Structure · Built 1880
380 Boston Rd
380 Boston Rd
| Address | 380 Boston Rd |
| Built | 1880 |
| Other Lot Structures | Michael Hayes House (Built 1919) |
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| March 23, 1819 | Quitclaim | John Crosby and Abigail Crosby | Ichabod Everett of Boston | Everett farm, source of the 1844 acre | 229/78 (South) |
The same day, John Crosby of Billerica, yeoman, for $4,000 quitclaimed to Ichabod Everett of Boston "the homestead situate a few rods north of the meeting house in said Billerica containing fifty six acres be it more or less with all the buildings thereon," with the same bounds as the guardian's deed, reserving a right of way for Joseph Locke from the gate near Henry Bridge's house and the right of the widow Alice Bridge "to pasture one cow on the above described premises during her natural life," with the twelve acre Fox Hill wood lot. Dated Feb. 2, 1819. Billerica town book 12, pages 122-123.
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| November 9, 1841 | Warranty | Thomas Sumner of Billerica, deputy sheriff, and Rebecca Sumner his wife | William Blanchard of Billerica, yeoman | Blanchard buys the Baldwin house lot next door | 407/434 (South) |
"A certain parcel of Real Estate situate in said Billerica," containing about five acres, bounded "Southerly & Easterly by Land of Ichabod Everett, Northerly by Land of the heirs of Col. John Parker now the Widow Susan Parker, Westerly by the Boston Road leading from Lowell to Boston with the Buildings thereon standing." Dated and acknowledged Nov. 9, recorded Nov. 9, 1841. Billerica town book 17, page 166 (Southern Registry Book 407 Page 434). The same day Blanchard mortgaged the place back to Sumner for $1,100, describing it as "formerly occupied and owned by said Sumner" (town book 17/167, S. 407/435). Stearns family tradition credits Blanchard with remodelling the house about 1841-42: taking out the central chimney, moving the main door to the gable end facing the street and adding the recessed doorway.
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| August 3, 1844 | Warranty | Ichabod Everett of Billerica, yeoman, and Martha Everett his wife | William Blanchard of Billerica, yeoman | one acre south of Blanchard's garden lot, part of this lot | 446/476 (South) |
Dated and acknowledged May 17, 1844 before Marshall Preston, recorded Aug. 3, 1844. For $200, "one acre of land more or less," beginning at the northwesterly corner "at said Blanchard's garden lot in front of his house at the Great Road," easterly by Blanchard's land 20 rods 18 links to a stake, southerly eight rods to a large rock by Everett's land by the wall, westerly by Everett 19 rods 7 links to the Great road, and northerly by the road eight rods; Blanchard agreed to rebuild the wall on the south side. The strip came out of the 56-acre homestead north of the meeting house that Everett bought from John Crosby in 1819. Billerica town book 16, pages 554-555 (Southern Registry Book 446 Page 476); the second of the three deeds recited in 1869.
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| November 16, 1869 | Warranty | William Blanchard of Billerica, yeoman, and Lydia A. Blanchard | Albert Stearns of Billerica | Stearns homestead, from which the lot was cut | 70/526 |
For $3,500, "a certain parcel of land situate in said Billerica with the buildings thereon, known as my 'Homestead' containing nine and a half acres more or less," beginning at the southwesterly corner at land of Abel Spalding "at the Great road," easterly by Spalding 19 rods 7 links to a wall, northerly by the wall, Spalding and land formerly of Isaac Holden now of one Caldwell "until you come to a lane called Holden's lane," westerly by the lane to the great road and southerly by the road to the beginning; "being the same premises conveyed to me in the three following deeds viz: Thomas Sumner to Wm. Blanchard dated Nov. 9th 1841 ... Book 407 Page 434, Ichabod Everett to Wm. Blanchard dated May 17, 1844 ... Book 446 Page 476, Marshall Preston and wife to Wm. Blanchard dated May 1st 1859 ... Book 23 Page 236." Dated Nov. 11, recorded Nov. 16, 1869. On the next page Stearns sold Blanchard, for $1,000, about three quarters of an acre with buildings on the road from Lowell to Boston (Book 70 Page 527).
