Structure · Built 1852 · Demolished 1969

Amos Carlton House

Address	347 Old Middlesex Tp
Built	1852
Demolished	1969

The Amos Carlton House stood on the south side of the old road now called River Street Extension, just west of the Old Middlesex Turnpike, on the west side of the Concord River in the westerly part of Billerica. The 1853 Walling map marks it "H. Brown." Its owner was Hiram Brown, who farmed here from 1839 until about 1875. The house was older than its 1852 date suggests: when Brown bought the land in 1839 it already came "with all the buildings thereon," as part of the old homestead farm of Amos Carlton.

Amos Carlton, yeoman, made his will in 1831 and died about 1833 (probate 3939), leaving the residue of his estate to his sons Daniel and George. In February 1838 the other heirs, Amos Carlton of Chelmsford, Esther C. Warren, Joseph and Martha C. Warren, and Obed and Mehitable Stearns, released to George Carlton 72 acres "with all the buildings thereon ... being a part of the homestead farm of the late Amos Carlton deceased," bounded by the old road, the Middlesex Turnpike and the lands of Nathan Abbott, Zebediah Rogers, Benjamin L. Judkins and Joseph Jaquith, with a small triangular woodlot across the turnpike "near said dwelling house." The same heirs gave Amos Carlton Jr. of Chelmsford the 19 acres running from the turnpike down to the river.

On April 1, 1839 George Carlton sold Hiram Brown of Billerica, yeoman, the northern 48 acres "with all the buildings thereon" and the 2 1/2-acre woodlot for $1200, taking back a $700 mortgage. Brown then added the river land piece by piece: ten acres of meadow from Amos Carlton in 1843, starting "at the southeasterly corner of the abutment of the Turnpike Bridge over Concord River"; ten more acres of meadow and woodland in 1849, bounded by "the road formerly known as the Middlesex Turnpike," which had been given up as a toll road by then; the 17-acre Stearns lot from the widow and heirs of Obed Stearns in 1863; and 15 acres from the executor of Amos Carlton Jr. in 1865.

Brown later moved to Lowell, where he laid out and sold house lots. In January 1875 he sold the house lot with its buildings to Samuel F. Fessenden of Lowell for $2000, keeping a cart path to his meadows. Fessenden sold it that September to Israel Newhall of Stoneham, and in 1880 Brown, then living in New Boston, New Hampshire, sold Newhall the remaining 53 acres of river land. Newhall sold the reunited farm of about 104 acres "with buildings" to Charles B. Wood in 1891, Wood sold it to John O. Richardson in 1892, and Richardson sold it in February 1894 to J. Nelson Parker, who had it surveyed by Osgood and Snell that June.

J. Nelson Parker died in 1922 and left the farm to his wife Charlotte S. Parker, who died in 1925. When Middlesex County built its new Middlesex County House of Correction in Billerica under an act of 1929, the County Commissioners took 18 1/4 acres at the corner of the Middle Bridge Road and the Old Middlesex Turnpike in November 1930 "for the purpose of disposing of sewage from the buildings of said new house of correction." In January 1931 the Parker children, Frances Parker Farquhar and George N. Parker, and Mrs. Farquhar as trustee under her mother's will, sold the County the rest: 94.72 acres between the road, the turnpike and the river, "to the Southeasterly corner of the abutement of the Old Turnpike Bridge," with two small lots across the turnpike.

The land became the prison's sewage works. The old farmhouse was taken down in 1969, and a sewage treatment plant and the town dog pound were built there about 1970. When Middlesex County government was abolished in 1997 the land passed to the Commonwealth, and in 2004 the Commonwealth released the 68 acres "along the northerly side of the Concord River" to the Town of Billerica, in exchange for Town land on Treble Cove Road, for municipal use with conservation restrictions. The Town's water treatment plant, completed in 2005, stands on the site.

