Structure · Built 1803
Colson Barn
Colson Barn
| Address | 36 Colson St |
| MACRIS ID | BIL.261 |
| Built | 1803 |
| Owners |
Oliver Farmer
(1787 - 1839)
Israel A. Colson (1839 - 1884) |
The Colson Barn at 36 Colson Street, on the northwest corner of Elm Street in North Billerica, is the old barn of the Oliver Farmer II House, the brick-ended house of 1803 at 34 Colson Street, just across Elm Street to the south. It stands on land that has been a farm since the early eighteenth century, and the deeds trace the farm, and a barn on it, back to 1724. The building was sold off as a separate house lot in 1921 and has been a dwelling since; the 1980 survey called it the "former barn at Colson estate, remodeled," dated circa 1803, and it is listed in the Billerica Mills Historic District (1983) as the "remodeled Farmer house barn."
The farm was made up of long division lots "in the First Range of Lotts" west of the Concord River, running from the road to Broad Meadow (now Colson Street) back to the Chelmsford line. In December 1714 William Chandler bought two of them, 19 acres from William Grimes and 40 acres from Samuel Fassett, neither with any buildings. On August 4, 1724 Chandler sold to Nicholas Sprake for 300 pounds "One Messuage or house Lott ... Containing Ninety five acres more or less with a Dwelling house and Barn thereon standing," bounded north by Broad Meadow, west by the Chelmsford line, south by James Kidder and east by "the said High Way to Broad meadow." This is the first record of a house and barn on the place, so Chandler built them between 1714 and 1724.
Sprake, a clothier, lived there until his death in 1768; Hazen places him "at the Colson place by the Baptist church at North Billerica, which he gave his son Nicholas." His will left the son "all my Home Stead with the buildings thereon," entailed on male heirs named Sprake, and his inventory valued "the Home stead Lott with the Buildings thereon Containing Ninety five Acres" at 240 pounds. The other sons, John and Samuel, released their shares to Nicholas Jr. in 1769, including "one half of the west end of the dwelling house" and "the one half of the barn and leanto adjoining," and Samuel released John's set-off share in 1773.
Nicholas Sprake Jr. died in July 1784. The appraisers found "one old Dwelling House" and "one Barn," each worth eight pounds, on a homestead of 79 1/2 acres. His widow Margaret's dower included "The Middle Room in said deceased's House from bottom to top" and "the West End of the Barn as far as to the floor way," with the right to cart in hay and thresh; her line ran "to the South Corner of the Barn yard then ... to the West end of the House." The heirs had the other two thirds sold to pay debts, and on March 28, 1787 Margaret, as administratrix, conveyed 71 1/2 acres "with part of the Dwelling & Barn thereon standing" to Oliver Farmer Jr. for 104 pounds. Farmer had married her daughter Hannah Sprake in November 1786. In 1790 the other heirs sold him the widow's thirds "with that part of the building that was set off to Margarett Sprake," which put the whole farm back in one owner's hands.
Oliver Farmer (1760-1839) built the present brick-ended house on the farm in 1803. His will of May 3, 1839 gave his widow Hannah "the two lower rooms at the south end of my house" for life, and left "All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate" to his son-in-law Israel A. Colson, who had married his daughter Rachel in 1832. So the farm passed to the Colsons by Farmer's will. Israel Colson, a selectman in 1860 and 1869 to 1873, "lives at the Farmer place, by the Baptist church," Hazen wrote in 1883. On January 23, 1884 he deeded "my Homestead Farm situated in that part of Billerica called North Billerica ... with all the buildings thereon" to his son George F. Colson.
After George F. Colson's death his administrator, Edgar F. Twombly, sold the homestead farm, about 60 acres, to Charles H. McIntire of Lowell in May 1914, and the heirs deeded him the same land in trust: "the Homestead Farm of the late George F. Colson, containing about sixty (60) acres, with the house, barn and poultry house thereon." McIntire had the farm laid out that summer as Colson Heights, a subdivision designed by Warren H. Manning and surveyed by Fred W. Stowers (Plan Book 31, Plan 88), and sold it by lots. The barn stood on lots 14 and 15 of section 9, at the corner of Colson Street and a "new street called Elm Street."
