1844 Survey by the Commissioners to locate grants,
and
determine the extent of possessory claims under the Treaty of 1842
Northern Aroostook Co., Maine
August 1844
Claims ungranted based on possession and improvement after August 1836
West of the 7th Range of Townships
(now from St.John Plantation westward)
Township No.18, Range 7 (now W. half of
Fort Kent)
Township No.18, Range 6 (now E. half of Fort Kent)
Township No.18, Range 5 (now Frenchville & Ste.Agathe)
Township No.18, Range 4 (now Madawaska)
Township M, Range 2
(now Van Buren)
Township L, Range 2 (now Cyr Plantation)
Township G, Range 1 (now Hamlin)
Township F, Range 1 (now Caswell)
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| Abstracted and formatted by , ©2004 from the Joint Report of the Commissioners to locate grants, and determine the extent of possessorty claims under the late treaty with Great Britain, December 1844, pp.12-55, in the Archives of the State of Maine. | Extrait et mise en forme par , ©2004 du Joint Report of the Commissioners to locate grants, and determine the extent of possessorty claims under the late treaty with Great Britain, décembre 1844, pp.12-55, dans les Archives de l'état de Maine. |
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The undersigned [the Commissioners] have also in pursuance of the requirements of the aforesaid Resolves of the Legislature of Maine, entitled "Resolves additional to Resolves authorizing the appointment of Commissioners to locate grants, and determine the extent of possessory claims under the late Treaty with Great Britain," approved March 16, 1844, have surveyed and set off to the persons whose names are here underwritten, settlers on the undivided lands, most of whose improvements were commenced before the signing of the Treaty of Washington, but whose possessions had not been continued six years before the date of said Treaty, the following described lots:
[People settled without grants between August 1836 and August 1842]
Key to column heads:
| | When | Acs |
No. | Firstname Lastname | Cm'd | Cld | Acres | Remarks
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West of the 7th Range of Townships
River Lots. North of the St. John
1 | William Mullen, . . . . . . . . | 1838 | 2 | 99.20 | Near Little Black River
2 | William Mullen, . . . . . . . . | 1838 | 4 | 100.43 | Near Little Black River
3 | James & John Harford,. . . . . . . . | 1838 | | 102 | Near Little Black River
4 | James & John Harford,. . . . . . . . | 1838 | 6 | 98.32 | Near Little Black River
5 | John Henderson,. . . . . . . | 1838 | 4 | 170.43 | Near Little Black River
A | John McCann, . . . . . . . . | 1841 | 2 | 133.90 | Opposite mouth of the Allaguash
1 | James Grew, . . . . . . . . . | 1841 | 20 | 136 | On the St. Francis, near its mouth
2 | John Bransfield, . . . . . . | 1838 | 6 | 125.50 | On the St.Francis, near its mouth
| | | |---------|
| | | | 965.78 |
| | When | Acs |
No. | Firstname Lastname | Cm'd | Cld | Acres | Remarks
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West of the 7th Range of Townships
River Lots. South of the St.John.
