South Bank of the St. John River, now Aroostook County, Maine

Name of owner or occupant	Date bought or settled	A d u l t s	B o y s	G i r l s	Amount of land claimed	Previous owners and dates of settlement or purchase in chronological order, most recent to earliest	Remarks
July 24, 1831: St. John River at the mouth of the St. Francis River [now St. Francis]
James McPherson	1829				about 3 lots	- Cyrus Cannon, 1828 - Joseph Wild, 1827 - David and Reuben Essensa, 1826	took crops in 1829 and 1830; nothing done on lot this year
unoccupied						- David Pollard, 1830 - Thomas Ketch, 1828
Franklin Hale	1827						cut down some trees but did never cleared or planted it
Jesse Wheelock and Walter Powers	Aug 1830	2				- in 1829 Owen Fitzgerald cut down some trees but did not clear the land. (Wheelock and Powers are near this place and probably on the same lot)	built a log house, where they lived last winter, now have crops on lot. Small stream on which they propose building mills, and are making some preparations for that purpose. The Stream is too small to be valuable
Charles McPherson	winter 1829	2		6		- Phinehas R. Harford, fall 1827	born in Portland; bought lot for 2 months 8 days labor; lot is opposite Webster & Harford's; resides on lot
forest
unoccupied						- Owen Fitzgerald, 1828 or 1829	Fitzgerald sold lot and left the country
John Harford, Jr.	3 Aug 1827	2		7	100 rods front		occupies lot
Electus Oakes	July 1827	2		7			born in Canaan; lot is opposite E. end of Churchill Island
Abraham Chamberlain	fall 1828	2		5			born in Baie des Chaleurs
Pierre Marquis							"possessory cutting"; "lives below"
Phirmain Cyr	1811				60 rods front, 600 rods back	- Phirmain Cyr, deed from the British	53 yrs. old, b. in N. Brunswick; lives opposite St.Basile Church; has deed
next to Marquis's cuttings unoccupied for 2 miles
Isaac Yearnton	Aug. 1828	1					Englishman
Joseph Wilds	Aug. 1828	2		2			born in Fredericton
2 miles unoccupied [end of which is today Fort Kent]
Joseph Michaud	1829				40 rods front	- Miles Emery 1824	paid $20; lives below
Sifroy Nadeau	1821	1			60 rods front		on west point formed by St.John & Fish Rivers [today city of Ft.Kent]; b. in Madawaska, 25 yrs. old, lives with father-in-law [step-father] Jos. Michaud
Jean Baptiste Daigle	1819						on east point formed by St.John & Fish Rivers
Daniel Savage	1826 or 27	2		9			2 miles by land up the Fish River [today Fort Kent Mills]; lives in framed house, on lot with mill
Benoni Albert	1829	2					2 miles below mouth of Fish River
Hypolite Couffre	1 Jun 1824	2		7	100 rods front		born at Baie des Chaleurs
Sylvan D'Aigle	1819	1			60 rods front		planted on lot 1829; said to be only 25 years old
Joseph D'Aigle	1819				60 rods front	- Basil Garnier	"1½ years ago" bought 20 rods front from Basil Garnier for $20; said to be 30 years old
Larion D'Aigle					20 rods front	- Basil Garnier - Joseph Michaud - 1827
Thomas Barnabé						- Christophe Marquis
Thomas Ready	1829						born in Canada
Antoine Garnier	Apr 1831						from New Brunswick
[July 26: South Bank]	Date bought or settled	A d u l t s	B o y s	G i r l s	Amount of land claimed	Previous owners and dates of settlement or purchase in chronological order (recent to earliest)	Remarks
Baptiste Boucher	1826	2		8	50 rods front		from Canada; 30 acres in cultivation, house, barn; lives on land
Pierre Landrie					60 rods front	- Benoni Nadeau	a chopping; paid $15
Nathaniel Bartlett	Jul 1831				1 acre
Barnabus Hunnewell	1830				4 acres		chopping
Dominic D'Aigle	1828						of Madawaska; barn and 10 acres cleared and in grain; lives below and has other possessions
Benoni Nadeau	1824	2	2	1			of Canada; has lived 24 years in the country, sometimes as a tenant on the Priest's land; 25 acres cleared, house and barn; lives on land
François Gendreau		1			60 rods front	- Desire Nadeau - 1826	of Canada; 20 years old; lives with Dominic D'Aigle
Lareon D'Aigle	1827				60 rods front		of Madawaska; built framed barn, cleared 60 acres; lives on D'Aigle Island
Lareon D'Aigle	1810						lives on and occupies 1/3 of D'Aigle Island; has cleared all his part
Phirmain D'Aigle	1810						lives on and occupies middle part of D'Aigle's Island; cleared all his part
Dominic D'Aigle	1810	2		9			claims East 1/3 of D'Aigle's Island; resided on Island until a few years ago.
