Person · 1798 - 1876
Stephen Winter
Stephen Winter
| Born | 1798-10-18 Boston, MA |
| Died | 1876-09-02 |
| Spouses | Hannah Humphrey |
| Children |
Mary
Martha Samuel (b. 1827-06-26) |
Stephen Winter (1798 to 1876) was a laborer who lived in Billerica Center from 1839. Hazen says he was a son of Samuel Winter and was born in Boston on October 18, 1798. He married Hannah Humphrey, a daughter of Deacon Moses Humphrey of Gray, Maine, and they lived in Maine, where their older children were born at Porter and Gray, and afterward in Charlestown, before coming to Billerica in 1839. That year his land was already an abutter, with William H. Nash's, of the Caldwell farm on the west side of the road from Lowell to Billerica, by the Concord River, and the census of 1840 lists his household next to William Nash's.
On April 7, 1849 Paul Holt Jr. sold him and his son Samuel Earl Winter a bare half-acre lot on Churnstaff Lane, now Charnstaffe Lane, for $100. By February 1850, when the two mortgaged it to Jonathan Hill for $430, the lot had buildings on it: this was the Stephen Winter House, marked "S. Winter" on the map of 1853. The census of 1850 found Stephen there, a laborer of 52 with real estate worth $1,000, with Hannah, Samuel and a five-year-old granddaughter, Mary E. Goodwin. In September 1852 Stephen released his half of the place to Samuel for $360, and the same day Samuel gave his parents a life estate in one half. In 1853 George W. Pennell of Portland, Maine, who had won a judgment of $159.93 against him, had the sheriff set off that life estate to him; Pennell released it to Samuel in 1857.
Stephen and Hannah Winter had six children. Elizabeth Adams, born in 1820, married Robert Dodge in 1841 and died of consumption in 1845. Mary Nash Winter, born in 1822, married John T. Goodwin, a cordwainer, in 1844. Martha Ann Winter, born in 1825, married Lewis J. Lyman of Woburn, also a cordwainer, in February 1845 (Hazen gives 1846) and died in 1876. Samuel Earl was born in 1827. Sarah French, born in Charlestown in 1836, died in June 1845 at eight, of "inflamation of the brain from a blow." Hannah Winter died on September 22, 1870, aged 72, and Stephen on September 2, 1876. Both have gravestones in the Old South Cemetery.
References
- Hazen, History of Billerica (1883), Genealogical Register p. 165, WINTER 1
- Vital Records of Billerica to 1850, births p. 206: Stephen Winter, Oct. 18, 1798 (gravestone, Old South Cemetery)
Deed References
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| 1839 | Executor's Deed | Joseph Locke of Lowell, Esq., executor of the will of Mrs. Frances Caldwell | John Baldwin and Francis Faulkner, Esquires, James R. Faulkner and John Baldwin Jr., all of Billerica | Abutter: land of W. H. Nash and Stephen Winters by the Caldwell farm, 1839 | Pemberton Academy Samuel Manning Homestead Dr. Harlin Pillsbury House Elmer E. Cole House David W. Fitch House |
385/432 (South) |
Billerica town book 14, pages 552-553. For $2,200, under the will's power of sale, "a certain farm with the dwelling house & other buildings thereon, being the homestead of the said late Mrs Caldwell," on the westerly side of the road from Lowell to Billerica and Boston "a short distance Northwardly from the Congregational Meeting House, containing about thirty seven acres," from the road at land of John Foster to Concord River, by the river to W. H. Nash and Stephen Winters, by them to the road and by the road to the start (about 189, 36, 189 and 36 rods), "Meaning to convey hereby all the right title & interest that said Mrs Caldwell had." Unlike the 1800 deed there is no exception: the old academy quarter acre at the Foster (formerly Abbot) corner lies within these bounds.
