Structure · Built 1860
340 Concord Rd
340 Concord Rd
| Address | 340 Concord Rd |
| Built | 1860 |
| Other Lot Structures | Jonathan & Laura Hill House (Built 1820) |
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| May 4, 1868 | Quitclaim | Jonathan Hill of Billerica; Laura W. Hill his wife (dower and homestead) | Charles H. Hill of Billerica | Jonathan Hill to Charles H. Hill, the house lot on the road | 61/571 |
For $100, two lots "on the Easterly side of the main road leading from said Billerica to Bedford": the first beginning at the southwest corner "at the corner of the wall, at my land", east by Jonathan Hill's land on a wall, north on a wall 6 8/10 rods to land of C. H. Hill, west by Hill's land to the road, and south by the road 16 1/2 rods; the second a small lot in the rear, Charles to build "a good and sufficient wall, in place of the fence on the whole southerly line of said small lot, at his own cost." The premises are free of incumbrances "except of a conveyance made by me to [illegible] Hill of even date herewith, of part of the house and garden on the premises for the joint life of said [illegible] and wife and no longer", so a house stood on the lot. Signed April 27, 1868, acknowledged April 28 before Daniel S. Richardson; recorded May 4, 1868. The front lot, 16 1/2 rods (about 272 feet) on the road, is the 2.17-acre lot with 264 feet of frontage sold to W. P. Hadley in 1913, today 340 Concord Road.
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| October 10, 1904 | Warranty Deed | Charles H. Hill of Billerica | His daughter Margaret E. Hill of Billerica | Charles H. Hill to Margaret E. Hill | 370/300 |
For one dollar and other valuable considerations, "a certain parcel or tract of land situated in that part of said Billerica called South Billerica on the easterly side of the Road leading from Billerica to Bedford, with the buildings thereon": from the northwest corner on the road south along the road to land of the heirs of Jonathan Hill, east along their land to the Boston and Lowell Rail Road, northeast along the railroad to the Brook, west along the Brook "and the Mill Pond and land belonging to the Old Machine Shop" to the road; twenty acres. Signed Oct. 8, 1904, acknowledged and recorded Oct. 10, 1904. Charles Henry Hill's house of about 1870 and the older house on the 1868 lot both stood on this land.
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| August 30, 1913 | Warranty Deed | Margaret E. Hill of Billerica, unmarried; Aphia C. Hill, widow of Charles H. Hill (dower and homestead) | William P. Hadley of Hudson, N.H. | Margaret E. Hill to W. P. Hadley, 2.17 acres with buildings | 509/258 |
For one dollar, "a certain piece or parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated in said Billerica on the easterly side of the Bedford Road": beginning at the southwest corner on the road at land of the heirs of Jonathan Hill, easterly along their land 151.35, 117.89, 131 and 129 feet to Margaret E. Hill, northerly 48.7 and 59.8 feet, westerly 152.28 and 352 feet to the road, southerly 264.07 feet on the road; 2.17 acres, "being a part of the premises described in a deed to said Margaret E. Hill from Charles H. Hill, dated October 8, 1904 ... Book 370, Page 300", shown on a plan by F. W. Huntington and Co. surveyed July 1913 and "bounded on all sides by stone walls"; a new hen house about sixty feet long is excepted. Signed Aug. 28, 1913; recorded Aug. 30, 1913 with Plan Book 30 Plan 52. This is the Hadley Homestead, 340 Concord Road.
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| October 13, 1939 | Quitclaim Deed | Florence G. Hadley of Billerica, unmarried | Roger C. Hadley of Winchester | Florence G. Hadley to Roger C. Hadley | 936/197 |
Stamps $2.00: "the land in said Billerica, together with the buildings thereon, situated on the easterly side of the Bedford Road", with the bounds of the 1913 Hadley plan (264.07 feet on the road, heirs of Jonathan Hill on the south, Margaret E. Hill on the north and east), 2.17 acres, "being the premises conveyed by Hill et al to Hadley ... Book 509, Page 258"; the grantee assumes the Lowell Co-operative Bank mortgage (given by Florence in 1934, Book 855 Page 429). Signed Oct. 10, 1939; recorded Oct. 13, 1939. Florence G. Hadley held the place after William P. Hadley; no deed from him to her is recorded, so she presumably took it from his estate.
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| April 1, 1942 | Quitclaim Deed | Roger C. Hadley of Winchester; Dora E. Hadley his wife | Robert E. Wyman and Irene H. Wyman of Billerica, husband and wife | Hadley to Wyman | 975/594 |
"The land in said Billerica, together with the buildings thereon, situated on the easterly side of the Bedford Road", the 2.17-acre Hadley lot with the same bounds, "being the premises conveyed by Hill et al to Hadley ... Book 509, Page 258"; the grantees assume the Lowell Co-operative Bank mortgage. Signed March 16, 1942; recorded April 1, 1942 (pages 594-595).
