Fort Fairfield
Also known as Township D Ranges 1 & 2; Plymouth Grant;
Sarsfield Plantation; Maple Grove.

Aroostook River at Fort Fairfield
Resources
Settlers Survey 1836 Town of Plymouth Grant
Report of the Commissioners
Fort Fairfield Links
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ME 04742 207+472-3880, [email protected]
Frontier Heritage Society, c/o Ken Hensler, 11 Presque Isle
St., Fort Fairfield, ME 04742
Fort Fairfield Town Office, 121 Main St., Fort Fairfield,
ME 04742-1120 207+472-3800
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Maine State Archives, Misc. Land Office Records, Location:
A21R20:4-8 Box 3
Michl. RUSSELL |
--- AMSDEN |
Barnabas McLAUGHLIN |
Wm. LOVELY |
Job EVERETT |
Wm. BISHOP |
Martin MURRAY |
Fredk GUIGGY |
Nicholas DEE |
Jas GUIGGY |
James FITZHERBERT |
Bemer GUIGGY |
James ROGERS |
James CAMPBELL |
Saml. DAVENPORT |
John DORCY |
Wm. DAVENPORT |
John REDDEKER |
Anthony CAIN |
Benj: WEEKS |
Michl CAIN |
David BURCHELL |
Peter FOWLER |
Alec McDOUGAL |
Patk CONNOLLY |
Charles BUBAR |
Thomas SUTHERLAND |
Charles WATSON |
I do certify that the above are the names of the Settlers on the Plymouth
Township on the Restook river as enumerated to me by Mr. John Lovely (whose
deposition is hereunto annexed) and that I believe him to be a person whose
testimony may be relied
on.
(signed) Thomas E. Perley Woodstock N.B. 11 July 1836
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Report of the Commissioners Appointed Under Resolve of April 12, 1854 to
Locate grants and determine the extent of Possessory
Claims Under the Late Treaty with Great
Britain Augusta: Stevens & Blaine,
Printers to the State 1855
Location of Report at State of Maine Archives: Land
Office Records: Webster-Ashburton Treaty 1 Archival Box 1854Record
Group Location A21R20 4-9 Box Number 1
"We have heard the statements and proofs, and have surveyed land set off
by metes and bounds, to the persons whose names are here underwritten, the
following described lots having been possessed and improved by them or the
persons under them whom they claim, for more than six years before the date of
the treaty."
[The Webster-Ashburton Treaty, signed August 9, 1842, the purpose of which
was to settle the boundary lines between the United States and Great Britain, in
this case, Maine and New Brunswick.]
Township D, Range 1 p.5
Section & No. |
Name |
Acres |
Remarks |
No. 12 |
Almon S. Richards |
79,49 |
This is the "Fort
Lot," so called. The improvements made on this lot by the Government,
are worth $400, except 12,75 acres set off to John B. wing. |
Township D, Range 1, pages 7,8
Purchasers from the State, of lots improved before August 9, 1836.
Section & No. |
Name |
Acres |
Remarks |
1 |
Alonzo Fisher |
16,60 |
|
9 |
John B. Trafton |
122 |
Conveyed to John Rediker, April 18, 1850, under resolve of
August 9, 1849, $55,40 were paid on the notes given for this lot, before
said conveyance. |
11 |
Sarah Johnston |
102,65 |
|
Lots granted to encourage the erection of Mills, improved before August 9,
1836
Section & No. |
Name |
Acres |
Remarks |
6 |
Unknown |
63,67 |
|
7 |
Martin Murray |
80,17 |
|
8 |
A. & J. & A. & F.
Bishop |
35 |
|
13 |
Mary Ann Everett |
100 |
South-east corner reserved and
conveyed to D. F. & W. F. Leavett, Jan. 9, 1841 |
15 |
Henry W. Hyde |
86,69 |
|
16 |
Daniel Hopkins |
122,80 |
|
17 |
Job Everett |
139 |
|
19 |
Samuel Fitzherbert |
158 |
|
Township D Range 1, pages 10,11
"We have examined the claims of persons under said treaty, to lands
possessed and improved by them, or those under whom they claim, prior to the
date of the treaty but whose possession and improvement had not been commenced
six years previous thereto, which lands were purchased or contracted for before
the date of the treaty, and have set off to the persons whose names are here
underwritten, tne following described lots:"
Lots purchased or contracted for, and improved before August 9, 1842
Section & No. |
Name |
Acres |
Remarks |
4 |
Joseph Fisher |
140,25 |
|
38 |
Henry C. Currier |
163 |
|
43 |
Stephen B. Pattee |
49,20 |
|
49 |
Melville C. Hoyt |
99 |
|
55 |
Benjamin D. Eastman |
110 |
|
56 |
Benjamin D. Eastman |
72,11 |
|
62 |
Otis Eastman |
116,37 |
|
63 |
Addison
Powers
Otis
Eastman |
29,83
59,67 |
Except
a strip 50 rods wide on the west side.
