Person · 1786 - 1875
John Baldwin
John Baldwin
| Born | 1786-09-01 |
| Died | 1875-06-25 |
| Select Board | |
| In Office | 1816 - 1821 |
| Representative to the General Court | |
| In Office | 1826 - 1827 |
| Howe School Trustee | |
| In Office | 1852 - 1872 |
| Father | William Baldwin |
| Mother | Susanna Wilson |
| Spouses |
Clarissa Parker |
| Children |
Mary
John (b. 1815-05-25) Francis (b. 1817-06-18) |
John Baldwin was born in Billerica on September 1, 1786, a son of William Baldwin (1748 to 1802) and Susanna Wilson. He came of one of the town's oldest families: his father and grandfather, both named William, had lived on the old Baldwin homestead on the road north of the meeting house (today's 376 Boston Road, the colonial John Baldwin House, which is named for the earlier Johns of the family, not for him). After his father died in 1802 his brother Thomas, as administrator, sold that house lot out of the family in 1806. On November 15, 1810, John married Clarissa Parker, a daughter of Isaac Parker of Andover, and they made their home in the Federal house at 14-16 Andover Road, which still bears his name.
Known to the town as Colonel Baldwin, he was, in Hazen's words, "a leading and influential citizen; often called to important offices." He was a selectman for five years, from 1816 to 1820, and represented Billerica in the General Court in 1826 and 1827. He was chosen a trustee of the Billerica Academy, and after the academy closed in 1836 he bought its building, which stood south of the Unitarian church, and turned it into a country store. His son John Baldwin Jr. succeeded him in the store, which also housed the center post office, before moving to Chicago. With his brother Henry Baldwin he bought the Wetherbee place across Andover Road in 1825.
He gave long service to the First Parish. Martha Hill Sage recalled in 1898 that "Col. John Baldwin, father of Miss Lizzie Baldwin, was the treasurer of this parish for over forty years and without any expense to the society," and that his daughter Sarah inherited his interest in the parish.
When Dr. Zadok Howe died in 1851, John Baldwin headed the list of the seven original trustees of the Howe School, with James R. Faulkner, Dudley Foster, William H. Odiorne, Marshall Preston, Amos Spaulding and George H. Whitman. He helped open the school in 1852 and served on the board until 1872.
Clarissa Baldwin died on May 28, 1867, and Colonel Baldwin on June 25, 1875. Their children included Sarah; John; Francis (1817 to 1878), whose daughter Annie married the Howe School principal Samuel Tucker; Mary, who married Charles H. Parker; and Elizabeth.
References
- Hazen, History of Billerica (1883), Genealogical Register p. 8, BALDWIN 21, John
- Hazen, History of Billerica (1883), Genealogical Register p. 7, BALDWIN 6, William (grandfather)
- Hazen, History of Billerica (1883), p. 257 (trustees of the Billerica Academy; closed 1836)
- Hazen, History of Billerica (1883), p. 258 (first trustees of the Howe School)
- Hazen, History of Billerica (1883), p. 305, Representatives (John Baldwin, 1826-27)
- Hazen, History of Billerica (1883), p. 307, Selectmen (John Baldwin, 1816-20)
- Sage, Old Families of the First Parish (1898), p. 15 (Col. John Baldwin, storekeeper and parish treasurer)
- Catalogue of Howe High School, 1897, Board of Trustees (John Baldwin, 1852-72)
- MACRIS BIL.4, Billerica Masonic Temple (Baldwin store in the old academy building)
- MACRIS BIL.29, John Baldwin House, 14-16 Andover Road
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| January 29, 1819 | Deed | George Bruce of Billerica, merchant | John Baldwin and Henry Baldwin, both of Billerica, gentlemen | Details | James Abbott House T.F. Lyons Post Office Old BATV Building |
225/500 (South) |
Billerica town book 12, pages 83-84. Dated March 11, 1818. For $1,150, "a certain tract of land situate in Billerica aforesaid containing three fourths of an acre be it more or less with all the buildings thereon", beginning at the northwest corner and running by the great road "six rods and twenty links" (112.2 feet, the same frontage as the 1925 plan), then easterly by the grantor's land 18 rods 10 links to a stone wall, then northerly "as the wall now stands" six rods 20 links "to land owned or lately owned by widow Lucy H. Foster" (the tavern lot at the corner of Sheldon's Lane), then westerly 17 rods 16 links to the first corner. No title recital; the lot was cut from the Bowers land Bruce bought in 1810. The 1925 trustee's deed recites this deed as the root of the title.
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| May 15, 1824 | Deed | Blaney Abbot, Elias Maynard (guardian of Joanna Winship), Dorcas Bowers, Elizabeth Abbot and Abigail E. A. Kidder | John Baldwin and Henry Baldwin of Billerica | Details | Joshua Abbott House William F. Sanborn House |
254/229 (South) |
For $500, "one half of a certain farm situate in said Billerica containing thirty-two acres more or less, with one half the buildings thereon, as divided by commissioners appointed for that purpose, it being the homestead of Deacon Joshua Abbot late of said Billerica, deceased." These are the devisees of Dorcas Abbott (probate 15). Dated May 1, 1819; recorded May 15, 1824. Billerica town book 12, pages 361-363.
