Caroline Hunt Haynes

Children

Tilly (b. 1828-02-13)

Caroline Hunt Haynes was the wife of the Billerica innholder and farmer Lyman Haynes, and she is remembered with him by the public drinking fountain that their daughter gave the town, placed at Brown's Corner in 1920. She and Lyman lived first in Sudbury, where their son Tilly Haynes was born in 1828, and came to Billerica in 1833, when Lyman bought the tavern stand in front of the meetinghouse in the Center (the Fletcher Hotel), which they kept until 1849. The town records give the births of their children Cyrus H. on July 8, 1833, Charles R. on April 17, 1836, William H. on April 21, 1839, Caroline on January 26, 1841, Lucy Ann on December 1, 1843, John on September 18, 1846 and Adeline on May 28, 1849; little Lucy Ann died on September 21, 1845. As Lyman's wife she released her dower in his many sales of land from 1833 to 1862.

From 1854 the family lived in the former homestead of Marshall Preston on the Boston road in the Center (the Marshall Preston House). Lyman's will gave her the use of all his real estate for life and made her sole executrix, and after it was proved in February 1869 she went to live in Springfield, where her sons were. In October 1869 she and the children sold the homestead to William Blanchard for $3,500 and took back his mortgage; the same year she joined Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster in buying the last ninth of the old Joel Dix homestead at North Billerica, and in November she and the heirs sold the Haynes third of the Mears Tavern and Dix property to Jones and Foster. She is not among the heirs of Lyman Haynes who sold the last of his and Foster's land, the Ditson Plain, in 1896.

Her daughter Caroline Haynes Jenkins, of Newton at her death, left the town $1,000 for a drinking fountain "in memory of Lyman Haynes and Caroline Haynes", and the annual town meeting of 1920 voted to place it at Brown's Corner, the junction of Pollard Street and Boston Road.

