Structure · Built 1762 · Demolished 1960
Jesse Manning House
The J. Manning House was the farmhouse of the Manning homestead in the west part of Billerica, on a farm lane running south from Treble Cove Road. The 1853 county map labels it "J. Manning", for Jesse Manning (1797-about 1885). Its site is now 42 Nolte Road in the Bridle Acres neighborhood, where a split-entry house was built in 1962.
The farm was the homestead of Jacob Manning, who died intestate in 1762. Shortly before his death he gave his unmarried daughters the use of "a Room in My Dwelling House". In 1769 his other children sold their brother Jesse Manning (1745-1825) "Seventy five acres being the Remainder of the homestead that was our honored Father's", and the 1771 valuation lists "Jesse Manning's place, Treble-Cove Road". In 1824 the elder Jesse deeded "all my lands lying east of Treble cove road, so called, with all the buildings thereon", 75 acres bounded by Charles Cutler, the Winning and Richardson land, Noah Harrod and the Foster and Frost heirs, to his grandson Jesse Manning Jr., who was also the residuary heir under his will.
The younger Jesse farmed the place for sixty years. The 1850 census lists him as a farmer of 53, next door to his son Albert, to whom he had sold a five-acre pasture at the road in 1846 (the A. Manning House). Neighbors' deeds of the 1870s and 1880s call the lane "the road leading to Jesse Manning's house" or "Manning Road". On March 31, 1884, Jesse, with his wife Eleanor releasing her dower, deeded "my Homestead Farm situated in said Billerica with all the buildings thereon", 65 acres within the same bounds as in 1824, to Edwin Manning for $500. Edwin, by then of Taunton, sold the farm in 1901 to Sarah S. Saunders for $3,000, and she sold it in 1905 to Laura M. Rogers.
A 1911 survey made for Laura M. Rogers by O. M. Snell shows the 66.5-acre farm with the farmhouse and barn standing just south of the end of the farm road. The Rogers family sold the farm "with the buildings thereon" to Erik J. and Marie Froom in 1915, the Frooms sold it to John and Annie Thomas in 1928, and the Thomases sold it in 1930 to Kazimer Baniulis, who farmed there for about thirty years. He sold off a corner lot in 1952 and woodland at the south end in 1953 (part of which became Dutile Park). After his death his widow, as administratrix, sold the remaining 29.77 acres in 1960 to James E. Farmer for $32,000. Neither that deed nor the survey made for it mentions any buildings.
Farmer laid the land out that spring as Bridle Acres, Section 2, with Nolte Road, Kern Drive, Kazimer Drive and Baniulis Road. Lot A59, at the corner of Nolte Road and Kern Drive, takes in the old house site. Farmer sold it as vacant land to a Newton builder in June 1962, and in January 1963 the builder sold it "with the buildings thereon", the present house. It has since changed hands privately several times.
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- Billerica assessor, 42 Nolte Rd (parcel 39-39-0), Bridle Acres Lot A59
- Hazen (1883): 1771 valuation ("Jesse Manning's place, Treble-Cove Road") and register, Manning 9, 14, 17, 19
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| 1762 | Administration | Estate of Jacob Manning of Billerica, husbandman, intestate | Martha Manning, his widow, administratrix | Jacob Manning dies 1762; his "Dwelling House" on the homestead | Probate #14582 |
Administration bond of November 1, 1762: Martha Manning, widow, administratrix of "my late husband Jacob Manning late of Billerica ... deceased intestate", sureties Benjamin Lewis and Joshua Abbott Jr., 500 pounds, before Judge Samuel Danforth; warrant of appraisal the same day to Henry Jefts Jr., Isaac Foster and Joshua Abbott Jr. The papers include Jacob's deed of gift of September 3, 1762, giving his daughters Mary, Martha and Esther "the free use of a Room in My Dwelling House" while unmarried, and the inventory of his personal estate (37 sheep, oxen, cows, "about Eleven Tun of Hay in the Barn"), 174 pounds. The real estate was divided among the heirs by deeds in 1769.