References

Billerica assessor, 347 Old Middlesex Tp (parcel 59-111-0, 68.01 acres)

Title References

Date	Type	Grantor	Grantee	Summary	Recorded
November 12, 1833	Will	Estate of Amos Carlton of Billerica, yeoman	His sons Daniel Carlton and George Carlton, and other children	Will of Amos Carlton: the homestead farm passes to his children	Probate #3939
	Will of "Amos Carlton of Billerica ... yeoman", proved Nov 12, 1833; his son Daniel Carlton executor (bond $10,000, sureties Thomas Sumner of Billerica and Amos Carlton of Lowell); his son George Carlton declined the executorship and released Daniel from returning an inventory. The will gives his son Amos of Lowell seven shares of Lowell Bank stock, $230 each to his daughters Esther Warren and Mehitable Stearns, $230 and the use of "one chamber in my dwelling house" to his daughter Martha while unmarried, "to be used in common with my two sons Daniel & George", and the rest to Daniel and George Carlton, who sold the Frost farm to the Baldwins in 1835. Title from: November 24, 1830 Quitclaim: Benjamin Frost of Billerica, yeoman; his wife Beulah Frost releasing dower to Amos Carlton of Billerica, yeoman (301/204) (Amos Carlton's 1830 purchase of the Frost farm) Title passed to: November 11, 1835 Warranty Deed: Daniel Carlton and George Carlton of Billerica, yeomen to John Baldwin and Henry Baldwin of Billerica, traders (347/258) (devised by Amos Carlton to his sons) February 21, 1839 Quitclaim Deed: George Carlton, Esther C. Warren, Joseph Warren Jr. and Martha C. Warren of Chelmsford, Obed and Mehitable Stearns of Bedford to Amos Carlton of Chelmsford, yeoman (378/373) (heirs of Amos Carlton) April 2, 1839 Quitclaim Deed: Amos Carlton, Esther C. Warren, Joseph Warren Jr. and Martha C. Warren of Chelmsford, Obed and Mehitable Stearns of Bedford to George Carlton of Chelmsford, yeoman (382/32) (heirs of Amos Carlton)
February 21, 1839	Quitclaim Deed	George Carlton, Esther C. Warren, Joseph Warren Jr. and Martha C. Warren of Chelmsford, Obed and Mehitable Stearns of Bedford	Amos Carlton of Chelmsford, yeoman	Carlton heirs divide the homestead farm; Amos Jr. takes the riverside land	378/373 (South)
	Billerica town book 14, pages 503-505. For $515.70, the Carlton heirs release parcels "on the west side of Concord River being a part of the homestead farm of the late Amos Carlton deceased": nineteen acres on the west side of the Middlesex Turnpike, from a rock by the turnpike at land sold to Obed Stearns, south 82 rods 20 links, then east "partly by land sold to said George Carlton and partly by land formerly owned by Joseph Jaquith deceased" to Concord River and back by the river and the turnpike; thirty-five acres on the east side of the turnpike along the old road; and a small meadow sold to Ephraim Warren, "no deed thereof has been given ... by reason of his decease." Acknowledged February 3, 1838, recorded February 21, 1839. Title from: November 12, 1833 Will: Estate of Amos Carlton of Billerica, yeoman to His sons Daniel Carlton and George Carlton, and other children (Probate #3939) (heirs of Amos Carlton) Title passed to: January 4, 1844 Deed: Amos Carlton of Chelmsford, yeoman, and his wife Betsey S. Carlton to Hiram Brown of Billerica (436/286) (part of the 19 acres released to Amos Carlton) March 23, 1849 Deed: Amos Carlton of Chelmsford, yeoman, and his wife Betsey S. Carlton to Hiram Brown of Billerica (556/477) (part of the 19 acres released to Amos Carlton)
April 2, 1839	Quitclaim Deed	Amos Carlton, Esther C. Warren, Joseph Warren Jr. and Martha C. Warren of Chelmsford, Obed and Mehitable Stearns of Bedford	George Carlton of Chelmsford, yeoman	Carlton heirs release the homestead and buildings to George Carlton	382/32 (South)