1 | John Sinclair, . . . . . . . | 1841 | 10 | 170.75 | Nearly opposite Little Black River
A | William Mullen, . . . . . . . . | 1840 | | 185.62 | Nearly opposite Little Black River
2 | George McPherson,. . . . . . . | 1840 | 1½ | 184.58 | Nearly opposite Little Black River
4 | Samuel Bolton and | | | |
| Benjamin Merrill,. . . . . . . . | 1841 | 4 | 107.66 | Nearly opposite Little Black River
1 | ______ Ross, . . . . . . . . . | 1842 | 6 | 137.81 | On the west side of the Allaguash
1 | John Gardner,. . . . . . . . | 1838 | 1 | 125 | Below the mouth of the Allaguash
2 | John Hewes,. . . . . . . . . | 1842 | 1 | 110.20 | Two miles below hte Allaguash
B | Thomas Theriault,. . . . . . . | 1842 | 5 | 133.87 | Opposite mouth of St.Francis
A | Antoine Gagne,. . . . . . . . . | 1841 | 6 | 89.75 | Opposite mouth of St.Francis
1 | Paschal Gendreau, . . . . . . . | 1838 | 15 | 146.25 | Opposite mouth of St.Francis
1 | Alexander Jones,. . . . . . . . . | 1842 | | 144.75 | Near Hunnewell's Island
A | Jesse Wheelock, . . . . . . . | 1839 | 2 | 69.52 | Below Power's lot, No.14
B | Edward Gelbert,. . . . . . . . | 1839 | 6 | 148.12 | Below Power's lot, No.14
C | Francis Labée,. . . . . . . . . | 1841 | 5 | 238.31 |
D | Joseph Michaud,. . . . . . . . | 1842 | 2 | 94.05 |
F | Dominique D'Aigle,. . . . . . . . | 1840 | 15 | 510.68 |
G | Charles Pelletier,. . . . . . . | 1842 | 10 | 148.67 | Part on Township 18, Range 7.
H | John Charette, . . . . . . . | 1837 | 12 | 102.40 | Part on Township 18, Range 7
K | Isaac Violette, . . . . . . . | 1837 | 3 | 7.62 | Part on Township 18, Range 7
L | Isaac Yearington, . . . . . . | 1837 | 3 | 3.89 |
| | | |---------|
| | | | 2859.50 |
| | When | Acs |
No. | Firstname Lastname | Cm'd | Cld | Acres | Remarks
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West of the 7th Range of Townships
Islands.
| William Mullen, north half \ | 1838 | | 29.57 | Island above the mouth of Little Black River, in the St.John.
| John Sinclair, south half / | 1840 | | |
| John Gardner,. . . . . . . . | 1838 | 10 | 40 | Isl'd where he lives, below the mouth of the Allaguash.
| John Gardner,. . . . . . . . | 1838 | | 5 | Hog Island
| John McCann, . . . . . . . . | 1842 | | 9 | A mile below the Allaguash
| James Grew, . . . . . . . . . | 1838 | 15 | 22.73 | West half of island in the mouth of the St.Francis
| Samuel Moore,. . . . . . . . . | 1838 | 15 | 20 | East half of same
| | | |---------|
| | | | 126.32 |
| | When | Acs |
No. | Firstname Lastname | Cm'd | Cld | Acres | Remarks
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Township No.18, Range 7.
River Lots.
G | Charles Pelletier,. . . . . . . | 1842 | | 1.09 | Part west of Range 7.
H | John Charette, . . . . . . . | 1837 | | 79.90 | Part west of Range 7.
K | Isaac Violette, . . . . . . . | 1837 | | 29.45 | Part west of Range 7.
L | Isaac Yearington, . . . . . . | 1837 | | 155.68 | Part west of Range 7.
M | Joseph Wildes, . . . . . . . . | 1842 | 2 | 62.36 |
N | Charles Bouchard, . . . . . . . | 1840 | 20 | 116.62 |
O | Thomas Berabe, . . . . . . . . | 1837 | 20 | 92.78 |
P | Louis Michaud,. . . . . . . . | 1837 | 20 | 128.76 |
R | Calvin S. Glidden,. . . . . . . . | 1842 | 3 | 133.11 |
S | William Frederic Gordon, . . . . . . . . | 1841 | 8 | 84.25 |
T | Michael Giroudeau,. . . . . . . | 1838 | 5 | 73.22 |
U | Richard Woods,. . . . . . . . . | 1838 | 7 | 78.83 |
V | Charles Atkins, . . . . . . . . | 1838 | 12 | 87.5 | On condition that he pays Moses Rives $50 for improvements on his lots
W | Joseph Nadeau, . . . . . . . . | 1837 | 30 | 79.33 | On condition that he pays Moses Rives $25 for clearing on the rear of this lot
28 | Joseph Holland ½ \ | | | |
| Elijah Hall ¼ > | 1841 | 7 | 36.75 | On Fish River -- in common
| Augustus H. White ¼ / | | | |
Township No.18, Range 7.
