37-39 Wilson St
37-39 Wilson St
| Address | 37-39 Wilson St |
| Built | 1874 |
| Other Lot Structures | Talbot Textile Mill Worker Housing at 37-39 Wilson St (Built 1874) |
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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 24 | 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 24 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 24 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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| October 1, 1936 | Quitclaim | The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer | Katie Fairbrother of Billerica | 1936: The Talbot Mills sells Lot 24 with the double house to Katie Fairbrother | 883/478 |
Dated and acknowledged September 30, 1936 at Billerica (Albert H. Richardson, justice of the peace); $2.00 in revenue stamps cancelled "T.T.C. 10-1-36" (a price of about $2,000); recorded October 1, 1936 at 1:50 PM (deed no. 9, pages 478-479), the first deed of the mill village to reach the registry, one minute ahead of Lot 12 across the street. "The land in said Billerica with the buildings thereon situated on the westerly side of Wilson Street": easterly by Wilson Street by two courses 83.07 feet, southerly by Lot 23 133.88 feet, westerly by Lots 43 and 44 "by the center line of a right of way" by two courses 75.08 feet, northerly by Lot 25 132.77 feet, 10,530 square feet, "Lot 24" 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.
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| March 1, 1939 | Quitclaim | Katie Fairbrother of Billerica, unmarried | Doris L. Laporte of Lowell | 1939: Katie Fairbrother to an intermediary, to create a joint tenancy | 926/294 |
Dated and acknowledged at Lowell February 16, 1939 (Frederic S. Harvey, justice of the peace); recorded March 1, 1939 at 2:21 PM (no. 18, pages 294-295). "For consideration paid", with quitclaim covenants, "the land in said Billerica with the buildings thereon situated on the westerly side of Wilson Street", Lot 24 on Plan "A" with the 1936 bounds, 10,530 square feet; "Being the same premises conveyed to me by the Talbot Mills by deed dated September 30, 1936 ... Book 883, Page 478", with the easements and reservations. A conveyance to an intermediary, who deeded the lot back the same day (Book 926 Page 295) to create a joint tenancy.
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| March 1, 1939 | Quitclaim | Doris L. Laporte of Lowell, unmarried | Katie Fairbrother, Henry Fenton Brown and Mary Elizabeth Brown, his wife, all of Billerica, joint tenants | 1939: reconveyance to Katie Fairbrother and Henry F. and Mary E. Brown, joint tenants | 926/295 |
Dated and acknowledged at Lowell February 16, 1939 (Frederic S. Harvey, justice of the peace); recorded March 1, 1939 at 2:22 PM (no. 19, pages 295-296). "For consideration paid", with quitclaim covenants, to the three "as joint tenants", "the land in said Billerica with the buildings thereon, situated on the westerly side of Wilson Street", Lot 24 on Plan "A", the same bounds and 10,530 square feet; "Being the same premises conveyed to me by said Katie Fairbrother by deed of even date to be recorded simultaneously herewith". Henry Fenton Brown and Mary Elizabeth Buckley, both of North Billerica, had married on August 23, 1906 (town report).
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| June 25, 1957 | Administrator's Deed | Gertrude Fenton Willman, administratrix of the estate of Henry Fenton Brown of Billerica, intestate | Timothy J. McCarthy Jr. and Marion E. McCarthy, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety | 1957 administratrix's sale for $8,500; later private sales 1968, 1974, 2004 | 1374/196 |
"By power conferred by the Probate Court for said County of Middlesex by license dated June 18, 1957", for "EIGHTY-FIVE HUNDRED Dollars" ($9.35 in documentary stamps), "the land in said Billerica, with the buildings thereon, situated on the westerly side of Wilson Street", Lot 24 on Plan "A" with the 1936 bounds, 10,530 square feet. "Being the same premises conveyed to Katie Fairbrother, Henry Fenton Brown and Mary Elizabeth Brown, as joint tenants, by Doris L. Laporte by deed dated February 16, 1939 ... Book 926, Page 295. The said Katie Fairbrother died in said Billerica on January 9, 1947, and the said Mary Elizabeth Brown died in said Billerica on August 4, 1955." Dated and acknowledged at Lowell June 24, 1957 (John Harvey, notary); recorded June 25, 1957 at 9:24 AM (#1060, pages 196-197), followed by the buyers' $7,000 mortgage to Merrimack River Savings Bank. Later sales were private: November 7, 1968 (Book 1865 Page 689), a 1974 family transfer to joint tenants (Book 2131 Page 497), and an October 4, 2004 sale for $350,000 after the death of one owner (Book 17917 Page 114, citing probate docket 92P6073), the present owner. Each deed repeats the Lot 24 bounds and 10,530 square feet.
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| February 6, 1958 | Inheritance Tax Certificate | Estate of Mary Elizabeth Brown of Billerica (Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Inheritance Tax Bureau) | Henry F. Brown, surviving joint owner | 1958 inheritance tax certificate, estate of Mary Elizabeth Brown (died 1955) | 1394/428 |
Inheritance Tax Real Estate Certificate no. 033447, dated February 4, 1958 (Guy J. Bizzotto, Chief of Bureau), recorded February 6, 1958 at 9:10 AM (#114, pages 428-429): in the estate of Mary Elizabeth Brown, late of Billerica, deceased, "no inheritance tax is due on the real estate ... that passed or accrued to Henry F. Brown as surviving joint owner", "Land and buildings on Wilson St., Billerica", by deed dated February 16, 1939, Book 926 Page 295; $3.00 paid. She died in Billerica on August 4, 1955 (recited in Book 1374 Page 196).
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| February 6, 1958 | Inheritance Tax Certificate | Estate of Katie Fairbrother of Billerica (Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Inheritance Tax Bureau) | Henry Fenton Brown, surviving joint owner | 1958 inheritance tax certificate, estate of Katie Fairbrother (died 1947) | 1394/429 |
Inheritance Tax Real Estate Certificate no. 033446, dated February 4, 1958 (Guy J. Bizzotto, Chief of Bureau), recorded February 6, 1958 at 9:11 AM (#115): in the estate of Katie Fairbrother, late of Billerica, deceased, "an inheritance tax in full has been paid" on the real estate that "passed or accrued to Henry Fenton Brown as surviving joint owner", "Land and buildings on Wilson Street, Billerica", by deed dated February 16, 1939, Book 926 Page 295; $3 paid. She died in Billerica on January 9, 1947, aged 86 (town report). Filed after Henry Fenton Brown's own death, to clear the title for his administratrix's sale of 1957.
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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.