	Billerica town book 14, pages 484-485. For $1092, the Carlton heirs release to George Carlton "the following described tract of land, with all the buildings thereon, situate in the westerly part of Billerica ... on the west side of Concord river, being a part of the homestead farm of the late Amos Carlton deceased, containing seventy two acres," bounded by land formerly of Joseph Jaquith, Benj. L. Judkins, Nathan Abbott Jr. and Sr., Zebediah Rogers, "the old road" and the Middlesex turnpike (75 rods 10 links); also a triangular woodlot of 2 acres 49 rods on the easterly side of the turnpike "near said dwelling house," bounded by the turnpike, Nathan Abbott and the old road. Acknowledged February 3, 1838, recorded April 2, 1839. Title from: November 12, 1833 Will: Estate of Amos Carlton of Billerica, yeoman to His sons Daniel Carlton and George Carlton, and other children (Probate #3939) (heirs of Amos Carlton) Title passed to: April 2, 1839 Deed: George Carlton of Chelmsford, gentleman to Hiram Brown of Billerica, yeoman (382/34) (north 48 acres with the buildings, and the woodlot)
April 2, 1839	Deed	George Carlton of Chelmsford, gentleman	Hiram Brown of Billerica, yeoman	Hiram Brown buys the 48-acre house lot, part of the Carlton homestead farm	382/34 (South)
	Billerica town book 14, pages 486-487. For $1200, "the following described tract of land with all the buildings thereon, situate in the westerly part of Billerica ... on the west side of Concord river, being a part of the homestead farm of the late Amos Carlton deceased, containing forty eight acres more or less," bounded by land of Zebediah Rogers, "the old road," the Middlesex turnpike (75 rods 10 links), land of Obed Stearns and the grantor's other land; also two and a half acres of woodland on the north side of the old road, bounded by the turnpike and land of Nathan Abbott. Dated and acknowledged April 1, recorded April 2, 1839. Title from: April 2, 1839 Quitclaim Deed: Amos Carlton, Esther C. Warren, Joseph Warren Jr. and Martha C. Warren of Chelmsford, Obed and Mehitable Stearns of Bedford to George Carlton of Chelmsford, yeoman (382/32) (north 48 acres with the buildings, and the woodlot) Title passed to: January 11, 1875 Deed: Hiram Brown of Lowell and his wife Susan Brown to Samuel F. Fessenden of Lowell (107/500) (same 1839 tracts)
April 2, 1839	Mortgage	Hiram Brown of Billerica, yeoman	George Carlton of Chelmsford, gentleman	Purchase-money mortgage to George Carlton	382/35 (South)
	Billerica town book 14, pages 487-488. Mortgage for $700 of the same two tracts "with the buildings thereon," "being the same land which was this day deeded to me by the said George Carlton," with the same bounds. Dated April 1, 1839. Related: April 2, 1839 Deed: George Carlton of Chelmsford, gentleman to Hiram Brown of Billerica, yeoman (382/34) (mortgage back the same day)
January 4, 1844	Deed	Amos Carlton of Chelmsford, yeoman, and his wife Betsey S. Carlton	Hiram Brown of Billerica	Ten acres of river meadow at the Turnpike bridge added	436/286 (South)
	Billerica town book 16, pages 451-452. For $300, ten acres "on the westerly side of Concord River & on the southerly side of the Middlesex Turnpike," beginning "at the southeasterly corner of the abutment of the Turnpike Bridge over Concord River," west by the turnpike about 38 1/2 rods to bars "at the foot of the hill," south along "the margin of the meadow" to land formerly of Joseph Jaquith, east to the river and north by the river; reserving to Joseph Jaquith and Peter Hill a path across it "so long as they shall keep the bridge in repair & the sluice way open." Dated April 1, 1843, acknowledged October 25, 1843, recorded January 4, 1844. Title from: February 21, 1839 Quitclaim Deed: George Carlton, Esther C. Warren, Joseph Warren Jr. and Martha C. Warren of Chelmsford, Obed and Mehitable Stearns of Bedford to Amos Carlton of Chelmsford, yeoman (378/373) (part of the 19 acres released to Amos Carlton) Title passed to: January 31, 1880 Deed: Hiram Brown of New Boston, New Hampshire, and his wife Susan Brown to Israel Newhall of Billerica (137/435) (first deed named)