Below Fish River.
A | Hilarion Charette, . . . . . . . | 1842 | 4 | 94.51 |
B | Edward Martin, . . . . . . . . | 1843 | 3 | 137 |
C | Antoine Francoeur,. . . . . . . | 1843 | 1 | 47.49 |
| | | |---------|
| | | | 1518.63 |
| | When | Acs |
No. | Firstname Lastname | Cm'd | Cld | Acres | Remarks
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Township No.18, Range 6.
River Lots
A | Prudent Guimon, . . . . . . . . | 1837 | 6 | 48.07 |
B | George Guimon, . . . . . . . . | 1837 | 10 | 83.05 |
C | Antoine Ouilette, . . . . . . . | 1837 | 10 | 110.50 |
D | Alexander Ouilette, . . . . . . . | 1837 | 6 | 74.15 |
E | Thomas Pinnet, . . . . . . . . | 1839 | 5 | 55.10 |
F | Augustine Madore, . . . . . . . . | 1838 | 4 | 59.70 |
44 | John Baptist Ouilette, . . . . . . . | 1839 | 2 | 39.66 |
| | | |---------|
| | | | 470.23 |
Township No.18, Range 6.
Rear Lots
| Louis LeBlanc,. . . . . . . . | 1837 | 2 | 3.09 | Small lot from Clement Saucier 2d lot, No.62, partly on No.18, Range 5
1 | Celestin Boutotte, . . . . . . . | 1837 | | 65.17 | Part on Township 18, Range 5
2 | Felix Trudel, . . . . . . . . | 1838 | | 32.08 |
3 | John Alexis Pelletier,. . . . . . . | 1840 | | 55.76 |
4 | Joseph Govin,. . . . . . . . . | 1842 | | 30.45 |
5 | Prudent Castoyne, . . . . . . . | 1840 | | 93.11 |
6 | Amable Dubois, . . . . . . . . | 1841 | | 78.37 |
7 | Francis Pelletier,. . . . . . . | 1843 | | 93 |
8 | Cyril Marin,. . . . . . . . . | 1842 | | 117.53 |
9 | Raphael Saucier,. . . . . . . . | 1842 | | 100.27 |
10 | Antoine Saucier,. . . . . . . . | 1843 | | 69.20 |
11 | Peter Boutotte, . . . . . . . | 1843 | | 202.98 |
| | | |---------|
| | | | 971.01 |
| | When | Acs |
No. | Firstname Lastname | Cm'd | Cld | Acres | Remarks
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Township No.18, Range 5. (For a map of Frenchville showing the location of these lots, go to Ken Roy's website.)
River Lots
95 | Peter Viancour, . . . . . . . | 1843 | | 79.40 |
96 | Edward Ouilette, . . . . . . . | 1838 | | 106.30 |
97 | Basil Bard, . . . . . . . . . | 1838 | | 148.30 |
101 | Germain Ouilette, . . . . . . . | 1842 | | 32.61 |
103 | Joseph Pelletier,. . . . . . . | 1842 | | 88.50 |
104 | Germain Ouilette, . . . . . . . | 1842 | | 40.46 |
105 | Elias Gagnon, . . . . . . . . | 1841 | | 76.48 |
106 | Augustin Hemon,. . . . . . . . . | 1842 | | 132.29 |
| | | |---------|
| | | | 704.34 |
Township No.18, Range 5. (For a map of Frenchville showing the location of these lots, go to Ken Roy's website.)
Rear Lots.
