47 Mt. Pleasant St
47 Mt. Pleasant St
| Address | 47 Mt. Pleasant St |
| Built | 1880 |
| Other Lot Structures | Billerica Baptist Church Parsonage (Built 1872) |
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| March 17, 1783 | Deed | Roger Toothaker, yeoman, and Mary Toothaker | William Rogers, husbandman | Toothaker farm to William Rogers, 1782 | 84/626 (South) |
For 200 pounds, two tracts in Billerica: the first beginning at the southwest corner at stake and stones, northerly as the road goes, easterly by the road and the heirs of Capt. William Stickney, by Samuel Rogers, southerly by the Stickney heirs to a ditch, northerly along the ditch, westerly and southeasterly to a pine tree and westerly to the first bound, "containing twenty seven acres ... with a Dwelling house & Barn standing thereon"; the second, three acres beginning at the southeast corner, northerly by the highway to a stone, westerly by Joseph Ruggles "to the mill pond," southerly by the pond to Jonathan Pollard and easterly by Pollard to the first bound. Mary Toothaker quits her right. Signed April 8, 1782, "in the sixth year of the Independency," before Robert Harris and David Morrill Jr.; acknowledged March 14, 1783. William Rogers was 23. Billerica town book 7, pages 399-400.
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| October 14, 1789 | Will | Samuel Rogers of Billerica, yeoman | His son William Rogers (and son Thomas) | Samuel Rogers wills the Toothaker farm to William, 1789 | Probate #19484 |
Will dated March 25, 1789, signed by his mark, witnessed by Zebadiah Rogers, Joshua Abbot and Edward Farmer; presented by the executors William and Thomas Rogers and proved October 14, 1789 (Oliver Prescott, judge). "I bequeath to my son, William, the whole of my Toothaker-farm, in Billerica; also the first lot of my Parker-land in Chelmsford, and a lot in Tewksbury, called the Doctor-lot," with a third of his New Ipswich pasture, on condition that William deed the Washington, N.H., farm to his brother Ezra; the home farm went to son Thomas. With his own 1782 purchase, this made William Rogers owner of the Toothaker farm on the south side of the road to Tewksbury (Mt. Pleasant Street), where the town in 1791 voted to set the north ward school-house "in William Rogers' corner by John Rogers".
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| February 3, 1832 | Deed | William Rogers of Billerica, gentleman (wife Hannah releasing dower) | His son Calvin Rogers of Billerica, yeoman | William Rogers to his son Calvin, half his real estate, 1828 | 311/33 (South) |
Billerica town book 16, pages 24-25 (also copied in the Lowell, Chelmsford and Tewksbury books). For $1,200, "one undivided half of all my real estate situated in the Towns of Billerica, Tewksbury and Chelmsford ... & in New Ipswich, in the County of Hillsborough" in New Hampshire. Signed and acknowledged May 15, 1828 before Francis Faulkner, Calvin's father-in-law; recorded February 3, 1832. Calvin Rogers thus held half the farm, schoolhouse lot included, while the first District No. 6 schoolhouse stood in the middle of the road frontage.
