Structure · Built 1919

Saint Andrew's Roman Catholic Church

Address	45-49 Talbot Av
MACRIS ID	BIL.231
Built	1919
Other Lot Structures	Saint Andrew's Roman Catholic Rectory (Built 1915)

Saint Andrew's Church is the Roman Catholic church of North Billerica, a stuccoed building in the Spanish Eclectic style with a curved gable front, a round window and a small cupola, standing on Talbot Avenue at the south end of the mill village built by The Talbot Mills. It was designed by the Boston firm of O'Connell and Shaw and built in 1919-1921, next to the Saint Andrew's Roman Catholic Rectory, to replace the parish's first church on Rogers Street.

Catholic worship in Billerica began in 1868, when the mill owners Charles P. Talbot and Thomas Talbot sold Bishop John J. Williams of Boston, for $200, a lot "with the buildings thereon" on the road from Billerica Mills to the Centre, now Rogers Street. The old Universalist meetinghouse from the Centre was moved there and became Saint Andrew's Church on Rogers Street, served for more than forty years by Oblate priests who came out from Lowell. In 1913 the Archdiocese of Boston made St. Andrew's a parish with its own pastor, Rev. David J. Murphy.

The land for the new church had been part of the homestead farm that Daniel Wilson assembled in 1831-1832 from the old canal and Mears lands along the road to the Centre, now Colson Street. After his death in 1861 the farm passed through James Faulkner and Gardner Parker, and in 1883 the fourteen acres along Colson Street were bought by the Talbots, who conveyed them to The Talbot Mills in 1884. The company laid out Talbot Avenue in 1894 and in 1901 sold the town the lot to the north for the Talbot School. On November 30, 1914 the stockholders voted to sell the Archbishop "a triangular parcel of land situated in North Billerica, containing one and three-tenths (1 3/10) acres" for $1,500, and the deed, signed by the treasurer Thomas Talbot Clark on December 17, 1914, conveyed the triangle between Colson Street and Talbot Avenue, bounded north "by Talbot School land, Town of Billerica" (57,049 square feet on Clark's plan). The rectory was built on it first, in 1916-1917.

The state building inspection plan record for "St. Andrew's Church", a wooden church for the "R. C. Bishop" by O'Connell and Shaw, was approved on September 23, 1919. The 1919 directory still placed the church at Rogers and Call Streets. To pay for the new building Archbishop William H. O'Connell mortgaged the lot "with the buildings thereon" to the Lowell Trust Company for $20,000 on April 2, 1920, and for a further $10,000 on December 4, 1920. In 1921 town meeting voted $650 for a cement sidewalk on Talbot Avenue "fronting St. Andrew's Church and Rectory", provided the abutters gave as much, so the church was in use by then. The parish paid off the second loan in 1926 and the first in 1929. The old church on Rogers Street was sold in 1934, and its stained glass window was saved for the new church.

The lot has changed little since. When the County Commissioners relocated Colson Street in 1922 they took about 300 square feet from its western edge without damages. In 1938 the town built a cement sidewalk on Colson Street "opposite St. Andrew's Church driveway". The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston still owns the church and rectory lot; the registry indexes show no later sale, mortgage or easement of it. From St. Andrew's grew the parish of St. Theresa in Billerica Center, begun as its mission in 1939, and in 2020 St. Andrew's joined St. Mary's and St. Theresa of Lisieux in St. Matthew the Evangelist Parish. The church is part of the North Billerica National Register historic district (1983) and the local historic district (1992).