March 23, 1849	Deed	Amos Carlton of Chelmsford, yeoman, and his wife Betsey S. Carlton	Hiram Brown of Billerica	Ten more acres of meadow and woodland added	556/477 (South)
	Billerica town book 20, pages 268-269. For $500, "a tract of meadow & wood land" of about ten acres on the westerly side of Concord River, beginning at "a large rock by the road formerly known as the Middlesex Turnpike" at land of Obed Stearns, bounded by Stearns (82 rods 20 links), Amos Carlton, Joseph Warren Jr., land formerly of Joseph Jaquith, "land of the said Hiram Brown," land formerly of Samuel Whiting and Crosby, and crossing the turnpike road; reserving a right to pass on "the said old Turnpike road" from Carlton's wood lot to Concord River. Dated January 24, acknowledged January 26, recorded March 23, 1849. Title from: February 21, 1839 Quitclaim Deed: George Carlton, Esther C. Warren, Joseph Warren Jr. and Martha C. Warren of Chelmsford, Obed and Mehitable Stearns of Bedford to Amos Carlton of Chelmsford, yeoman (378/373) (part of the 19 acres released to Amos Carlton) Title passed to: January 31, 1880 Deed: Hiram Brown of New Boston, New Hampshire, and his wife Susan Brown to Israel Newhall of Billerica (137/435) (second deed named) Related: January 4, 1844 Deed: Amos Carlton of Chelmsford, yeoman, and his wife Betsey S. Carlton to Hiram Brown of Billerica (436/286) (abuts land of the said Hiram Brown)
1863	Quitclaim Deed	Mehitable C. Stearns, widow, and the heirs of Obed Stearns of Bedford (Josiah C., Amos C. and Ebenezer M. Stearns and their wives)	Hiram Brown of Billerica	Hiram Brown adds the 17-acre Stearns lot	37/153
	Indenture of December 30, 1863. For $537, a tract "in the westerly part of Billerica ... on the west side of Concord River, containing seventeen acres and one hundred and one rods," from the end of a wall on the Middlesex turnpike south 38 1/2 degrees west 34 rods and west 36 rods by "land sold to George Carlton," then south, east and north 82 rods 20 links back to the turnpike. Recorded January 1864. This was the Stearns lot named as a bound in the 1839 deed, lying between Brown's house lot and his river meadows. Title passed to: January 31, 1880 Deed: Hiram Brown of New Boston, New Hampshire, and his wife Susan Brown to Israel Newhall of Billerica (137/435) (third deed named) Related: February 21, 1839 Quitclaim Deed: George Carlton, Esther C. Warren, Joseph Warren Jr. and Martha C. Warren of Chelmsford, Obed and Mehitable Stearns of Bedford to Amos Carlton of Chelmsford, yeoman (378/373) (Stearns lot adjoins land sold to George Carlton)
January 20, 1866	Executor's Deed	Edwin H. Warren, executor of the will of Amos Carlton late of Chelmsford, and Joseph and Martha C. Warren	Hiram Brown of Billerica	Hiram Brown adds 15 acres from the Carlton estate	46/367
	A tract in Billerica of "fifteen acres and one hundred and twenty six square rods," beginning "at other land of the said Hiram" and running to a rock "at land formerly of Nathan Abbott" and along walls, the sellers reserving the standing wood and timber with the right to cut it before April 1, 1867. Dated and acknowledged December 23, 1865, recorded January 20, 1866. Title passed to: January 31, 1880 Deed: Hiram Brown of New Boston, New Hampshire, and his wife Susan Brown to Israel Newhall of Billerica (137/435) (fourth deed named)
January 11, 1875	Deed	Hiram Brown of Lowell and his wife Susan Brown	Samuel F. Fessenden of Lowell	Hiram Brown, now of Lowell, sells the house lot to Samuel F. Fessenden	107/500
