Heald Red Barn
Heald Red Barn
| Address | 475 Boston Rd |
| Built | 1850 |
| Other Lot Structures | Benjamin K. Heald House (Built 1845) |
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| August 15, 1860 | Executrix's Deed | Elizabeth C. Norton of Billerica, singlewoman, executrix of the will of the Rev. Jacob Norton | Benjamin K. Heald of Billerica, yeoman | 1858: the executrix of the Rev. Jacob Norton sells Heald the "Norton land" south of the house lot | 25/145 |
Licensed by the Probate Court at Lowell on June 1, 1858, after notice in the American Citizen of Lowell, she sold at public auction on December 11, 1858 to Heald, the highest bidder, for $1,650, "a portion of the Homestead of late said Jacob Norton," bounded north by Heald's land (J. J. Gorham named in error), west by land lately of Wm. Bowers, south and west by "the Stickney farm & Bell Meadow so called, now belonging to Dr. Josiah Bowers," and east by "the road leading from Billerica Centre to Boston," "being a part of said Jacob Norton's homestead which was mortgaged by said Jacob, my father, to me" in 1835. Dated December 18, 1858, witnessed by George H. Whitman; Heald gave a mortgage back of $1,100. This "Norton land" south of the house lot was sold with it in 1898 and later.
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| August 23, 1899 | Administrator's Deed | Herbert A. King of Billerica, administrator of the estate of Benjamin K. Heald | Walter A. Drucker of Billerica | 1898: Heald's administrator sells the house lot and the Norton land to Walter A. Drucker | 311/288 |
By license of the Probate Court of June 21, 1898, at private sale for $4,500, "a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated on the West side of the road leading from Boston to Lowell containing one acre more or less," from the northeast corner at the road and land of John J. Gorham, 26 rods 12 feet by Gorham, 6 rods by land formerly of Jacob Norton and back to the road, "Also another tract of land adjoining the above known as the 'Norton land'," bought by Heald from Elizabeth C. Norton in 1858 (Book 25, Page 145), "Reserving and excepting ... all that portion of the above premises conveyed by said Benjamin K. Heald to Caroline Barker consisting of about one half acre with buildings thereon." Dated August 31, 1898, recorded August 23, 1899. Drucker mortgaged the property to Sidney A. Bull, treasurer of the First Orthodox Congregational Society, for $2,000 (Book 311, Page 289), discharged in 1902.
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| October 16, 1901 | Warranty Deed | Walter A. Drucker of Billerica (Edith A. Drucker releasing) | M. Alice Cox of Lowell | 1901: Drucker to M. Alice Cox (straw) | 336/539 |
For $1, the one acre "with the buildings thereon situated on the west side of the road leading from Boston to Lowell," by John G. Gorham and land formerly of Jacob Norton, and the adjoining "Norton land," "being the same premises conveyed to me by Herbert A. King, Administrator of the Estate of Benjamin K. Heald" (Book 311, Page 288), excepting the Caroline Barker half acre. Dated October 12, 1901. A straw conveyance: the same day Cox quitclaimed the property to Drucker's wife (Book 336, Page 541).
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| October 16, 1901 | Quitclaim Deed | M. Alice Cox of Lowell, unmarried | Edith A. Drucker of Billerica, in her own right | 1901: Cox to Edith A. Drucker, Walter's wife | 336/541 |
For $1, the same one acre "with the buildings thereon" on the west side of the road from Boston to Lowell and the Norton land, "being the same premises conveyed to me by Walter A. Drucker by deed of even date," excepting the Caroline Barker half acre; covenants against her own acts only. Dated October 12, 1901.
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| May 14, 1902 | Warranty Deed | Walter A. Drucker and Edith A. Drucker, his wife, in her own right, of Billerica | George C. Crosby of Billerica | 1902: the Druckers sell to George C. Crosby | 343/432 |
For $1 and other valuable considerations, the same one acre "with the buildings thereon" on the west side of the road from Boston to Lowell, by land of John J. Gorham and land formerly of Jacob Norton, and the adjoining "Norton land," "being the same premises as conveyed to me by M. Alice Cox by deed dated October 12, 1901" (Book 336, Page 541; Drucker had passed the title through Cox to his wife in 1901), excepting the Caroline Barker half acre; subject to a five-year lease to the Billerica Electric Company of September 10, 1901. Dated April 1, 1902, acknowledged before Herbert A. King.
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| November 2, 1920 | Warranty Deed | George C. Crosby of Billerica (Belle F. Crosby releasing dower and homestead) | Robert L. Innis and Dougal McLennan of Billerica | 1920: Crosby sells to Robert L. Innis and Dougal McLennan | 635/489 |
For $1 and other valuable considerations ($9.00 in stamps), "a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon" on the west side of the road from Boston to Lowell, from its northeast corner by land of Augusta Fisk, around land of Alexander H. Mitchel and a ditch to land of one Fred Mason, by Mason on a stone wall to the Boston and Lowell road, and around the Barker land; "Being all the same premises conveyed to me by Walter A. Drucker et ux by deed dated April 1, 1902," except the part sold to Moses C. Mitchell in 1911 (Book 465). Dated October 27, 1920; Innis and McLennan gave Crosby a mortgage back, discharged in 1924 (Book 635, Pages 490 and 491). Innis and McLennan, builders and developers, later cut a 75-foot house lot from the road front (mortgage of 1939, Book 930, Page 217, Plan Book 62, Plan 8A). Robert L. Innis died about 1955 (Middlesex Probate 320444), and in 1959 his widow Gertrude Sarah Innis conveyed his lands to a family member (Book 1457, Page 599); the property has stayed in the Innis family, in a family trust since 1994.
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Recorded is Book/Page at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds unless noted.