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Title References

Date	Type	Grantor	Grantee	Summary	Recorded
March 31, 1794	Deed	Solomon, Moses and Nathan Carleton, Jesse Manning, Thomas Todd, Thomas Laws and Thomas Mears, heirs of John Carleton, with their wives	Thomas Richardson of Billerica, gentleman	1783 the Carleton heirs sell the mill farm to Thomas Richardson	115/271 (South)
	Billerica town book 9, pages 87-91. Dated April 17, 1783, recorded March 31, 1794. For 818 pounds "lawful Silver money", "about forty Acres of Land ... on the West side of Concord River ... Easterly on said River, Westerly on the highway it being about two thirds of the land which was granted by the Town of Billerica unto Capt. Christopher Osgood", two thirds "of the Mills commonly known by the name of Osgoods or Carletons Mills" and two thirds of the dam and stream with the buildings, "as the same was set off by the Committee for the Widows Thirds", "meaning to convey two thirds of the Homested and Mills and Buildings thereon standing and the Shop is wholley conveyed". Richardson takes on two thirds of the 1708 town conditions, the Ruggles agreement and the repair of "the Bridge or Road" below the dam. Richardson later bought the widow's dower interest (S.115/274 and others) and in 1794 sold the whole as Richardson's Mills to the Middlesex Canal. Title from: 1782 Will and Division: Estate of John Carleton of Billerica, yeoman (Hannah Carleton, widow, executrix) to His widow Hannah (thirds) and children Nathan, John, Moses and Solomon Carleton, Elizabeth Todd, Hannah Laws and Lydia Mears (Probate #3943) (heirs of John Carleton) Title passed to: 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) (Richardson's Mills, bought from the Carleton heirs)
April 21, 1794	Deed	Thomas Richardson of Billerica, gentleman (Judith Richardson releasing dower)	Ebenezer Hall of Medford and Samuel Jaques of Wilmington, a committee for the Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal	1794 Richardson sells the land at the mills to the Middlesex Canal	115/259 (South)
	For 1350 pounds, "about forty acres of Land" bounded easterly by Concord River, westerly by the highway and northerly and southerly by the road; the reversion of half the dower of the widow Hannah Carlton, conveyed to him by Solomon, Moses and Nathan Carlton; five sixths of a small piece at the northeast end of the mill dam, bounded easterly "by Timothy Sprague's Ditch that conveys Water to the Fulling mill"; "together with all the Buildings ... including the Mills Mill priviledges ... commonly known by the name of Richardson's Mills being the same which was formerly granted by the Town of Billerica to Christopher Osgood together with the Mill Dam and Stream", on the conditions of the town's vote of October 4, 1708, a passage for fish, and his 1791 agreement with Timothy Sprague. Dated March 25, 1794; recorded April 21, 1794. Billerica town book 9, pages 81-82. The Canal Mills land from which the proprietors sold their small house lots. Title from: March 31, 1794 Deed: Solomon, Moses and Nathan Carleton, Jesse Manning, Thomas Todd, Thomas Laws and Thomas Mears, heirs of John Carleton, with their wives to Thomas Richardson of Billerica, gentleman (115/271) (Richardson's Mills, bought from the Carleton heirs) Title passed to: September 23, 1820 Deed: Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, by John L. Sullivan, agent to Nathan Mears of Billerica, yeoman (235/64) (the Canal resold part of the Richardson farm to Mears) March 20, 1826 Deed: Benjamin Guild of Boston, President of the Board of Directors of the Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal to John Mixer of Billerica (265/208) (Canal land at the mills, the old Richardson farm) April 21, 1832 Deed: Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal (Peter O. Thacher, president) to Daniel Wilson of Billerica (313/21) (canal mill land) March 23, 1835 Warranty Deed: The Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, by Peter O. Thacher of Boston, President to Israel Coulson (Colson) of Billerica, carpenter (339/55) (canal land at the 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 Richardson farm and mills bought by the canal in 1794) 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) (canal house lots 17-18, sold to Colson in 1833) Related: March 31, 1794 Quitclaim: Solomon Carlton of Fitchburg, yeoman, heir of John Carlton to Thomas Richardson of Billerica, gentleman (115/274) (the reversion of half the widow Carlton's dower)
September 23, 1820	Deed	Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, by John L. Sullivan, agent	Nathan Mears of Billerica, yeoman	1819 the Canal proprietors sell land at the mills to Nathan Mears	235/64 (South)
	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. Title from: 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) Title passed to: 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) October 10, 1837 Guardian's Deed: John Baldwin of Billerica, Esq., guardian of Lucy Ann, Nathan and Elbert Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears to Isaiah Bussey of Billerica (368/309) (part of the 1819 Mears purchase) October 10, 1837 Guardian's Deed: Nathaniel Stearns of Billerica, yeoman, guardian of Edwin and Charles Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears to Isaiah Bussey of Billerica (368/311) (part of the 1819 Mears purchase) Related: 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)
June 24, 1828	Administration	Estate of Nathan Mears of Billerica, yeoman	His minor children Edwin, Charles, Nathan, Lucy Ann and Elbert Mears; Marshall Preston, administrator	estate of Nathan Mears, whose lots were surveyed in 1832	Probate #14955