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| March 25, 1820 | Mortgage | Elijah T. Weatherbee of Boston, yeoman | John Baldwin and Henry Baldwin of Billerica, gentlemen | Details | Samuel G. Tucker House | 232/392 (South) |
Billerica town book 13, pages 70-71. Mortgage, March 23, 1820, of the same half-acre lot "on the southerly side of Sheldons lane (so called) ... with the buildings thereon standing", same bounds, to secure $328.33 in six months with interest. Recorded March 25, 1820; discharged by John Baldwin Oct. 23, 1822.
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| May 3, 1820 | Deed | John Baldwin and Henry Baldwin of Billerica | Simeon Jefts of Billerica, yeoman | Details | Joshua Abbott House William F. Sanborn House |
234/17 (South) |
For $600, "one half of a certain farm, with one half of the buildings thereon, as lately divided by Commissioners appointed for that purpose, situate in said Billerica, it being the homestead of Deacon Joshua Abbot late of said Billerica deceased, the whole farm containing about thirty two acres." Dated April 4, 1820, witness Blaney Abbot; recorded May 3, 1820. Jefts gave the Baldwins a $400 mortgage of the same half the same day, payable in four yearly instalments, discharged Jan. 10, 1824. Billerica town book 12, pages 160-163.
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| 1824 | Deed | Jesse Manning | John and Henry Baldwin | Details | 254/231 (South) | |
Dated March 4, 1824 (Middlesex South; known from the recital in the Baldwin partition deed of 1876, Book 120, Page 230). One of the four deeds by which John Baldwin and his brother Henry assembled the woodlot later called "the Gilson Hill Lot".
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| May 15, 1824 | Mortgage | Elijah T. Weatherbee of Boston, trader | John Baldwin Esquire and Henry Baldwin, gentleman, both of Billerica | Details | Samuel G. Tucker House | 254/233 (South) |
Billerica town book 12, pages 368-369. Mortgage, April 13, 1824, to secure $500 on demand, of "a parcel of land situate in said Billerica about fifty rods east of the meeting house on the Salem road, bounded north by said road, east by land of Josiah Bowers, south and west by land of William Richardson, with all the buildings thereon". Recorded May 15, 1824. Discharged by John and Henry Baldwin March 23, 1825, the day of the deed that follows (recorded April 4, 1825).
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| May 15, 1824 | Mortgage | Joseph Parker of Billerica, gentleman, and Lydia Parker | John Baldwin, Esq., and Henry Baldwin, gentleman, of Billerica | Details | Clara E. Sexton House John Richardson Mills House |
254/234 (South) |
Mortgage for $175 on "a piece of land ... containing about three quarters of an acre more or less with the dwelling house thereon," bounded west by the road, south by Capt. John Richardson and east and north by Col. John Parker, "being the same which I this day purchased of Joseph Locke Executor of the last will of Rev. Henry Cumings deceased." Signed April 29, 1824. Billerica town book 12, pages 369-370.
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| 1825 | Warranty Deed | Elijah T. Weatherbee of Boston, trader; Nancy his wife (dower) | John Baldwin Esq. and Henry Baldwin, gentlemen, of Billerica | Details | Samuel G. Tucker House | 267/412 (South) |
Billerica town book 13, pages 413-414 (the 1975 MACRIS form cites it as "MxzD 13/43"). For $525, "a parcel of land situate in said Billerica about fifty rods east of the Meeting House on Salem road bounded north by said road east by [land] of Capt. Josiah Bowers late of Billerica south by land of George Bruce, west by land of Wm Richardson, with all the buildings thereon". Signed March 23, 1825, witnessed by George H. and Washington Weatherbee, acknowledged at Boston April 1, 1825; recorded 1826 (index). Margin cross-reference to the 1820 mortgage (town book 13, page 70). From here the house was known as the Wetherbee (Weatherbee) Place.
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| May 17, 1826 | Quitclaim | Dr. Zadok Howe of Billerica, physician | John Baldwin and Henry Baldwin of Billerica | Details | Clara E. Sexton House John Richardson Mills House |
267/415 (South) |
For $25, Howe released "all my right title and interest in & to a certain tract of land ... containing by estimation about one half an acre of land with a dwelling house & out buildings thereon standing," bounded west by the public highway, south by land now occupied by Capt. John Richardson, east by Col. John Parker and north by a passage way from Parker's tan yard to the road, "formerly owned by Doct. Henry Cummings deceased." Signed March 10, 1826 before Marshall Preston. With their mortgages this left the Baldwins owners of the Cumings place, which John Baldwin sold in 1840. Billerica town book 13, pages 418-419.
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| 1826 | Deed | Ebenezer Pemberton of Boston, gentleman | John Baldwin and Henry Baldwin of Billerica, gentlemen | Details | Pemberton Academy | 277/445 (South) |
Billerica town book 11, page 519. For $300, "a certain tract of land ... containing six acres," beginning at the northeasterly corner at "the great road leading to Boston," west by Jeremiah Farmer to Concord River, by the river to land lately of Zacheus Shed, east by Shed to the road and north by the road, "with all my part of the buildings." This is the 1800 Foster lot, sold after Pemberton moved to Boston; it does not include the academy quarter acre, and it is Pemberton's last recorded Billerica deed.
