Structure · Built 1880
North Billerica Market
This page is about the building. For the business, see North Billerica Market.
North Billerica Market
| Address | 16-18 Wilson St |
| MACRIS ID | BIL.108 |
| Built | 1880 |
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The North Billerica Market at 16-18 Wilson Street is a two-story store and dwelling on the river side of the street, a short walk south of Elm Street and the Talbot Mills. It was built in the 1880s by Elizabeth Auty, a widow, on a narrow lot running from Wilson Street to the Concord River, and it stayed in her family for more than sixty years.
The land was once part of the farm behind Nathan Mears's tavern. After Mears died it passed to Joel Dix and Daniel Wilson, and in 1863-1870 the storekeepers Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster bought up the tavern and Dix homestead land on the east side of Wilson Street. On May 27, 1881 Jones and Foster sold Elizabeth Auty "a certain tract of land situate on Wilson St. North Billerica", seven rods wide, from the land of Eliza Mahoney north along the street, and running back about twenty rods to the river. She paid part of the price with a $200 mortgage to Jones. On November 16, 1881 they added a two-rod strip on the north, which she mortgaged back to Jones the same day "reserving the engine house thereon with all their rights for removing the same"; that deed itself was never recorded. The same day she sold 8 1/4 feet on the south side to Eliza Mahoney, and in August 1882 she sold the town the next two rods, where the North Billerica engine house stood by 1885 (see Mahoney House). What was left was a lot 107 feet wide from Wilson Street to the river.
The store does not appear on the 1875 map but is on the 1887 engraving of North Billerica and on the 1889 map, labeled "Mrs. L. Auty, store". When Jones's widow Judith bought out Dudley Foster in 1883, her land began "at land of Mrs. Auty", and in 1907 the Talbot Mills bought the Jones land up to "the northwest corner of land formerly of Elizabeth Auty supposed now of Mrs. J. Perry", 248 feet south of Elm Street.
Elizabeth Auty died intestate at Providence, Rhode Island, on December 26, 1899. Her heirs were her daughter Jennie E. Perry and her sons John W. Auty and Charles H. Auty. Jennie Perry, the "Mrs. J. Perry" of the 1907 deed, came to hold two thirds of the lot, and on her death before 1910 her only heir, her son Louis I. Perry, inherited them; John W. Auty kept the other third. Louis Perry, then of New York and later of Newton Centre and Braintree, mortgaged his share several times between 1910 and 1930, and in 1930 he and his uncle mortgaged the whole lot to the Washington Savings Institution of Lowell. Through these years the store was rented; city directories of 1931-1942 list a market at 18 Wilson Street, and North Billerica yearbook advertisements of 1940-1941 name H. Robertson. The Talbot Mills deeds of 1939-1961 for the double house next door name "Louis J. Perry" as the southern abutter.
In July 1945 the family sold out. Fred S. Auty, administrator of John W. Auty, sold his third for $733.33 under a license of the Probate Court, and Louis I. Perry sold his two thirds, both to Charles H. Hall and Sarah Josephine Hall, husband and wife. The Halls kept the building until after Charles H. Hall Sr. died in March 1978; Josephine Hall then sold it for $25,000. It changed hands twice in 1986, the second time to a North Billerica development partnership, and has been a privately owned two-family house since 1998. The assessor lists it on 0.75 acres with a construction date of "about 1892", a few years later than the maps show.
Earlier accounts said that Elizabeth Auty herself "became Mrs. J. Perry". The deeds show instead that Mrs. Perry was her daughter, who inherited the lot after 1899. The building is part of the North Billerica (Talbot Mills) historic district.
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- MACRIS BIL.108
- Billerica assessor, 16-18 Wilson St (parcel 9-132-0): two-family house built about 1892 on 0.75 acres; sales 1986-2017
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| September 23, 1820 | Deed | Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, by John L. Sullivan, agent | Nathan Mears of Billerica, yeoman | 1819: the canal proprietors sell Nathan Mears the farm behind his tavern; the market lot is part of it | 235/64 (South) |
For $813.18, "a certain tract of land ... containing by measure twenty seven acres and seventeen poles being a part of the Richardson farm," from the southeasterly corner at Concord River "north of the ford way," easterly by "the road leading to the Canal mills" to "land of the Proprietors laid out in small lots," then by the Proprietors' land and several short courses to the river "according to the annexed plat," and by the river to the beginning. Signed August 10, 1819; recorded September 23, 1820. Billerica town book 12, pages 172-173. This became the Mears homestead farm around the tavern lot.