	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. Title from: 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) Title passed to: 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) October 10, 1837 Guardian's Deed: John Baldwin of Billerica, Esq., guardian of Lucy Ann, Nathan and Elbert Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears to Isaiah Bussey of Billerica (368/309) (guardians' sale of the Mears homestead lots) October 10, 1837 Guardian's Deed: Nathaniel Stearns of Billerica, yeoman, guardian of Edwin and Charles Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears to Isaiah Bussey of Billerica (368/311) (guardians' sale of the Mears homestead lots)
April 21, 1832	Deed	Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal (Peter O. Thacher, president)	Daniel Wilson of Billerica	1831 the Canal sells Daniel Wilson the lots that began his homestead farm	313/21 (South)
	The Canal Proprietors sell Wilson about two and three quarter acres "on the southerly side of the road" from Oliver Farmer's house to the mills owned by the Canal, bounded by land sold to John Mixer and land of the late Nathan Mears, being lots 4 to 12 on Samuel Whiting's plan of the Canal's mill land of May 27, 1816. This is the land on the south side of Elm Street at the corner of the later Colson Street where Wilson built his house in 1848 (MACRIS cites it as the purchase of the house lot). Signed October 24, 1831; recorded April 21, 1832. Billerica town book 16, pages 91-92. Title from: 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) (canal mill land) Title passed to: 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) (Wilson owned the lot at his death)
April 21, 1832	Guardian's Deed	John Baldwin of Billerica, Esq., guardian of Lucy Ann, Nathan and Elbert Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears	Daniel Wilson of Billerica	1832 part of the Mears homestead added to the Wilson farm	313/22 (South)
	Licensed by the Supreme Judicial Court, sold at public vendue on the premises March 20, 1832, for $1,428.06, three undivided fifth parts of part of the Mears homestead farm (11 acres 25 1/2 rods, lots 3-5 on S. Livingston's plan) and of "the Z. Shed Lot so called, containing six acres and one hundred and forty three rods", from the northeasterly corner at the road from the "old Mears place" to William Rogers', westerly by the widow Lydia Mears's dower land 58 rods 15 links to William Pollard, southerly by Pollard to the road "leading from the corner so called, to said old Mears place," northeasterly by that road to the corner of the roads about 54 rods, and northerly by the road about 19 poles. Signed March 20, 1832, recorded April 21, 1832. Billerica town book 16, pages 93-95. Title from: 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) Title passed to: May 7, 1842 Warranty Deed: Daniel Wilson of Billerica, yeoman (wife Mary releasing dower) to Sidney S. Russell of Lowell (415/251) (Wilson bought the Z. Shed lot from the Mears guardians in 1832) Related: April 21, 1832 Deed: Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal (Peter O. Thacher, president) to Daniel Wilson of Billerica (313/21) (adjoining land added to the homestead)
April 21, 1832	Guardian's Deed	Nathaniel Stearns of Billerica, yeoman, guardian of Edwin and Charles Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears	Daniel Wilson of Billerica, yeoman	1832 further Mears land added to the Wilson farm	313/24 (South)
	Licensed by the Supreme Judicial Court, sold at public vendue on the premises March 20, 1832, two undivided fifth parts of the same two tracts: the 11 acres 25 1/2 rods of the homestead farm and "the Z. Shed lot so called, containing six acres and one hundred and forty three rods," bounded as in John Baldwin's deed of the other three fifths. Recorded April 21, 1832. Billerica town book 16, pages 96-98. With Baldwin's deed this gave Daniel Wilson the whole lot. Title from: 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) Title passed to: May 7, 1842 Warranty Deed: Daniel Wilson of Billerica, yeoman (wife Mary releasing dower) to Sidney S. Russell of Lowell (415/251) (Wilson bought the Z. Shed lot from the Mears guardians in 1832) Related: 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 other three fifths sold the same day)
1861	Administration	Estate of Daniel Wilson of Billerica, who died November 29, 1861 intestate	Gardner Parker of Billerica, administrator; widow Mary Wilson and eight children	1861 estate of Daniel Wilson, whose farm ran along the old road, now Colson Street	Probate #44864
	Gardner Parker, husband of Wilson's daughter Adeline, petitioned December 11, 1861 that Daniel Wilson had died November 29, 1861 intestate, leaving his widow Mary and children Mary J. Wilkins, Adeline M. Parker, Horace N. Wilson, Daniel A. Wilson (at Rattlesnake Bar, California), Israel N. Wilson (a captain then serving in Virginia), Frances A. Faulkner and Charles H. Wilson; he was appointed administrator at Cambridge December 24, 1861. The license of April 7, 1863 led to the sale of Wilson's third of the Mears Tavern stand. Title from: April 21, 1832 Deed: Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal (Peter O. Thacher, president) to Daniel Wilson of Billerica (313/21) (Wilson owned the lot at his death) 1832 Quitclaim: Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman (wife Priscilla releasing dower) to Daniel Wilson of Billerica, yeoman (313/26) (lot 9 in Wilson's estate) 1848 Deed: Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman (wife Priscilla releasing dower) to Daniel Wilson of Billerica, yeoman (545/198) (lot 9 in Wilson's estate) Title passed to: 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) (sold under the administrator's license of April 7, 1863) October 24, 1863 Administrator's Deed: Gardner Parker of Billerica, administrator of Daniel Wilson to Elijah Corliss of Billerica (33/577) (sold under the license in Daniel Wilson's estate) April 6, 1864 Administrator's Deed: Gardner Parker of Billerica, administrator of the estate of Daniel Wilson to James Faulkner of Billerica (37/357) (sold under the administrator's license of April 7, 1863) Related: 1846 Executor's Deed: Marshall Preston of Billerica, executor of the will of Nathaniel Stearns to Daniel Wilson of Billerica, yeoman (486/341) (the 1846 acre was part of Wilson's land at his death) April 21, 1859 Warranty Deed: Horace N. Wilson of Billerica (Sybil Wilson, his wife, releasing dower) to His father Daniel Wilson of Billerica (19/39) (the half acre was Wilson's at his death)
