187 Concord Rd

Benjamin J. Gilbert of Billerica, yeoman, for $2,175 sold to Thomas McEllicut of Billerica, yeoman, "my farm known as my Bridge Farm situate in the southerly part of said Billerica containing forty acres more or less with the buildings thereon," beginning at the south-east corner "at the road leading from Billerica to Bedford and at land of Benj. L. Judkins," running west by Judkins "to Concord River," north and north-east by the river "to land of the late widow Susan Jaquith," east and south-east by Jaquith "to the Old Middlesex Turnpike," across the turnpike and south to the county road, and back along the road to the beginning. Dated April 17, 1865. Gilbert had bought the Bridge farm in 1851 from Caroline L. Hill, widow of Dr. Joseph F. Hill (Middlesex South book 624 page 281); the deed has no title recital.

• September 9, 1789 Administration: Estate of Joseph Hill Jr. of Billerica, yeoman, intestate to Lucy Hill, widow (dower), and his children (Probate #11481) (through the Hill and Bridge families and Benjamin J. Gilbert (not traced))
• January 24, 1852 Warranty: Caroline L. Hill of Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine (widow and devisee of Joseph F. Hill) to Benjamin J. Gilbert of Billerica, yeoman (624/281) (the Bridge farm bought by Gilbert in 1851)

• December 29, 1884 Grant of Right of Way (conditional): Thomas McElligott of Billerica and Margaret McElligott his wife to Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation (171/194) (right of way over the farm bought in 1865)
• May 6, 1948 Executor's Deed: Thomas F. McElligott Jr., executor of the will of Mary J. McElligott to Salvatore Vasta Jr. of Everett (1090/350) (McElligott family, estate of Mary J. McElligott)

Imperial Development Corp. conveyed "the land with the buildings thereon, in Billerica ... situated northwesterly of, but not adjoining Concord Road and being shown as Lot A on a Plan of Land in Billerica, Mass. for Imperial Development Corporation surveyed February 17, 1959, Dana F. Perkins and Sons, Inc." (Plan Book 91 Plan 28), bounded easterly and south-easterly by Frances M. Stearns, "the boundary line being supposed to be the center line of the former Concord Road, now abandoned," and on the other sides by the grantor's land and by Stearns "in part along a stone wall," containing 2.21 acres, being part of the Bridge Farm bought from the Sons of Italy in 1957, reserving a fifty foot right of way for a possible housing development. Dated April 6, 1959. The Ryans restored the house. With Lot B, a strip of 9,844 square feet reaching Concord Road, it passed to private owners in 1969 (Book 1897 Page 59), who were still there in 1973, and it has since been deeded within that family (Book 23236 Page 7, 2009).

• September 16, 1957 Quitclaim: Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Camp, Inc., Independent Order Sons of Italy to Imperial Development Corp. (1382/85) (Lot A cut from the Bridge Farm)