1 | Fabien Levasseur,. . . . . . . | 1843 | | 162.60 |
2 | Andrew & John Raymond,. . . . . . . . | 1842 | | 227.98 |
3 | Julien Ouilette, . . . . . . . | 1843 | \ | 223.96 |
4 | Joseph Ouilette, . . . . . . . | 1841 | / | |
5 | Benjamin Bourgoyne, Jr,. . . . . | 1842 | | 82.64 |
6 | Damien Bourgoyne,. . . . . . . | 1842 | | 92.71 |
7 | Raphael Roi,. . . . . . . . . . | 1839 | | 67.07 |
8 | Hilarion English,. . . . . . . . | 1839 | | 91.60 |
12 | Thomas Rediker,. . . . . . . . | 1837 | | 101.19 |
13 | Basil Albert, . . . . . . . . | 1837 | | 156.10 |
14 | Alexander Ouilette, . . . . . . . | 1839 | | 122.79 |
17 | Paul Marquis,. . . . . . . . | 1837 | | 179.31 |
18 | Paschal Michaud,. . . . . . . . | 1838 | | 99.68 |
19 | Peter Marquis,. . . . . . . . | 1839 | | 62.36 |
| Louis LeBlanc,. . . . . . . . | 1837 | 6 | 7.63 | Taken from Clement Saucier 2d lot No.62, part on No.18, Range 6
| Celestin Boutotte, . . . . . . . | 1837 | | 2.67 | Part on Township 18, Range 6
20 | John Baptist Roi,. . . . . . . . . . | 1837 | | 66.08 | Part on Township 18, Range 6
21 | Benoni Roi,. . . . . . . . . . | 1837 | | 61.21 |
22 | John Baptist Roi,. . . . . . . . . . | 1838 | | 78.46 |
23 | William Caron,. . . . . . . . . | 1840 | | 67.83 |
24 | Paul Caron,. . . . . . . . . | 1840 | | 65.92 |
25 | Elias Fortin, . . . . . . . . | 1840 | | 40.22 |
26 | Charles Fortin, . . . . . . . . | 1838 | | 62.01 |
27 | Sefroi Michaud,. . . . . . . . | 1840 | | 46.65 |
28 | Benjamin Blanchet, . . . . . . . | 1840 | | 52.89 |
29 | Antoine Gagnon, . . . . . . . . | 1839 | | 70.13 |
30 | Joseph Roi,. . . . . . . . . . | 1840 | | 63.50 |
31 | Thomas Gagnon, . . . . . . . . | 1840 | | 147.31 |
| | | |---------|
| | | | 2499.50 |
| | When | Acs |
No. | Firstname Lastname | Cm'd | Cld | Acres | Remarks
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Township No.18, Range 4.
Rear Lots, 2d Range from the River.
10 | William Beaulieu, . . . . . . . | 1837 | | 66.41 |
11 | Eloi Beaulieu, . . . . . . . | 1837 | | 46.17 |
12 | Nazaire Beaulieu, . . . . . . . | 1839 | | 52.18 |
13 | Louis Levêque,. . . . . . . . | 1837 | | 77.48 |
14 | Registe Cyr,. . . . . . . . . . | 1841 | | 134.30 |
15 | Urbain Martin, . . . . . . . . | 1841 | | 49.46 |
16 | John Joanan Levêque,. . . . . . . . | 1841 | | 45.22 |
17 | Francis Levêque,. . . . . . . . | 1843 | | 44.52 |
18 | John Baptist Beaulieu, . . . . . . . | 1840 | | 61.03 |
19 | Louis Saint Amand,. . . . . . | 1840 | | 89.30 |
20 | Francis Pelletier,. . . . . . . | 1840 | | 47.43 |
21 | Vincent Paradis,. . . . . . . . | 1841 | | 79.06 |
22 | Luke Paradis,. . . . . . . . | 1841 | | 79.06 |
23 | Placide Theriault,. . . . . . . | 1841 | | 71.78 |
24 | Joseph Ailleotte,. . . . . . . | 1842 | | 71.15 |
| | | |---------|
| | | | 1014.55 |
Township No.18, Range 4.
Rear Lots. Third Range from the River.