	For $2000, "a certain tract of land with the buildings thereon, situated in the westerly part of Billerica ... on the west side of Concord River, being a part of the homestead farm of the late Amos Carlton," with the 1839 bounds by land formerly of Zebediah Rogers, the old road, the Middlesex turnpike (75 rods 10 links) and land formerly of Obed Stearns, and the 2 1/2-acre woodlot on the north side of the old road; Brown reserved "the right to pass over the first granted lot in the cart path to my other land" (the river meadows). Susan Brown released dower and homestead. Dated January 9, recorded January 11, 1875. Title from: April 2, 1839 Deed: George Carlton of Chelmsford, gentleman to Hiram Brown of Billerica, yeoman (382/34) (same 1839 tracts) Title passed to: September 18, 1875 Deed: Samuel F. Fessenden of Billerica and his wife Sarah E. Fessenden to Israel Newhall of Stoneham (112/358) (Being the same premises, Book 107 Page 500)
September 18, 1875	Deed	Samuel F. Fessenden of Billerica and his wife Sarah E. Fessenden	Israel Newhall of Stoneham	Fessenden sells the farm to Israel Newhall of Stoneham	112/358
	For $2000, "a certain tract of land with the buildings thereon situated in the westerly part of Billerica ... on the west side of Concord River, being a part of the homestead farm of the late Amos Carleton and containing forty eight acres," with the 1839 bounds and the 2 1/2-acre woodlot north of the old road, "Being the same premises conveyed to me by deed from Hiram Brown dated January 9th 1875" (Book 107 Page 500); reserving Brown's cart path to his other land and "one half of present crops & hay on place," and subject to a mortgage with $800 due, which Newhall was to pay. Dated and recorded September 18, 1875. Title from: January 11, 1875 Deed: Hiram Brown of Lowell and his wife Susan Brown to Samuel F. Fessenden of Lowell (107/500) (Being the same premises, Book 107 Page 500) Title passed to: January 6, 1891 Deed: Israel Newhall of Billerica, unmarried to Charles B. Wood of Billerica (221/70) (first and second lots, Book 112 Page 358)
January 31, 1880	Deed	Hiram Brown of New Boston, New Hampshire, and his wife Susan Brown	Israel Newhall of Billerica	Brown, now of New Hampshire, sells the 53 acres of river land to Israel Newhall	137/435
	For $1000, "a certain piece or parcel of land situate in said Billerica on the west side of Concord river, and containing about fifty three acres. Meaning hereby to convey all the land described in the deeds herein named": the two Carlton deeds (Books 436/286 and 556/477 at Cambridge), the Stearns deed (Book 37 Page 153) and the Warren executor's deed (Book 46 Page 367), subject to a mortgage to Elbridge G. Parker which Newhall assumed. Dated and recorded January 31, 1880. Newhall now held the house lot and all of Brown's river land again in one farm. Title from: January 4, 1844 Deed: Amos Carlton of Chelmsford, yeoman, and his wife Betsey S. Carlton to Hiram Brown of Billerica (436/286) (first deed named) March 23, 1849 Deed: Amos Carlton of Chelmsford, yeoman, and his wife Betsey S. Carlton to Hiram Brown of Billerica (556/477) (second deed named) 1863 Quitclaim Deed: Mehitable C. Stearns, widow, and the heirs of Obed Stearns of Bedford (Josiah C., Amos C. and Ebenezer M. Stearns and their wives) to Hiram Brown of Billerica (37/153) (third deed named) January 20, 1866 Executor's Deed: Edwin H. Warren, executor of the will of Amos Carlton late of Chelmsford, and Joseph and Martha C. Warren to Hiram Brown of Billerica (46/367) (fourth deed named) Title passed to: January 6, 1891 Deed: Israel Newhall of Billerica, unmarried to Charles B. Wood of Billerica (221/70) (third parcel, the river land)
January 6, 1891	Deed	Israel Newhall of Billerica, unmarried	Charles B. Wood of Billerica	Israel Newhall sells the whole farm, about 104 acres, to Charles B. Wood	221/70
