Structure · Built 1920
Archibald Dunlop House
Archibald Dunlop House
| Address | 40-42 Colson St |
| MACRIS ID | BIL.262 |
| Built | 1920 |
The two-family house at 40-42 Colson Street stands on Lots 9 and 11 of section 9 of Colson Heights, the house-lot plan laid out in 1914 on the old homestead farm of George F. Colson (Plan Book 31, Plan 88). The farm descended from the eighteenth-century homestead of Nicholas Sprake through Oliver Farmer and the Colson family; after George F. Colson died, his heirs put it in trust with Charles H. McIntire of Lowell in 1914, and McIntire sold it off lot by lot.
Lot 9, 5,872 square feet on the west side of Colson Street 150 feet north of the "proposed street called Elm street," was sold on May 29, 1915 to Archibald Dunlop for a nominal sum. Dunlop, a North Billerica grocer whose store stood at Pollard Street and River View Avenue, built the house that summer: in July 1915 he borrowed $2,800 from the City Institution for Savings of Lowell on the lot, with "insurance on the buildings on said premises." The assessor's date of about 1920 is too late.
Dunlop sold the house on the last day of 1917 to John P. Lodge, a carpenter, subject to the $2,800 mortgage. In June 1919 Lodge and the Desmond family traded properties: Hugh G. Desmond deeded the Pollard Street corner lot in Concord River Park to Lodge, and Lodge deeded the Colson Street house to John Desmond. Mary A. Lodge later kept a variety store at that corner. Within days, on July 3, 1919, John Desmond sold the house to Samuel and Susan Helliwell, who again took it "subject to a mortgage held by the City Institution for Savings of Lowell in the principal sum of $2800." Their deed was not recorded until 1921.
In 1922 Susan Helliwell bought the vacant Lot 11 to the south from the trustee for $350, under the Colson Heights restrictions that houses be "of good class," set back fifteen feet, and that no two-family house cost less than $2,500. The two lots, about a quarter acre with 100 feet on the street, have been sold together ever since. The house was a two-family by 1931, when the directory lists Samuel Helliwell, a wool sorter, and Dennis J. Mahoney, assistant postmaster at North Billerica, both at 5 Colson Street, as the house was then numbered.
Samuel Helliwell died in 1934. After Susan's death the 1915 bank loan was paid off in May 1939, and in September 1939 the administrator of her estate sold "two certain lots of land with the buildings thereon" to the Mahoneys, the downstairs tenants, for $3,000. Margaret E. Mahoney died in February 1952 and Dennis sold the house that May. It passed to private owners in 1952, 1958 (when it was "numbered 42 Colson Street"), 1964 and 1970; the family that bought it in 1970, recorded as owners in the 1980 historic survey, sold it in 2014 to 40 Colson Street LLC. The house, with its shingled upper story, enclosed front porch and front dormer, is part of the North Billerica National Register district (1983) and the local historic district.
References
- MACRIS BIL.262
- Billerica assessor, parcel 9-180-0, 40-42 Colson St (Colson Heights sec 9 lots 9 and 11)
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| July 14, 1726 | Deed | William Grimes of Billerica | William Chandler of Billerica | first-range lot, part of the later Sprake homestead | 26/96 (South) |
For 8 pounds, "one parcel of Land situate in Billerica aforesaid lying on the west of Concord River in the First Range of Lotts containing nineteen Acres and seventy four Poles," bounded northwest by "Chelmsford Line" about 12 1/2 poles, northeast by Thomas Dutton about 258 poles, southeast "by the Road to broad medow" about 18 poles and southwest by James Kidder about 268 poles, "and there is allowance made in the Lott for the highway upon it." No buildings are named. Dated Dec. 8, 1714; acknowledged Aug. 9, 1716 before Oliver Whiting; recorded July 14, 1726. Billerica town book 3, pages 33-35 (Southern Registry Book 26 Page 96). One of the long, narrow town division lots between the road to Broad Meadow (Colson Street) and the Chelmsford line that William Chandler put together into the 95-acre farm.
