50 Concord Rd

Will dated Sept. 10, 1869, witnessed by William B. Stearns, Dudley Foster and Louisa P. Foster: $100 each to his son James W. Hill and his daughter Laura Hill, and "all the rest and residue of my property and estate" to his wife Laura W. Hill, executrix without bond. He died May 17, 1870; the will was proved at Lowell on July 19, 1870 (Judge William A. Richardson), the estate sworn at not over $37,000. Jonathan Hill had bought the grist mill from John Nichols in 1835, began the leather-splitting machine business there, and sold the mill and shop to Charles H. Hill in 1853, taking back a mortgage that was assigned in 1858. Middlesex probate case 34235.

• April 12, 1842 Will: Estate of Job Hill of Billerica, yeoman (d. Feb. 5, 1842) to His son Jonathan Hill, residuary legatee and executor (Probate #34231) (Jonathan Hill held his father's farm 1842-1870)

• December 28, 1870 Warranty Deed: Laura W. Hill of Billerica (widow of Jonathan Hill) to James Leslie of Billerica (77/112) (the widow held Jonathan Hill's estate under his will)
• January 5, 1871 Warranty Deed: Laura W. Hill of Billerica, widow (of Jonathan Hill) to Thomas E. Perrin of Andover (77/167) (Laura W. Hill sold as residuary devisee under her husband's will)

• May 22, 1854 Warranty: Jonathan Hill of Billerica, yeoman, and Laura W. Hill to Charles Henry Hill of Billerica, machinist (677/561) (the seller of 1853 and holder of the purchase mortgage)
• May 5, 1869 Quitclaim: Clara M. B. Snow of Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa to Jonathan Hill of Billerica (67/144) (Jonathan Hill died in 1870 owning the cottage he bought in 1868)

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.

• June 21, 1851 Warranty Deed: William P. P. Pollard of Boston to Lucretia Stearns of Billerica, widow (of Sewall Stearns) (608/603) (Lucretia Stearns Bowers's house lot, passed to her Hill relatives)
• June 15, 1865 Deed: Dr. Augustus Whiting of Charlestown, physician, and Mrs. Anne Baldwin of Billerica, widow to Mrs. Lucretia H. Bowers of Billerica (42/174) (Lucretia H. Bowers's three acres, the "second tract")

• May 14, 1894 Warranty Deed: Laura Hill of Boston, single woman to John O. Richardson of Billerica (254/234) (Laura Hill's title)

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.

• 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 to Laura Hill of Boston (106/559) (Laura Hill's title)

• July 30, 1913 Quitclaim: John A. Richardson of Billerica (Ella B. Richardson, wife, releasing) to His sister Fannie P. R. Colby of Billerica (508/492) (half interest under the will of John O. Richardson)
• 1913 Deed: John A. Richardson and Fannie P. R. Colby, wife of Homer H. Colby, of Billerica to Eugene C. Vining of Billerica (516/430) (part of the Laura Hill tract, under the will of John O. Richardson)
• 1914 Warranty Deed: John A. Richardson and Fannie P. R. Colby, wife of Homer H. Colby, both of Billerica (Ella B. Richardson and Homer H. Colby releasing) to Mrs. Isabella J. Benson of Billerica (525/453) (part of the Laura Hill tract, under the will of John O. Richardson)
• 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 to Oscar Fellows of Billerica (548/489) (a portion of the premises conveyed by Laura Hill)

"I, Pamelia Richardson, Executrix of the will of John O. Richardson," for $1,000 paid by Fannie P. R. Colby of Billerica, assign to her the mortgage given to John O. Richardson by Barnet Schwartz of Tewksbury on August 27, 1896 (Book 277, Page 557). Dated June 1, acknowledged at Billerica June 10 before Frederic A. Morey, recorded June 18, 1898, after an assignment of another of his mortgages to Pamelia. The record shows that John O. Richardson had died with a will between 1896 and 1898, his widow Pamelia acting as executrix; she lived on in the front half of the house until 1917, and the homestead came to their daughter Fannie, whose will left it to her daughters Eva R. and Florence A. Colby (Book 925, Page 119).

• January 6, 1939 Quitclaim Deed: Eva R. Colby and Florence A. Colby, both of Billerica, unmarried to Jessie E. Hinds of Medford and Marion A. Warren of Billerica, joint tenants (925/119) (title under the will of Fannie P. R. Colby, daughter of John O. Richardson)

• December 21, 1861 Quitclaim Deed: Alden B. Richardson of Lowell (Martha Richardson, his wife, releasing dower and homestead) to His brother John O. Richardson of Billerica (29/559) (John O. Richardson died with a will about 1897)

Dated July 18, 1914 (pages 453-455). For $1 and other valuable considerations, "a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon, situated near the center of said Billerica": from a stone bound on the easterly side of Concord road, "the road leading from Billerica to Bedford," by land of Fannie P. R. Colby, northerly on the road 81 1/2 feet, easterly 187 1/2 feet and southerly 84 feet by other land of the grantors, and westerly 205 feet along Colby land. "It being a part of the premises as conveyed to John O. Richardson by Laura Hill by deed dated April 24, 1894," the grantors "deriving their title under the will of John O. Richardson." The first deed to show the house on this lot, which was vacant in 1894.