Dominic D'Aigle	1816						possessory cutting; 1823 planted; 1829 built house; lives on land; 20 acres cleared, 2 barns
Chrysostome Martin	1815	2		6	50 rods front	- Simon Beaulieu	of Madawaska; cleared 50 acres; has house and 2 barns; claims another lot on North Bank, 60 rods front
Jean Baptiste D'Aigle		2	1	0
Joseph Pelletier	1813	2		4	30 rods front		has lived on lot since 1813; has hous, barn, 40 acres cleared
Michael Pelletier	1812				60 rods		died 1816 leaving 5 children; widow married Christophe Marquis; land now owned by daughters DesAnges, m. Pierre Marquis; and Locade, m. Desir Nadeau; house, barn, 40 acres cleared
Michel Morin	1815	2		3	60 rods front		house, barn, large tract of land cleared;also possession on Fish R. bought from Nath'l Bartlett
Rafael Michaud	1827	2			30 rods front	- Joseph Michaud	house, barn, 40 acres cleared; claims 7/8 of Pine Island, where planted 50 bushels wheat; has barn, 4 years possession
Joseph D'Aigle	1826	2		1	90 rods front	- Charles Beaupré	paid $100; house, barn, 10 acres cleared; also claims 8 acres on Pine Island, not cleared
[July 28]	Date bought or settled	A d u l t s	B o y s	G i r l s	Amount of land claimed	Previous owners and dates of settlement or purchase in chronological order (recent to earliest)	Remarks
Alexandre Giraud	1830				30 rods front	- Charles Beaupré	from Canada; lives 1 mile below on N. bank, has farm; has 5-6 acres cleared
Germain Saussiers	1816				120 rods front	- Vincent Albert & John Peltier (60 rods from each)	paid $75; has house and barn, 40 acres cleared
Vincent Albert	1816	2		9	60 rods front	- Benjamin Boucher - 1814	from Canada; house, barn, 20 acres cleared
Germain Saussiers	1813	2	1	1	60 rods front		house, barn, 30 acres cleared
Jean Baptiste Saussiers	1818				60 rods front	- Germain Saussiers ( J.B.'s brother)	house, barn, 8 acres cleared
Herbert Carron	1823	2		9	50 rods front	- Paul Marquis	paid $20; house, barn, 50 acres cleared
Chapel, Parish of St. Lucie [now Upper Frenchville]					30 rods front	- Benjamin Boucher (20 rods front) - 1823
Benjamin Boucher	1823	2		4	40 rods front	- Jean Baptiste LeClerc	from Canada; paid $30; lives at Grand Ruisseau brook; house, barn, thirty acres cleared; sold 20 rods front to Church
Jean Rafael Roi	1829	2	1	0	20 rods front	- Herbert Carron	paid $60; house, barn, 12 acres cleared
Germain Michaud	1824	2		8	45 rods front	- Paul Marquis	from Canada; house, barn, 30 acres cleared
Elie Lagassé	1813	2		3	60 rods front	- Benjamin Boucher	house, barn, 40 acres cleared. Also claims lot up Fish R., W. side, took up with his brother Basil 1827; each claim 20 rods front
Clement Saussiers	1808	4		6	105 rods front	- Simon Herbert - Jacques Mattelot	paid $10; house, 2 barns, 60 acres cleared; also claims lot up river between Jos. Pelletier Jr. and Jean Vasseurs
Ferdinand Ouellette	1829				50 rods front	- 40 rods Clement Saussiers  - Simon Herbert - 10 rods Jean Baptiste Aiotte - Jean Baptiste Babin	house, barn, 40 acres cleared
Jean Baptiste Aiotte	1826				40 rods front	- Jean Baptiste Babin	from Madawaska; paid $100, by deed; house, barn, 10 acres cleared
Charles Aiotte					20 rods front	- Jean Baptiste Aiotte	from Madawaska; house, barn, 4-5 acres cleared
Joseph Albert	8 Feb 1830				30 rods front	- Pierre Gendreau	paid $72, with deed; from Canada; house and barn
Joseph Lagassé	1824				40 rods front	- Joseph Joubert	of Canada; paid $25; 8 acres cleared; claims island in front which is cleared and in grass
Rafael Martin	1824				70 rods front	- Simonet Hebert	of Madawaska; house, barn, 25 acres cleared; also claims 1/10 of island in front on which has barn
Christophe Martin	1819				70 rods front		of Madawaska; house, barn, 20 acres cleared; also claims 1/10 of island in front
Paschal Michaud	1819				30 rods front		his father began on lot in 1819; has barn, 24 acres cleared; lives with his brother-in-law on adjoining lot; claims 1/20 of island
Alexandre Ouellette					30 rods front		on same lot with his brother-in-law P.Michaud and is bound with him to support his father-in-law and mother-in-law; has house, barn and 24 acres cleared; claims one twentieth of the Island
Benjamin Burgoyne	1812				60 rods front	- Benoni Terrieau	of Canada; house, barn 15 acres cleared; claims 1/20 of island
Joseph Michaud	1827				25 rods front	- Francis Michaud (his brother)	bought by deed, paid $300; house, barn, 30 acres of land
François Michaud	1823 or 1824				25 rods front	- Germain Michaud (his brother) - Paul Marquis - Benj. Michaud - Pierre Baudrie	of Canada; paid $150; house, barn, 30 acres cleared