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| July 14, 1726 | Deed | Samuel Fassett of Billerica | William Chandler of Billerica | first-range lot, part of the later Sprake homestead | 26/97 (South) |
For 12 pounds, "one parcel of Land situate in Billerica ... containing forty acres and seventy four Pole ... lying on the west of Concord River in the first Range of Lotts," bounded west by Chelmsford line about 124 poles, southwest by Thomas Dutton about 165 poles, and east "by the Land of Isaac Stearns and the Proprietors of broad medow according to marked Trees"; "the northward Corner is a white oak Tree marked F," the westward a great rock, the eastward a white oak marked E.D.W., with allowance for the highway. No buildings are named. Dated Dec. 8, 1714; acknowledged Apr. 11, 1716 before Jonathan Tyng; recorded July 14, 1726. Billerica town book 3, pages 35-37 (Southern Registry Book 26 Page 97). The white oak "marked F" is the northwest corner of the farm Chandler sold to Nicholas Sprake in 1724.
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| June 15, 1726 | Deed | William Chandler of Billerica, with Susannah his wife releasing dower | Nicholas Sprake of Billerica | Chandler to Nicholas Sprake: the homestead farm these lots were cut from | 25/453 (South) |
For 300 pounds, "One Messuage or house Lott Scituate Lying and being in Billerica aforesaid Containing Ninety five acres more or less with a Dwelling house and Barn thereon standing," bounded "Northerly by Broad meadow in a crooked line Westerly by Chelmsford line Southerly by the Land of James Kidder Easterly by the said High Way to Broad meadow," the northwest corner "a White oak tree marked F"; also meadow in Long Hill meadow "which was Granted to Wm Hamlet," swamp bought of the committee for straightening the fence, and lots in the easterly part of Chelmsford and Chelmsford Neck. Dated Aug. 4, 1724 (witnesses Joseph Wyman, Mary Highgate); acknowledged Aug. 5, 1724 before Oliver Whiting; recorded June 15, 1726. Billerica town book 3, pages 18-21 (Southern Registry Book 25 Page 453). The first record of a house and barn on the farm: Chandler had bought bare division lots in 1714, so he built them between 1714 and 1724. The "High Way to Broad meadow" is Colson Street.
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| 1768 | Will | Estate of Nicholas Sprake of Billerica, clothier | His sons Nicholas, Samuel and John Sprake and daughters | Nicholas Sprake will: homestead to his son Nicholas | Probate #21112 |
Will dated Sept. 15, 1761, proved 1768 (he died March 31, 1768). To son Nicholas the homestead by Broad Meadow; "to my well beloved son Samuel Sprake ... one lot of land with the buildings thereon which I bought of Christopher Osgood as it may appear bounded by a deed I put upon record of the same", with part of a lot bought of Samuel Hill, the Mock meadow land bought of widow Rebecca Farmer and 2 acres of meadow bought of John Dunkin, "all which joins upon the house lot"; to son John 40 acres in Tewksbury with a grist mill. Sons Nicholas and Samuel executors.
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| October 2, 1784 | Quitclaim | John Sprake and Samuel Sprake of Billerica, husbandmen | Their brother Nicholas Sprake Jr. of Billerica, husbandman | Sprake brothers release | 85/549 (South) |
For 266 pounds 13 shillings 4 pence, a release of lots "which was part of our honoured Father Mr. Nicholas Sprake's Estate," the first beginning at the highway "by the ford way at the end of the stone wall by the Wyman lot so called," to the highway leading to Seth Levestone's, then east "to a stake and stones by the road leading to broad meadow standing about three feet southward of the bars which goes into the barn yard," "with one half of the west end of the dwelling house thereon both above and below and the one half of the east chamber and the East garret with conveniency of yard room about the house And also the one half of the barn and leanto adjoining"; also 15 acres west of the road to Levestone's, a lot in Broad Meadow by Concord River, and half of three acres in Mock Meadow from the brothers' division. Dated and acknowledged July 3, 1769 before William Stickney; recorded Oct. 2, 1784. Billerica town book 7, pages 417-419 (Southern Registry Book 85 Page 549).
