Purpose of this web page: The pages linked to below focus primarily, but not exclusively, on (1) working forward from the earliest land grants of the property shown on the Peters Plan and the Salem Towne, Jr., map and (2) working backward from the land ownership of Acadia National Park by the United States government to the Peters Plan and Salem Towne, Jr., map. Another focus is tracing the deeds to land of the island’s cemeteries. The ultimate goal of this page is to include all land on Mount Desert Island.

How this page is organized: The first portion of this (very long) web page reports in chronological order the early land grants that lead to the Salem Towne Jr. map (western side of MDI) and the Peters Plan (eastern side), and contains links to the supporting deeds recorded in the Hancock County Registry of Deeds (Ellsworth, Maine). Bracketed material (e.g., [1:426]) refers to the book (1 in this example) and page(s) (426 in this example) of documents in the Hancock County Registry of Deeds. The second portion begins with an image of the Peters Plan on which horizontal bands have been drawn, and parcels falling (more or less) within each band have been numbered from west to east. Below the map is a table with basic information about each parcel. When deeds for a parcel are located, a link will be provided that will take you to a web page about that parcel. The third portion of this web page contains an image of the Salem Towne map and a table, following the pattern of the Peters Plan.

How you can help: Please send scanned images or photocopies of deeds to info@vfthomas.com or mail them to “MDI Deeds” at the address at the top of this page.

A little work by each of us will save a lot of work for all of us.

pre-1761 through the time that the Indigenous people were killed or driven off the land by immigrants of primarily European origin
   “With indigenous people, property was held in common. The Indian knew nothing of landed estates, and aside from possessing articles for personal adornment or for providing for his defense or his livelihood he showed no acquisitive instinct.” (source: Starbird, Charles M. 1928. The Indians of the Androscoggin Valley, page 39.)
   However, there was something called the “Doctrine of Discovery” (also called the “Discovery Doctrine”), which was invented by European monarchies, that held that land outside Europe belonged to the European monarchy that “discovered” it. This was regardless of whether that land was inhabited by an Indigenous people. This, of course, led to conflicts between countries that made overlapping claims, most notably between England and France with respect to land in Maine in general and Mount Desert Island in particular.
   Because land was collectively shared (as referenced in the first paragraph above) by the indigenous inhabitants of what is now the towns of Bar Harbor, Cranberry Isles, Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, and Tremont, and because these indigenous inhabitants had no written language, deeds for land were nonexistent. So, the European concept of land ownership in what is today these towns can be traced back only to the time of a resolution of the French-English dispute and not to the original inhabitants.

1691
   April - grant by Louis XIV of France to “de la Motte Cadillacc” [referenced in 1:426]

1762
   February 27 - grant by General Court of Massachusetts, the legislative body of what is now the state of Massachusetts, to Governor Francis Bernard of one-half of Mount Desert Island

1768
   June 14 - “Unhappy” with Governor Francis Bernard’s strong support of Great Britain and particularly his support of the Stamp Act and his response to riots opposing the Act, American colonists met at the Old South Meeting House and appointed a committee of twenty-one to meet with Governor Bernard and protest his actions.

1768
   June 27 - As a result of unrest among the colonists, Governor Francis Bernard was granted his request to return to England, and he ultimately left on 1 August 1769.

1778–1779
   1778 September 23 - Governor Francis Bernard’s will, leaving Mount Desert Island to trustees for his son, John Bernard
   1779 April 30 - Act of State of Massachusetts Bay confiscated estates of “certain notorious conspirators against the government”
   1779 June 16 - Governor Francis Bernard died

1785
   June 23 - upon petition from John Bernard, the General Court of Massachusetts, noting that John Bernard’s conduct had been “meritorious”, restored to him ownership of Mount Desert Island.