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| June 24, 1828 | Administration | Estate of Nathan Mears of Billerica, yeoman | His minor children Edwin, Charles, Nathan, Lucy Ann and Elbert Mears; Marshall Preston, administrator | 1828 estate of Nathan Mears; the homestead was lotted in 1832 | Probate #14955 |
Nathan Mears died in June 1828 leaving "no widow, nor heirs of twenty one years of age"; at his children's request (and his own before his death) Marshall Preston of Billerica was appointed administrator at Framingham June 24, 1828, bond $30,000. The inventory lists the homestead of about 27 acres with three dwelling houses, the saw mill, "The Woolen Factory, occupied by Francis Faulkner & son", the forge, the old homestead of Thomas Mears, the Patten lot, and "The Zac. Shed Lot, 7 acres" at $210, with no buildings. Real estate $15,245.
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| January 12, 1836 | Guardian's Deed | Nathaniel Stearns of Billerica, yeoman, guardian of Edwin and Charles Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears | Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman | 1832: guardians sell two fifths of the tavern stand and Mears land to Joel Dix | 349/237 (South) |
Licensed by the Supreme Judicial Court and sold at public vendue March 20, 1832, for $3,276.17, two undivided fifth parts of five tracts, first "a part of the homestead of said deceased, situate at the Canal Mills so called, containing three acres and fifty five & a half rods, with the Tavern house, one small house in the rear of said Tavern house, two barns and other out buildings thereon standing," from a corner "in the front yard between said Tavern house & said Dix's dwelling house," by Dix's land and the Garden lot to Concord River, by the river 20 rods to a board fence, and by the passage way on S. Livingston's plan of the homestead, Isaiah Bussey's house lot and "the side house lot" to the road: "lots numbered one & eleven on said plan." Also lot 9, the Patten lot, the Trull pasture and half the Sims place. Recorded January 12, 1836. Billerica town book 15, pages 223-226.
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| January 12, 1836 | Guardian's Deed | John Baldwin of Billerica, Esquire, guardian of Lucy Ann, Nathan and Elbert Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears | Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman | 1832: the other three fifths to Joel Dix | 349/240 (South) |
At the same vendue of March 20, 1832, for $3,276.17, the other three undivided fifth parts of the same tracts, first "a part of the Homestead of said deceased situate at the Canal Mills so called containing three acres and fifty five & a half rods with the Tavern House one small house in the rear of said Tavern house, two barns and other out buildings thereon standing," bounded as in Stearns's deed. With that deed it gave Joel Dix the whole tavern stand. Acknowledged April 2, 1832; recorded January 12, 1836. Billerica town book 15, pages 226-230.
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| May 24, 1834 | Quitclaim | Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman; Priscilla Dix, his wife, releasing dower | Daniel Wilson of Billerica, yeoman | 1834: Dix sells Daniel Wilson a third of the tavern lot | 331/519 (South) |
For $668, "one undivided third part of one acre and sixty four and a half rods of land more or less with the buildings thereon standing formerly known as the Mears Tavern stand situate in said Billerica at the Canal Mills so called," from the corner "in the front yard between said Tavern house and said Dix's dwelling house," by Dix's homestead lot and the garden lot to the passage way, by Isaiah Bussey's house lot and "the widow Anna Wood's house lot" to the highway: "lot numbered one on the plan taken by S. Livingston of the homestead of N. Mears deceased March 3d 1832." Signed March 26, 1834; recorded May 24, 1834. Billerica town book 13, pages 559-561.
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| 1859 | Guardianship and Administration | Joel Dix of Billerica, "an insane person"; his estate after his death in December 1860 | Horace N. Wilson of Billerica, guardian; Edwin A. Alger of Lowell, administrator | estate of Joel Dix | Probate #30707 |
On his daughter Mary Dix's petition Joel Dix was found "an insane person" and Horace N. Wilson was appointed his guardian at Groton May 24, 1859. The inventory of June 7, 1859 lists about four acres "known as the Homestead" with buildings ($3,200), the "Tavern Stand," 4 acres ($3,667), and meadow and wood lots. The guardian's license of February 7, 1860 to sell for maintenance covered only meadow and wood lots. After Dix's death the administrator was licensed April 1, 1862 to sell real estate, including the two thirds of the tavern stand.
