Deane and Kavanagh Report on the Inhabitants of the Madawaska Settlements, July-August 1831

South Bank of the St. John River

Report of John G. Deane and Edward Kavanagh to the governor of Maine "to ascertain the number of persons settled on the public lands, North of the line running east from the Monument, the manner in which they respectively hold the same lands" as published in Raymond, pp.386-426

Go to Deane and Kavanagh's survey of the north bank of the St.John (now New Brunswick)


Note: 1 rod = 16½ feet, or 5½ yards; 320 rods = 1 mile

Up to this point the report recounts Deane and Kavanagh's voyage to the St.John. On July 24 they reached the St.John and began gathering information on settlers. These are the very first lots that Deane and Kavanagh survey, and show the style they used to gather the info. I have excerpted the information and put it into a table format for ease of use:

July 24, 1831. Sunday

We descended the river and entered the St.John and descended that river to the mouth of the St. Francis.  Opposite the mouth of the St. Francis on the South bank of the St.John there is a small tract of land partially cleared.  Crops have been raised upon it, and there is also on it the walls of a timber house.  We landed on it and cooked our dinner.  We found growing on the land, weeds, raspberry bushes, Timothy, oats, oat-grass, worm-wood, nettles, parsnips, and potatoes all growing wild and promsicuously.

David and Reuben Essensa cut down about three lots in 1826. Joseph Wild claimed the lot in 1827. Cyrus Cannon cleared and took the first crop in 1828, and James McPherson took the crops in 1829 and 1830 and now claims it; but nothing has been done on the lot this year.

"Next lot -- Thomas Ketch felled two acres of trees in 1828, David Pollard planted potatoes on it last year, and it is now unoccupied"

"On the next lot some trees were cut four years ago by Franklin Hale, but he never cleared or planted it.

"Some way below Owen Fitgerald in 1829 cut down some trees but did not clear the land.

"Near this place and probably on the same lot Jesse Wheelock and Walter Powers began cutting in August 1830, built a log house where they lived last winter, and now have crops growing on the land.. . ."

I have formatted the text into table format. This table covers the South Bank of the St. John River, in what is today Aroostook County, Maine. For the North Bank, in what is today Madawaska County, New Brunswick, click here.


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South Bank of the St. John River, now Aroostook County, Maine
Name of owner or occupant Date bought or settled 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   - 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   - 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  100 rods front   occupies lot
Electus Oakes July 1827     born in Canaan; lot is opposite E. end of Churchill Island
Abraham Chamberlain fall 1828     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     Englishman
Joseph Wilds Aug. 1828     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 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 miles by land up the Fish River [today Fort Kent Mills]; lives in framed house, on lot with mill
Benoni Albert 1829     2 miles below mouth of Fish River
Hypolite Couffre 1 Jun 1824 100 rods front   born at Baie des Chaleurs
Sylvan D'Aigle 1819 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 Amount of land claimed Previous owners and dates of settlement or purchase in chronological order (recent to earliest) Remarks
Baptiste Boucher 1826 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     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   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     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 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        
Joseph Pelletier 1813 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 60 rods front   house, barn, large tract of land cleared;also possession on Fish R. bought from Nath'l Bartlett
Rafael Michaud 1827  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  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 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 60 rods front - Benjamin Boucher - 1814 from Canada; house, barn, 20 acres cleared
Germain Saussiers 1813 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 50 rods front - Paul Marquis paid $20; house, barn, 50 acres cleared
Chapel, Parish of St. Lucie
[now Frenchville]
  30 rods front - Benjamin Boucher (20 rods front) - 1823  
Benjamin Boucher 1823 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 20 rods front - Herbert Carron paid $60; house, barn, 12 acres cleared
Germain Michaud 1824 45 rods front - Paul Marquis from Canada; house, barn, 30 acres cleared
Elie Lagassé 1813 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 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
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-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 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 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 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