1787
   June 29 - Commonwealth of Massachusetts “grant” to Monsieur DeGregoire of all of April 1691 grant [see above] on condition of naturalization of Monsieur and Madame DeGregoire [1:426]
   October 29 - permission for Bartholomy and Maria Theresa DeGregoire for naturalization of themselves and their three children (Pierre, Nicholas, and Maria) [2:199 (beginning near bottom of page)–200]
   November 2 - naturalization of Bartholomy and Maria Theresa DeGregoire [no mention of children] with Dr. Andre Carrente as their French translator [2:200 (beginning near bottom of page)]
   November 21 - petition by Bartholomy and Maria Theresa DeGregoire to the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for establishment of a boundary line separating what would be the DeGregoires’ land from that of the Commonwealth [1:427 (top third of page)]
   November 22–23 - petition of November 21 [see above] granted by the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (passed Nov. 22 by the Senate, Nov. 23 by the House of Representatives). Samuel Thompson Esq. named to work with the DeGregoires in establishing the boundaries [1:427 (middle third of page)]
   December - Supreme Judicial Court (in session adjourned from August 1787), responding to petition by the DeGregoires for division of their land from that of John Bernard, appointed James Sullivan to represent Bernard and appointed William Lithgow Jr., Nathaniel [Thuring or Thewing?], and Steven Jones to make the partition [part of 2:485 (beginning just above middle of page), 486, and 487]

1788
   June/July - DeGregoires’ report to Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts that William Lithgow Jr. and Nathaniel [Thuring or Thewing?] declined appointment and petition to the Court to appoint others and subsequent appointment by Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of James Sullivan of Boston to represent John Bernard’s interest and Steven Jones, Nathan Jones, and Thomas Richardson to partition the island [part of 2:485 (beginning just above middle of page), 486, and 487]

1789
   January 28 - outline of French grant [note: this is not the division of MDI between the DeGregoires and Bernard]; survey by John Peters based on instructions received from Nathan Jones Esq. and General Samuel Thompson [1:428 (bottom two-thirds of the page)]
   August 13 - response by Samuel Thompson to 22–23 November 1787 directive to Thompson [1:427 (beginning near bottom of page)–428 (top portion of page)]

1790
   November 28 - The DeGregoires were in debt to Perez Morton, of Boston, for 137 pounds, 6 shillings, and 8 pence. They were also in debt to Joseph De La Tombe, the consul of France, who was residing in Boston, for 65 pounds and 8 shillings, which he “kindly and benevolently advanced us in cash at our request to aid and assist us in our distresses and necessities.” To pay these debts, they mortgaged “two undivided fifth parts of our divided moiety of the island of Mount Desert ... and also one undivided moiety of all our rights, title, interest, and estate ... in and to all [our] lands on the mainland lying on each side of Jordan’s River”. The terms of the mortgage were that it was to be paid off on or before 28 November 1793 (i.e., a three-year mortgage) and that the amount due would be the two sums mentioned above plus “lawful interest”.
   On 1 August 1792 (and recorded in 1:516–517), Perez Morton released the mortgage, noting that the DeGregoires had paid him 182 pounds and 17 shillings, and had paid Joseph De La Tombe 60 pounds, “with which he is content”.

1794
   February - report by Stephen Jones, Nathan Jones, and Thomas Richardson of the division of Mount Desert Island between the DeGregoires and John Bernard; specifically:
      beginning above Mr. James Richardson’s, at a stake and stones at the head of the tide at the northern extremity of Mount Desert Sound;
      from thence running N 38° W to a stake and stones upon the edge of the bank of high water mark upon the northern side of said island;
      then easterly along by high water mark upon the northern side of said island;
      then easterly along by high water mark down to and around the east end of said island;
      then westerly by the shore to said Mount Desert Sound;
      then northerly by the shore up said sound to the first mentioned bounds;
      the whole of that part of said island to the westward of said sound and of said northerly line from the head of said sound to the northerly shore, to be the moiety or share of John Bernard Esq. [2:487 (beginning about one-fourth of the way down the page)]
      [It is likely that the above line was run earlier than this 1794 report. Nathan Jones and Thomas Richardson were sworn on 27 January 1789 to discharge their duty (no date for Stephen Jones), and the DeGregoires were selling parcels in March 1792. The dividing line described above has often been referred to as the “French Line”. Virginia Somes-Sanderson, on page 29 of her 1982 book The Living Past, said, “Mr. O. C. Nutting, a lumberman who died in 1972 at the age of ninety-eight, stated that when he was younger he knew exactly where the ‘French Line’ was laid and that markers could be found in the woods between Somesville and Indian Point.”]

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Peters Plan - The Peters Plan, or at least a common edition of the plan, has more than one lot with the same number or letter. For example, there are two lots numbered 81 and two lots designated as lot E. Also, some lots have no number or letter. To eliminate this confusion, each lot on the map below has been given a unique alphanumeric label.

