21-23 Wilson St
21-23 Wilson St
| Address | 21-23 Wilson St |
| Built | 1873 |
| Other Lot Structures | Talbot Textile Mill Worker Housing at 21-23 Wilson St (Built 1873) |
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| April 21, 1794 | Deed | Thomas Richardson of Billerica, gentleman (Judith Richardson releasing dower) | Ebenezer Hall of Medford and Samuel Jaques of Wilmington, a committee for the Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal | 1794: Thomas Richardson sells his mills and farm to the Middlesex Canal committee | 115/259 (South) |
For 1350 pounds, "about forty acres of Land" bounded easterly by Concord River, westerly by the highway and northerly and southerly by the road; the reversion of half the dower of the widow Hannah Carlton, conveyed to him by Solomon, Moses and Nathan Carlton; five sixths of a small piece at the northeast end of the mill dam, bounded easterly "by Timothy Sprague's Ditch that conveys Water to the Fulling mill"; "together with all the Buildings ... including the Mills Mill priviledges ... commonly known by the name of Richardson's Mills being the same which was formerly granted by the Town of Billerica to Christopher Osgood together with the Mill Dam and Stream", on the conditions of the town's vote of October 4, 1708, a passage for fish, and his 1791 agreement with Timothy Sprague. Dated March 25, 1794; recorded April 21, 1794. Billerica town book 9, pages 81-82. The Canal Mills land from which the proprietors sold their small house lots.
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| September 23, 1820 | Deed | Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, by John L. Sullivan, agent | Nathan Mears of Billerica, yeoman | 1819: the canal proprietors sell Nathan Mears 27 acres of the Richardson farm | 235/64 (South) |
For $813.18, "a certain tract of land ... containing by measure twenty seven acres and seventeen poles being a part of the Richardson farm," from the southeasterly corner at Concord River "north of the ford way," easterly by "the road leading to the Canal mills" to "land of the Proprietors laid out in small lots," then by the Proprietors' land and several short courses to the river "according to the annexed plat," and by the river to the beginning. Signed August 10, 1819; recorded September 23, 1820. Billerica town book 12, pages 172-173. This became the Mears homestead farm around the tavern lot.
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| June 24, 1828 | Administration | Estate of Nathan Mears of Billerica, yeoman | His minor children Edwin, Charles, Nathan, Lucy Ann and Elbert Mears; Marshall Preston, administrator | 1828 estate of Nathan Mears; the homestead was surveyed into lots in 1832 | Probate #14955 |
Nathan Mears died in June 1828 leaving "no widow, nor heirs of twenty one years of age"; at his children's request (and his own before his death) Marshall Preston of Billerica was appointed administrator at Framingham June 24, 1828, bond $30,000. The inventory lists the homestead of about 27 acres with three dwelling houses, the saw mill, "The Woolen Factory, occupied by Francis Faulkner & son", the forge, the old homestead of Thomas Mears, the Patten lot, and "The Zac. Shed Lot, 7 acres" at $210, with no buildings. Real estate $15,245.
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| April 21, 1832 | Guardian's Deed | John Baldwin of Billerica, Esq., guardian of Lucy Ann, Nathan and Elbert Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears | Daniel Wilson of Billerica | 1832: Daniel Wilson buys Mears lots 3-5, west of the passage way (now Wilson St) | 313/22 (South) |
Licensed by the Supreme Judicial Court, sold at public vendue on the premises March 20, 1832, for $1,428.06, three undivided fifth parts of part of the Mears homestead farm (11 acres 25 1/2 rods, lots 3-5 on S. Livingston's plan) and of "the Z. Shed Lot so called, containing six acres and one hundred and forty three rods", from the northeasterly corner at the road from the "old Mears place" to William Rogers', westerly by the widow Lydia Mears's dower land 58 rods 15 links to William Pollard, southerly by Pollard to the road "leading from the corner so called, to said old Mears place," northeasterly by that road to the corner of the roads about 54 rods, and northerly by the road about 19 poles. Signed March 20, 1832, recorded April 21, 1832. Billerica town book 16, pages 93-95.