	For $2500, "certain tracts of land with buildings situated in the westerly part of Billerica on the west side of Concord river": the 48-acre lot of 1839, the 2 1/2-acre woodlot ("see Book 112 Page 358"), and the river land of the deeds from Amos Carleton to Hiram Brown (Book 436 Page 286 and Book 556 Page 477), from Mehitable C. Stearns, widow, and others (17 acres 1 rod, Book 37 Page 153) and from Edwin K. Warren, executor of the will of Amos Carleton of Chelmsford (15 acres 126 rods, Book 46 Page 367); subject to a $1000 mortgage to Henry A. Jones. Dated January 5, recorded January 6, 1891. Title from: September 18, 1875 Deed: Samuel F. Fessenden of Billerica and his wife Sarah E. Fessenden to Israel Newhall of Stoneham (112/358) (first and second lots, Book 112 Page 358) January 31, 1880 Deed: Hiram Brown of New Boston, New Hampshire, and his wife Susan Brown to Israel Newhall of Billerica (137/435) (third parcel, the river land) Title passed to: August 5, 1892 Deed: Charles B. Wood of Billerica and his wife Lizzie A. Wood to John O. Richardson of Billerica (236/3) (Being the same premises, Book 221 Page 70) Related: January 4, 1844 Deed: Amos Carlton of Chelmsford, yeoman, and his wife Betsey S. Carlton to Hiram Brown of Billerica (436/286) (third parcel includes Book 436 Page 286) March 23, 1849 Deed: Amos Carlton of Chelmsford, yeoman, and his wife Betsey S. Carlton to Hiram Brown of Billerica (556/477) (third parcel includes Book 556 Page 477)
January 6, 1891	Mortgage	Charles B. Wood of Billerica	John O. Richardson of Billerica	Wood mortgage to John O. Richardson, discharged 1892	221/71
	For $500, the same six lots of 48, 2 1/2, 10, 11, 17 and 15 acres, "being all and the same premises conveyed to me by said deed from Israel Newhall." Discharged in the margin by John O. Richardson at Lowell, August 5, 1892. Related: January 6, 1891 Deed: Israel Newhall of Billerica, unmarried to Charles B. Wood of Billerica (221/70) (mortgage of the same premises)
August 5, 1892	Deed	Charles B. Wood of Billerica and his wife Lizzie A. Wood	John O. Richardson of Billerica	Wood sells the farm to John O. Richardson	236/3
	For $2200, "certain tracts of land with buildings situated in the westerly part of Billerica, on the west side of Concord river": the 48-acre lot, the 2 1/2-acre woodlot (Book 112 Page 358) and the river land of the Carleton, Stearns and Warren deeds (Books 436/286 and 556/477 at Cambridge, 37/153 and 46/367 at Lowell), "Being the same premises conveyed to me by Israel Newhall by his deed bearing date January 5th A.D. 1891 and recorded Book 221 Page 70"; the grantee assumed a $1000 mortgage and the 1892 taxes. Dated August 3, recorded August 5, 1892. Title from: January 6, 1891 Deed: Israel Newhall of Billerica, unmarried to Charles B. Wood of Billerica (221/70) (Being the same premises, Book 221 Page 70) Title passed to: February 6, 1894 Deed: John O. Richardson of Billerica and his wife Pamelia Richardson to J. Nelson Parker of Billerica (251/519) (Being the premises conveyed to me by Chas. B. Wood, Book 236 Page 3)
February 6, 1894	Deed	John O. Richardson of Billerica and his wife Pamelia Richardson	J. Nelson Parker of Billerica	John O. Richardson sells the farm to J. Nelson Parker	251/519
	For one dollar and other valuable considerations, "certain tracts of land with buildings thereon situated in the Westerly part of Billerica & on the West side of Concord River": the 48 acres (Book 236 Page 3), the 2 1/2-acre woodlot (Book 112 Page 358), ten acres each of Books 436/286 and 556/477 at Cambridge, 17 acres 1 rod (Book 37 Page 153) and 15 acres 126 rods (Book 46 Page 367), "Being the premises conveyed to me by Chas. B. Wood Aug 3, 1892." Dated February 1, recorded February 6, 1894. Parker had the farm surveyed by Osgood and Snell in June 1894. Title from: August 5, 1892 Deed: Charles B. Wood of Billerica and his wife Lizzie A. Wood to John O. Richardson of Billerica (236/3) (Being the premises conveyed to me by Chas. B. Wood, Book 236 Page 3) Title passed to: February 4, 1931 Quitclaim Deed: Frances Parker Farquhar of Boston and George N. Parker of Billerica (Frederick G. Farquhar releasing curtesy) to County of Middlesex (799/320) (title through the wills of J. Nelson and Charlotte S. Parker) February 4, 1931 Trustee Deed: Frances Parker Farquhar of Boston, trustee under the will of Charlotte S. Parker late of Billerica to County of Middlesex (799/323) (title through the will of Charlotte S. Parker)