Lot code from Peters Plan (above)	Lot size	Owner of Record per Peters Plan	Book:Page in Hancock County Registry of Deeds for earliest deed found	Notes on Peters Plan
A1			30:313–314
A2			30:313–314
A3	100 acres	John Thomas	6:257–258
A4	65 acres, 13 [square] rods by deed; 65 acres, 130 [square] rods by Peters Plan	John Thomas	6:258–259
A5	36 acres	Daniel Richardson	27:12–13
A6	100 acres	Benjamin Hadley	1:433–434
A7	54 acres, 65 [square] rods by deed; 54 acres, 25 [square] rods by Peters Plan	Nehemiah Higgins	12:361–362	deeded
B1	100 acres	Joseph Mayo	1:547–548
B2	150 acres, 128 [square] rods by land; 133 acres by plan	Nahum Cousins	66:270–271	No. 9; sold Nahum Cousins; deeded
B3	89 acres	Israel Mayo, Moses H. Mayo	151:91–92	No. 10; sold to Israel Mayo & Moses H. Mayo
B4	22 acres		183:371–372	22 acres marsh
B5	100 acres	Eleazar Higgins	1:430–431
B6	50 acres	DeGregoire	621:347–348
B7	150 acres	Nicholas Thomas	2:129–131
B8	118 acres	[N.?] Thomas	72:8–10	No. 11; sold to [N.?] Thomas, Esq.
B9	180 acres, 110 [square] rods	Nicholas Thomas Jr.	19:152	sold Nicholas Thomas Jr.; deeded
B10	30 acres	[?]. Thomas Jr.	41:421–422	sold [?]. Thomas Jr.; deeded
B11	60 acres	Thompson	1:371–372	Thomas Wasgatt Jr. to Thompson
B12	200 acres	Ezra Leland	2:418–419
B13	98 acres by land including marsh & meadow; 139 acres, 80 [square] rods by plan		41:123–124	No. 12; deeded Thomas & Emery; sold Hull & Salisbury
B14	200 acres	Ebenezer Leland	???:???
B15	100 acres	Joseph Hopkins	3:178–179
B16	100 acres	Ebenezer Salisbury
B17	75 acres, 106 [square] rods	Elkanah Young	1:445–446
B18	50 acres	Timothy Baron	2:134–135
B19	50 acres	Seth Doane	217:187–189
B20	75 acres, 30 [square] rods	Daniel Hamor
B21	66 acres, 108 [square] rods	George Gillies
B22	55 acres, 90 [square] rods	John Hamor
B23	33 acres, 94 [square] rods	Henry Knowles
B24	24 acres, 114 [square] rods	Elkanah Young	1:445–446
B25	39 acres, 28 [square] rods	Levi Higgins	1:451–452
C1	100 acres	Jesse Higgins	1:555
C2	100 acres	David Higgins	1:554
C3	107 acres	Gideon Mayo	66:434–435	No. 8; deeded; sold to Gideon Mayo
C4	110 acres by land; 103 to plan	Eben M. Hadley	85:2–3	No. 7; deed to Eben M. Hadley
C5	122 acres by land; 98 acres, 100 [square] rods by plan	Amos T. Hadley	85:3–4	deeded to Amos T. Hadley
C6	96 acres, 66 [square] rods	William B. Richards	143:529–530	No. 5; sold William B. Richards
C7	99 acres, 136 [square] rods	[Elliot Higgins or Alexander Higgins?]	78:257–258	No. 4; sold Elliot Higgins; deeded to Alexander Higgins
C8	96 acres	[Benjamin Thomas or Cornelius Thomas?]	98:495–496	No. 3; sold to Benjamin Thomas; deeded to Cornelius Thomas
C9	103 acres	[Ambrose Mayo or Solomon Higgins?]	93:73–74	No. 2; sold Ambrose Mayo; deeded Solomon Higgins
C10	40 acres		51:388–389	No. 1
C11	100 acres	N[...?] Richardson	66:353–354	No. 26; deeded
C12	100 acres	Daniel Richardson	66:354–356	No. 15; sold Daniel Richardson; deeded
C13	142 acres by land; of which 41 acres meadow & marsh	Joel Emery	61:248–249	No. 14; sold to Joel Emery
C14	23 acres		This parcel is part of B13.	marsh and meadow
C15		Joel Emery	61:114–115	No. 17; sold to Joel Emery
C16		Joel Emery	61:114–115	No. 16; sold to Joel Emery
C17		[Eben Salisbury Jr. or Hopkins & Higgins?]	65:196–197	No. 13; deeded to Hopkins & Higgins
C18	50 acres	Timothy Mason	2:134–135
C19	50 acres	Seth Doane	217:187–189
