Peters Plan
Beginning at the shore at a spruce tree, the southwest corner bound of lot #78;
running by said lot north 290 rods to a fir tree;
then west 50 rods to a fir tree, the northeast corner bound of lot #76;
then by said lot #76 south 80 rods to the head of the pond;
and by the east side of said pond to a fir tree at the shore, being the southeast corner bound of said lot #76;
then easterly by the shore to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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68:59–60
Date: 14 October 1839
Town: Mount Desert
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: John Bracy
Description: lots #78 and #79 on Peters Plan, containing 202 acres and 140 square rods, and described as one parcel. This page follows lot #78.
Beginning on the shore, at a spruce tree, the southeast corner bound of lot #77, deeded to Stephen Southard;
running by said lot north 290 rods to a fir tree, marked;
then east 100 rods to a spruce tree, the northwest corner bound of lot #80, deeded to Capt. James Clement;
then by said lot #80 south [see note below] to a spruce tree on the shore of Clement's Cove, so-called;
then southerly and westerly by the shore to the bound first mentioned, embracing lots #78 and #79.
Note: The direction given incorrectly in the deed was "east", which would not lead to the shore.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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68:59–60
Date: 14 October 1839
Town: Mount Desert
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: John Bracy
Description: lots #78 and #79 on Peters Plan, containing 202 acres and 140 square rods, and described as one parcel. This page follows lot #79.
Beginning on the shore, at a spruce tree, the southeast corner bound of lot #77, deeded to Stephen Southard;
running by said lot north 290 rods to a fir tree, marked;
then east 100 rods to a spruce tree, the northwest corner bound of lot #80, deeded to Capt. James Clement;
then by said lot #80 south [see note below] to a spruce tree on the shore of Clement's Cove, so-called;
then southerly and westerly by the shore to the bound first mentioned, embracing lots #78 and #79.
Note: The direction given incorrectly in the deed was "east", which would not lead to the shore.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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66:315–316
Date: 15 April 1837
Town: Mount Desert
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller ("devisees in trust of the estate of William Bingham")
Grantee: James Clement
Description: lots #80 (60 rods wide, containing 99 acres and 60 square rods) and #81 (50 rods wide, containing 97 acres and 100 square rods) on Peters Plan, and described as one parcel. This page follows lot #80.
Beginning at a spruce tree at the shore on the west side of Seal Cove, so-called [now Seal Harbor], being the southeast corner bound of lot #79, sold to John Bracy;
running north by said lot #79 290 rods to a spruce tree;
then east 110 rods to a corner;
then south to the shore;
then by the shore 'round said Seal Cove to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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66:315–316
Date: 15 April 1837
Town: Mount Desert
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller ("devisees in trust of the estate of William Bingham")
Grantee: James Clement
Description: lots #80 (60 rods wide, containing 99 acres and 60 square rods) and #81 [see note below] (50 rods wide, containing 97 acres and 100 square rods) on Peters Plan, and described as one parcel. This page follows lot #81.
Beginning at a spruce tree at the shore on the west side of Seal Cove, so-called [now Seal Harbor], being the southeast corner bound of lot #79, sold to John Bracy;
running north by said lot #79 290 rods to a spruce tree;
then east 110 rods to a corner;
then south to the shore;
then by the shore 'round said Seal Cove to the bound first mentioned.
Note: There are two lots numbered 81 on the Peters Plan, this one bordering the east side of what is now called Stanley Brook in Seal Harbor and one on the east side of Otter Cove.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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1:448–449
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Mount Desert
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: John Manchester
Description: 100 acres
beginning at a birch tree that stands at the shore between said [John] Manchester and Samuel Hadlock;
thence running first N 78.5° E; 162 rods to a small spruce tree;
then S 10° W 160 rods to a small fir tree;
then N 80° W 70 rods to the bay;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
Note: There is a 0.5° discrepancy between the compass direction in the deed of Samuel Hadlock (1:412–413; N 78° E) and the compass direction of the same boundary line in this deed (N 78.5° E).
