5 7 Wilson St

For $813.18, "a certain tract of land ... containing by measure twenty seven acres and seventeen poles being a part of the Richardson farm," from the southeasterly corner at Concord River "north of the ford way," easterly by "the road leading to the Canal mills" to "land of the Proprietors laid out in small lots," then by the Proprietors' land and several short courses to the river "according to the annexed plat," and by the river to the beginning. Signed August 10, 1819; recorded September 23, 1820. Billerica town book 12, pages 172-173. This became the Mears homestead farm around the tavern lot.

• April 21, 1794 Deed: Thomas Richardson of Billerica, gentleman (Judith Richardson releasing dower) to Ebenezer Hall of Medford and Samuel Jaques of Wilmington, a committee for the Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal (115/259) (the Canal resold part of the Richardson farm to Mears)

• June 24, 1828 Administration: Estate of Nathan Mears of Billerica, yeoman to His minor children Edwin, Charles, Nathan, Lucy Ann and Elbert Mears; Marshall Preston, administrator (Probate #14955) (Mears homestead)

• August 24, 1803 Deed: Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, by James Sullivan, president to Nathan Mears of Billerica, trader (153/364) (the farm behind the canal company small lots)

Nathan Mears died in June 1828 leaving "no widow, nor heirs of twenty one years of age"; at his children's request (and his own before his death) Marshall Preston of Billerica was appointed administrator at Framingham June 24, 1828, bond $30,000. The inventory lists the homestead of about 27 acres with three dwelling houses, the saw mill, "The Woolen Factory, occupied by Francis Faulkner & son", the forge, the old homestead of Thomas Mears, the Patten lot, and "The Zac. Shed Lot, 7 acres" at $210, with no buildings. Real estate $15,245.

• August 20, 1817 Warranty Deed: Zaccheus Shed of Billerica, yeoman (wife Miriam releasing dower) to Nathan Mears of Billerica, yeoman (222/119) (the lot Mears bought of Zaccheus Shed in 1817)
• September 23, 1820 Deed: Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, by John L. Sullivan, agent to Nathan Mears of Billerica, yeoman (235/64) (Mears homestead)

• April 21, 1832 Guardian's Deed: John Baldwin of Billerica, Esq., guardian of Lucy Ann, Nathan and Elbert Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears to Daniel Wilson of Billerica (313/22) (the minors' shares of their father's estate)
• April 21, 1832 Guardian's Deed: Nathaniel Stearns of Billerica, yeoman, guardian of Edwin and Charles Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears to Daniel Wilson of Billerica, yeoman (313/24) (the minors' shares of their father's estate)
• January 12, 1836 Guardian's Deed: Nathaniel Stearns of Billerica, yeoman, guardian of Edwin and Charles Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears to Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman (349/237) (the minors' shares of their father's estate)
• January 12, 1836 Guardian's Deed: John Baldwin of Billerica, Esquire, guardian of Lucy Ann, Nathan and Elbert Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears to Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman (349/240) (the minors' shares of their father's estate)
• April 16, 1838 Guardian's Deed: Nathaniel Stearns of Billerica, yeoman, guardian of Edwin and Charles Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears to Anna Mears Wood (written Anna Woods) of Billerica, widow (372/326) (the Mears minors' estate)
• April 16, 1838 Guardian's Deed: John Baldwin of Billerica, Esq., guardian of Lucy Ann, Nathan and Elbert Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears to Anna Mears Wood (written Anna Woods) of Billerica, widow (372/328) (the Mears minors' estate)
• April 4, 1832 Guardian's Deed: John Baldwin of Billerica, guardian of Lucy Ann, Nathan and Elbert Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears to Gardner Parker of Billerica, yeoman (312/59) (the Mears estate)
• April 4, 1832 Guardian's Deed: Nathaniel Stearns of Billerica, yeoman, guardian of Edwin and Charles Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears to Gardner Parker of Billerica, yeoman (312/63) (the Mears estate)