1 | John Baptist Lizotte,. . . . . . . . | Nov | | |
| | 1836 | | 134.83 |
2 | Antoine Michaud,. . . . . . . . | 1837 | | 64.13 |
3 | Joseph Michaud,. . . . . . . . | 1837 | | 30.60 |
4 | Joseph Beaulieu, . . . . . . . | 1841 | | 67.81 |
11 | Narcis Picard, . . . . . . . . | 1838 | | 92.50 |
12 | Remi Cyr,. . . . . . . . . . | 1837 | | 212.50 |
13 | Francis Legasse, Jr,. . . . . . | 1842 | | 146.20 |
| | | |---------|
| | | | 748.57 |
| | When | Acs |
No. | Firstname Lastname | Cm'd | Cld | Acres | Remarks
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Township M, Range 2.
Rear Lots
1 | Desire Violette, . . . . . . . | 1842 | | 93 |
2 | Paul Michaud,. . . . . . . . | 1840 | | 82.54 |
5 | Benoni Violette, . . . . . . . | 1837 | | 85.68 | Part on L, Range 2
6 | John Baptist St.Germain dit Ecureill | 1839 | | 34.91 | Part on L, Range 2
7 | Remi Dumond, . . . . . . . . | 1840 | | 24.59 | Part on L, Range 2
8 | John Baptist Ouillette,. . . . . . . | 1841 | | 5.51 | Part on L, Range 2
| | | |---------|
| | | | 326.23 |
Township L, Range 2.
River Lots
5 | Benoni Violette, . . . . . . . | 1837 | | 57.58 | Part on M, Range 2
6 | John Baptist St.Germain dit Ecureill | 1839 | | 49.57 | Part on M, Range 2
7 | Remi Dumond, . . . . . . . . | 1840 | | 75.78 | Part on M, Range 2
8 | John Baptist Ouillette,. . . . . . . | 1841 | | 58.21 | Part on M, Range 2
9 | Edward Ouillette,. . . . . . . | 1841 | | 40.18 |
10 | George Madore, . . . . . . . . | 1841 | | 101.01 |
11 | Benjamin Madore, . . . . . . . . | 1841 | | 146.60 |
12 | Xavier Ouillette,. . . . . . . | 1843 | | 65.58 |
| | | |---------|
| | | | 594.51 |
Township G, Range 1.
River Lots.
338 | Augustine Dubé, . . . . . . . . . | 1837 | | 119.37 |
339 | Alarie Cormier . . . . . . . . | 1837 | | 63.58 |
343 | Unoccupied | | | 122.27 |
344 | Hiliare Martin, . . . . . . . . | 1838 | | 288.50 |
349 | Louis Dubé, . . . . . . . . . | 1839 | | 65.78 |
350 | Widow Margaret Cyr,. . . . . . . . . . | 1837 | | 120.53 |
351 | Louis Albert, . . . . . . . . | 1838 | | 127.70 |
352 | Sévère Albert, . . . . . . . . | 1838 | | 138.89 |
353 | Julien Levasseur,. . . . . . . | 1838 | | 107.32 |
354 | John Baptist Cormier,. . . . . . . . | 1838 | | 164.39 |
355 | Abraham Dubé, . . . . . . . . . | 1838 | | 147.81 |
356 | Magloire Dubé, . . . . . . . . . | 1840 | | 112.24 |
357 | Louis Nadeau, . . . . . . . . | 1838 | | 192.51 |
358 | Francis Cyr,. . . . . . . . . . | 1838 | | 179.94 | Part on Township F, Range 1
359 | Francis Mazeroll, . . . . . . . | 1838 | | 154.16 | Part on Township F, Range 1
| | | |---------|
| | | | 2104.99 |
Township F, Range 1.
River Lots
| Francis Cyr,. . . . . . . . . . | 1838 | | 12.48 | Part on Township G, Range 1
| Francis Mazeroll, . . . . . . . | 1838 | | 24.90 | Part on Township G, Range 1
| | | |---------|
| | | | 37.38 |
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