C20	28 acres	DeGregoire
C21	57 acres	Stephen Salisbury	1:449–450
C22	53 acres	William Mason	35:277–278
C23	67 acres	Henry Knowles
C24	61 acres	Levi Higgins	1:451–452
C25	112 acres	Gideon Liscomb		No. 27; sold Gideon Liscomb; deeded
C26	51 acres	John Davis [original deed was to John Hamor from DeGregoires]	1:437–438	John Davis farm
C27				the greatest part heath
C28	45 acres	Black and Smallidge
C29		DeGregoire
C30	34 acres	John Cousins	2:419–420
C31	100 acres	Elisha Cousins	1:446–448
C32		DeGregoire
C33	95 acres, 60 [square] rods	widow Mary Hamor	1:434–435
C34	69 acres, 140 [square] rods	Jonah Black
C35	88 acres, 31 [square] rods	Timothy Smallidge
C36	99 acres, 30 [square] rods	David Hamor	1:438–440
C37	99 acres, 30 [square] rods	Elkanah Remick	1:442–443
C38	100 acres	Abner Young		No. 18; sold Abner Young; [includes? 10 acres meadow]
C39	100 acres			No. 17; [includes? 10 acres (meadow?)]
C40	144 acres, 24 [square] rods			No. 16
D1	450 acres			town land
D2	100 acres	Prince Mayo		No. 25; sold to Prince Mayo
D3	100 acres	I. and W. Hamor	70:422–423	No. 23
D4	100 rods [sic]	James Mayo	61:420–422	No. 22; sold to James Mayo; includes part of heath
D5	100 acres	[David Higgins 2nd or David Higgins 3rd?]	70:312–313	No. 21; sold to David Higgins 3rd; deed to David Higgins 2nd; includes part of heath
D6	100 acres	Joel Mayo	77:218–219	No. 20; deeded; sold to Joel Mayo
D7	100 acres	Joel Emery	61:248–249	No. 19; sold to Joel Emery
D8	100 acres	Alan Young	61:115–116	No. 18; sold Alan Young; deeded
D9	108 acres, 120 [square] rods	John Haynes	61:248–249	No. E; sold to John Haynes; deeded
D10	284.5 acres	Joel Emery	61:117–118	No. D; deeded; sold Joel Emery
D11	100 acres	[Cornelius Thompson or Ebenezer?]	8:534
D12	101 acres, 40 [square] rods	[Smith Hopkins or Joel Emery?]		No. 41; sold to Smith Hopkins; deeded to Joel Emery
D13	119 acres, 128 [square] rods	[A. Leland or Joseph Stevens?]	44:292–293	No. 40; sold to A. Leland; deeded Joseph Stevens
D14	100 acres	William Peach	70:459–460	No. 39; deeded
D15	84 acres	Joel Emery	61:248–249	No. 28; sold Joel Emery
D16	100 acres	J.D. Jordan	155:470	No. 38; deeded to John G. Jordan
D17	100 acres	[Benjamin Bunker or John [G.?] Jordan?]		No. 37; sold Benjamin Bunker; deeded to John [G.?] Jordan
D18	100 acres	Edward Brewer	72:2–3	No. 36; sold Edward Brewer
D19	102 acres, 114 [square] rods	E. Brewer	72:2–3	No. 30; sold E. Brewer
D20	93 acres, 120 [square] rods	E. Brewer	72:2–3	No. 29; sold E. Brewer
D21	120 acres	Solomon Rider	1:452–454
D22	120 acres	Cornelius Thompson	2:116–117
D23	115 acres, 116 [square] rods	Joshua Hopkins	167:477–478	No. 31; sold Joshua Hopkins
D24	99 acres	Edward Brewer	72:2–3	No. 32; sold Edward Brewer
E1	100 acres	B.W. Kittredge	81:49–50	No. 24; sold B.W. Kittredge
E2	100 acres by land; [by plan 37 ...?]	B. Richardson		No. 105; sold B. Richardson; deeded
E3	102 acres	Dr. Kittredge	83:44–45	No. 104; deeded to Dr. Kittredge
E4	90 acres, as planned [includes? 15 acres, [?] [square] rods marsh]	Dr. Kittredge	85:109–110	No 103; sold to Dr. Kittredge; deeded
E5	96 acres, 60 [square] rods	[...] Somes	124:490–491	No. 102; deeded to Somes
E6	87 acres, 80 [square] rods		61:248–249	No. A; includes part of heath
E7	105 acres			No. 13; deed; includes part of heath
E8	87 acres, 80 [square] rods	Joel Emery	61:248–249	No. H; sold to Joel Emery
