Structure · Built 1900
William H. Patten House (Boston Road)
This house was not on the 1889 Map, but does appear on the 1918 County Layout. William H. Patten and his heirs owned the lot for that entire period, so it stands to reason he had this structure built. In 1939, it was subdivided off from the Charles Lund House to the south.
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| May 29, 1821 | Administration | Estate of Dr. William Bowers of Billerica, physician (d. Nov. 17, 1820) | Heirs: widow Priscilla (Goodrich) Bowers; children William, Fanny, Priscilla and Mary Bowers | 1821: Dr. William Bowers dies; the homestead goes undivided to his family | Probate #2314 |
Dr. William Bowers "died, seized of Estate, both real and personal" on Nov. 17, 1820, intestate, "leaving his widow, your memorialists and Pricilla Bowers and Mary Bowers his only Heirs". His son William and daughter Fanny were appointed administrators May 29, 1821. The inventory of June 27, 1821 begins with "The homestead containing 25 acres with all the buildings thereon", $3500, out of $5585 in real estate, and lists his "medicine drawers", books and phials. No division of the real estate is in the file.
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| March 16, 1869 | Will | Estate of Priscilla Bowers of Billerica, singlewoman (d. Feb. 22, 1869) | The First Baptist Church in Billerica (remainder, after the deaths of her sisters Mary and Fanny Bowers) | 1869: Priscilla Bowers leaves her third to the Baptist church | Probate #27759 |
Will of December 9, 1862, allowed at Lowell March 16, 1869, Dudley Foster executor: after a $500 legacy, "to the Baptist Church in Billerica all the remainder of my Property, Real, Mixed or Personal, to be by the Chh. kept as a fund, the interest of which to be expended for the support of Preaching in the Baptist Meeting house", the legacy "not to [be] paid till after the decease of my Sisters Mary & Fanny Bowers". Her heirs at law were those two sisters. The May 1869 inventory lists "1/3 of Homestead undivided 1 1/2 acres" at $1000 and "1/3 of Old Homestead 24 acres" at $800 among $3650 of real estate.
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| May 17, 1870 | Will | Estate of Mary Bowers of Billerica, singlewoman (d. 1870) | The Town of Billerica, for the benefit of the poor | 1870: Mary Bowers leaves her share to the town for the poor | Probate #27756 |
Will of December 9, 1862, allowed at Lowell May 17, 1870, Dudley Foster executor: "I give and bequeath to the Town of Billerica, all the Property Real, Mixed or Personal of which I may be possessed at the time of my decease, for the benefit of the poor of said Billerica. This legacy not to be paid untill after the decease of my Sisters Priscilla and Fanny Bowers." The town sold the two-thirds of the Bowers Homestead it received from Mary and Fanny Bowers to William H. Osborn in 1871.
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| January 26, 1872 | Quitclaim | The Members of the First Baptist Church (Billerica) of Billerica, by Edward Spaulding and George C. Gilman, committee | Mark Lund of Billerica | 1871: the Baptist church and society sell their third of Sage Lot 2 to Mark Lund | 84/241 |
Dated May 11, 1871 (vote of May 1, 1871; acknowledged May 31 before Dudley Foster). For $75, "one undivided third part of a certain parcel of land" beginning "on the main road leading to Boston at a bound at land this day sold to Samuel Sage," west by Sage 26 rods 5 links, south by Sage 5 rods 4 links to land of Mrs. Bowers, southwest by Bowers 3 rods, east "by land this day sold to Lund T. Eastman" 30 rods to the road, north by the road 8 rods, "containing 1 acre, 54 rods. Being No. 2 on a Plan surveyed by Saml Sage A.D. 1871." "Being a part of the real estate devised to said Grantors by Priscilla Bowers." No buildings. Recorded Jan. 26, 1872.
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| January 26, 1872 | Quitclaim | The Inhabitants of the Town of Billerica, by Dudley Foster, Israel A. Colson and David L. Mason, committee | Mark Lund of Billerica | 1871: the town sells its two thirds of Lot 2 to Mark Lund | 84/242 |
Same date and bounds as the church deed (Book 84 Page 241). Under a vote of the town meeting of May 2, 1871, for $150, "two undivided third parts" of Lot No. 2 "on a Plan surveyed by Saml Sage A.D. 1871," 1 acre 54 rods, eight rods on the main road leading to Boston between the lot sold that day to Samuel Sage and the lot sold to Lund T. Eastman. "Being a part of the real estate devised to said Grantors by Mary Bowers and Fanny Bowers" (left to the town for the poor). Recorded Jan. 26, 1872.
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| June 27, 1876 | Warranty Deed | Mark Lund of Billerica (Martha R. Lund releasing dower and homestead) | Charles W. Lund of Billerica | 1876: Mark Lund sells the bare lot to Charles W. Lund | 118/267 |
Dated June 23, 1876 (witnesses Dudley Foster, Mary A. Lund). For $300, "a certain parcel of land" (no buildings named) on the main road leading to Boston, by land of Samuel Sage, of Mrs. Bowers deceased and of Lund T. Eastman, "containing 1 acre 54 rods, Being lot No. 2 on a plan surveyed by Sam. Sage A.D. 1871. Being premises conveyed to me by the inhabitants of Billerica and the members of the First Baptist Society in Billerica by deeds dated May 11th 1871," Book 84 Pages 241 and 242. The low price shows the lot was still bare.