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| 1861 | Administration | Estate of Daniel Wilson of Billerica, who died November 29, 1861 intestate | Gardner Parker of Billerica, administrator; widow Mary Wilson and eight children | 1861 estate of Daniel Wilson | Probate #44864 |
Gardner Parker, husband of Wilson's daughter Adeline, petitioned December 11, 1861 that Daniel Wilson had died November 29, 1861 intestate, leaving his widow Mary and children Mary J. Wilkins, Adeline M. Parker, Horace N. Wilson, Daniel A. Wilson (at Rattlesnake Bar, California), Israel N. Wilson (a captain then serving in Virginia), Frances A. Faulkner and Charles H. Wilson; he was appointed administrator at Cambridge December 24, 1861. The license of April 7, 1863 led to the sale of Wilson's third of the Mears Tavern stand.
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| March 25, 1863 | Administrator's Deed | Edwin A. Alger of Lowell, administrator of Joel Dix late of Billerica | Anthony Jones, Lyman Haynes and Dudley Foster, all of Billerica | 1863: Dix administrator sells two thirds of the tavern lot to Jones, Haynes and Foster | 34/167 |
Licensed by the Probate Court April 1, 1862, and sold at public auction March 21, 1863, for $1,600: "two undivided third parts of one acre and sixty four and a half rods of land more or less, with the buildings thereon standing, formerly known as the Mears Tavern stand, situate in said Billerica at the Canal Mills," bounded from the front yard "between said Tavern house and said Dix dwelling house" by the late Joel Dix's homestead lot, the garden lot, the passage way, Isaiah Bussey's house lot and "the widow Anna Wood's house lot" to the highway: "lot numbered one on the plan taken by S. Livingston of the homestead of N. Mears, deceased, March 3d A.D. 1832," meaning the two thirds "which vested in Joel Dix at the time of his decease." Recorded March 25, 1863.
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| August 13, 1863 | Administrator's Deed | Gardner Parker of Billerica, administrator of Daniel Wilson late of Billerica | Dudley Foster, Lyman Haynes and Anthony Jones, all of Billerica | 1863: Wilson administrator sells the other third to the same three | 35/342 |
Licensed April 7, 1863 and sold at public auction July 13, 1863: all Wilson's interest "in and to one undivided third part of one acre and sixty four & one half rods of land more or less, with the buildings thereon standing, formerly known as the Mears Tavern stand, situate in said Billerica at the Canal Mills," bounded from the front yard "between said Tavern House and the dwelling house now or formerly of Joel Dix," "being lot number one on plan taken by S. Livingston of the homestead of N. Mears deceased March 3 1832 and being the same premises conveyed to said Daniel Wilson by Joel Dix by deed dated March 26, 1834 ... Book 331 Page 519." With the Dix administrator's deed of March 1863 this gave the three buyers the whole tavern. Signed July 13, 1863; recorded August 13, 1863.
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| August 13, 1863 | Release of Dower | Mary Wilson of Billerica, widow of Daniel Wilson | Dudley Foster, Lyman Haynes and Anthony Jones | 1863 release of dower by the widow Mary Wilson | 35/344 |
For a small sum the widow released "all my right, title and interest in and to the premises described in the within deed, and all right, title and claim of or to dower in the same," the third of the Mears Tavern stand sold by her husband's administrator. Signed July 13, 1863; recorded August 13, 1863.
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| May 4, 1864 | Executor's Deed | Dudley Foster of Billerica, executor of the will of Mary Dix, daughter of Joel Dix | Anthony Jones of Billerica | 1864: the Dix homestead east of the passage way sold to Anthony Jones | 37/584 |
Licensed by the Probate Court at Lowell April 5, 1864 and sold at public auction April 30, 1864, for $200: "all the right title and interest that Mary Dix late of said Billerica, deceased, had at her decease as heir at law in and to ... the homestead of Joel Dix late of Billerica, deceased, situate in North Billerica, containing about three acres more or less," from the road at land of Lyman Haynes and others (the tavern lot), south about fifteen rods, west to a passage way, south on it, east to Concord River, north along the river at low water mark to C. P. Talbot & Co., and by Talbot's land back to the road. Recorded May 4, 1864 (index date). Joel Dix's homestead had descended to his heirs in shares; this was the first share Anthony Jones acquired.