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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132:305
Date: 26 December 1868
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: William B. Clymer and Charles Willing (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Lewis H. Bracy
Description: 65 acres and 36 square rods; lot #81 [see note below] on Peters Plan
[Bounded] on the north by lot #82, deeded to E. Brewer;
on the east by lot #86;
on the south by the seashore;
on the west by the shore of Otter Creek [now Otter Cove].
Note: There are two lots numbered 81 on the Peters Plan, this one on the east side of Otter Cove and one bordering the east side of what is now called Stanley Brook in Seal Harbor.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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625:510–511
Date: 5 October 1929
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Effingham B. Morris and Charles Edward Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: George B. Dorr
Description: 50 acres and 132 square rods; lot #86 on Peters Plan
[Bounded] on the north by the Gilmore-Brewer tract, so-called, conveyed by the trustees of the estate of William Bingham to John D. Gilmore and Edward Brewer (29 July 1845; 81:211);
on the east and south by the sea;
on the west by lot #81, as defined in the deed from said trustees of the Bingham estate to Lweis H. Bracy (26 December 1868; 132:305).
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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1:369–370
Date: 29 March 1792
Town: Mount Desert
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: James Richardson Jr.
Description: 100 acres
Beginning at a stump, the bounds between him [James Richardson Jr.] and Stephen Sargent;
run first N 10° E 240 rods;
then N 80° W 74 rods to John Manchester's line;
thence following said line to the shore;
then the shore to the first mentioned bounds.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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85:219–220
Date: 26 June 1847
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll
Town: Mount Desert
Grantee: William Roberts
Description: 93 acres
Beginning at the head of Northeast Harbor at the southwest corner bound of lot No. 67, deeded to William Roberts;
and running by said lot north 292 rods to a corner;
then west 50 rods to a corner;
then south crossing a little pond 320 rods to a corner on lot No. 65;
then S 75° E to said Northeast Harbor;
then northerly by the shore to the bound first mentioned.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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85:163–164
Date: 20 January 1846
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll
Town: Mount Desert
Grantee: William Roberts
Description: 105 acres, 104 [square?] rods
Beginning at the head of Northeast Harbor, so-called, at the southeasterly bounds of lot No. 66, sold to William Roberts [see note below];
and running by said lot, No. 66, north 246 rods to a spruce tree;
then east 64 rods to a fir tree;
then south 276 rods to a spruce tree;
then west 32 rods to the shore at a spruce tree;
then northwesterly by the shore to the bound first mentioned.
Note: The sale of lot 66 to William Roberts did not take place, or at least was not signed, until 26 June 1847, approximately 1 year and 5 months after the deed reported here. Given that the current deed was recorded in book 85 in the Hancock County Registry of Deeds and that the subsequent sale of the east half of this lot was recorded in book 81 (but dated the same as this one), is it possible that some of these deeds were back-dated?
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of a portion (the east half) of this parcel via 81:134–135
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81:134–135
Date: 20 January 1846
Grantor: William Roberts
Town: Mount Desert
Grantee: John Savage
Description: east half of lot No. 67
[no description given in the deed]
Grantor obtained this parcel via 85:163–164
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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124:490–491
Date: 17 August 1842
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, and Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing the estate of William Bingham)
Town: Mount Desert
Grantees: Isaac Somes and George B. Somes
Description: 18 lots: #63, #71, #72, #84, #89, #90, #91, #92, #93, #94, #96, #97, #98, #99, #100, #101, #102, and a small island near lot #97 on Peters Plan, containing 1578 acres and 128 square rods; This page will follow lot #71.
"Likewise the unsold land adjoining the lots aforementioned, and bounded easterly by land sold to Joel Emery, Edward Brewer, and Messrs Spurling, altogether containing 2857 acres."
Grantors obtained these lots via ???:???
Grantees disposed of these lots via ???:???
