23 25 Old Elm St

Billerica town book 9, pages 87-91. Dated April 17, 1783, recorded March 31, 1794. For 818 pounds "lawful Silver money", "about forty Acres of Land ... on the West side of Concord River ... Easterly on said River, Westerly on the highway it being about two thirds of the land which was granted by the Town of Billerica unto Capt. Christopher Osgood", two thirds "of the Mills commonly known by the name of Osgoods or Carletons Mills" and two thirds of the dam and stream with the buildings, "as the same was set off by the Committee for the Widows Thirds", "meaning to convey two thirds of the Homested and Mills and Buildings thereon standing and the Shop is wholley conveyed". Richardson takes on two thirds of the 1708 town conditions, the Ruggles agreement and the repair of "the Bridge or Road" below the dam. Richardson later bought the widow's dower interest (S.115/274 and others) and in 1794 sold the whole as Richardson's Mills to the Middlesex Canal.

• 1782 Will and Division: Estate of John Carleton of Billerica, yeoman (Hannah Carleton, widow, executrix) to His widow Hannah (thirds) and children Nathan, John, Moses and Solomon Carleton, Elizabeth Todd, Hannah Laws and Lydia Mears (Probate #3943) (heirs of John Carleton)

• April 21, 1794 Deed: Thomas Richardson of Billerica, gentleman (Judith Richardson releasing dower) to Ebenezer Hall of Medford and Samuel Jaques of Wilmington, a committee for the Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal (115/259) (Richardson's Mills, bought from the Carleton heirs)

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.

• March 31, 1794 Deed: Solomon, Moses and Nathan Carleton, Jesse Manning, Thomas Todd, Thomas Laws and Thomas Mears, heirs of John Carleton, with their wives to Thomas Richardson of Billerica, gentleman (115/271) (Richardson's Mills, bought from the Carleton heirs)

• September 23, 1820 Deed: Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, by John L. Sullivan, agent to Nathan Mears of Billerica, yeoman (235/64) (the Canal resold part of the Richardson farm to Mears)
• March 20, 1826 Deed: Benjamin Guild of Boston, President of the Board of Directors of the Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal to John Mixer of Billerica (265/208) (Canal land at the mills, the old Richardson farm)
• April 21, 1832 Deed: Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal (Peter O. Thacher, president) to Daniel Wilson of Billerica (313/21) (canal mill land)
• March 23, 1835 Warranty Deed: The Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, by Peter O. Thacher of Boston, President to Israel Coulson (Colson) of Billerica, carpenter (339/55) (canal land at the mills)
• October 23, 1851 Deed: The Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, by Ebenezer Chadwick, President to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica, manufacturers and copartners (618/97) (the Richardson farm and mills bought by the canal in 1794)
• April 8, 1857 Warranty Deed: Israel A. Colson of Billerica (Rachel Colson releasing dower) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica, manufacturers (9/145) (canal house lots 17-18, sold to Colson in 1833)

• March 31, 1794 Quitclaim: Solomon Carlton of Fitchburg, yeoman, heir of John Carlton to Thomas Richardson of Billerica, gentleman (115/274) (the reversion of half the widow Carlton's dower)

Billerica town book 15, pages 56-57. Dated June 1, 1833, under a vote of the directors of Jan. 28, 1833; recorded March 23, 1835. For $150, "a certain piece or parcel of land situated in Billerica on the northerly side of the road leading from Oliver Farmers dwelling house to the Mills owned by the Proprietors of the Canal": by land of John Mixer 10 1/2 rods from the road towards the canal, by the road 8 rods "to a stone post on the east side thereof", by other land of the Proprietors 14 1/2 rods, and by the canal towing path on the north, "numbered as two lots on said plan 17 and 18" (Samuel Whiting's plan of May 27, 1816). The west end of this frontage is the corner where Lot 66 lies.