Louis Bellefleure	1821				20 rods front	- Germain Michaud	from Canada; paid $150, by deed; house, barn; 12 acres cleared
Benoni Manuel	1823				10 rods front	- Germain Michaud	from Canada; paid $$30, by deed; house, barn, six acres cleared
Jean Baptiste Boutin	1829				60 rods front	- Clement Saussiers - J.B. Saussiers (brother) - Joseph Marquis	paid $8; 10 acres cleared, no buildings; lives below St. Basile Church on north bank of St. John R.; also claims back lot, began 4 yrs. ago, 20 acres in crops, 60 rods width
Joseph Ouellette	1828				60 rods width		in back of Boutin's lot, on path to Simonet Hebert's; from Canada; house, barn, 20 acres in crops
Joseph Chassé	1827						from Canada; "here is a bend in the river and the lot terminated in a point on the bank"; no buildings; 8-10 acres cleared; lives with his father-in-law Eli Janette
Germain Chassé	1821						from Canada; house, walls of a barn, 15-16 acres cleared
Edward Eclaire					60 rods front	- Paul Marquis	from Canada; exchanged possession on N. bank of river with Marquis, who had marked this place three years before; Marquis, by agreement, to build Eclaire a house and barn
François Boulanger	"recently"				40 rods front		from Canada; lives on N. bank, "has taken up this lot for speculation"; "cleared and sown 7 bushels of grain this year"
Etienne Gagnon	1831				20 rods front ----------- 30 rods front	- Aristobule Gouvain, 1827 or 1828 ------------------------------------ -Joseph Beaulieu	from Canada; paid $25 to Gouvain, $50 to Beaulieu; has his family on the place, has wall of a house; "family is sheltered by a few boards laid over their hea
[July 29]	Date bought or settled	A d u l t s	B o y s	G i r l s	Amount of land claimed	Previous owners and dates of settlement or purchase in chronological order (recent to earliest)	Remarks
Benjamin Lebel	1828				30 rods front	- Simon Barnabé	from Canada; paid $12; no buildings, lives on North bank
Oliver Lagassé	1829				30 rods front	- Jacques Boulet, 1826 -Abraham Couturier, 1825	from Canada, single man; 4 bushels of wheat sown; no buildings; hired with Joseph Hebert
Jean Suerette	1823				60 rods front		from Canada; house, barn, 20 bushels of wheat sown
Widow Simonet Barnabé	1824				30 rods front		from Madawaska; no buildings, 8 bushels of wheat sown; lives on north bank of river
Francis Picard	1828				30 rods front	- Joseph Label	from Canada; paid $150; house, land is in pasture; lives down the river
Joseph Lagassé	1824				30 rods front		from Canada; house, barn, 15 acres cleared
Eugene De Sirois	1829				30 rods front	- Regis Terrieau	from Canada; paid $50; no buildings; brother of the priest, lives with the priest
Leon Albert	1824				60 rods front		from Canada; house, barn, 3 acres cleared
Charlemagne Beurnache	1828				30 rods front	- Leon Albert, 1824	from Canada; house, barn, enough cleared to sow 4 bushels of grain
Ignace Cleoette	1826				30 rods front		from Canada; house, enough cleared to sow 2 bushels of grain
Paul Picard							from Canada; lot is marked by Picard
Charles Bouchard					60 rods front	- Phirmain Nadeau	from Canada; paid $50; house, barn, enough cleared to sow 10 or 12 bushels of grain
Antoine Sirois	abt 1827				30 rods front	- Francis Boulanger	from Canada; house, barn, 4 acres cleared
Vincent Pelletier	1823				80 rods front		from Canada; barn, enough cleared to sow 10 or 12 bushels grain; lives at Alexandre Albert's, his father-in-law, on N. bank
Pierre Ouellette	1823				80 rods front		from Canada; house, enough cleared to sow 18 or 20 bushels of grain
Simonet Hebert					20 rods front		from Madawaska; house, 2 acres cleared
Jacques Beaulieu					30 rods	- ? - Joseph Beaulier, abt 1825	from Canada; exchanged land in Canada for lot; old barn, 15 or 20 acres "very imperfectly cleared"
Justin Boulanger					15 rods front	- François Boulanger	from Canada
André L'Eveque					15 rods front		from Canada
Alexandre Albert	"lately"				60 rods front		from Canada; building a small barn, 8-10 acres partially cleared
Cassimir Albert							from Canada; "lot little more than marked"
David Dufour						- Paul Morichaud (his father-in-law), many years ago	from Canada; received as gift; formerly a few acres cleared and grist-mill built on it, which was burnt down; now, mill on lot out of repair, not ground for 12 years; lives below
[claimant refused to give account]							"a posession of which the claimant refused to give any account: may have been cautioned by their neighbors the Heberts or by magistrates to keep clear of entanglement with American agents."