On March 7, 1921 the trustee sold those two lots, 11,252 square feet "with the buildings thereon," to Hugh G. Desmond for one dollar in stamps, under restrictions to 1940 that allowed only residences "of good class" no more than two and a half stories high. The same day Desmond mortgaged the lot to the Lowell Co-operative Bank for $4,000, a loan that suggests the barn was then being fitted up as a house. A second mortgage to Bennett Silverblatt of Lowell was foreclosed in August 1922, and in April 1923 Silverblatt sold the house to Philomena Vendituoli of Lowell. Her seven heirs, three of them minors acting through a guardian, sold it in 1940 to Bernice M. Humphrey, who sold it in 1942 to a Billerica couple. It has since passed through several private owners (1957, 1963 and 1997), each deed still describing the same two lots of the Colson Heights plan.
References
- MACRIS BIL.261
- Hazen, History of Billerica (1883), Genealogical Register: Sprake 2 ("lived at the Colson place by the Baptist church"), Sprake 4, Farmer 14, Colson.
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| July 14, 1726 | Deed | William Grimes of Billerica | William Chandler of Billerica | first-range lot bought by William Chandler, part of the later Sprake farm | 26/96 (South) |
For 8 pounds, "one parcel of Land situate in Billerica aforesaid lying on the west of Concord River in the First Range of Lotts containing nineteen Acres and seventy four Poles," bounded northwest by "Chelmsford Line" about 12 1/2 poles, northeast by Thomas Dutton about 258 poles, southeast "by the Road to broad medow" about 18 poles and southwest by James Kidder about 268 poles, "and there is allowance made in the Lott for the highway upon it." No buildings are named. Dated Dec. 8, 1714; acknowledged Aug. 9, 1716 before Oliver Whiting; recorded July 14, 1726. Billerica town book 3, pages 33-35 (Southern Registry Book 26 Page 96). One of the long, narrow town division lots between the road to Broad Meadow (Colson Street) and the Chelmsford line that William Chandler put together into the 95-acre farm.
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| July 14, 1726 | Deed | Samuel Fassett of Billerica | William Chandler of Billerica | first-range lot bought by William Chandler, part of the later Sprake farm | 26/97 (South) |
For 12 pounds, "one parcel of Land situate in Billerica ... containing forty acres and seventy four Pole ... lying on the west of Concord River in the first Range of Lotts," bounded west by Chelmsford line about 124 poles, southwest by Thomas Dutton about 165 poles, and east "by the Land of Isaac Stearns and the Proprietors of broad medow according to marked Trees"; "the northward Corner is a white oak Tree marked F," the westward a great rock, the eastward a white oak marked E.D.W., with allowance for the highway. No buildings are named. Dated Dec. 8, 1714; acknowledged Apr. 11, 1716 before Jonathan Tyng; recorded July 14, 1726. Billerica town book 3, pages 35-37 (Southern Registry Book 26 Page 97). The white oak "marked F" is the northwest corner of the farm Chandler sold to Nicholas Sprake in 1724.
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| June 15, 1726 | Deed | William Chandler of Billerica, with Susannah his wife releasing dower | Nicholas Sprake of Billerica | first record of a barn on the farm (1724) | 25/453 (South) |
For 300 pounds, "One Messuage or house Lott Scituate Lying and being in Billerica aforesaid Containing Ninety five acres more or less with a Dwelling house and Barn thereon standing," bounded "Northerly by Broad meadow in a crooked line Westerly by Chelmsford line Southerly by the Land of James Kidder Easterly by the said High Way to Broad meadow," the northwest corner "a White oak tree marked F"; also meadow in Long Hill meadow "which was Granted to Wm Hamlet," swamp bought of the committee for straightening the fence, and lots in the easterly part of Chelmsford and Chelmsford Neck. Dated Aug. 4, 1724 (witnesses Joseph Wyman, Mary Highgate); acknowledged Aug. 5, 1724 before Oliver Whiting; recorded June 15, 1726. Billerica town book 3, pages 18-21 (Southern Registry Book 25 Page 453). The first record of a house and barn on the farm: Chandler had bought bare division lots in 1714, so he built them between 1714 and 1724. The "High Way to Broad meadow" is Colson Street.
