Deeds of Mount Desert Island
Peters Plan - B7
a project of
V. F. Thomas Co. - P. O. Box 84 - Hulls Cove, Maine 04644
info@vfthomas.com
(updated 18 July 2025)
This shorefront parcel is bounded on the southwest by Northeast Creek and on the northeast by Frenchman Bay.
2:129–131
Date: 28 March 1792
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Bartholomy DeGregoire and Maria Theresa DeGregoire
Grantee: Nicholas Thomas
Description: 150 acres; shown on Peters Plan (but with no mention of acreage)
Beginning at a spruce tree at the shore, between the said Nicholas [Thomas] and John Thomas;
running first S 37° E 230 rods to a spruce tree;
then S 53° W 122 rods, to the northeast creek;
[then following the creek to the shore;]
then following the shore to the first mentioned bound.
Note: The boundary line information was copied incorrectly by the person who recorded the deed in the registry. Specifically, the person repeated the first direction and distance (but corrected above). Also, following the creek to the shore (i.e., the mouth of the creek) was omitted (but included above).
Grantors obtained this parcel via: grant from the General Court of Massachusetts
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 31:508–509 and ???:???
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31:508–509
Date: 11 February 1811
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Nicholas Thomas
Grantee: Abraham Thomas
Description: 121.5 acres, together with “a dweling house, barn, and all other buildings thereon, and likewise my right in the meeting house as it now stands”
Beginning at a spruce tree at the shore, the corner bound between the said Nicholas [Thomas’s] and John Thomas’s lots
running first S 37° E on John Thomas’s line to the county road, the bound between said lot and Nicholas Thomas Jr.;
then following said line a southerly course 34 rods to the southwest corner of said Nicholas Thomas Jr.’s lot;
then running on said Nicholas’s line S 28° E 65 rods;
then S 53° W to the northeast creek;
[then following the creek to the shore;]
then following the shore, leaving one square acre at the north end of the old mill dam;
then following the shore, again leaving 1.5 acres at the north end of the lower mill dam;
again following the shore to a certain pine tree marked N.T. 1811;
then N 71° E 32 rods to a pine tree marked A.T.;
then running N 23° W 51 rods to the shore;
then following the shore to the bound first mentioned.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 2:129–131
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 155–156, 66:160–161, and ???:???
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66:155–156
Date: 6 November 1838
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Abraham Thomas
Grantee: Isaac Hull Thomas
Description: Five parcels, four being an “undivided half”, and one an undivided quarter part.
Parcel 1, the whole containing 94 acres.
Beginnng at the shore on Comfort Thomas’s western line
then following said Comfort Thomas’s line southerly and easterly to the county road;
then following the county road westerly to the North East Creek;
Then following down said North East Creek and the shore northerly to the first bound.
Parcel 2 [to be entered]
Parcel 3 [to be entered]
Parcel 5 [to be entered]
Parcel 4 [to be entered]
Grantor obtained parcel 1 via 31:508–509
Grantee disposed of parcel 1 via 145:484
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66:160–161
Date: 7 November 1838
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Abraham Thomas
Grantee: Isaac Hull Thomas
Description: Four parcels, each one being an “undivided half”, and one a quarter part.
Parcel 1, the whole containing 94 acres. This one-half added to the one-half in 66:155–156 consolidates Isaac Hull Thomas’s ownership of this 94-acre parcel.
Beginnng at the shore on the Comfort Thomas’s western line
then following said Comfort Thomas’s line southerly and easterly to the county road;
then following the county road westerly to the Northeast Creek;
then following Northeast Creek and the shore northerly to the first bound.
Parcel 2 [to be entered]
Parcel 3 [to be entered]
Parcel 4 [to be entered]
Grantor obtained parcel 1 via 31:508–509
Grantee disposed of parcel 1 via 145:484
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145:484
Date: 12 December 1873
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Isaac H. Thomas
Grantee: Edward J. Hodgkins
Description: 100 acres, more or less, with the buildings thereon; This parcel seems to be the consolidated lot composed of the two undivided half interests that were conveyed in 66:155–156 and 66:160–161 from Abraham Thomas to Isaac Hull Thomas.
Beginning on the north side of the county road on Josiah B. Hadley’s eastern line;
then following said line notherly to the North East Creek;
then following said creek northerly and Frenchman’s Bay northerly and easterly to what was formerly Comfort Thomas’s western corner bound on the shore (now Uriah Goodridg’s);
then following said line southerly and easterly to the county road;
then on the county road southerly and westerly to the place of beginning.