• April 21, 1794 Deed: Thomas Richardson of Billerica, gentleman (Judith Richardson releasing dower) to Ebenezer Hall of Medford and Samuel Jaques of Wilmington, a committee for the Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal (115/259) (canal land at the mills)

• April 8, 1857 Warranty Deed: Israel A. Colson of Billerica (Rachel Colson releasing dower) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica, manufacturers (9/145) (Colson sells the lots he bought from the Canal in 1833)

Billerica town book 19, pages 136-147. Dated September 22, 1851. For $20,000 the canal corporation releases "eleven pieces or parcels of land lying in the town of Billerica", each lettered on a plan by R. H. Eddy dated September 12, 1850 "hereto annexed and herewith to be recorded": the mill land at the falls, the wharf, the canal lands on both sides of the county road at Billerica Mills, and the Pollard and Rogers purchases of 1795 and 1799. Parcel C runs from the bridge over Concord River near the milldam past the sawmill and "the Dye-house and Canal waste-way", "crossing the Canal and partly by land of John Mixer" to "the County road leading to the Mills" and east along the road 270 feet to the canal bridge, 98,436 square feet "with all the buildings thereon standing"; this is where the Canal Block stood. The deed also releases the water rights of Thomas Richardson's 1794 deed (subject to the earlier grants to Francis Faulkner and Nathan Mears), reserves the canal for navigation until discontinued, and binds the Talbots to keep the flashboards on the stone dam and, after the canal closes, to keep up the two canal bridges or fill the canal into a roadway. Directors Ebenezer Chadwick, William Appleton and William Sturgis.

• April 21, 1794 Deed: Thomas Richardson of Billerica, gentleman (Judith Richardson releasing dower) to Ebenezer Hall of Medford and Samuel Jaques of Wilmington, a committee for the Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal (115/259) (the Richardson farm and mills bought by the canal in 1794)

• October 16, 1884 Deed: Thomas Talbot et al. to The Talbot Mills, Billerica (169/472) (the Talbots convey the Common to The Talbot Mills)
• October 16, 1884 Guardian's Deed: Harriet Talbot et al., by their guardian to The Talbot Mills, Billerica (169/468) (the Talbots convey the Common to The Talbot Mills)
• 1884 Quitclaim: Thomas Talbot of Billerica; Harriet E. Talbot of Lowell, widow of Charles P. Talbot; Susan Talbot of Lowell; Fanny M. Ewart and her husband, of New York to Talbot Mills, Billerica (604/108) (the canal strip, 20 rods wide, from the Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, Book 618 Page 97)

Dated March 30, 1857. For $487.50, "a tract of land situate in said Billerica on the Northerly side of the road leading from the dwelling house of the late Oliver Farmer deceased to the Canal Mills": by John Mixer's land 10 1/2 rods back toward the canal, 8 rods on the road "to a stone post", by land formerly of the canal 14 1/2 rods, and by the towing path, lots 17 and 18 on Samuel Whiting's plan of May 27, 1816, which the Middlesex Canal had sold Colson on June 1, 1833.

• April 21, 1794 Deed: Thomas Richardson of Billerica, gentleman (Judith Richardson releasing dower) to Ebenezer Hall of Medford and Samuel Jaques of Wilmington, a committee for the Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal (115/259) (canal house lots 17-18, sold to Colson in 1833)
• March 23, 1835 Warranty Deed: The Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, by Peter O. Thacher of Boston, President to Israel Coulson (Colson) of Billerica, carpenter (339/55) (Colson sells the lots he bought from the Canal in 1833)

• October 16, 1884 Deed: Thomas Talbot et al. to The Talbot Mills, Billerica (169/472) (the Talbots convey the lots to The Talbot Mills)
• October 16, 1884 Guardian's Deed: Harriet Talbot et al., by their guardian to The Talbot Mills, Billerica (169/468) (the Talbots convey the lots to The Talbot Mills)

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.

• 1850 Warranty Deed: Joseph J. Salter of Billerica (Hannah L. Salter releasing dower) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (589/521) (the minor heirs' share)
• October 23, 1851 Deed: The Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, by Ebenezer Chadwick, President to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica, manufacturers and copartners (618/97) (the Talbots convey the Common to The Talbot Mills)
• June 28, 1855 Quitclaim: Andrew Mason of Lowell, yeoman, and Mary Ann Mason his wife (formerly Mary Ann Frame), in her own right to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica, gentlemen (715/206) (the Talbots held the lot until the 1884 deeds to The Talbot Mills)
• April 8, 1857 Warranty Deed: Israel A. Colson of Billerica (Rachel Colson releasing dower) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica, manufacturers (9/145) (the Talbots convey the lots to The Talbot Mills)
• August 29, 1865 Deed: Lyman Haynes, Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, all of Billerica, with their wives to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (44/200) (the Talbots' 1865 purchase on the passage way, now Wilson Street)
• February 4, 1869 Quitclaim: Gardner Parker of Billerica (Adeline M. Parker releasing dower and homestead) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (65/441) (the 1869 Wilson homestead tract)
• August 10, 1883 Quitclaim: John M. G. Parker of Lowell (D. Maria Parker releasing dower and homestead) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (162/3) (Talbot property to the new corporation)

