377 Boston Rd
377 Boston Rd
| Address | 377 Boston Rd |
| Built | 1932 |
| Other Lot Structures | Dudley Foster House (Built 1838) |
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| June 5, 1804 | Will | Estate of Jonathan Bowers Jr. of Billerica, gentleman | His widow Dorcas Bowers (use of half the real estate while a widow); his son Alexander Bowers (residue) | 1804: Jonathan Bowers Jr.'s will | Probate #2293 |
Will dated July 8, 1799, made when he was "bound to sea": to "my beloved wife Dorcas Bowers, the improvement of the one half of all my Real Estate" while she remained his widow, and a third of the personal estate; to "my son Alexander Bowers & to his heirs & assigns forever all the residue". Executors Isaac Stearns Esq. and Alexander Bowers; witnesses Isaac Wilkins, Elizabeth Abbot, Nancy Simonds. Proved at Concord June 5, 1804. Jonathan Bowers, Billerica's first postmaster (appointed Oct. 7, 1797), had married Oliver Abbot's daughter Dorcas, who took her father's homestead in 1797; mother and son joined in selling it to George Bruce in 1810.
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| May 10, 1810 | Deed | Alexander Bowers of Charlestown, merchant, and Dorcas Bowers of Boston, widow (Mary Bowers releasing dower) | Samuel Foster of Billerica, yeoman | 1810: the Bowers tract bought by Samuel Foster | 188/344 (South) |
For $300, "a certain tract of land situate in Billerica aforesaid the west side of the road leading from Boston to Chelmsford and about twenty five rods north of the meeting house", "three acres more or less", east on the road, north on James Sumner, west on William Bowers, south on other land of the grantors, "all the lines are as the walls now stand". No buildings named. Dated Jan. 1, 1810. Billerica town book 10, pages 541-542. The main body of the Foster homestead.
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| November 20, 1838 | Deed | Samuel Foster of Billerica, gentleman (wife Anna releasing dower) | His son Dudley Foster of Billerica, yeoman | 1838: the house lot cut off for Dudley Foster | 378/272 (South) |
For $150, "a certain tract or parcel of land situate in said Billerica on the westerly side of the great road leading from Boston to Lowell containing one and a quarter acres", beginning at the southeast corner at the road and land of Justin Smith "formerly Joseph Locke", west by Smith about 26 rods to the heirs of Doct. William B[owers], north by them 8 rods, east "by my own land" about 26 rods to the road, and south by the road 8 rods, "reserving the shop thereon". Dated Nov. 17, 1838; witnesses Marshall Preston and Joseph Foster. Billerica town book 14, pages 495-496. Cut from the south side of the homestead for the Dudley Foster House (377 Boston Road); Samuel kept the old house to the north.
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| November 9, 1894 | Quitclaim | Dudley Foster of Billerica (wife Mary A. Foster releasing dower and homestead) | Ellen L. Foster of Billerica, wife of his son John H. Foster | 1892: Dudley Foster to Ellen L. Foster, 210 feet on Main Street | 259/399 |
For $1 and other valuable consideration, quitclaim with covenants against his own acts of "a certain tract of land situated in said Billerica with a house and barn thereon": beginning at the southeast corner at land of George E. Stearns 2nd on Main Street, north on Main Street 210 feet to a bound in the wall at land of Mary A. Foster, west on the Foster land to a bound in the wall at land of Martin Lane, south by Lane 210 feet to Stearns, and east by Stearns to the start. Dated Sept. 12, 1892, acknowledged the same day before Frederic A. Morey; recorded Nov. 9, 1894. Middlesex North 259/399-400. The same week Dudley gave the 185 feet north of it, the old Samuel Foster homestead, to his wife (262/125, 262/127): this deed carried the 1838 house lot and a strip of the homestead.
