The following information was received from the Maine State Archives on microfilmed records. The name of the film is "W.F.W. Owen 1774-1857 Register Book and Survey Book".
If a * is located in the last column in the chart below, additional information contained in that entry will be located below in another chart below. Look for the same file number as the indicated entry.
Over time there will be over 500 entries added to these pages. I am abbreviating some words to save time and typing... yrs=years, acres=acres of land. In some cases I have added comments in ( ) such as (no location given).
COMMENT | Page in Book | File # | Lease To | Location/Acres of Land | Length of Time | Dated | * |
Rent Book Page 30 | 22 | 1 | Cadwallader Curry | Welshpool | 7 yrs | 31 May 1836 | * |
22 | 2 | Soap Factory Lot | 1 yr | 1 Nov 1835 | * | ||
obsolete | 22 | 3 | John Milliken | Tan Yard Lot | 24 Nov 1835 | * | |
Never Executed or acted on | 22 | 4 | Henry Osinger | Holme's Head Farm | 7 yrs | 24 Feb 1836 | |
Abandoned | 22 | 5 | Hugh Cassidy | Mowry's Store | 7 June 1836 | * | |
Expired | 22 | 6 | Jas. Gray | Mowry's Store | 8 July 1836 | * | |
23 | 7 | Joseph Beman | Deed of sale of the house on Dunn's Beach occupied by him. | 8 July 1836 | * | ||
Rent Book Page 63 | 23 | 7 | (not given) | Lease of 2 acres and seventy one hundreth parts, of land, being Beman Field on the North Road after July 8 1836 (date of the lease) | 7 yrs | 8 July 1836 | |
Expired | 23 | 8 | John McDaniel | Lease upon shares of Saw Mill Harbour de Lute | 2 yrs | 2 Jan 1837 | |
Expired as to John Parker. Rent Book Page 105 | 23 | 9 | Edward Snell | Transfer of lease of Head Harbour Island from John Parker to Edward Snell, with continuation of same to said Ed. Snell for 7 yrs after 1 May 1838; dated 8 May 1837 | 7 yrs | 8 May 1838 | |
Rent Book Page 84 | 23 | 10 | James Harvey | Hughland, alisas Mowry's House on the Narrows | 6 months | 17 May 1837 | * |
Expired New Lease #21 | 23 | 11 | Young & Moore | Lease of weir privilege in Union Cove, Narrows | 1 yr | 14 June 1837 | |
Rent Book Page 102 | 23 | 12 | Ramsdell & Serles | Lease of Casco Bay Island | 3 yrs | 1 July 1837 | |
Expired | 24 | 13 | S.L. Hovey | Lease to S.L. Hovey of Lubec; of McLean's store and wharf on Ship Cove | 1 yr | 17 July 1837 | |
Expired | 24 | 14 | John & Wm Trecarten & Thos Wade | Lease from 20 July 1837 to 1 May 1838 of Sandy, Spruce and White Islands; to John and William Trecarten and Thos. Wade | 10 months | 20 July 1837 | |
Rent Book Page 28 | 24 | 15 | Daniel Mitchell | M&M Agreement, yearly tenure of a pendile on Port Owen on H. de Lute | yearly | 29 July 1837 | |
Obsolete | 24 | 16 | Wm & Benjamin Robinson | Contract to repair the Mill = dam on Harbor de Lute | 18 Oct 1837 | ||
Rent Book Page 95 | 24 | 17 | John Hannaberry | Agreement of lease during pleasure of Pendicle on Head Harbour | 25 Oct 1837 | ||
Transferred by Consent to Arch Mitchell. See Page 30 No. 53 | 24 | 18 | Hubbard Mitchell | See below | 28 Oct 1837 | * | |
Rent Book Page 93 | 24 | 19 | Jesse Serle | Agreement during pleasure to Jesse Serle, North Cove, Head Harbour | 6 Nov 1837 | ||
25 | 20 | William Lank | Deed of Sale of 2 acres of land in McLellan's Field on Friar Bay | 22 Dec 1837 | |||
Rent Book Page 112 | 25 | 21 | Edwin Young & Thomas Moore | Lease of weir Privilege upon Union Cove on the Narrows | 5 yrs | 29 Dec 1837 | |