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Date	Type	Grantor	Grantee	Summary	Property	Recorded
1869	Will	Estate of Lyman Haynes of Billerica	His widow Caroline Haynes (life estate, executrix) and his legal heirs	Details	Marshall Preston House 404 Boston Rd	Probate #33920
	Will dated March 1851, witnessed by Orvillers M. Blodgett and Dudley Foster, proved in February 1869. To his wife Caroline "the use and improvement of all my Real Estate" for life, and at her death the real estate "equally divided among my legal heirs"; Caroline sole executrix. This is why the widow and all the heirs (the Haynes sons of Springfield and Carrie K. Jenkins) joined in the October 1869 sale of the homestead to William Blanchard. Title passed to: November 4, 1869 Warranty Deed: Caroline Haynes, widow, and the heirs of Lyman Haynes (Tilley, Theodore L., Cyrus K., Charles R., William and John Haynes and Carrie K. Jenkins of Springfield) to William Blanchard of Billerica (70/373) (sale by the widow and heirs under the will)
June 1, 1869	Guardian's Deed	Elijah Corliss of Billerica, guardian of Horace and Clara Olney, minor children of John Olney	Anthony Jones, Dudley Foster and Caroline Haynes, widow of Lyman Haynes, all of Billerica	Details	Captain Joel Dix House 10 Old Elm St	67/592
	Licensed by the Probate Court at Cambridge April 6, 1869 and sold at public auction May 15, 1869, for $300: "all the right, title, interest and estate which vests in said Horace Olney and Clara Olney being an undivided ninth part of a certain lot of land with the buildings thereon situate in North Billerica ... and being the Homestead of the late Joel Dix deceased," from the road from North Billerica to Lowell at land of the late Lyman Haynes and others, by the passage way to land of Wilson and Gannon, to Concord River, along the river "in the middle of the stream" to C. P. Talbot & Co., and by Talbot's land and the common land back to the road. Recorded June 1, 1869 (index date). The last Dix heirs' share found in the indexes. Title from: 1859 Guardianship and Administration: Joel Dix of Billerica, "an insane person"; his estate after his death in December 1860 to Horace N. Wilson of Billerica, guardian; Edwin A. Alger of Lowell, administrator (Probate #30707) (a ninth share by descent from Joel Dix) Title passed to: December 4, 1869 Warranty Deed: Caroline Haynes, widow, and the children of Lyman Haynes (Tilly, Theodore L., Cyrus H., Charles R., William H. and John Haynes, and Carrie H. Jenkins), all of Springfield to Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, both of Billerica (71/90) (Caroline Haynes's share of the Olney ninth)
November 4, 1869	Warranty Deed	Caroline Haynes, widow, and the heirs of Lyman Haynes (Tilley, Theodore L., Cyrus K., Charles R., William and John Haynes and Carrie K. Jenkins of Springfield)	William Blanchard of Billerica	Details	Marshall Preston House 404 Boston Rd	70/373
	Dated October 25, 1869. For $3,500, "a certain parcel of land with a dwelling house, barn, office, and other buildings thereon, being the homestead of the late Lyman Haynes, situate in said Billerica on the Easterly side of the great road leading from Boston to Lowell containing two and a half acres more or less", bounded north by Abel Spalding, east by Ambrose F. Page, John Baldwin and the heirs of O. M. Blodgett, south by Luther W. Faulkner "about eleven rods and four links", and west by the road "as said fence and stone wall now stand". Blanchard mortgaged it back to Caroline Haynes the same day (Book 70 Page 531). No title recital. Title from: May 6, 1853 Quitclaim Deed: Dudley Foster of Billerica, yeoman (wife Louisa P. Foster releasing dower) to Lyman Haynes of Billerica, yeoman (654/88) (the Haynes homestead: the Everett land north of the house) January 30, 1855 Warranty Deed: Marshall Preston of Lexington (wife Maria Preston releasing dower) to Lyman Haynes of Billerica (699/313) (the Haynes homestead: this half acre plus the Everett land to the north) 1869 Will: Estate of Lyman Haynes of Billerica to His widow Caroline Haynes (life estate, executrix) and his legal heirs (Probate #33920) (sale by the widow and heirs under the will) Title passed to: May 12, 1881 Warranty Deed: William Blanchard of Billerica (wife Lydia A. Blanchard releasing dower and homestead) to Luther W. Faulkner of Billerica (145/215) (Blanchard sells the homestead he bought from the Haynes heirs (same bounds))
November 16, 1869	Mortgage	William Blanchard of Billerica, yeoman (wife Lydia A. Blanchard)	Caroline Haynes of Billerica	Details	Marshall Preston House	70/531
	Dated October 25, 1869. Purchase-money mortgage for $3,400 ($500 a year at seven percent) on "a certain parcel of land, with a dwelling house, barn, and office and other buildings thereon, situate in said Billerica on the Easterly side of the great road leading from Boston to Lowell, containing two and a half acres": north by Abel Spalding, east by Ambrose F. Page, south and east by John Baldwin and the heirs of O. M. Blodgett, south by Luther W. Faulkner "about eleven rods and four links", west on the road "as the fence and stone wall now stands". "Being the same premises this day conveyed to me by said Caroline Haynes and others." Assigned to Dudley Foster (Book 92 Page 152), $2,050 still due in 1881; discharged 1881 (Book 147 Page 486). Related: November 4, 1869 Warranty Deed: Caroline Haynes, widow, and the heirs of Lyman Haynes (Tilley, Theodore L., Cyrus K., Charles R., William and John Haynes and Carrie K. Jenkins of Springfield) to William Blanchard of Billerica (70/373) (purchase-money mortgage of the same day)
December 4, 1869	Warranty Deed	Caroline Haynes, widow, and the children of Lyman Haynes (Tilly, Theodore L., Cyrus H., Charles R., William H. and John Haynes, and Carrie H. Jenkins), all of Springfield	Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, both of Billerica	Details	Mears Tavern Captain Joel Dix House 10 Old Elm St Mahoney House Talbot Textile Mills Worker Housing at 24-26 Wilson St 20-22 Wilson St Jones & Foster Store	71/90
	For $3,300, "an undivided third part of a certain parcel of land situate in that part of said Billerica called North Billerica containing four acres more or less with a new store & dwelling house & barn, two red houses, Mears Tavern house & hall, Dix House and barn and other buildings thereon," from the road from North Billerica to Lowell at land of Wilson, by Wilson and C. P. Talbot & Co. to the passage way, by land formerly of Wilson & Gannon to Concord River, and by Talbot land and "the common land" back to the road, reserving the passage way. Also a third of the Rogers farm and of 52 acres bought of Calvin Rogers in 1858 (Book 17, Page 435). Signed November 22, 1869; recorded December 4, 1869. Lyman Haynes had died in 1869; this put his third of the tavern in Jones and Foster. Title from: March 25, 1863 Administrator's Deed: Edwin A. Alger of Lowell, administrator of Joel Dix late of Billerica to Anthony Jones, Lyman Haynes and Dudley Foster, all of Billerica (34/167) (Haynes's third of the 1863 purchases) August 13, 1863 Administrator's Deed: Gardner Parker of Billerica, administrator of Daniel Wilson late of Billerica to Dudley Foster, Lyman Haynes and Anthony Jones, all of Billerica (35/342) (Haynes's third of the 1863 purchases) January 12, 1864 Quitclaim: Almira Dix of Billerica, single woman, an heir of Joel Dix to Lyman Haynes of Billerica (37/63) (Haynes's share of the Dix homestead ninths) March 19, 1866 Quitclaim: Israel A. Colson of Billerica; Rachel Colson, his wife to Lyman Haynes, Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, all of Billerica (47/335) (Haynes's share of the Dix homestead ninths) June 1, 1869 Guardian's Deed: Elijah Corliss of Billerica, guardian of Horace and Clara Olney, minor children of John Olney to Anthony Jones, Dudley Foster and Caroline Haynes, widow of Lyman Haynes, all of Billerica (67/592) (Caroline Haynes's share of the Olney ninth) Title passed to: July 11, 1870 Quitclaim: Adaline Haynes of Springfield, heir of Lyman Haynes to Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, both of Billerica (74/354) (confirms the 1869 heirs' deed) July 15, 1872 Warranty Deed: Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, both of Billerica (Judith Jones and Louisa P. Foster releasing dower and homestead) to Eliza Mahoney of Billerica (87/581) ("our own land": the Dix homestead land Jones and Foster held after 1869) May 9, 1879 Warranty Deed: Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster of Billerica (Judith Jones and Louisa P. Foster releasing dower and homestead) to Eliza Mahoney of Billerica, widow (133/448) (other land of Jones and Foster) August 4, 1883 Quitclaim: Dudley Foster of Billerica, unmarried to Judith Jones of Billerica, widow of Anthony Jones (161/543) (Foster's half of the parcel Jones and Foster owned after 1869) May 28, 1883 Warranty Deed: Dudley Foster of Billerica, unmarried, and Judith Jones of Billerica, widow of Anthony Jones to Herbert Faulkner of Billerica (160/242) (Jones and Foster's four acres, which crossed the passage way to the Elm Street corner)

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.

Caroline Hunt Haynes

Caroline Hunt Haynes

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