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| October 2, 1784 | Quitclaim | Samuel Sprake of Billerica, husbandman | His brother Nicholas Sprake Jr. of Billerica | Sprake brothers release | 85/551 (South) |
For 10 pounds, the easterly end of the land "set off by a committee to John Sprake late of Billerica Decd," from the highway leading to Broad Meadow by Nicholas's land to the New Meadow and Broad Meadow, by Nicholas's own land to Concord River, by the river to Mr. Carlton's land and by the wall on the west side of the highway, "together with the buildings and priviledges that was by said Comtee set off for or did in any wise belong unto the aforesaid John Sprake deceased and to our Honoured Mother the widow Judith Sprake and to our sister Elizabeth." Dated June 26, 1773; acknowledged Nov. 4, 1774 before William Stickney; recorded Oct. 2, 1784. Billerica town book 7, pages 420-421 (Southern Registry Book 85 Page 551). With the 1769 release it put the whole of the father's homestead in Nicholas Jr.
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| 1784 | Administration and Dower | Estate of Nicholas Sprake (Jr.) of Billerica, yeoman, deceased intestate | His widow Margaret Sprake, administratrix (dower), and his heirs | Nicholas Sprake Jr. estate and dower | Probate #21114 |
Administration to the widow Margaret, Sept. 8, 1784. The appraisers found "about eighty acres, with the house and barn thereon standing," worth 200 pounds; the real estate inventory of Oct. 21, 1784 lists "one old Dwelling House Eight pounds," "one Barn prised at Eight pounds," "Seventy nine and a half acres called the Homsted" (by Samuel Sprake, Timothy Levingstone, Wm. Manning, Ebenr. French, the widow Carlton and Concord River) and 18 1/2 acres south of the road. The widow's dower was "The Middle Room in said deceased's House from bottom to top" with part of the cellar and the oven, about twenty acres of the homestead whose line ran "to the South Corner of the Barn yard then runs Southerly to the West end of the House then by the back of said House to the Road," five acres of wood land, and "the West End of the Barn as far as to the floor way" with the right to cart in hay and thresh. On the heirs' petition of June 13, 1786 the whole two thirds was sold; the account allowed Nov. 15, 1787 charges "Proceeds of the Two thirds Sold by her 104-0-0."
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| October 4, 1794 | Administrator's Deed | Margaret Sprake of Billerica, administratrix of Nicholas Sprake | Oliver Farmer Jr. of Billerica, yeoman | Sprake administratrix to Oliver Farmer Jr. | 117/293 (South) |
By liberty from the Court of Common Pleas, for 104 pounds, "A certain parcel of Land lying in said Billerica with part of the Dwelling & Barn thereon standing being about seventy one Acres and an half," beginning at the house and running south on the road leading to Isaac Sprake's, by the widow Carlton, Thomas Richardson and "Levengstones" land and the widow's thirds, with another tract north of the farm from Concord River by William Manning and French, "being the whole of what the said Nicholas Sprake died seized of exclusive of what was set off for the Widows' Dowry." Dated Mar. 28, 1787 (witnesses Joshua Abbot, Jona. Stickney); acknowledged Oct. 8, 1787 before Edward Farmer; recorded Oct. 4, 1794. Billerica town book 7, pages 514-515 (Southern Registry Book 117 Page 293). Oliver Farmer had married Hannah Sprake on Nov. 30, 1786.
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| February 27, 1813 | Quitclaim | Samuel Sprake of Litchfield, N.H., and Anna his wife, Rebekkah Sprake and Susanna Sprake of Billerica | Oliver Farmer Jr. of Billerica, yeoman | widow Sprake dower to Oliver Farmer Jr. | 203/372 (South) |
For 36 pounds, "all our right title and interest in and unto the lands and buildings that were set off to as thirds Margaret Sprake our honored mother late of said Billerica widow deceast," about 22 acres from the road "that goes from the fordway to Richardsons mills" to Broad Meadow, east on the road and Concord River, north and south on Oliver Farmer's land, west on Timothy Livingston, "with that part of the building that was set off to Margarett Sprake as her thirds," and 5 1/2 acres of woodland toward Chelmsford Neck, "meaning to convey the whole of the land and buildings that was set off to Margaret Sprake." Dated July 15, 1790 (Susannah acknowledged Mar. 27, 1806); recorded Feb. 27, 1813, with an agreement of the same parties and Benjamin Dows Jr., guardian of the Carleton children, by which Farmer bought the four outside shares of the widow's thirds at 12 pounds each (Book 203, Page 374). Billerica town book 11, pages 220-224 (Southern Registry Book 203 Page 372). This reunited the house, the barn and the farm in Oliver Farmer, who built the brick-ended house in 1803.