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| April 5, 1774 | Heirs Deed | Isaac Manning, Jesse Manning, Thomas Manning and Mary Manning, of Billerica, heirs of Jacob Manning | Their brother Jacob Manning Jr. | the brother Jacob's share of the homestead (related) | 75/486 (South) |
Billerica town book 6, pages 593-594. Dated January 18, 1769, acknowledged March 7, 1769 before William Stickney JP, recorded April 5, 1774. The heirs of Jacob Manning release to their brother Jacob his share of their father's lands, including about 2 1/2 acres at the west end of the lot, west on the road, north on widow Frost, east on land of Jesse Manning and south on Thomas Brown, and a small lot in the great swamp. The companion deed on page 595 gives Jesse the rest of the homestead.
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| April 5, 1774 | Heirs Deed | Jacob Manning Jr., Isaac Manning, husbandman, Thomas Manning, cordwainer, and Mary Manning, tailor, of Billerica, heirs of Jacob Manning | Their brother Jesse Manning of Billerica, husbandman | Jesse Manning buys the 75-acre remainder of his father's homestead | 75/487 (South) |
Billerica town book 6, pages 595-596. Dated January 18, 1769, recorded April 5, 1774. For 136 pounds 8 shillings, all their right in two pieces: "one of Seventy five acres being the Remainder of the homestead that was our honored Father's Jacob Manning late of Billerica deceased, Exclusive of that part that was set off to our Mother ... Martha Manning for her Thirds and what was Bounded and Deeded to the said Jacob Manning" (the brother's share); and about 9 1/2 acres, the middle part of "the Wood Lot at Gilson Hill", south by Thomas Brown, west by Jacob Manning, north by widow Esther Frost and William Stickney, east by Jesse. This 75-acre homestead east of Treble Cove Road included the later Albert D. Manning house lot.
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| February 13, 1824 | Deed | Jesse Manning of Billerica, yeoman | Jesse Manning Junior of Billerica, yeoman | the elder Jesse deeds the 75-acre homestead with the buildings to his grandson Jesse | 252/180 (South) |
Billerica town book 12, pages 344-345. For $500, "all my lands lying east of Treble cove road, so called, with all the buildings thereon", bounded westerly by the road, southerly and southeasterly by land of Charles Cutler, southerly and easterly by land formerly of John Winning and Josiah B. Richardson, easterly by Noah Harrod, and northerly by the heirs of Timothy Foster and of William Frost to the road, "containing seventy five acres, be it more or less". Warranty. Dated February 9, 1824, witnesses Samuel Whiting and Benjamin Frost; recorded February 13, 1824. In the 1840s the land was held by the Jesse Manning (born 1797) whose wife Eleanor joined his deeds of 1842 and 1846.
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| 1825 | Will | Estate of Jesse Manning of Billerica, yeoman | His grandson Jesse Manning, executor and residuary devisee | will of the elder Jesse Manning; real estate to his grandson | Probate #14584 |
Undated will, "weak in body": to "my beloved wife" Abigail her apparel and furniture and what she brought; to "my son Jesse" half my wearing apparel, "which with what he has already had is his equal part of my estate"; "Julia Knapp my daughter has received her full share"; to granddaughter Elizabeth Manning Knapp the effects of "my daughter Mary" and a home in "my dwelling house" while single; and appoints "Jesse Manning my Grand Son sole Executor ... to whom I give and bequeath all my real Estate wherever the same is situated". Witnesses Samuel Whiting, Charles Cutler and Alexander McKee. Lodged November 15, 1825 by the executor, who declined the trust.
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| February 25, 1854 | Deed | Jesse Manning of Billerica, yeoman; Eleanor Manning, his wife, releasing dower | His son Albert Manning of Billerica, yeoman | Jesse sells his son Albert a 5-acre pasture at the road from the homestead (related) | 676/187 (South) |
Billerica town book 19, pages 593-595. For $100, "a certain piece of Pasture land" of 5 acres, beginning at the southwesterly corner "at Triple Cove road, so called, and land of Charles Cutler", easterly by Cutler to a corner of wall between Cutler's land and Jesse's, northerly "by my own land" straight to a corner of a wall at land of Dudley Foster, westerly by Foster to the road, and southerly by the road to the first bound. No buildings are named. Dated and acknowledged April 25, 1846, witnesses Marshall Preston and Henry Manning; recorded February 25, 1854. This is the house lot: Albert built his house on it by 1850.
