As originally surveyed the Woodstock grant to De Lancey's men comprised 48 lots of 550 acres each, with the single exception of lot 22, which contained but 500 acres. The grant began about two miles above Eel river the lower boundary being nearly identical with the McIlroy road leading from the St. John river to Benton.
The present and original owners of the lots as far as the writer has been able to determine them are now given:--
| Lot | Present Owner | Original Grantee | Acres |
| 1 |
Robert Franklin S. Teeling |
Robert Brown James Brown Wm. Brown Corp. Andrew Holt |
100 100 150 200 |
| 2 |
George Brown Gilbert Brown |
Sergt Wm Jackson Wm Vanderfield John Merry James Wake |
250 100 100 100 |
| 3 | Ben Stickney |
Sergt D Newman Joseph Dickson |
450 100 |
| 4 | Mrs T A Brown | Surgeon N Smith | 550 |
| 5 | A R Hay |
Corp E Maxwell James Craig Sergt Isaac Kipp |
200 100 250 |
| 6 | A W Hay |
Corp T Stanley Samuel Dawson John Dugan |
350 100 100 |
| 7 |
Peter Johnston B Bull |
Surgeon N Smith John Smith |
350 200 |
| 8 |
Levi Yerxa Alex Johnston |
Ensign H Ferguson | 550 |
| 9 |
John Lilly James Bryden |
Ensign G Brewerton | 550 |
| 10 |
John Craig P Brophy |
Ungranted | 550 |
| 11 |
Armstrong prop'ty M Gough |
Ungranted | 550 |
| 12 |
Allen Barnett C Yerxa M Teed |
Ungranted | 550 |
| 13 |
James Dugan E Sproul J Powers |
Ungranted | 550 |
| 14 | John Day |
Miles Riley Chris Myers Adolphus Brush James Carter Ensign N E Old |
100 100 100 100 50 |
| 15 | A Dow |
David Rivers Wm Lawrence Lawrence McDonald Wm Hickie John Barrot Ens Geo Everitt |
100 100 100 100 100 50 |
| 16 |
J Ferris Henry Bull |
David Flinn Martin Devire John Jennings Sergt Sol Wood |
100 100 150 200 |
| 17 | Albert Bull |
Dan'l Buckley Mich'l Dennison Joseph Jones Sergt Edward Neil |
100 100 150 200 |
| 18 | John Riorden | Lieut Ben Lester | 550 |
| 19 | Leonard Slipp |
Peter Thompson Pat Birmingham Sergt D McSheffrey |
100 150 300 |
| 20 |
A Stephenson C H L Perkins |
Thos Everitt Benj Collins John Weston Henry Fisher Major Jos Greene |
100 100 100 100 150 |
| 21 |
C H L Perkins Franklin Bull |
Geo McGea Fred Hubbard John Strawbank |
200 200 150 |
| 22 | J D Ketchum |
John McLaughlin James Bradley Thomas Lutart Edward Couzins Thomas Stanton |
100 100 100 100 100 |
| 23 |
Fred Cookson L Dibblee |
Adam Sutherland Sergt T Fowler |
150 400 |
| 24 | Byron Bull |
Corp Jonas Higby Sergt Wm Parridy Joseph Temple |
200 200 100 |
| 25 |
John Fleming H McLean |
Ens Rich Boyle | 550 |
| 26 | Indian Reserve | Ens Geo Everitt | 550 |
| 27 |
Mrs Jas Wetmore Joseph Griffith J Davidson |
Major J Greene | 550 |
| 28 | Wm H DeVeber | Lt B P Griffith | 550 |
| 29 |
J J Bedell [D] M Carman |
Joseph Stevens John Short John Fitzgerald Corp James Berry |
150 100 100 200 |
| 30 |
O S & J Peabody Stephen Peabody |
Corp Robert Hallet Peter Clark Wm Pitt Thos Callaghan |
250 100 100 100 |
| 31 |
C W Raymond A J Raymond C A Beardsley |
Sergt H Farmer Sergt P McNamara |
250 300 |
| 32 | Misses Beardsley | Lt T Cunningham | 550 |
| 33 | C L Smith | Capt Thos French | 550 |
| 34 |
Henry Upham Aug Upham, etc. |
Major J Greene | 550 |
| 35 | Town of Woodst'k | Capt Jacob Smith | 550 |
| 36 | Town to creek |
Capt Jacob Smith Michael Penn John Carson |
350 100 100 |
| 37 | Above creek | Ens N E Old | 550 |
| 38 | Town above L P Fisher's |
Sergt R Chambers John Vance Michael Higgins William Laird |
200 100 100 150 |
| 39 | Town | Ens Jas DeLancey | 550 |
| 40 | Town | Ens Ralph Smith | 550 |
| 41 | Town |
Sergt Adam King Sergt J Fitzpatrick Sergt Henry Farmer |
200 200 50 |
| 42 | Beginning of Upper Woodstock |
Corp Rich Rogers Corp Rich Inman Wm Tingell Lt T Cunningham |
200 200 100 50 |
| 43 | Upper Woodstock |
John Mainey Thomas Thaimes Daniel Cummings Capt Thoms French |
100 100 100 250 |
| 44 | At Lane's Creek | Lt Jas Supple | 550 |
| 45 | Above Lane's Creek |
Sergt R Johnson Robert Ogle Henry Holmes Wm Thacker |
200 100 100 150 |
| 46 | Upper Woodstock |
Corp James Devire Corp Josh Nailer Wm Slayman Lt B P Griffith |
200 200 100 50 |
| 47 | Upper Woodstock |
Abraham Garrison John Shuty Moses Holmes Corp J Gondelo Lt B P Griffith |
100 100 100 200 50 |
| 48 | To parish line |
Wm McDavitt Thomas Foy John Linnehan James McChain |
200 100 100 150 |
A few words will now be in order respecting the old veterans of DeLancey's brigade, the first English owners of the soil at Woodstock. They were all members of the first and second battalions of the Brigade, and the majority of them has served throughout the revolutionary war.