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| April 21, 1832 | Guardian's Deed | Nathaniel Stearns of Billerica, yeoman, guardian of Edwin and Charles Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears | Daniel Wilson of Billerica, yeoman | 1832: the other shares of Mears lots 3-5 to Daniel Wilson | 313/24 (South) |
Licensed by the Supreme Judicial Court, sold at public vendue on the premises March 20, 1832, two undivided fifth parts of the same two tracts: the 11 acres 25 1/2 rods of the homestead farm and "the Z. Shed lot so called, containing six acres and one hundred and forty three rods," bounded as in John Baldwin's deed of the other three fifths. Recorded April 21, 1832. Billerica town book 16, pages 96-98. With Baldwin's deed this gave Daniel Wilson the whole lot.
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| 1861 | Administration | Estate of Daniel Wilson of Billerica, who died November 29, 1861 intestate | Gardner Parker of Billerica, administrator; widow Mary Wilson and eight children | 1861 estate of Daniel Wilson (administrator Gardner Parker) | Probate #44864 |
Gardner Parker, husband of Wilson's daughter Adeline, petitioned December 11, 1861 that Daniel Wilson had died November 29, 1861 intestate, leaving his widow Mary and children Mary J. Wilkins, Adeline M. Parker, Horace N. Wilson, Daniel A. Wilson (at Rattlesnake Bar, California), Israel N. Wilson (a captain then serving in Virginia), Frances A. Faulkner and Charles H. Wilson; he was appointed administrator at Cambridge December 24, 1861. The license of April 7, 1863 led to the sale of Wilson's third of the Mears Tavern stand.
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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 | 1863: administrator's auction of the Wilson homestead farm to James Faulkner | 37/357 |
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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| April 6, 1864 | Quitclaim | James Faulkner of Billerica (Fanny A. Faulkner releasing dower and homestead) | Gardner Parker of Billerica | 1864: Faulkner deeds the Wilson farm to Gardner Parker | 37/358 |
For $4,000, the same twenty-eight acres "being the homestead farm of the late Daniel Wilson of said Billerica deceased", same bounds, "subject to a right of way over a portion of said premises, and to the dower of Mary Wilson, widow". Faulkner (husband of Wilson's daughter Frances) passed the farm to the administrator Parker (husband of his daughter Adeline) the day after the sale deed was acknowledged. Dated April 5, 1864; recorded April 6, 1864.
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| February 4, 1869 | Quitclaim | Gardner Parker of Billerica (Adeline M. Parker releasing dower and homestead) | Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica | 1869: Parker sells the Talbots 10 acres of the Wilson homestead, including Lot 28 | 65/441 |
A tract "containing ten acres and thirty nine rods" in North Billerica from a bound at the Concord River by a wall and an open passage way, by walls to "the wall at the lane", then to the center of the Concord River and up the river, "being a part of the homestead of the late Daniel Wilson deceased", subject to a mortgage held by James R. Faulkner and a right of way. The river end of the Wilson farm, behind the house lot. Followed on the same page by the widow Mary Wilson's release of dower to the Talbots. Dated January 19, 1869; recorded February 4, 1869.
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| February 4, 1869 | Release of Dower | Mary Wilson of Billerica, widow of Daniel Wilson | Charles P. Talbot and Thomas Talbot | 1869: the widow Mary Wilson releases her dower in the 10 acres | 65/442 |
For $1, Mary Wilson releases to the Talbots "all my right title and interest in and to the premises within described and all my right of or to dower in said premises", the ten acres of the Wilson homestead sold by Gardner Parker (Book 65 Page 441). Recorded February 4, 1869.
