Structure · Built 1900
427 429 Boston Rd
427 429 Boston Rd
| Address | 427 429 Boston Rd |
| Built | 1900 |
| Other Lot Structures | William H. Patten House (Boston Road) (Built 1900) |
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| May 29, 1821 | Administration | Estate of Dr. William Bowers of Billerica, physician (d. Nov. 17, 1820) | Heirs: widow Priscilla (Goodrich) Bowers; children William, Fanny, Priscilla and Mary Bowers | 1821: Dr. William Bowers dies; the homestead goes undivided to his family | Probate #2314 |
Dr. William Bowers "died, seized of Estate, both real and personal" on Nov. 17, 1820, intestate, "leaving his widow, your memorialists and Pricilla Bowers and Mary Bowers his only Heirs". His son William and daughter Fanny were appointed administrators May 29, 1821. The inventory of June 27, 1821 begins with "The homestead containing 25 acres with all the buildings thereon", $3500, out of $5585 in real estate, and lists his "medicine drawers", books and phials. No division of the real estate is in the file.
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| March 16, 1869 | Will | Estate of Priscilla Bowers of Billerica, singlewoman (d. Feb. 22, 1869) | The First Baptist Church in Billerica (remainder, after the deaths of her sisters Mary and Fanny Bowers) | 1869: Priscilla Bowers leaves her third to the Baptist church | Probate #27759 |
Will of December 9, 1862, allowed at Lowell March 16, 1869, Dudley Foster executor: after a $500 legacy, "to the Baptist Church in Billerica all the remainder of my Property, Real, Mixed or Personal, to be by the Chh. kept as a fund, the interest of which to be expended for the support of Preaching in the Baptist Meeting house", the legacy "not to [be] paid till after the decease of my Sisters Mary & Fanny Bowers". Her heirs at law were those two sisters. The May 1869 inventory lists "1/3 of Homestead undivided 1 1/2 acres" at $1000 and "1/3 of Old Homestead 24 acres" at $800 among $3650 of real estate.
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| May 17, 1870 | Will | Estate of Mary Bowers of Billerica, singlewoman (d. 1870) | The Town of Billerica, for the benefit of the poor | 1870: Mary Bowers leaves her share to the town for the poor | Probate #27756 |
Will of December 9, 1862, allowed at Lowell May 17, 1870, Dudley Foster executor: "I give and bequeath to the Town of Billerica, all the Property Real, Mixed or Personal of which I may be possessed at the time of my decease, for the benefit of the poor of said Billerica. This legacy not to be paid untill after the decease of my Sisters Priscilla and Fanny Bowers." The town sold the two-thirds of the Bowers Homestead it received from Mary and Fanny Bowers to William H. Osborn in 1871.
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| January 26, 1872 | Quitclaim | The Members of the First Baptist Church (Billerica) of Billerica, by Edward Spaulding and George C. Gilman, committee | Mark Lund of Billerica | 1871: the Baptist church and society sell their third of Sage Lot 2 to Mark Lund | 84/241 |
Dated May 11, 1871 (vote of May 1, 1871; acknowledged May 31 before Dudley Foster). For $75, "one undivided third part of a certain parcel of land" beginning "on the main road leading to Boston at a bound at land this day sold to Samuel Sage," west by Sage 26 rods 5 links, south by Sage 5 rods 4 links to land of Mrs. Bowers, southwest by Bowers 3 rods, east "by land this day sold to Lund T. Eastman" 30 rods to the road, north by the road 8 rods, "containing 1 acre, 54 rods. Being No. 2 on a Plan surveyed by Saml Sage A.D. 1871." "Being a part of the real estate devised to said Grantors by Priscilla Bowers." No buildings. Recorded Jan. 26, 1872.
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| January 26, 1872 | Quitclaim | The Inhabitants of the Town of Billerica, by Dudley Foster, Israel A. Colson and David L. Mason, committee | Mark Lund of Billerica | 1871: the town sells its two thirds of Lot 2 to Mark Lund | 84/242 |
Same date and bounds as the church deed (Book 84 Page 241). Under a vote of the town meeting of May 2, 1871, for $150, "two undivided third parts" of Lot No. 2 "on a Plan surveyed by Saml Sage A.D. 1871," 1 acre 54 rods, eight rods on the main road leading to Boston between the lot sold that day to Samuel Sage and the lot sold to Lund T. Eastman. "Being a part of the real estate devised to said Grantors by Mary Bowers and Fanny Bowers" (left to the town for the poor). Recorded Jan. 26, 1872.
