Lott Easty
Lott Easty
Lott Easty, whose name the records also spell Lot Easte and Eastey, was a blacksmith and later a storekeeper at the Canal Mills, the village now called North Billerica. He first appears in Billerica in 1833, when "Lot Easte of Chelmsford, blacksmith" bought for $1,000 a farm of about 55 acres on the Rangeway Road in the northwest part of the town, part of the old Dowse place, from Joseph Manning and Ebenezer Cowdrey of Chelmsford. He and his wife Mary F. had two sons recorded in Billerica, Joseph Elliot, born November 18, 1833, and Asa Franklin, born January 19, 1836. Easty added a blacksmith's shop to the farm, and in April 1837 he sold it, "with a dwelling house Barn shed and Blacksmiths shop," to Otis Lincoln, another blacksmith, for $1,500. The Otis Lincoln House was built later on the same farm. The 1840 census lists Easty's household in Billerica.
On March 12, 1845 he bought from Thomas R. Barrett, a trader, the lot at the Canal Mills that had held Anna Mears Wood's Red House, with a store near its northeast corner, for $1,225. He was still called a blacksmith in that deed, but by 1857 he was a trader, and the 1853 map shows the place as his. In December 1857 he and his neighbor Daniel Wilson exchanged properties. Easty sold Wilson the store lot for $1,000 and bought from him for $1,500 the house next door to the west, the Isaiah Bussey House, adding an eleven-foot strip along its west side in 1859. He also owned a woodlot near Winning's Pond, still called the Easty lot in the 1870s and 1880s.
In December 1865 Easty passed the house through W. S. Bates of Lowell to his wife, to hold in her own right, and the couple mortgaged it to Joseph Stearns in 1866 for $1,500, paying the loan off early in 1867. On June 28, 1869 they sold the house and its half acre to Oren Sheldon for $2,000. The next day Sheldon sold it to Charles P. Talbot and Thomas Talbot, whose woolen mill stood across the road. The Billerica records show nothing of the family after that sale.
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| 1833 | Warranty Deed | Joseph Manning, Esq., and Ebenezer Cowdry, yeoman, both of Chelmsford (wives Julia Maria Manning and Betsey Cowdry releasing dower) | Lot Easte of Chelmsford, blacksmith | Details | Otis Lincoln House | 326/39 (South) |
For $1,000, "a certain farm situate in the northwesterly part of Billerica ... containing in the whole about fifty five acres": 35 acres north of the Rangeway road "with a dwellinghouse barn & shed thereon", from the southeast corner at the road by the heirs of the late Nathaniel Brown, northerly to the corner of the wall by the wood land, westerly on the wall, to a stake and stones in the swamp by Isaac Brown, and back by Brown and the road; and 20 acres on the south side, "the same land formerly owned by Samuel Parker"; "the above is a part of the place called the Dowse place conveyed to us by Oliver Crosby", reserving a right of way across the north tract to the grantors' wood land. Billerica town book 13, pages 486-488. Easte gave Manning a purchase-money mortgage (town book 16/259). Recorded 1833.
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| April 13, 1837 | Warranty Deed | Lott Easte of Billerica, yeoman (wife Mary Easte releasing dower) | Otis Lincoln of Chelmsford, blacksmith | Details | Otis Lincoln House | 361/276 (South) |
For $1,500, "a certain farm situate in the Northwesterly part of said Billerica containing in the whole about fifty five acres": the first tract, 35 acres "with a dwelling house Barn shed and Blacksmiths shop thereon", bounded as in 1833 (heirs of Nathaniel Brown, the wood land, Isaac Brown in the swamp, the Range way road); the second tract, 20 acres on the south side of the road, bounded by Thomas and Jacob Spaulding, Marshall Preston (formerly Col. John Parker), Jonas and Isaac Brown, "the same formerly owned by Samuel Parker"; reserving the right of way to the wood land of Joseph Manning and Ebenezer Cowdry. Signed April 3, 1837 before Marshall Preston (witness Jacob Spaulding); Billerica town book 15, pages 374-376. The blacksmith shop had been added by Easte since 1833.
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| December 15, 1857 | Warranty Deed | Thomas R. Barrett of Billerica, trader (Mahala Barrett releasing dower) | Lott Easty of Billerica, blacksmith | Details | Anna Mears Wood's "Red House" | 12/515 |
For $1,225, "a certain parcel of land situate in said Billerica at the Canal Mills so called, with the buildings thereon standing, with about eighteen and three quarters rods of land": from the northwest corner at the road and land of Daniel Wilson "formerly Isaiah Bussey's", south 10 rods 9 links to a notch in the fence, east a few feet to an elm tree, northeast "to the Stone Bound near the Northeast corner of the Store standing on the within described piece of land", west by the road about 3 rods 11 1/2 links; free of encumbrances except the mortgage of about $237 "payable to Amh. Preston". Signed March 12, 1845 before Samuel Rogers JP but not recorded until December 15, 1857, at Lowell. Barrett had paid $100 for the house in 1838 and had built a store on the lot by 1845. The 1853 Walling map shows "L. Easty" here.