Note: Meaning and intending to convey all of my old homestead lot on the north side of the county road except a lot or parcel of land 40 feet wide and 80 feet long for a cemetery where the cemetery now is with the privilege of a road or passage way from the county road to the said cemetery.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 66:155–156 and 66:160–161
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 159:363
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159:363
Date: 13 October 1877
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Edward J. Hodgkins
Grantee: James K. Garland
Description: 100 acres, more or less, excepting and reserving the cemetery lot 40 feet x 80 feet with a right of way to and from the same from the county road; also reserving a small lot on which the store of L. J. Thomas now stands.
Beginning on the north side of the county road on Josiah B. Hadley’s eastern line;
then following said line notherly to the North East Creek;
then following said creek northerly and Frenchman’s Bay northerly and easterly to what was formerly Comfort Thomas’s western corner bound on the shore (now Uriah Goodridg’s);
then following said line southerly and easterly to the county road;
then on the county road southerly and westerly to the place of beginning.
Note: Meaning and intending to convey all of my old homestead lot on the north side of the county road except a lot or parcel of land 40 feet wide and 80 feet long for a cemetery where the cemetery now is with the privilege of a road or passage way from the county road to the said cemetery.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 66:155–156 and 66:160–161
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 642:43
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642:43
Date: 26 June 1933
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Maria C. Garland (widow of James K. Garland)
Grantees: Lewis A. Garland and Amy M. Garland
Description: Two parcels: parcel 1 is the same as conveyed from Edward J. Hodgkins to James K. Garland; parcel 2 is the same as conveyed from Howard L. Cousins to James K. Garland
parcel 1:
Beginning on the north side of the county road on Josiah B. Hadley’s eastern line;
then following said line notherly to the North East Creek;
then following said creek northerly and Frenchman’s Bay northerly and easterly to what was formerly Comfort Thomas’s western corner bound on the shore (now Uriah Goodridg’s);
then following said line southerly and easterly to the county road;
then on the county road southerly and westerly to the place of beginning.
Excepting and reserving the cemetery lot 40 feet x 80 feet where it is now located, with a right of way to and from the same from the county road. Also reserving a small lot on which the store of L. J. Thomas now stands.
Parcel 2 [to be entered]
Grantor obtained parcel 1 via 159:363
Grantees disposed of parcel 1 via 1091:67
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1091:67–70
Date: 7 January 1970
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Amy M. Garland (a/k/a/ A. Magdalene Garland; widow of Lewis A. Garland)
Grantee: Meyer J. Garber
Description: same as parcel 1 in 642:43 (above) plus additional land
Beginning at an iron pin rien in the ground in the northwesterly side line of Maine State Highway No. 3, said pin being 265 feet distant in a southwesterly direction from a granite monument set in the ground in the northweterly side line of the said highway at station 165 plus 50 feet;
then N 28° 6' W but always following the westerly line of land now or formerly of Joseph Seronde and Dorothea Schelling Seronde and crossing Bay View Drve, so-called, 2792.8 feet to a granite marker set in the ground;
then continuing on the same course, to with N 28° 6' W but always following the westerlyline of said land now or formerly of Joseph Seronde and Dorothea Schelling Seronde 79 feet to the high water mark of Frenchman’s Bay;
then in a generally southwesterly, southerly, westerly, northwesterly, westerly, southerly, and southeasterly direction but always following the high water mark of said Frenchman’s Bay 5312.3 feet to an iron rod driven in the ground;
then N 45° 35' E but always following a barbed wire fence marking the northwesterly line of lands now or formerly of Joseph M. Moore, Gary R. Alley, and Frank W. Cummings 800 feet to a point;
then N 65° 00'; E but always following said barbed wire fence 95.3 feet to an iron rod driven in the ground at the base of a large white pine tree;
then S 36° 30' E but always following the northeasterly line of land now or formerly of Frank W. Cummings the major portion of which is marked by an old stone wall and barbed wire fence 568 feet to an iron rod driven in the ground in the northwesterly side line of said Maine State Highway No. 3, said iron rod marking the northwesterly corner of a parcel of land taken by the Maine State Highway Cmmission from Lewis A. Garland and Amy M. Garland in eminent domain proceedings, marked as parcel Number 1-1 of the map of aid Commission, file No. 5-90[?], daed November 1963
then in a generally northeasterly directionbut always following the northwesterly side line of said Maine State Highway No. 3 126 feet to a granite marker set in the ground
then ontinuing in a generally northeasterly direction but always following the northwesterly side line of said Maine State Highway No. 3 205.78 feet to a point;
then turning about 90° to the right and running 15 feet to a point;
then turning about 90° to the left and running 74.77 feet to a point;
then turning about 90° to the left and running 15 feet to a point;
then turning about 90° to the right and runnng 30.86 feet to a granite monument set in the ground in the northwesterly side line of said Maine State Highway No. 3;
then continuing on the same course but always following the northwesterly side line of said Maine State Highway No. 3 273 feet, more or less to the junction of the northwesterly side line of said Maine State Highway No. 3 and the westerly side line of said Bay View Drive;
then continuing on the same course but always following the northwesterly side line of said Maine State Highway No. 3 and crossing said Bay View Drive 170.34 feet to a point;
then turning about 90° to the left and running 25 feet to a point;
then turning about 90%#176; to the right and running 586 feet, more or less, to the iron pin driven in the ground that is the point of beginning.