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| February 22, 1843 | Deed | Francis Faulkner, John Baldwin and James R. Faulkner | Stephen Parker and Caroline Parker | Abutter: land lately of William H. Nash and Stephen Winters, 1842 | Samuel Manning Homestead Dr. Harlin Pillsbury House Pemberton Academy Elmer E. Cole House David W. Fitch House |
425/226 (South) |
Francis Faulkner and John Baldwin, Esquires, and James R. Faulkner, gentleman, all of Billerica, with their wives releasing dower, sell for $2,750 to Stephen Parker and his wife Caroline, of Lowell, "a certain farm with a dwelling house & other buildings thereon being the homestead of the late Mrs. Francis Caldwell," on the westerly side of the road from Lowell to Billerica and Boston, about 38 acres, bounded by the late John Foster, Concord River, land lately of William H. Nash and Stephen Winters, and the road, the lines about 189, 36, 189 and 36 rods. No deed from Robert Caldwell to his widow, or into the three sellers, was found. Signed Oct. 31, 1842. The Parkers, then of Dracut, mortgaged it for $600 to Louisa Jaquith of Billerica (Middlesex South Book 425 Page 228), discharged by her administrator to Samuel L. Pillsbury et al. in 1879 (Middlesex North Book 135 Page 378). The 1853 Walling map labels the place "S. Parker." Billerica town book 17, pages 421-424.
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| May 15, 1849 | Warranty Deed | Paul Holt Jr. of Billerica, yeoman (wife Eliza Holt releasing dower) | Stephen Winter and Samuel E. Winter, both of Billerica | Buys the Churnstaff Lane lot with his son Samuel E. Winter, 1849 | Stephen Winter House | 558/546 (South) |
Billerica town book 20, pages 279-280. Dated April 7, 1849. For $100, "a certain tract or parcel of land situated in said Billerica on Churnstaff lane so called containing half an acre more or less", beginning at the northeast corner "at the outlet of the drain of the said Holts cellar", running west on the lane nine rods three and a half feet, south ten rods, east eight rods, north eight rods thirteen feet and northeast twenty-eight and a half feet to the start. A bare lot: no buildings are named. Witnesses Dudley Foster and Sumner Holt.
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| March 2, 1850 | Mortgage | Stephen Winter and Samuel E. Winter of Billerica (Hannah Winter, wife of Stephen, releasing dower) | Jonathan Hill of Billerica | Mortgage of the Churnstaff Lane house to Jonathan Hill, 1850 | Stephen Winter House | 579/34 (South) |
Billerica town book 21, pages 24-25. Dated Feb. 12, 1850; recorded March 2, 1850 and again June 21, 1851 after Samuel E. Winter acknowledged it. For $430 on demand, "a certain lot of land with the buildings thereon" lying on "Churnstaff lane so called, on the southerly side, containing half an acre", with the 1849 bounds from the drain of the Holt cellar. The earliest record of the buildings: the Winters built on the lot within a year of buying it. Witnesses A. R. Brown and Lewis J. Lyman.
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| September 13, 1852 | Quitclaim Deed | Stephen Winter of Billerica (wife Hannah Winter releasing dower) | Samuel E. Winter of Billerica | Releases his half of the house to his son Samuel E. Winter, 1852 | Stephen Winter House | 636/569 (South) |
Billerica town book 19, pages 328-329. Dated Sept. 11, 1852. For $360, all his right in "a certain tract of land with the building thereon situated in said Billerica on Churnstaff lane so called containing half an acre more or less", with the 1849 bounds from "the outlet of the drain of Paul Holt's cellar". "Being the same premises conveyed to me by Paul Holt Jr ... Book 558 page 546 and my title being one undivided half of said land." The land was subject to a mortgage the two Winters had given to Jonathan Hill, which Samuel E. Winter assumed. The first record of a building on the lot. Witnesses William A. Richardson and Ellen A. Foster.
