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Abbott Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 8 page 377

May 10th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Somebody's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 9 of 9 in the series Deeds from other families

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to early residents of Wexford County, Michigan with the surname Abbott. Papa’s second great-grandmother was Mary Jane Abbott; I have undertaken a study of the early Abbott deeds to look for connections to her and her family. I know that her brother Erastmus D. [E.D.] Abbott was in Wexford County, but have not connected any others to her at this time.

Date: 3 Oct 1879
Liber: 8
Page: 377
Location: Wexford Co MI
Grantor: John Hague and Susan his wife
Grantee: Laura Abbott
Witnesses: Ezra Snell, Edwin M. Frisbey
Type of deed: Warranty
Rec’d and recording: 3 Oct 1879
Clerk/registrar: Manktelow
Location of land: Colfax, Wexford MI
Consideration: $800
Notes:
Description: NE1/4 of Section 22 T23N $10W

This is the same land that was sold by Abbott and his wife Laura to Hague on the deed I described yesterday. Both deeds were recorded on October 3, 1879, also. The only thing I can think of is that John Hague wanted the land transferred into his wife’s name exclusively.

Does anyone else out there have any ideas about this set of transactions?

I have surveyed the first two deed index books for transactions with the surname Abbott. When I return to the Wexford County courthouse I will continue through the index books.

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Abbott Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 4 page 139

May 9th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Somebody's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 8 of 9 in the series Deeds from other families

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to early residents of Wexford County, Michigan with the surname Abbott. Papa’s second great-grandmother was Mary Jane Abbott; I have undertaken a study of the early Abbott deeds to look for connections to her and her family. I know that her brother Erastmus D. [E.D.] Abbott was in Wexford County, but have not connected any others to her at this time.

Date: 3 Oct 1879
Liber: 4
Page: 139
Location: Wexford Co MI
Grantor: William Abbott and wife Laura Abbott of Wexford Co MI
Grantee: John R. Hague of the same place
Witnesses: Eliza Snell, Edwin M. Frisbey
Type of deed: Warranty
Rec’d and recording: 3 Oct 1879
Clerk/registrar: Manktelow
Location of land: Colfax, Wexford, MI
Consideration:
Notes: Land patented and recorded 22 Sept 1877
Description: NE1/4 Sec 22 T23N R10W

William Abbott did not hang around too long after he satisfied the terms of his land patent application and acquired this land. John Hague shows up on the old atlas as an owner in this section, on the south half of the southeast quarter.

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Abbott Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 6 page 430

May 8th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Somebody's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 7 of 9 in the series Deeds from other families

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to early residents of Wexford County, Michigan with the surname Abbott. Papa’s second great-grandmother was Mary Jane Abbott; I have undertaken a study of the early Abbott deeds to look for connections to her and her family. I know that her brother Erastmus D. [E.D.] Abbott was in Wexford County, but have not connected any others to her at this time.

Date: 15 June 1877
Liber: 6
Page: 430
Location: Washington DC
Grantor: US
Grantee: William D. Abbott
Witnesses: –
Type of deed: US Land Patent
Rec’d and recording: 22 Sept 1877
Clerk/registrar: C.T. Manktelow
Location of land: Colfax, Wexford, MI
Consideration: Application 4786 Certificate 2822
Notes:
Description: NE 1/4 Sect 22 T23N R10W

This deed was of interest to me as I sort out the men with the surname Abbott who were residents of Wexford County. Our ancestors did not live in a vacuum, and it is possible that some of these men had some relationship to Mary Jane Abbott, wife of George W. Burdick. This land is once again in Colfax Township, Wexford County, and close to where Papa’s ancestors lived. However, we do not know anything about William D. Abbott. The yellow outlined parcel, marked on a part of the old 1889 atlas1, is the one which is described under this deed. The blue outlined area surrounds the location where Papa’s Fenton and Fellows ancestors owned land. The green outline is from the “other” Burdick family, so far we have proven no relationship between our family and them. The red outline surrounds the land patented by John Abbott, another mystery Abbott in Wexford County. Perhaps John and William are related to each other, if not to members of our family.

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  1. E.L. Hayes & Co., Atlas of Wexford County, Michigan / compiled by Eli L. Hayes from government surveys, county and township records, and personal investigations and observations , Eli L. Hayes, (Chicago, Ill.: E.L. Hayes & Co., 1889), page 29; digital images, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928170.0001.001 : accessed 28 April 2010.