E9	105 acres	Joel Emery	61:248–249	No. G; sold to Joel Emery
E10	[108?] acres, 120 rods	Joel Emery	61:248–249	No. F; sold to Joel Emery
E11	[Joel Emery or J[...?] ?]		61:248–249	No. E
E12	100 acres	Joel Emery / Obadiah and Smith Hopkins	61:248–249	No. 42; sold to Obadiah and Smith Hopkins; sold Joel Emery
E13	100 acres	[B. Barker or John G. Jordan?]		No. 43; sold B. Barker; deeded to John G. Jordan
E14		[Samuel Hadley or John G. Jordan?]		No. 44; deeded John G. Jordan
E15	100 acres	Edward Brewer	72:2–3	No. 45; sold Edward Brewer
E16	95 acres	Edward Brewer	72:2–3	No. 46; sold Edward Brewer
E17	100 acres	Edward Brewer	72:2–3	No. 35; sold Edward Brewer
E18	98 acres, 82 [square] rods	Edward Brewer	72:2–3	No. 34; sold Edward Brewer
E19	99 acres	Edward Brewer	72:2–3	No. 47; sold Edward Brewer
E20	108 acres	Edward Brewer	72:2–3	No. 48; sold Edward Brewer; deeded
E21	75 acres	Edward Brewer	72:2–3	No. 33; sold to Edward Brewer
E22	240 acres	Ezra Young	2:136–137
E23	100 acres	Robert Young	1:389–390
E24	100 acres	Benjamin Stanwood	1:388–389
E25	51 acres, 65 [square] rods		16:204–205	Rodick’s [now Bar] Island
F1			124:490–491	deeded
F2	100 acres	James Richardson	3:293–294
F3	118 acres, 108 [square] rods	Somes	124:490–491	No. 101; deeded to Somes
F4	107 acres	I. and G.B. Some	124:490–491	No. 100; deeded to I. and G.B. Somes
F5	97 acres	I. and G.B. Somes	124:490–491	No. 99; deeded to I. and G.B. Somes
F6	102 acres, 70 [square] rods	I. and G.B. Somes	124:490–491	No. 98; deeded to I. and G.B. Somes
F7	67 acres, 66 [square] rods	I. and G.B. Somes	124:490–491	No. 97; deeded to I. and G.B. Somes
F8	102 acres, 30 [square] rods	I. and G.B. Somes	124:490–491	No. 96; deeded to I. and G.B. Somes
F9	700 acres	Jord. Emery	61:248–249	[Say?] 700 acres; sold Jord. Emery; deeded
F10	59 acres	Edward Brewer	72:2–3	No. 55; sold Edward Brewer
F11	107 acres, 40 [square] rods	Philip H. Hamor	88:358–359	No. 54; deeded to Philip H. Hamor
F12	108 acres, 10 [square] rods	Edward S. Brewer	72:2–3	No. 53
F13	99 acres, 132 [square] rods	Edward Brewer	58:488	No. 52; deeded to Edward Brewer
F14	63 acres	Edward Brewer	72:2–3	No. 51; deeded; sold Edward Brewer
F15	119 acres	Stephen Higgins	179:224–226	No. 50; sold to Stephen Higgins
F16	111 acres, 88 [square] rods		574:25–27	No. 49
F17	87 acres	Oliver Higgins	65:388–389	No. 56; deeded to Oliver Higgins
F18	100 acres	William Wasgatt	1:360–361
F19	100 acres	Thomas Wasgatt	1:368–369
F20	100 acres	Solomon Higgins	1:363–364
F21	100 acres	Humphrey Stanwood	1:376–377
F22	200 acres	Israel Higgins	2:555–556
F23	45 acres, 95 [square] rods	Daniel Rodick	20:244‒245
F24	140 acres	Thomas Wasgatt Jr.	1:371–372
F25	200 acres	John and Joseph Barker	1:543–544	[Thomas Wasgatt and Stephen Higgins purchased parcel from DeGregoires]
G1	47 acres, [80?] [square] rods	George Richardson		No. 95
G2	99 acres	I. and G.B. Somes	124:490–491	No. 94; deeded to I. and G.B. Somes
G3	99 acres	I. and G.B. Somes	124:490–491	No. 93; deeded to I. and G.B. Somes
G4	99 acres	I. and G.B. Somes	124:490–491	No. 92; deeded to I. and G.B. Somes
G5	96 acres, 40 [square] rods	[Jason Wasgatt or I. and G.B. Somes?]	124:490–491	No. 91; sold to Jason Wasgatt; deeded to I. and G.B. Somes
G6	94 acres	I. and G.B. Somes	124:490–491	No. 90; deeded to I. and G.B. Somes
G7	6144 acres	Gilmore and Brewer	81:211–213	deeded to Gilmore and Brewer