Licensed by the Supreme Judicial Court and sold at public vendue March 20, 1832, for $3,276.17, two undivided fifth parts of five tracts, first "a part of the homestead of said deceased, situate at the Canal Mills so called, containing three acres and fifty five & a half rods, with the Tavern house, one small house in the rear of said Tavern house, two barns and other out buildings thereon standing," from a corner "in the front yard between said Tavern house & said Dix's dwelling house," by Dix's land and the Garden lot to Concord River, by the river 20 rods to a board fence, and by the passage way on S. Livingston's plan of the homestead, Isaiah Bussey's house lot and "the side house lot" to the road: "lots numbered one & eleven on said plan." Also lot 9, the Patten lot, the Trull pasture and half the Sims place. Recorded January 12, 1836. Billerica town book 15, pages 223-226.

• June 24, 1828 Administration: Estate of Nathan Mears of Billerica, yeoman to His minor children Edwin, Charles, Nathan, Lucy Ann and Elbert Mears; Marshall Preston, administrator (Probate #14955) (the minors' shares of their father's estate)

• 1832 Quitclaim: Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman (wife Priscilla releasing dower) to Daniel Wilson of Billerica, yeoman (313/26) (Dix bought lot 9 at the guardians' auction)
• May 24, 1834 Quitclaim: Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman; Priscilla Dix, his wife, releasing dower to Daniel Wilson of Billerica, yeoman (331/519) (part of the tavern stand Dix bought in 1832)
• 1848 Deed: Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman (wife Priscilla releasing dower) to Daniel Wilson of Billerica, yeoman (545/198) (the other half of lot 9 from the guardians' sale)
• March 25, 1863 Administrator's Deed: Edwin A. Alger of Lowell, administrator of Joel Dix late of Billerica to Anthony Jones, Lyman Haynes and Dudley Foster, all of Billerica (34/167) (the two thirds Dix kept after 1834)

• September 23, 1820 Deed: Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, by John L. Sullivan, agent to Nathan Mears of Billerica, yeoman (235/64) (the Mears homestead farm divided on S. Livingston's 1832 plan)

At the same vendue of March 20, 1832, for $3,276.17, the other three undivided fifth parts of the same tracts, first "a part of the Homestead of said deceased situate at the Canal Mills so called containing three acres and fifty five & a half rods with the Tavern House one small house in the rear of said Tavern house, two barns and other out buildings thereon standing," bounded as in Stearns's deed. With that deed it gave Joel Dix the whole tavern stand. Acknowledged April 2, 1832; recorded January 12, 1836. Billerica town book 15, pages 226-230.

• June 24, 1828 Administration: Estate of Nathan Mears of Billerica, yeoman to His minor children Edwin, Charles, Nathan, Lucy Ann and Elbert Mears; Marshall Preston, administrator (Probate #14955) (the minors' shares of their father's estate)

• 1832 Quitclaim: Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman (wife Priscilla releasing dower) to Daniel Wilson of Billerica, yeoman (313/26) (Dix bought lot 9 at the guardians' auction)
• May 24, 1834 Quitclaim: Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman; Priscilla Dix, his wife, releasing dower to Daniel Wilson of Billerica, yeoman (331/519) (part of the tavern stand Dix bought in 1832)
• 1848 Deed: Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman (wife Priscilla releasing dower) to Daniel Wilson of Billerica, yeoman (545/198) (the other half of lot 9 from the guardians' sale)
• March 25, 1863 Administrator's Deed: Edwin A. Alger of Lowell, administrator of Joel Dix late of Billerica to Anthony Jones, Lyman Haynes and Dudley Foster, all of Billerica (34/167) (the two thirds Dix kept after 1834)

• January 12, 1836 Guardian's Deed: Nathaniel Stearns of Billerica, yeoman, guardian of Edwin and Charles Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears to Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman (349/237) (the two guardians' deeds together convey the whole)

