From research by Cynthia DellaPenna
Various members of the Fish family owned the mill up to 1874 when Kingsbury Fish sold the one acre (mostly water at "high water") parcel which included "old mill and fixings" to South Hope Manufacturing Company. The South Hope Manufacturing Company lost the property due to foreclosure in a sheriff's sale February 1885. Cyrus E. Dunbar bought the property at sale then sold it to Isaac Hobbs in October of that same year. Isaac Hobbs' heirs transfer rights back to Kingsbury Fish, Alice F. Mink, Marcellus Taylor, & George Taylor, and in 1898, they refer to South Hope Carriage Factory as being located at the Dam.

In 1905, William B. Fish acquired ownership of the dam property and sold it to Halver A. Hart in 1919. Elmer C. Hart sold the one acre parcel to Bruce Melanson and Leslie Robinson in 2000. There has been some reference of the mill at Fish Pond dam having been moved downstream on Quiggle Brook - perhaps this occurred after the Hart's acquired the property.

As the early photo reflects, the "high water" line was significantly higher than it is today. There are evidences, such as a partial stone wall running along the pond side of my mother's property, which would indicate where the "high water" mark actually was. The little boat access/parking spot is where the building would have been and from the picture, one can see there was water behind the building. I describe this to give insight to the property owned by Ephraim Bowley. In 1833, Abel Fish sold to his son, Willis, 37 acres. Willis Fish sold the same parcel to Ephraim Bowley in 1838. The description reads "standing at the corner of the mill pond at high water mark on the county road ……" the description describes following the road to Bowley's property then up toward Samuel Crabtree's then it follows the shore of "the pond" (Fish Pond) back to place of beginning. The deed also states "the said Bowley shall not have the privilege of preventing the flowing of the pond to the height it is now flowed at the top of the dam."