• May 14, 1894 Warranty Deed: Laura Hill of Boston, single woman to John O. Richardson of Billerica (254/234) (part of the Laura Hill tract, under the will of John O. Richardson)

• June 24, 1931 Guardian's Deed: Annie M. Sweet of Foxborough, Guardian of Grace M. Benson (insane) to Samuel E. Isnor and Mary H. Isnor, husband and wife, of Billerica (803/267) (by inheritance from Isabella J. Benson (1918 probate))

• June 18, 1898 Assignment of Mortgage: Pamelia Richardson, Executrix of the will of John O. Richardson to Fannie P. R. Colby of Billerica, his daughter (298/343) (John O. Richardson's will, Pamelia executrix)
• July 30, 1913 Quitclaim: John A. Richardson of Billerica (Ella B. Richardson, wife, releasing) to His sister Fannie P. R. Colby of Billerica (508/492) (abutting Colby lot on the south, divided the year before)
• 1913 Deed: John A. Richardson and Fannie P. R. Colby, wife of Homer H. Colby, of Billerica to Eugene C. Vining of Billerica (516/430) (the third lot of the tract, at Charnstaff Lane)

Dated June 8, 1931, under a license of the Middlesex Probate Court dated October 31, 1930. For $3,800, the same parcel "with the buildings thereon, situated near the center of said Billerica," 81 1/2 feet on Concord road between Fannie P. R. Colby and land of John H. Richardson et als. "Being the same premises conveyed to Isabella J. Benson by deed of John H. [sic] Richardson et als. dated July 18, 1914 ... Book 525, Page 453. For title of said Grace M. Benson see Probate records." Grace M. Benson inherited the house from her mother, Isabella J. Benson, who died November 7, 1918 (estate probated 1918).

• 1914 Warranty Deed: John A. Richardson and Fannie P. R. Colby, wife of Homer H. Colby, both of Billerica (Ella B. Richardson and Homer H. Colby releasing) to Mrs. Isabella J. Benson of Billerica (525/453) (by inheritance from Isabella J. Benson (1918 probate))

• July 5, 1934 Warranty Deed: Samuel E. Isnor and Mary H. Isnor, husband and wife, of Billerica to Annie M. Sweet, Guardian of Grace M. Benson, of Foxborough (847/431) (reconveyed by the 1931 buyers)

Purchase-money mortgage of the same date, to secure $3,500 "in monthly installments of thirty-five dollars each including interest, all to be paid in five years," the first due July 8, 1931, on the same parcel "with the buildings thereon." "Being the same premises conveyed to us by deed of Annie M. Sweet, Guardian of even date."

• June 24, 1931 Guardian's Deed: Annie M. Sweet of Foxborough, Guardian of Grace M. Benson (insane) to Samuel E. Isnor and Mary H. Isnor, husband and wife, of Billerica (803/267) (purchase-money mortgage)

Dated June 30, 1934, acknowledged before Albert H. Richardson, justice of the peace; no revenue stamp. The Isnors deed the same parcel "with the buildings thereon" back to the guardian, "Being the same premises conveyed to us by deed of the said Annie M. Sweet, Guardian," in place of a foreclosure of their 1931 mortgage. The house remained Grace M. Benson's under guardianship until 1948.

• June 24, 1931 Guardian's Deed: Annie M. Sweet of Foxborough, Guardian of Grace M. Benson (insane) to Samuel E. Isnor and Mary H. Isnor, husband and wife, of Billerica (803/267) (reconveyed by the 1931 buyers)

• July 8, 1948 Guardian's Deed: Ethel M. Bevan of Worcester, Guardian of Grace M. Benson, an insane person to Private owners of Billerica (1096/14) (title through the 1934 reconveyance)

• June 24, 1931 Mortgage: Samuel E. Isnor and Mary H. Isnor, husband and wife, of Billerica to Annie M. Sweet, Guardian of Grace M. Benson, of Foxborough (803/268) (in place of foreclosure)

Dated May 27, 1948, under a Middlesex Probate Court license of May 26, 1948. For $5,000, with warranty covenants, the same parcel "with the buildings thereon, situated near the center of said Billerica." "Being the same premises conveyed by Samuel E. Isnor et ux. to Annie M. Sweet, Guardian of Grace M. Benson ... Book 847, Page 431, dated June 30, 1934." The buyers gave a $5,000 mortgage to the City Institution for Savings, Lowell. Later, all private owners: sold 1966, family deeds 1983 and 1990, sold 1992 for $124,850 and 2008 for $329,500, always with the same 1914 description.

• July 5, 1934 Warranty Deed: Samuel E. Isnor and Mary H. Isnor, husband and wife, of Billerica to Annie M. Sweet, Guardian of Grace M. Benson, of Foxborough (847/431) (title through the 1934 reconveyance)