46 Concord Rd
46 Concord Rd
| Address | 46 Concord Rd |
| Built | 1851 |
| Other Lot Structures | Sewall & Lucretia Stearns House (Built 1851) |
Deed References
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| June 21, 1851 | Warranty Deed | William P. P. Pollard of Boston | Lucretia Stearns of Billerica, widow (of Sewall Stearns) | same lot | 608/603 (South) |
Billerica town book 19, pages 92-93. Dated April 5, 1851. For one hundred dollars, "a certain tract of land situated near the centre of said Billerica on the road leading from Billerica to Bedford", beginning at the southwest corner on the road at land of Harriet Whiting, running east on the Whiting land 136 feet, north "on my own land" 71 feet, west on "my own land" 136 feet and south on the road 82 feet to the start. A bare house lot with no buildings named, bought by the widow of Sewall Stearns two years after his death; the house was built on it that year.
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| December 7, 1874 | Quitclaim | Laura W. Hill of Boston, widow (of Jonathan Hill); James W. Hill of Boston; and Susan L. Hill of Billerica, single woman | Laura Hill of Boston | same lot | 106/559 |
Dated Nov. 19, 1874, recorded Dec. 7 (pages 559-560). For $2,250, release of "two certain tracts of land situate near the centre of said Billerica, on the road leading from Billerica to Bedford": the first, 82 feet on the road and 136 feet deep, bounded by the Whiting land on the south and Samuel Sage on the east and north, "with the buildings thereon"; the second adjoining it on the south, about three acres, along the Bedford road and Churnstaff Lane to land formerly of Jonathan and Samuel Bowers; "Intending to convey three undivided fourth parts in said two certain tracts of land". Signed months after the death of Lucretia (Stearns) Bowers, the grantors and grantee being her sister Susan Lane Hill and the family of her late brother Jonathan Hill, who between them held the four shares. Witness Dudley Foster.
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| May 14, 1894 | Warranty Deed | Laura Hill of Boston, single woman | John O. Richardson of Billerica | same lot | 254/234 |
Dated April 24, 1894, recorded May 14 (pages 234-235). For $3,000, "two certain tracts of land, situate near the centre of said Billerica on road leading from Billerica to Bedford": the first beginning at the southwest corner "at land formerly of Harriet Whiting, now the second tract in this deed", 136 feet deep along land of Samuel Sage and 82 feet on the road, "with the buildings thereon"; the second adjoining on the south, about three acres, running 18 rods along the road to Bedford and back along Churnstaff Lane to land formerly of Jonathan and Samuel Bowers. No title recital. The house lot and the Whiting land to its south, later divided by John O. Richardson's heirs.
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| December 31, 1915 | Warranty Deed | John A. Richardson and Fannie P. R. Colby (wife of Homer H. Colby), of Billerica, devisees of John O. Richardson; Pamelia Richardson, his widow, releasing | Oscar Fellows of Billerica | same lot | 548/489 |
Dated Dec. 31, 1915 (pages 489-490). For "One Dollar and other good and valuable consideration", "a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated in Billerica", west by the Concord Road 118 feet, north and east by the heirs of Samuel Sage, south "by other land of ours" and by land of Benson, "being a portion of the premises conveyed by Laura Hill to John O. Richardson by deed dated April 24, 1894" (Book 254, Page 234). "The said John O. Richardson, late of said Billerica, is now deceased. For our title see the will of the said John O. Richardson duly proved and allowed by the Probate Court." The first deed of the house lot as now bounded; the sellers kept the land to the south.
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| September 27, 1927 | Mortgage | Oscar Fellows of Billerica (wife Alice O. Fellows releasing dower and homestead) | Clara E. Sexton of Billerica | same lot | 755/51 |
Dated Sept. 27, 1927. For $3,300 in one year at six percent, "the land with the buildings thereon situated in said Billerica", west by the Concord Road 118 feet and otherwise bounded by the heirs of Samuel Sage, John A. Richardson and Fannie P. R. Colby, and Benson, "Being the same premises conveyed to me by John A. Richardson et al by deed dated December 31, 1915" (Book 548, Page 489). Foreclosed by the mortgagee in 1933 (Book 825, Page 4).
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| June 2, 1933 | Foreclosure Deed | Clara E. Sexton of Billerica, mortgagee of Oscar Fellows | Clara E. Sexton of Billerica | same lot | 825/4 |
Dated June 1, 1933 (pages 4-5). Holding a mortgage from Oscar Fellows dated Sept. 27, 1927 (Book 755, Page 51), Clara E. Sexton sold under its power of sale at public auction on the premises on May 20, 1933 (George F. Stiles, auctioneer; notice in The Billerica News) and, as highest bidder at $3,100, conveyed to herself "The land with the buildings thereon situated in said Billerica", west by the Concord Road 118 feet, north and east by the heirs of Samuel Sage, south by John A. Richardson and Fannie P. R. Colby and by Benson, the mortgage reciting "Being the same premises conveyed to me by John A. Richardson et al by deed dated December 31, 1915" (Book 548, Page 489).
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| July 2, 1936 | Executor's Deed | William H. Sexton of Billerica, executor of the will of Clara E. Sexton, late of Billerica | Carl F. Bartlett and Ilene L. Bartlett of Billerica, husband and wife | same lot | 883/152 |
Dated July 1, 1936 (pages 152-153). Under a probate license of June 30, 1936, for $3,500, "the land in said Billerica with the buildings thereon situated on the easterly side of Concord Road": west by Concord Road 118 feet, north and east by land "now or late of the Heirs of Samuel Sage" (133, 68 and 199 feet), east by owners unknown 136 1/2 feet to a stone bound, south by John A. Richardson and Fannie P. R. Colby 120 1/2 feet, and west and south by land of Benson (83 1/2 and 188 feet), "being the same premises conveyed to the said Clara E. Sexton by herself as mortgagee by foreclosure deed dated June 1, 1933" (Book 825, Page 4). The Bartletts gave a $2,000 mortgage to the Central Savings Bank of Lowell the same day (page 153). Their 1939 survey is Plan Book 64, Plan 10; the house later passed within the Bartlett family (1953) and was sold to private owners in 1971, 2005 and 2021.
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Recorded is Book/Page at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds unless noted.