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| July 10, 1945 | Quitclaim Deed | Robert E. Wyman and Irene H. Wyman of Billerica | Albert E. Newick of Billerica | Wyman to Newick | 1026/225 |
Stamps $6.05 (about $5,500): the 2.17-acre Hadley lot "with the buildings thereon" on the easterly side of the Bedford Road, "being the same premises conveyed to us by Roger C. Hadley by his deed dated March 16, 1942 ... Book 975, Page 594", subject to the 1945 taxes. Signed July 2, 1945; recorded July 10, 1945. Newick mortgaged it the same day to the Lowell Co-operative Bank for $4,000 (page 226).
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| July 22, 1946 | Quitclaim Deed | Albert E. Newick of Billerica; Agnes Cotten Newick his wife | Irene Dale of Quincy | Newick to Dale (straw) | 1049/213 |
For less than $100, the 2.17-acre lot "with the buildings thereon" on the easterly side of the Bedford Road (Hadley plan bounds), title recited to Roger C. Hadley, Book 975 Page 594. Signed July 20, 1946; recorded July 22, 1946. A straw deed: Irene Dale conveyed the lot back the same day.
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| July 22, 1946 | Quitclaim Deed | Irene Dale of Quincy, unmarried | Albert E. Newick and Agnes Cotten Newick, husband and wife, of Billerica | Dale to the Newicks (straw) | 1049/214 |
For less than $100, the same 2.17 acres with the buildings, back to the Newicks as tenants by the entirety. Signed July 20, 1946; recorded July 22, 1946 (pages 214-215).
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| November 12, 1946 | Quitclaim Deed | Albert E. Newick and Agnes Cotten Newick of Billerica | Herbert G. Gordon and Alice M. Gordon of Cambridge, husband and wife | Newick to Gordon | 1057/325 |
Stamps $12.10 (about $11,000): "the land in said Billerica with the buildings thereon, situated on the easterly side of the Bedford Road", 2.17 acres (Hadley plan bounds), "Being the same premises conveyed to us by Irene Dale by deed dated July 20, 1946 ... Book 1049, Page 214." Signed and recorded Nov. 12, 1946 (pages 325-326); the Gordons mortgaged it the same day to the Middlesex Institution for Savings.
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| May 3, 1948 | Quitclaim Deed | Herbert G. Gordon and Alice M. Gordon of Billerica | Robert L. Halfman of Cambridge | Gordon to Halfman | 1090/214 |
Stamps $13.75 (about $12,500): "the land with the buildings thereon situated in said Billerica on the Easterly side of Bedford Road", 2.17 acres per the 1913 Hadley plan (Plan Book 30 Plan 52), "Being the same premises conveyed to us by Albert E. Newick, et ux, by deed dated November 12, 1946 ... Book 1057, Page 325." Signed April 30, 1948; recorded May 3, 1948. Halfman mortgaged it to the Lexington Co-operative Bank for $8,000 the same day (page 215).
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| September 8, 1950 | Quitclaim Deed | Robert L. Halfman and Eleanora L. Halfman of Billerica | Carrie Wellington of Melrose | Halfman to Wellington (straw) | 1150/524 |
The 2.17-acre lot "with the buildings thereon" on the easterly side of Bedford Road (Plan Book 30 Plan 52), "Being the same premises conveyed to said Robert L. Halfman by deed of Herbert G. Gordon et al, dated April 30, 1948 ... Book 1090, Page 214." Signed Sept. 7, 1950; recorded Sept. 8, 1950. A straw deed to put the title in husband and wife together.
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| September 8, 1950 | Quitclaim Deed | Carrie Wellington of Melrose | Robert L. Halfman and Eleanora L. Halfman, husband and wife | Wellington to the Halfmans (straw) | 1150/525 |
The same 2.17 acres back to the Halfmans as tenants by the entirety, "Being the same premises conveyed to me by deed of Robert L. Halfman et al, of even date." Signed Sept. 7, 1950; recorded Sept. 8, 1950.
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| 1954 | Quitclaim Deed | Robert L. Halfman and Eleanora L. Halfman of Billerica | Private buyers (husband and wife) | Halfman to private owners; later sales | 1262/543 |
"The lands with the buildings thereon ... on the Easterly side of BEDFORD ROAD (now called CONCORD ROAD)", the 2.17 acres of the 1913 Hadley plan, subject to the 1954 taxes, "Being the same premises conveyed to us by deed of Carrie Wellington dated September 7, 1950 ... Book 1150, Page 525." The buyers' family kept the house for more than sixty years (family deeds in 2000 and 2003) and sold it in 2016 to the present private owner. The assessor's card calls it the "Hadley Homestead" and dates the house to about 1820. Recorded 1954.
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Recorded is Book/Page at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds unless noted.