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| June 27, 1876 | Warranty Deed | Mark Lund of Billerica (Martha R. Lund releasing dower and homestead) | Charles W. Lund of Billerica | 1876: Mark Lund sells the bare lot to Charles W. Lund | 118/267 |
Dated June 23, 1876 (witnesses Dudley Foster, Mary A. Lund). For $300, "a certain parcel of land" (no buildings named) on the main road leading to Boston, by land of Samuel Sage, of Mrs. Bowers deceased and of Lund T. Eastman, "containing 1 acre 54 rods, Being lot No. 2 on a plan surveyed by Sam. Sage A.D. 1871. Being premises conveyed to me by the inhabitants of Billerica and the members of the First Baptist Society in Billerica by deeds dated May 11th 1871," Book 84 Pages 241 and 242. The low price shows the lot was still bare.
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| November 25, 1876 | Mortgage | Charles W. Lund of Billerica (Henrietta Lund, his wife, joining) | Alden Pinney of South Chelmsford | 1876: Charles W. Lund mortgages it "with a new house and barn" | 121/162 |
For $1,000 payable in five years at six percent, "a certain parcel of land with a new house and barn thereon," the same 1 acre 54 rods on the main road leading to Boston by Sage, Mrs. Bowers deceased and Lund T. Eastman, "Being the same premises conveyed to me by Mark Lund deed dated June 23d 1876" (Book 118 Page 267). The buildings were to be kept insured for at least $1,000. The house was therefore built between June and November 1876. Discharged April 22, 1884 (Book 166 Page 226).
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| April 25, 1884 | Discharge | Alden Pinney of Chelmsford, mortgagee | Charles W. Lund of Billerica | 1884: the Pinney mortgage is discharged | 166/226 |
Dated April 22, 1884 (before Charles P. Fish). Pinney acknowledged "full payment and satisfaction" of the mortgage "given by Charles W. Lund to me dated November 23d A.D. 1876" (Book 121 Page 162) and released the premises.
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| April 25, 1884 | Mortgage | Charles W. Lund of Billerica | Ann E. Baker of Billerica | 1884: Lund refinances with Ann E. Baker | 166/226 |
Recorded with the Pinney discharge on the same page. For $1,000, "a certain parcel of land with buildings thereon" on the main road leading from Billerica to Boston, the same bounds and 1 acre 54 rods, "Being the same premises conveyed to me by Mark Lund by deed dated June 23d 1876" (Book 118 Page 267). Refinanced the Pinney loan; assumed by William H. Patten in 1884 and discharged in the margin by Ann E. Baker in 1885.
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| April 7, 1909 | Warranty Deed | Charles W. Lund of Billerica (Henrietta Lund, his wife, releasing dower and homestead) | William H. Patten of Billerica | 1884: Lund sells the lot to William H. Patten | 432/1 |
Dated Oct. 18, 1884 (acknowledged before Dudley Foster). For $2,450, "a certain parcel of land with all the buildings thereon" on the main road leading to Boston, by land formerly of Samuel Sage, of Mrs. Bowers deceased and formerly of Lund T. Eastman, 1 acre 54 rods, Lot No. 2 on Sage's 1871 plan, "Being the same parcel of land conveyed to me by Mark Lund deed dated June 23th 1876" (Book 118 Page 267), subject to a $1,000 mortgage held by Ann E. Baker "which the grantee assumes and is a part of the above consideration." Not recorded until April 7, 1909, two weeks before the heir mortgaged the place.
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| April 21, 1909 | Mortgage | William T. Patten of Lowell | The Central Savings Bank of Lowell | 1909: William T. Patten, only heir, mortgages to the Central Savings Bank | 432/197 |
For $1,500 in one year at five percent, "a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon" on the main road leading from Billerica Centre to Boston at land formerly of Samuel Sage "now supposed to belong to one Wright," by land formerly of Mrs. Bowers and of Lund T. Eastman, 1 acre 54 square rods, lot 2 on Sage's 1871 plan. "Being the same premises conveyed by Charles W. Lund to my father William H. Patten, by deed dated October 18, 1884, and recorded ... on April 7, 1909. My title is derived as the only heir at law of said William H. Patten." Discharged (margin, Book 734 Page 558). Indexed also under William H. Patten Est.