Anselem Albert	1811				60 rods front		from Canada; 18 acres cleared; lives below
David Nadeau					60 rods front	- Simon Hebert	from Madawaska; brought up by Simon Hebert, who gave him the lot; moved onto lot 1825; house, barn, 20 acres cleared
Joseph Bealieu					40 rods wide		from Canada; back lot, 1-1/2 miles back, cut down 4 acres and burned it
Elie Gagnon	1831						from Canada; has begun just west of and adjoining Beaulieu; cut one acre; lives with his father Etienne Gagnon
[2 claimants refused to give account]							next 2 lots claimants refused to give any account
Anselm Albert	1786				50 rods front, 670 rods back	- Augustin Dubez - "the British" (grant made by Province of New Brunswick)	from Canada; came here with his father who bought land from Dubez;house, barn, 40 acres cleared; saw mill and grist mill on small stream, "Simon Hebert owned it once but refused to give any account or let us know whether he still claimed it"; this is the first lot on the S. side of the St.John in the grant made by Prov. of NB in 1790
? [inhabitant refused to give any account]						- Pierre Du Perré (Lizotte's half-brother) - Pierre Lizotte - Prov. of New Brunswick
? [next 2 lots inhabitant refused to give any account
Simon Hebert							refused to give any information
David Dufour					30 rods front		from Canada; house, barn, 40 acres cleared, lives on land; also has other claims
Guilleaume Fourniers					30 rods front	- François Albert	from Canada; house, barn, 60 acres cleared
David Dufour					30 rods front		40 acres cleared, no buildings
David Durepos	1819				60 rods front		from Canada; thinks lot was granted by the British; good house and barn; 40 acres cleared; son-in-law of Simon Hebert
François Picard	1827				35 rods front, 560 rods back	- Jean Baptiste Fournier, 1819 - Joseph Dufour - possibly the British	from Canada; house, barn and blacksmiths shop; 40 acres cleared
Chrysostome Cyr					45 rods front, 560 rods back	- Phirmain Cyr (his father) - Francis Cyr (now alive, 80 yrs old, among the first settlers)	- from Madawaska; house, barn not quite finished, 15 acres cleared
[July 30] nearly opposite the old Church in the Parish of St. Basil, a path leads South to a back settlement [Today near St. David]	Date bought or settled	A d u l t s	B o y s	G i r l s	Amount of land claimed	Previous owners and dates of settlement or purchase in chronological order (recent to earliest)	Remarks
Charles Ouillette	"last spring"				60 rods width		from Canada; claim starts 500 rods south of the St.John, and is on east side of path; house, 1 acre sown, 15 acres cut down; his father lives at Kamouraska and served 7 years in the American Revolution
Antoine Malte	"last spring"					- Pierre Genet, 1829	from Canada; claim on east side of road; paid $15; house, 4 acres planted, 6 acres cut down
Joseph Mercure	1826 or 1827				60 rods width	- Paschal Michaud	from Bay of Chaleur; east side of road; paid $50; house, barn, 36 acres cleared
Garcon L'Eveque Des Coignnette	1826 or 1827				15 rods width		from Canada; west side of road; house, 6 acres cleared
Phirmain Dumont	1823 or 1824				60 rods width		from Canada; west side of road; house, barn, 12 acres cleared
Quintin Yan	1819				60 rods width		from Canada; west side of road; house, barn, 12 acres cleared
Edward McKay	1825 or 1826				60 rods width		from Canada; west side of road; about 20 years old, lives with brother-in-law Phirmain Dumont and supports his mother; is building a house, 4 acres sown, 12 acres cut down
Marcel Collin	1826				60 rods width		from Canada; east side of road; 4 acres cut down; house
François Cluquier	1826 or 1827						from Canada; east side of road; house, 3-4 acres cleared; 4-5 acres cut down
Joseph Mercure	1830				60 rods width		from Madawaska; east side of road; lives on N. bank of St.John; 4-5 bushels grain sown; 50 acres cut down, is building saw mill, has house or camp on land
Joseph Cyr							from Madawaska; land uncultivated
François D'Aigle					30 rods front	- François D'Aigle (his father) - deed from British	from Madawaska; house, barn, 20 acres cleared
Jean Baptiste Fournier					30 rods front	- his father got his deed from the British	from Madawaska; lives with his father; his wife declined to give any information
Joseph Dufour	1816				25 rods front	- Benoni Terrieau - Oliver Cyr, who got deed from the British	from Canada; house, barn, 60 acres cleared
Sylvain D'Aigle					66 rods front	- his father Joseph got his deed from the British	from Madawaska; house, barn, 60 acres cleared; lives with his father
Xavier Cyr					30 rods front	- his father Jacques got his deed from the British	from Madawaska; son of Jacques Cyr; house, barn, 60 acres cleared