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| June 23, 1855 | Quitclaim | Heirs of William Rogers: Jeremiah Rogers, Hannah Roundy, Rebecca F. Barton, Susan Rogers, Harriet Burbank, Louisa and Augustus Rogers, with spouses, and the widow Hannah Rogers | Calvin Rogers of Billerica, yeoman | William Rogers heirs release the homestead to Calvin, 1839 | 715/72 (South) |
Billerica town book 20, pages 596-599. Grantors: Jeremiah Rogers of Andover (wife Abigail C.), Charles and Hannah Roundy of Salem, Jabez W. and Rebecca F. Barton of Boston, Oliver C. and Susan Rogers of Woburn, Samuel and Harriet Burbank of Lowell, Louisa Rogers, Augustus Rogers and the widow Hannah Rogers of Billerica. For $4,000, all the real estate of which "William Rogers late of said Billerica Yeoman, deceased, died, seized and possessed," his undivided half of: "The Homestead of said deceased situate in said Billerica, containing one hundred and seventy acres more or less, with all the buildings thereon standing, bounded Westerly by the mill pond ... and the road across the Plain to the road leading from Billerica to Tewksbury, Northeasterly by said Tewksbury Road and land of Joseph Johnson, called the 'Ruggles' Place' to the northeasterly corner near the house of John Rogers, Northerly by said road leading from said corner to the 'Canal Mills'" and land of Francis Faulkner to the mill pond; with wood lots in Chelmsford and Tewksbury, the seven-acre "Mount John" swamp, Broad Meadow and 80 acres in New Ipswich. Signed January 31, 1839, recorded June 23, 1855. The road from John Rogers's corner to the Canal Mills, now Mt. Pleasant Street, was the north line of the farm, and both school sites lay on it. William Rogers left no probate; his heirs settled the estate by this deed.
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| July 8, 1872 | Deed | Calvin Rogers of Billerica (wife Ann F. releasing dower and homestead) | John E. Rowell of Billerica | Calvin Rogers sells the east corner to John E. Rowell, 1871 | 87/420 |
For $1,050, "a certain tract of land situate in that part of Billerica called North Billerica containing five acres more or less": "Beginning at the Northwest corner at the road leading from North Billerica to Geo. P. Elliott's House, at land known as the School House Lot", easterly by that road to the road to Billerica Centre (High Street), southerly on it to Bernard Kearney, westerly to a cross wall at other land of Rogers, "thence Northerly by said wall and land of said Rogers and land known as said School House Lot to the corner first mentioned". Signed November 23, 1871, witnessed by Thomas Talbot, recorded July 8, 1872. The first record to name the District No. 6 "School House Lot", which was not part of the sale and lay just west of its northwest corner on Mt. Pleasant Street.
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| January 31, 1873 | Deed | John E. Rowell of Billerica (wife Marietta F. releasing dower and homestead) | The Baptist Society of North Billerica | Rowell sells the parsonage lot to the Baptist Society, 1872 | 91/206 |
For $300, "Beginning at the North west corner of the lot on the road leading from North Billerica to George P. Elliott's house at land known as the School house lot", easterly on the road six rods, southerly on Rowell ten rods, westerly six rods, "thence Northerly ten rods on land of Calvin Rogers to the School house lot and point of beginning"; part of the five acres from Calvin Rogers (Book 87, Page 420). Signed and acknowledged November 1, 1872, recorded January 31, 1873. The Baptist parsonage lot, 47 Mt. Pleasant Street, built on at once (the 1873 mortgage names "a dwelling house thereon"); its northwest corner touched the school house lot, which lay west of it on the street.
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| January 31, 1873 | Mortgage | The Baptist Society of North Billerica | Martha K. Barrett of Mason, N.H., widow | Society mortgage, lot "with a dwelling house thereon", 1873 | 91/208 |
For $2,000, mortgage of the parsonage lot "with a dwelling house thereon", bounded as in Rowell's deed, from "the North west corner of the lot on the road leading from North Billerica to Geo. P. Elliott's house at land known as the School house lot" and back "on land of Calvin Rogers to the School house lot". Recorded January 31, 1873; discharged in the margin November 30, 1878 by Timothy Russell, executor.
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| October 21, 1876 | Deed | Calvin Rogers of Billerica (wife Ann F. releasing dower and homestead) | Joseph D. Gould Jr. | abutter deed: "Baptist Society now occupied for Parsonage", 1876 | 120/427 |
For $300, a lot beginning at a point on the street "adjoining land of Baptist Society now occupied for Parsonage", westerly on the street 180 feet, southerly 233 feet to land of Rogers, easterly 168 feet to John E. Rowell, northerly by Rowell 65 feet "to Baptist Parsonage lot aforesaid" and by the parsonage 165 feet to the beginning. Signed October 17, 1876, witnessed by Isabella W. Talbot, acknowledged before Thomas Talbot, recorded October 21, 1876. The frontage west of the parsonage, where the School House Lot had been, now ran unbroken from the parsonage; no school lot is reserved. Gould, manager of the Talbot chemical works, had married Calvin's daughter Elvira in 1866 and built the house now 43 Mt. Pleasant Street, whose attached shed local tradition says "may have been part of school".