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70:515–516
Date: 1 November 1841
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, Joseph R. Ingersoll (representing estate of William Bingham)
Town: Mount Desert
Grantee: Harriet Pung
Description: 100 and 115/160 acres; lot #69 on Peters Plan
Beginning on the shore of Northeast Harbor, so-called, at a spruce tree, the bound of lot #67;
running by said lot east 32 rods to a spruce tree;
then north 36 rods to a stake, the corner bound of lot #71;
then east by said lot #71 50 rods to a birch tree, the northwest corner bound of lot #70;
then by said lot #70 south 278 rods to the shore, at a spruce tree;
then westerly and northerly 'round the shore to the bound first mentioned;
meaning to convey said lot as it was when contracted for by Capt. Thomas Pung, deceased.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Although Greening Island is not part of Mount Desert Island proper, it is included below because it appeared on the Peters Plan.
1:423
Date: 13 December 1788
Town: Southwest Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Philip Langley
Description: Somes' Island [now Greening Island]; 77 acres, 46 [square?] rods)
Lying and being in the fore side of Mount Desert in the mouth of South West Harbor, and likewise in the mouth of Mount Desert River [now Somes Sound].
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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The deed found in book 1 on pages 410–411 covered two parcels on the Peters Plan: J3 (first lot) and L2 (second lot). This web page will follow transactions involving the second lot.
1:410–411
Date: 29 March 1792
Town: Mount Desert
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: John Manchester Jr.
Description: 2 lots, both with shoreline: 70 acres and 30 acres, 10 [square?] rods
first lot (70 acres):
begin at Samuel Hadlock's northern line at the shore;
run first N 83° E 124 rods;
then N 10° E 100 rods;
then S 83° W to the shore;
then following the shore to the first bound.
second lot (30 acres, 10 [square?] rods):
begin at the south corner of John Manchester's first lot;
run first S 80° E 70 rods to James Richardson [Jr.]'s line;
then following said line to the shore;
then the shore to the first bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of the second lot of this parcel via 7:208–209
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7:208–209
Date: 20 March 1797
Town: Mount Desert
Grantors: John Manchester
Grantee: Jonathan Hadlock
Description: about 30 acres "be it more or less"
beginning upon Thomas Manchester at the shore, the south side of his [John Manchester's] lot;
run first S 80° E 70 rods to James Richardson [Jr.]'s line;
then running S 10° W to the shore;
then the shore round to the first bound.
Grantors obtained this parcel via 1:410–411
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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1:440–441
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Mount Desert
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Stephen Sargent
Description: 100 acres
Beginning at a rock maple stump, which stump is the bounds between the said Sargent and James Richardson Jr.;
thence running first N 10° E 124 rods to a cedar stake;
thence S 80° E 114 rods to the northeast harbor;
then following the shore to the first mentioned bounds.
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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61:248–249
Date: 1 September 1835
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Alexander Baring, Henry Baring, John Richards, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and William Miller (representatives of the estate of William Bingham)
Grantee: Joel Emery
Description: 11 parcels (lots A, B, E, F, G, H, #14, #19, #28, #42, and an unnumbered lot) totaling 1712 acres; This page follows lot B.
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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This parcel is lot No. 70 on the Salem Towne map.
48:115–116
Date: 7 October 1820
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: George William Erving by Thomas L. Winthrop, his attorney
Grantee: Oliver Higgins 2nd
Description: 56 acres, more or less
"a certain lot of land situate in said Eden numbered seventy on a plan made by Salem Town[e] Junior, Esquire, in the year 1808, said lot contains fifty-six acres more or less"
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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This parcel is lot No. 69 on the Salem Towne map.