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| 1839 | Will | Estate of Oliver Farmer (1760-1839) of Billerica, yeoman | His son-in-law Israel A. Colson, residuary devisee and executor | Oliver Farmer will: farm to Israel A. Colson | Probate #7205 |
Will dated May 3, 1839, witnessed by Reuben Chamberlin, Marshall Preston and James R. Faulkner; proved at Concord Aug. 13, 1839 on the petition of Israel A. Colson, executor (bond $30,000 with Daniel Wilson and Francis Faulkner). The widow Hannah received for life "the two lower rooms at the south end of my house, and the front chamber over the same," with the front entry, stairs, well room, well and cellar, an annual allowance of food and "six cords of good wood, cut up and housed," and whatever she had from her sister Susannah Sprague, in lieu of dower; daughter Rebecca had money, the furniture and "the lower front room at the north end of my house" until marriage; Oliver Jr., Asa, Hannah Abbot, Rachel Colson, Zadoc and three grandchildren had money legacies. "All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real personal and mixed" went to "my said Son in law Israel A. Colson," on condition that he support the widow. No inventory survives in the file. The farm with the 1803 brick-end house passed to the Colsons by this will, not by Rachel Farmer's marriage alone.
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| November 8, 1884 | Warranty Deed | Israel A. Colson of Billerica, unmarried | George F. Colson of Billerica | Israel A. Colson to George F. Colson: the homestead farm | 170/272 |
For "Two Thousand Dollars and other valuable consideration," "my Homestead Farm situated in that part of Billerica called North Billerica," beginning "at the dwelling house on said premises and road leading to Billerica Centre," running by the road and the old back road to the Lowell road, by land formerly of T. F. Farmer, the heirs of Betsy Richardson and Bernard Kearney "to the old Middlesex Canal," west by the canal to the Chelmsford line, by Ready, the late John Barrett and Patrick Meehan back to the Lowell road, across it by Mixer and Kearney "to Concord River," then south on the river to C. P. Talbot and Co. and the road, "with all the buildings thereon. Reserving all the public roads." Also the stock, hay, grain, wagons, carts, farming tools and household furniture. Dated Jan. 23, 1884 (Dudley Foster, witness and justice); recorded Nov. 8, 1884. Middlesex North Book 170, pages 272-273.
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| July 13, 1914 | Administrator's Deed | Edgar F. Twombly of Billerica, administrator of the estate of George F. Colson | Charles H. McIntire of Lowell (trustee for the Colson heirs) | administrator of George F. Colson to Charles H. McIntire | 525/316 |
By license of the Middlesex Probate Court, a private sale for $6,000 of "The Homestead Farm situated in that part of said Billerica called North Billerica, containing about sixty (60) acres and being the same premises described in a deed given by Israel A. Colson to George F. Colson, dated Jan. 23, 1884 ... Book 170, Page 272, excepting those portions thereof heretofore conveyed by said George F. Colson in his lifetime," with four other lots (the Jones and Dix meadow, the Burrows and Baldwin wood lot, the Cowdry lot and the Wood-Pollard wood lot), "being all the real estate of which George F. Colson died seized and possessed." Dated May 12, 1914; acknowledged June 1, 1914; recorded July 13, 1914. Middlesex North Book 525, pages 316-318.
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| July 13, 1914 | Deed in Trust | George R. Colson, Clara E. Colson and Edgar F. Twombly of Billerica (heirs of George F. Colson), with Elizabeth E. Colson and Sabina G. Twombly | Charles H. McIntire of Lowell, trustee | Colson heirs to McIntire in trust: the farm laid out as Colson Heights | 525/318 |
For $1, "five certain lots of land with the buildings thereon situated in the Town of Billerica in and about the North Village thereof," the first being "the Homestead Farm of the late George F. Colson, containing about sixty (60) acres, with the house, barn and poultry house thereon, being all of the premises not heretofore conveyed, described in a deed from Israel A. Colson to George F. Colson dated January 23, 1884 ... Book 170, Page 272," in trust to insure the buildings, pay the taxes, sell the land "for the best interest of the grantors" and divide the proceeds equally among them. The wives released dower and homestead. Dated Apr. 16, 1914; recorded July 13, 1914. Middlesex North Book 525, pages 318-320. The barn named here is the building now at 36 Colson Street.