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| November 25, 1876 | Mortgage | Charles W. Lund of Billerica (Henrietta Lund, his wife, joining) | Alden Pinney of South Chelmsford | 1876: Charles W. Lund mortgages it "with a new house and barn" | 121/162 |
For $1,000 payable in five years at six percent, "a certain parcel of land with a new house and barn thereon," the same 1 acre 54 rods on the main road leading to Boston by Sage, Mrs. Bowers deceased and Lund T. Eastman, "Being the same premises conveyed to me by Mark Lund deed dated June 23d 1876" (Book 118 Page 267). The buildings were to be kept insured for at least $1,000. The house was therefore built between June and November 1876. Discharged April 22, 1884 (Book 166 Page 226).
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| April 25, 1884 | Discharge | Alden Pinney of Chelmsford, mortgagee | Charles W. Lund of Billerica | 1884: the Pinney mortgage is discharged | 166/226 |
Dated April 22, 1884 (before Charles P. Fish). Pinney acknowledged "full payment and satisfaction" of the mortgage "given by Charles W. Lund to me dated November 23d A.D. 1876" (Book 121 Page 162) and released the premises.
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| April 25, 1884 | Mortgage | Charles W. Lund of Billerica | Ann E. Baker of Billerica | 1884: Lund refinances with Ann E. Baker | 166/226 |
Recorded with the Pinney discharge on the same page. For $1,000, "a certain parcel of land with buildings thereon" on the main road leading from Billerica to Boston, the same bounds and 1 acre 54 rods, "Being the same premises conveyed to me by Mark Lund by deed dated June 23d 1876" (Book 118 Page 267). Refinanced the Pinney loan; assumed by William H. Patten in 1884 and discharged in the margin by Ann E. Baker in 1885.
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| April 7, 1909 | Warranty Deed | Charles W. Lund of Billerica (Henrietta Lund, his wife, releasing dower and homestead) | William H. Patten of Billerica | 1884: Lund sells the lot to William H. Patten | 432/1 |
Dated Oct. 18, 1884 (acknowledged before Dudley Foster). For $2,450, "a certain parcel of land with all the buildings thereon" on the main road leading to Boston, by land formerly of Samuel Sage, of Mrs. Bowers deceased and formerly of Lund T. Eastman, 1 acre 54 rods, Lot No. 2 on Sage's 1871 plan, "Being the same parcel of land conveyed to me by Mark Lund deed dated June 23th 1876" (Book 118 Page 267), subject to a $1,000 mortgage held by Ann E. Baker "which the grantee assumes and is a part of the above consideration." Not recorded until April 7, 1909, two weeks before the heir mortgaged the place.
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| April 21, 1909 | Mortgage | William T. Patten of Lowell | The Central Savings Bank of Lowell | 1909: William T. Patten, only heir, mortgages to the Central Savings Bank | 432/197 |
For $1,500 in one year at five percent, "a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon" on the main road leading from Billerica Centre to Boston at land formerly of Samuel Sage "now supposed to belong to one Wright," by land formerly of Mrs. Bowers and of Lund T. Eastman, 1 acre 54 square rods, lot 2 on Sage's 1871 plan. "Being the same premises conveyed by Charles W. Lund to my father William H. Patten, by deed dated October 18, 1884, and recorded ... on April 7, 1909. My title is derived as the only heir at law of said William H. Patten." Discharged (margin, Book 734 Page 558). Indexed also under William H. Patten Est.
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| November 6, 1924 | Quitclaim | Henry N. Patten of Lowell (Adelaide C. Patten, his wife, releasing dower and homestead) | Lillian Abbott of Lowell | 1924: straw deed, Henry N. Patten to Lillian Abbott | 714/365 |
Dated Oct. 31, 1924 (before Arthur C. Spalding). "The land in Billerica ... with the buildings thereon situated on the main road from Billerica Centre to Boston," the 1871 bounds (Sage, more recently one Wright; Mrs. Bowers; one Eastman), "about one acre and fifty-four square rods," lot No. 2 on Sage's 1871 plan, "the same premises conveyed by Charles W. Lund to William H. Patten" (Book 432 Page 1). "For my title ... see administration of the estates of said William H. Patten and of William T. Patten (Middlesex County Probate Records)." Subject to the Central Savings Bank mortgage. Straw deed, reconveyed the same day.
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| November 6, 1924 | Quitclaim | Lillian Abbott of Lowell, unmarried | Henry N. Patten and Adelaide C. Patten, husband and wife, of Lowell, as tenants by the entirety | 1924: Abbott back to Henry N. and Adelaide C. Patten | 714/365 |
Dated Oct. 31, 1924, recorded with the deed to her (pages 365-366). The same land with the buildings, Lot No. 2 on Sage's 1871 plan, "being the same premises to me conveyed by Henry N. Patten by deed of even date," subject to the Central Savings Bank mortgage. The pair of straw deeds put the property in Patten and his wife jointly.
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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.