33:103
Date: 10 June 1811
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: George William Erving
Grantee: Oliver Higgins
Description: 63 acres, more or less
"a certain lot of land situate in said Eden numbered sixty-nine on a plan made by Salem Town[e] Junior, Esquire, in the year 1808"
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 89:95–96 [see note under 89:95–96 below]
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89:95–96
Date: 28 September 1850
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Oliver Higgins 2nd
Grantee: Willard C. Higgins
Description: 63 acres, more or less
"a certain lot of land situate in said Eden numbered sixty-nine on a plan made by Salem Town[e] Junior, Esquire, in the year 1808"
Note: It is to be determined if Oliver Higgins 2nd, the grantor in this deed, obtained the property from Oliver Higgins, the grantor in 33:103 above, through inheritance.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 33:103
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 89:96–97
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89:96–97
Date: 28 September 1850
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Willard C. Higgins
Grantee: Oliver Higgins 2nd
Description: 63 acres, more or less
"a certain lot of land situate in said Eden numbered sixty-nine on a plan made by Salem Town[e] Junior, Esquire, in the year 1808"
Note: It is to be determined why 89:95–96 and 89:96–97 were executed because they appear to be simply exchanging a parcel of land.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 89:95–96
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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This parcel is lot No. 74 on the Salem Towne map.
56:482–483
Date: 23 November 1833
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Nanthaniel Marcyes
Grantee: Oliver Higgins 2nd
Description: 128 acres, more or less
"a lot of land lying in the town of Eden in said County of Hancock numbered 67 on a plan made by Salem Towne Jr., Esquire, and containing 128 acres"
Grantor obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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This parcel is almost certainly lot No. 71 on the Salem Towne map instead of lot 21, which was stated in the deed. Lot 71 contains 227 acres, the amount stated in the deed, whereas lot 21 contains only 74 acres.
61:394
Date: 5 November 1829
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: John Quincy Adams, Nathaniel Curtis, and Alicia Boylston, executors and trustees of the last will and testament of Warn N. Boylston
Grantee: Shaw Higgins
Description: 227 acres
"a certain piece or lot of land lying in said Eden [now Bar Harbor] containing 227 acres more or less and is lot No. 71 [contrary to 21 as stated in deed] on a plan taken in 1808 by Salem Town[e] Jr., Esquire"
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 62:191
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62:191
Date: 7 June 1833
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Shaw Higgins and Eunice Higgins
Grantee: Luther G. Higgins
Description: 227 acres
"a certain piece or lot of land lying in said Eden [now Bar Harbor] containing 227 acres more or less and is lot No. 71 [contrary to 21 as stated in deed] on a plan taken in 1808 by Salem Town[e] Jr., Esquire"
Grantors obtained this parcel via 61:394
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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This parcel is lot No. 66 on the Salem Towne map.
30:327
Date: 8 May 1811
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: George William Erving
Grantee: Ichabod Higgins
Description: 106 acres by deed; 100 acres on Salem Towne map
"a certain lot of land situate in said town of Eden numbered sixty-six on a plan made by Salem Town[e] Junior, Esquire, in the year 1808; said lot contains one hundred and six acres more or less"
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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48:201–202
Date: 15 February 1812
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: George William Erving by Thomas L. Winthrop, his attorney
Grantee: Jesse Higgins
Description: 110 acres
"a certain lot of land situate in said town of Eden numbered sixty-five on a plan made by Salem Town[e] Junior, Esquire, in the year 1808"
Grantor obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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This parcel is lot No. 111 on the Salem Towne map.
66:1
Date: 24 June 1819
Town: Mount Desert
Grantor: George William Erving by Thomas L. Winthrop, his attorney
Grantees: Francis Grindle and David Bartlett
Description: 370 acres
"a certain lot of land situate in said Mount Desert numbered one hundred and eleven on a plan made by Salem Town[e] Junior, Esquire, in the year 1808, said lot contains three hundred and seventy acres more or less"
Grantees disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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This parcel is lot No. 123 on the Salem Towne map.
39:500–501
Date: 29 May 1818
Town: Mount Desert
Grantor: George William Erving by Thomas L. Winthrop, his attorney
Grantee: Samuel Reed
Description: 139 acres
"a certain lot of land situate in said town of Mount Desert numbered one hundred and twenty-three on a plan made by Salem Town[e] Junior, Esquire, in the year 1808, said lot contains one hundred and thirty-nine acres more or less"
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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This parcel is lot No. 61 on the Salem Towne map.