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| 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 | 1869: Haynes heirs sell their third to Jones and Foster | 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.
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| July 11, 1870 | Quitclaim | Adaline Haynes of Springfield, heir of Lyman Haynes | Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, both of Billerica | 1870 quitclaim of the last Haynes heir; Jones and Foster own the land east of Wilson St | 74/354 |
For $1, all her right in "the lands and tenements described in a certain deed of Caroline Haynes and others to said Jones and Foster dated November 22d 1869 and Recorded with Middlesex North District Deeds Book 71 Page 90," the Haynes third of the four acres with the Mears Tavern house and hall. Signed June 13, 1870; recorded July 11, 1870. The one Haynes heir who had not signed the 1869 deed.
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| June 3, 1881 | Warranty Deed | Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, both of Billerica (with Judith Jones and Louisa P. Foster releasing dower and homestead) | Elizabeth Auty of Billerica, widow | 1881: Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster sell the widow Elizabeth Auty the seven-rod lot from Wilson St to the river | 145/577 |
"In consideration of Seven hundred dollars" (reading uncertain) paid by Elizabeth Auty, widow, warranty of "a certain tract of land situate on Wilson St. North Billerica": beginning at land of Elizabeth Mahoney on Wilson Street, easterly by Mahoney's land to a bound at Concord River, northerly on the river seven rods to a bound at other land of Jones and Foster, westerly by land of Jones and Foster about twenty rods to a bound on Wilson Street, and southerly on Wilson Street seven rods to the beginning. No buildings are named. Judith Jones, wife of Anthony, and Louisa P. Foster, wife of Dudley, release dower and homestead. Dated May 27, 1881 (witness Lizzie R. Jones), acknowledged the same day before Albert D. Stanton JP; recorded June 3, 1881 at 12:15 PM (margin "Jones & Foster to Auty"). The land was part of the old Mears tavern and Dix homestead land that Jones and Foster had bought in 1863-1870.
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| June 3, 1881 | Mortgage | Elizabeth Auty of Billerica, widow | Anthony Jones of Billerica | 1881 purchase-money mortgage to Anthony Jones | 145/578 |
For $200 paid by Anthony Jones, mortgage of the same seven-rod tract on Wilson Street (Eliza Mahoney south, Concord River east seven rods, Jones and Foster north about twenty rods), payable in two years with interest at six per cent, the mortgagor to "keep the buildings thereon insured" (printed form). Dated May 27, 1881; recorded June 3, 1881 with the deed (margin "Auty to Jones", "see Rel Book 155 Page 246"). Part of the purchase price left on mortgage.
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| December 3, 1881 | Mortgage | Elizabeth Auty of Billerica (her mark) | Anthony Jones of Billerica | Nov 1881: Jones and Foster add a two-rod strip on the north (unrecorded deed recited in this mortgage) | 149/295 |
For $100 paid by Anthony Jones, mortgage of "a certain tract of land situated in North Billerica": beginning at the southwest corner of the premises "at my other land and on Wilson Street", easterly by the grantor's land to Concord River, northerly by the river two rods to a bound at land of Jones and Foster, westerly by Jones and Foster land parallel with the first line and two rods from it to Wilson Street, and southerly on the street two rods; "Reserving the engine house thereon with all their rights for removing the same. Being the same premises conveyed to me this day by Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster." Payable in one year at six per cent. Signed November 16, 1881, witness Dudley Foster, acknowledged before him as JP; recorded December 3, 1881 at 11:30 AM (pages 295-296). The deed of the two-rod strip from Jones and Foster, made the same day, was never recorded; with it the Auty land became about nine rods wide (148 1/2 feet), of which 8 1/4 feet went to Eliza Mahoney the same day (Book 160 Page 103) and two rods to the town in 1882 (Book 155 Page 247), leaving the 107-foot market lot.