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| December 15, 1857 | Deed | Daniel Wilson of Billerica, yeoman (Mary Wilson releasing dower) | Lott Easty of Billerica, trader | Details | Isaiah Bussey House Small House |
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For $1,500, "a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon standing situate in said Billerica near the Canal Mills so called, containing thirty seven square rods": from the westerly corner at the road from the Canal Mills to I. A. Colson's at Wilson's own land, south by his land 10 rods to a stone wall, east by the wall and his land about 47 feet to a board fence, north by land of Wilson and others to land of Lott Easty and on to the road, west by the road 4 rods, "being premises conveyed to me by Isaiah Bussey by deed dated Sept. 25th, 1837 ... Book 368, Page 315". Dated December 14, 1857 (witness Dudley Foster); recorded December 15, 1857. Easty already owned the house to the east; two days later he deeded land at Wilson's and the Canal Mills to Wilson (N.12/520), the exchange remembered in the MHC form.
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| December 16, 1857 | Warranty Deed | Lott Easty of Billerica, trader (Mary F. Easty releasing dower and homestead) | Daniel Wilson of Billerica, yeoman | Details | Anna Mears Wood's "Red House" | 12/520 |
For $1,000, the same "parcel of land situate in said Billerica at the Canal Mills so called, with the buildings thereon standing, with about eighteen and three quarters rods of land", with the same bounds ("the Stone bound near the Northeast corner of the store standing on the within described parcel of land", "the main road"), "being premises conveyed to me by Thos. R. Barrett [by] deed dated March 12th 1845". Signed December 14, 1857 before Dudley Foster JP; recorded December 16, 1857. Half of an exchange: the day before, Wilson had deeded Easty the old Isaiah Bussey House lot next door (Book 12 Page 516).
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| November 11, 1858 | Warranty Deed | Daniel Wilson of North Billerica "formerly known as Billerica Mills" (Mary Wilson releasing dower and homestead) | His son Israel N. Wilson of North Billerica | Details | Anna Mears Wood's "Red House" | 17/79 |
For $3,000, "a certain piece of land situate in said Billerica at the Canal Mills, so called formerly but now called North Billerica, with the buildings thereon standing, with about eighteen and three quarters rods of land", same bounds (the store at the northeast corner, "the main road"), "being the same premises conveyed to me by Lott Easty by his deed dated the fourteenth day of December A.D. 1857 ... Book 12, page 520". Signed November 8, 1858 before Chas. A. F. Swan JP; recorded November 11, 1858.
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| December 2, 1863 | Deed | Daniel Wilson of Billerica, yeoman (Mary Wilson releasing dower) | Lott Easty of Billerica | Details | Isaiah Bussey House Small House |
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For $55, a strip "beginning at the westerly corner thereof at the road leading from the Canal Mills to I. A. Colson's at my own land and eleven feet from land of said Easty", south by Wilson's land 10 rods to a stake and stones, east by his land 11 feet to Easty's land, north by Easty's land to the road and along the road 11 feet: an 11-foot strip added to the west side of the Bussey lot. Dated April 30, 1859 (witnesses Dudley Foster and Sophia Howard); recorded December 2, 1863.
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| April 6, 1864 | Administrator's Deed | Gardner Parker of Billerica, administrator of the estate of Daniel Wilson | James Faulkner of Billerica | Details | Daniel Wilson House 38 Old Elm St Talbot Textile Mills Worker Housing at 56-58 Wilson St Talbot Textile Mill Worker Housing at 5-7 Wilson St Talbot Textile Mill Worker Housing at 9-11 Wilson St 9 11 Wilson St Talbot Textile Mills Worker Housing at 60-62 Wilson St 60-62 Wilson St Talbot Textile Mill Worker Housing at 52-54 Wilson St Talbot Textile Mill Worker Housing at 48-50 Wilson St Talbot Textile Mill Worker Housing at 33-35 Wilson St Talbot Textile Mill Worker Housing at 25-27 Wilson St 25-27 Wilson St Talbot Textile Mill Worker Housing at 13-15 Wilson St Talbot Textile Mill Worker Housing at 29-31 Wilson St Talbot Textile Mill Worker Housing at 17-19 Wilson St Talbot Textile Mill Worker Housing at 21-23 Wilson St 21-23 Wilson St Talbot Textile Mill Worker Housing at 37-39 Wilson St 37-39 Wilson St Old Talbot School 46 Talbot Av Fordway Schoolhouse Talbot Textile Mill Worker Housing at 44-46 Wilson St Small House |
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Under a license of the Probate Court at Lowell of April 7, 1863, after three weeks' notice in the Lowell Daily Courier, the administrator sold at public auction on December 7, 1863, to James Faulkner, the highest bidder, for $4,000, all Wilson's right at his death in "a certain piece or parcel of land situate in said Billerica, containing about twenty-eight acres being the homestead farm of the late Daniel Wilson", bounded west by the road from Billerica to North Billerica, north by that road and lands of Easty, I. N. Wilson, Foster, Lane and C. P. Talbot & Co., east by Easty, Foster, Lane and the Concord River, and south by the Concord River and the Common. Dated December 7, 1863; acknowledged April 5, 1864; recorded April 6, 1864.