• February 25, 1885 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas Talbot, president, and Frederic S. Clark, treasurer to Mrs. Alma A. Wilson of Billerica (172/330) (Talbot Mills title from the 1884 Talbot deeds)
• December 4, 1885 Warranty Deed: The Talbot Mills (Solomon Lincoln, President; Frederic S. Clark, Treasurer) to Carl H. Kohlrausch of Billerica (178/102) (land of The Talbot Mills, part of the Wilson homestead)
• January 11, 1890 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Solomon Lincoln, President, and Frederic S. Clark, Treasurer to Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society of North Billerica (212/73) (part of the Common, company land since 1884)
• January 31, 1902 Warranty Deed: The Talbot Mills, North Billerica (by Frederic S. Clark, Treasurer) to Inhabitants of the Town of Billerica (339/95) (Talbot Mills land under the 1884 deeds of the Talbot heirs (no recital))
• December 23, 1914 Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas Talbot Clark, Treasurer to Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, corporation sole (St. Andrew's parish) (530/546) (Talbot Mills land under the 1884 deeds (no recital))
• 1921 Deed: Talbot Mills, North Billerica (by Frederic S. Clark, President) to The Baptist Society of North Billerica (646/398) (no title recital; Talbot Mills held the Colson Street land under the 1884 deeds of the Talbot heirs)
• March 28, 1932 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Billerica Post No. 116 Building Corporation of the American Legion (811/514) (Talbot Mills land under the 1884 deeds (no recital))
• October 6, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to John G. Gunther and Annie M. Gunther, husband and wife, of Billerica (888/500) (part of the fourth parcel)
• October 5, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to George F. Hurst and Edith E. Hurst, husband and wife, of Billerica (888/515) (part of the fifth parcel)
• October 2, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Marie I. Nolin of Billerica (888/65) (part of the fourth parcel)
• December 16, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Charles J. Gibbons and M. Theresa Gibbons of Billerica, husband and wife (892/81) (part of the first parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 1, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Margaret Fairbrother and Joseph S. Fairbrother, both of Billerica, joint tenants (883/479) (part of the first parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 15, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Marion A. MacDonald of Arlington (888/573) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 2, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Cornelius Heffron and Angelina Heffron of Lowell, husband and wife, tenants by the entirety (888/62) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 3, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to John Mackey of Billerica (888/511) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• December 21, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to George W. Chambers and Hazel R. Pelletier, both of Billerica (892/306) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 1, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Katie Fairbrother of Billerica (883/478) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• December 23, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Mary J. Taylor of Billerica (891/384) (part of the fifth parcel)
• December 21, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Louis G. Moss and Flora T. Moss, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (892/312) (recites Book 169 Pages 468 and 472)
• January 14, 1937 Warranty Deed: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Rose A. Poirier of Billerica (895/85) (part of the fifth parcel)
• October 2, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to James F. Delmege and Martha B. Delmege, husband and wife, of Billerica (888/67) (part of the fourth parcel)
• October 27, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Frank Frederick Mills of Billerica (890/248) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• January 21, 1937 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Isabel Healey of Billerica (later Isabel V. Simard) (895/524) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• January 16, 1937 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Nellie V. Hannon of Billerica (895/301) (part of the second parcel)
• October 26, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to William F. Nuttall and Julia A. Nuttall, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (889/549) ("a part of the second parcel" of the 1884 deeds)
• March 22, 1937 Warranty Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Warren A. Hanson of New London, Connecticut (893/396) (part of the second and third parcels in the 1884 deeds)
• October 26, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Norman B. Morrison and Carrie L. Morrison, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (889/552) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds)
• October 21, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to James H. Rule of Billerica (890/222) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds)
• December 22, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Edward Costello of Billerica (892/101) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds)
• October 8, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Alexander Blakely and Helen Marie Blakely, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (888/101) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds)
• December 30, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Warren M. Switzer and Mildred B. Switzer, husband and wife, of Newton, tenants by the entirety (892/347) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds)
• October 19, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to John B. Maxwell, of Billerica (890/25) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds)
• November 25, 1936 Warranty Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Clifford O. Watson and Mabel Watson, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (886/335) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds)
• June 28, 1937 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Alfred Christianson and Marie M. Christianson, husband and wife, of Lowell (900/141) (part of the fifth parcel)
• April 30, 1937 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Annie L. Langley and Eliza St. Johns of Billerica, joint tenants (898/158) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• January 13, 1937 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Herbert J. Tivey of Billerica (895/177) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• June 5, 1937 Deed: The Talbot Mills of Billerica, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Margaret McGrath of Billerica (899/261) ("a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds (169/468))
• May 17, 1937 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to George F. Hurst and Edith E. Hurst, husband and wife, of Billerica (899/402) (part of the fifth parcel)
• February 1, 1937 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to William P. Ring and Louise M. Ring, husband and wife, of Billerica (895/583) (part of the fifth parcel)
• January 25, 1937 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Charles D. Mahoney and Marion I. Mahoney, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (895/544) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• January 14, 1938 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Raymond V. Lovejoy and Evelyn E. Lovejoy, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (909/349) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds)
• September 1, 1937 Warranty Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Mary Ellen Haslam, Emily Haslam and Clara Haslam, all of Billerica, as joint tenants (903/432) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds)
• November 2, 1939 Quitclaim Deed: The Talbot Mills (Thomas T. Clark, treasurer) to Frank A. Kelley of Billerica (935/557) (Lot 52, part of the second parcel)
• October 20, 1939 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Joseph Sidorovich and Fannie Sidorovich, husband and wife, of Maynard (936/47) (title of Talbot Mills)
• October 23, 1939 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Newell A. Hoyt and Ethel Hoyt, husband and wife, of Lowell (934/172) (part of the fourth parcel)
• October 25, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Mark Hughes of Rochdale, Worcester County (936/229) ("a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds (169/468))
• October 20, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills to John J. Nuttall and Amy I. Nuttall (936/46) (part of the first parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• November 7, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Frank Gagnon and Blanche R. Gagnon, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (935/567) (part of the first parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 9, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Lillian Gustafson of Chelmsford (934/190) (first parcel of the 1884 deeds)
• October 17, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to William J. Norris and Eliza J. Norris, husband and wife, tenants by the entirety (936/45) (part of the first parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 31, 1939 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society (936/135) (part of the fourth parcel)
• November 2, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Charles E. Fairbrother Jr. and Mary E. Fairbrother, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (935/556) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 23, 1939 Deed: The Talbot Mills to Arthur L. Mahoney of Billerica (936/225) (part of the second parcel)
• October 27, 1939 Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to John F. Trainor and Reginald Horman, both of Billerica (936/133) (part of the second and third parcels)
• October 23, 1939 Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to George A. Ouellette of Billerica (936/227) (part of the second parcel)
• December 30, 1940 Quitclaim Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, its treasurer to Inhabitants of Billerica (955/441) (the 1940 deed has no title clause; the Talbot Mills held the village land under the 1884 deeds from the Talbot heirs)
• March 13, 1940 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Frank A. Brown, George W. Chambers and John F. Trainor, all of Billerica, as joint tenants (942/175) (part of the fifth parcel)