32:80–81
Date: 14 September 1810
Town: Mount Desert
Grantor: George William Erving
Grantee: Kendal Kittredge
Description: 100 acres
"a certain lot of land situate in said town of Mount Desert numbered sixty-one on a plan made by Salem Town[e] Junior, Esquire, in the year 1808, said lot contains one hundred acres more or less"
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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This parcel is lot No. 75 on the Salem Towne map.
33:308–309
Date: 5 June 1812
Town: Mount Desert
Grantor: George William Erving by Thomas L. Winthrop, his attorney
Grantee: Caroline Bartlett
Description: 185 acres
"a certain lot of land situate in said town of Mount Desert numbered seventy-five on a plan made by Salem Town[e] Junior, Esquire, in the year 1808, said lot contains one hundred and eighty-five acres more or less"
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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This parcel is lot No. 125 on the Salem Towne map.
66:329–330
Date: 9 April 1817
Town: Mount Desert
Grantor: George William Erving by Thomas L. Winthrop, his attorney
Grantee: Daniel Somes
Description: 100 acres
"a certain lot of land in Mount Desert numbered one hundred and twenty-five on a plan made by Salem Towne, Junior, Esquire, in the year 1808, said lot contains one hundred acres more or less"
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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This parcel is lot No. 1 on the Salem Towne map.
31:32–33
Date: 8 May 1811
Town: Mount Desert
Grantor: George William Erving
Grantee: Aaron Sawyer
Description: 126 acres
"a certain lot of land situate in said town of Mount Desert numbered one on a plan made by Salem Town[e] Junior, Esquire, in the year 1808, said lot contains one hundred and twenty-six acres more or less"
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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This parcel is marked "Reuben Noble" on the Salem Towne map. The earliest deed to this lot has not yet been found.
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66:334–335
Date: 22 October 1835
Town: Mount Desert
Grantor: Salem Towne
Grantee: Jacob Somes
Description: 100 acres, more or less
"lot marked Reuben Noble"
Note: This deed includes two other lots: "lot No. two on a plan taken by the said Salem [Towne Jr.] in 1808 [E4], and lot marked montain containing about 300 ares [G10]"
Grantor obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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This parcel is lot No. 2 on the Salem Towne map. The earliest deed to lot 2 has not yet been found.
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54:47
Date: [...]
Town: [...]
Grantor: Amos C. Lunt
Grantee: Israel B. Lunt
Description: 70 acres, more or less
"lot numbered two on a plan made by Salem Town[e] Jr. of the survey of Mount Desert"
Grantor obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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66:334–335
Date: 22 October 1835
Town: Mount Desert
Grantor: Salem Towne
Grantee: Jacob Somes
Description: 70 acres, more or less
"lot No. two on a plan taken by the said Salem [Towne Jr.] in 1808"
Note: This deed includes two other lots: "lot marked Reuben Noble [E3], containing 100 acres, and lot marked montain containing about 300 ares [G10]"
Grantor obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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This parcel is lot #53 on the Salem Towne map.
54:564
Date: 20 September 1830
Town: Mount Desert
Grantors: John Q. Adams, Nathaniel Curtis, and Alicia Boylston, executors and trustees of the last will of Ward N[icholas]. Boylston
Grantee: William Atherton
Description: 96 acres, between Long Pond and Echo Lake
"a certain piece of land lying in said Mount Desert containing ninety-six acres, more or less, and is lot No. 53 on a plan taken by Salem Towne in 1808 and recorded in said County of Hancock"
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 55:308 (northern half) and likely through his will to son Onslow A. Atherton, who, in turn, disposed of it via 145:416 (southern half)
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55:308
Date: 2 April 1831
Town: Mount Desert
Grantor: William Atherton
Grantee: John Somes Jr.