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| 1768 | Will | Estate of Nicholas Sprake of Billerica, clothier | His sons Nicholas, Samuel and John Sprake and daughters | Sprake homestead and barn to Nicholas Sprake Jr. | Probate #21112 |
Will dated Sept. 15, 1761, proved 1768 (he died March 31, 1768). To son Nicholas the homestead by Broad Meadow; "to my well beloved son Samuel Sprake ... one lot of land with the buildings thereon which I bought of Christopher Osgood as it may appear bounded by a deed I put upon record of the same", with part of a lot bought of Samuel Hill, the Mock meadow land bought of widow Rebecca Farmer and 2 acres of meadow bought of John Dunkin, "all which joins upon the house lot"; to son John 40 acres in Tewksbury with a grist mill. Sons Nicholas and Samuel executors.
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| October 2, 1784 | Quitclaim | John Sprake and Samuel Sprake of Billerica, husbandmen | Their brother Nicholas Sprake Jr. of Billerica, husbandman | release of half "the barn and leanto" on the Sprake homestead | 85/549 (South) |
For 266 pounds 13 shillings 4 pence, a release of lots "which was part of our honoured Father Mr. Nicholas Sprake's Estate," the first beginning at the highway "by the ford way at the end of the stone wall by the Wyman lot so called," to the highway leading to Seth Levestone's, then east "to a stake and stones by the road leading to broad meadow standing about three feet southward of the bars which goes into the barn yard," "with one half of the west end of the dwelling house thereon both above and below and the one half of the east chamber and the East garret with conveniency of yard room about the house And also the one half of the barn and leanto adjoining"; also 15 acres west of the road to Levestone's, a lot in Broad Meadow by Concord River, and half of three acres in Mock Meadow from the brothers' division. Dated and acknowledged July 3, 1769 before William Stickney; recorded Oct. 2, 1784. Billerica town book 7, pages 417-419 (Southern Registry Book 85 Page 549).
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| October 2, 1784 | Quitclaim | Samuel Sprake of Billerica, husbandman | His brother Nicholas Sprake Jr. of Billerica | last outside share of the Sprake homestead to Nicholas Jr. | 85/551 (South) |
For 10 pounds, the easterly end of the land "set off by a committee to John Sprake late of Billerica Decd," from the highway leading to Broad Meadow by Nicholas's land to the New Meadow and Broad Meadow, by Nicholas's own land to Concord River, by the river to Mr. Carlton's land and by the wall on the west side of the highway, "together with the buildings and priviledges that was by said Comtee set off for or did in any wise belong unto the aforesaid John Sprake deceased and to our Honoured Mother the widow Judith Sprake and to our sister Elizabeth." Dated June 26, 1773; acknowledged Nov. 4, 1774 before William Stickney; recorded Oct. 2, 1784. Billerica town book 7, pages 420-421 (Southern Registry Book 85 Page 551). With the 1769 release it put the whole of the father's homestead in Nicholas Jr.
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| 1784 | Administration and Dower | Estate of Nicholas Sprake (Jr.) of Billerica, yeoman, deceased intestate | His widow Margaret Sprake, administratrix (dower), and his heirs | Sprake estate: the barn divided at the floor way, west end to the widow | Probate #21114 |
Administration to the widow Margaret, Sept. 8, 1784. The appraisers found "about eighty acres, with the house and barn thereon standing," worth 200 pounds; the real estate inventory of Oct. 21, 1784 lists "one old Dwelling House Eight pounds," "one Barn prised at Eight pounds," "Seventy nine and a half acres called the Homsted" (by Samuel Sprake, Timothy Levingstone, Wm. Manning, Ebenr. French, the widow Carlton and Concord River) and 18 1/2 acres south of the road. The widow's dower was "The Middle Room in said deceased's House from bottom to top" with part of the cellar and the oven, about twenty acres of the homestead whose line ran "to the South Corner of the Barn yard then runs Southerly to the West end of the House then by the back of said House to the Road," five acres of wood land, and "the West End of the Barn as far as to the floor way" with the right to cart in hay and thresh. On the heirs' petition of June 13, 1786 the whole two thirds was sold; the account allowed Nov. 15, 1787 charges "Proceeds of the Two thirds Sold by her 104-0-0."