Together with all right, title, and interest of the said Amy M. Garland in and to the shore and flats between the hgh water marke and the low water mark f said Frenchman’s Bay lying between the northeasterly boundary of the parcel of land hereinabove described as conveyed extended N 28° 6' W and the southwesterly boundary of said parcel extended S 45° 35' W.
Excepting and reserving, however, and not hereby conveying the Bay View Drive so-called 3 rods in width and a small cemetery located on the northeasterly side of said Bay View Drive.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 642:43 and ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 1119:401–403 and 1130:320–321
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1119:401–403
Date: 5 May 1971
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Meyer J. Garber
Grantee: C. T. Gay and Son, Inc.
Description: a portion of 1091:67–70
Beginning at a point on the northwessterly side ine of Maine State Highway No. 3 where said line intersects the centerline of Bay View Drive, so-called;
then N 43° 30' W 110 feet;
then N 20° 00' W 600 feet;
then N 21° 30' W 500 feet;
then N 1° 45' W 100 feet;
then N 16° 45'; E 200 feet;
then N 21° 00' E 100 feet;
then N 65° 45' E 321.6 feet to a point where the center line of said Bay View Drive, so-called, intersects the westerline of land now or formerly of Joseph Seronde and Dorothea Schelling Seronde;
then S 28° 6' E but always following the westerly line of said land now or formerly of Joseph Seronde and Dorothea Schelling Seronde 1593 feet, more or less, to the northweterly side lneof Maine State Highway No. 3;
then southwesterly by and along the northwesterly side line of Maine State Highway No. 3 586 feet;
then turning about 90° to the left and running by and along the side line of Maine State Highway No. 3 25 feet;
then turning about 90° to the right and running by and alog the northwesterly side line of said Maine State Highway No. 3 145 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
Excepting the following parcels:
1. The Bay View rive, so-called, approximately 3 rods in width.
2. The cemetery lot located on the northeasterly side of said Bay View Drive, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at an iron pin in the northeasterly side line of Bay View Drive, said point being 282 feet distant on a bearing N 30° 15' W from the intersection of the center line of said Bay View Drive and the northwesterly side line of Maine State Highway No. 3;
then N 33° 9' W 66 feet to an iron pin;
then N 57° 00' E 55 feet to an iron pin;
then S 33° 00' E 66 feet to an iron pin;
then S 57° W 55 feet to the point of beginning.
3. A parcel beginning at an iron pin driven in the ground in the northwesterly sideline of Maine State Highway No. 3, said pin being 265 feet distant in a southwesterly direction from a granite monument set in the ground in the northweterly sideline of the said highway at station 165 plus 50 feet;
then N 28° 6' W but always following the westerly line of land now or formerly of Joseph Seronde and Dorothea Schelling Seronde 623.11 feet;
then S 61° 54' W 141.7 feet;
then S 28° 6' E by and along a line parallel to the first above-described bound 672.32 feet, more or less, to the northwesterly sideline of Maine State Highway No. 3;
then northeasterly by and along the northwesterly sideline of said Maine State Highway No. 3 150 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 1091:67–70
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 1386:611–613
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1130:320–321
Date: 9 June 1971
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Meyer J. Garber
Grantee: Aurelia DiMassimo
Description: a portion of 1091:67–70
Beginning at an iron pin driven in the ground in the northwesterly sideline of Maine State Highway No. 3, said pin being 265 feet distant in a southwesterly direction from a granite monument set in the ground in the northweterly sideline of said highway at station 165 plus 50 feet;
then N 28° 6' W but always following the westerly line of land now or formerly of Joseph Seronde and Dorothea Schelling Seronde 623.11 feet;
then S 61° 54' W 141.7 feet;
then S 28° 6' E by and along a line parallel to the first above-described bound 672.32 feet, more or less, to the northwesterly sideline of Maine State Highway No. 3;
then northeasterly by and along the northwesterly sideline of said Maine State Highway No. 3 150 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 1091:67–70
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 1199:144–145
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1199:144–145
Date: 1 April 1974
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: Aurelia Dimassimo
Grantee: Natalie M. D. Cramp
Description: 2.12 acres; same parcel as 1130:320–321
Beginning at an iron pin driven in the ground in the northwesterly sideline of Maine State Highway No. 3, said pin being 265 feet distant in a southwesterly direction from a granite monument set in the ground in the northweterly sideline of said highway at station 165 plus 50 feet;
then N 28° 6' W but always following the westerly line of land now or formerly of Joseph Seronde and Dorothea Schelling Seronde 623.11 feet;
then S 61° 54' W 141.7 feet;
then S 28° 6' E by and along a line parallel to the first above-described bound 672.32 feet, more or less, to the northwesterly sideline of Maine State Highway No. 3;
then northeasterly by and along the northwesterly sideline of said Maine State Highway No. 3 150 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 1130:320–321
Grantee is current owner of this parcel.