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| October 16, 1884 | Guardian's Deed | Harriet Talbot et al., by their guardian | The Talbot Mills, Billerica | 1884: Talbot heirs (by guardian) to The Talbot Mills; Lot 28 is part of the "third parcel" | 169/468 |
Known from the grantee index 1881-1900 (Talbot Mills-Billerica, index page 82): received October 16, 1884, "N Billerica. Several parcels, water rts, mill privileges &c, see record", recorded with the deed of Thomas Talbot et al. (Book 169 Page 472). Book 169 images are unavailable at the registry; not read.
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| October 16, 1884 | Deed | Thomas Talbot et al. | The Talbot Mills, Billerica | 1884: Thomas Talbot et al. to The Talbot Mills; Lot 28 is part of the "third parcel" | 169/472 |
Known from the grantee index 1881-1900 (Talbot Mills-Billerica, index page 82): received October 16, 1884, "N Billerica. Several parcels, water rts, mill privileges &c, see record." Later Talbot Mills deeds cite it with Book 169 Page 468 as the deeds "from the Talbot heirs" to the new corporation (one recites a deed of Thomas Talbot et als. dated Oct. 15, 1884). The registry shows "Image is Unavailable" for Book 169, so the deed itself was not read; that it covered the land of the future Oval, part of the C. P. Talbot and Company property west of Wilson Street on the 1881 plan, is inferred.
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| December 21, 1936 | Quitclaim | The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer | George W. Chambers and Hazel R. Pelletier, both of Billerica | 1936: The Talbot Mills sells Lot 28 with the double house to George W. Chambers and Hazel R. Pelletier | 892/306 |
Dated and acknowledged December 15, 1936 at Billerica (Albert H. Richardson, justice of the peace); $1.50 in revenue stamps cancelled December 15, 1936 (a price of about $1,500); recorded December 21, 1936 at 4:20 PM (the deed runs onto page 307). "The land in said Billerica with the buildings thereon situated on the westerly side of Wilson Street": easterly by Wilson Street 85.42 feet, northerly by Lot 29 104.25 feet, westerly by Lots 40 and 41 "by the center line of a right of way" in two courses 86.61 feet, southerly by Lot 27 94.20 feet, 8,394 square feet, "Lot 28" on Plan "A" of the Talbot Mills property (Plan Book 60 Plan 25, surveyed 1926-27-36 by J. C. and W. T. Monahan). "Being a part of the third parcel of land described in two deeds to the grantor, one from Frank P. Putnam, Guardian, and the other from Thomas Talbot and others, both dated October 15, 1884" (Book 169 Pages 468 and 472). The right of way from Elm Street to Wilson Street "shall be forever kept open for the common use and benefit of the abutters thereon"; the grantor reserves the common sewer. George W. Chambers was a mill dresser; Hazel R. Pelletier was Hazel Winifred (Rollins) Pelletier, who had married Joseph Arthur Pelletier on December 3, 1936.
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| December 21, 1936 | Mortgage | George W. Chambers and Hazel R. Pelletier, both of Billerica | Union Old Lowell National Bank, of Lowell | 1936: Chambers and Pelletier mortgage Lot 28 to Union Old Lowell National Bank for $1,200 | 892/307 |
Recorded with the deed from The Talbot Mills on December 21, 1936 (pages 307-308). To secure $1,200 with interest at five per cent, payable in monthly installments of $9.49 from February 1, 1937, "a certain parcel of land with all the buildings and structures now or hereafter standing or placed thereon" on the westerly side of Wilson Street, Lot 28 on Plan "A" with the bounds of the deed, 8,394 square feet. "Being the same premises conveyed to us by the Talbot Mills by its deed dated December 15, 1936 to be recorded simultaneously herewith." The mortgage covers the furnaces, ranges, heaters, plumbing and other fixtures. The bank lent most of the price.