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| November 22, 1827 | Deed | William Bruce of Bangor, Maine, merchant, Charles Bruce, merchant, Hannah Upton, widow, Abigail Bruce and Martha B. Wait, heirs of George Bruce | John Baldwin Esq. and Henry Baldwin, gentleman, both of Billerica | Details | Gerrit H. Bennink House | 277/446 (South) |
Billerica town book 11, pages 520-521. Dated June 6, 1827. For $718, three tracts: eight acres of wood land, 37 acres on the south side of Fox Hill, and "one other tract of land consisting of pasture and woodland ... containing forty acres more or less one undivided moiety thereof it being the same conveyed by Thomas and Martha Shed to George Bruce by deed dated December 15th 1823 and also by deed of Rizpah Baldwin" in 1826, reserving to Joseph Locke a right of way across it.
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| May 17, 1828 | Quitclaim | Phillip Bowers of Billerica, cordwainer, and Mary Bowers his wife | John Baldwin and Henry Baldwin of Billerica | Details | Joshua Abbott House William F. Sanborn House |
280/540 (South) |
For $100, all their right "in and to a certain tract and parcel of land situate in said Billerica with the buildings thereon standing it being the same which was devised and given to the said Mary by her late husband Joshua Kidder." Mary, the widow of Joshua Kidder, had married Phillip Bowers. Recorded May 1828. Billerica town book 14, pages 77-78.
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| May 17, 1828 | Quitclaim | John Baldwin and Henry Baldwin of Billerica | Simeon Jefts of Billerica, gentleman | Details | Joshua Abbott House William F. Sanborn House |
280/541 (South) |
For $350, "a certain tract of land situated in said Billerica containing about twenty acres more or less bounded southerly by land of Joshua Bennett westerly by Concord river northerly by land of said Jefts and easterly by the highway. Also a part or half of the dwelling house where the said Jefts now lives meaning hereby to release and convey all that real estate both of land and buildings which Joshua Kidder by his last will and testament gave and devised to his wife Mary and which was lately owned by the said Mary and her present husband Phillip Bowers." Dated May 14, recorded May 17, 1828. With this deed Jefts owned the whole farm and house. Billerica town book 14, pages 80-81.
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| May 17, 1828 | Mortgage | Simeon Jefts of Billerica, gentleman, and Lucretia his wife | John Baldwin and Henry Baldwin, in trust for Mary Bowers | Details | Joshua Abbott House | 280/542 (South) |
For $350, "a certain tract of land & half a dwelling house situate in said Billerica it being the same this day conveyed to me by the said John and Henry by their quitclaim deed," to the Baldwins "In Trust for use and benefit of Mary Bowers wife of Phillip Bowers," void on payment within ninety days. Dated May 14, recorded May 17, 1828. Mary Bowers (by her mark) authorized Blaney Abbot to receive payment, and he gave a discharge for $399.40 on Sept. 22, 1830, recorded Dec. 23, 1830. Billerica town book 14, pages 81-82.
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| November 11, 1828 | Warranty Deed | Abraham R. Thompson of Charlestown, physician (Elizabeth Thompson releasing dower) | John Baldwin Esq. and Henry Baldwin, gentlemen, of Billerica | Details | Pinehurst School Old Ditson School |
284/362 (South) |
Billerica town book 14, pages 106-107. Dated April 25, 1828, recorded Nov. 11, 1828. For $103.69, "a certain piece of Land lying in Billerica bounded as follows Easterly on the County road to Boston Southerly on land of Isaac Beard Westerly on land of Benjamin Bowers Northerly by land of Farmers heirs containing nine acres three quarters and twenty perches and known by the name of the Ditson place, being the same land conveyed to me by Samuel Bowers by Deed dated August 25th 1825 ... Book 261 Page 524."
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| January 21, 1829 | Mortgage | John Baldwin Esq. and Henry Baldwin of Billerica | Asa Richardson of Boston | Details | Luther W. Faulkner House | 287/299 (South) |
Dated Nov. 1, 1828 (Billerica town book 14, pages 132-133). Mortgage for $825 of the same third of an acre "nearly opposite the meeting house", W on the great highway from Chelmsford to Boston, N on Marshall Preston, E on Capt. Nathan Shattuck, S "by the Highway called Sheldons Lane", "with the Store and all the other buildings". Discharged July 16, 1832.
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| November 24, 1829 | Warranty Deed | Asa Richardson of Boston, gentleman (wife Elizabeth releasing dower) | John Baldwin Esq. and Henry Baldwin, gentleman, of Billerica | Details | Luther W. Faulkner House Frederick A. Morey Block |
293/219 (South) |
Dated Nov. 1, 1828, ack. Boston Nov. 25, 1828 (Billerica town book 14, pages 236-237). For $1,100, "one third of an acre of land more or less situate in said Billerica nearly opposite the Meeting house bounded west on the great Highway leading from Chelmsford to Boston north on land of Marshall Preston as the fence now stands east on land of Capt. Nathan Shattuck south by the Highway called Sheldons lane with the store and all the other buildings thereon standing". No title recital: Asa held under his 1817 mortgage from his brother William, who died insolvent in 1826.
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| November 25, 1829 | Quitclaim | Simeon Jefts of Billerica, gentleman | John Baldwin and Henry Baldwin, copartners as J. & H. Baldwin | Details | Joshua Abbott House William F. Sanborn House |
293/240 (South) |
For $500, "my homestead farm situate in said Billerica where I now live containing thirty two acres more or less with the buildings thereon," bounded east by the great road, north by Mrs. Frances Caldwell, west by the Concord River and south by Joshua Bennett, with about 20 acres of wood and pasture in Acton. Dated Sept. 19, 1829, witness Marshall Preston; recorded Nov. 25, 1829. Billerica town book 14, pages 242-243.