For $668, "one undivided third part of one acre and sixty four and a half rods of land more or less with the buildings thereon standing formerly known as the Mears Tavern stand situate in said Billerica at the Canal Mills so called," from the corner "in the front yard between said Tavern house and said Dix's dwelling house," by Dix's homestead lot and the garden lot to the passage way, by Isaiah Bussey's house lot and "the widow Anna Wood's house lot" to the highway: "lot numbered one on the plan taken by S. Livingston of the homestead of N. Mears deceased March 3d 1832." Signed March 26, 1834; recorded May 24, 1834. Billerica town book 13, pages 559-561.

• January 12, 1836 Guardian's Deed: Nathaniel Stearns of Billerica, yeoman, guardian of Edwin and Charles Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears to Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman (349/237) (part of the tavern stand Dix bought in 1832)
• January 12, 1836 Guardian's Deed: John Baldwin of Billerica, Esquire, guardian of Lucy Ann, Nathan and Elbert Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears to Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman (349/240) (part of the tavern stand Dix bought in 1832)

• August 13, 1863 Administrator's Deed: Gardner Parker of Billerica, administrator of Daniel Wilson late of Billerica to Dudley Foster, Lyman Haynes and Anthony Jones, all of Billerica (35/342) ("the same premises conveyed to said Daniel Wilson by Joel Dix")

Licensed by the Probate Court April 1, 1862, and sold at public auction March 21, 1863, for $1,600: "two undivided third parts of one acre and sixty four and a half rods of land more or less, with the buildings thereon standing, formerly known as the Mears Tavern stand, situate in said Billerica at the Canal Mills," bounded from the front yard "between said Tavern house and said Dix dwelling house" by the late Joel Dix's homestead lot, the garden lot, the passage way, Isaiah Bussey's house lot and "the widow Anna Wood's house lot" to the highway: "lot numbered one on the plan taken by S. Livingston of the homestead of N. Mears, deceased, March 3d A.D. 1832," meaning the two thirds "which vested in Joel Dix at the time of his decease." Recorded March 25, 1863.

• January 12, 1836 Guardian's Deed: Nathaniel Stearns of Billerica, yeoman, guardian of Edwin and Charles Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears to Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman (349/237) (the two thirds Dix kept after 1834)
• January 12, 1836 Guardian's Deed: John Baldwin of Billerica, Esquire, guardian of Lucy Ann, Nathan and Elbert Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears to Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman (349/240) (the two thirds Dix kept after 1834)

• August 29, 1865 Deed: Lyman Haynes, Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, all of Billerica, with their wives to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (44/200) (part of the lot bought in 1863)
• December 4, 1869 Warranty Deed: Caroline Haynes, widow, and the children of Lyman Haynes (Tilly, Theodore L., Cyrus H., Charles R., William H. and John Haynes, and Carrie H. Jenkins), all of Springfield to Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, both of Billerica (71/90) (Haynes's third of the 1863 purchases)
• August 4, 1883 Quitclaim: Dudley Foster of Billerica, unmarried to Judith Jones of Billerica, widow of Anthony Jones (161/543) ("the same premises belonging to Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster")

• 1859 Guardianship and Administration: Joel Dix of Billerica, "an insane person"; his estate after his death in December 1860 to Horace N. Wilson of Billerica, guardian; Edwin A. Alger of Lowell, administrator (Probate #30707) (Dix estate; license to sell April 1, 1862)

Licensed April 7, 1863 and sold at public auction July 13, 1863: all Wilson's interest "in and to one undivided third part of one acre and sixty four & one half rods of land more or less, with the buildings thereon standing, formerly known as the Mears Tavern stand, situate in said Billerica at the Canal Mills," bounded from the front yard "between said Tavern House and the dwelling house now or formerly of Joel Dix," "being lot number one on plan taken by S. Livingston of the homestead of N. Mears deceased March 3 1832 and being the same premises conveyed to said Daniel Wilson by Joel Dix by deed dated March 26, 1834 ... Book 331 Page 519." With the Dix administrator's deed of March 1863 this gave the three buyers the whole tavern. Signed July 13, 1863; recorded August 13, 1863.