• October 16, 1884 Deed: Thomas Talbot et al. to The Talbot Mills, Billerica (169/472) (the two 1884 deeds to the Talbot Mills, recorded together)
• March 30, 1876 Deed: Gardner Parker of Billerica (Adeline M. Parker releasing dower and homestead) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (116/432) (Talbot land to the corporation)
• 1881 Quitclaim: Frank P. Putnam and Eliza J. Putnam his wife, in her right, both of Lowell to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (149/516) (Talbot property passed to the corporation)

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.

• 1850 Warranty Deed: Joseph J. Salter of Billerica (Hannah L. Salter releasing dower) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (589/521) (the Talbot heirs convey the Wilson Street land to The Talbot Mills)
• October 23, 1851 Deed: The Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, by Ebenezer Chadwick, President to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica, manufacturers and copartners (618/97) (the Talbots convey the Common to The Talbot Mills)
• June 28, 1855 Quitclaim: Andrew Mason of Lowell, yeoman, and Mary Ann Mason his wife (formerly Mary Ann Frame), in her own right to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica, gentlemen (715/206) (the Talbots held the lot until the 1884 deeds to The Talbot Mills)
• April 8, 1857 Warranty Deed: Israel A. Colson of Billerica (Rachel Colson releasing dower) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica, manufacturers (9/145) (the Talbots convey the lots to The Talbot Mills)
• August 29, 1865 Deed: Lyman Haynes, Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, all of Billerica, with their wives to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (44/200) (the Talbots' 1865 purchase on the passage way, now Wilson Street)
• February 4, 1869 Quitclaim: Gardner Parker of Billerica (Adeline M. Parker releasing dower and homestead) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (65/441) (the 1869 Wilson homestead tract)
• August 10, 1883 Quitclaim: John M. G. Parker of Lowell (D. Maria Parker releasing dower and homestead) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (162/3) (Talbot property to the new corporation)