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Abbott Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 4 page 450

May 5th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 93 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to early residents of Wexford County, Michigan with the surname Abbott. Papa’s second great-grandmother was Mary Jane Abbott; I have undertaken a study of the early Abbott deeds to look for connections to her and her family. I know that her brother Erasmus D. [E.D.] Abbott was in Wexford County, but have not connected any others to her at this time.

Date: 21 Oct 1876
Liber: 4
Page: 450
Location: Wexford Co MI
Grantor: E.E. Abbott and Sarah Abbott his wife of Wexford Co MI
Grantee: Thomas Ferguson of the same place
Witnesses: Victoria R. Marr and Charles S. Marr
Type of deed: Warranty
Rec’d and recording: 23 Oct 1876
Clerk/registrar: Strutevant
Location of land: Colfax, Wexford, MI
Consideration: $600
Notes:
Description: W 12/ of the NW 1/4 Section 10 T23N R10W

This description is from the land patent certificate #1312, issued 20 August 1873, application #2795 on for land described as: W1/2 of the NW 1/4 Section 10 T23N R10W. I discussed both of E.D. Abbott’s Wexford County land patents here. It is outlined in red on this small portion of the Colfax Township map from the old Atlas1.

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  1. E.L. Hayes & Co., Atlas of Wexford County, Michigan / compiled by Eli L. Hayes from government surveys, county and township records, and personal investigations and observations , Eli L. Hayes, (Chicago, Ill.: E.L. Hayes & Co., 1889), page 29; digital images, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928170.0001.001 : accessed 28 April 2010.

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Abbott Land Records Wexford County, Michigan – Land Patents

May 3rd, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 92 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to early residents of Wexford County, Michigan with the surname Abbott. Papa’s second great-grandmother was Mary Jane Abbott; I have undertaken a study of the early Abbott deeds to look for connections to her and her family. I know that her brother Erasmus D. [E.D.] Abbott was in Wexford County, but have not connected any others to her at this time.

I am shifting gears for on post to the Bureau of Land Management Land Patent records. Although I have found many of the purchases from the U.S. government later recorded in the local records, the two documented purchases by Erasmus D. Abbott have escaped my scrutiny to far. Before I cover deeds under which he sells property he bought from the US, I want to show the locations of the grants.

I have found two at this time.

The first, certificate #1312, issued 20 August 1873, application #2795 on for land described as: W1/2 of the NW 1/4 Section 10 T23N R10W.

The other was certificate #1766, issued 1 November 1880, application 6162, for the #1/2 of the NE 1/4 Section 4, T23N R10W. Erasmus sold this land to his brother-in-law, Papa’s ancestor, George W. Burdick in 1874. I described this sale on at the beginning of my series. I do not understand the sequence of events regarding this piece of land. Erasmus D. Abbott appears to have sold it to Burdick before he actually held a title. It would be interesting to see the application, payment receipts and proof in the land patent file. However, since the price for the files is so high, I am not likely to order the fine any time soon. Perhaps Erasmus decided he owned the land as soon as he filed the application; then later realized he needed to file the final papers. Proof was required that the land was improved, and constantly occupied. Applicants typically noted the number of acres cleared, the permanent plantings made, the house and any other buildings. The also swore they had continuously occupied the land.

Here are the location of the two pieces, marked on a thumbnail I created from the old 1889 Atlas1. You can see George Burdick’s name on the land in section 4, marked in blue.

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  1. E.L. Hayes & Co., Atlas of Wexford County, Michigan / compiled by Eli L. Hayes from government surveys, county and township records, and personal investigations and observations , Eli L. Hayes, (Chicago, Ill.: E.L. Hayes & Co., 1889), page 29; digital images, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928170.0001.001 : accessed 28 April 2010.

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Abbott Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 4 page 98

May 2nd, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 91 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to early residents of Wexford County, Michigan with the surname Abbott. Papa’s second great-grandmother was Mary Jane Abbott; I have undertaken a study of the early Abbott deeds to look for connections to her and her family. I know that her brother Erastmus D. [E.D.] Abbott was in Wexford County, but have not connected any others to her at this time.

Date: 13 March 1878
Liber: 4
Page: 98
Location: Wexford Co MI
Grantor: E.D. Abbott & Wife
Grantee: Perry Hannah
Witnesses: Jennie Skinner, Leroy T. Chamssionis
Type of deed: Warranty
Rec’d and recording: 10 April 1878
Clerk/registrar: Perry Hannah
Location of land: Antioch, Wexford, MI
Consideration: $110
Notes: Erasmus was Susie Burdick’s uncle.
Description: Starting at a point 38 rods east and 22 rods south of the NW corner of Section 6 T23N R11W and running south 8 rods, west 4 rods, north 8 rods and east 4 rods to the start

This is the same piece of land described on the deed I analyzed (to death) yesterday. That deed was dated 6 April 1875 and recorded 7 April 1875, and this one was three years later. I do not know if the Anson and Eliza Hanna on the previous deed were connected to Perry Hannah on this deed, but it seems likely. Here is the location, marked on the old 1889 atlas1, in case you do not want to look back.