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| October 8, 1880 | Executrix's Deed | Ann F. Rogers of Billerica, under the power of sale in the will of Calvin Rogers, with Harriet B. Rogers | Elvira R. Gould, wife of Joseph D. Gould | abutter deed: Calvin Rogers estate rear lot, 1880 | 142/73 |
For $100, "The lot situated in the rear of the estate now owned and occupied by said Joseph D. Gould", bounded northwesterly by Gould 148 feet, northeasterly by John E. Rowell and Owen Sheldon, southeasterly by B. Kearney and southwesterly by other land of the Calvin Rogers estate on the line of Gould's southwest side. Signed July 8, 1880, acknowledged October 6, 1880 before Chas. H. Kohlrausch, recorded October 8, 1880. Calvin Rogers died testate in the 1870s; his will is beyond the 1648-1871 probate file papers.
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| December 30, 1884 | Quitclaim | Joseph D. Gould of Billerica (wife Elvira R. releasing dower and homestead) | Charles H. Kohlrausch of Billerica | abutter deed: "land of the Baptist Society, now used as a parsonage", 1884 | 171/240 |
For $3,000, "a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon": beginning on the street "by land of the Baptist Society, now used as a parsonage", westerly 180 feet "to land of the estate of Calvin Rogers", southerly 223 feet to the land "this day conveyed by Ann F. Rogers & al. to Elvira R. Gould", easterly 148 feet to Rowell, and back by Rowell and the parsonage lot; "being the same estate conveyed to me by Calvin Rogers by deed dated Oct. 17, 1876 ... lib. 120, fol. 427". Signed July 8, 1884, acknowledged December 18, 1884 before Dudley Foster, recorded December 30, 1884. A C. H. Kohlrausch paid the town $10 for an "old school house shed" in 1887.
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| June 30, 1920 | Quitclaim | The Baptist Society of North Billerica, by its assessors James W. Ritchie, Samuel S. Cousins, Herbert B. Ellis, Wallace W. Brown and Leon Roundy | Homer W. Rogers and Alice I. Rogers, husband and wife, of Billerica | Baptist Society sells the parsonage to Homer W. and Alice I. Rogers, 1920 | 626/172 |
For consideration paid ($4.00 revenue stamps), with quitclaim covenants, "the land in said Billerica with the buildings thereon": from the northwest corner on the road from North Billerica to George P. Elliott's house, "now known as Mt Pleasant Street, at land known as the schoolhouse lot", 6 rods east on the street, 10 rods south on land of John E. Rowell, 6 rods west on Rowell and 10 rods north on land of Calvin Rogers, now or formerly. "Being the same premises conveyed to said Baptist Society, by John E. Rowell by his deed dated November 1, 1872 ... Book 91, Page 206." Signed June 30, 1920 under a vote of a special meeting of the Society on June 23, 1920; acknowledged at Lowell the same day before Frederic S. Harvey. The end of the parsonage's 48 years as the Society's property.
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| June 3, 1921 | Mortgage | Homer W. Rogers and Alice I. Rogers | Lowell Co-operative Bank | Rogers mortgage to Lowell Co-operative Bank, 1921 | 645/203 |
Mortgage of the Mt. Pleasant Street lot dated May 13, 1921, $3,000 (the amount stated in the deed recorded next), repayable in monthly payments of $31.25 under the statutory co-operative bank condition. Acknowledged June 2, 1921 and recorded June 3, 1921 at 2:04 PM, a minute before the Rogerses' deed to William A. and Ella G. Mead, who assumed it.