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| 1943 | Probate | Estate of George W. Chambers of Billerica | His heirs at law, among them his son George W. Chambers of Chelmsford and Emma B. Chambers of Billerica | 1943 estate of George W. Chambers: his half of Lot 28 passes to his heirs | Probate #294426 |
George W. Chambers, co-owner of Lot 28 on Wilson Street, died June 30, 1943, aged 55 years 9 months (Billerica town report, 1943 deaths). His half of the double house passed to his heirs at law under Middlesex Probate No. 294426, named in the 1950 deed of his son ("my interest in said premises being 1/3 undivided as heir at law of my father, the said George W. Chambers. See Middlesex Probate No. 294426") and indexed in 1950 under "George W. Est." The probate papers after 1871 are not in the online Middlesex index.
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| August 9, 1950 | Quitclaim | George W. Chambers of Chelmsford, heir of his father George W. Chambers; Lee Chambers, his wife, releasing dower and homestead | Emma B. Chambers of Billerica | 1950: George W. Chambers of Chelmsford releases his inherited third of the Chambers half to Emma B. Chambers | 1148/129 |
Signed and acknowledged June 20, 1950 (Francis J. Baxter, notary); recorded August 9, 1950 at 9:42 AM (#349). For a nominal consideration, with quitclaim covenants, "all my right, title, and interest in and to the land in said Billerica with the buildings thereon situated on the westerly side of Wilson Street", Lot 28 on Plan "A" with the bounds of 1936, 8,394 square feet. "Being the same premises described in deed of the Talbot Mills to George W. Chambers and Hazel R. Pelletier, dated Dec. 15, 1936 ... Book 892, Page 306. My interest in said premises being 1/3 undivided as heir at law of my father, the said George W. Chambers. See Middlesex Probate No. 294426." Subject to the right of way and common sewer easements of the Talbot Mills deed. Indexed as "Wilson St. Lot 28, Pl. Bk. 60-25. 1/3 undivided."
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| November 20, 1950 | Deed | Heirs of George W. Chambers (indexed as George W. Chambers Est.) | Hazel R. Pelletier of North Billerica | 1950: partition of Lot 28 on the 1950 plan: the Chambers heirs release Lot 28A (north half) to Hazel R. Pelletier | 1157/17 |
Recorded November 20, 1950, with the subdivision plan of Lot 28 (Plan Book 79 Plan 6B, July 1950, J. B. Monahan, recorded the same day), which divides the lot and the double house "on center line of house" into Lot 28A (north half, 4,310 square feet, 42.92 feet on Wilson Street) and Lot 28B (south half, 4,084 square feet, 42.50 feet). The grantor index of 1941-1950 enters it as "George W. Est." to Hazel R. Pelletier, North Billerica, "Wilson St. Lot 28B, Pl. Bk. 79-6B. 1/2 undivided. See record." Its effect, shown by the later deeds, was to release the Chambers half interest in Lot 28A to Hazel R. Pelletier, who owned 28A at her death (Book 1933 Page 217 and the affidavit in Book 2497 Page 500). The registry has no online image for Book 1157.
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| 1950 | Deed | Hazel R. Pelletier of North Billerica | Emma B. Chambers of Billerica | 1950: partition: Hazel R. Pelletier releases Lot 28B (south half) to Emma B. Chambers | 1157/18 |
Dated October 28, 1950 and recorded next to the Chambers heirs' deed to Pelletier in Book 1157 (November 1950). The companion partition deed: Hazel R. Pelletier releases her half interest in Lot 28B, the south half of the double house on Plan Book 79 Plan 6B, 4,084 square feet, to Emma B. Chambers. Known from the recital in Emma B. Taylor's deed of 1960 (Book 1474 Page 80): "being the same premises described in Deed of Hazel R. Pelletier to Emma B. Chambers dated October 28, 1950, and which is recorded in Middlesex No. Dist. Reg. of Deeds, Book 1157, Page 18." The registry has no online image for Book 1157.