• May 24, 1834 Quitclaim: Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman; Priscilla Dix, his wife, releasing dower to Daniel Wilson of Billerica, yeoman (331/519) ("the same premises conveyed to said Daniel Wilson by Joel Dix")
• 1861 Administration: Estate of Daniel Wilson of Billerica, who died November 29, 1861 intestate to Gardner Parker of Billerica, administrator; widow Mary Wilson and eight children (Probate #44864) (sold under the administrator's license of April 7, 1863)

• August 29, 1865 Deed: Lyman Haynes, Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, all of Billerica, with their wives to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (44/200) (part of the lot bought in 1863)
• December 4, 1869 Warranty Deed: Caroline Haynes, widow, and the children of Lyman Haynes (Tilly, Theodore L., Cyrus H., Charles R., William H. and John Haynes, and Carrie H. Jenkins), all of Springfield to Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, both of Billerica (71/90) (Haynes's third of the 1863 purchases)

• March 25, 1863 Administrator's Deed: Edwin A. Alger of Lowell, administrator of Joel Dix late of Billerica to Anthony Jones, Lyman Haynes and Dudley Foster, all of Billerica (34/167) (the other two thirds, bought by the same three men)

For a small sum the widow released "all my right, title and interest in and to the premises described in the within deed, and all right, title and claim of or to dower in the same," the third of the Mears Tavern stand sold by her husband's administrator. Signed July 13, 1863; recorded August 13, 1863.

• August 13, 1863 Administrator's Deed: Gardner Parker of Billerica, administrator of Daniel Wilson late of Billerica to Dudley Foster, Lyman Haynes and Anthony Jones, all of Billerica (35/342) (dower release on the administrator's deed)

For $550, a parcel "situate in North Billerica" beginning at its southeast corner "on a passageway at land of Gardner Parker," north on the passage way 100 feet "to a Bound at our own land," west by the grantors' land to land of I. N. Wilson "formerly owned by Daniel Wilson deceased," south by Wilson and Parker to the corner of a wall, and east by Parker to the beginning, "with the Buildings thereon." This cut the rear of the old tavern lot by the passage way off to the Talbots of the Talbot Mills; the three owners kept the tavern house frontage to the north. Signed August 1, 1865; recorded August 29, 1865.

• March 25, 1863 Administrator's Deed: Edwin A. Alger of Lowell, administrator of Joel Dix late of Billerica to Anthony Jones, Lyman Haynes and Dudley Foster, all of Billerica (34/167) (part of the lot bought in 1863)
• August 13, 1863 Administrator's Deed: Gardner Parker of Billerica, administrator of Daniel Wilson late of Billerica to Dudley Foster, Lyman Haynes and Anthony Jones, all of Billerica (35/342) (part of the lot bought in 1863)

• October 16, 1884 Deed: Thomas Talbot et al. to The Talbot Mills, Billerica (169/472) (the Talbots' 1865 purchase on the passage way, now Wilson Street)
• October 16, 1884 Guardian's Deed: Harriet Talbot et al., by their guardian to The Talbot Mills, Billerica (169/468) (the Talbots' 1865 purchase on the passage way, now Wilson Street)

Known from the grantee index 1881-1900 (Talbot Mills-Billerica, index page 82): received October 16, 1884, "N Billerica. Several parcels, water rts, mill privileges &c, see record", recorded with the deed of Thomas Talbot et al. (Book 169 Page 472). Book 169 images are unavailable at the registry; not read.