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| May 21, 1883 | Warranty Deed | Elizabeth Auty of Billerica, widow (her mark) | Eliza Mahoney of Billerica | Nov 1881: Elizabeth Auty sells 8 1/4 feet off the south side of her land to Eliza Mahoney | 160/103 |
For $50, "A certain tract of land situate in North Billerica": from the southwest corner at land of Mahoney on Wilson Street, east by Mahoney's land to Concord River, north by the river eight and one quarter feet to other land of the grantor, west parallel with the first line and 8 1/4 feet from it to Wilson Street, and south 8 1/4 feet on the street. Dated Nov. 16, 1881, witnesses Dudley Foster and Anthony Jones; acknowledged Nov. 21, 1881 before Dudley Foster JP. Mrs. Auty owned the land north of the Mahoney lot.
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| September 18, 1882 | Discharge | Anthony Jones, mortgagee | Elizabeth Auty of Billerica, widow | 1882: the 1881 mortgage is paid off | 155/246 |
Anthony Jones, mortgagee named in the mortgage given by Elizabeth Auty dated May 27, 1881 (Book 145 Page 578), acknowledges payment and discharges it (index: "Disch. 145-578"). Runs from the foot of page 246 to page 247 (margin "Jones to Auty"), dated in August 1882 and recorded September 18, 1882, just before her deed of the two-rod strip to the town on page 247.
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| September 18, 1882 | Deed | Elizabeth Auty of Billerica, widow | Inhabitants of the Town of Billerica | 1882: Elizabeth Auty sells the town a two-rod strip on the south side (engine house lot) | 155/247 |
For $210, "a certain tract of land situate on Wilson st. North Billerica": beginning at land of Eliza Mahoney on Wilson Street, east by Mahoney to a bound at Concord River, north by the river two rods to her other land, west by her land two rods from the first line to Wilson Street, and south on the street two rods. Dated Aug. 17, 1882, acknowledged before Dudley Foster JP. A two-rod way to the river beside the Mahoney lot, used by the town for its fire engine ("Mrs. Mahoney, use of engine land, $4.00", town report 1885).
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| August 4, 1883 | Quitclaim | Dudley Foster of Billerica, unmarried | Judith Jones of Billerica, widow of Anthony Jones | 1883: the Jones and Foster land north of the market lot "beginning at land of Mrs. Auty" goes to Judith Jones | 161/543 |
For $4,500, "an undivided half of the following described premises, situated in that part of Billerica called North Billerica": from Wilson Street at land of Mrs. Auty east to Concord River, north on the river to C. P. Talbot & Co., by Talbot's land "to the Common land on Elm street," west on Elm Street to Wilson Street and south to the beginning, "with all the buildings thereon, comprising the 'Mears Tavern building' 'The Dix House' and what was formerly the two 'Red Houses' and a shoemaker's shop. Being the same premises belonging to Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster." Signed August 1, 1883 (witness F. C. Bemis); recorded August 4, 1883. One of several deeds of 1883-1891 dividing the Jones and Foster partnership lands; with Anthony Jones's half, which came to his widow, it made Judith Jones sole owner.
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| February 7, 1907 | Quitclaim | Frederick C. Bemis and Nellie M. Bemis, his wife, of Billerica | The Talbot Mills, a corporation at Billerica | 1907: the Bemis land sold to The Talbot Mills runs 248 feet from Elm St "to the northwest corner of land formerly of Elizabeth Auty supposed now of Mrs. J. Perry" | 399/598 |
For $1 and other consideration, "a certain lot of land with the buildings thereon (formerly known as the Mears Tavern and Dix House) situated in said Billerica in that part thereof known as North Billerica, containing sixty four thousand seven hundred and ninety three square feet," from the intersection of Elm and Wilson Streets south on Wilson Street, east by the Perry land 301.7 feet to Concord River, north on the river, and back by the grantee's wall and land "opposite the storehouse of said grantee" to the beginning, with the grantors' interest in the strip toward Elm Street "commonly known and described as the Common land." Shown on a "Plan of Bemis Property, North Billerica, Mass. Jan. 11, 1907." "The title of the said Nellie M. Bemis is derived under the will of her mother Judith Jones deceased." Signed in Kent County, Michigan, January 23, 1907; recorded February 1907 (date taken from the discharge recorded just before it). Henry A. Jones discharged Nellie Bemis's two mortgages (Book 386, Pages 409 and 424) the same week.