G8	60 acres		183:51–53	No. 57
G9	166 acres, 48 [square] rods	[James Beverly or Tobias Roberts?]	75:170–171	No. 58; deeded to Tobias Roberts
G10	100 acres	John Cousins	2:558–559
G11	175 acres, 116 [square] rods	Dean Higgins		No. 59; sold
H1	100 acres	[Oliver Higgins 4th or I. and G.B. Somes?]		No. 89; sold to Oliver Higgins 4th; deeded to I. and G.B. Somes
H2	116 acres, 70 [square] rods	Benjamin Richardson	169:57–59	No. 88; sold Benjamin Richardson
H3	117 acres, 92 [square] rods	John Brown	78:58–59	No. 87; deeded
H4		I. and G.B. Somes		deeded to I. and G.B. Somes
H5	96 acres, 144 [square] rods		174:100–102	No. 60
H6	99 acres, 72 [square] rods	Henry and Oliver Higgins	474:475–479	No. 61; sold
I1		Isaiah and G.B. Somes		deeded to Isaiah and G.B. Somes
I2	60 acres	Isaiah and G.B. Somes		No. 63; deeded to Isaiah and G.B. Somes
I3			124:490–491
I4		Isaiah and G.B. Somes
I5	100 acres	Isaiah and G.B. Somes		No. 72; deeded to Isaiah and G.B. Somes
I6	2960 acres	Benjamin and Enoch Spurling	69:49
I7	100 acres	William Lynam	510:486–487
I8	109 acres	B. Hodgdon	151:97–98	No. 62; sold B. Hodgdon
J1	65 acres, 40 [square] rods	Somes		No. 84; deeded to Somes
J2	23 acres	Davis Wasgatt Jr.	30:138–139	deeded
J3	70 acres	John Manchester Jr.	1:410–411
J4			77:559	No. 85; deeded
J5			143:476–477	No. 86
J6	75 acres	Timothy Smallidge	100:385–386	No. 84; deeded; sold
J7	90 acres, 96 [square] rods	Samuel Hadley	143:188–189	No. 83; sold
J8		Ed. Brewer	124:122–123	deeded to Ed. Brewer
J9	90 acres, 148 [square] rods		471:400–401	No. 63
K1	100 acres	Samuel Hadlock	1:412–413
K2	100 acres	John Manchester	1:448–449
K3	99 acres	William Stanley		No. 64
K4	100 acres	James Richardson Jr.	1:369–370
K5	81 acres, 76 [square] rods	William Stanley		No. 65
K6	93 acres	William Roberts Jr.	85:219–220	No. 66; sold William Roberts Jr.
K7	105 acres, 140 [square] rods	William Roberts Jr. and John Savage	85:163–164	No. 67; sold William Roberts Jr. and John Savage; deeded to William Roberts [Jr.?]
K8	100 acres	Isaiah and G.B. Somes	124:490–491	No. 71; deeded to Isaiah and G.B. Somes
K9	100 acres, 115 [square] rods	[Thomas Pung or Harriett Pung?]	70:515–516	No. 69; sold Thomas Pung; deeded to Harriett Pung
K10	89 acres, 60 [square] rods		176:425–426	No. 70
K11	95 acres	[George Roberts or Thomas Savage?]	92:314–315	No. 73; sold to George Roberts; deeded to Thomas Savage
K12	102 acres, 30 [square] rods	[John Savage Jr. or James Clement 2nd?]	95:398–399	No. 74; sold John Savage Jr; deeded James Clement 2nd
K13	102 acres, 68 [square] rods	Thomas Pierce	216:403–406	No. 75; sold Thomas Pierce
K14	83 acres, 26 [square] rods	John Pung		No. 76; sold to John Pung
K15	64 acres, 40 [square] rods	Southard	106:204–205	No. 77; sold to Southard; deeded
K16	101 acres, 140 rods	John Bracy	68:59–60	No. 78; deeded to John Bracy
K17		John Bracy	68:59–60	deeded to John Bracy
K18	99 acres, 160 rods	James Clement	66:315–316	No. 80; sold James Clement
K19	97 acres	James Clement	66:315–316	No. 81 [sic]; sold to James Clement
K20	65 acres, 36 [square] rods	Luther Parker	132:305	No. 81 [sic]
K21	50 acres, 132 [square] rods		625:510–511	No. 86
L1	77 acres, 46 [square] rods		1:423	Somes’ Island [now Greening Island]
L2	30 acres, 10 [square] rods	John Manchester Jr.	1:410–411
L3	100 acres	Stephen Sargent	1:440–441
L4	9 acres, 62 [square] rods		72:51–52	deeded