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| June 3, 1921 | Quitclaim | Homer W. Rogers and Alice I. Rogers, husband and wife, of Concord, N.H. | William A. Mead and Ella G. Mead, husband and wife, of Billerica | Rogers to William A. and Ella G. Mead, 1921 | 645/204 |
For consideration paid ($1 stamp), with quitclaim covenants, "the land in said Billerica, with the buildings thereon", beginning at the northwest corner "on the road leading from North Billerica to George P. Elliott's house, now known as Mt Pleasant Street, at land known as the schoolhouse lot", 6 rods on the street by 10 rods deep, bounded by John E. Rowell south and west and Calvin Rogers north, now or formerly. "Being the same premises to us conveyed by the Baptist Society of North Billerica by its deed dated June 30, 1920 ... Book 626, Page 172"; subject to the $3,000 mortgage to Lowell Co-operative Bank, which the grantees assume. Signed and acknowledged June 2, 1921 at Lowell; recorded June 3, 1921.
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| June 3, 1921 | Mortgage | William A. Mead and Ella G. Mead | Homer W. Rogers and Alice I. Rogers | Mead mortgage back to the Rogerses, 1921 | 645/205 |
Purchase-money mortgage of $500, payable in one year at 6 percent, on the same lot "with the buildings thereon". The margin reads "See Discharge B.663 P.285".
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| June 30, 1922 | Discharge and Mortgage | Homer W. Rogers (Homer Walker Rogers); William A. and Ella G. Mead | William A. and Ella G. Mead; Lowell Co-operative Bank | discharge and Mead second mortgage, 1922 | 663/285 |
Homer W. Rogers, "otherwise known as Homer Walker Rogers", one of the holders of the Meads' mortgage of June 2, 1921 (Book 645, Page 205), acknowledges its satisfaction, June 29, 1922, recorded June 30, 1922. Followed by the Meads' $500 second mortgage of the same lot "with the buildings thereon" to Lowell Co-operative Bank, reciting title from Book 645, Page 204 and subject to the prior $3,000 bank mortgage (margin: discharge Book 681, Page 291).
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| April 8, 1932 | Quitclaim | William A. Mead and Ella G. Mead, his wife, in her own right, of Billerica | The Central Savings Bank, Lowell | Meads deed the house to The Central Savings Bank, 1932 | 812/229 |
For consideration paid, with quitclaim covenants, "the land in said Billerica, with the buildings thereon", the same 6 by 10 rod lot by the schoolhouse lot, John E. Rowell and Calvin Rogers. "Being the same premises to us conveyed by Homer W. Rogers et ux by their deed dated June 2, 1921 ... Book 645, Page 204"; subject to 1932 taxes. Signed April 6, 1932, acknowledged April 7 before Arthur J. Markland, recorded April 8, 1932. An outright deed to the bank in the Depression, apparently in place of a foreclosure.
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| June 29, 1932 | Deed | The Central Savings Bank, Lowell, by Henry W. Barnes, President | Freda A. Johnson, wife of Alfred N. Johnson, of Chelmsford | Central Savings Bank to Freda A. Johnson, 1932 | 815/54 |
Recorded with the vote of the bank's Board of Investment, June 29, 1932, authorizing the president to give Freda A. Johnson a deed. For consideration paid ($2.50 stamps), "the land in Billerica ... with the buildings thereon", same bounds; "Being the same premises to said Bank conveyed by William A. Mead et ux by deed dated April 6, 1932 ... Book 812, Page 229"; subject to 1932 taxes. Signed and acknowledged June 29, 1932 before Florence E. Grant; recorded the same day. The Johnsons' mortgage back to the bank follows at page 55.
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| October 29, 1932 | Confirmatory Deed | The Central Savings Bank, Lowell, by Henry W. Barnes, President | Freda A. Johnson, wife of Alfred N. Johnson, of Chelmsford | confirmatory deed to Freda A. Johnson, 1932 | 820/173 |
Deed of the same lot WITH QUITCLAIM COVENANTS, reciting title from Book 812, Page 229: "This deed confirms another deed of this same date which omitted the words 'with Quitclaim Covenants'"; consideration less than $100, and not to impair the bank's mortgage. Dated June 29, 1932, acknowledged October 25, 1932 before William I. Sheppard, recorded October 29, 1932, just before Johnson's sale to the Bockos.