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| October 6, 1831 | Mortgage | William Rogers Jr. of Billerica, trader, and Mary H. Rogers his wife | John Baldwin and Henry Baldwin of Billerica | Details | Joshua Abbott House | 309/87 (South) |
For $1,300, "a certain farm situated in said Billerica called the 'Deacon Joshua Abbot farm' containing thirty two acres more or less with the buildings thereon," bounded by the great road, Mrs. Frances Caldwell, the Concord River and Joshua Bennett, payable in quarters over four years with four notes of $325: the purchase-money mortgage for the Baldwins' sale to Rogers. Dated March 21, recorded Oct. 6, 1831; discharged on payment by Rogers's guardian Timothy Cotting in 1834. Billerica town book 11, pages 554-555.
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| 1831 | Mortgage | Isaac Brown of Billerica, gentleman | John Baldwin Esq. and Henry Baldwin of Billerica | Details | Isaac Brown House | 310/391 (South) |
Billerica town book 11, pages 597-598. For $96.40, the four-acre "Winning lot" on the Rangeway road (SW by "land of the heirs of Thomas Brown deceased", NE by the heirs of Nathaniel Brown), three acres between the Rangeway and "a road leading from said Isaac's to Thomas Spaulding's", and "all my right share and interest in the homestead place on which I live", void on payment in six months. Recorded March 1832.
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| April 16, 1834 | Warranty Deed | John Baldwin Esq. and Henry Baldwin of Billerica, with Clarissa and Anne their wives | William Rogers Jr. of Billerica, trader | Details | Joshua Abbott House William F. Sanborn House |
331/392 (South) |
For $1,300, "a certain farm situated in said Billerica called the Deacon Joshua Abbot place containing thirty two acres more or less with the buildings thereon," bounded east by the great road, north by Mrs. Frances Caldwell, west by the Concord River and south by Joshua Bennett. Dated March 21, 1831; recorded April 16, 1834. Rogers gave the Baldwins a mortgage the same year (town book 11, page 554). Billerica town book 13, pages 546-547.
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| April 4, 1832 | Guardian's Deed | John Baldwin of Billerica, guardian of Lucy Ann, Nathan and Elbert Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears | Gardner Parker of Billerica, yeoman | Details | Joseph Salter House (Wilson Street) Lawrence B. Gannon Store Cork City Lawrence B. Gannon House Gannon Housing |
312/59 (South) |
Billerica town book 16, pages 48-51. Licensed by the Supreme Judicial Court at Concord, the guardian sold at public vendue on March 20, 1832, to Parker as highest bidder, for $3,325.27, "Three undivided fifth parts" of the Mears saw mill and water privilege at the Canal Mills (with the rights from the Middlesex Canal deed of March 15, 1826), canal and swamp lots in Chelmsford, the Blanchard lot in Broad Meadow, and "another lot of three acres, being lot numbered Ten, on a plan and survey of said deceased's Homestead, taken by S. Livingston": from Concord River and lot 11 (sold to Joel Dix) west 20 rods to the centre of the passage way, south about 33 rods 23 links on it to a hedge fence by lot 9, east 14 rods 22 links to the river and north by the river 28 rods 4 links, "the same being used by said deceased for a mill yard", with the passage way reserved for the other lots. Acknowledged April 2, 1832; witnesses Marshall Preston and Nathaniel Stearns.
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| April 16, 1832 | Mortgage | Anna Mears Wood (written Anna Woods) of Billerica, widow (by her mark) | John Baldwin of Billerica, Esquire | Details | Anna Mears Wood's "Red House" Mathew Maley House |
312/73 (South) |
To secure $356 in three yearly payments (her purchase price), the widow mortgaged "a certain parcel of land, situate in said Billerica, at the Canal Mills so called, with a small dwelling house thereon, called the Red House with about eighteen and three quarters square rods", with the same bounds (Isaiah Bussey, the notch in the fence, the elm tree, the east gate post, the road), together with her undivided fifth of the dower land "set off to my mother, Lydia Mears late of said Billerica deceased for her right of dower, in the estate of her husband, Thomas Mears", and about six acres by the road from "the Old Mears Place" to William Rogers. Signed March 20, 1832 (witnesses Marshall Preston, Isaiah Bussey). The mortgage shows that Anna Wood was a daughter of Thomas and Lydia Mears and so a sister of Nathan Mears. Billerica town book 16, pages 64-66.
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| May 15, 1832 | Deed | Mary Bird of Billerica, widow | John Baldwin and Henry Baldwin, both of Billerica, traders | Details | Gerrit H. Bennink House | 313/459 (South) |
Billerica town book 16, pages 105-106. Dated April 16, 1832, before Marshall Preston. For $125, "one undivided fourth part of a certain tract of pasture and wood land situate in said Billerica, called the Nahum Baldwin land, containing thirty eight acres more or less", from "a pair of bars on the East side of the Salem road" by Andrew Bowers, Fitch Tufts, the heirs of Col. John Parker, Joseph Locke, William Tyler, Capt. Josiah Bowers, the poor house lot and Josiah Crosby back to the road, with a fourth of two acres across the road, "being a part of the same Nahum Baldwin land".