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| September 4, 1886 | Discharge and Mortgage | Dudley Foster, assignee of the 1869 mortgage; then Albert Stearns of Billerica | Albert Stearns (discharge); George H. Hall of Billerica (mortgage) | Stearns homestead mortgage, discharged 1912 | 183/471 |
Recorded Sept. 4, 1886. First, Dudley Foster, assignee of the mortgage given by Albert Stearns to William Blanchard on Nov. 11, 1869, acknowledges "full payment and satisfaction" and discharges it. Then, for $2,200 at six per cent for five years, Albert Stearns mortgages to George H. Hall "a certain parcel of land situated in said Billerica with the buildings thereon known as my 'Homestead' containing nine and a half acres," beginning at the southwesterly corner at land of Abel Spalding deceased at the Great Road, easterly by Spalding 19 rods 7 links to a wall, northerly by the wall, Spalding and land formerly owned by Isaac Holden to "a lane called Holden's lane," westerly by the lane to the Great Road and southerly by the road, "Being the same premises conveyed to me by William Blanchard deed dated November 11th 1869"; the buildings to be insured for at least $1,500. The margin records several assignments (to Ann B. Hall, Lucy M. King and Alice B. H. Rundle) and the discharge by Alice B. H. Rundle in October 1912.
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| January 31, 1921 | Quitclaim | George E. Stearns of Billerica (1860-1923), with Datie Louise Stearns his wife releasing dower and homestead | Michael Hayes of Billerica | George E. Stearns sells the vacant lot to Michael Hayes | 639/199 |
Dated Oct. 21, 1919, recorded Jan. 31, 1921. For consideration paid, with quitclaim covenants, a strip on the south side of the homestead, "Commencing on Main Street at a stake and running Easterly by land of Mary Rogers, three hundred seventy eight and six tenths feet," northerly by land of Sears Cook 115 feet, "Westerly by land of Albert Stearns estate, four hundred eight and one tenth" feet to a stake on Main Street, and southerly on Main Street 85 feet: 38,544.3 square feet "according to a plan of the estate of Albert Stearns, surveyed by G. R. Colson, dated December 31, 1915." This is the Hayes land that bounds the house lot on the south in 1931 and 1960, and the one portion excepted from the 1924 deed to A. Warren Stearns.
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| June 16, 1939 | Quitclaim | Catherine Rogers, Michael E. and Mary Hayes, T. Frank and Bridget Lyons, Nellie L., Frank E., Elizabeth, Fannie A. and Alice Rogers, heirs at law of Mary Rogers | Annie G. Rogers of Billerica | Rogers heirs (Mary Hayes, Frances A. Rogers) deed the homestead next door | 929/189 |
Signed and acknowledged Sept. 29, 1923; first recorded in Middlesex South Nov. 9, 1923 (Book 4677, Page 446), recorded at Middlesex North June 16, 1939. The heirs of Mary Rogers, widow of Timothy Rogers, quitclaimed "All and the same estate as conveyed by deed of Henry W. Hart and Joshua B. Holden to Timothy Rogers by deed dated June 27, 1891 ... book 224, Page 253," and also a lot with a building in Cambridgeport that Timothy Rogers bought in 1870, "conveying all our right title and interest as heirs-at-law of Mary Rogers ... Docket Number 132537" (Middlesex probate). Husbands released curtesy. "No consideration passed."