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| October 29, 1932 | Quitclaim | Freda A. Johnson of Billerica, married (husband Alfred N. Johnson releasing curtesy) | Adolf Bocko and Alexandra Bocko, husband and wife, of Lowell | Johnson to Adolf and Alexandra Bocko, 1932 | 820/174 |
For consideration paid ($1.50 stamps), with quitclaim covenants, as tenants by the entirety, "the land in said Billerica with the buildings thereon", the same 6 by 10 rod lot. "Being the same premises conveyed to me by deed of The Central Savings Bank, dated June 29, 1932 ... Book 815, Page 54"; subject to the bank's mortgage and 1932 taxes, which the grantees assume. Signed October 26, 1932, acknowledged at Lowell before John J. Hogan, recorded October 29, 1932.
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| January 6, 1943 | Assignment for Creditors | Adolf Bocko of Billerica | Raymond D. Hart of Lowell, in trust for creditors | Adolf Bocko assignment for creditors, 1943 | 987/402 |
Agreement of January 5, 1943 assigning all of Adolf Bocko's property in trust for his creditors, including the equipment of the Port Hill Cafe at 23 Rogers Street and 32 Merrill Street, Lowell, "Also real estate situated on Mt. Pleasant Street, North Billerica", described in the deed from Frieda A. Johnson, Book 820, Page 174. Recorded January 6, 1943.
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| May 9, 1944 | Quitclaim | Adolf Bocko and Alexandra Bocko, husband and wife, of Billerica | Ethel A. Morse of Lowell | Bockos to Ethel A. Morse (straw), 1944 | 1006/240 |
For nominal consideration, quitclaim of the same Mt. Pleasant Street lot "with buildings thereon", title from Freda A. Johnson, Book 820, Page 174, subject to the mortgage to the Central Savings Bank. Dated May 6, 1944, recorded May 9, 1944 at noon: the first step in clearing the 1943 assignment from the title.
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| May 9, 1944 | Quitclaim | Raymond D. Hart, assignee for creditors of Adolf Bocko; then Ethel A. Morse of Lowell, unmarried | Ethel A. Morse; then Adolf Bocko and Alexandra Bocko, husband and wife, of Billerica | assignee and straw deeds restoring the Bockos, 1944 | 1006/241 |
Two deeds of May 6, 1944 on this page. Raymond D. Hart, as assignee (Book 987, Page 402), for nominal consideration quitclaims to Ethel A. Morse all he acquired in the Mt. Pleasant Street land (Book 820, Page 174), recorded at 12:01 PM. Ethel A. Morse then quitclaims the lot "with buildings thereon" back to Adolf and Alexandra Bocko as tenants by the entirety, title from the Bockos' deed and Hart's deed of even date, subject to the Central Savings Bank mortgage, recorded at 12:02 PM.
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| April 10, 1973 | Inheritance Tax Release | Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Estate of Adolf Bocko, late of Billerica) | Alexandra Bocko, surviving joint owner | Bocko estate tax release; later private owners, 1973 | 2059/347 |
Release of lien dated March 22, 1973: no inheritance tax is due on the interest that accrued to Alexandra Bocko as surviving joint owner of the Billerica real estate held under the deed of October 26, 1932 (Book 1006, Page 241 as written). Recorded April 10, 1973. Alexandra Bocko, unmarried, had already sold the lot "with the buildings thereon" on November 3, 1972 (Book 2038, Page 457) to private owners, reciting the deed "to me and my late husband, Adolf Bocko" from Freda A. Johnson; a 1989 deed between those owners for less than $100 (Book 5095, Page 250) is the current deed, and a 1991 Board of Appeals special permit (Book 5647, Page 281) allowed an in-law apartment in the house.
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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.