November 21, 1930	Taking	Frances Parker Farquhar, George N. Parker, and Frances Parker Farquhar, trustee under the will of Charlotte S. Parker; and owners unknown	County of Middlesex (County Commissioners)	County takes the house corner for the House of Correction sewage works	797/344
	Order of taking by the Middlesex County Commissioners, November 21, 1930, under chapter 381 of the Acts of 1929 (a new house of correction for Middlesex County), "for the purpose of disposing of sewage from the buildings of said new house of correction": about 18 1/4 acres on the south side of the Middle Bridge Road, running about 710 feet along the road to "the old Middlesex Turnpike" and about 855 feet down the turnpike, damages $1200; and about 3 3/8 acres of owners unknown to the west, $300. Plan Book M, Plan 169. Title passed to: April 9, 2004 Release Deed: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by its Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to Town of Billerica (17119/146) (former County land) Related: February 6, 1894 Deed: John O. Richardson of Billerica and his wife Pamelia Richardson to J. Nelson Parker of Billerica (251/519) (taking from the Parker heirs)
February 4, 1931	Quitclaim Deed	Frances Parker Farquhar of Boston and George N. Parker of Billerica (Frederick G. Farquhar releasing curtesy)	County of Middlesex	Parker heirs convey three fourths of the farm to the County	799/320
	Three undivided fourths of three parcels: 94.72 acres southwest of the Middle Bridge Road and the Old Middlesex Turnpike and northwest of the Concord River, running by land formerly of Rogers, Bailey and Joseph Jaquith to the river and along it "to the Southeasterly corner of the abutement of the Old Turnpike Bridge"; 1.74 acres northeast of the turnpike by the Crosby and Whiting land; and 3.26 acres north of Middle Bridge Road, all shown on "Plan of Land in Billerica, Mass., Belonging to J. N. Parker," June 1894, Osgood and Snell. Title: Richardson to J. Nelson Parker, Book 251 Page 519; "Said J. Nelson Parker died, testate, on May 14, 1922 ... all of the above described premises were devised to his wife, Charlotte S. Parker," who died testate November 25, 1925; "Our title to said premises is derived under said will of Charlotte S. Parker, our mother." Dated January 26, recorded February 4, 1931. Title from: February 6, 1894 Deed: John O. Richardson of Billerica and his wife Pamelia Richardson to J. Nelson Parker of Billerica (251/519) (title through the wills of J. Nelson and Charlotte S. Parker) Title passed to: April 9, 2004 Release Deed: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by its Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to Town of Billerica (17119/146) (former County land, to the Commonwealth by statute in 1997) Related: November 21, 1930 Taking: Frances Parker Farquhar, George N. Parker, and Frances Parker Farquhar, trustee under the will of Charlotte S. Parker; and owners unknown to County of Middlesex (County Commissioners) (797/344) (bounded by other land of the County)
February 4, 1931	Trustee Deed	Frances Parker Farquhar of Boston, trustee under the will of Charlotte S. Parker late of Billerica	County of Middlesex	Parker trustee conveys the last fourth to the County	799/323
	For $1250, the remaining undivided fourth of the same three parcels (94.72, 1.74 and 3.26 acres) on the Middle Bridge Road, the Old Middlesex Turnpike and the Concord River, with the same bounds. Recorded February 4, 1931. With the deed of the other three fourths, the whole of the old Carlton and Brown farm passed to the County for the Middlesex County House of Correction. Title from: February 6, 1894 Deed: John O. Richardson of Billerica and his wife Pamelia Richardson to J. Nelson Parker of Billerica (251/519) (title through the will of Charlotte S. Parker) Title passed to: April 9, 2004 Release Deed: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by its Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to Town of Billerica (17119/146) (former County land)