• December 4, 1885 Warranty Deed: The Talbot Mills (Solomon Lincoln, President; Frederic S. Clark, Treasurer) to Carl H. Kohlrausch of Billerica (178/102) (land of The Talbot Mills, part of the Wilson homestead)
• January 11, 1890 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Solomon Lincoln, President, and Frederic S. Clark, Treasurer to Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society of North Billerica (212/73) (part of the Common, company land since 1884)
• March 23, 1901 Warranty Deed: Talbot Mills (Solomon Lincoln, President; Frederick S. Clark, Treasurer) to Charles H. Kohlrausch Jr. of North Billerica (328/90) (Talbot Mills title)
• January 31, 1902 Warranty Deed: The Talbot Mills, North Billerica (by Frederic S. Clark, Treasurer) to Inhabitants of the Town of Billerica (339/95) (Talbot Mills land under the 1884 deeds of the Talbot heirs (no recital))
• December 23, 1914 Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas Talbot Clark, Treasurer to Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, corporation sole (St. Andrew's parish) (530/546) (Talbot Mills land under the 1884 deeds (no recital))
• 1921 Deed: Talbot Mills, North Billerica (by Frederic S. Clark, President) to The Baptist Society of North Billerica (646/398) (no title recital; Talbot Mills held the Colson Street land under the 1884 deeds of the Talbot heirs)
• March 28, 1932 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Billerica Post No. 116 Building Corporation of the American Legion (811/514) (Talbot Mills land under the 1884 deeds (no recital))
• October 6, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to John G. Gunther and Annie M. Gunther, husband and wife, of Billerica (888/500) (part of the fourth parcel)
• October 5, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to George F. Hurst and Edith E. Hurst, husband and wife, of Billerica (888/515) (part of the fifth parcel)
• October 2, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Marie I. Nolin of Billerica (888/65) (part of the fourth parcel)
• December 16, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Charles J. Gibbons and M. Theresa Gibbons of Billerica, husband and wife (892/81) (part of the first parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 1, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Margaret Fairbrother and Joseph S. Fairbrother, both of Billerica, joint tenants (883/479) (part of the first parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 15, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Marion A. MacDonald of Arlington (888/573) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 2, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Cornelius Heffron and Angelina Heffron of Lowell, husband and wife, tenants by the entirety (888/62) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 3, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to John Mackey of Billerica (888/511) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• December 21, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to George W. Chambers and Hazel R. Pelletier, both of Billerica (892/306) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 1, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Katie Fairbrother of Billerica (883/478) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• December 23, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Mary J. Taylor of Billerica (891/384) (part of the fifth parcel)
• December 21, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Louis G. Moss and Flora T. Moss, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (892/312) (recites Book 169 Pages 468 and 472)
• January 14, 1937 Warranty Deed: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Rose A. Poirier of Billerica (895/85) (part of the fifth parcel)
• October 2, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to James F. Delmege and Martha B. Delmege, husband and wife, of Billerica (888/67) (part of the fourth parcel)
• October 27, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Frank Frederick Mills of Billerica (890/248) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• January 21, 1937 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Isabel Healey of Billerica (later Isabel V. Simard) (895/524) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• January 16, 1937 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Nellie V. Hannon of Billerica (895/301) (part of the second parcel)
• October 26, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to William F. Nuttall and Julia A. Nuttall, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (889/549) ("a part of the second parcel" of the 1884 deeds)
• March 22, 1937 Warranty Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Warren A. Hanson of New London, Connecticut (893/396) (part of the second and third parcels in the 1884 deeds)
• October 26, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Norman B. Morrison and Carrie L. Morrison, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (889/552) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds)
• October 21, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to James H. Rule of Billerica (890/222) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds)
• December 22, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Edward Costello of Billerica (892/101) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds)
• October 8, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Alexander Blakely and Helen Marie Blakely, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (888/101) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds)
• December 30, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Warren M. Switzer and Mildred B. Switzer, husband and wife, of Newton, tenants by the entirety (892/347) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds)
• October 19, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to John B. Maxwell, of Billerica (890/25) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds)
• November 25, 1936 Warranty Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Clifford O. Watson and Mabel Watson, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (886/335) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds)
• June 28, 1937 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Alfred Christianson and Marie M. Christianson, husband and wife, of Lowell (900/141) (part of the fifth parcel)
• April 30, 1937 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Annie L. Langley and Eliza St. Johns of Billerica, joint tenants (898/158) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• January 13, 1937 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Herbert J. Tivey of Billerica (895/177) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• June 5, 1937 Deed: The Talbot Mills of Billerica, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Margaret McGrath of Billerica (899/261) ("a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds (169/472))
• May 17, 1937 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to George F. Hurst and Edith E. Hurst, husband and wife, of Billerica (899/402) (part of the fifth parcel)
• February 1, 1937 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to William P. Ring and Louise M. Ring, husband and wife, of Billerica (895/583) (part of the fifth parcel)
• January 25, 1937 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Charles D. Mahoney and Marion I. Mahoney, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (895/544) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• January 14, 1938 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Raymond V. Lovejoy and Evelyn E. Lovejoy, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (909/349) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds)
• September 1, 1937 Warranty Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Mary Ellen Haslam, Emily Haslam and Clara Haslam, all of Billerica, as joint tenants (903/432) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds)
• November 2, 1939 Quitclaim Deed: The Talbot Mills (Thomas T. Clark, treasurer) to Frank A. Kelley of Billerica (935/557) (Lot 52, part of the second parcel)
• October 20, 1939 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Joseph Sidorovich and Fannie Sidorovich, husband and wife, of Maynard (936/47) (title of Talbot Mills)
• October 23, 1939 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Newell A. Hoyt and Ethel Hoyt, husband and wife, of Lowell (934/172) (part of the fourth parcel)
• October 25, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Mark Hughes of Rochdale, Worcester County (936/229) ("a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds (169/472))
• October 20, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills to John J. Nuttall and Amy I. Nuttall (936/46) (part of the first parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• November 7, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Frank Gagnon and Blanche R. Gagnon, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (935/567) (part of the first parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 9, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Lillian Gustafson of Chelmsford (934/190) (first parcel of the 1884 deeds)
• October 17, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to William J. Norris and Eliza J. Norris, husband and wife, tenants by the entirety (936/45) (part of the first parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 31, 1939 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society (936/135) (part of the fourth parcel)
• November 2, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Charles E. Fairbrother Jr. and Mary E. Fairbrother, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (935/556) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 23, 1939 Deed: The Talbot Mills to Arthur L. Mahoney of Billerica (936/225) (part of the second parcel)
• October 27, 1939 Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to John F. Trainor and Reginald Horman, both of Billerica (936/133) (part of the second and third parcels)
• October 23, 1939 Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to George A. Ouellette of Billerica (936/227) (part of the second parcel)
• December 30, 1940 Quitclaim Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, its treasurer to Inhabitants of Billerica (955/441) (the 1940 deed has no title clause; the Talbot Mills held the village land under the 1884 deeds from the Talbot heirs)
• March 13, 1940 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Frank A. Brown, George W. Chambers and John F. Trainor, all of Billerica, as joint tenants (942/175) (part of the fifth parcel)
• September 30, 1944 Deed: The Talbot Mills, a Massachusetts corporation of Billerica to Talbot Mills, Inc., Billerica (1013/89) (Lots 70 and 71 came to The Talbot Mills in 1884)