Strip
50 rods wide on the west side. |
65 |
Otis Eastman |
113 |
|
66 |
Addison
Powers
Otis
Eastman |
23,16
46,34 |
Except
a strip 50 rods wide on the west side.
Strip
50 rods wide on the west side. |
69 |
Levi Hoyt |
154,10 |
|
70 |
Edward Johnson |
115 |
|
71 |
Edward Johnson |
154,50 |
|
72 |
Axel E. Rollis |
105 |
|
73
|
Enoch
W. Hoyt
John
Rediker |
132,50 |
South
part described in deed from Land Agent
North
part.
|
75 |
Reuben Harvey |
107,75 |
|
76 |
Jonathan T. True |
144,25 |
Upon condition he pays H.W. Hyde
$150 and interest from Jan. 1, 1854 |
77 |
Patrick McShea |
99 |
|
78 |
Amos Bishop |
96,38 |
|
79 |
William Johnston |
160 |
|
89 |
Frederick Bolstridge |
168 |
|
91 |
Enoch
W. Hoyt
John
Rediker |
153,50 |
South
part described in deed from Land Agent
North
Part |
98 |
James Johnson |
161 |
|
99 |
Bradford Cummings |
154 |
|
Lots granted to encourage the erection of Mills improved before August 9,
1842
Section & No. |
Name |
Acres |
Remarks |
10 |
Oliver Frost, or
Charles R. Paul |
177,63 |
Excepting 12 acres conveyed to
David Rose, April 14, 1854. The whole of said lot contains 189,63 acres. |
50 |
Stephen E. Phipps |
66,75 |
|
54 |
Stillman Gorden |
146 |
|
74 |
Stephen E. Phipps |
87,50 |
|
83 |
Henry
W. Hyde
Caroline
Campbell |
83,47
83,47 |
North
half.
South
half. |
108 |
Hiram Stevens |
153 |
|
Township D, Range 1 pages 17, 18
"We have examined the claims of persons who claim to be equitably
entitled to land under said treaty, by reason of possession and improvement, but
whose possession had not been commenced six years before the treaty, and have
determined the extent of their several claims.
Many of the settlers, on said lots, have purchased or contracted for the
same, since the date of the treaty, and have thereby acquired a title to their
land.
Several of these lots are located on townships the title to which is not in
the State. The proprietors of said townships are willing to release their title
to said lots for a reasonable compensation, or exchange the same for other lands
belonging to the State.
In the record hereunto annexed, we have omitted those lots set off by the
former Commissioners, under the resolves of 1844, upon the St. John River, which
were not improved prior to the date of the treaty."
Section & No. |
Name |
Acres |
Remarks |
18 |
John L. Turner |
120` |
|
46 |
John B. Trafton |
81,50 |
East half |
81 |
Wm. B. Trafton |
163,90 |
|
82 |
Elbridge
W. Waite
George
Martin |
76,25
76,25 |
North
half
South
half |
88 |
Miles
& William Dorsey
William
Dorsey |
80,25
80,25 |
North
half}Conveyed to Mary Dorsey, Jan. 8, 1849, under resolve of July 14, 1848
South
half} |
95 |
Edward
Dorsey
James
Gross |
80
80 |
North
half
South
half |
96 |
John
Argraves
Thomas
Riley |
80,75
80,75 |
North
half
South
half |
107 |
Hiram
Stevens |
163,50 |
|
116 |
Simeon
Hoyt |
157,25 |
|
117 |
Alphonzo
Rogers
William
Y. Merchant |
54,27
108,55 |
West
1/3 part described in deed J.S.Averill to said Rogers, Nov.30, 1847
Remainder
of said lot |
126 |
Jonathan Hopkinson |
156 |
|
129 |
Alphonso
Rogers
William
Y. Merchant |
52,74
105,59 |
West
1/3, same as No. 117
Remainder
of said lot |
In the Township Granted to the Town of Plymouth page 18
Section & No. |
Name |
Acres |
Remarks |
19 |
Samuel Sands |
46 |
|
20 |
Richard Jordan |
33 |
|
21 |
William Haley |
73,50 |
|
22 |
John Murphy |
67 |
|
23 |
William Upton |
125,95 |
Including Island No. 4 |
24 |
Patrick Finland |
121,50 |
|
45 |
Samuel Dean |
139 |
|
"We have examined the claims of persons, under
the Treaty, by reason of possession and improvements of lands lying within
the township granted to the town of Plymouth, and the tract granted to
General Eaton, and have surveyed and set off by metes and bounds, to the
persons whose names are here underwritten, the following described lots,
lying within the limits of said grants, having been possessed or improved
by said persons, or those under whom they claim, for more than six years
before the date of the treaty.
The title to said Lands can be procured, from the present owners of the
fee, for two dollars per acre."
In the Township Granted to the Town of Plymouth pages
30,31,32
No. |
Names |
Acres |
Value
of
Improve-
ments |
Names
of Occupants
Aug.
9, 1842 |
Remarks |
1 |
Thomas
Russell |
49,05 |
$400 |
Michael
Russell |
Inc.