April 9, 2004	Release Deed	Inhabitants of the Town of Billerica, by its Board of Selectmen	Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance, for the Middlesex Sheriff's Department	Town land on Treble Cove Road given in exchange	17119/107
	Recorded April 9, 2004, under Chapter 181 of the Acts of 2000 as amended by Chapter 214 of the Acts of 2001. All the town's right in "Lot A-2-A" on a plan prepared for the Town of Billerica and Billerica Water Works by Merrimack Engineering Services, April 28, 2003: 264,362 square feet or 6.06 acres with improvements "on the east side of Treble Cove Road," 240 Treble Cove Road, bounded north, east and west by other land of the town; "a portion of land described in a quitclaim deed dated September 15, 1994 ... Book 7230, Page 121," with covenants running with the land. Title from: September 16, 1994 Quitclaim Deed: County of Middlesex, by the Middlesex County Commissioners to Inhabitants of the Town of Billerica, by the Board of Selectmen (7230/121) ("a portion of land described in a quitclaim deed dated September 15, 1994")
April 9, 2004	Release Deed	Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by its Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance	Town of Billerica	Commonwealth releases the 68-acre former Brown farm to the Town	17119/146
	Recorded April 9, 2004, 14 pages: "Release Deed with Conservation and Preservation Restrictions." For $1 and the town's conveyance "of a certain parcel of land located on Treble Cove Road in the Town by deed recorded herewith" (Book 17119, Page 107), the Commonwealth releases 68.01 acres "located on and off of River Street ... along the northerly side of the Concord River," reserving restrictions to the Commonwealth and the Massachusetts Historical Commission. The other half of the 2004 exchange; not park land. Title from: November 21, 1930 Taking: Frances Parker Farquhar, George N. Parker, and Frances Parker Farquhar, trustee under the will of Charlotte S. Parker; and owners unknown to County of Middlesex (County Commissioners) (797/344) (former County land) February 4, 1931 Quitclaim Deed: Frances Parker Farquhar of Boston and George N. Parker of Billerica (Frederick G. Farquhar releasing curtesy) to County of Middlesex (799/320) (former County land, to the Commonwealth by statute in 1997) February 4, 1931 Trustee Deed: Frances Parker Farquhar of Boston, trustee under the will of Charlotte S. Parker late of Billerica to County of Middlesex (799/323) (former County land) Related: April 2, 1930 Order of Taking: J. Edward Maloney of Newton, record owner (land taken) to County of Middlesex (County Commissioners Walter C. Wardwell, Erson B. Barlow and Nathaniel I. Bowditch) (788/214) (former county house of correction land; the Commonwealth succeeded to the county's property when Middlesex County government was abolished in 1997) September 16, 1994 Quitclaim Deed: County of Middlesex, by the Middlesex County Commissioners to Inhabitants of the Town of Billerica, by the Board of Selectmen (7230/121) (the 1994 deed reserved the county's "67.9 Acres" used as a sewage treatment plant) April 9, 2004 Release Deed: Inhabitants of the Town of Billerica, by its Board of Selectmen to Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance, for the Middlesex Sheriff's Department (17119/107) (the Commonwealth's River Street release given in exchange for the Treble Cove Road lot)

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.

Amos Carlton House

Amos Carlton House

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