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Salem Towne map

Lot code from Salem Towne map (above)	Lot size	Owner of Record per Salem Towne map	Book:Page in Hancock County Registry of Deeds for earliest deed found	Notes
A1	56 acres		48:115–116	No. 70; Bar Harbor
A2	63 acres		33:103	No. 69; Bar Harbor
A3	58 acres			No. 62; Bar Harbor
A4	128 acres		56:484–483	No. 67; Bar Harbor
A5	100 acres			No. 64; Bar Harbor
A6	100 acres			Bar Harbor
B1				No. 70; Bar Harbor
B2		Reuben Freeman
B3	150 acres	John Smith
B4	300 acres
B5	227 acres		61:394	No. 71; Bar Harbor
B6	100 acres		30:327	No. 66; Bar Harbor
B7	96 acres	John Lear		No. 119; sold
B8	110 acres		48:201–202	No. 65; Bar Harbor
B9	110 acres			No. 63; Bar Harbor
B10	206 acres			No. 144; sold; Bar Harbor
B11	100 acres	Peter Page	11:458–459	No. 120; sold
B12
C1	part of 362 acres	Reuben Freeman
C2	200 acres	Reuben Freeman		No. 126
C3	370 acres		66:1	No. 111
C4	139 acres		39:500–501	No. 123
C5	125 acres			No. 62
C6				No. 121
C7	100 acres		32:80–81	No. 61
C8				No. 60
C9	200 acres	heirs of James Richardson
C10	100 acres			No. 59
C11	100 acres	Abraham Somes
D1	185 acres		33:308–309	No. 75
D2	part of 362 acres	George Freeman
D3	115 acres			No. 74
D4	102 acres	Ephraim Pray
D5	288 acres	Reuben Freeman		No. 127
D6	105 acres			No. 73
D7	60 acres	town land		No. 145
D8	138 acres			No. 110
D9	100 acres		66:329–330	No. 125
D10	100 acres			No. 143
D11	100 acres	John Gulley [sic]		No. 130; sold
D12	157 acres			No. 109
D13	196 acres	Samuel Reed
D14		Daniel Somes
E1	126 acres		31:32–33	No. 1
E2	67 acres	heirs of David Eaton	48:112–113
E3	100 acres	Reuben Noble
E4	70 acres			No. 2
E5	449 acres			No. 113
E6	106 acres			No. 129
E7	104 acres	George Freeman		No. 128; sold
E8	97 acres			No. 57
E9	57.5 acres			No. 56
E10	57.5 acres			No. 571/2
E11	100 acres			No. 56
E12	228 acres			No. 108
E13	100 acres	Daniel Somes		No. 121
E14	100 acres			No. 58
F1	128 acres			No. 9
F2	105 acres			No. 6
F3	102 acres			No. 5
F4	103 acres			No. 4
F5	70 acres			No. 3
F6
F7
F8	462 acres			No. 114
F9
F10
F11	100 acres			No. 54
F12	96 acres		54:564	No. 53
F13	120 acres	Davis Wasgatt	30:326–327
F14	170 acres		34:385–386	No. 107
F15				No. 147
G1	100 acres		36:209–210	No. 14
G2	103 acres			No. 13
G3	80 acres		60:568–569	No. 12
G4	146 acres			No. 11
G5	50 acres			No. 10
G6	100 acres			No. 7
G7	107 acres			No. 150
G8	100 acres			No. 149
G9	91 acres			No. 8
G10
G11	224 acres
G12
G13	130 acres
G14				No. 105
G15	153 acres			No. 52
H1	100 acres			No. 15
H2	102 acres	James Reed
H3	92 acres	George Butler
H4	140 acres			No. 16
H5	100 acres			No. 151
H6	120 acres			No. 17
H7	510 acres			No. 91
H8	200 acres	Jacob Somes		No. 133
H9	360 acres	town’s use		No. 146