Description: 48 acres, between Long Pond and Echo Lake
A certain piece of land lying in said Mount Desert containing forty-eight acres, more or less, and is one half of lot No. 53 on a plan taken by Salem Towne in 1808 and recorded in said County of Hancock;
said lot is to be split lengthwise from east to west in two equal parts, the north half, the one here described and joining land owned by the heirs of John G. Richardson.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 54:564
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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145:416
Date: 29 April 1871
Town: Mount Desert
Grantor: Onslow A. Atherton
Grantee: George D. Atherton
Description: southern half of lot 53 [Deed erroneously refers to "lot No. 96", substituting the original lot size for the lot number]
Being the southern half of lot of land purchased by William Atherton of John L. [sic] Adams and als., executors of the last will of W. N. Boylston by their deed dated September 20, 1830.
Grantor obtained this parcel likely via will of William Atherton, his father, who obtained it via 54:564
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 538:471–472
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538:471–473
Date: 15 December 1917
Town: Mount Desert
Grantors: George D. Atherton and Mary J. Atherton
Grantee: Frank E. Abbott
Description: 50 acres, more or less, and being known as the Old Atherton Farm
bounded on the east by Echo Lake so-called; on the west by Long Pond so-called; on the south by the north line of land of John A. Somes (formerly of Asa Wasgatt) and by the north line of land of John F. Wasgatt; and on the north by a straight line running from a spruce tree and iron bolt on the east side of said Long Pond, S 82.5° E 279 rods, more or less, to an iron bolt on the west side of said Echo Lake, said last-named northern boundary line of the premises herein described as conveyed being parallel with the southern boundary line of the premises herin described as conveyed, and everywhere distant therefrom some 31 rods and 19 links measuring at right angles.
Grantors obtained this parcel via 145:416
Grantee disposed of eastern portion of this parcel via 555:462
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555:462
Date: 14 August 1920
Town: Mount Desert
Grantors: Frank E. Abbott and Mary R. Abbott
Grantee: Ruth G. Kellogg
Description: 25 acres, more or less
being a part of a lot conveyed to me [Frank E. Abbott] by warranty deed from George D. Atherton, the particular part hereby conveyed is all that part lying east of the town road, between said road and the waters of Echo Lake, so-called.
Grantors obtained this parcel via 538:471–473
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 655:545
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655:545
Date: 13 April 1937 [Probate Court date]
Town: Mount Desert
Grantor: estate of Ruth Greenough Kellogg
Grantee: George S. Mikhalapov
Description: 25 acres, more or less, situate in Beech Hill
the parcel of land ... which I received as a wedding present
Grantors obtained this parcel via 555:462
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Salem Towne map - F13
part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
of
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
museum@mdihistory.org - 207-276-9323
(updated 22 January 2011)
30:326–327
Date: 7 March 1810
Town: Mount Desert
Grantor: George William Erving
Grantee: Davis Wasgatt
Description: 120 acres, between Long Pond and Echo Lake
Whereas the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts did on the 23rd day of June 1785 grant to Sir John Bernard one undivided moiety or half part of the island of Mount Desert, lying in the County of Hancock;
and whereas, by several resolves of the said General Court [...?] the 24th day of June 1806, the 24th day of February 1807, and the 12th day of March 1808, for the relief of the settlers on that part of Mount Desert Island which was set off to the said Sir John Bernard by partition, made by certain commissioners appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth, which partition was accepted by said Court in February 1794;
and whereas among other things it is provided by the said resolves that the agents for the sale of eastern lands should be, and they thereby were authorized, to ascertain the persons who on the 23rd day of June 1785 were in possession of any of the lands on Sir John Bernard's moiety of said island;
and whereas the said agents did on the 16th day of August 1808, in pursuance of the resolves aforesaid by special warrant under their hands, appoint Charles Turner, Stephen Badlam, and Salem Towne Jr., esquires, at the expense of the settlers, to survey and lay out to each settler 100 acres of land, and to value the several lots according to their relative situation with each other as [if?] they were in a state of nature;
and whereas the said commissioners, in pursuance of their instructions, having fully heard the several persons claiming lands on that part of the island of Mount Desert assigned to Sir John Bernard, did determine and award that sundry persons named in their report dated the 22nd day of December 1808 were entitled to receive deeds of 100 acres of land each, and which the commissioners caused to be surveyed and laid out as per plan accompanying their said report, which plan and report are deposited in the office of the said agents for the sale of eastern lands upon their paying the sums annexed to their names;
and whereas the said commissioners did determine and award that Davis Wasgatt, esquire, should pay the sum of $110 for 100 acres of land;
and whereas for the accommodation of the said Davis Wasgatt and at his request, the surveyor laid out and established by proper metes and bounds the entire tract in said Wasgatt's possession containing 120 acres as per said plan, reference thereto being had will appear, for the surplus of 20 acres the said Wasgatt has paid $60.