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| October 24, 1914 | Declaration of Trust | Charles H. McIntire of Lowell, with Martha J. McIntire | The heirs of George F. Colson (beneficiaries) | McIntire declaration of trust, recited in the 1915 and 1922 lot deeds | 528/79 |
McIntire, grantee in the administrator's deed of Edgar F. Twombly (Book 525, Page 316) and in the deed of George R. Colson and others (Book 525, Page 318), declares that he holds "the premises described in both said Deeds as Trustee and not for my own benefit, according to the Trust declared in the second above named deed"; his wife disclaims dower and homestead. Dated Oct. 19, 1914; recorded Oct. 24, 1914. Middlesex North Book 528, page 79. The trustee then laid the farm out as "Colson Heights" (Plan Book 31, Plan 88) and sold it by lots.
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| June 8, 1915 | Trustee's Deed | Charles H. McIntire of Lowell, trustee under the Colson deed of trust of April 16, 1914 | Archibald Dunlop of Billerica | trustee sells Lot 9 (vacant) to Archibald Dunlop | 539/81 |
"In consideration of the sum of One Dollar" (a fifty-cent revenue stamp), McIntire, trustee under the deed of trust of April 16, 1914 (Book 525, Page 318) and the declaration of trust of October 19, 1914, conveys "a certain lot of land situated in the Northerly Village of said Billerica on the westerly side of Colson street": beginning on Colson Street 150.15 feet northerly from "the corner of a proposed street called Elm street," northerly by Colson Street 50.05 feet, westerly on Lot 7 118.40 feet, southerly by Lot 8 fifty feet, and easterly 116.50 feet to the beginning; "5872 square feet, more or less, and being Lot No. 9 in Section 9" on the Colson Heights plan (Plan Book 31, Plan 88), "a part of the farm of which the late George F. Colson died seized and possessed." No buildings are named. Dated May 29, 1915; acknowledged at Lowell June 5, 1915; recorded June 8, 1915. Middlesex North Book 539, pages 81-82.
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| June 8, 1915 | Mortgage | Archibald Dunlop of Billerica | Marion B. Reed of Lowell | Dunlop short loan as building began | 539/82 |
Dunlop mortgages Lot 9, Section 9, Colson Heights (the same bounds, 5,872 square feet), "the land in said Billerica, with the buildings," to secure "Five Hundred Dollars, in two months with twelve per centum interest." Recorded June 8, 1915, directly after his purchase of the lot. A short loan taken as building began; the margin notes its discharge (Book 539, Page 175). Middlesex North Book 539, page 82.
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| July 15, 1915 | Mortgage | Archibald Dunlop of Billerica | City Institution for Savings, Lowell | $2,800 building loan: the house built 1915 | 540/564 |
To secure "Twenty-eight Hundred Dollars in one year with five per centum interest," Dunlop mortgages "the land in said Billerica, situated on the northwesterly side of Colson street, containing fifty-eight hundred and seventy-two square feet, being lot numbered 9 in Section numbered 9" on the Colson Heights plan (Fred W. Stowers, surveyor; Plan Book 31, Plan 88): southeasterly on Colson Street 50.05 feet, northeasterly on Lot 7, northwesterly on Lot 8, southwesterly on Lot 11; "Being the same premises to me conveyed by Charles H. McIntire, Trustee, by deed dated May 29, 1915." The mortgagor is to keep "insurance on the buildings on said premises." Dated July 14, 1915; recorded July 15, 1915. A $2,800 loan on a lot bought for a nominal sum six weeks earlier: the building loan for the house. Each later owner took the house subject to it until it was discharged on May 8, 1939 (Book 934, Page 69). Middlesex North Book 540, pages 564-565.
