96 Dudley Rd

Dated Apr. 15, 1850, acknowledged Apr. 22-24 and recorded Apr. 27, 1850. Lucretia Stearns of Billerica, widow, Obed Stearns of Bedford, gentleman, Eckley Stearns of Abington, yeoman, Aaron Lawrence, trader, and Sarah A. Lawrence his wife of Amherst, New Hampshire, and Timothy Stearns of Pickaway County, Ohio, clerk, "heirs at law of the estate of Sewall Stearns Esquire late of said Billerica deceased," for $3,500 quitclaimed to Moses P. Greenwood of Billerica, yeoman, "a certain tract or parcel of land situated in the southwest part of said Billerica and with the buildings thereon containing about eighty acres," beginning at the north-east corner by Jonathan Hill, west by Franklin Stearns to the Concord River, south by the river to John C. Hobbs, east and south by Hobbs to Thomas G. Atkins, east by Atkins and William H. Ropes to Franklin Stearns, and north by Stearns and Hutchinson Rogers, with eight and four acre lots in Carlisle. The wives of Obed, Eckley and Timothy released dower. Billerica town book 21, pages 41-43.

• 1849 Administration: Estate of Sewall Stearns, Esq., of Billerica, intestate to Obed Stearns of Bedford, administrator; the widow Lucretia and the heirs (Probate #42248) (heirs of Sewall Stearns sell)

• June 23, 1966 Trustees and Executrices Deed: Laurence J. Greenwood, surviving trustee under the will of George P. Greenwood; Alice B. Sandberg and Lois E. Fayton, co-executrices of the will of Oliver P. Greenwood to Laurence J. Greenwood of Billerica (1756/273) (recites the 1850 deed)

• July 21, 1760 Deed of Gift: John Stearns Sr. (Lt. John Stearns) to Isaac Stearns (58/72) (earlier gift of the same homestead; the direct links run through probates 21251, 21346, 42248 and the 1824 deed)

Laurence J. Greenwood of Billerica conveyed to himself and his wife Mildred, as tenants by the entirety, "a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated in the southerly part of said Billerica," from Jonathan Hill's land west by Franklin Stearns "to the Concord River," south by the river to John C. Hobbs, and back by Atkins, Ropes, Stearns and Hutchinson Rogers, "containing about 80 acres and being the parcel first described in a certain deed from Lucretia Stearns et al to Moses P. Greenwood ... dated April 15, 1850," with an 18 acre lot on the road from Chelmsford to Bedford, excepting about 6 acres between the "Harrison Farm" and "Greenwood Grove" left by Article Fourth of the will of George P. Greenwood; being the premises conveyed to him by himself as surviving trustee under the will of George P. Greenwood and by the executrices of Oliver P. Greenwood in 1966 (Book 1756 Page 273). After Mildred Greenwood's death her estate sold the house, "a certain parcel of land, with the buildings thereon," 11.30 acres on Dudley Road shown on a September 1978 subdivision plan (Plan Book 127 Plan 72), to private owners for $55,000 (Book 2330 Page 391), keeping the right to draw water "from the well next to the garage." The rest of the farm was divided among the Greenwood heirs. The house lot has remained in private hands (Book 7235 Page 26, 1994; Book 17815 Page 171, 2004).

• June 23, 1966 Trustees and Executrices Deed: Laurence J. Greenwood, surviving trustee under the will of George P. Greenwood; Alice B. Sandberg and Lois E. Fayton, co-executrices of the will of Oliver P. Greenwood to Laurence J. Greenwood of Billerica (1756/273) (recites Book 1756 Page 273)

• April 27, 1850 Quitclaim: Lucretia Stearns, widow; Obed Stearns; Eckley Stearns; Aaron and Sarah A. Lawrence; Timothy Stearns; heirs of Sewall Stearns to Moses P. Greenwood (579/466) (1850 purchase of the same farm; the direct link is the 1966 trustees' deed)