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| August 14, 1832 | Guardian's Deed | John Baldwin, guardian of Lucy Ann, Nathan and Elbert Mears | Michael McGlone | Details | Thomas Rogers Homestead McGlone Homestead |
316/166 (South) |
Under license of the Supreme Judicial Court, John Baldwin, Esq., guardian of three of the minor children of Nathan Mears, late of Billerica, deceased, sold at public auction on the premises on March 20, 1832 to Michael McGlone of Lowell, the highest bidder at $1,347.19, three undivided fifths of "a certain Farm of said deceased called his Thomas Rogers' Place with the buildings thereon" of 51 acres 65 1/2 rods: the road lot beginning at the northeast corner at the road leading to Bradley's Ferry and running westerly by a lane as the wall stands to the Billerica Town Farm, southerly to Zadock French and back by the road; "one other piece of land, part of said place, on which stands the dwelling house, containing one hundred and thirty one rods and a half rods, and is enclosed with a stone wall"; a lot between French and the Town Farm; the river lot from a black oak by the Town Farm to a maple and the Concord River, down the river to land formerly of William Livingston; and a ten acre lot called the "Dam Swamp." Signed March 20, 1832, witnessed by Marshall Preston and Nathaniel Stearns. The other two fifths, belonging to Edwin and Charles Mears, were sold to McGlone by their guardian Nathaniel Stearns in the same auction (Book 316 Page 168), and in 1835 C. Mears conveyed the "Thomas Rogers Place" and Dam Swamp to McGlone (Book 342 Page 334, index only). Billerica town book 16, pages 134-137.
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| November 13, 1832 | Warranty Deed | John Baldwin Esq. and Henry Baldwin, gentleman, of Billerica (wives Clarissa and Anne releasing dower) | Dr. Thaddeus Brown of Billerica, physician | Details | Luther W. Faulkner House Frederick A. Morey Block |
318/302 (South) |
Dated Oct. 4, 1832 (Billerica town book 16, pages 169-170). For $1,166, "a parcel of land near the meeting house in said Billerica containing one third of an acre more or less bounded westerly by the highway leading from Boston to Lowell, northerly by land of Marshall Preston, east by land of Nathan Shattuck and southerly by the road leading from said meeting house to Salem with all the buildings thereon". Brown married Susannah Crosby a month later and built his house here.
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| April 16, 1838 | Guardian's Deed | John Baldwin of Billerica, Esq., guardian of Lucy Ann, Nathan and Elbert Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears | Anna Mears Wood (written Anna Woods) of Billerica, widow | Details | Anna Mears Wood's "Red House" | 372/328 (South) |
At the same vendue of March 20, 1832, under the same license, for $356, "three undivided fifth parts" of the same parcel "with a small Dwelling House standing thereon called the Red House with about Eighteen and three quarters rods of land", with the same bounds (Isaiah Bussey on the west, the notch in the fence, the elm tree, the east gate post, the road), "being lot numbered 2 on S. Livingston's plan and survey of said Deceased homestead". With the Stearns deed this gave the widow Anna Wood, Nathan Mears's sister, the whole of lot 2 beside the Mears Tavern. Acknowledged April 2, 1832; recorded April 16, 1838. Billerica town book 15, pages 554-556.
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| April 22, 1833 | Guardian's Deed | Dr. Zadok Howe of Billerica, guardian of Josiah Crosby, minor | John Baldwin Esq. and Henry Baldwin, gentleman, both of Billerica | Details | Fiske Tavern Stand Little Red Schoolhouse |
322/316 (South) |
Dated April 9, acknowledged April 18, recorded April 22, 1833. Under the license of the Supreme Judicial Court (October term, 1832), after public auction on April 2 and 9, 1833, for $2,557.15 to the highest bidders, "the homestead place of Josiah Crosby Esquire late of Billerica deceased," 21 acres 23 rods "with the buildings thereon," bounded easterly on the highway from Billerica to Boston, southerly and westerly by Michael Crosby Jr. and northerly by land formerly of Benjamin Bowers; also the schoolhouse lot of 8 acres 38 rods, half the Fox Hill (Rowland) lot, the Frost pasture of 26 acres 38 rods and a pew. Billerica town book 16, pages 233-235 (Southern Registry Book 322 Page 316). The same day the Baldwins deeded the homestead and schoolhouse lot to Howe himself (Southern Registry Book 325 Page 559), a straw sale that let the guardian buy.
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| June 22, 1833 | Mortgage | The Trustees of Billerica Academy, by John Baldwin, secretary | Marshall Preston of Billerica, Esq., as executor of the will of Col. John Parker | Signed for the Trustees of Billerica Academy as secretary | Billerica Academy Billerica Masonic Temple |
323/274 (South) |
Dated June 18, 1833, acknowledged June 19 before Joseph Locke (Billerica town book 16, pages 197-198). For $378.18, "a certain piece or lot of land with the buildings thereon standing situate in said Billerica on the south side of the Meeting house," the same bounds as the 1821 deed (the Common sixty feet, land late of Col. John Parker, the horse sheds, the town's land), "reserving to John and Henry Baldwin the use of the cellar under the Academy building upon said premises during the term of the lease of said cellar." Void on payment of a note of the same date by Samuel Whiting, Josiah B. Richardson and Francis Richardson, a committee of the trustees, to Preston as executor.