Rent Book Page 87 | 25 | 22 | Wm Power & Johnston Magee | Lease of Pendicle & weir privilege Cranberry Point from 1 Jan 1838; dated 6 Feb 1837 | 7 yrs | 1 Jan 1838 | |
Expired and Re-let by lease No. 77 Rent Book page 106 | 25 | 23 | B.R. Fitzgerald, Young | Lease of weir privilege on Harbor de Lute from 1 April 1838, dated 19 Jan 1838 | 2 yrs | 19 Jan 1838 | |
Rent Book Page 73 | 25 | 24 | John Gregg | Lease of Tyn-n-coed Farm from 1 May 1838; with Sundry obligations on a/c stock and buildings | 10 yrs | 24 Jan 1838 | |
Rent Book Page 36 | 25 | 25 | John Holmes | Lease of Holmes Farm, Holmes Brook (??) | 1 yr | 15 Mar 1838 | |
See Page 29 no. 49 | 25 | 26 | J. Batson | Lease for 1 season to 1 March 1840 weir privilege, Friar's Bay | 1 season | 18 Mar 1839 | * |
Expired and re-let by lease. No. 46 | 26 | 26 | Hugh Doyal | Lease of a weir privilege upon the Long Ledge, off the Upper Duck Ponds | 1 yr | 21 Mar 1838 | |
Expired and re-let by lease. No. 47 | 26 | 27 | Abner Hallett | Lease of a weir privilege upon the Western End of the Long Ledge | 1 yr | 30 Mar 1838 | |
Renewed by Lease No. 45 | 26 | 28 | Robert Bogat | Lease of a weir privilege in Deep Cove on the Narrows | 1 yr | 2 Apr 1838 | |
Expired and Abandoned. Rent Book 32 | 26 | 29 | Robert Calder Jr | Lease of Lyon's Farm, 1 yr ending 1 May 1839 | 1 yr | 5 Apr 1838 | |
Rent Book Page 69 | 26 | 30 | Ann & Alfred Todd | See below | 10 yrs | 6 Apr 1838 | |
Rent Book Page 20 | 26 | 31 | William Gilligan | Lease of Bunkerhill Farm from 1 May 1838 for 7 yrs | 7 yrs | 3 May 1838 | |
Rent Book Page 127 | 27 | 32 | William Mabee | Lease of the unoccupied lot in Welshpool next east of Maybee's Lot from 1 May 1838 | 1 yr | 5 May 1838 | |
Expired | 27 | 33 | Charles Mulholland | Agreement for Huntshill Farm from the date to the 1 Nov 1838 | 7 months | 16 May 1838 | |
Expired | 27 | 34 | Price Flagg | Agreement for Flagg's field from the date to the 1 Dec 1838 | 7 months | 8 June 1838 | |
Expired | 27 | 35 | Price Flagg | Agreement for Friar's bay weir privilegs on certain shares for season | 1 season | 21 June 1838 | |
Expired & renewed by lease. No 48 | 27 | 36 | Stephen Rumery & Joseph Huckins | Lease from date to 31 March 1839 of the weir privilege on the Middle Bar off the Eastern Channell on the Narrows. | 8 months | 2 July 1838 | |
Expired and re-let by lease. No. 60 | 27 | 37 | S. Nickerson, D. Thornton, R. Dimmock | Lease from date to 1 March 1839 of the weir privilege on the Southern End of Herring Cove to S. Nickerson, Daniel Thornton & Co., and Robert Dimmock | 8 months | 9 July 1838 | |
Abandoned with leave | 27 | 38 | (no name given) | Horse Shoe Shoal weir privilege let 7 Aug; abandoned by consent 12th | |||
Rent Book Page 60 | 28 | 39 | Jas. Manning Parker | Lease of a Pendicle on Church Hill, renewable | 7 yrs | 14 Sept 1838 | |
Rent Book Page 62 | 28 | 40 | Nehemiah Mitchell & Benjamin Parker, jointly | Lease of a Pendicle on Church Hill, renewable | 7 yrs | 14 Sept 1838 | |
Rent Book Page 94 | 28 | 41 | Nathaniel and Nathan Serles | Agreement to allow them occupation of two seperate Pendicles on the Eastern Shore of Head Harbour during pleasure | not given | 20 Sept 1838 | |
Rent Book Page 93 | 28 | 42 | John Fitzgerald | Agreement to allow him occupation of a Pendicle on North Cove of Head harbour during pleasure | not given | 1 Oct 1838 | |