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| April 4, 1884 | Quitclaim Deed | Jesse Manning of Billerica (Eleanor Manning, his wife, releasing dower and homestead) | Edwin Manning of Billerica | Jesse Manning deeds his "Homestead Farm" to Edwin Manning | 165/559 |
Pages 559-560. For $500, Jesse Manning does "grant remise release and forever quit claim" unto Edwin Manning "my Homestead Farm situated in said Billerica with all the buildings thereon", bounded westerly by land of E. R. Fowler, southerly and southeasterly by land formerly of Charles Cutler, southerly and easterly by land formerly owned by John Winning and Josiah B. Richardson, easterly by land formerly of Noah Harrod, and northerly by the heirs of Timothy Foster and of William Frost, "containing sixty five acres be it more or less". These are the bounds of the 75-acre homestead deeded to Jesse in 1824, less the lots sold to his son Albert. Dated March 31, 1884, witness Dudley Foster; acknowledged the same day before Dudley Foster JP; recorded April 4, 1884.
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| January 9, 1901 | Warranty Deed | Edwin Manning of Taunton (Carrie H. Manning releasing dower and homestead) | Sarah S. Saunders of Lowell | Edwin Manning sells the Homestead Farm to Sarah S. Saunders | 327/7 |
Pages 7-8. Dated Jan. 7, 1901, acknowledged before Herbert A. King JP; recorded Jan. 9, 1901; $3.00 in stamps. For $3,000, "my Homestead Farm situated in Billerica Mass. with all the buildings thereon", bounded west by land of E. R. Fowler, south by land formerly of Charles Cutler, south and east by land formerly of John Winning and Josiah B. Richardson, east by land formerly of Noah Harrod, and north by the heirs of Timothy Foster and of William Frost, "containing sixty five acres", "the same premises as conveyed to me by deed of Jesse Manning ... Book 165 Page 559". Saunders gave back a $2,500 mortgage the same day (page 8).
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| August 21, 1905 | Warranty Deed | Sarah S. Saunders of Lowell, widow | Laura M. Rogers of Lowell, wife of Alonzo D. Rogers | sold to Laura M. Rogers; 1911 plan shows the house and barn | 381/213 |
Pages 213-214. Dated Aug. 19, 1905, acknowledged before Chas. H. McIntire JP; recorded Aug. 21, 1905. For one dollar and other valuable consideration, "a certain farm situated in Billerica ... with the buildings thereon", the same bounds (Fowler, Cutler, Winning and Richardson, Harrod, Foster and Frost heirs), "containing sixty-five acres", "the same premises to me conveyed by Edwin Manning by deed dated January 7th 1901 ... Book 327 Page 7", subject to the taxes for 1905.
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| May 12, 1915 | Warranty Deed | Alonzo D. Rogers and Laura M. Rogers, his wife, in her own right, both of Billerica | Erik J. Froom and Marie Froom, his wife, both of Boston, tenants by the entirety | Rogers sell the farm with the buildings to Erik J. and Marie Froom | 537/376 |
Pages 376-378, $3.00 in stamps. "For consideration paid", with warranty covenants, "that parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated in the westerly part of said Billerica on a lane or road leading southerly from Treble Cove Road so-called", beginning at the northwest corner at the lane and land of one Hamstead, southwesterly by the lane 1013.58 feet to land of one Hutchins, around the Hutchins lot, then by a ditch and stone wall along land of one Wilson, by land of Rollins, Warren Shedd, Dudley Foster and Anthony J. Bemis, the 66.5-acre farm of the 1911 Rogers plan (Plan Book 29 Plan 46). Dated May 6, 1915 (as recited in Book 771 Page 358); recorded after a discharge of the Rogers mortgage of 1914 (Book 522 Page 109) on May 12, 1915.
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| December 4, 1928 | Quitclaim Deed | Erik J. Froom and Marie Froom of Billerica, husband and wife | John Thomas and Annie Thomas of Boston, husband and wife | Frooms sell to John and Annie Thomas | 771/358 |
Pages 358-360. Dated and acknowledged Dec. 4, 1928; recorded the same day. A parcel "with the buildings thereon situated in the westerly part of said Billerica on a lane or road leading southerly from Treble Cove Road so-called", by the lane, Hutchins, Wilson, Rollins, "Warren Shedd", Dudley Foster, Anthony J. Bemis, Farmer and Hamstead, "Containing sixty-six and 5/10 (66.5) acres", shown on "Plan of Land in Billerica, Mass., belonging to Laura M. Rogers, June 1911, O. M. Snell, C. E." (Plan Book 29 Plan 46), "the same premises to said Laura M. Rogers conveyed by Sarah S. Saunders ... Book 381, Page 213", subject to a 1911 mortgage to the Central Savings Bank; "Being the same premises conveyed to us by Laura M. Rogers by deed dated May 6, 1915 ... Book 537, Page 376."