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| October 25, 1833 | Warranty | John Baldwin Esq. and Henry Baldwin, gentleman, both of Billerica, with Clarissa and Anne their wives | Zadok Howe of Billerica, Esq. | Details | Fiske Tavern Stand Little Red Schoolhouse |
325/559 (South) |
For $2,219.79, "a tract of land situate in said Billerica containing twenty one acres and twenty three rods with the buildings thereon standing it being the homestead place of the late Josiah Crosby Esquire," also eight acres 38 rods "called the school house lot," "as both said tracts or parcels are described in the said Howe's deed to us of even date herewith." Dated April 9, acknowledged April 18 before Marshall Preston, recorded Oct. 25, 1833. Billerica town book 16, pages 288-289 (Southern Registry Book 325 Page 559). The Baldwins had bought the homestead the same day at the auction held by Zadok Howe as guardian of the minor Josiah Crosby (Southern Registry Book 322 Page 316); this deed passed it to Howe himself.
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| November 11, 1835 | Warranty Deed | Jonathan Gates of Lowell, yeoman | John Baldwin and Henry Baldwin, both of Billerica, traders | Details | Gerrit H. Bennink House | 347/256 (South) |
Billerica town book 15, pages 176-177. Dated June 16, 1834. For $150, "the one undivided fourth part of the following described parcel of land known by the name of the Nahum Baldwin pasture ... containing thirty acres more or less", from the northwest corner at the Salem road by Gates and Fitch Tufts, the heirs of Col. John Parker, Benjamin Beard Jr., William Tyler, the Kidder pasture, John Baldwin, the "Poor House lot", the widow Stephen Richardson and the road. Gates had the quarter from the heirs of Andrew Bowers earlier that year. With it the Baldwin brothers owned the whole pasture.
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| November 11, 1835 | Mortgage | Joshua Abbot of Billerica, yeoman, and Fanny Abbot his wife | John Baldwin and Henry Baldwin of Billerica | Details | Joshua Abbott House | 347/257 (South) |
For $1,000, "my homestead farm situated in said Billerica formerly known by the name of the Deacon Joshua Abbot Place containing thirty two acres," bounded by the great road, Mrs. Frances Caldwell, the Concord River and Joshua Bennett. Dated Nov. 19, 1834, recorded Nov. 11, 1835; discharged by the Baldwins on Oct. 10, 1836 on receipt of $1,116.61. Billerica town book 15, pages 178-179.
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| April 22, 1843 | Warranty Deed | John Baldwin and Henry Baldwin of Billerica, traders (Clarissa and Anne Baldwin releasing dower) | Harvey Crosby of Billerica | Details | Pinehurst School Old Ditson School |
427/124 (South) |
Billerica town book 17, page 464. Dated April 17, 1834, recorded April 22, 1843. "A certain piece of land situate in said Billerica containing nine acres three quarters and twenty perches more or less and known by the name of the Ditson Plain and bounded as follows viz. easterly on the County road leading from said Billerica to Boston southerly on land of Francis Carter westerly on land formerly of Benjamin Bowers and northerly on land formerly of the Farmer Heirs being the same conveyed to us by Abraham R. Thompson dated April 25 1828 ... Book 284 Page 362."
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| November 29, 1836 | Quitclaim (Partition) | Henry Baldwin of Billerica, gentleman; Anne his wife (dower) | His brother Col. John Baldwin of Billerica, Esquire | Details | Samuel G. Tucker House | 357/400 (South) |
Billerica town book 15, pages 299-302. For $5,000, Henry Baldwin releases to his brother "the one undivided half of the following several parcels and lots of land", the property the two had bought together since 1824, among them "a certain place called the Weatherbee Place bounded northerly by the Salem Road westerly by land of Lyman Haynes southerly by land of Fitch Tufts easterly by land of Ichabod G. Kimball", with wood lots, pastures, the Cummings Place south of the Common, a 36-acre lot on Fox Hill and a pew in the meetinghouse. Signed Nov. 4, 1836, witnessed by Marshall Preston and Henry A. Baldwin, acknowledged Nov. 28; recorded Nov. 29, 1836. In the companion deed (town book 15, page 303) John released to Henry his half of a 3/4-acre lot with buildings on the east side of the Common and the Nahum Baldwin Pasture. From 1836 Col. John Baldwin owned the Wetherbee Place alone.
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| November 29, 1836 | Quitclaim | John Baldwin of Billerica, Esquire (Clarissa Baldwin releasing dower) | Henry Baldwin of Billerica, gentleman | Details | James Abbott House T.F. Lyons Post Office Gerrit H. Bennink House 41 Andover Rd Old BATV Building |
357/403 (South) |
Billerica town book 15, pages 303-304. Dated Nov. 4, 1836. For $4,000, John Baldwin releases "one undivided half of a certain lot of land situate in said Billerica on the easterly side of the common containing three fourths of an acre more or less with all the buildings thereon": by the great road six rods twenty links, easterly "by land of Fitch Tufts" 18 rods 10 links to a stone wall, northerly six rods 20 links "to land of Lyman Haynes" (the tavern stand), westerly by Haynes 17 rods 16 links; also half of the 39-acre Nahum Baldwin Pasture. The preceding instrument (town book 15, pages 301-302) is Henry's reciprocal release to John of other lands the brothers held together. From 1836 Henry Baldwin owned the lot alone.