• 1850 Warranty Deed: Joseph J. Salter of Billerica (Hannah L. Salter releasing dower) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (589/521) (the minor heirs' share)
• October 23, 1851 Deed: The Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, by Ebenezer Chadwick, President to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica, manufacturers and copartners (618/97) (the Talbots convey the Common to The Talbot Mills)
• June 28, 1855 Quitclaim: Andrew Mason of Lowell, yeoman, and Mary Ann Mason his wife (formerly Mary Ann Frame), in her own right to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica, gentlemen (715/206) (the Talbots held the lot until the 1884 deeds to The Talbot Mills)
• April 8, 1857 Warranty Deed: Israel A. Colson of Billerica (Rachel Colson releasing dower) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica, manufacturers (9/145) (the Talbots convey the lots to The Talbot Mills)
• August 29, 1865 Deed: Lyman Haynes, Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, all of Billerica, with their wives to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (44/200) (the Talbots' 1865 purchase on the passage way, now Wilson Street)
• February 4, 1869 Quitclaim: Gardner Parker of Billerica (Adeline M. Parker releasing dower and homestead) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (65/441) (the 1869 Wilson homestead tract)
• August 10, 1883 Quitclaim: John M. G. Parker of Lowell (D. Maria Parker releasing dower and homestead) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (162/3) (Talbot property to the new corporation)

• January 11, 1890 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Solomon Lincoln, President, and Frederic S. Clark, Treasurer to Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society of North Billerica (212/73) (part of the Common, company land since 1884)
• October 6, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to John G. Gunther and Annie M. Gunther, husband and wife, of Billerica (888/500) (part of the fourth parcel)
• October 5, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to George F. Hurst and Edith E. Hurst, husband and wife, of Billerica (888/515) (part of the fifth parcel)
• October 2, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Marie I. Nolin of Billerica (888/65) (part of the fourth parcel)
• December 16, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Charles J. Gibbons and M. Theresa Gibbons of Billerica, husband and wife (892/81) (part of the first parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 1, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Margaret Fairbrother and Joseph S. Fairbrother, both of Billerica, joint tenants (883/479) (part of the first parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 15, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Marion A. MacDonald of Arlington (888/573) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 2, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Cornelius Heffron and Angelina Heffron of Lowell, husband and wife, tenants by the entirety (888/62) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 3, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to John Mackey of Billerica (888/511) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• December 21, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to George W. Chambers and Hazel R. Pelletier, both of Billerica (892/306) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 1, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Katie Fairbrother of Billerica (883/478) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• December 23, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Mary J. Taylor of Billerica (891/384) (part of the fifth parcel)
• December 21, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Louis G. Moss and Flora T. Moss, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (892/312) (recites Book 169 Pages 468 and 472)
• January 14, 1937 Warranty Deed: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Rose A. Poirier of Billerica (895/85) (part of the fifth parcel)
• October 2, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to James F. Delmege and Martha B. Delmege, husband and wife, of Billerica (888/67) (part of the fourth parcel)
• June 28, 1937 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Alfred Christianson and Marie M. Christianson, husband and wife, of Lowell (900/141) (part of the fifth parcel)
• April 30, 1937 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Annie L. Langley and Eliza St. Johns of Billerica, joint tenants (898/158) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• January 13, 1937 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Herbert J. Tivey of Billerica (895/177) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• June 5, 1937 Deed: The Talbot Mills of Billerica, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Margaret McGrath of Billerica (899/261) ("a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds (169/468))
• May 17, 1937 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to George F. Hurst and Edith E. Hurst, husband and wife, of Billerica (899/402) (part of the fifth parcel)
• February 1, 1937 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to William P. Ring and Louise M. Ring, husband and wife, of Billerica (895/583) (part of the fifth parcel)
• October 20, 1939 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Joseph Sidorovich and Fannie Sidorovich, husband and wife, of Maynard (936/47) (title of Talbot Mills)
• October 23, 1939 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Newell A. Hoyt and Ethel Hoyt, husband and wife, of Lowell (934/172) (part of the fourth parcel)
• October 25, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Mark Hughes of Rochdale, Worcester County (936/229) ("a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds (169/468))
• October 20, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills to John J. Nuttall and Amy I. Nuttall (936/46) (part of the first parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• November 7, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Frank Gagnon and Blanche R. Gagnon, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (935/567) (part of the first parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 9, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Lillian Gustafson of Chelmsford (934/190) (first parcel of the 1884 deeds)
• October 17, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to William J. Norris and Eliza J. Norris, husband and wife, tenants by the entirety (936/45) (part of the first parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 31, 1939 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society (936/135) (part of the fourth parcel)
• December 30, 1940 Quitclaim Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, its treasurer to Inhabitants of Billerica (955/441) (the 1940 deed has no title clause; the Talbot Mills held the village land under the 1884 deeds from the Talbot heirs)

