Martin Lane House
Martin Lane House
| Address | River St |
| Built | 1880 |
| Demolished | 1967 |
| Other Lot Structures | Jonathan Danforth House (1655 - 1879) |
Built upon the site of Jonathan Danforth's house, Martin Lane built his own family homestead.
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| April 10, 1773 | Deed | Jonathan Whiting | Benjamin Lewis | Earlier title to the Lane lot | 74/273 (South) |
Messuage and 24 acres for 253 pounds 6 shillings 8 pence, bounded easterly by Oliver Abbott 52 poles to William Baldwin; northerly by Baldwin 75 3/4 poles to John Parker; westerly by Parker 61 1/2 poles to Capt. Enoch Kidder; southerly by Kidder 52 poles to a town gate, then 13 poles by the highway to the first bound; excepting a bridle way two rods wide. Jonathan Whiting (b. 1723) was the son of Oliver Whiting Jr.; no deed to him was found, so he probably inherited it. Signed March 24, 1760; recorded April 10, 1773. Billerica town book 6, pages 532-534.
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| September 24, 1784 | Deed | Benjamin Lewis | Elijah Danforth | Earlier title to the Lane lot | 81/440 (South) |
Messuage and 24 acres "near the Center of the Town" for 266 pounds 13 shillings 4 pence, with the same bounds as the 1760 deed (Oliver Abbott, William Baldwin's heirs, John Parker, Capt. Enoch Kidder, town gate and highway), excepting the bridle way. Elijah Danforth, a blacksmith and a descendant of Jonathan Danforth, brought the old homestead back into the family. Signed Aug. 28, 1764 with Elizabeth Lewis; recorded Sept. 24, 1784. Billerica town book 7, pages 312-314.
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| September 4, 1784 | Deed | Elijah Danforth | William Bowers | Earlier title to the Lane lot | 85/528 (South) |
24 acres with the buildings for 328 pounds: beginning at the southeasterly angle by the highway near the pound at Oliver Abbot's land, northerly by Abbot 52 poles to the heirs of William Baldwin, westerly by Baldwin 75 3/4 poles to John Parker, southerly by Parker 61 1/2 poles to "the road or way leading from the meeting house over the middle bridge," easterly by that way about 63 poles to the first bound. Signed March 4, 1784 with his wife Elizabeth; recorded Sept. 4, 1784. Hazen lists William Bowers at the "Old Danforth place, on West St." His daughters Priscilla, Mary (Molly) and Fanny later left it to the First Baptist Church and the town, who sold it to Martin Lane in 1871. Billerica town book 7, pages 414-416.
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| September 11, 1880 | Quitclaim | Inhabitants of the Town of Billerica | Martin Lane | Lot on which Lane built his house after 1878 | 141/370 |
Two undivided third parts of about 24 acres with a dwelling house and barn, for $1,933.33. Bounded beginning at the southeasterly corner at the wall on the highway leading to Middle Bridge at land of Josiah Richardson; northerly by Richardson, the heirs of Joel Richardson, and land of Dudley Foster and Mrs. Parker to land of the heirs of Joshua Bennett; westerly by Bennett about 75 3/4 poles to land of Phebe Hutchins; southerly by Hutchins to the highway about 81 1/2 poles; easterly by the highway to the first bound about 83 poles. Part of the real estate devised to the town by Molly (Mary) Bowers and Fanny Bowers, daughters of Dr. William Bowers. Signed May 25, 1871 by Dudley Foster, Israel A. Colson and David L. Mason, a committee authorized by town meeting vote of May 2, 1871; recorded Sept 11, 1880.
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| September 11, 1880 | Quitclaim | Members of the First Baptist Church and Society of Billerica | Martin Lane | Lot on which Lane built his house after 1878 | 141/371 |
The remaining undivided third part of the same 24 acres with dwelling house and barn on the highway leading to Middle Bridge, same bounds as Book 141 Page 370, for $966.67. Part of the real estate devised to the church by Priscilla Bowers (1781-1869), daughter of Dr. William Bowers. Signed May 25, 1871 by Edward Spaulding and George C. Gilman, a committee authorized at a meeting of the church and society May 1, 1871; recorded Sept 11, 1880.
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| December 31, 1945 | Quitclaim | Mary E. Lane | Martin Lane Kennelly Jr. and Charles Nuttall Kennelly | Lane Homestead passes to the Kennellys | 1035/298 |
Four parcels in Billerica to the two Kennellys as tenants in common. The third is "the Lane Homestead," 24 acres with the dwelling house and barn, "on the highway leading to Middle Bridge (now known as River Street)," described with the same bounds as the 1871 deeds to Martin Lane (Book 141 Pages 370-371), except parcels Martin Lane had sold to Catherine Kennelly in 1885 (Book 175 Page 257) and to Mary N. Casey in 1886 (Book 186 Page 596) and 1889 (Book 205 Page 544). Mary E. Lane's title came from four 1917 deeds from the Lane heirs (Book 576 Pages 248, 249, 383, 385). Consideration under $100.
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| October 30, 1953 | Quitclaim | Martin Lane Kennelly Jr. and Charles Nuttall Kennelly | Inhabitants of the Town of Billerica | Part of the Lane Homestead sold to the town for the high school | 1239/72 |
About 19.4 acres on the northerly side of River Street, Lots A and C on "Plan of Land for Proposed High School in Billerica, Mass.," Jan. 28, 1953, by Albert A. Miller and Wilbur C. Nylander. Abutters: Kennelly (east), Finnigan, Carr, Pollard, Daniels, Drucker, the Town of Billerica, Cochrane, Sandberg and Landau. "Being a portion of the third lot" (the Lane Homestead) in the 1945 deed from Mary E. Lane, Book 1035 Page 298. Bought under Article 34 of the March 21, 1953 town meeting, which fixed the new high school site off River Street and appropriated $19,000; Lot B came from Andrew Finnegan by exchange under Article 35. Signed Oct. 22, 1953; recorded Oct. 30, 1953.
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Recorded is Book/Page at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds unless noted.