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| January 14, 1845 | Assignment of Mortgage | John Baldwin of Billerica, mortgagee; then Artemas Jaquith of Billerica, stone cutter | Artemas Jaquith (1836); then Dr. Amariah Preston of Billerica, physician (1844) | Details | Anna Mears Wood's "Red House" | 453/258 (South) |
On October 8, 1836, for $225.66, Baldwin assigned to Artemas Jaquith the 1832 mortgage and his title to the first parcel only, "a certain parcel of land situate in said Billerica at the Canal Mills so called with a small dwelling house thereon called the Red house with about Eighteen & three quarters square rods", with "the balance now due of the original debt", the other two parcels "having been heretofore released". On November 21, 1844, for $237.81, Jaquith assigned it to Amariah Preston, physician. Both recorded January 14, 1845. Billerica town book 17, pages 543-544. The 1845 deed to Lott Easty excepts this mortgage of "about two hundred and thirty seven dollars payable to Amh. Preston father of Marshall Preston Esq."
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| 1837 | Quitclaim | Marshall Preston of Billerica, Esquire (Maria Preston releasing dower) | Zadock Howe, John Baldwin, Thaddeus Brown, James R. Faulkner, Henry Baldwin, John Eames and seven others of Billerica | Details | Billerica Academy Billerica Masonic Temple |
373/450 (South) |
Billerica town book 14, pages 438-440. Signed October 14, 1837, acknowledged November 4. For $445.99 paid by Zadock Howe, John Baldwin, Thaddeus Brown, James R. Faulkner, Henry Baldwin, John Eames, Ichabod Everett, Francis Richardson, George Holden, Seneca Fisk, George Bacon, George P. Elliot and Jonas Merriam Jr., "thirteen undivided fourteenth parts of a certain piece or parcel of land situate in said Billerica on the south side of the meeting house, with the buildings thereon standing, known as the Billerica Academy," 60 feet on the common, 6 rods 16 links back along land late of Col. John Parker, 5 rods 10 links "to the southwest corner of the horse shed appurtenant to said meeting house," reserving to John and Henry Baldwin the cellar for the term of their contract. Preston recites that the trustees had mortgaged it to him for a debt due Parker's estate and that he had "taken possession thereof & the right in equity to redeem the same having been foreclosed is the source of my title." The academy had closed in 1836; the building passed to a group of townsmen as shareholders. Recorded July 1838.
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| January 10, 1838 | Mortgage | Amos Adams of Billerica, yeoman | John Baldwin Esq., Treasurer of the Town of Billerica | Details | Adams, Susan Dodge - Stoker, Ralph House | 369/204 (South) |
Billerica town book 15, pages 564-566. For $500 lent by the town, Amos Adams, now "of Billerica," mortgaged the lot of "fifty acres more or less with a dwelling house and other buildings thereon" east of the road to Concord and the 136-acre lot west of it, "being the same conveyed to me by Joseph F. Hill by his deed dated September 13th A.D. 1831 ... Book 307 page 372," to secure a note payable in one year. Dated Jan. 6, 1838; recorded Jan. 10, 1838. Discharged July 12, 1841 by John Baldwin on "payment of the note" by "Susan Adams Widow of the within named Amos Adams." This is the town loan behind the $1,073 encumbrance named in the 1841 administrator's deed.
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| December 8, 1838 | Quitclaim | The Rev. Nathaniel Whitman of Wilton, Hillsborough County, N.H., clerk (Sarah Whitman releasing) | John Baldwin, Esq., and Henry Baldwin, gentleman, both of Billerica | Details | George H. Whitman House | 379/125 (South) |
Billerica town book 14, pages 567-568. For $100, quitclaim of "a certain farm situate in said Billerica containing thirteen acres more or less with all the buildings thereon standing": from the corner of the wall by land of Francis Richardson, westerly to Concord River, northerly by the river eleven rods to land late of Capt. Stephen Parker deceased, easterly by the Parker land "and land of the heirs of Col. John Parker deceased" about 209 rods "to the road leading from Billerica to Bedford," southerly by the road eleven rods; "the same being subject to a Mortgage given by me to Blaney Abbot Esqr. Treasurer of said town ... to secure the payment of Fourteen hundred Dollars dated May 3d 1816." Dated April 9, 1838, acknowledged at Hillsborough April 19, 1838.
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| 1838 | Quitclaim | John Baldwin and Henry Baldwin of Billerica, gentlemen (Clarissa and Anne Baldwin releasing dower) | George Bacon of Woburn, yeoman | Details | George H. Whitman House | 379/126 (South) |
Billerica town book 14, pages 568-569. For $100, quitclaim of "a certain farm situate in said Billerica containing thirteen acres more or less with all the buildings thereon standing," the same bounds (Francis Richardson, Concord River, late Capt. Stephen Parker and the heirs of Col. John Parker, about 209 rods "to the Road leading from Billerica to Bedford"), "subject to a Mortgage given by Revd Nathaniel Whitman to Blaney Abbot Esqr. Treasurer of said Town ... $1400 dated May 3d 1816." Covenant against their own encumbrances only. Dated November 13, 1838 (witnesses Marshall Preston, Charles Goodwin); recorded in December 1838 with the Whitman quitclaim. MACRIS dates this purchase 1836, the year the town entered for possession.