April 6, 1864	Administrator's Deed	Gardner Parker of Billerica, administrator of the estate of Daniel Wilson	James Faulkner of Billerica	1863 administrator's auction of the Wilson homestead farm	37/357
	Under a license of the Probate Court at Lowell of April 7, 1863, after three weeks' notice in the Lowell Daily Courier, the administrator sold at public auction on December 7, 1863, to James Faulkner, the highest bidder, for $4,000, all Wilson's right at his death in "a certain piece or parcel of land situate in said Billerica, containing about twenty-eight acres being the homestead farm of the late Daniel Wilson", bounded west by the road from Billerica to North Billerica, north by that road and lands of Easty, I. N. Wilson, Foster, Lane and C. P. Talbot & Co., east by Easty, Foster, Lane and the Concord River, and south by the Concord River and the Common. Dated December 7, 1863; acknowledged April 5, 1864; recorded April 6, 1864. Title from: 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) Title passed to: April 6, 1864 Quitclaim: James Faulkner of Billerica (Fanny A. Faulkner releasing dower and homestead) to Gardner Parker of Billerica (37/358) (same 28 acres)
April 6, 1864	Quitclaim	James Faulkner of Billerica (Fanny A. Faulkner releasing dower and homestead)	Gardner Parker of Billerica	1864 the Wilson farm passes to Gardner Parker	37/358
	For $4,000, the same twenty-eight acres "being the homestead farm of the late Daniel Wilson of said Billerica deceased", same bounds, "subject to a right of way over a portion of said premises, and to the dower of Mary Wilson, widow". Faulkner (husband of Wilson's daughter Frances) passed the farm to the administrator Parker (husband of his daughter Adeline) the day after the sale deed was acknowledged. Dated April 5, 1864; recorded April 6, 1864. Title from: April 6, 1864 Administrator's Deed: Gardner Parker of Billerica, administrator of the estate of Daniel Wilson to James Faulkner of Billerica (37/357) (same 28 acres) Title passed to: 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) (part of the Wilson homestead) March 24, 1873 Deed: Gardner Parker of Billerica (Adeline M. Parker releasing dower and homestead) to Inhabitants of the Town of Billerica (92/151) (Parker held the Wilson farm from Faulkner (1864); the school lot is cut from it) 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) (part of the Wilson homestead) July 28, 1882 Warranty Deed: Gardner Parker of Billerica (Adeline M. Parker releasing dower and homestead) to J. M. G. Parker of Lowell (154/208) (rest of the Wilson homestead)
October 10, 1868	Quitclaim	Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (Harriet E. and Isabella W. Talbot releasing dower and homestead)	John J. Williams of Boston (the Catholic bishop of Boston)	1868 the parish's first church lot on Rogers Street, bought by Bishop Williams	64/205
	For $200, "a certain tract of land with the buildings thereon situated in said Billerica on the westerly side of the road leading from 'Billerica Mills' so called to the Central Village of said Billerica": from the northeast corner at land of J. R. Faulkner and the road, south on the road 170 feet to land of "C. P. Talbot & Co.", west 166 feet, then by that land 187 feet to the Faulkner land and east on it 165 feet to the road. "The said grantee, the said John J. Williams, hereby agrees to erect and maintain at his own expense suitable and proper fences about the above described premises." Covenants against the grantors' own acts only; no title recital. Dated Sept. 1, 1868; acknowledged by Thomas Talbot at Lowell in September 1868. The lot for the Universalist meeting-house moved here from the Centre that year as Saint Andrew's Church. Title passed to: October 10, 1868 Mortgage: John J. Williams of Boston to Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank (64/207) (mortgage of the lot just bought) March 29, 1934 Quitclaim: The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, a corporation sole (by William H. O'Connell) to Thomas F. McElligott and Michael H. McElligott of Billerica, tenants in common (842/334) (recites the 1868 deed) Related: February 13, 1868 Administrator's Deed: Gardner Parker of Billerica, administrator of Samuel Rogers to Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (60/227) (the Talbots had bought the adjoining Rogers homestead, beside the Faulkner land, in January 1868; the deed recites no title)
July 28, 1882	Warranty Deed	Gardner Parker of Billerica (Adeline M. Parker releasing dower and homestead)	J. M. G. Parker of Lowell	1882 the 14 acres along Colson Street to J. M. G. Parker	154/208