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| January 30, 1930 | Quitclaim Deed | John Thomas and Annie Thomas of Billerica, husband and wife | Kazimer Baniulis of Boston | Thomases sell to Kazimer Baniulis | 786/277 |
Pages 277-279. Dated and acknowledged Jan. 30, 1930 (Suffolk); recorded the same day. The same 66.5 acres "with the buildings thereon" on the lane south of Treble Cove Road, by the same bounds and the 1911 Rogers plan, subject to the Central Savings Bank mortgage and a second mortgage of $1,700, "Being the same premises conveyed to us by Erik J. Froom and Marie Froom ... Book 771, Page 358." Baniulis gave a $4,000 mortgage to Peter Banlis the same day.
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| November 12, 1953 | Quitclaim Deed | Kazimer Baniulis of Billerica (Anna Baniulis releasing dower) | George W. Jones, Walter Arakelian and Morris Arakelian of Billerica, tenants in common | Baniulis sells woodland at the south end of the farm (related) | 1240/192 |
Pages 192-193. Dated, acknowledged and recorded Nov. 12, 1953. Two parcels of "woodland and borrow pits" off the old road south of Treble Cove Road: about 16.5 acres, and 15.8 acres to the south shown on "Plan of Land in Billerica, Surveyed for George W. Jones, dated November, 1953, by James B. Monahan" (Plan Book 83 Plan 111), bounded by Rollins, Shedd, Riverpines Units 6, 1 and 5 and other land of Baniulis, with a 40-foot right of way between them. "Being a portion of the premises conveyed to this grantor by deed of John Thomas and Annie Thomas dated January 30, 1930 ... Book 786, Page 277", and of the 1911 Rogers plan (Plan Book 29 Plan 46).
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| May 20, 1960 | Administrator's Deed | Anna M. Banulis of Billerica, administratrix of the estate of Kazimer Banulis, sometimes known as Kazimer Baniulis | James E. Farmer of Billerica | Baniulis estate sells the 29.77 acres incl. the house site to James E. Farmer | 1476/140 |
For $32,000, under a license of the Probate Court dated April 20, 1960, "the land" shown on "Plan of Land in Billerica, Mass. surveyed for James E. Farmer", March 1960, Emmons and Fleming (Plan Book 92 Plan 121), 29.77 acres: southeasterly by the Town of Billerica 1371.02 feet, southwesterly by John Biagiotti, westerly by Biagiotti and Anna Pomarnacki, northerly by Pomarnacki, Rahicki and "a way known as Charles Anna Lane", by land of Hutchins and of Farmer, and southeasterly by Roy F. and Olive S. Feemster. Title by the probate of Kazimer Banulis (docket 359203) and the 1930 Thomas deed, Book 786 Page 277, "of which herein conveyed land is a portion". No buildings are named, and none are drawn on the plan. The land became Bridle Acres, Section 2 (Plan Book 93 Plan 60, April 1960). In March 1960 the estate had also sold Farmer 72,370 square feet to the east (Book 1469 Page 260).
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| June 13, 1962 | Quitclaim Deed | James E. Farmer and Phyllis C. Farmer, husband and wife, of Billerica | A builder of Newton (of Hart-Yoffe Associates, Inc., of Natick) | Lot A59 of Bridle Acres, the house site, sold as vacant land | 1559/381 |
"For consideration paid", with quitclaim covenants, "three certain lots of land", Lots A57, A59 and A28 on the "Definitive Plan of Bridle Acres - Section 2, Billerica, Massachusetts, owned by James E. Farmer", April 1960, Emmons and Fleming (Plan Book 93 Plan 60), with rights of way over Janice Road, Baniulis Road, Nolte Road, Kazimir Drive, Phyllis Drive and Kern Drive (Plan Books 93-60, 94-146 and 92-86). Dated June 1962, recorded June 13, 1962. Lot A59, at Nolte Road and Kern Drive, takes in the site of the old Manning farmhouse and was then vacant.
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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.