• October 16, 1884 Deed: Thomas Talbot et al. to The Talbot Mills, Billerica (169/472) (the two 1884 deeds to the Talbot Mills, recorded together)
• March 30, 1876 Deed: Gardner Parker of Billerica (Adeline M. Parker releasing dower and homestead) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (116/432) (Talbot land to the corporation)
• 1881 Quitclaim: Frank P. Putnam and Eliza J. Putnam his wife, in her right, both of Lowell to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (149/516) (Talbot property passed to the corporation)

Known from the grantee index 1881-1900 (Talbot Mills-Billerica, index page 82): received October 16, 1884, "N Billerica. Several parcels, water rts, mill privileges &c, see record." Later Talbot Mills deeds cite it with Book 169 Page 468 as the deeds "from the Talbot heirs" to the new corporation (one recites a deed of Thomas Talbot et als. dated Oct. 15, 1884). The registry shows "Image is Unavailable" for Book 169, so the deed itself was not read; that it covered the land of the future Oval, part of the C. P. Talbot and Company property west of Wilson Street on the 1881 plan, is inferred.

• 1850 Warranty Deed: Joseph J. Salter of Billerica (Hannah L. Salter releasing dower) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (589/521) (the Talbot heirs convey the Wilson Street land to The Talbot Mills)
• October 23, 1851 Deed: The Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, by Ebenezer Chadwick, President to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica, manufacturers and copartners (618/97) (the Talbots convey the Common to The Talbot Mills)
• June 28, 1855 Quitclaim: Andrew Mason of Lowell, yeoman, and Mary Ann Mason his wife (formerly Mary Ann Frame), in her own right to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica, gentlemen (715/206) (the Talbots held the lot until the 1884 deeds to The Talbot Mills)
• April 8, 1857 Warranty Deed: Israel A. Colson of Billerica (Rachel Colson releasing dower) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica, manufacturers (9/145) (the Talbots convey the lots to The Talbot Mills)
• August 29, 1865 Deed: Lyman Haynes, Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, all of Billerica, with their wives to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (44/200) (the Talbots' 1865 purchase on the passage way, now Wilson Street)
• February 4, 1869 Quitclaim: Gardner Parker of Billerica (Adeline M. Parker releasing dower and homestead) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (65/441) (the 1869 Wilson homestead tract)
• August 10, 1883 Quitclaim: John M. G. Parker of Lowell (D. Maria Parker releasing dower and homestead) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (162/3) (Talbot property to the new corporation)