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| September 13, 1852 | Quitclaim Deed (life estate) | Samuel E. Winter of Billerica, unmarried | Stephen Winter and Hannah Winter, his wife, for their joint lives and the life of the survivor | Life estate in one half of the house from his son, 1852 | Stephen Winter House | 636/569 (South) |
Billerica town book 19, pages 327-328, recorded with the deed just above it. Dated Sept. 11, 1852. For $400, "One undivided half of a certain tract of land with the buildings thereon situated in said Billerica on Churnstaff lane so called containing half an acre", the same bounds, to Stephen and Hannah Winter "during their joint lives and the life of the survivor". "Being the same land conveyed to said Stephen and me by Paul Holt Jr ... said Stephen having this day heretofore conveyed his interest therein to me." The two deeds left Samuel E. Winter owning the fee and Stephen and Hannah a life interest in half.
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| 1853 | Levy of Execution | Stephen Winter of Billerica, judgment debtor (by Luther L. Parker, deputy sheriff) | George W. Pennell of Portland, Maine, judgment creditor | His life estate set off to George W. Pennell on execution, 1853 | Stephen Winter House | 21/373 (South) |
Billerica town book 21, pages 138-142 (Middlesex South executions book 21, page 373). Pennell won a judgment of $159.93 and costs against Stephen Winter in the Court of Common Pleas at Concord on June 23, 1853. On July 20, 1853 the deputy sheriff seized, and three appraisers set off to Pennell, Winter's life estate "in one undivided half of a certain lot of land with the buildings thereon situate in Billerica aforesaid on Churn staff lane", half an acre with the 1849 bounds, valued at $192.72, to hold "for and during the life of the said Judgment Debtor". Winter was "not being within this Commonwealth"; Samuel E. Winter, named as his agent, did not appear.
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| August 24, 1857 | Quitclaim Deed | George W. Pennell of Portland, Maine | Samuel E. Winter of Billerica | Pennell releases the execution against Stephen Winter, 1857 | Stephen Winter House | 11/290 |
Dated Aug. 13, 1857. For $87.50, all his right in "a certain tract or parcel of land with all the buildings thereon, situated in said Billerica on Churn Staff Lane", beginning at the northeast corner "at the outlet of the drain of Paul Holt Jr's house", with the 1849 bounds, half an acre, "meaning hereby to release all my interest in the premises set off to said Pennell on execution against Stephen Winter". Acknowledged in Cumberland County, Maine, Aug. 14, 1857.
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| December 11, 1866 | Foreclosure (entry) | Stephen Winter and Samuel E. Winter, mortgagors | Mary E. Brown and George Brown, assignees of the mortgage | Entry to foreclose the 1850 Winter mortgage, 1866 | Stephen Winter House | 53/283 |
Recorded Dec. 11, 1866 with copies of the assignments of the Winters' 1850 mortgage (Middlesex South Book 579 Page 34): Jonathan Hill assigned it in June 1851 to James Emerson of Billerica, and on May 9, 1853 Joel D. Emerson, administrator of James Emerson, assigned it for $467.67 to Samuel Brown of Billerica as guardian of Mary E. Brown and George Brown (Book 53 Page 282). George Bacon and Albert H. Jones certified that on Dec. 5, 1866 Mary E. and George Brown made "an open and peaceable entry not being opposed by the mortgagers or any person claiming under them" on the mortgaged premises on Churnstaff Lane, "for the purpose of foreclosing said mortgage". Sworn before Dudley Foster.
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| October 15, 1887 | Deed (widow) | Kate E. Winter of Billerica, widow of Samuel E. Winter | Edith W. French of Lowell | Recites the 1849 deed to Stephen and Samuel E. Winter, 1887 | Stephen Winter House | 192/244 |
Dated Sept. 14, 1887; acknowledged at Milford, N.H. For $300, "a certain tract or parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated in said Billerica on Churnstaff Lane so called containing half an acre", with the 1849 bounds from the drain of "Paul Holt now or formerly", "Being the same premises conveyed to Stephen Winter and said Samuel E. Winter by Paul Holt by deed dated April 7, 1849 ... Book 558 Page 546". She covenants that she holds the dower interest and releases dower and homestead.
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Recorded is Book/Page at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds unless noted.