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| November 6, 1924 | Quitclaim | Henry N. Patten of Lowell (Adelaide C. Patten, his wife, releasing dower and homestead) | Lillian Abbott of Lowell | 1924: straw deed, Henry N. Patten to Lillian Abbott | 714/365 |
Dated Oct. 31, 1924 (before Arthur C. Spalding). "The land in Billerica ... with the buildings thereon situated on the main road from Billerica Centre to Boston," the 1871 bounds (Sage, more recently one Wright; Mrs. Bowers; one Eastman), "about one acre and fifty-four square rods," lot No. 2 on Sage's 1871 plan, "the same premises conveyed by Charles W. Lund to William H. Patten" (Book 432 Page 1). "For my title ... see administration of the estates of said William H. Patten and of William T. Patten (Middlesex County Probate Records)." Subject to the Central Savings Bank mortgage. Straw deed, reconveyed the same day.
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| November 6, 1924 | Quitclaim | Lillian Abbott of Lowell, unmarried | Henry N. Patten and Adelaide C. Patten, husband and wife, of Lowell, as tenants by the entirety | 1924: Abbott back to Henry N. and Adelaide C. Patten | 714/365 |
Dated Oct. 31, 1924, recorded with the deed to her (pages 365-366). The same land with the buildings, Lot No. 2 on Sage's 1871 plan, "being the same premises to me conveyed by Henry N. Patten by deed of even date," subject to the Central Savings Bank mortgage. The pair of straw deeds put the property in Patten and his wife jointly.
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| April 6, 1926 | Discharge | The Central Savings Bank, Lowell, by Arthur J. Murkland, treasurer | William T. Patten (his estate), mortgagor | 1926: discharge of the 1909 mortgage | 734/558 |
Dated April 6, 1926. The bank, "the holder of a mortgage from William T. Patten to said Bank dated April 9, A. D. 1909, and recorded ... book 432, page 197, acknowledges satisfaction of the same." Recorded the day before Henry N. Patten's new mortgage of the lot (Book 734, Page 559).
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| April 7, 1926 | Mortgage | Henry N. Patten and Adelaide C. Patten, husband and wife, of Lowell | The Central Savings Bank, Lowell | 1926: Henry N. Patten mortgages the lot | 734/559 |
To secure $1,650 on demand at six per cent, "a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated in Billerica," beginning on "the main road leading from Billerica Centre to Boston at a bound at land formerly of Samuel Sage, now supposed to belong to one Wright," with the 1871 bounds (Sage, Mrs. Bowers, Lund T. Eastman, the road), "one acre and fifty-four square rods," Lot 2 on Samuel Sage's plan of 1871, "Being the same premises to us conveyed by Lillian Abbott by deed dated October 31, 1924 ... Book 714, Page 365." Dated April 6, 1926 before Arthur C. Spalding JP. Discharged in 1939 (margin: "See Discharge B.929 P.147").
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| May 17, 1939 | Discharge | The Central Savings Bank, Lowell, by Arthur J. Murkland, treasurer | Harry N. Patten and his wife, mortgagors | 1939: discharge of the 1926 mortgage | 929/147 |
Dated May 17, 1939: the bank, holder of "a mortgage from Harry N. Patten et ux to said Bank dated April 6, 1926 ... book 734 page 559," acknowledges satisfaction. Recorded at 2:46 PM, just before the Pattens' new mortgage on the same page.
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| May 17, 1939 | Mortgage | Henry N. Patten and Adelaide C. Patten, husband and wife, of Claremont, New Hampshire | The Central Savings Bank, Lowell | 1939: last mortgage of the undivided lot | 929/147 |
To secure $2,100 ($25 quarterly and the balance in one year, at five per cent), "A certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon," the whole of Lot 2 on Samuel Sage's 1871 plan with the 1871 bounds (Sage, now supposed one Wright; Mrs. Bowers; Lund T. Eastman; the main road from Billerica Centre to Boston), one acre 54 square rods, title Lillian Abbott 1924 (Book 714, Page 365). Signed at Claremont May 16, 1939 before Henry N. Hurd NP; pages 147-148. Discharged October 19, 1939 (Book 937, Page 156), when the lot was divided and sold.
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| October 19, 1939 | Discharge | The Central Savings Bank, Lowell, by Arthur J. Murkland, treasurer | Henry N. Patten and his wife, mortgagors | 1939: discharge before the lot is divided | 937/156 |
Dated October 19, 1939: the bank, holder of "a mortgage from Henry N. Patten et ux to said Bank dated May 16, 1939 ... book 929, Page 147 acknowledges satisfaction of the same." The same page begins the Pattens' new $1,000 mortgage of Lot B alone to the bank, and the deed of Lot A to the Slocombs follows (Book 937, Page 157): the lot was divided and sold that afternoon.
