Ashland
Also known as Dalton; No. 11 Range 5

The Aroostook River in Ashland at the junction of Rt. 227 & Rt. 11
Resources
List of Early Settlers
1854 Report of the
Commissioners
Ashland Links
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List of Early Settlers from Land Office Field Notes at Maine State
Archives
Maine State Archives: A21R19 5-5 Box 1
Township N. 11 5th Range
There were settled on this Township on or before the month of June 1838,
the following named persons who are desirous of purchasing their improvements
viz
John N. WINSLOW |
Geo. W. JONES |
Thomas NEALE |
Joseph WALKER |
Geo. CURRIER |
SOULE & 3 others |
Artemas COFFIN |
Daniel RUSSELL |
CLARK |
Ammi TRUE |
William DALTON |
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In July 1838,  William CUMMINGS
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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
State of Maine Archives:Land Office Records: Webster-Ashburton Treaty 1 Archival Box 1854
Record 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.]
In Township No.11, Range 5
Purchasers from the State, of lots improved before August 9, 1836, page 9
Section & No. |
Name |
Acres |
Remarks |
15 |
George W. Smith |
119 |
|
17 |
Josiah H. Blake |
144 |
|
19 |
John S. Gilman |
118,45 |
Conveyed to E.G. Dunn & J.S. Gilman, under
resolve of July 3, 1847. $60 were paid on the notes given for this lot
before said conveyance was made. |
44 |
Benjamin Howe |
65,13 |
|
55 |
Elbridge G. Dunn |
184,30 |
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pages 13,14,15 "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:"
Section & No. |
Name |
Acres |
Remarks |
1
2 |
William
Bigger
William
Bigger |
60,23
147,52 |
Provided he pays Isaac Hacker
the balance due on said lots. |
4 |
Artemas W. Coffin |
133,88 |
Subject to a mortgage to
William D. Parsons |
5 |
Rufus S. Coffin |
51,73 |
|
6 |
Artemas W. Coffin |
153,77 |
Subject to a mortgage to
William D. Parsons |
7 |
Joseph
Walker
Josiah
H. & Leonard H. Ellis |
26,50
26,50 |
North
half
South
half |
8 |
Rufus S. Coffin |
114,75 |
|
9 |
Luther Butler |
70,69 |
|
10 |
Joseph
Walker
Josiah
H. & Leonard H. Ellis |
64,36
64,36 |
North
half
South
half |
11 |
Septimus B. Bearce |
94,50 |
|
12 |
Luther Butler |
138,58 |
|
13 |
George W. Smith |
109,22 |
|
14 |
David G. Cook |
131,71 |
|
16 |
Jefferson Sinclair, Leonard
March & George K. Jewett |
134,40 |
|
18 |
Jabez Dorman |
113,75 |
|
20 |
Josiah H. Blake |
111,54 |
|
22 |
Rufus G. Kellock |
109 |
|
23 |
Rufus Stevens |
144,42 |
|
24 |
Rufus G. Kellock |
101,49 |
|
25 |
Rufus Stevens |
92,25 |
|
26 |
James
& Joel Boynton
Daniel
Fenderson
|
80,37
80,37
|
East
half--described in deed Robert McCam to said Boynton, Nov. 16 1848
West
half--described in bond Artemas W. Coffin to said Fenderson, Nov. 2,
1853, subject to the conditions mentioned in said bond. |
28 |
William P. Whitney |
116,77 |
Subject to a mortgage, William
H. McNally to Lucy Treat |
29 |
James
& Joel Boynton
Daniel
Fenderson
|
79,96
79,96
|
East
half--same as East half of 26.
West
half--same as West half of 26 |
30 |
Francis Guay |
159,22 |
|
31 |
Matthew White |
128,62 |
|
32 |
William Ellis |
135,28 |
|
34 |
Guilford
S. Bartlett
John
S. Gilman |
120,58
120,58 |
North
half--subject to a mortgage to William Ellis, Jr.
South
half |
35 |
Horace Bragdon |
178,08 |
|
37 |
Joshua Dunn |
157,50 |
|
39 |
George Hows |
155 |
|
40 |
William Brown |
194,92 |
|
41 |
George Hows |
149,73 |
|
42 |
William Brown |
153,13 |
|
45 |
Ebenezer Bolstridge |
113,56 |
|
49
50 |
Charles Stewart
Charles Stewart |
171,13
161,74 |
Subject to a mortgage to Isaac
Hacker. |
51 |
Calvin P. Bartlett |
178,91 |
|
52 |
Hiram Brackett |
219,59 |
|
53 |
Nancy & Francis Foster |
174,25 |
|
59 |
Benjamin Howe |
235 |
|
60 |
Benjamin Howe |
180 |
|
61
|
Daniel Fenderson
Thomas
W. Rafford
|
96
114,48 |
East
part
West
part |
62 |
Daniel Robinson |
268,84 |
|
66 |
Harrison Walker |
129 |
|
68 |
Alden B. Wright |
170,23 |
|
69 |
Dexter A. Hale |
162,57 |
|
72 |
Benjamin Hawes & Daniel B.
York |
205,67 |
|
74 |
Marcus R. Keep |
163,95 |
|
76 |
Edward F. Garland |
118,41 |
|
77 |
John B. Ouillette |
143,24 |
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p.15 Lots granted to encourage the erection of Mills, improved before Aug 9,
1842
Section & No. |
Name |
Acres |
Remarks |
21 |
Andrew Weaver |
222,32 |
|
56 |
Ira D. Fish & James A. Flint
Calvin
P. & Joshua Bartlett
|
30
100
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Described in deeds Jabez True to said Fish and Flint, in 1849
Described
in deed, E.G. Dunn and J.S. Gilman to Bartlett's, March 4, 1850, being a
part of the land described in said deed |
from page 17:
"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."
In Township No. 11, Range 5 page 22
Section & No. |
Name |
Acres |
Remarks |
70 |
William Gadner |
119,52 |
|
71 |
Hazen Walker |
133 |
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Township No. 12, Range 6 (Nashville Plt.) pages 22, 23
Section & No. |
Name |
Acres |
Remarks |
1 |
Charles McCormick |
168,54 |
|
2 |
Thomas Knowland |
79,93 |
|
3 |
Lewellyn Pratt |
103,60 |
|
4 |
Ebenezer McKenzie |
76,88 |
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In Township No. 13, Range 6 (Portage) page 23
Section & No. |
Name |
Acres |
Remarks |
1 |
Isaac Stephenson |
68,20 |
|
3 |
Nathaniel Blake |
126,44 |
|
4 |
Melser Drake |
117,61 |
Conveyed to Independence Doughty, Sept. 25, 1849, under
resolve of August 11, 1849. Mortaged to G. K. Jewett & Leonard I.
March |
6 |
Nathaniel Blake |
99,65 |
|
13 |
David Sylvester |
104,62 |
|
15 |
David Dow |
101,88 |
|
16 |
James Thompson |
101,66 |
|
17 |
Samuel Brown |
100,64 |
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