Islands 1&2 |
2 |
John Russell |
83,80 |
600 |
B. McGlaughlin |
|
3 |
Job Everett |
52,32 |
275 |
J. Everett |
|
4 |
A.& J. & A.&
F. Bishop |
6 |
800 |
John Lovely |
|
5 |
John Lovely |
98 |
400 |
John Lovely |
|
6 |
Thomas Beaulieu |
74,50 |
700 |
Thomas Beaulieu |
|
7 |
Amos & Fred'k Bishop |
48,33 |
300 |
Libby & Fox |
|
8 |
Wm. & James Bishop |
127 |
600 |
Amos Bishop |
|
9 |
Amos Bishop |
80,50 |
300 |
William Bishop |
|
10 |
John Flannery |
50,40 |
175 |
Daniel Bishop |
Inc. lower 1/2 of Island No. 3 |
11 |
Patrick Flannery |
69,52 |
350 |
Daniel Bishop |
|
12 |
Julia
Ann Giberson,
Heirs
of Alfred Giberson |
100,80 |
200 |
Alfred
Giberson |
1/2
in common
1/2
in common |
13 |
Charles Hammond |
44,40 |
175 |
John Twaddle |
|
14 |
William White |
63,28 |
400 |
Same |
|
15 |
William Day |
82,65 |
400 |
William Day |
|
16 |
James Guigey |
188,80 |
600 |
James Guigey |
|
17 |
Daniel Turner |
115 |
500 |
Daniel Turner |
|
18 |
Isaac Smith |
58,25 |
500 |
Isaac Smith |
|
25 |
James Upton |
138,42 |
700 |
Anthony Keane |
|
26 |
John Sands &
Thomas Walton |
16 |
100 |
Michael Keane |
|
26 1/3 |
Samuel Wark |
21 |
|
Samuel Wark |
Part on Eaton |
26 2/3 |
James & Edward
Doyle |
38,60 |
|
Patrick Conley |
Part on Eaton.
Subject to a mortgage to said Conley |
27 |
Margaret Doyle |
126 |
500 |
Margaret Doyle |
|
28 |
Sarah
McGlaughlin
Heirs
of Dan'l McGlaughlin |
199 |
650 |
Daniel
McGlaughlin |
1/2
in com'on
1/2
in com'on |
29
|
Thomas
Givney
James
A. Drew |
136,40 |
300 |
Thomas
Givney |
West
half
East
half |
30 |
Edward Guigey |
250,80 |
800 |
Chaplin Nelson |
Subject to a
mortgage to Jos. Nelson |
31 |
Samuel Davenport |
109,20 |
400 |
Samuel Davenport |
|
32 |
Eliphalet Watson |
115,44 |
300 |
Justus Gray |
|
33 |
George Rogers |
140 |
500 |
J. & T. Rogers |
|
34 |
Atherton Clark |
99 |
100 |
Same |
Part on the Public
lot. |
35 |
Thomas Amsden |
38,40 |
400 |
Thomas Amsden |
do |
36 |
Alexander Guigey |
38,40 |
400 |
Samuel Farley |
do |
37 |
Samuel Farley |
32 |
275 |
Samuel Farley |
do |
38 |
William Ward |
63,51 |
275 |
William Ward |
do |
39 |
John L. Higgins |
89,50 |
300 |
John L. Higgins |
|
40 |
Joseph Barnes |
65,50 |
450 |
J. Davenport |
|
41 |
Sam'l & Jos.
Barnes |
54,75 |
300 |
Edward Guigey |
Inc. upper 1/2 of
Island No. 3, subject to a mortgage to John B. Trafton |
42 |
Patrick Flannery |
33,50 |
30 |
Edward Guigey |
|
43 |
Thomas Flannery |
86,30 |
550 |
Brinard Guigey |
|
44 |
George White |
192 |
700 |
T. Flannery &
J. White |
|
46 |
George Dean |
44,50 |
250 |
Francis Carron |
|
47 |
Joseph Fisher |
216 |
400 |
Joseph Fisher |
|
48 |
Martin Murray |
30,37 |
100 |
Martin Murray |
|
49 |
John Sterling |
96,80 |
575 |
Thomas Whitaker |
|
50 |
John McDonald |
84 |
375 |
Robert Whitaker |
|
51 |
Henry Hurd |
116 |
275 |
Henry Hurd |
|
52 |
William Lundy |
101 |
275 |
Martin Murray |
|
53 |
Michael McKinney |
118 |
400 |
Martin Murray |
|
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Fort
Fairfield Links
The 1850 Census of
Plymouth Grant http://www.upperstjohn.com/1850/plymouth.htm
The 1850 Census of
Letter D Range 1 http://www.upperstjohn.com/1850/TDR1.htm
St. Denis
Cemetery http://www.upperstjohn.com/aroostook/stdeniscem.htm
Maple Grove Cemetery (WEBB,
HOYT/HOIT) https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mearoost/maple.txt
USGS Maps: http://docs.unh.edu/towns/FortFairfieldMaineMapList.htm
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