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Salem Towne map - F14
part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
of
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
museum@mdihistory.org - 207-276-9323
(updated 29 March 2013)
This parcel is lot No. 107 on the Salem Towne map.
34:385–386
Date: 6 July 1812
Town: Mount Desert
Grantor: George William Erving by Thomas L. Winthrop, his attorney
Grantee: John G. Richardson
Description: 170 acres
"a certain lot of land situate in said town of Mount Desert numbered one hundred and seven on a plan made by Salem Town[e] Junior, Esquire, in the year 1808, said lot contains one hundred and seventy acres more or less"
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Salem Towne map - G1
part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
of
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
museum@mdihistory.org - 207-276-9323
(updated 29 March 2013)
This parcel is lot No. 14 on the Salem Towne map.
36:209–210
Date: 1 July 1811
Town: Mount Desert
Grantor: George William Erving by Thomas L. Winthrop, his attorney
Grantee: John Smith
Description: 67 acres by deed, 100 acres on map
"a certain lot of land situate in said town of Mount Desert numbered fourteen on a plan made by Salem Town[e] Junior, Esquire, in the year 1808, said lot contains sixty-seven acres more or less"
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Salem Towne map - G10
part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
of
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
museum@mdihistory.org - 207-276-9323
(updated 12 June 2014)
This parcel is marked "mountain" on the Salem Towne map. The earliest deed to this lot has not yet been found.
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66:334–335
Date: 22 October 1835
Town: Mount Desert
Grantor: Salem Towne
Grantee: Jacob Somes
Description: about 300 acres
"lot marked mountain"
Note: This deed includes two other lots: "lot No. two on a plan taken by the said Salem [Towne Jr.] in 1808 [E4], and lot marked Reuben Noble [E3]"
Grantor obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Salem Towne map - I12
part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
of
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
museum@mdihistory.org - 207-276-9323
(updated 29 March 2013)
This parcel is lot No. 92 on the Salem Towne map.
31:531–532
Date: 3 January 1812
Town: Southwest Harbor
Grantor: George William Erving
Grantee: Ebenezer Eaton
Description: 100 acres
"a certain lot of land situate in said town of Mount Desert numbered ninety-two on a plan made by Salem Town[e] Junior, Esquire, in the year 1808, said lot contains one hundred acres more or less"
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Salem Towne map - I13
part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
of
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
museum@mdihistory.org - 207-276-9323
(updated 29 March 2013)
28:212–213
Date: 1 October 1807
Town: Southwest Harbor
Grantor: George William Erving (by Thomas Lindall Winthrop, his attorney)
Grantee: Benjamin Tyler Reed
Description: 100 acres
no description other than "one hundred acres" on a "plan" [i.e., Salem Towne map]
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Salem Towne map - I16
part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
of
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
museum@mdihistory.org - 207-276-9323
(updated 22 March 2013)
53:195
Date: 24 September 1828
Town: Southwest Harbor
Grantors: J.Q. Adams, Nathaniel Curtis, and Alicia Boylston
Grantees: Joseph Gilley and Benjamin Gilley
Description: 100 acres
land "marked William Gill[ey] on a plan taken by Salem Town[e] Jr. Esqr. in 1808"
Grantees disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Salem Towne map - I2
part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
of
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
museum@mdihistory.org - 207-276-9323
(updated 29 March 2013)
This parcel is lot No. 18 on the Salem Towne map.