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| May 2, 1960 | Quitclaim | Emma B. Taylor, formerly Emma B. Chambers, of Billerica; Fred E. Taylor, her husband, releasing curtesy | Emma B. Taylor, Fred E. Taylor, both of Billerica, and George W. Chambers of Miami, Florida, as joint tenants | 1960: Emma B. Taylor (formerly Chambers) puts Lot 28B, the south half, in joint tenancy with her husband and George W. Chambers | 1474/80 |
Signed April 28, 1960; recorded May 2, 1960 (it follows the acknowledgment of the preceding deed on page 80). For a nominal consideration, with quitclaim covenants, Emma B. Taylor grants "to myself, the said Emma B. Taylor, Fred E. Taylor ... and George W. Chambers of Miami, Florida as joint tenants and not as tenants in common" Lot 28B on Plan Book 79 Plan 6B "with the buildings thereon": easterly by Wilson Street 42.50 feet, southerly by Lot 27 94.20 feet, westerly by Lots 41 and 40 in two courses of 16.18 and 27.34 feet by the center line of the right of way, northerly by Lot 28A 96.78 feet, "the line being by the center line of the house standing on said premises", 4,084 square feet. "Being a portion of the premises to which I acquired a one-half undivided interest by deed of the Talbot Mills to George W. Chambers and my self dated Dec. 15, 1936 ... Book 892, Page 306 [the 1936 grantees were George W. Chambers and Hazel R. Pelletier]; and being the same premises described in Deed of Hazel R. Pelletier to Emma B. Chambers dated October 28, 1950 ... Book 1157, Page 18. For my title also see deed of George W. Chambers to Emma B. Chambers dated June 20, 1950 ... Book 1148, Page 129." Margin notes refer to the estate tax releases of 1974 (Book 2107 Pages 525 and 526).
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| 1970 | Probate | Estate of Hazel W. Pelletier (Hazel Winifred Pelletier, also Hazel R. Pelletier), late of Billerica | Joseph A. Pelletier of Billerica | Estate of Hazel W. Pelletier (probate 363807): Lot 28A passes to Joseph A. Pelletier | Probate #363807 |
Hazel Winifred Rollins married Joseph Arthur Pelletier at Billerica on December 3, 1936 (Billerica town report, 1936 marriages) and bought Lot 28 with George W. Chambers twelve days later as "Hazel R. Pelletier". After the 1950 partition she owned Lot 28A, the north half of the double house, at her death before 1970. Her estate is Middlesex Probate Court docket 363807, named by Joseph A. Pelletier in 1970 ("For my title see the Estate of Hazel Pelletier, Middlesex Probate Court Docket Number 363807"); the probate papers after 1871 are not in the online Middlesex index. Her son's affidavit of 1981 (Book 2497 Page 500) confirms that Hazel R. and Hazel W. Pelletier were the same person.
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| September 4, 1970 | Quitclaim | George W. Chambers of Jensen Beach, Florida, formerly of Miami, unmarried, surviving joint tenant | Private owners, husband and wife, then of 21 Wilson Street | 1970: George W. Chambers, surviving joint tenant, sells Lot 28B (south half) for $7,200 | 1933/216 |
Signed and acknowledged August 27, 1970 before a Florida notary; excise stamps $17.10; recorded September 4, 1970 at 11:05 AM (#11934). For $7,200, with quitclaim covenants, Lot 28B on Plan Book 79 Plan 6B, the south half of the double house, "with the buildings thereon", 4,084 square feet, with the bounds of 1960 (northerly by Lot 28A "by the center line of the house standing on said premises"). "For my title see said Deed, Book 1474, Page 80. The said Emma B. Taylor died at said Billerica on August 3, 1960, and the said Fred E. Taylor died at said Billerica on December 23, 1969." The buyers bought the north half from Joseph A. Pelletier the same day, reuniting the house.