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| October 6, 1947 | Declaration of Trust | Forrest F. Collier Jr. of Chatham, N.J., Dudley F. Collier of Billerica, Janet C. Clark of Rutland, Vt., and Abram T. Collier of Wellesley, heirs at law of Lucy Bryant Collier | Forrest F. Collier of Billerica, trustee of "The Foster Trust" | 1947: the Foster Trust | 1076/524 |
The heirs at law "of the late Lucy Bryant Collier, otherwise known as Lucy B. Collier, of Billerica" grant and release to Forrest F. Collier "all their right, title, and interest in and to all real property ... held in the name of the said Lucy Bryant Collier ... located in said Billerica", in trust "to be known as The Foster Trust"; on his death or resignation Dudley F. and Abram T. Collier become trustees; the trustee is to sell or improve and sell the land and pay the proceeds to the trustees of The Collier Trust. Spouses release dower and curtesy. Dated Sept. 27, 1947, acknowledged before Everett R. Brigham; recorded Oct. 6, 1947. Middlesex North 1076/524-527.
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| May 24, 1954 | Quitclaim | William B. Victorino of Billerica (straw) | Forrest F. Collier, Trustee of the Foster Trust | 1954: 377 Boston Road into the Foster Trust | 1256/209 |
No money consideration: quitclaim of "all my right, title and interest in the land and homestead located on the westerly side of Boston Road, Billerica Center, now numbered 377 in the numbering of said Road, which is conveyed to me by deed of Forrest F. Collier and which is to be recorded herewith." Recorded May 24, 1954, 12:02 PM. Middlesex North 1256/209. With 1256/208 this put Forrest Collier's own interest into the Foster Trust, which now held the whole of 377.
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| January 10, 1962 | Trustees' Deed | Dudley F. Collier and Abram T. Collier, Trustees of the Foster Trust | Private owners (a husband and wife of Billerica) | 1962: trustees' sale, about 120,000 square feet | 1543/378 |
For consideration paid, quitclaim of "a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon": from a stone bound on the westerly side of Boston Road at land of A. Warren Stearns, north by Boston Road by several courses 253 feet, west 455 feet by land of Mona Moon "as shown on Plan Book 68-83A", by land of the Town of Billerica and Mary E. Lane 274 feet, and by Stearns 444 feet to the start; "about one hundred and twenty thousand (120,000) square feet"; subject to the 1962 taxes. Dated and recorded Jan. 10, 1962. The buyers' $23,000 mortgage to The Central Savings Bank (1543/379) describes "the land ... now being numbered 377 Boston Road". Middlesex North 1543/378. The buyers, a podiatrist and his wife, kept an office in the house (MACRIS 1974); later transfers within the family (1982, 1991, 1994, 2018) are private.
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| January 23, 2019 | Deed | Trustees of a private family marital trust | 377 Boston Road Realty LLC | 2019: sale to 377 Boston Road Realty LLC | 32725/83 |
For $600,000, "a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon" on the westerly side of Boston Road (the 253-foot, about 120,000 square foot lot of the 1962 deed) "less and except" Lot 2 (59,104 square feet, the north strip and rear land) on the "Plan of Land in Billerica, Mass. Boston Road" by Raymond Engineering Service, 1998, Plan Book 199, Plan 60. Title from the 2018 deed into the trust (32417/16). Recorded Jan. 23, 2019. Middlesex North 32725/83 (indexed as 377-379 Boston Road). The lot had been held by the 1962 buyers and their family since 1962 (transfers 1982, 1991, 1994 and 2018 between private owners).
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| August 22, 2025 | Quitclaim | The manager of 377 Boston Road Realty LLC, individually and as manager | Green Valley Realty LLC of Woburn | 2025: Green Valley Realty LLC | 39472/179 |
For $1, quitclaim of "a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon" on the westerly side of Boston Road (the 253-foot lot, about 120,000 square feet) less Lot 2 on Plan Book 199, Plan 60; "Meaning to convey that property conveyed to the Grantor by Deed in Book 32725, Page 83." The LLC had been administratively dissolved as of Dec. 31, 2024. Recorded Aug. 22, 2025. Middlesex North 39472/179.
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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.