On June 1, 1792 John Curry was granted five islands in the Passamaquoddy Bay area.(1) Three of them - Hardwood Island, Hog Island, and Long Island - were located off the coast of Bocabec and Digdeguash. The other two were described as "the great Island lying in La tete passage" and "Curry's Island of a triangular form, lying in the Bay of Fundy." Curry had previously been granted a licence to the islands by the government of Nova Scotia. This is discussed in more detail on the Hardwood, Hog, & Long Islands page.Text of Grant
Thos Carleton [LS]NotesNEW-BRUNSWICK.
GEORGE THE THIRD by the Grace of GOD, of GREAT-BRITAIN, FRANCE, and IRELAND, KING, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, To all to whom these Presents shall come, GREETING:KNOW ye, that We, of our special Grace, certain Knowledge, and mere Motion, have given and Granted, and by these Presents, for Us, our Heirs and Successors, do give and grant unto John Curry Esquire his Heirs and Assigns several Islands and Tracts of land situate lying and being within the County of Charlotte, numbered and described as follows, number one, the great Island lying in La tete passage or entrance into Passamaquoddy Bay, number two Hardwood Island in the said Bay, lying about midway between Chamcook and Hog Islands _ number three Hog Island (including the small Island near its southern point and being on the East side of the same) lying in the said Bay, at or near the mouth or entrance of Digdiguash [sic] River, number four long Island lying in the mouth or entrance of the said River northeasterly from and near to Hog Island aforesaid _ number five Curry's Island of a triangular form, lying in the Bay of Fundy, and bearing by the true meridian from the white Horse Island North sixty degrees west distant about one mile and three quarters. The said Islands numbered from one to five inclusive containing together in the whole five hundred and eighty acres, more or less, being partly improved and partly wilderness land and bounded by the waters which surround the same according to the plan hereunto annexed which is a representation of the same and of the adjacent Islands and shores made under the directions of our Surveyor General of our said province
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To have and to hold the said five Islands and all and singular other the premises hereby granted unto the said John Curry his Heirs and Assigns forever _
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GIVEN under the Great Seal of our Province of New-Brunswick. WITNESS our trusty and well beloved Thomas Carleton Esquire our Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of our said province at Fredericton the first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety two and in the thirty second year of our Reign
By Command of His Excellency in Council
[Signature wasn't copied. Probably Jonn Odell]No 243 Exd
Registered the second day of June
in the year 1792
Jonn Odell [LS]
Regr
1. New Brunswick Crown Land Grants, Volume IV, Number 243. Dated June 1, 1792. Registered June 2, 1792.