Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Peters Plan - E24
a project of
V. F. Thomas Co. - P. O. Box 84 - Hulls Cove, Maine  04644
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(updated 21 January 2024)


1:388–389
   Date: 28 March 1792
   Town: Bar Harbor
   Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
   Grantee: Benjamin Stanwood
   Description: 100 acres
      Beginning at a stake and stones, the bounds between Robert Young and Benjamin Stanwood;
      from thence running first S 45° W 340 rods to a tree;
      then S 45° E 58 rods to a spruce tree;
      then N 45° E to the shore;
      then following the shore to the first mentioned bounds.
   Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
   Grantee disposed of this parcel via 38:512

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Benjamin Stanwood was the owner of record on the Peters Plan.

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38:512
   Date: 15 February 1819
   Town: Bar Harbor
   Grantor: Benjamin Stanwood
   Grantee: Amos Higgins
   Description: 100 acres
      Beginning at a stake and stones, the bounds between Robert Young and Benjamin Stanwood;
      from thence running first S 45° W 340 rods to a tree;
      then S 45° E 58 rods to a spruce tree;
      then N 45° E to the shore;
      then following the shore to the first mentioned bounds.
   Grantor obtained this parcel via: 1:388–389
   Grantee disposed of this parcel via 42:124–125

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42:124–125
   Date: 27 October 1821
   Town: Bar Harbor
   Grantor: Amos Higgins
   Grantee: Jeremiah Stevens
   Description: 100 acres
      Beginning at a stake and stones, the bounds between Robert Young and Benjamin Stanwood;
      from thence running first S 45° W 340 rods to a tree;
      then S 45° E 58 rods to a spruce tree;
      then N 45° E to the shore;
      then following the shore to the first-mentioned bounds.
   Grantor obtained this parcel via: 38:512
   Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???

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   missing deed(s)

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72:313
   Date: 24 May 1842
   Town: Bar Harbor
   Grantor: Abijah Higgins
   Grantee: Obadiah Higgins
   Description: 100 acres
      Beginning at a stake and stones, the bounds between Robert Young and Benjamin Stanwood;
      then running S 45° W 340 rods to a tree;
      then S 45° E 58 rods to a spruce tree;
      then N 45° E to the shore;
      then following the shore to the first-mentioned bounds.
   Grantor obtained this parcel via: ???:???
   Grantee disposed of this parcel via 105:503

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105:503
   Date: 11 October 1856
   Town: Bar Harbor
   Grantor: Obadiah Higgins
   Grantee: town of Eden
   Description: 100 acres
      Beginning at a stake and stones, the bounds between me [Obadiah Higgins] and Bethuel Salisbury;
      then running S 45° W 340 rods to a tree;
      then S 45° E 58 rods to a spruce tree;
      then N 45° E to the shore;
      then following the shore to the first-mentioned bound.
   Note: This sale of land was in consideration of “maintenance to be provided for Martha Higgins, my [Obadiah Higgins’s] sister, during her life”.
   Grantor obtained this parcel via: 72:313
   Grantee disposed of this parcel via 142:273

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142:273
   Date: 19 August 1872
   Town: Bar Harbor
   Grantor: town of Eden (by selectmen Cornelius Thomas, Stephen Higgins, and Alonzo Higgins)
   Grantee: John Woodbury
   Description: 100 acres
      Beginning at a stake and stones, the bounds between Obadiah Higgins and Bethuel Salisbury;
      then running S 45° W 340 rods to a tree;
      then S 45° E 58 rods to a spruce tree;
      then N 45° E to the shore;
      then following the shore to the first-mentioned bound.
   Grantor obtained this parcel via: 105:503
   Grantee disposed of this parcel via 142:274

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142:274
   Date: 19 August 1872
   Town: Bar Harbor
   Grantor: John Woodbury
   Grantee: Charles T. How
   Description: 100 acres
      Beginning at a stake and stones, the bound between this lot and the Bethuel Salisbury lot;
      then running S 45° W 340 rods to a tree;
      then S 45° E 58 rods to a spruce tree;
      then N 45° E to the shore;
      then following the shore to the first-mentioned bounds, with buildings thereon.
   Grantor obtained this parcel via: 142:273
   Grantee disposed of this parcel via 199:118–119 and ???:???

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199:118–119
   Date: 4 January 1885
   Town: Bar Harbor
   Grantor: Charles T. How
   Grantee: John J. Emery
   Description: 2-3/4 acres along east side of Eden Street
      Beginning on the northeast side of Eden Street at the south corner of Emma C. Cushman’s lot;
      then generally southerly but following said northeast side of Eden Street 200 feet;
      then N 49°l 45' E 675 feet to high-water mark on the shore of Frenchman Bay;
      then continuing said last-mentioned course (N 49° 45' E) to low-water mark on said bay;
      then generally northerly but following said line of low-water mark in its windings 212 feet, more or less, to the southeast line of said Cushman;
      then S 49° 45' W but following said last-mentioned line of said Cushman to high-water mark;
      then continuing said last-mentioned course (S 49° 45; W) and still following said southeast line of said Cushman 528 feet;
      then S 55° 40' W following the southeast line of said Cushman to the place of beginning 204 feet.
   Grantor obtained this parcel via: 142:274
   Grantee disposed of this parcel via ???:???

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