• July 3, 1869 Quitclaim: Oren Sheldon of Billerica (Agnes Sheldon releasing dower and homestead) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (68/379) (Talbot land to the corporation)
• March 30, 1876 Deed: Gardner Parker of Billerica (Adeline M. Parker releasing dower and homestead) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (116/432) (the 1876 half acre adjoins Lot 32 on the west)
• 1881 Quitclaim: Frank P. Putnam and Eliza J. Putnam his wife, in her right, both of Lowell to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (149/516) (Talbot property passed to the corporation)

Dated Dec. 3, 1936 ($1.50 in stamps). "The land in said Billerica with the buildings thereon situated on the northeasterly side of Lowell Street and the northwesterly side of Elm Street": SW by Lowell Street 8.28 feet, S by a curved line at the intersection of the streets 68.17 feet, SE by Elm Street 13.95 feet, E by Lot 67 118.51 feet, N by other land of the grantor along a right of way 25.95 feet, W by Lot 65 123.21 feet, 7,392 square feet, Lot 66 on Plan "B" (Plan Book 60 Plan 28). "Being a part of the fifth Parcel of land described in two deeds to the grantor" of Oct. 15, 1884 (Book 169 Pages 468 and 472). The right of way behind Lots 64-71 is to be "forever kept open for the common use and benefit of the abutters"; the mill kept the common sewer.