DeLancey's battalions were organized towards the close of the year 1776, and were supposed to be each 500 strong, but from a variety of causes it was found impossible to keep the brigade always up to its strength. In August 1777 the muster rolls show that the total strength of the first and second battalions was about 640 men. They were a little stronger when ordered to engage in the Campaign in Georgia and South Carolina in the year 1779, at which time they were about 400 officers and men in the first battalion and about 350 in the second. When first organized the DeLancey battalions were officered as follows:
No. 1. or the General's Company — Oliver DeLancey, Br. Gen'l; George Kerr, Capt.-Lieut; Mark Kerr, Ensign;
No 2. Thomas Conkling, Capt; John Roney, Lieut; Nicholas E. Old, Ensign;
No. 3. Charles Duffee, Capt; Arthur Blaynet, Lieut; Thomas Hoyt, Ensign;
No. 4. James Galbreath, Capt.; Charles McPherson, Lieut.; Thomas Cunningham, Ensign.
No. 5. James Raymond, Capt.; Thos. French, Lieut.; James Supple, Ensign.
No. 6. Barent Roorback, Capt.; John Neaille, Ensign.
No. 7. Jacob Smith, Capt.; James French, Lieut.; Richard Boyle, Ensign.
No. 8. Thomas French, Capt.; Nicholas E. Old, Quarter Master, John Neaille, Adjutant, Nathan Smith, Surgeon, Daniel Cornwell, Surgeon's Mate, Rev. James Sayre, Chaplain.
No. 1. The Colonel's Company. — George Brewerton, Col.; Ralph Cunningham, Capt. Lieut.; James Moffat, Ensign.
No. 2. Stephen De Lancey, Lieut. Col.; Benjamin P. Griffith, Lieut.; Henry Ferguson, Ensign.
No. 3. Walter Campbell, Capt.; Colin Campbell, Lieut.
No. 4. Alex Constable, Capt.; Justice McCartney, Lieut.; Angus McDiarmid, Ensign.
No. 5. George Dunbar, Capt.; Alex McMilligan, Lieut.; Benjamin Pollard, Ensign.
No. 6. Samuel Hallett, Capt.; Daniel Hallet, Lieut.
No. 7. Howes Hatch, Capt.; William Brooke, Lieut.
No. 8. Thos. Wm. Moore, Capt.; Edward Potts, Lieut.; Daniel Cameron, Ensign.
No. 9. Thomas Woolley, Capt.; Benjamin Lester, Lieut.; Thomas Serives, Ensign.
Edward Potts, Quarter Master, Daniel Cameron, Adjutant, John Johnston, Surgeon, Joseph Marven, Surgeon Mate.
During the continuance of the war there were numerous changes both amongst the officers and also in the rank and file.
Capt. Thomas Conkling was killed in 1780 in the Georgia campaign and his Lieutenant John Roney was killed May 22nd 1781 at the seige of fort ninety-six. Ensign Benjamin Pollard was killed at the seige of Savannah in 1779. Col. Brewerton died during the war. Many of the men were killed or died of wounds and exposure, others broken down in health were discharged as unfit for service. Some were from time to time taken prisoners by the enemy and the entry frequently occurs in connection with a name here and there in the old muster rolls "prisoner with the rebels."
The losses in the south during 1779 and the two years following reduced the first and second DeLancey battalions to less than half their original strength, and about the end of the year 1781 the commanding officer at Charlestown issued an order incorporating the two battalions into one and from this date the 3rd battalion stationed under Col. Ludlow at Lloyd's Neck became the 2nd battalion. When it was ascertained that any further continuance of the struggle was hopeless no attempt was made to secure recruits and the numbers enrolled in De Lancey's brigade continued to diminish, some were discharged as their period of service expired, many sought their old homes and some were disbanded in New York to proceed whither they would.
Thus it came to pass that in September 1783 there were only a little more than one hundred officers and men of the first and second battalions to proceed to Nova Scotia. The officers of the corps are thus returned in the last muster at New York previous to the evacuation of that place by the British.
No. 1. Brig. Gen. De Lancey, Capt. Lieut. Chas. McLean, Ensign Wm. French.
No. 2. Lieut Col. Cruger, Lieut. Nehemiah Rogers.
No. 3. Major Joseph Greene, Lieut. Benjamin Lester, Ensign Henry Ferguson.
No. 4. Capt. Jacob Smith, Lieut. B. P. Griffith, Ensign Richard Boyle.
No. 5. Capt. George Dunbar, Lieut. Alex McMillan, Ensign James De Lancey.
No. 6. Capt. James Galbreath, Ensign Colin Campbell.
No. 7. Capt. James French, Lieut. Daniel Hallet, Ensign N. E. Old.
No. 8. Capt. George Kerr, Lieut. James Supple.
No. 9. Capt. Thomas French, Lieut. Thos. Cunningham, Ensign Brewerton.
No. 10. Capt. Barent Roorback, Lieut. Daniel Cameron.
Chaplain Rev. Mr. Bowden, Adjutant Thos. Cunningham, Quarter Master Neh. Rogers, Surgeon Nathan Smith.
W. O. Raymond
© R. Wallace Hale 2002 — used with permission.