Timber Island Web Site

[Tynee Mahal]

Are you curious to know about Timber Island? Do you have a story about Timber Island that you would like to share? A new web site dedicated to Timber Island has recently been posted.

Please visit: www.timberisland.org

This fledgling web site needs your input. Please send questions, comments, edits, suggestions to steward@timberisland.org


Thanks!
Timber Island Family

[Rattlesnake Gal]

Hello Timber Island Family, welcome to the forum!

Timber Island transactions got very confusing. I attempted to collect the dates and names for a friend.

Get into the old index books at www.nhdeeds.com
(Belknap County of course, but you already knew that.)
On the Belknap County Index Search Page, search the following books and index pages using the top document search option. .
It seems to not matter whether you are in Grantor or Grantee and the year doesn’t seem to matter either.
If a document is too light to read, zoom in and it will darken up.

Hopefully the following information will help fill in some of the blanks for you.

Book 27 page 247:
John P. Smith sells 110 acres to John p. Smith Junior - June 3, 1856 (Note - not the whole island.)

Book 80 page 464:
Alfred Roberts sells 135 acres to Melvin C. Roberts - February, 1889

Book 80 page 288:
Sarah Sanders sells 135 acres to Alfred Roberts - January 23, 1889

Book 80 page 477:
Alfred Roberts sells 1/4 part of Timber Island, 135 Acres to Omar L. Shepard - February, 1889

Book 111 page 140:
Aflred Roberts, Omar L. Shepard, Thomas & Thomas E. Prestland (spelling?) sell 1/2 of Timber to Frederick E. Gilford - September 14, 1903

Book 111 page 160:
Aflred Roberts, Omar L. Shepard, Thomas & Thomas E. Prestland (spelling?) sell 135 acres to Ellery Channing Mansfield - September 14, 1903

Book 144 page 321:
Ellery Channing Mansfield & Frederick E. Gilford sell westerly end of Timber Island to Arthur Hellstrom - September 15, 1915

Book 148 page 210:
Frederick E. Gilford quick claim half of Timber Island to Ellery Channing Mansfield - March 10, 1917

Book 196 page 121:
Arthur B. Hellstrom sells to William M. Emerson - June 10, 1930

Book 264 page 374:
Ellery Channing Mansfield estate through Daniel E. Eaton sells 135 acres to SKYHAVEN INC. - August 3, 1943

SKYHAVEN INC., its successors heirs and assigns forever, all the right, title and interest of the said Estate of Ellery Channing Mansfield in thesaid Timber island which ismore particularly described as a certain tract or parcel of land, situated in Lake Winnipesaukee, in the Town of Gilford, County of Belknap, State of New Hampshire, containing about One Hundred and thirty five (135 Acres, conveyed to said decedent by Quit-claim dees as follows : Afred Roberts at als, dated September 12, 1903, Record book 111, page 160, conveying one undivided half therof, and quit-claim deed of Frederick E. Gilford, conveying the other undivided half thereof, Dated March 10, 1917, Recorded Book 148, page 210, - Belknap County Registry. This conveyance covers the whole of Timber Island, excepting a small shore lot, conveyed by said decedent to Arthur B. Hellstom, by Warranty Deed, dated September 15, 1915, Recorded Book 144, page 321, Belknap County Registry, --- which has already been conveyed to the said Skyhaven Inc., by deed of Warranty, by Daniel E. Eaton.

Book 264 page 380:
Daniel E. Eaton to SKYHAVEN - July 28, 1943

Being the same premises conveyed to the said grantor by deed of Mary L. Emerson, Dated July Twenty-sixth, 1943, to be recorded in Belknap County Registry.

Book 264 page 125:
Mary L. Emerson (Wife of William M. Emmerson.) to Daniel E. Eaton - July 26, 1943

Book 290 page 423:
Skyhaven to William Champlin - December 26, 1946

Wow, it sure gets confusing with quick claims and with the changes of descriptions - good luck!
Please keep us posted. I'm looking forward to seeing your finished timeline.
By the way, nice website. Be sure to add it to Winnipesaukee.com’s Lake Links!

Sincerely,
RG