42:495–496
Date: 26 May 1818
Town: Tremont
Grantor: George William Erving by Thomas L. Winthrop, his attorney
Grantee: James Flye
Description: 95 acres
"a certain lot of land situate in said town of Mount Desert numbered eighteen on a plan made by Salem Town[e] Junior, Esquire, in the year 1808, said lot contains ninety-five acres more or less"
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Salem Towne map - I6
part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
of
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
museum@mdihistory.org - 207-276-9323
(updated 29 March 2013)
This parcel is lot No. 137 on the Salem Towne map.
42:494–495
Date: 26 May 1818
Town: Mount Desert
Grantor: George William Erving by Thomas L. Winthrop, his attorney
Grantee: James Flye
Description: 100 acres
"a certain lot of land situate in said town of Mount Desert numbered one hundred and thirty-seven on a plan made by Salem Town[e] Junior, Esquire, in the year 1808, said lot contains one hundred acres more or less"
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Salem Towne map - J13
part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
of
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
museum@mdihistory.org - 207-276-9323
(updated 2 July 2014)
The deed for the original lot has not yet been located. The following deed is for part of the 98 acres of lot No. 95 on the Salem Towne Jr. map.
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119:422
Date: 17 November 1863
Town: Tremont
Grantor: Benjamin M. Robinson
Grantee: Robert Ash
Description: 10 acres
"a certain parcel of land situated in Tremont ... it being the northeast corner of lot No. 95, taken by Salem Town[e] Jr., Esq., 1806"
Grantor obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 119:562
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119:562
Date: 31 December 1863
Town: Tremont
Grantor: Robert Ash
Grantee: Eliza H. Robinson
Description: 10 acres
"a certain parcel of land situated in Tremont ... it being the northeast corner of lot No. 95, taken by Salem Town[e] Jr., Esq., 1806"
Grantor obtained this parcel via 119:422
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Salem Towne map - J2
part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
of
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
museum@mdihistory.org - 207-276-9323
(updated 29 March 2013)
This parcel is lot No. 139 on the Salem Towne map.
39:547–548
Date: 10 June 1819
Town: Tremont
Grantor: George William Erving by Thomas L. Winthrop, his attorney
Grantee: Ezra H. Dodge
Description: 100 acres
"a certain lot of land situate in said town of Mount Desert numbered one hundred and thirty-nine on a plan made by Salem Town[e] Junior, Esquire, in the year 1808, said lot contains one hundred acres more or less"
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Salem Towne map - M1
part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
of
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
museum@mdihistory.org - 207-276-9323
(updated 24 January 2011)
1:417
Date: 1777 (but received and entered at the Registry of Deeds on 3 May 1792)
Town: Tremont
Grantors: Samuel Dennen and Abigail Dennen
Grantee: John Rich
Description:
"lands, houses, barns, or buildings of any kind on a point, now [1777] called by the name of Pleasant Point [now called Lopaus Point] situated on the westerly side of the harbor, now called Bass Harbor"
Grantors obtained this parcel via ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 1:417–418
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1:417–418
Date: 23 April 1799
Town: Tremont
Grantors: John Rich and Anny [sic] Rich
Grantee: Daniel Merry
Description: 100 acres
"a certain tract of land and all the buildings thereon being commonly called Pleasant Point [now called Lopaus Point] situated on the westerly side of the harbor, now called Bass Harbor"
Grantors obtained this parcel via 1:417
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Salem Towne map - M5
part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
of
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
museum@mdihistory.org - 207-276-9323
(updated 16 April 2011)
10:410–412
Date: 24 January 1800
Town: Tremont
Grantor: town of Mount Desert
Grantee: Abraham Richardson
Description: 100 acres
beginning at the southeast corner of Joshua Norwood's lot;
then running N 84° E 79 rods;
then running N 75° E 81 rods;
then running N 20° E 120 rods to Enoch Richardson's line;
then followingthe said line S 80° W to the shore;
then following the shore to the first-mentioned bound.
Grantor obtained this parcel via nonpayment of taxes by John Bernard
Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???
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