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| December 31, 1917 | Warranty Deed | Archibald Dunlop of Billerica (wife Mary Dunlop releasing dower) | John P. Lodge of Lowell | Dunlop sells the house lot to John P. Lodge | 582/293 |
"In consideration of One Dollar and other valuable considerations" (a fifty-cent revenue stamp, the equity above the mortgage), "a certain lot of land situated in the Northerly village of Billerica on the Westerly side of Colson Street," the same bounds, 5,872 square feet, Lot No. 9 in Section 9 of Colson Heights (Plan Book 31, Plan 88), "a part of the farm of which the late George F. Colson died seized and possessed. Being the same premises conveyed to me by Charles H. McIntire, Trustee, by his Deed dated May 29, 1915 ... Book 539, Page 81." Warranted free of encumbrances "except a certain mortgage of $2800 running to the City Institution for Savings." Dated December 31, 1917; recorded the same day. Middlesex North Book 582, pages 293-294.
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| June 28, 1919 | Warranty Deed | John P. Lodge of Billerica, carpenter (wife Mary A. Lodge releasing dower) | John Desmond of Billerica | Lodge exchanges the house with John Desmond | 607/354 |
For consideration paid, with warranty covenants, "the land in the northerly village of said Billerica situated on the westerly side of Colson Street," beginning 150.15 feet north of the proposed Elm Street, the same bounds, 5,872 square feet, Lot No. 9 in Section 9 of Colson Heights (Plan Book 31, Plan 88). "This conveyance is made subject to taxes for the year 1919 and to a mortgage to City Institution for Savings for the principal sum of twenty eight hundred dollars ($2800.00) and accrued interest, both of which the grantee assumes and agrees to pay." Recorded June 28, 1919, just after a deed of the same date from Hugh G. Desmond to Lodge of Lot 19, Concord River Park, at Pollard Street and River View Avenue (also on page 354): the Lodges took the Desmond corner lot and the Desmonds took the Colson Street house. Middlesex North Book 607, pages 354-355.
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| October 10, 1921 | Warranty Deed | John Desmond of Billerica, unmarried | Samuel Helliwell and Susan Helliwell of Billerica, husband and wife, tenants by the entirety | Desmond to Samuel and Susan Helliwell | 652/207 |
For consideration paid ($1.50 in revenue stamps, about $1,500 above the mortgage), with warranty covenants, "the land in the north village of said Billerica, situated on the westerly side of Colson Street," beginning 150.15 feet north of the proposed Elm Street, the same bounds, "Containing 5872 square feet, more or less, and being Lot 9 in Sec. 9" of Colson Heights (Plan Book 31, Plan 88). "Being the same premises to me conveyed by John P. Lodge by deed dated June 28, 1919." "Said premises are conveyed subject to a mortgage held by the City Institution for Savings of Lowell in the principal sum of $2800., and subject also to taxes for the year 1919, which mortgage and taxes the grantees assume and agree to pay." Dated and acknowledged at Lowell July 3, 1919 (Stanley E. Qua, J.P.); not recorded until October 10, 1921. Middlesex North Book 652, pages 207-208.
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| March 27, 1922 | Trustee's Deed | Charles H. McIntire of Lowell, trustee under the Colson deed of trust of April 16, 1914 | Susan Helliwell of Billerica | Lot 11 added to the house lot (vacant, $350) | 658/68 |
"In consideration of the sum of Three Hundred Fifty Dollars," McIntire, trustee under the deed of trust of April 16, 1914 (Book 525, Page 318) and the declaration of trust of October 19, 1914, conveys "a certain lot of land situated in North Billerica on the westerly side of Colson Street and being lot numbered 11 section 9" of Colson Heights (Plan Book 31, Plan 88): beginning at its southeast corner on Colson Street 100.10 feet north of Elm Street, westerly parallel with Elm Street 114.16 feet to Lot 10, northerly on Lot 10 fifty feet to Lot 8, easterly 116.50 feet to Colson Street, and southerly on Colson Street 50.05 feet; 5,777 square feet, "a part of the homestead farm of the late George F. Colson." A vacant lot, sold subject to the Colson Heights restrictions: buildings "of good class" set back at least fifteen feet; no single house to cost less than $1,500 "nor any two family house to cost less than twenty-five hundred dollars"; no three-family house and nothing over two and a half stories; residential use only. Dated March 21, 1922 (stamp cancelled March 27, 1922); recorded March 1922. Middlesex North Book 658, pages 68-69. With it the Helliwells held the double lot (Lots 9 and 11) that has gone together ever since.