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| November 3, 1842 | Mortgage | George Howe of Billerica, yeoman, and Betsey Howe | John Baldwin and Henry Baldwin of Billerica, gentlemen | Details | John Shed House 329 Boston Rd |
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Dated Apr. 12, 1842, acknowledged Nov. 1, recorded Nov. 3, 1842. $1,000 on demand, secured on "a certain messuage or tenement of land ... containing thirty acres more or less with the buildings thereon standing," bounded east by the great road from Billerica meeting house to the Corner, north by Deacon Spaulding, west by Concord River and south by Dudley Foster, "being a part of the farm formerly owned by the late Zacchius Shed deceased." Assigned to Zadock Howe, who discharged it Jan. 16, 1850. Billerica town book 17, pages 395-397.
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| February 22, 1843 | Deed | Francis Faulkner, John Baldwin and James R. Faulkner | Stephen Parker and Caroline Parker | Details | Samuel Manning Homestead Dr. Harlin Pillsbury House Pemberton Academy Elmer E. Cole House David W. Fitch House |
425/226 (South) |
Francis Faulkner and John Baldwin, Esquires, and James R. Faulkner, gentleman, all of Billerica, with their wives releasing dower, sell for $2,750 to Stephen Parker and his wife Caroline, of Lowell, "a certain farm with a dwelling house & other buildings thereon being the homestead of the late Mrs. Francis Caldwell," on the westerly side of the road from Lowell to Billerica and Boston, about 38 acres, bounded by the late John Foster, Concord River, land lately of William H. Nash and Stephen Winters, and the road, the lines about 189, 36, 189 and 36 rods. No deed from Robert Caldwell to his widow, or into the three sellers, was found. Signed Oct. 31, 1842. The Parkers, then of Dracut, mortgaged it for $600 to Louisa Jaquith of Billerica (Middlesex South Book 425 Page 228), discharged by her administrator to Samuel L. Pillsbury et al. in 1879 (Middlesex North Book 135 Page 378). The 1853 Walling map labels the place "S. Parker." Billerica town book 17, pages 421-424.
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| 1844 | Quitclaim | Zadock Howe, James R. Faulkner, Henry Baldwin, Marshall Preston and nine other owners of the Billerica Academy | John Baldwin of Billerica, Esquire | Details | Billerica Academy Billerica Masonic Temple |
443/390 (South) |
Billerica town book 16, pages 513-514. Signed May 2, 1844. For $730, Zadock Howe, James R. Faulkner, Henry Baldwin, John Eames, Ichabod Everett, Francis Richardson, George Bacon, George P. Elliot, Jonas Merriam Jr. and Marshall Preston of Billerica, George Holden of West Cambridge, Susan Brown of Andover, widow, and Sereno Fisk of Southport, Wisconsin Territory, quitclaim "Thirteen undivided fourteenth parts of a certain parcel of land situate in said Billerica on the southerly side of the first parish meeting house with the buildings thereon standing known as the Billerica Academy," bounded by the Common at the Meeting House Lot, west 6 rods 16 links and north 5 rods 2 links by Ann Parker, "to the Southwest corner of the Horse sheds appurtenant to said Meeting house." With the share he bought in 1837, John Baldwin now owned the whole building and lot.
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| 1845 | Deed | John Baldwin of Billerica, Esquire | The Inhabitants of the Town of Billerica | Details | Town House Old Town Hall Billerica Town Hall (1895) Billerica Public Library Billerica Police Station |
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Billerica town book 17, page 575. For $325, "a certain tract or parcel of land situate in said Billerica on the westerly side of the Common, containing about seven thousand square feet", 70 feet on the Common by 100 feet deep, south by land of Ann Parker, "it being understood between the parties that said premises are now to be occupied for a school house". The new centre schoolhouse lot that replaced the school room in the old Town House, sold the same year.
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| June 9, 1873 | Warranty Deed | John Baldwin of Billerica, yeoman | Frederic A. Morey of Billerica, trader | Details | Billerica Academy Billerica Masonic Temple |
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Dated May 1, 1873, acknowledged June 7 before Charles H. Parker. For $873, "a certain lot or parcel of land situated in said Billerica, known as the 'Academy Lot'": beginning at its northeast corner "on the public highway and at land of the Unitarian Society," south on the highway about 98 feet to land of the town, west by the town's land "and by my own land" about 104 feet, north by Baldwin's land about 118 feet to the Unitarian Society, and east by the Society's land about 104 feet. Witnessed by John Baldwin Jr. and Charles H. Parker.
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| June 9, 1873 | Mortgage | Frederic A. Morey of Billerica, trader | John Baldwin of Billerica | Details | Billerica Academy Billerica Masonic Temple |
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Same date. Morey mortgaged the "Academy lot" back to Baldwin for the whole $873 price, payable in two years at seven percent, and was to "keep the buildings standing on the land aforesaid insured against fire in a sum not less than one thousand dollars," so the old academy building, then a store, still stood in May 1873.
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| 1874 | Mortgage | Frederic A. Morey of Billerica, trader | John Baldwin of Billerica | Details | Billerica Masonic Temple Billerica Academy |
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Dated March 20, 1874. For $4,100, "a certain lot or parcel of land with the buildings thereon standing situated in said Billerica known as the 'Academy Lot'," with the bounds of the 1873 deed, payable in four yearly installments of $1,025 at seven percent, the buildings to be kept insured against fire. The jump from the $873 owed in 1873 to $4,100 suggests Baldwin financed the new store Morey built after the 1873 fire. The margin notes an assignment (Book 125, Page 459) and the 1904 discharge (Book 371, Page 68).
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Recorded is Book/Page at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds unless noted.