Chrysostome Cyr					30 rods front	- his father Jacques got his deed from the British	from Madawaska; brother of Xavier; not at home, wife declined to give any account
Jean Baptiste D'Aigle					30 rods front	- deeded by the British	from French Village (9 miles above Fredericton, NB); house, barn, 30 acres cleared
Joseph Cyr						- given to him by François Cyr	from Madawaska; houe, barn, 30 acres cleared
Menin Cyr	"15 years ago or more"				60 rods front	- 30 rods bought from Phirmain - 30 rods bouth from Michael Michaud	from Acadia; house, barn, 80-100 acres cleared
Jean Baptiste Cyr					60 rods front	- deed from British	from Acadia; house, barn, 200 acres cleared; one of his sons lives with him, the other on the back part of the lot
Louis Gotté Bellefleure					70 rods front	- Peter Frasier - Pierre Duperré, deeded by British	from Canada; paid $1000; has laid out $2000 on the place, has 3 houses, a grist and saw-mill; small stream, 70 acres cleared
"					120 rods front	- Charles Bernabé	lot on the Green River, purchased by exchange with Bernabé by deed; barn, enough cleared to sow 12 bushels grain
Simon Beaulieu					60 rods front	- Paul and Joseph Marquis	from Acadia; house, barn, 70 acres cleared; his son Simon, Jr.; Simon Sr. tends grist mill behind Anselm Albert's
Augustin Cyr	"8 to 10 years ago"				60 rods front		from Madawaska; house, barn, 15-20 acres cleared
Antoine Cyr, Jr.					10 rods front	- Thomas Beaulier - Simon Hebert	from Bay of Chaleur; came from Bay of Chaleur 1821; was turned off other land by Simon Herbert; has wife and 9 children; is a constable; house, 3 acres cleared, has begun a barn
Thomas Beaulier	1822				50 rods front	- Simon Hebert	from Bay of Chaleur; has house and 10 acres planted
Charles Patterson							lives in house built by and on farm cleared by Antoine Cyr, Jr., under lease from Simon Hebert; pays $10/year rent
Antoine Cyr, Sr.					70 rods front	- grant from the British	had 70 rods, sold 20 to Simon Hebert in 1816 during crop failure; has house, barn, 30 acres cleared
Pierre Lisotte					60 rods front	- Pierre Duperré (his half-brother), granted by British 1790	house, 2 barns, 80 acres; his son Antoine lives on same lot
[August 1]	Date bought or settled	A d u l t s	B o y s	G i r l s	Amount of land claimed	Previous owners and dates of settlement or purchase in chronological order (recent to earliest)	Remarks
Joseph Cyr					60 rods front	- Joseph Cyr (deceased), who received deed from British	son of Paul Cyr; house, barn, 50 acres cleared; lives on lot;
Joseph Cyr					10 rods front	- Thomas Ouellette - Joseph Souci (Saussiers), received deed from British
Phirmain Thibedeau					30 rods front	- Jean Baptiste Souci - Paul Cyr, deed from British	30 acres cleared, no buildings
Joseph Aiotte	1801				60 rods front	- François Charette, deed from British	house, barn, 50 acres cleared
Joseph Aiotte					56 rods front
John Martin					40 rods front	- children of Zacharie Aiotte - Zacharie Aiotte, deed from British	from Acadia; house, barn, 20 acres cleared
François Lisotte, Jr.					20 rods front	- children of Zacharie Aiotte - Zacharie Aiotte, deed from British	from Madawaska
François Lisotte, Jr.					20 rods front	- François Lisotte, Sr., deed from British	house, barn, 20 acres cleared
Jean B. Lisotte					30 rods front	- François Lisotte, Sr., deed from British	house, barn, 18 acres cleared
Germaine Cyr, Jr.					30 rods front	- Germaine Cyr, Sr. - Jean Baptiste Souci, deed from British	house, barn, 20 acres cleared
Charles Lisotte					30 rods front	- "Michel Cyr, father of Germaine"	house, barn, blacksmith's shop, 40 acres cleared
Charles Aiotte					30 rods front	- deed from the British	house, barn, 40 acres cleared; his son Ignace lives with him
Bonaventure Lissotte					60 rods front	- 30 rods from Charles Aiotte - 30 rods from Pierre Lisotte (his father)	from Madawaska; son of Pierre; house, barn, 40 acres cleared
Xavier Martin					60 rods front	- Phirmain Thibedeau - Maturin Beaulier, deed from British	from Madawaska; son-in-law of Phirmain Thibedeau, who gave lot to his daughter; house, barn, 60 acres cleared
François Thibedeau, Jr.					70 rods front	- Phirmain Thibedeau - Sausfacon	from Madawaska; son of Phirmain, who gave him the lot; house, barn, store, 12 acres cleared
Germaine Cyr, Sr.					82 rods front	- lot deeded to his father by the British	from Acadia; got lot through his father's will; house, 2 barns, 51 acres cleared
François Thibedeau, Sr.					60 rods front	- lot deeded to him by British	from Acadia; house, barn, 42 acres cleared