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| September 4, 1970 | Quitclaim | Joseph A. Pelletier of Billerica | Private owners, husband and wife, then of 21 Wilson Street | 1970: Joseph A. Pelletier sells Lot 28A (north half) for $10,300, reuniting the house | 1933/217 |
Signed and acknowledged September 3, 1970 (Ralph F. McKenna, notary); excise stamps $23.94; recorded September 4, 1970 at 11:06 AM (#11935). For $10,300, with quitclaim covenants, Lot 28A on Plan Book 79 Plan 6B, the north half of the double house, "with the buildings thereon": easterly by Wilson Street 42.92 feet, southerly by Lot 28B 96.78 feet "the line being by the center line of the house standing on said premises", westerly by Lot 40 43.09 feet by the center line of the right of way, northerly by Lot 29 104.25 feet, 4,310 square feet, with the right of way and common sewer easements of the 1936 Talbot Mills deed. "For my title see the Estate of Hazel Pelletier, Middlesex Probate Court Docket Number 363807." With the deed of Lot 28B recorded a minute earlier, the buyers owned the whole house again; they were the owners named on the 1980 inventory form.
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| September 1, 1981 | Affidavit | Son of Hazel W. Pelletier, with the certificate of a Stoneham attorney | (record of title, Lot 28A) | 1981: affidavit that Hazel R. and Hazel W. Pelletier were the same person (title to Lot 28A) | 2497/500 |
Recorded September 1, 1981 at 8:30 AM (#15592), with the sale of the whole house that summer. Her son, of Lowell, makes oath that he is "the son of HAZEL W. PELLETIER, also known as HAZEL WINIFRED PELLETIER, late of Billerica", who owned at her death the lot (written "Lot 27A", meaning Lot 28A) on the 1950 subdivision plan of Lot 28 (Plan Book 79 Plan 6B), and that Hazel R. Pelletier and Hazel W. Pelletier "were one and the same person in the chain of title to this property which was conveyed to [the 1970 buyers] in Book 1933, Page 217." The attorney certifies that the facts are relevant to the title.
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| April 7, 2022 | Tax Taking | Town of Billerica, by its Collector of Taxes; assessed to the 21-23 Wilson St Nominee Realty Trust | Town of Billerica | 2022: the Town tax collector takes 21-23 Wilson St for fiscal 2021 taxes; private sales 1981-2014 summarized | 36961/209 |
Executed March 25, 2022; recorded April 7, 2022. Instrument of taking under General Laws Chapter 60, Sections 53 and 54: "land and building", 8,394 square feet, 21 Wilson Street (parcel 15-221-1), for fiscal 2021 taxes of $1,329.11 left unpaid after a demand of June 29, 2021, with interest and costs. No redemption had been recorded by 2026, and the trust is still the assessed owner. Later private history of the house, summarized: in August 1981 the 1970 owners sold both halves, Lots 28A and 28B, to a private buyer (Book 2496 Page 204, with a mortgage), who confirmed the two lots to himself and his wife in 1986 (Book 3662 Page 300; the 1983 National Register list already names him at 23 Wilson Street), and in February 2014 they conveyed them to themselves as trustees of the Twenty-One Twenty-Three Wilson Street Nominee Trust (Book 28017 Page 173, the current deed). The assessor combined the two old parcels 15-221 and 15-222 into one, 0.193 acres, a two-family house built about 1873.
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| August 2, 2024 | Taking | Town of Billerica, by its Select Board | Town of Billerica (public way easements) | 2024: the Town takes Wilson Street as a public way | 38664/219 |
Under G.L. c. 79 and the vote of the May 16, 2024 Town Meeting (Article 30) accepting Bancroft, Clinton, Dillworth, Exeter Place, North Rexhame, Rexhame, Shannon, Tirone Path and Wilson Street as public ways, the Select Board took "a permanent easement for all purposes for which public ways are used" over the accepted ways, with a drainage easement between Lots 14 and 15 of the Talbot Mills plan (Plan Book 60, Plan 25). No damages were awarded. Wilson Street, the old passage way along the west side of the tavern lot, thus became a public way. Recorded August 2, 2024 (38 pages).
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Recorded is Book/Page at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds unless noted; Probate # is a Middlesex probate case, Ctf a Land Court certificate of title.