• January 11, 1890 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Solomon Lincoln, President, and Frederic S. Clark, Treasurer to Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society of North Billerica (212/73) (part of the Common, company land since 1884)
• March 23, 1901 Warranty Deed: Talbot Mills (Solomon Lincoln, President; Frederick S. Clark, Treasurer) to Charles H. Kohlrausch Jr. of North Billerica (328/90) (Talbot Mills title)
• October 6, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to John G. Gunther and Annie M. Gunther, husband and wife, of Billerica (888/500) (part of the fourth parcel)
• October 5, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to George F. Hurst and Edith E. Hurst, husband and wife, of Billerica (888/515) (part of the fifth parcel)
• October 2, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Marie I. Nolin of Billerica (888/65) (part of the fourth parcel)
• December 16, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Charles J. Gibbons and M. Theresa Gibbons of Billerica, husband and wife (892/81) (part of the first parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 1, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Margaret Fairbrother and Joseph S. Fairbrother, both of Billerica, joint tenants (883/479) (part of the first parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 15, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Marion A. MacDonald of Arlington (888/573) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 2, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Cornelius Heffron and Angelina Heffron of Lowell, husband and wife, tenants by the entirety (888/62) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 3, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to John Mackey of Billerica (888/511) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• December 21, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to George W. Chambers and Hazel R. Pelletier, both of Billerica (892/306) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 1, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Katie Fairbrother of Billerica (883/478) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• December 23, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Mary J. Taylor of Billerica (891/384) (part of the fifth parcel)
• December 21, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Louis G. Moss and Flora T. Moss, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (892/312) (recites Book 169 Pages 468 and 472)
• January 14, 1937 Warranty Deed: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Rose A. Poirier of Billerica (895/85) (part of the fifth parcel)
• October 2, 1936 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to James F. Delmege and Martha B. Delmege, husband and wife, of Billerica (888/67) (part of the fourth parcel)
• June 28, 1937 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Alfred Christianson and Marie M. Christianson, husband and wife, of Lowell (900/141) (part of the fifth parcel)
• April 30, 1937 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Annie L. Langley and Eliza St. Johns of Billerica, joint tenants (898/158) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• January 13, 1937 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Herbert J. Tivey of Billerica (895/177) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• June 5, 1937 Deed: The Talbot Mills of Billerica, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Margaret McGrath of Billerica (899/261) ("a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds (169/472))
• May 17, 1937 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to George F. Hurst and Edith E. Hurst, husband and wife, of Billerica (899/402) (part of the fifth parcel)
• February 1, 1937 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to William P. Ring and Louise M. Ring, husband and wife, of Billerica (895/583) (part of the fifth parcel)
• October 20, 1939 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Joseph Sidorovich and Fannie Sidorovich, husband and wife, of Maynard (936/47) (title of Talbot Mills)
• October 23, 1939 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Newell A. Hoyt and Ethel Hoyt, husband and wife, of Lowell (934/172) (part of the fourth parcel)
• October 25, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Mark Hughes of Rochdale, Worcester County (936/229) ("a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds (169/472))
• October 20, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills to John J. Nuttall and Amy I. Nuttall (936/46) (part of the first parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• November 7, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Frank Gagnon and Blanche R. Gagnon, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (935/567) (part of the first parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 9, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Lillian Gustafson of Chelmsford (934/190) (first parcel of the 1884 deeds)
• October 17, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to William J. Norris and Eliza J. Norris, husband and wife, tenants by the entirety (936/45) (part of the first parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 31, 1939 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society (936/135) (part of the fourth parcel)
• December 30, 1940 Quitclaim Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, its treasurer to Inhabitants of Billerica (955/441) (the 1940 deed has no title clause; the Talbot Mills held the village land under the 1884 deeds from the Talbot heirs)
• September 30, 1944 Deed: The Talbot Mills, a Massachusetts corporation of Billerica to Talbot Mills, Inc., Billerica (1013/89) (Lots 70 and 71 came to The Talbot Mills in 1884)

• July 3, 1869 Quitclaim: Oren Sheldon of Billerica (Agnes Sheldon releasing dower and homestead) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (68/379) (Talbot land to the corporation)
• March 30, 1876 Deed: Gardner Parker of Billerica (Adeline M. Parker releasing dower and homestead) to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (116/432) (the 1876 half acre adjoins Lot 32 on the west)
• 1881 Quitclaim: Frank P. Putnam and Eliza J. Putnam his wife, in her right, both of Lowell to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (149/516) (Talbot property passed to the corporation)