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| September 18, 1939 | Administrator's Deed | Mary E. Connor, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Susan Helliwell, late of Billerica | Dennis J. Mahoney and Margaret E. Mahoney of Billerica, husband and wife, tenants by the entirety | Helliwell estate to Dennis J. and Margaret E. Mahoney, Lots 9 and 11 | 932/561 |
Mary E. Connor, "Administrator of the Estate not already administered of Susan Helliwell, late of Billerica," "by the power conferred by the Probate Court within and for the County of Middlesex, dated September 11, 1939," for three thousand dollars ($3.00 in revenue stamps), grants "two certain lots of land with the buildings thereon, situated on the westerly side of Colson Street in said Billerica, and being lots 9 and 11, section 9" of Colson Heights (Plan Book 31, Plan 88): northerly by Lot 7 118.40 feet, easterly by Colson Street 110.10 feet, southerly by land of owner unknown 114.16 feet, westerly by Lots 10 and 8 one hundred feet. "For title of said Susan Helliwell to the above premises see deeds, the first from John Desmond to Samuel Helliwell and Susan Helliwell, as tenants by the entirety, dated July 3, 1919 ... Book 652, Page 207, and the second from Charles H. McIntire, Trustee to said Susan Helliwell, dated March 21, 1922 ... Book 658, Page 68." "The said Samuel Helliwell died at Billerica Mass., on May 6, 1934." Dated and acknowledged at Lowell September 16, 1939; recorded September 18, 1939. Middlesex North Book 932, pages 561-562. The Mahoneys had lived in the second apartment of the house since at least 1931.
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| August 18, 1939 | Discharge of Mortgage | City Institution for Savings, Lowell, by James Walsh, treasurer | Archibald Dunlop (mortgage assumed by later owners) | the 1915 building loan paid off | 934/69 |
The City Institution for Savings, "holder of a mortgage from Archibald Dunlop to said City Institution for Savings dated July 14, 1915 recorded with Middlesex N. Dist. Reg. of Deeds Book 540, Page 564," acknowledges satisfaction. Dated May 8, 1939; recorded August 1939 with a discharge of the same date by the Washington Savings Institution to Susan Helliwell (of a mortgage on her land in Chelmsford). The 1915 building loan, carried by four owners, was paid off as the Helliwell estate was settled. Middlesex North Book 934, page 69.
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| May 8, 1952 | Quitclaim | Dennis J. Mahoney of Billerica, unmarried (widower of Margaret E. Mahoney) | Private buyers of Lowell, husband and wife, tenants by the entirety | Mahoney sells; later private transfers to 2014 summarized | 1194/520 |
For consideration paid (federal stamps of about $11.55, about $10,500), "the land with the buildings thereon, situated on the westerly side of Colson Street in said Billerica, and being Lots 9 and 11, Section 9" of Colson Heights (Plan Book 31, Plan 88), bounded northerly by Lot 7 118.40 feet, easterly by Colson Street 110.10 feet, southerly by Lot 14 114.16 feet, westerly by Lots 10 and 8 one hundred feet. "Being the same premises conveyed to me and my late wife, Margaret E. Mahoney, as tenants by the entirety, by deed of Mary E. Connor, Administratrix of the Estate of Susan Helliwell, dated September 16, 1939 ... Book 932, Page 561. The said Margaret E. Mahoney died at said Billerica February 5, 1952. See Inheritance Tax Real Estate Certificate dated April 15, 1952 to be recorded herewith." Dated and acknowledged at Lowell May 7, 1952 (Francis M. Qua, J.P.); recorded May 8, 1952. Middlesex North Book 1194, page 520. Later transfers, all to private owners and summarized here: 1958 to a Lowell couple (Book 1415, Page 16, the house "numbered 42 Colson Street"); 1964 to a Burlington couple (Book 1676, Page 494); 1970 for $9,000 to the family that owned it for 44 years (Book 1940, Page 463, "numbered 40-42 Colson Street"; dated 1963 in the assessor's history); and in July 2014 for $270,000 to 40 Colson Street LLC, the present owner (Book 28324, Page 265).
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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.