Surry  

Villages, Locations and Settlements

Early Names

• East Surry
• West Surry
• South Surry

A Survey of Hancock County, Maine By Samuel Wasson 1876:

Surry.— Incorporated (14-147 town) June 21, 1803. Population, 1,242. Decennary loss, 77. Wealth, per capita,$172. State valuation, $209,137. U. S. valuation, $271,157. Named by the Jarvis proprietors, for Surrey, England. This was Township No. 6, in the grant to Marsh. First occupied by French at Newbury Neck. The first English settlers were Symonds, Weymouth, and James Flye. Symouds "squat" upon the farm now owned by Samuel Wasson, and Weymouth upon the Point which bears his name, a part of the old Joy farm, now in possession of G. W. Hutchings. The next settlers were John Patten, Hopkinson, and Andrew Flood, Wilbraham Swett, Matthey Ray, Samuel Joy, Isaac Lord, Hezekiah Coggins, and Leonard Jarvis. Mr. Jarvis was a Representative in Congress from 1831 to 1837. While in Congress, he proposed to vindicate his honor, by fighting a duel with F. O. J. Smith.

Up to the year 1820, about 13,000 acres had been alienated, and were held under grants to settlers and " quiet possession" titles. The quantity of land remaining, was purchased by the Jarvis'. In 1840, "the Jarvis farm" was the best cultivated and the most productive farm in the county. Dry rot is its only product now. In 1800, Surry included that portion of Ellsworth known as ward 5. In 1829, it was re-annexed to Ellsworth. In this matter, the agent for Surry has been charged with consummate perfidy. In 1790, it had a population of 239. In 1874, a small quantity of silver coin was found at Weymouth Point.

Union soldiers, 135; State aid, $2,912; town bounty, $22,948 ; cost per recruit, $191.