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| December 28, 1865 | Deed | Lott Easty of Billerica | W. S. Bates of Lowell | Details | Isaiah Bussey House Small House |
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For $2,000, "two certain parcels of land with the buildings thereon situate in said Billerica", the first the same conveyed by Daniel Wilson by deed of December 14, 1857 (Book 12, Page 516) and the second by Wilson's deed of April 30, 1859 (Book 36, Page 218), described by reference. Dated, acknowledged and recorded December 28, 1865 (A. B. Wright, justice and register). The first half of a straw conveyance to Easty's wife.
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| December 28, 1865 | Quitclaim | W. S. Bates of Lowell | Mary F. Easty, wife of Lott Easty of Billerica, in her own right | Details | Isaiah Bussey House Small House |
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For $2,000, quitclaims "two certain pieces or parcels of land situate in said Billerica with the buildings thereon", the same conveyed to Bates by Lott Easty the same day, "to be held in her own right". Dated, acknowledged and recorded December 28, 1865. Completes the straw conveyance putting the title in Mary F. Easty.
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| November 1, 1866 | Mortgage | Lott Easty of Billerica and Mary F. Easty his wife, in her own right | Joseph Stearns of Billerica | Details | Isaiah Bussey House Small House |
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For $1,500, mortgage of "a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon situate in North Billerica": from the westerly corner at the road from the Canal Mills to I. A. Colson's at land of Gardner Parker, south by Parker's land 10 rods to a wall, east by the wall and Parker's land about 57 feet to land of C. P. Talbot & Co., north by Talbot's land and land of I. N. Wilson to the road, and west by the road 4 rods 11 feet, "Being premises conveyed to said Mary F. Easty by W. S. Bates deed dated Dec. 28th 1865 ... Book 46 Page 211". Recorded November 1, 1866 (index date). Discharged in the margin by Joseph Stearns, January 9, 1867.
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| June 29, 1869 | Deed | Lott Easty of Billerica (Mary F. Easty, his wife, joining) | Oren Sheldon of Billerica | Details | Isaiah Bussey House Small House |
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For $2,000, "a certain tract of land with the buildings thereon situate in that part of Billerica called North Billerica": from the road leading to Lowell at land of Gardner Parker (the northwest corner), south by Parker 10 rods, east by land now or formerly of Parker to land of C. P. Talbot & Co., north by Talbot's land and land of Mrs. Alma Wilson to the road, and west by the road, "containing about one half acre more or less"; warranted free of encumbrances except a mortgage of [five?] hundred dollars "which the grantee is to pay and discharge being a part of the consideration". Dated June 28, 1869; recorded June 29, 1869.
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| July 3, 1869 | Quitclaim | Oren Sheldon of Billerica (Agnes Sheldon releasing dower and homestead) | Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica | Details | Isaiah Bussey House Small House |
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For $2,000, quitclaims "a certain tract of land situate in that part of Billerica called North Billerica": from the road leading from North Billerica to Lowell at land of Gardner Parker (the northwest corner), south by Parker about 10 rods, east by land of or formerly of Parker to land of the grantees, north by the grantees' land and land of Alma A. Wilson to the road, and west by the road, "Being the same premises conveyed to me by Lott Easty, deed dated June 28th 1869". Dated June 29, 1869 (witness Dudley Foster); recorded July 3, 1869. From here the house was mill housing of C. P. Talbot & Co. and, from October 15, 1884, of The Talbot Mills (deeds N.169/468 and 169/472, whose registry images are unavailable).
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| 1881 | Warranty Deed | Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, both of Billerica | Phebe J. Bailey of Billerica, wife of J. M. Bailey | Details | Winning Farm | 145/103 |
Pages 103-105 (signing date on page 105 not read). For $2,000, "a certain tract of land situate in said Billerica on the west side of Concord River, containing about seventy acres," beginning "at a bound at the northwesterly corner being stake & stones at Winnings Pond, thence easterly by the pond and land formerly of Nathan Abbott," by Amos Carlton, Peter Hill, Samuel Whiting, Lott Easty, Oliver Crosby and Lucy H. Foster; also six acres of woodland "called the Easty lot," and eleven acres of woodland on the Concord River "known as the Whiting lot." These are the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Lots of the 1930 taking.
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Recorded is Book/Page at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds unless noted.