Structure · Built 1932
52 Mt. Pleasant St
52 Mt. Pleasant St
| Address | 52 Mt. Pleasant St |
| Built | 1932 |
| Other Lot Structures | Thomas Rogers House (1780 - 1930) |
Deed References
| Date | Type | Grantor | Grantee | Summary | Recorded |
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| September 23, 1921 | Executors' Deed | Lillie Bottomley of Billerica and Frederick Bottomley of Haverhill, executors of the will of Jane Bottomley | Forrest W. Todd of Billerica | 1921 executors to Todd (lot of the present house) | 650/1 |
Under a Probate Court license of Sept. 15, 1921, for $5,000, "two certain parcels of land with the buildings thereon" in North Billerica: (1) the corner lot on the north side of Mount Pleasant Street, "formerly called the road from North Billerica to Tewksbury," and the west side of High Street, "formerly called the road from North Billerica to Lowell," running about 235 feet north along the lot Allan Bottomley sold the Talbot Mills in 1889 (Book 208, Page 155) and bounded by lots sold to Mary R. Potter and John E. Rowell (1911, Book 479, Page 338); (2) Lots 2, 3 and 4 (14,986.5 sq. ft.) on the west side of High Street on the 1911 Snell plan of Allan Bottomley's land (Plan Book 28, Plan 84). Title: part of the premises conveyed by Ann D. Elliott to Allan Bottomley, "deceased husband of said Jane Bottomley," April 14, 1887 (Book 187, Page 154). Signed Sept. 17, 1921 (Book 650, pages 1-3).
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| September 23, 1921 | Mortgage | Forrest W. Todd of Billerica; Etta A. Todd releasing dower | Solomon S. A. Newton of Henniker, N.H. | 1921 Todd mortgage to Newton | 650/3 |
Mortgage "with mortgage covenants" to secure $3,700 in one year at five per cent, on the same "two certain parcels of land with the buildings thereon" at Mount Pleasant and High Streets, "being the same premises conveyed to me by Lillie Bottomley et al., Executors" by deed of Sept. 17, 1921, recorded simultaneously. Signed and recorded Sept. 23, 1921 (Book 650, pages 3-4). Newton, the mortgagee, took the property from Todd in 1936.
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| November 14, 1921 | Quitclaim | Forrest W. Todd of Billerica; Etta A. Todd releasing dower | Maude D. Burnham of Billerica | 1921 corner lot (now part of 52 Mt. Pleasant St) | 652/63 |
"For consideration paid," a lot "on the westerly side of High Street and the northerly side of Pleasant Street," beginning at a stake on High Street sixty feet south of a drill hole in the stone wall at the corner of John R. Sutcliffe (Lot 1 on the 1911 Snell plan, Plan Book 28, Plan 84), west 60 feet, south about 100 feet to Pleasant Street, and back by Pleasant and High Streets: the very corner of the old Rogers homestead. "Being a part of the same premises conveyed to me by Lillie Bottomley and Frederick Bottomley, Executors" (Book 650, Page 1). Signed Oct. 25, 1921; recorded Nov. 14, 1921 (Book 652, pages 63-64). The Town took this lot for Burnham's unpaid taxes in 1934.
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| May 18, 1936 | Quitclaim | Forrest W. Todd of Billerica; Etta A. Todd releasing dower | Solomon S. A. Newton of Henniker, N.H. | 1936 Todd to Newton, with the buildings (present house) | 881/207 |
Quitclaim, "for consideration paid," of "two certain parcels of land with the buildings thereon" in North Billerica on the westerly side of High Street, "formerly called the road from North Billerica to Lowell," and the northerly side of Mt. Pleasant Street, "being the same premises to me conveyed by Lillie Bottomley et al, executors" Sept. 17, 1921 (Book 650, Page 1), "excepting however so much of said premises as was conveyed by me to Maude D. Burnham" in October 1921 (Book 652), and "subject to a certain mortgage to said grantee" (the 1921 mortgage) and to unpaid taxes and tax titles. In effect Todd surrendered the property, with the new house he had built about 1930-32, to his mortgagee. Dated April 13, 1936; recorded May 18, 1936.
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| May 28, 1937 | Quitclaim | Solomon Q. A. Newton of Henniker, N.H., unmarried | Edward W. Cousins and Ruth S. Cousins of Billerica | 1937 Newton to the Cousinses, with the buildings | 899/181 |
"For consideration paid," with quitclaim covenants, "Two certain parcels of land with the buildings thereon" in North Billerica on the westerly side of High Street, "formerly called the road from North Billerica to Lowell," and the northerly side of Pleasant Street, "formerly known as Mt. Pleasant Street," "being the same premises to me conveyed by Forrest W. Todd" (Book 881, Page 207), subject to the 1937 taxes. Signed May 24, 1937 (the deed calls Todd's deed April 30, 1936); recorded May 28, 1937 (Book 899, pages 181-182).
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| November 8, 1940 | Treasurer's Deed | Lawrence E. Desmond, Treasurer of the Town of Billerica | Edward and Ruth Cousins of Mt. Pleasant St., North Billerica | 1940 tax title to the corner lot | 953/351 |
For $25, the parcel taken for unpaid taxes assessed to Maude D. Burnham, "Lot #1 Bottomley" (taking Jan. 20, 1934, recorded Book 841, Page 106), sold at public auction Oct. 3, 1940 to the Cousinses, who lived next door, as highest bidders. This was the 60 by 100 foot corner Todd had sold Burnham in 1921. Dated Oct. 21, 1940; recorded Nov. 8, 1940 (Book 953, pages 351-352).
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| October 3, 1950 | Quitclaim | Maude D. Bangs, formerly Maude D. Burnham, of Leominster | Edward W. Cousins and Ruth S. Cousins of Billerica | 1950 Burnham-Bangs corner to the Cousinses; 1952 lot division | 1153/98 |
To clear the tax title, the Cousinses first quitclaimed to Mrs. Bangs whatever they had under the 1940 treasurer's deed (Book 1153, Page 97), and she, the same day, quitclaimed to them the 60 by 100 foot corner "on the westerly side of High Street and the northerly side of Mt. Pleasant Street," "Being the same premises conveyed to me, under the name of Maude D. Burnham, by Forrest W. Todd" (Book 652, Page 63). Signed Sept. 25, 1950; recorded Oct. 3, 1950. In July 1952 the Cousinses, then of Norwood, had the land surveyed (E. P. Simpson, Plan Book 82, Plan 27A) and sold it in two lots to private owners: the corner lot "with the buildings thereon," which is 52 Mt. Pleasant Street (Book 1201, Page 269; resold in 1988), and a 40,262 square foot lot to the west. Later owners are private.
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Recorded is Book/Page at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds unless noted.