• October 16, 1884 Deed: Thomas Talbot et al. to The Talbot Mills, Billerica (169/472) (part of the fifth parcel)
• October 16, 1884 Guardian's Deed: Harriet Talbot et al., by their guardian to The Talbot Mills, Billerica (169/468) (part of the fifth parcel)

• November 18, 1955 Administrator's Deed: Thomas S. Taylor, administrator of the estate of Mary J. Taylor, late of Billerica to Frank St. John Jr. and his wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (1316/532) (Mary J. Taylor's estate, sold by license)

Recorded with the deed. Mary J. Taylor mortgages Lot 66 for $1,000 "in or within fifteen years" at six percent, "Being the same premises conveyed to me by the Talbot Mills by deed dated December 3, 1936, to be recorded herewith"; "The buildings on said premises are now numbered 23 and 25 on said Elm street." She gave the same bank further mortgages of Lot 66 on July 29, 1937 (Book 901 Page 259) and June 15, 1939 (Book 930 Page 360).

• December 23, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Mary J. Taylor of Billerica (891/384) (purchase mortgage)

Executed Feb. 25, 1952, recorded Feb. 27, 1952. The Town gives notice of its lien on "Lowell and Elm Sts. Land Lot 66 and buildings thereon", owned by Mary J. Taylor, "an applicant and/or recipient of Old Age Assistance under Chapter 118A of the General Laws", for the assistance granted and to be granted. Discharged Nov. 18, 1955, when her estate sold the house (Book 1316 Page 531).

• December 23, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Mary J. Taylor of Billerica (891/384) (lien on the Taylor lot)

Dated Nov. 17, 1955, by license of the Probate Court dated Oct. 28, 1955; Mary J. Taylor died intestate. For $6,300, "the land in said Billerica, with the buildings thereon, situated on the northeasterly side of Lowell Street and the northwesterly side of Elm Street", Lot 66 on Plan "B", with the 1936 bounds, 7,392 square feet. "Being the same premises conveyed to the said Mary J. Taylor by Talbot Mills by deed dated December 3, 1936" (Book 891 Page 384).

• December 23, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Mary J. Taylor of Billerica (891/384) (Mary J. Taylor's estate, sold by license)

• October 16, 1969 Release of Inheritance Tax Lien: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Inheritance Tax Bureau (estate of Frank J. St. John Jr.) to The widow of Frank J. St. John Jr., surviving tenant by the entirety (1902/787) (surviving tenant by the entirety)

Recorded Nov. 18, 1955 with the deed. The St. Johns mortgage "the land, with the buildings thereon" on the northeasterly side of Lowell Street and the northwesterly side of Elm Street, Lot 66 on Plan "B", 7,392 square feet, for $5,000 in fifteen years at five percent, in monthly installments.

• November 18, 1955 Administrator's Deed: Thomas S. Taylor, administrator of the estate of Mary J. Taylor, late of Billerica to Frank St. John Jr. and his wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (1316/532) (purchase mortgage)

Recorded Oct. 16, 1969. In the estate of Frank J. St. John a/k/a Frank J. St. John Jr., late of Billerica (no probate docket), no inheritance tax is due on the "land and buildings situate 23-25 Elm Street", a "Multiple dwelling" assessed at $3,950 and "occupied as domicile", which passed to his widow as surviving tenant by the entirety (deed of Nov. 17, 1955, Book 1316 Page 532). He died Sept. 9, 1969. His widow conveyed the house to private owners in 1998 (Book 9565 Page 125, reserving a life estate, which she ended in 1999, Book 10125 Page 190); they still owned it in 2026.

• November 18, 1955 Administrator's Deed: Thomas S. Taylor, administrator of the estate of Mary J. Taylor, late of Billerica to Frank St. John Jr. and his wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (1316/532) (surviving tenant by the entirety)