	For $6,600, "a certain parcel of land situate in North Billerica, containing about fourteen acres more or less, with all the buildings thereon, being a part of the Homestead farm of the late Daniel Wilson of said Billerica, deceased", bounded west by "the old road from Billerica to North Billerica", north by that road, and east and south by lands of C. P. Talbot & Co., the School House lot and Wilson Street, as on a plan by Osgood & Snell. The rest of the Wilson farm, with the 1848 house. Dated and acknowledged July 8, 1882, before Dudley Foster; recorded July 28, 1882. Title from: April 6, 1864 Quitclaim: James Faulkner of Billerica (Fanny A. Faulkner releasing dower and homestead) to Gardner Parker of Billerica (37/358) (rest of the Wilson homestead) Title passed to: 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) (Book 154 Page 208 recited) Related: March 24, 1873 Deed: Gardner Parker of Billerica (Adeline M. Parker releasing dower and homestead) to Inhabitants of the Town of Billerica (92/151) (the rest of the farm is bounded by the School House lot)
August 10, 1883	Quitclaim	John M. G. Parker of Lowell (D. Maria Parker releasing dower and homestead)	Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica	1883 the 14 acres to C. P. and Thomas Talbot	162/3
	For $7,000, "a certain parcel of land situate in North Billerica containing about fourteen acres more or less with all the buildings thereon, being a part of the Homestead farm of the late Daniel Wilson of said Billerica deceased", bounded west by the old road from Billerica to North Billerica, north by that road, and east and south by lands of C. P. Talbot & Co., the School House lot and Wilson Street, per the Osgood & Snell plan; "Said premises were conveyed to me by Gardner Parker the eighth day of July A.D. 1882 by deed recorded ... Book 154 Page 208". In October 1884 the Talbots conveyed their North Billerica property to the new Talbot Mills corporation (Book 169 Pages 468 and 472). Dated and acknowledged August 1, 1883; recorded August 10, 1883. Title from: July 28, 1882 Warranty Deed: Gardner Parker of Billerica (Adeline M. Parker releasing dower and homestead) to J. M. G. Parker of Lowell (154/208) (Book 154 Page 208 recited) Title passed to: October 16, 1884 Deed: Thomas Talbot et al. to The Talbot Mills, Billerica (169/472) (Talbot property to the new corporation) October 16, 1884 Guardian's Deed: Harriet Talbot et al., by their guardian to The Talbot Mills, Billerica (169/468) (Talbot property to the new corporation) 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 title, through Talbot Mills (1884)) Related: March 24, 1873 Deed: Gardner Parker of Billerica (Adeline M. Parker releasing dower and homestead) to Inhabitants of the Town of Billerica (92/151) (bounded by the School House lot)
October 16, 1884	Guardian's Deed	Harriet Talbot et al., by their guardian	The Talbot Mills, Billerica	1884 the Talbot heirs convey their North Billerica land to The Talbot Mills	169/468
	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. Title from: 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) Title passed to: February 25, 1885 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas Talbot, president, and Frederic S. Clark, treasurer to Mrs. Alma A. Wilson of Billerica (172/330) (Talbot Mills title from the 1884 Talbot deeds) December 4, 1885 Warranty Deed: The Talbot Mills (Solomon Lincoln, President; Frederic S. Clark, Treasurer) to Carl H. Kohlrausch of Billerica (178/102) (land of The Talbot Mills, part of the Wilson homestead) 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) January 31, 1902 Warranty Deed: The Talbot Mills, North Billerica (by Frederic S. Clark, Treasurer) to Inhabitants of the Town of Billerica (339/95) (Talbot Mills land under the 1884 deeds of the Talbot heirs (no recital)) December 23, 1914 Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas Talbot Clark, Treasurer to Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, corporation sole (St. Andrew's parish) (530/546) (Talbot Mills land under the 1884 deeds (no recital)) 1921 Deed: Talbot Mills, North Billerica (by Frederic S. Clark, President) to The Baptist Society of North Billerica (646/398) (no title recital; Talbot Mills held the Colson Street land under the 1884 deeds of the Talbot heirs) March 28, 1932 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Billerica Post No. 116 Building Corporation of the American Legion (811/514) (Talbot Mills land under the 1884 deeds (no recital)) 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) October 27, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Frank Frederick Mills of Billerica (890/248) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds) January 21, 1937 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Isabel Healey of Billerica (later Isabel V. Simard) (895/524) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds) January 16, 1937 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Nellie V. Hannon of Billerica (895/301) (part of the second parcel) October 26, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to William F. Nuttall and Julia A. Nuttall, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (889/549) ("a part of the second parcel" of the 1884 deeds) March 22, 1937 Warranty Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Warren A. Hanson of New London, Connecticut (893/396) (part of the second and third parcels in the 1884 deeds) October 26, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Norman B. Morrison and Carrie L. Morrison, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (889/552) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds) October 21, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to James H. Rule of Billerica (890/222) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds) December 22, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Edward Costello of Billerica (892/101) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds) October 8, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Alexander Blakely and Helen Marie