Jennie Blodgett House
Jennie Blodgett House
| Address | 12 Andover Rd |
| MACRIS ID | BIL.21 |
| Built | 1892 |
| Demolished | 1973 |
| Other Lot Structures | Graham Building (Built 1973) |
Jennie Blodgett, a teacher, lived with her sister, Marion, who worked as a telephone operator in the office located on the west side of the Lyons' house. As is described in the history of the Blodgett Homestead, Jennie sold the homestead in 1944. Jennie's house became the property of W.W. Madeiros until about 1957. After that, Mary McMenimen was the owner and set up a hairdressing business. In 1973, the property was bought by Graham Builders Inc, who built an office building in the back part of the property and razed the house for a parking lot.
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| July 17, 1799 | Warranty Deed | Solomon Pollard of Billerica, gentleman; Hannah Pollard releasing dower | Asa Duren of Billerica, carpenter | the house lot of 1799, later divided | 133/113 (South) |
For $200, "a certain piece of land situate in said Billerica near the meeting house," beginning at the southwest corner "at an angle in the wall on Sheldens lane so called," east on the lane 7 7/10 rods, north 11 1/10 rods, west 7 7/10 rods "to the Northeast corner of James Abbots land," and south by Abbot's land to the beginning, "containing about one half an acre be the same more or less with all the privileges and appurtenances." No buildings are named and there is no title recital. Signed July 16, acknowledged July 17, 1799 (recording date taken as the acknowledgment). Billerica town book 9, pages 455-456. A year later Duren conveyed the lot "with all the buildings thereon standing," so the house was built by Duren, a carpenter, in 1799-1800.
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| December 25, 1840 | Warranty Deed | Gilman Fletcher of Billerica, yeoman; Hannah Fletcher releasing dower | Orvillers (Orville) M. Blodget of Bedford, joiner | the half-acre lot later divided; the eastern part became this house lot | 397/495 (South) |
For $1,200, "a certain tract or parcel of land & buildings situate in the centre of said town of Billerica about twenty four rods northeast of the meeting house," beginning at the corner of land formerly of Doct. Thaddeus Brown on the north side of "Sheldon's Lane so called," running north by Brown's land and land of Marshall Preston "as the wall now stands" to land of Ichabod Everett, east by Everett 7 7/10 rods to land of Col. John Baldwin, south by Baldwin's land "the line dividing the barn in the middle" 11 1/10 rods to the lane, and west by the lane 7 7/10 rods, "containing half an acre more or less with the buildings thereon." Free of encumbrances "excepting a mortgage to Zadok Howe of six hundred & eighty dollars and interest." No title recital. Dated and acknowledged Sept. 28, recorded Dec. 25, 1840. Billerica town book 17, pages 22-24 (margin: Southern Registry Book 397 Page 495; the 1892 deeds cite it as page 475 and page 495).
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| 1869 | Administration | Estate of Orville (Orvilers) M. Blodgett of Billerica, wheelwright | Samuel F. Thompson of Woburn, administrator; heirs Mary E. Thompson and Joseph E. Blodgett | Orville M. Blodgett estate, the undivided lot, 1869 | Probate #27577 |
Orville M. Blodgett, wheelwright, died intestate March 13, 1869, leaving his widow Emeline H. Blodgett and two children, Mary E. Thompson of Woburn and Joseph E. Blodgett of Billerica. On March 23, 1869 Mary's husband Samuel F. Thompson was appointed administrator with the assent of all parties (bond $3,000). The appraisers (Daniel Floyd, Moses P. Greenwood, Isaac P. Bacon) valued the real estate at $1,600: a "Lot of land containing about one half of an acre, with the Dwelling House, Wheelwright's Shop, and Barn thereon standing situate in Billerica, on the Northerly side of the road leading from the Centre of Billerica to East Billerica"; the personal estate of $735.26 included the furnishings of a store room, parlor, sitting room and dining room and his wheelwright's tools, lathe, horse power, hubs, spokes and felloes. No division was made in probate; the heirs held the lot in common until 1892.
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| March 26, 1892 | Quitclaim (division) | Mary Emeline Thompson of Billerica | Her brother Joseph Edwin Blodgett of Billerica | 1892 division: the eastern lot where this second house was built | 231/317 |
The companion deed of the 1892 division. For one dollar, "a certain tract or parcel of land and buildings thereon, except so much of the dwelling house, the most of which is on the grantor's land and is owned entirely by the grantor, which projects upon the land herein granted including the kitchen," on the north side of the road to Andover formerly Sheldon's Lane, about 322 feet east of the Boston road at the corner of the heirs of the late Col. John Baldwin, running north by the Baldwin heirs "the line dividing the barn in the middle" 188 feet to the Unitarian Parsonage, west 74 1/4 feet, and south by the grantor's share 202 feet to the road. "Being a portion of the same land conveyed to Orville M. Blodgett by Gilman Fletcher" in 1840 (Cambridge Book 397, here miscopied as page 495) and the portion "set off by mutual agreement as the grantee's share." She reserved the right for the kitchen of her house to stand for fifteen years and for the eaves of its main part to project "so long as the house shall last," and conveyed free of her husband's curtesy under a Probate Court decree of Feb. 3, 1892. Signed March 25, 1892.
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| March 28, 1892 | Quitclaim (division) | Joseph Edwin Blodgett of Billerica and Lizzie S. Blodgett | Mary Emeline Thompson of Billerica | Division of the Blodgett land; the eastern part stays with Joseph Edwin Blodgett | 231/319 |
For one dollar and other consideration, "a certain tract or parcel of land and the buildings thereon situated in the centre of said Billerica on the Northerly side of the road to Andover formerly called Sheldon's lane estimated to be about two hundred (200) feet East from the corner of the Main road to Boston": from the southeasterly corner of Luther W. Faulkner's land northerly by Faulkner and the Unitarian Parsonage 215 feet, easterly by the Parsonage 46 1/4 feet, southerly by the grantor's land to the Andover road 47 feet from the beginning, and westerly by the road. "Being the portion of the land inherited by the grantor and grantee from Orville M. Blodgett which has been by mutual agreement set off with the buildings thereon as the share of the grantee and being a portion of the same land conveyed to said Orville M. Blodgett by Gilman Fletcher by deed dated September 27, 1840, and recorded with Middlesex Registry of Deeds at Cambridge Book 397 Page 475," with the right to use water from the well on the grantor's land. Dated and acknowledged March 25, recorded March 28, 1892.
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| October 15, 1915 | Warranty Deed | Joseph Edwin Blodgett of Billerica; Lizzie S. Blodgett releasing dower | Jennie F. Blodgett of Billerica | J. E. Blodgett to Jennie F. Blodgett, the eastern lot and this house | 544/392 |
For one dollar and other consideration, "a certain tract or parcel of land and buildings thereon, except such reservations as are hereinafter mentioned," on the north side of the road to Andover "formerly known as Sheldon's Lane," about 325 feet east of the Boston road at the corner of land formerly of the heirs of Col. John Baldwin, running north 188 feet to the Unitarian Parsonage, west 74 1/4 feet, and south "by the land formerly of Mary Emeline Thompson" 202 feet to the road. "Being the same land conveyed to me by said Mary Emeline Thompson by deed recorded ... libro 231, folio 317," subject to the easements reserved in it. Dated Sept. 25, acknowledged Oct. 13, recorded Oct. 15, 1915. This eastern lot carried the newer Blodgett house; in 1938 Jennie added a strip of it to the homestead lot she sold to Chester G. Derry.
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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.