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| August 1, 1910 | Mortgage | Louis I. Perry of New York, N.Y. | Frederick P. Marble of Lowell | 1910: Louis I. Perry, heir of his mother Jennie E. Perry, mortgages his two thirds of the market lot | 455/443 |
For $300, mortgage of "two undivided thirds of a certain lot of land with the buildings thereon situated in that part of Billerica ... known as North Billerica on the easterly side of Wilson street": beginning at the northwesterly corner at a stone bound distant two hundred and forty-eight feet southerly from the junction of the easterly line of Wilson Street with the southerly line of Elm Street (the 1907 Talbot Mills line), and so around the 107-foot lot to the river; $300 in one year at six per cent, the buildings to be insured for $300. Dated August 1, 1910 (pages 443-444, margin "Perry to Marble"). Discharged February 14, 1911 by Frederic A. Fisher, assignee (Book 462 Page 593). The first recorded instrument of the Perry ownership.
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| February 14, 1911 | Mortgage | Louis I. Perry | Frederic A. Fisher of Lowell, Trustee of the estate of John B. Fletcher | 1911 mortgage reciting that Louis I. Perry inherited two thirds as the only heir of his mother Jennie Perry | 462/593 |
Page 593 first carries Fisher's discharge (February 14, 1911, recorded 4:25 PM) of the 1910 Perry mortgage to Frederick P. Marble (Book 455 Page 443), which Fisher held by assignment. Then Louis I. Perry, for $550 paid by Frederic A. Fisher of Lowell as Trustee of the estate of John B. Fletcher, mortgages "two undivided thirds of a certain lot of land with the buildings thereon" on the easterly side of Wilson Street, from the stone bound 248 feet south of Elm Street at the Talbot Mills, southerly on Wilson Street "six rods and eight feet, more or less, to a fence at land now or formerly of one Gannon", easterly by the fence and Gannon land to the Concord River, northerly by the river six rods and eight feet to the Talbot Mills land, and westerly to the beginning. "My title to said premises is acquired as the only heir at law of my mother, Jennie Perry, late of said Billerica, deceased." Margin notes: assigned to Frederick P. Marble, conservator, then to Harriet L. Chambers et al., executors, and to the Rector, Wardens and Vestry of St. Anne's Church, Lowell; discharged 1930 (Book 787 Page 404).
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| March 22, 1930 | Discharge | The Rector, Wardens and Vestry of St. Anne's Church, Lowell; John W. Auty of Providence, R.I. | Louis I. Perry | 1930: the 1911 and 1913 Perry mortgages are discharged | 787/404 |
Two discharges recorded March 22, 1930 at 11:47 and 11:48 AM: St. Anne's Church, Lowell, assignee and holder of the mortgage from Louis I. Perry to Frederic A. Fisher, Trustee, dated February 14, 1911 (Book 462 Page 593), acknowledges satisfaction (by its clerk Harvey A. Lafleur, March 22, 1930); and John W. Auty of Providence, holder of a mortgage from Louis I. Perry to him dated October 1, 1913 (Book 512 Page 218), acknowledges satisfaction (March 18, 1930, before John L. Curran, notary, Providence). Both cleared the title for the new mortgage on page 404-405.
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| March 22, 1930 | Mortgage | John W. Auty of Providence, R.I., unmarried, and Louis I. Perry of Newton Centre, married | Washington Savings Institution, Lowell | 1930 mortgage reciting Elizabeth Auty's death (Dec 26, 1899) and heirs: Jennie E. Perry, John W. and Charles H. Auty | 787/405 |
With mortgage covenants, to secure $2,500 in one year with interest payable quarterly, "A certain lot of land with the buildings thereon" in North Billerica on the easterly side of Wilson Street: beginning at the northwesterly corner at a stone bound two hundred and forty-eight feet southerly from the junction of Wilson Street with the southerly line of Elm Street "and at land now or formerly of Talbot Mills", southerly on Wilson Street "six rods and eight feet more or less" to a fence at land now or formerly of one Gannon, easterly by the fence and Gannon land to the Concord River, northerly by the river six rods and eight feet to the Talbot Mills, and westerly to the beginning. Title recital: "Elizabeth Auty died December 26, 1899, at Providence, Rhode Island, intestate. Her only heirs-at-law and next of kin were Jennie E. Perry, Daughter, John W. Auty, son, and Charles H. Auty, son. Administration was granted to Charles H. Auty at Providence, in January 1900. For title of Louis I. Perry, see Probate Record of Jennie E. Perry on file in the Probate Court for Middlesex County." Recorded March 22, 1930 (pages 404-405, no. 380, margin "See Discharge B.1027 P.427").