Blakely, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (888/101) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds) December 30, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Warren M. Switzer and Mildred B. Switzer, husband and wife, of Newton, tenants by the entirety (892/347) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds) October 19, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to John B. Maxwell, of Billerica (890/25) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds) November 25, 1936 Warranty Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Clifford O. Watson and Mabel Watson, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (886/335) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds) 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) January 25, 1937 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Charles D. Mahoney and Marion I. Mahoney, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (895/544) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds) January 14, 1938 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Raymond V. Lovejoy and Evelyn E. Lovejoy, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (909/349) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds) September 1, 1937 Warranty Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Mary Ellen Haslam, Emily Haslam and Clara Haslam, all of Billerica, as joint tenants (903/432) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds) November 2, 1939 Quitclaim Deed: The Talbot Mills (Thomas T. Clark, treasurer) to Frank A. Kelley of Billerica (935/557) (Lot 52, part of the second 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) November 2, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Charles E. Fairbrother Jr. and Mary E. Fairbrother, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (935/556) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds) 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) March 13, 1940 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Frank A. Brown, George W. Chambers and John F. Trainor, all of Billerica, as joint tenants (942/175) (part of the fifth parcel) Related: 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)
October 16, 1884	Deed	Thomas Talbot et al.	The Talbot Mills, Billerica	1884 Thomas Talbot and others to The Talbot Mills	169/472
	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. Title from: 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) Title passed to: December 4, 1885 Warranty Deed: The Talbot Mills (Solomon Lincoln, President; Frederic S. Clark, Treasurer) to Carl H. Kohlrausch of Billerica (178/102) (land of The Talbot Mills, part of the Wilson homestead) 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) January 31, 1902 Warranty Deed: The Talbot Mills, North Billerica (by Frederic S. Clark, Treasurer) to Inhabitants of the Town of Billerica (339/95) (Talbot Mills land under the 1884 deeds of the Talbot heirs (no recital)) December 23, 1914 Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas Talbot Clark, Treasurer to Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, corporation sole (St. Andrew's parish) (530/546) (Talbot Mills land under the 1884 deeds (no recital)) 1921 Deed: Talbot Mills, North Billerica (by Frederic S. Clark, President) to The Baptist Society of North Billerica (646/398) (no title recital; Talbot Mills held the Colson Street land under the 1884 deeds of the Talbot heirs) March 28, 1932 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Billerica Post No. 116 Building Corporation of the American Legion (811/514) (Talbot Mills land under the 1884 deeds (no recital)) 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) October 27, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Frank Frederick Mills of Billerica (890/248) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds) January 21, 1937 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Isabel Healey of Billerica (later Isabel V. Simard) (895/524) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds) January 16, 1937 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Nellie V. Hannon of Billerica (895/301) (part of the second parcel) October 26, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to William F. Nuttall and Julia A. Nuttall, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (889/549) ("a part of the second parcel" of the 1884 deeds) March 22, 1937 Warranty Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Warren A. Hanson of New London, Connecticut (893/396) (part of the second and third parcels in the 1884 deeds) October 26, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Norman B. Morrison and Carrie L. Morrison, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (889/552) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds) October 21, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to James H. Rule of Billerica (890/222) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds) December 22, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Edward Costello of Billerica (892/101) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds) October 8, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Alexander Blakely and Helen Marie Blakely, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (888/101) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds) December 30, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Warren M. Switzer and Mildred B. Switzer, husband and wife, of Newton, tenants by the entirety (892/347) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds) October 19, 1936 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to John B. Maxwell, of Billerica (890/25) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds) November 