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| January 15, 1924 | Quitclaim | Datie Louise Stearns of Belmont, widow of George E. Stearns | Dr. A. Warren Stearns of Billerica | Stearns homestead, excepting the Hayes lot | 702/47 |
Dated and acknowledged Jan. 10, 1924, recorded Jan. 15, 1924. With quitclaim covenants, two parcels, the first "All that parcel of land in Billerica Center now or formerly known as the Homestead of which Albert Stearns died seized June 25, 1914, and to which my late husband George E. Stearns succeeded as the son and sole heir at law of said Albert Stearns, with the exception of that portion conveyed by George E. Stearns to Michael Hayes by deed dated October 21, 1919 ... For further reference to title see probates of Albert Stearns and George E. Stearns duly recorded in the Registry of Probate for the County of Middlesex, and deed of William Blanchard to Albert Stearns dated November 11, 1869." The second parcel was the Richardson lot at the Center, less the 1915 town taking for an engine house. This deed records the Stearns descent: Albert Stearns to his son George E. Stearns (1914) and from George's estate to his son A. Warren Stearns.
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| June 11, 1930 | Warranty | Michael E. Hayes of Billerica, being married, with Mary Rogers Hayes his wife releasing dower and homestead | Michael E. Hayes and Mary Rogers Hayes of Billerica | Michael E. Hayes to himself and his wife, with the house | 791/172 |
Dated and acknowledged May 16, 1930 before Albert H. Richardson, recorded June 11, 1930. For consideration paid, with warranty covenants, "the land in said Billerica with buildings thereon", commencing on Main Street (sometimes called Boston Road) at a stake, easterly by land of Mary Rogers 378.6 feet, northerly by land of Sears Cook 115 feet, westerly by land of the Albert Stearns estate 408.1 feet to Main Street, and southerly on Main Street 85 feet, 38,544.3 square feet "according to a plan of the estate of Albert Stearns, surveyed by G. R. Colson, dated December 31, 1915". "Being the same premises conveyed to me by deed of George E. Stearns, dated October 21, 1919 ... Book 639 Page 199." The first deed of the lot to mention the house; it put the title in husband and wife together.
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| March 25, 1933 | Quitclaim | Mary Hayes, sometimes called Mary Rogers Hayes, widow, of Billerica | Her sister Frances A. Rogers of Billerica | widow Mary Hayes to her sister Frances A. Rogers | 823/212 |
Pages 212-213, dated and acknowledged October 17, 1932 before Charles F. Heywood, recorded March 25, 1933. For consideration paid, with quitclaim covenants, "the land in said Billerica, with the buildings thereon", on Main Street, sometimes called Boston Road, with the same bounds (Mary Rogers 378.60 feet, Sears Cook 115 feet, the "Albert Sears estate" [sic] 408.1 feet, Main Street 85 feet), 38,544.30 square feet. "For my title see deed of my late husband, Michael E. Hayes to himself and to me, dated May 16th 1930 ... Book 791, Page 172; see also the Probate Records of the Estate of said Michael E. Hayes, Middlesex Probate Docket No. 189989, which estate is on the date hereof still in process of administration." Frances A. Rogers held the house until 1963.
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| October 15, 1963 | Quitclaim | Frances A. Rogers of Billerica, being unmarried | Private owners, husband and wife, of Billerica | Frances A. Rogers sells, 1963 | 1622/196 |
Recorded October 15, 1963 at 2:36 PM (no. 1082), just after a June 7, 1962 discharge by the Lowell Institution for Savings. For consideration paid, with quitclaim covenants, "the land in Billerica with buildings thereon, commencing on Boston Road sometimes called Main Street at a stake", by land of Mary Rogers 378.60 feet, Sears Cook 115 feet, the Albert Stearns estate 408.10 feet and Boston Road 85 feet, 38,544.30 square feet. "Being all and the same premises to me conveyed by deed of Mary Hayes, dated October 17, 1932 ... Book 823, Page 212. Also being a portion of the premises conveyed to Albert Stearns by deed of William Blanchard ... Book 70, Page 526." Later transfers (assessor): family conveyances in 1994 and 2001, sales in 2002 ($158,000) and 2004 ($343,000) to the present owners; private owners are not named.
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Recorded is Book/Page at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds unless noted.