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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Resources

Ashland Community Library, Exchange St., Ashland, ME 04732 207+ 435-6532  

William Dalton Historical Society, Exchange St., Ashland, ME 04732 207+ 435-6532

Ashland Town Office, 17 Bridgham St., Ashland, ME  04732   207+435-2311

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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 5^th 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

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

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

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	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

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

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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