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| August 4, 1945 | Administrator's Deed | Fred S. Auty, Administrator of the Estate of John W. Auty, late of Providence, R.I. | Charles H. Hall and Sarah Josephine Hall of Billerica, husband and wife, tenants by the entirety | 1945: John W. Auty's administrator sells his third to Charles H. and Sarah Josephine Hall | 1027/428 |
By the power conferred by license of the Middlesex Probate Court dated July 19, 1945, for $733.33 paid ($1.10 in revenue stamps, cancelled "F.S.A. 7-27-1945"), "One undivided third interest in a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon" on the easterly side of Wilson Street: beginning at the northwesterly corner at a stone bound 248 feet southerly from the junction of Wilson Street and Elm Street "and at land now or formerly of Talbot Mills", southerly on Wilson Street 107 feet to a fence at land now or formerly of one Gannon, easterly on the fence by Gannon land to Concord River, northerly on the river 107 feet to Talbot Mills land, westerly to the beginning. Dated July 27, 1945, acknowledged before John J. Mahoney JP; recorded August 4, 1945 at 10:41 AM (no. 145, typed copy, margin "Auty by Admr. to Hall").
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| August 4, 1945 | Quitclaim | Louis I. Perry of Braintree (Mary L. Perry, his wife, releasing dower and homestead) | Charles H. Hall and Sarah Josephine Hall of Billerica, husband and wife, tenants by the entirety | 1945: Louis I. Perry sells his two thirds to the Halls, who now own the whole lot | 1027/428 |
For consideration paid ($1.65 in revenue stamps, cancelled "L.I.P. 7-25-1945"), with quitclaim covenants, "An undivided two-thirds interest in a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon" on the easterly side of Wilson Street, the same 107-foot lot (stone bound 248 feet south of Elm Street at the Talbot Mills, 107 feet on Wilson Street to the Gannon fence, east to Concord River, 107 feet on the river). Dated July 25, 1945, acknowledged before Roger Lakin, notary; recorded August 4, 1945 at 10:42 AM (no. 146, pages 428-429, margin "Perry to Hall"). Followed (no. 147, page 429) by the Halls' $1,800 mortgage to the Middlesex Co-operative Bank, Lowell, at five per cent, $16.65 a month for twelve years.
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| July 12, 1978 | Quitclaim | Josephine S. Hall, also known as Sarah Josephine Hall, of Billerica, unmarried | private owners (husband and wife) of 16 Wilson Street | 1978: after Charles H. Hall Sr.'s death the Hall family sells the store building; later private and business owners summarized | 2313/581 |
For $25,000, with quitclaim covenants, "A certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated in that part of Billerica known as North Billerica", the same 107-foot lot from the stone bound 248 feet south of Elm Street to the Gannon fence and east to the Concord River. "Being the same premises conveyed to Grantor by two deeds, one from Fred S. Auty, Administrator, dated July 27, 1945, and one from Louis I. Perry, dated July 25, 1945, both deeds recorded on August 4, 1945 ... Grantor CHARLES H. HALL, SR. died on the 17th day of March, 1978. See form M-792 recorded herewith. For Grantors title see ... Book 1027, Page 428." Signed and acknowledged July 5, 1978; recorded July 12, 1978 (document 12550). Later transfers: the buyers sold the lot in 1986 for $115,000 to a nominee trust (Book 3469 Page 99, which misdates this deed to 1975), and the trust sold it in October 1986 for $155,000 to CRT Development, a North Billerica limited partnership (Book 3720 Page 341). CRT Development sold it in 1998 ($131,700, Book 9521 Page 283), and private owners resold it in 2003, 2005 and 2017 (assessor sales history; the present owner's deed is Book 31759 Page 283). The assessor describes a two-family house built "about 1892" on 0.75 acres.
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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.