Rent Book Page 104 | 28 | 43 | George & Nathaniel McDaniels | Indenture of lease of Sandy, Spruce and White Islands from 1 Dec 1838 | 10 yrs | 21 Nov 1838 | |
Rent Book Page 88 | 28 | 44 | John McCourt | Lease of a Pendicle on South Side of Cranberry Point from 1 Nov 1838 | 1 yr | 29 Nov 1838 | |
Rent Book Page 113 Renewed to 1 March 1841 | 29 | 45 | Robert Bogat of Lubec | Lease of weir privilege in Deep Cove on the Narrows of Campobello from 2 April 1839 to 1 March 1840 | 11 months | 6 Dec 1838 | |
Rent Book Page 117 Renewed to 1 March 1841 | 29 | 46 | Hugh Doyal | Lease of weir privilege upon the Eastern End of the Long Ledge, last in the possession of Hugh Doyal; from 21 March 1839 until 1 March 1840 dated 6 Dec 1838 to D.H. Stevens of Lubec | 11 months | 6 Dec 1838 | |
Rent Book Page 116 Renewed to 1 March 1842 | 29 | 47 | Abner Hallett | Lease of weir privilege on the western end or Gap of the Long Ledge last in the occupation of Abner Hallett from 13 March 1839 to 1 March 1840 to W. Godfrey, D Godfrey, & S. Marston of Lubec. | 11 months | 12 Dec 1838 | |
Rent Book Page 115 Renewed to 1 March 1841 | 29 | 48 | Stephen & Thomas Rumery of Lubec | Lease of a weir privilege no the Middle Bar off the Eastern Channell in the Narrows of Campobello from 31 March 1839 to 1 March 1840 | 1 yr | 14 Dec 1838 | |
Rent Book Page 108 Renewed to 1 March 1841 | 29 | 49 | John Batson | Lease of a weir privilege upon middle of Friars Bay to 1 March 1840 | 1 yr | 18 Mar 1839 | |
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Page in Book | File # | Lease To... | Additional Comments | Dated |
22 | 1 | Cadwallader Curry | Continuation of Renewable Lease by D. Owen Esq to Cadwallader Curry of Curry's Stores and wharf in Welshpool; for a farther period of 7 yrs from the 1st May 1836; containing clause excluding covenant to renew dated 31 May 1836 by W.F.W. Owen | 31 May 1836 |
22 | 2 | Lease of part of Soap Factory Lot, (being part of C.Curry estate), by the d.d ministrations, to W.F.W. Owen for one year from the 1st Nov. 1835 | 1 Nov 1835 | |
22 | 3 | John Milliken | Renunciation by John Milliken of all claim upon Tan Yard Lot; dated 24 Nov 1835 | 24 Nov 1835 |
22 | 5 | Hugh Cassidy | Agreement of occupation of Mowry's store by Hugh Cassidy at $200 per annum, or 3/4ths of store and wharf. Dated 7 June 1836 | 7 June 1836 |
22 | 6 | Jas. Gray | Agreement between Capt. Owen and Jas. Gray, for storage rates at Mowry's Store | 8 July 1836 |
23 | 7 | Note there are 2 entries in the book with the number "7" | ||
23 | 10 | James Harvey | Lease at 6 months notice to quit, of Hughland, alias Mowry's House on the Narrows, to James Harvey | 17 May 1837 |
24 | 18 | Confirmation and transfer of Pendicle and improvements there on at Rubble (made by JM Parker;) to Hubbard Mitchel, with bond of Hubbard and Joseph Mitchell for the price of the same to W.F.W. Owen | 28 Oct 1837 | |
25 | 26 | This entry was written and then crossed out for some reason... reason not given | ||
26 | 30 | Ann & Alfred Todd | Conditional relinquishment of lease of lives, by Ann Todd, of her and her sons interest in the farm of Maple Hill; and agreement by W.F.W. Owen to demise (?) to her for her own and son Alfred Todd's life, 10 acres of the same. | 6 Apr 1838 |
Book 2 Numbers 50-99 (Coming Soon)