At this point begins the grant made by the Govt. of New Brunswick in 1794, which extends from Green River down the St.John to Van Buren, about 8 miles  [today Grand Isle to Van Buren]
Jean Baptiste Souci	"18 or 19 years ago"				120 rods front 30 rods front	- Joseph Souci, his father, deed from British - Oliver Souci	from Madawaska; house, store, 2 barns, a grist mill on a very small stream; 120 acres cleraed, sown this year 55 bushels of wheat, oats, peas; also claims other lots
Louis Thibodeau					30 rods front	- Phirmain Thibedeau - heirs of Germain Souci, deed from the British	from Madawaska; son of Phirmain Thibedeau; 3 acres cleared; lives on N. bank next above mouth of Green River
Romaine Michaud					30 rods front	- François Gooding	house, barn, 10 acres cleared
Baptiste Olivier Thibedeau						- Joseph Duplessis, 1811	lives on north bank at mouth of Green River; 4 acres cleared
George Thibedeau					60 rods front	- Etienne Thibedeau	from Acadia; livs on north bank; has given lot to his sons Laurent and Michel Thibedeau; Laurent has house and is building a barn on his part; Michel is clearing on his part
Xavier Parrault	1829				20 rods front	- Henri Vasseur, 1816 or '17 - Guillaume Terrieau, 1786	from Canada; new house, 4 acres cleared
Henri Vasseur	1816 or 1817				40 rods front	- Guillaume Terrieau, 1786	lives on North bank; barn, 15 acres cleared
Laurent Terrieau					120 rods	- his father, who received deed from British	from Acadia; his father lives on North bank; Laurent is building barn and has cleared 6 acres; 1/2 of claim is supposed to have been given to Laurent's brother Thaddé
François Michaud	1829					- Phirmain Thibedeau - Germain Dubez, 1811	from Canada; house, barn, 4-5 acres cleared
Benoni Terrieau	1830				30 rods front	- Joseph Sausfaçon - Augustin Gagnier - Joseph Lagassé - François Thibedeau, 1805	from Madawaska; house, 3 acres cleared; lives on North bank; tenant living on land named Joseph Tardif
Joseph Sausfaçon					30 rods front	- Augustin Gagnier - Joseph Lagassé - François Thibedeau, 1805	from Madawaska; house, barn, 50 acres cleared
Pierre Ringuette					30 rods front	- Charles Fournier	from Canada; lives below on the south bank, no buildings, 17 acres cleared
Phirmain Thibedeau, Jr.					30 rods front	- Charles Fournier	house, barn, 10 acres cleared
Paul Cyr					60 rods front	- Phirmain Thibedeau - Toussaint Thibedeau, " more than 30 years ago	from Madawaska; son-in-law of Phirmain Thibedeau, who gave lot to his daughter; house, barn and stable, 15 acres cleared
Paul Thibedeau	1801						from Acadia; house, barn, 50 acres cleared
Gregoire Thibedeau					60 rods front	- deed from British	from Acadia; house, barn, 40-50 acres cleared
Jean Baptiste Vasseur					60 rods front	- Louis LeBlond, deed from British	from Madawaska; house, barn, 50 acres cleared
Paul Thibedeau						- Louis LeBlond, deed from British
Augustin Violette					40 rods front	- Olivier Thibedeau - François Cormier, "who is dead" but had deed from British	from Acadia; house and 50 acres cleared
Julien Thibedeau					40 rods front	- Olivier Thibedeau (his father), deed from British	from Madawaska; house and 50 acres cleared
Heirs of François Cormier					30 rods front		his oldest son is in possession; house, barn, 30 acres cleared
Benjamin Thibedeau					20 rods front		lives 20 rods below; claims in right of his wife, daughter of Alexis Cormier; 24 acres cleared
Henri Souci					20 rods front	- Alexandre Aiotte, who married a daughter of Alexis Cormier - Alexis Cormier	lives on North bank; barn, 30 acres cleared
Benjamin Thibedeau					20 rods front	- Phirmain Thibedeau - Alexis Boniface, who married a daughter of Alexis Cormier	"homestead"; house, barn, 24 acres cleared
Pierre Cormier	'more than 30 years ago'				60 rods front	- deed from British	from Acadia; house, barn, 50 acres cleared
Edouard LeBlanc					60 rods front	- Simon Terrieau, "more than 25 years ago"	from Acadia; married the widow of Simon Terrieau; house, barn, 25 acres cleared
Frederic Terrieau					60 rods front	- Germain Terrieau, his brother, "more than 25 years ago"	from Canada; house, barn, stable, 40 acres cleared
Francis Cormier	1801				120 rods front		barn and 60 acres cleared; died last spring; sold to Phirmain Thibedeau a mill privilege, who has a gist and saw-mill on it
Samuel Romain Dendric	1828				60 rods front 665 rods back	- Francis Cormier	from Bay of Chaleur, came 3 years ago; paid $600; house, barn, 40 acres cleared; also in same purchase claims 12 acres or 2 lots on Grand Isle; his son Simon Dendric bought lot above his next to Thibedeau's mill from Fr. Cormier, $50.