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  1. E.L. Hayes & Co., Atlas of Wexford County, Michigan / compiled by Eli L. Hayes from government surveys, county and township records, and personal investigations and observations , Eli L. Hayes, (Chicago, Ill.: E.L. Hayes & Co., 1889), page 37; digital images, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928170.0001.001 : accessed 28 April 2010.

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Abbott Land Records Wexford County Michigan Liber 4 page 197

May 1st, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 90 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to early residents of Wexford County, Michigan with the surname Abbott. Papa’s second great-grandmother was Mary Jane Abbott; I have undertaken a study of the early Abbott deeds to look for connections to her and her family. I know that her brother Erastmus D. [E.D.] Abbott was in Wexford County, but have not connected any others to her at this time.

 

Date: 6 April 1875
Liber: 4
Page: 197
Location: Wexford Co MI
Grantor: Anson D. Hanna and Eliza E. Hanna his wife of Wexford Co MI
Grantee: Erasmus Abbott
Witnesses: H.B. Sturtevant, J.N. Hanna
Type of deed: Warranty
Rec’d and recording: 7 April 1878
Clerk/registrar: Sturtavant
Location of land: Antioch, Wexford, MI
Consideration: $225
Notes: Erasmus D. Abbott was Susie Burdick’s uncle, and Papa’s second great granduncle
Description: Starting at a point 38 rods east and 22 rods south of the NW corner of Section 6 T23N R11W and running south 8 rods, west 4 rods, north 8 rods and east 4 rods to the start

This piece of property is in or near Sherman, an early settlement in, and the first seat of Wexford County. I do not understand why the deed was not recorded until 1878, and I do not know if Abbott actually lived on this land, or used it in any way. I did fiddle around waste spend quite a bit of time looking at the area on today’s standard maps of Wexford County. The area is currently divided into lots, but none exactly match the description given on this deed, even after converting rods to feet. The best I can say is that the lot is located south of 14 mile road and north of East Church Street, between Sherman Street on the west and Nelson Street on the east. The land may have been redivided in some way, since no description starts 8 rods (627 ft) east and 22 rods (363 ft) south of the section corner. A rod is 16.5 feet.

It is probably worth noting that this is a fractional section, where allowances were made for the earth’s curvature. Some other strange things seem to have been done with the survey, you can see that the forty on the edge of the section is actually 42.20, the the next two forts toward the east are 44 acres each. I would check out the edge of Hanover township that meets Antioch to see what the acreages there are, but I would get lost looking at fooling around studying the maps and spend another half hour hour doing something that really wouldn’t benefit my search for Abbotts in Wexford County. As illustrated on a portion of the old 1889 atlas1, the land is approximately where the red dot is.

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  1. E.L. Hayes & Co., Atlas of Wexford County, Michigan / compiled by Eli L. Hayes from government surveys, county and township records, and personal investigations and observations , Eli L. Hayes, (Chicago, Ill.: E.L. Hayes & Co., 1889), page 37; digital images, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928170.0001.001 : accessed 28 April 2010.

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Abbott Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 3 page 209

April 28th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Somebody's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 6 of 9 in the series Deeds from other families

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to early residents of Wexford County, Michigan with the surname Abbott. Papa’s second great-grandmother was Mary Jane Abbott; I have undertaken a study of the early Abbott deeds to look for connections to her and her family. I know that her brother Erastmus D. [E.D.] Abbott was in Wexford County, but have not connected any others to her at this time.

Date: 18 Oct 1875
Liber: 3
Page: 209
Location: Traverse City, MI
Grantor: The United States
Grantee: John R. Abbott
Witnesses: ——
Type of deed: US Land Grant
Rec’d and recording: 18 Oct 1875
Clerk/registrar: Perry Hannah
Location of land: Colfax, Wexford Co, MI
Consideration: $8 (second payment)
Notes:
Description: SE 1/4 of Sec 22 T23N R10W

This land is more in proximity to Papa’s Abbott and Burdick ancestors’ land. On this section of the old 1889 atlas1, the land purchased by John R. Abbott is marked in red. Papa’s Fenton and Fellows ancestors owned land within the blue outlined area, a little later on. Ross P. Fenton was the grandson of Mary Jane Abbott. The land owned by George Washington Burdick and wife Mary Jane Abbott was further north near the township line. The land marked “Geo Burdick” on this map was owned by the “other” Burdick family, with whom I have not found a connection.