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1386:611–613
Date: 8 September 1980
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantor: C. T. Gay and Son, Inc.
Grantees: Joseph A. Paluga and Paul E. Baker
Description: 21.728 acres of 1119:401–403
Beginning at a point on the northwessterly side line of Maine State Highway No. 3 where said line intersects the centerline of Bay View Drive;
then in a general northwesterly direction, but always following the northeasterly side line of the Bay View Drive, 240 feet, more or less, to an iron pin driven into the ground at a corner of the cemetery lot;
then N 55° 21' E but always following the most southerly line of the cemetery lot 52.5 feet to an iron pin driven into the ground;
then N 33° 37' W, but always following the northeasterly line of the cemetery lot, 65.7 feet to an iron pipe driven into the ground;
then S 56° 22' W, but always following a line of the cemetery lot, 53.5 feet to an iron pin driven into the ground on the northeasterly side line of Bay View Drive;
then in a general northwesterly and northeasterly directio, but always following the northeasterly and southerly side lines of Bay View Drive, 1952 feet, more or less, to an iron pipe driven into the ground at the northwesterly corner of land now or formerly owned by Joseph Seronde;
then S 28° 57' E, but always following the southwesterly side line of the said land now or formerly owned by Joseph seronde et al. 946.9 feet to an iron pipe driven into the ground at the most northerly corner of land now or formerly owned by Cramp;
then S 61° 3' W, but always following a side line of land now or formerly owned by Cramp, 141.7 feet to an iron pipe driven into the ground;
then S 28° 57' E, but always following the southwesterly side line of said land now or formerly owned by Cramp, 660.2 feet to an iron pipe driven into the ground on the northwesterly side line of the aforesaid State Highway;
then S 46° 20' W, but always following the northwesterly side line of the State Highway 440 feet to a point;
then in a general southeasterly direction, but always following a line of the State Highway 25 feet;
then S 46° 20' W, but always following the northwesterly side line of the State Highway, 126 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
Grantor obtained this parcel via 1119:401–403 and ???:???
Grantee disposed of this parcel via 1474:6–7
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1474:6–7
Date: 25 August 1983
Town: Bar Harbor
Grantors: Joseph A. Paluga and Paul E. Baker
Grantee: Joseph Seronde
Description: 21.728 acres of 1386:611–613
Beginning at a point on the northwessterly side line of Maine State Highway No. 3 where said line intersects with the centerline of the Bay View Drive;
then in a general northwesterly direction, but always following the northeasterly side line of the Bay View Drive, 240 feet, more or less, to an iron pin driven into the ground at a corner of the cemetery lot;
then N 55° 21' E but always following the most southerly line of the cemetery lot, 52.5 feet to an iron pin driven into the ground;
then N 33° 37' W, but always following the northeasterly line of the cemetery lot, 65.7 feet to an iron pipe driven into the ground;
then S 56° 22' W, but always following a line of the cemetery lot, 53.5 feet to an iron pin driven into the ground on the northeasterly side line of Bay View Drive;
then in a general northwesterly and northeasterly directio, but always following the northeasterly and southerly side lines of Bay View Drive, 1952 feet, more or less, to an iron pipe driven into the ground at the northwesterly corner of land now or formerly owned by Joseph Seronde;
then S 28° 57' E, but always following the southwesterly side line of the said land now or formerly owned by Joseph seronde et al. 946.9 feet to an iron pipe driven into the ground at the most northerly corner of land now or formerly owned by Cramp;
then S 61° 3' W, but always following a side line of land now or formerly owned by Cramp, 141.7 feet to an iron pipe driven into the ground;
then S 28° 57' E, but always following the southwesterly side line of said land now or formerly owned by Cramp, 660.2 feet to an iron pipe driven into the ground on the northwesterly side line of the aforesaid State Highway;
then S 46° 20' W, but always following the northwesterly side line of the State Highway 440 feet to a point;
then in a general southeasterly direction but always following a line of the State Highway 25 feet;
then S 46° 20' W, but always following the northwesterly side line of the State Highway, 126 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
Grantors obtained this parcel via 1386:611–613
Grantee disposed of this parcel [eventually and in connection with his wife, Adele H. Seronde] via 4094:172–177
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