Dated April 29, 1937; $1.50 in revenue stamps. "The land in said Billerica with the buildings thereon situated on the westerly side of Wilson Street": easterly by Wilson Street 118.96 feet, northerly by Lot 33 157.49 feet, westerly by Lots 36 and 37 (the center line of a right of way) 94.69 feet, southerly by Lot 31 141.27 feet, 15,956 square feet, "Lot 32" on Plan "A" of the Talbot Mills property (Plan Book 60 Plan 25, surveyed 1926-27-36 by J. C. and W. T. Monahan). "Being a part of the third parcel" in the two deeds to the grantor of October 15, 1884 (Book 169 Pages 468 and 472). The right of way from Elm Street to Wilson Street is kept open, the grantor reserves the common sewer, and the grantees assume the 1937 taxes. Recorded April 30, 1937 at 1:40 PM. One of the mill village sales of 1936-1939.

• October 16, 1884 Deed: Thomas Talbot et al. to The Talbot Mills, Billerica (169/472) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)
• October 16, 1884 Guardian's Deed: Harriet Talbot et al., by their guardian to The Talbot Mills, Billerica (169/468) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds)

• September 5, 1947 Quitclaim: Annie L. Langley of Billerica, unmarried, surviving joint tenant to Leo G. Sheehan of Billerica (1075/281) (same premises conveyed by The Talbot Mills in 1937)

Dated September 4, 1947 (acknowledged at Lowell); $4.40 in revenue stamps. Lot 32 on Plan "A" with the same bounds and area. "Being the same premises conveyed to me and Eliza St. Johns as joint tenants by The Talbot Mills by deed dated April 29, 1937 ... Book 898, Page 158 ... The said Eliza St. Johns died in Lowell on July 6, 1937." The grantee assumes the 1947 taxes. Recorded September 5, 1947 at 12:15 PM.

• April 30, 1937 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Annie L. Langley and Eliza St. Johns of Billerica, joint tenants (898/158) (same premises conveyed by The Talbot Mills in 1937)

• August 11, 1948 Quitclaim: Leo G. Sheehan of Billerica (Mary C. Sheehan, his wife, releasing dower and homestead) to Charles O. Sheehan of Billerica (1098/215) (Being the same premises conveyed by Annie L. Langley)

The second deed on Book 1098 Page 215 (continuing on page 216), dated August 10, 1948 and recorded with the first: the straw grantee reconveys Lot 32 on Plan "A" to the former owner, his wife and Eleanor M. Sheehan as joint tenants. The date and the recital are confirmed by the later deeds at Book 1642 Page 163 and Book 1812 Page 235.

• August 11, 1948 Quitclaim: Leo G. Sheehan of Billerica (Mary C. Sheehan, his wife, releasing dower and homestead) to Charles O. Sheehan of Billerica (1098/215) (straw reconveyance the same day)

• March 31, 1964 Quitclaim: One of the three joint tenants under the 1948 deed to The other two joint tenants, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety (1642/163) (title: the 1948 joint-tenancy deed)

Acknowledged and recorded December 24, 1971; consideration $23,990. The owner since 1967 sells Lot 32 on Plan "A" (Plan Book 60 Plan 25) to the tenants of the house, who held it for 26 years (the owners named on the 1974 MACRIS form). Title: deed of September 1, 1967, Book 1812 Page 235. The assessor lists this deed under 1963 in error. Later transfers were private: a 1998 family gift (Book 9154 Page 33) and a 2016 sale for $282,000 (Book 30637 Page 146) to the present owners of record.

• September 8, 1967 Quitclaim: The husband under the 1964 deed, unmarried to His former wife, of Lowell (1812/235) (title: Book 1812 Page 235)