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  1. E.L. Hayes & Co., Atlas of Wexford County, Michigan / compiled by Eli L. Hayes from government surveys, county and township records, and personal investigations and observations , Eli L. Hayes, (Chicago, Ill.: E.L. Hayes & Co., 1889), page 29; digital images, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928170.0001.001 : accessed 28 April 2010.

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Abbott Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 3 page 163

April 26th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Somebody's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 5 of 9 in the series Deeds from other families

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to early residents of Wexford County, Michigan with the surname Abbott. Papa’s second great-grandmother was Mary Jane Abbott; I have undertaken a study of the early Abbott deeds to look for connections to her and her family. I know that her brother Erastmus D. [E.D.] Abbott was in Wexford County, but have not connected any others to her at this time. On a recent trip to Wexford County, I was able to survey the earliest two deed index books for the county, which resulted in eight deeds with surname Abbott.

Date: 9 July 1875
Liber: 3
Page: 163
Location: Traverse City, MI
Grantor: United States
Grantee: Ezra Abbott
Witnesses: —–
Type of deed: US Land Grant
Rec’d and recording: 22 Jul 1875 9 a.m.
Clerk/registrar: Perry Hannah
Location of land: Clam Lake Twp., Wexford County, MI
Consideration: application 4318, receipt 2208
Notes:
Description: E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 and the W 1/2 of the SE 1/4 all in Section 36 T21N R9W

This land grant not near from the Manton area where Mary Jane Abbott and husband George W. Burdick resided, to illustrate. The townships in Wexford County, Michigan are arranged like this:
wex twp

Only time will tell if Ezra Abbott has any relationship to our family. Here is the location of the land purchased by Ezra Abbott in 1875, illustrated on a small portion of the old 1889 Wexford County Atlas1, located in the extreme southeastern portion of Wexford County. In 1889 both portions of the land were owned by one individual.

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  1. E.L. Hayes & Co., Atlas of Wexford County, Michigan / compiled by Eli L. Hayes from government surveys, county and township records, and personal investigations and observations , Eli L. Hayes, (Chicago, Ill.: E.L. Hayes & Co., 1889), page 15; digital images, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928170.0001.001 : accessed 2 November 2009.

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Fenton Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 11 page 237

January 12th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 38 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to Papa’s Fenton ancestors who resided in Wexford County, Michigan.

 

Date: 17 July 1875
Liber: 11
Page: 237
Location: Wexford County, Michigan
Grantor: Willis A. Gladding, of Cedar Creek, Wexford County, Michigan
Grantee: John P. Fenton and George Fenton of Cedar Creek township, county and state aforesaid
Witnesses: Ezra Hager, John Hager
Type of deed: Warranty
Rec’d and recording: 31 May 1881, 3 p.m.
Clerk/registrar: Thorp
Location of land: Wexford Co, MI
Consideration: $350
Notes: I missed recording the signer of this instrument, should be John and Susie.
Description: S 1/2 of NE 1/4 Sec 12 T23N R9W

John and George Fenton purchased this eighty in 1875, according to this deed, which was not recorded until 1881. The land is illustrated on this drawing from the old 1889 atlas1. Why the deed showing the purchase of the land was not recorded until 1881 is beyond me. Perhaps it was forgotten.

On the deed recorded in Liber 7 page 25, on 11 July 1877, which was executed on 9 July 1877, John P. Fenton and Susie Fenton sold the east forty of this eighty acres. That land is outlined in red on my map. On the deed recorded in Liber 7 page 26, on 11 July 1877, and executed on 1 July 1877, John P. and Susie sold the west forty of the eighty acres. Both pieces were sold to Samuel Carpenter, who owned only the east forty when the information for the 1889 atlas was gathered. Maybe the fact that the Fenton’s purchase was not recorded was discovered when Carpenter sold the land, perhaps to the 1889 owner, Sarah Abbott.

Somewhere, there should be a quit claim deed in favor of John Fenton from George Fenton for the 80 acres, since John could not legally sell it without such an instrument.

 

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  1. E.L. Hayes & Co., Atlas of Wexford County, Michigan / compiled by Eli L. Hayes from government surveys, county and township records, and personal investigations and observations , Eli L. Hayes, (Chicago, Ill.: E.L. Hayes & Co., 1889), page 19; digital images, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928170.0001.001 : accessed 2 November 2009.

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