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| October 19, 1939 | Quitclaim | Henry N. Patten and Adelaide C. Patten, husband and wife, of Claremont, New Hampshire | Caleb E. Slocomb and Maude F. Slocomb, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety | 1939: Lot A with the buildings to the Slocombs | 937/157 |
For consideration paid ($2.50 in revenue stamps), "the land in said Billerica, with the buildings thereon, situated on the westerly side of the Boston Road": easterly by the road (51.71 feet here, 31.71 in the mortgage and later deeds), southeasterly by Lot B "by two lines running through the centre of a passageway ten feet wide," southerly, westerly and again southerly by Lot B (312.61 feet), westerly by land of one Colgate and northerly by Colgate and "land supposed now or formerly of one Lane" (185.50 and 249.85 feet); "Containing 28,090 square feet and being shown as lot A" on the "Plan of Land in Billerica, Mass., Belonging to Harry N. Patten ... Compiled October 1939, Brooks, Jordan and Graves." With the right to use in common "a certain dry well or cesspool" on Lot B. "A portion of the premises to us conveyed by Lillian Abbott by deed dated October 31, 1924 ... Book 714, Page 365." Dated October 19, 1939, before Francis M. Qua JP; pages 157-158.
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| October 19, 1939 | Mortgage | Caleb E. Slocomb and Maude F. Slocomb, husband and wife, of Billerica | The Central Savings Bank, Lowell | 1939: the Slocombs' mortgage | 937/158 |
To secure $2,000 ($25 quarterly and the balance in one year, at five per cent), "the land in said Billerica, with the buildings thereon, situated on the westerly side of the Boston Road," Lot A of the October 1939 plan, 28,090 square feet, "Being the same premises to us conveyed by Henry M. [N.] Patten et ux by deed of even date," with the cesspool right. Dated October 19, 1939; pages 158-159.
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| February 21, 1940 | Quitclaim | Henry N. Patten and Adelaide C. Patten, husband and wife, of Claremont, N.H. | Maude M. Barton and Ralph H. Barton of Billerica, as tenants in common | 1940: Lot B sold to the Bartons | 941/489 |
Dated Feb. 21, 1940; $3.00 in revenue stamps. "The land in said Billerica with the buildings thereon, situated on the westerly side of Boston Road," Lot B on the "Plan of Land in Billerica, Mass., Belonging to Harry N. Patten ... Compiled October 1939, Brooks, Jordan and Graves" (Plan Book 62 Plan 30): 105.29 feet on Boston Road, by Lot A partly through the middle of a 10-foot passageway, 312.61 feet by Lot A, west by Ellis F. Colgate and Carl F. Bartlett, and 501.75 feet on the south by land of Charles Burton. "Being a portion of the premises to us conveyed by Lillian Abbott" (Book 714 Page 365), subject to rights in the Pattens' 1939 deed of Lot A to Caleb E. Slocomb (Book 937 Page 157). The Barton family deeded it within the family in 1966.
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| September 5, 1978 | Release of Tax Lien | Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Inheritance Tax Bureau (estate of Caleb E. Slocomb, late of Billerica) | Maude F. Slocomb, surviving joint owner | 1978: tax release, estate of Caleb E. Slocomb | 2324/161 |
Inheritance tax release of lien dated August 1978 for the estate of Caleb E. Slocomb (no probate): the tax had been paid on the interest passing to Maude Slocomb "As Surviving Joint Owner" in the real estate described in the deed dated October 19, 1939 (Book 937, Page 157). Recorded with her deed of the house (Book 2324, Page 162).
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| September 5, 1978 | Quitclaim | Maude F. Slocomb of Tonawanda, New York, widow | Private owners (two married couples then living at 429 Boston Road) | 1978: sale to private owners | 2324/162 |
"In full consideration of" $44,000, "the land in said Billerica, with the buildings thereon, situated on the westerly side of the Boston Road," Lot A of Plan Book 62, Plan 30, 28,090 square feet, with the same bounds and the right to use the dry well or cesspool on Lot B. "Being the same premises conveyed to the grantor and Caleb E. Slocomb by deed of Henry N. Patten and Adelaide C. Patten dated October 19, 1939 ... Book 937, Page 157. Caleb E. Slocomb died in Billerica, MA on June 21, 1974." Later private transfers: a sale in December 1986 for $67,000 and family conveyances in 2001 and 2005 (the current deed); the owners also hold the Charles Lund House next door (Lot B).
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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.