25, 1936 Warranty Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Clifford O. Watson and Mabel Watson, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (886/335) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds) 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) January 25, 1937 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Charles D. Mahoney and Marion I. Mahoney, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (895/544) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds) January 14, 1938 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Raymond V. Lovejoy and Evelyn E. Lovejoy, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (909/349) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds) September 1, 1937 Warranty Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Mary Ellen Haslam, Emily Haslam and Clara Haslam, all of Billerica, as joint tenants (903/432) ("a part of the second parcel and a part of the third parcel" of the 1884 deeds) November 2, 1939 Quitclaim Deed: The Talbot Mills (Thomas T. Clark, treasurer) to Frank A. Kelley of Billerica (935/557) (Lot 52, part of the second 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) November 2, 1939 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer to Charles E. Fairbrother Jr. and Mary E. Fairbrother, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (935/556) (part of the third parcel in the 1884 deeds) 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) March 13, 1940 Quitclaim: Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, Treasurer to Frank A. Brown, George W. Chambers and John F. Trainor, all of Billerica, as joint tenants (942/175) (part of the fifth parcel) 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) Related: 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)
January 31, 1902	Warranty Deed	The Talbot Mills, North Billerica (by Frederic S. Clark, Treasurer)	Inhabitants of the Town of Billerica	1901 the Talbot School lot, the north boundary of the church lot	339/95
	For $1,000, with warranty covenants, "a certain piece or parcel of land situated on the westerly side of Talbot Avenue (so called) and the easterly side of Colson Street (so called)": from a stone bound on Talbot Avenue about 592 feet north of the meeting of the avenue and Colson Street, west by other land of Talbot Mills 205 feet to Colson Street, north on Colson Street 189 feet to other land of Talbot Mills, east by that land 262 feet to Talbot Avenue and south on the avenue 180 feet, "about forty-one thousand four hundred and twenty-seven (41,427) square feet". The lot of the new Talbot School. No title recital. Dated and acknowledged Dec. 18, 1901 before Herbert A. King; recorded Jan. 31, 1902 with the company's vote of October 1901 (page 96). The land north of it, "other land of said Talbot Mills", became the Baptist parsonage lot in 1921. Title from: October 16, 1884 Deed: Thomas Talbot et al. to The Talbot Mills, Billerica (169/472) (Talbot Mills land under the 1884 deeds of the Talbot heirs (no recital)) October 16, 1884 Guardian's Deed: Harriet Talbot et al., by their guardian to The Talbot Mills, Billerica (169/468) (Talbot Mills land under the 1884 deeds of the Talbot heirs (no recital)) Title passed to: December 7, 1982 Quitclaim: Town of Billerica, by its Board of Selectmen to Billerica Housing Authority (2574/516) ("the same premises conveyed to the Grantor herein by deed of Talbot Mills dated December 18, 1901")
December 23, 1914	Deed	The Talbot Mills, by Thomas Talbot Clark, Treasurer	Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, corporation sole (St. Andrew's parish)	1914 the Talbot Mills sell the triangular church and rectory lot to the Archbishop for $1,500	530/546
	For consideration paid ($1.50 revenue stamps), with quitclaim covenants, the land in North Billerica: from a stone bound on the easterly side of Colson Street northwesterly by the street 280.6 feet and again 261 feet, "thence turning and running easterly by Talbot School land, Town of Billerica" 206 feet to Talbot Avenue, southerly by the avenue 500.6 feet, and southwesterly 18.1 feet to the beginning, "being the land shown on a Plan of Land sold to Roman Catholic Arch-Bishop of Boston Corporation Sole by Talbot Mills, surveyed December 12, 1914, by Thomas T. Clark" (Plan Book 32 Plan 22, 57,049 sq ft). No title recital. Signed and acknowledged Dec. 17, 1914 before Joseph F. Talbot JP. Recorded with the stockholders' vote of Nov. 30, 1914: "To sell to the Roman Catholic Arch-Bishop of Boston Corporation Sole, for the sum of Fifteen Hundred ($1500) Dollars, a triangular parcel of land situated in North Billerica, containing one and three-tenths (1 3/10) acres". Recorded Dec. 23, 1914, 12:50 pm. The rectory was built on it in 1916-1917 and the church in 1919-1921. Title from: October 16, 1884 Deed: Thomas Talbot et al. to The Talbot Mills, Billerica (169/472) (Talbot Mills land under the 1884 deeds (no recital)) October 16, 1884 Guardian's Deed: Harriet Talbot et al., by their guardian to The Talbot Mills, Billerica (169/468) (Talbot Mills land under the 1884 deeds (no recital)) Title passed to: April 7, 1920 Mortgage: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, corporation sole, by Archbishop William H. O'Connell to Lowell Trust Company (624/210) (recites the Talbot Mills deed) December 7, 1920 Mortgage: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, corporation sole, by Archbishop William H. O'Connell to Lowell Trust Company (637/196) (recites the Talbot Mills deed) Related: January 31, 1902 Warranty Deed: The Talbot Mills, North Billerica (by Frederic S. Clark, Treasurer) to Inhabitants of the Town of Billerica (339/95) (bounded north by the 1901 Talbot School lot)