Cyprian Cormier					60 rods front	- François Cormier, his father	from Madawaska; house, barn, 15 acres cleared
Damien Cormier					60 rods front	- François Cormier, his father	from Madawaska; house, is building a barn, 8 acres cleared
Henri Souci					60 rods front		lives on the North bank;claims possession by purchase; 12-14 acres cleared
Widow of Simon Thibedeau					60 rods front		Simon left 5 children; they live on lot; house, barn, 50 acres cleared
Larion Violette					35 rods front 75 rods front	- Simon Thibedeau - Pierre Vasseur, late husband of his wife	from Madawaska; Pierre Vasseur left one son, Jean, who is 18 yrs. old; house, barn, 50 acres cleared
Benoni Bernabé							lives on North bank
Louis Bellefleure	1819				20 rods front	- Henri Tardif	lot on the south bank, opposite the mouth of the Quisabus river; paid $50; 6 acres cleared, no buildings
"we suppose there is a lot of which we did not obtain a particular account"							spent the evening at David Cyr's, a publican; "we obtained no account of his claims"
[Tuesday, Aug. 2, 1831]	Date bought or settled				Amount of land claimed	Previous owners and dates of settlement or purchase in chronological order (recent to earliest)	Remarks
Germain D'Aigle					60 rods front		from Madawaska; son of Jean Baptiste D' Aigle; is building a house, 12 acres cleared
David Cyr						- Mercure
Jean Parent	1827				70 or 80 rods front	- Olivier Thibedeau - Legassé	from Canada; paid $30; house, barn, 30 acres cleared
Etienne Parent	1827				90 or 100 rods front		from Canada; house, barn, 30 acres cleared
Gabriel Parent	1827				90 or 100 rods front		from Canada; house, barn, 30 acres cleared
Alexandre Violette	1819				30 rods front		from Madawaska
Alexandre Violette					60 rods front	- Germain Pelletier, 1819, sold by his father Nicholas to Violette	paid $20; says 10 acres cleared "but we could not see much clearing"
Etienne Parent					40 rods front	- Anselm Francoeur, 1828	from Canada; 2 acres chopped down, non cleared
François Parent	1828				50 rods front		son of Gabriel; cut down 5 acres, has planted 2 acres
Jean Parent	1827				60 rods front		son of Gabriel; barn and 3-4 acres cleared and in grass
Jean Baptiste Olivier Thibedeau					60 rods front	- Jean Marie Cyr, - Louis Lagassé, "13 or 14 years ago"	son of Olivier Thibedeau; bought lot from widow of Jean Marie Cyr; "no one ever lived on it"; also claims an Island in front, which is in grass
Alexandre Violette					60 rods front	- Justin Pelletier, "12 or 13 years before"	12 acres chopped down, some cleared
Alexandre Violette	1810				90 rods front		lives on lot; built on it 18 years ago; 50 acres cleared
Dominique Violette	1819				60 rods front	- Joseph Mercure	from Madawaska
Dominique Violette	1805				60 rods front		house, barn, 70 acres cleared
Jean Baptiste Violette					60 rods front	- Benoni Violette, his father, 1806	from Madawaska; his mother and father are dead, he's the only surviving child; lives on lot they occupied; house, barn, 18 acres cleared
Isaac Violette	1826				60 rods front		from Madawaska; 25 acres cleared
Richard Violette	1827				60 rods front		from Madawaska; lives up the river; 6 acres cleared
[Wednesday Aug. 3, 1831]	Date bought or settled				Amount of land claimed	Previous owners and dates of settlement or purchase in chronological order (recent to earliest)`	Remarks
Jean Parent	1831				40 rods front		has sown 3 bushels of grain
Henri Cyr	fall 1830				60 rods front	- Celestin Souci - Joseph Cyr, deed from British	from Madawaska; paid $50; 12 acres cleared, buildings have decayed
Henri Cyr					50 rods front	- Joseph Cyr (his brother-in-law)	his homestead; inherited two shares and bought the other from his brother-in-law; house, barn, 30 acres cleared
Thomas Cyr					60 rods front	- Jean Marie, deed from British	from Madawaska; lives on North bank; improves the lot, which is claimed by the heir of Jean Marie, who left 9 children; Cyr married the widow; 40 acres cleared
Jacques Violette					120 rods front	- Augustin Violette - François Violette (who is dead)	from Madawaska; house, barn, 10 acres cleared
Augustin Violette					10 rods front	- Joseph Violette (his father)	no buildings
Celeste Violette					10 rods front	- Joseph Violette (his father)	10 acres cleared, no buildings
Augustin Violette					90 rods front	- inherited from his father	lives on North bank near the church; barn and 30 acres cleared
Phirmain Nadeau	1816				60 rods front		from Canada; house, barn, 9 acres cleared
Chapel in the Parish of St. Bruneau [Van Buren]					30 rods front	- Eli Thibedeau, who lives on North bank - Clement Cyr - François Violette
Cyprian Grace	1826 or 1827				40 or 60 rods front		Irish; lives on North bank; 4 acres cleared, no buildings
Isidore Dubez					30 rods front	- Abraham Chappé - Joseph Gooding	from Madawaska; house, hovel, 10 acres cleared
Dedie Morin					40 rods front	- François Thibedeau, 1824 or 1825 - Augustin Dubez	from Canada; lives on North bank; no buildings; cleared land now pasturage and bushes
Phirmain Nadeau					60 rods front	- Henri Tardif - Augustin Dubez, 1821	from Canada; no buildings, 12 acres cleared
Germain Dubez	1821				40 rods front	- Henri Tardif	from Canada; house, barn, 10-12 acres cleared
