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From "The Sea, Our Life-Blood A History of Wesleyville, Newfoundland"
by Rev. Naboth Winsor.
Permission to use graciously given by his widow,
Mrs. Mildred Winsor.

A list of some of the Land Grants obtained for Swain's Island and Wesleyville, 1860 - 1900 Please note the names given to the different parts of what is now Wesleyville
Name	Year	Location
Abbott, Richard	1880	Swain's Island.
Best and Sons, Charles	1876	Western Island of Swain's Island.
Biddlecombe, Robert; and Tiller, James	1871	Swain's Island.
Breaker, James	1877	North West Island of Swain's Island.
Hoyles, Joseph	1890	Swain's Island.
Mullett, John	1877	Western Swain's Island.
Andrews, Noah and Kenneth	1880	Mainland to the northwards of Swain's Island, and known as Lobster Cove.
Andrews, Edgar	1897	Woody Island, near Lobster Cove, Three Island Harbour.
Best, William and Edward	1886	West side of Bennett's Cove.
Bishop, James	1890	Bennett's Cove.
Carter, Benjamin	1885	Three Island Harbour.
Carter, John	1886	Mainland near Swain's Island.
Cross, Thomas	1886	Coal Harbour.
Gibbons, Thomas sr., Richard, John, Mark, and Thomas jr.	1886	Mainland North East of Swain's Island, part of Coal Harbour.
Hann, George, Peter and Charles	1881	Mainland opposite Swain's Island.
House, George	1897	Sleepy Cove near Wesleyville.
Roberts, Thomas sr., Eli, John, Abram, Samuel sr., Samuel jr., Thomas jr., Caleb	1884	Three Island Harbour, near Swain's Island
Sainsbury, Japheth	1864	East side of Sleepy Cove.
Standford, Abram	1898	Wesleyville.
Tiller, Stephen and George	1887	West side of Bennett's Cove.
Tiller, James	1887	Bennett's Cove.
Winsor, George	1864	Mainland opposite Swain's Island.
Winsor, Cornelius and Japheth	1887	Wesleyville near Bennett's Cove.
Wicks, Samuel sr., John, James, Charles, and Israel	1887	Bennett's Cove.

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The entries have been transcribed as they appear in the original works.
Over the years many of the names have become colloquial.

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Page transcribed by: Donna Randell
Page revised: Oct. 2002 (Terry Piercey)

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