April 7, 1920	Mortgage	Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, corporation sole, by Archbishop William H. O'Connell	Lowell Trust Company	1920 $20,000 mortgage on the lot 'with the buildings thereon' to build the new church (paid 1929)	624/210
	With mortgage covenants, "to secure the payment of Twenty Thousand Dollars in one year with six per centum interest per annum payable semi-annually", "the land in Billerica in that part thereof called North Billerica with the buildings thereon", bounded as in the 1914 deed (Colson Street 280.6 and 261 feet, Talbot School land 206 feet, Talbot Avenue 500.6 feet, 18.1 feet). "Being the same premises conveyed to said Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston by deed of Talbot Mills, dated December 17th, A.D. 1914 ... book 530 page 546." Signed April 2, 1920 (witness Charles J. Sullivan), acknowledged in Boston the same day; recorded April 7, 1920. The loan financed the new St. Andrew's Church (permit Sept. 23, 1919). Discharged by the Lowell Trust Company, John F. Connors, Actuary, March 18, 1929 (Book 774 Page 278). Title from: December 23, 1914 Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas Talbot Clark, Treasurer to Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, corporation sole (St. Andrew's parish) (530/546) (recites the Talbot Mills deed)
December 7, 1920	Mortgage	Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, corporation sole, by Archbishop William H. O'Connell	Lowell Trust Company	1920 second mortgage of $10,000 to the Lowell Trust Company (paid 1926)	637/196
	Second mortgage "to secure the payment of Ten thousand Dollars on demand with six per centum interest per annum", the same land "with the buildings thereon" and bounds, "Being the same premises conveyed ... by deed of Talbot Mills, dated December 17, A.D. 1914 ... Book 530, Page 546, and subject to a prior mortgage for $20,000 to the Lowell Trust Company". Signed Dec. 4, 1920 (witness R. J. Haberlin); recorded Dec. 7, 1920. Discharged by the Lowell Trust Company, John F. Connors, Actuary, Dec. 7, 1926 (Book 744 Pages 112-113, recorded the same day 12:10 pm). Title from: December 23, 1914 Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas Talbot Clark, Treasurer to Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, corporation sole (St. Andrew's parish) (530/546) (recites the Talbot Mills deed) Related: April 7, 1920 Mortgage: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, corporation sole, by Archbishop William H. O'Connell to Lowell Trust Company (624/210) (subject to the prior $20,000 mortgage)
1924	Taking	County Commissioners for the County of Middlesex	Town of Billerica (public way)	1922 about 300 sq ft of the Colson Street side taken for the relocated street	709/12
	Partial return of the County Commissioners on the petition of the inhabitants of Billerica, presented at Lowell on the first Tuesday of September 1921, "that Colson Street, in said Billerica, may be relocated." At their meeting at Cambridge on the first Tuesday of January 1922 the relocation was "adjudged to be of common convenience and necessity," and the Commissioners return the relocated lines by bounds and courses. Recorded July 1924. Middlesex North Book 709, pages 12-13 (entry 565). Later deeds of lots A and C are made "subject to a taking by the Middlesex County Commissioners for the re-location of said Colson Street." Related: December 23, 1914 Deed: The Talbot Mills, by Thomas Talbot Clark, Treasurer to Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, corporation sole (St. Andrew's parish) (530/546) (strip of the 1914 lot taken for Colson Street)
March 29, 1934	Quitclaim	The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, a corporation sole (by William H. O'Connell)	Thomas F. McElligott and Michael H. McElligott of Billerica, tenants in common	1934 the Archbishop sells the old church on Rogers Street after the move to Talbot Avenue	842/334
	For consideration paid, "two lots of land with the buildings thereon": the first on the westerly side of "a road now known as Rogers Street, leading from 'Billerica Mills' so called to the Central Village", 190 feet on the street and running back to stakes 20 feet from high water mark in the Concord River, shown as two lots on the 1877 A. Osgood plan (Plan Book 3 Plan 82), "the same land conveyed by two deeds of Charles P. Talbot and Thomas Talbot" of Sept. 1, 1868 (Book 64 Page 205) and Oct. 12, 1877 (Book 127 Page 373); the second the corner parcel of the Talbot Mills deed of Jan. 31, 1894 (Book 252 Page 583); subject to the fence agreement of 1877. Signed March 27, 1934. The parish had moved to its new church on Talbot Avenue about 1921. Title from: October 10, 1868 Quitclaim: Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (Harriet E. and Isabella W. Talbot releasing dower and homestead) to John J. Williams of Boston (the Catholic bishop of Boston) (64/205) (recites the 1868 deed) February 25, 1878 Quitclaim: Charles P. Talbot of Lowell and Thomas Talbot of Billerica (Harriet E. and Isabella W. Talbot releasing) to John J. Williams, Archbishop of Boston (127/373) (recites the 1877 deed) March 5, 1894 Quitclaim: The Talbot Mills of Billerica (by Solomon Lincoln, President, and Frederic S. Clark, Treasurer) to Archbishop John J. Williams (252/583) (recites the 1894 deed) Title passed to: June 12, 1945 Warranty Deed: Michael H. McElligott, unmarried, and Thomas F. McElligott, of Billerica (Agnes V. McElligott releasing dower) to Otto Paulat of Billerica (1024/562) (recites the 1934 deed)

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.

Saint Andrew's Roman Catholic Church

Saint Andrew's Roman Catholic Church

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