H10
H11	77 acres			No. 49
H12	96 acres			No. 50
H13
H14	71 acres			No. 115
H15
I1	100 acres	William Heath
I2	95 acres	Ezra H. Dodge	42:495–496	No. 18
I3	121 acres			No. 138
I4	108 acres			No. 19
I5	100 acres			No. 88
I6	100 acres	James Flye	42:494–495	No. 137
I7	120 acres			No. 89
I8	90 acres			No. 87
I9	93 acres			No. 86
I10	170 acres			No. 90
I11	220 acres	James Flye		No. 136
I12	100 acres		31:531–532	No. 92
I13	100 acres	[Benjamin] Tyler Reed	28:212–213	unnumbered
I14	100 acres			No. 47
I15	110 acres	John Manchester		No. 135
I16	100 acres	William Gilley	53:195	unnumbered
I17	100 acres			No. 48
J1	150 acres	Ezra Dodge
J2	100 acres	Ezra H. Dodge	39:547–548	No. 139
J3	156 acres			No. 76
J4	163 acres			No. 77
J5	100 acres			No. 78
J6	132 acres			No. 79
J7	140 acres			No. 84
J8	100 acres			No. 85
J9	120 acres			No. 83
J10	212 acres			Nos. 30 and 31
J11	100 acres			No. 93
J12	100 acres			No. 94
J13	98 acres			No. 95
J14	100 acres			No. 46
J15	102 acres [on map]; 100 acres [in deed]	George Harmon	6:396
J16	270 acres	Ebenezer Eaton
K1	95 acres			No. 22
K2	58 acres			No. 20
K3	74 acres			No. 21
K4	200 acres			No. 23
K5	160 acres	Enoch Wentworth
K6	125 acres	William Nutter
K7	106 acres			No. 24
K8	72 acres			No. 81
K9	125 acres			No. 80
K10	162 acres			No. 151
K11	67 acres			No. 27
K12	92 acres			No. 142
K13	60 acres			No. 22
K14	68 acres			No. 29
K15	100 acres			No. 96
K16	92 acres			No. 97
K17	300 acres			No. 45
K18	33 acres	Langley and Moore
K19	100 acres			No. 44
K20	100 acres			No. 43
K21	100 acres
K22	100 acres	Peter Dolliver
K23	90 acres
K24	100 acres	Andrew Tucker
K25	100 acres	Samuel Bond
L1	112 acres			No. 25
L2	80 acres			No. 82
L3	142 acres	— Gott
L4	100 acres	— Richardson
L5	58 acres			No. 32
L6	100 acres	William Norwood
L7
L8	80 acres			No. 98
L9	100 acres	Enoch Richardson		No. 41; sold
L10	50 acres			No. 40
L11	140 acres			No. 99
L12		Richard Tucker
L13	10 acres			No. 41
L14	120 acres	John S. Grow
L15	167 acres	Longley, Moore, and Longley
L16	80 acres	William Grow
L17	63 acres
L18	100 acres	Joshua Ray
L19	100 acres	Benjamin Ward
L20	13 acres			No. 72
L21
L22
L23
L24
M1	100 acres	Merry heirs	1:417	unnumbered
M2	140 acres			No. 26
M3	8 acres	— Benson
M4	100 acres	— Norwood
M5	100 acres	Abraham Richardson	10:410–412	unnumbered
M6	100 acres	Thomas Richardson
M7	126 acres			No. 101
M8	48 acres			No. 33
M9	94 acres	Abraham Richardson		No. 143
M10	120 acres			No. 103
M11	167 acres			No. 102
M12	140 acres			No. 37
M13	80 acres			No. 38
M14	70 acres			No. 39
M15
M16
N1	100 acres	Peter Gott
N2	110 acres	Thomas Richardson
N3	19 acres			No. 116
N4	64 acres			No. 35
N5	52 acres			No. 34
N6	86 acres			No. 36
N7	198 acres			No. 103