William McRea and  John Keaton	Feb 1828				40 rods front	- George Mansur - Abraham Dubez	McCrea is Irish, Keaton from Nova Scotia; exchanged a farm on the Aroostook for it; house, distil-house, malt-house, 30 acres cleared
François Violette	1801					- François Violette (his father), 1791	from Acadia; his father built a mill on lot, on Violet Brook, but is long since worn out; began to improve lot 4 years ago, house, barn, grist-mill; moved onto lot 3 years ago; Also claims lot on N. bank on both sides of mouth of Grand river, deed from British May 16, 1826, 90 rods front, 300 acres, two of his sons have a house and live on the lot
Michael Farrell	1821				80 rods front	- Joseph Sausfaçon	Irish; paid $8; house, barn, 50 acres poorly cleared
Dennis Douglass					60 rods front		went away 6 years ago and put the possession in the hands of Michael Farrell
forest for 80 or 100 rods
James Hagan	1827 or 1828				60 rods front		Irish; new house, 8-10 acres cleared
Louis Violette	"a few years ago"				60 rods front		from Madawaska; son of Fran'cois Violette; new house, barn, 10-20 acres cleared; lot adjoins small stream coming from south; Louis was said to be at work on our Military road near the forks of the Madawumkeag
Michel Thibedeau					90 rods front	- Toussaint Thibedeau (his father), 1818	from Madawaska; his father lived their until his discease, leaving his children there. Michel has supported his brothers and sisters until they have become of age and left; some of them with his mother are with him; house, barn, 30 acres cleared
Leonard Coombs	"within 2 years"				70 rods front	- one part from Michel Thibedeau - one part from Louis Ouellette, 1814	from New Brunswick; holds commission under the British; zealous in his support of their usurpations; lives a little above on the North bank; paid Ouellette $120, Thibedeau $180; no buildings, 16 acres cleared
Joseph Ouellette	1824 or 1825				60 rods front		from Madawaska, house, barn, 15 or 16 acres cleared
Benoni Nadeau	1828				60 rods front		from Madawaska; house, 6 acres cleared
Edouard Duplessis	1825				60 rods front		from Madawaska; house, 10 acres cleared
Michel Duplessis	1824				120 rods front		from Canada; house, barn, 20 acres cleared
Jean Baptiste Govain	"last fall"				60 rods front		from Canada; lives on North bank, where he has a farm, and has been in the country 20 years
Abraham Giraud [Genet?]	1828				60 rods front		from Canada; lives opposite Boutote's Island; house, barn, 10 acres cleared
Germain Nadeau					90 rods front	- David Mercure, 1825	from Canada; lives opposite Boutote's Island; house, 16 acres cleared
Gabriel Moreau					60 rods front	- Joseph Mercure, 1824	from Canada; house, barn, 15 acres cleared
Michel Remont	1827				60 rods front		from Canada; 12 acres cleared
Olivier Cormier					120 rods front	- Jean Marie Ouellette, 1824	from Acadia; house, barn, 30 acres cleared
Jean Bourgoyne	1825				60 rods front		from Acadia; house, barn, 16 acres cleared
Moyse Bourgoyne	summer 1830				60 rods front	- Jeremie Tardif - Elie Thibedeau	from Acadia; Thibedeau's wife's son marked the lot 1824; Tardif planted year before last; house, 12 acres cleared
Alexandre Aiotte	fall 1829				100 rods front	- Joseph Sausfacon, 1824	- from Madawaska; house, barn, 25 acres cleared
Samuel and Raphael Christopher	1824				70 rods front		from Bay of Chaleur; 2 houses, barn, 40 acres cleared
Augustin Violette	1826 or 1827				60 rods front		from Madawaska; cut down some, but none is cleared
Isaac Michaud					60 rods front	- Fitzgerald - Joseph Violette, 1824	from Acadia; house, 12 acres cleared; moved onto lot last year
Augustin Dubez					60 rods front	- Zebedee Squires	from Madawaska; moved on 4 or 5 years ago; house, barn, 10 acres cleared
Samuel and Raphael Christopher					60 rods front	- a brother of theirs, 4 or 5 years ago	their brother drowned, leaving no children; new house, 12 acres cleared
John Emerson	1828				60 rods front		English; house, 30 acres cleared
François Roi or King					60 rods front	- Louis Lapoint, 1826	lives in New Brunswick, intends moving here; 4-5 acres cleared, no buildings
John Emerson and his brothers	"last season"						cut down some
Zebedee Squires							has begun, and has cleared 4 acres, is building a house
Thomas Nugent	1827				60 rods front		Irish; improvements small
Thomas Nugent					60 rods front	- James Malone, 1827	improvements small
Thomas Nugent					60 rods front	- William Cartwell, 1828	house, barn, 20 acres cleared
small cutting made last year, possessory marking
Nadeau	this season						small cutting
Edward O'Neal	1827				60 rods front		Irish, lives opposite North bank; cuts 10 tons of hay; stream comes in here, he says is sufficient for a mill
claimant unknown							in bushes and weeds
Benjamin Weeks	1829				62 rods front	- John McGuire, 1826	paid $60; small house, 5-6 acres cleared; Weeks is moving and says he is going to the Tobique, has a woman and 2 children with him and all his effects, and is probably running away
John Pendergrass							cut down and cleared a few acres, which appears to be abandoned

On the following day, August 4, Deane and Kavanagh continued on the North bank of the St. John River.

Information on these grants is from "Report by Messrs. Deane and Kavanagh," edited by W.O. Raymond, in Collections of the New Brunswick Historical Society (St.John, N.B.) number 9 (1914), 386-462.

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