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| October 4, 1794 | Administrator's Deed | Margaret Sprake of Billerica, administratrix of Nicholas Sprake | Oliver Farmer Jr. of Billerica, yeoman | Sprake farm "with part of the Dwelling & Barn" to Oliver Farmer | 117/293 (South) |
By liberty from the Court of Common Pleas, for 104 pounds, "A certain parcel of Land lying in said Billerica with part of the Dwelling & Barn thereon standing being about seventy one Acres and an half," beginning at the house and running south on the road leading to Isaac Sprake's, by the widow Carlton, Thomas Richardson and "Levengstones" land and the widow's thirds, with another tract north of the farm from Concord River by William Manning and French, "being the whole of what the said Nicholas Sprake died seized of exclusive of what was set off for the Widows' Dowry." Dated Mar. 28, 1787 (witnesses Joshua Abbot, Jona. Stickney); acknowledged Oct. 8, 1787 before Edward Farmer; recorded Oct. 4, 1794. Billerica town book 7, pages 514-515 (Southern Registry Book 117 Page 293). Oliver Farmer had married Hannah Sprake on Nov. 30, 1786.
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| February 27, 1813 | Quitclaim | Samuel Sprake of Litchfield, N.H., and Anna his wife, Rebekkah Sprake and Susanna Sprake of Billerica | Oliver Farmer Jr. of Billerica, yeoman | widow's thirds incl. the west end of the barn to Oliver Farmer | 203/372 (South) |
For 36 pounds, "all our right title and interest in and unto the lands and buildings that were set off to as thirds Margaret Sprake our honored mother late of said Billerica widow deceast," about 22 acres from the road "that goes from the fordway to Richardsons mills" to Broad Meadow, east on the road and Concord River, north and south on Oliver Farmer's land, west on Timothy Livingston, "with that part of the building that was set off to Margarett Sprake as her thirds," and 5 1/2 acres of woodland toward Chelmsford Neck, "meaning to convey the whole of the land and buildings that was set off to Margaret Sprake." Dated July 15, 1790 (Susannah acknowledged Mar. 27, 1806); recorded Feb. 27, 1813, with an agreement of the same parties and Benjamin Dows Jr., guardian of the Carleton children, by which Farmer bought the four outside shares of the widow's thirds at 12 pounds each (Book 203, Page 374). Billerica town book 11, pages 220-224 (Southern Registry Book 203 Page 372). This reunited the house, the barn and the farm in Oliver Farmer, who built the brick-ended house in 1803.
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| 1839 | Will | Estate of Oliver Farmer (1760-1839) of Billerica, yeoman | His son-in-law Israel A. Colson, residuary devisee and executor | Oliver Farmer will: farm and buildings to Israel A. Colson | Probate #7205 |
Will dated May 3, 1839, witnessed by Reuben Chamberlin, Marshall Preston and James R. Faulkner; proved at Concord Aug. 13, 1839 on the petition of Israel A. Colson, executor (bond $30,000 with Daniel Wilson and Francis Faulkner). The widow Hannah received for life "the two lower rooms at the south end of my house, and the front chamber over the same," with the front entry, stairs, well room, well and cellar, an annual allowance of food and "six cords of good wood, cut up and housed," and whatever she had from her sister Susannah Sprague, in lieu of dower; daughter Rebecca had money, the furniture and "the lower front room at the north end of my house" until marriage; Oliver Jr., Asa, Hannah Abbot, Rachel Colson, Zadoc and three grandchildren had money legacies. "All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real personal and mixed" went to "my said Son in law Israel A. Colson," on condition that he support the widow. No inventory survives in the file. The farm with the 1803 brick-end house passed to the Colsons by this will, not by Rachel Farmer's marriage alone.
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| November 8, 1884 | Warranty Deed | Israel A. Colson of Billerica, unmarried | George F. Colson of Billerica | Israel A. Colson to George F. Colson, the homestead farm | 170/272 |
For "Two Thousand Dollars and other valuable consideration," "my Homestead Farm situated in that part of Billerica called North Billerica," beginning "at the dwelling house on said premises and road leading to Billerica Centre," running by the road and the old back road to the Lowell road, by land formerly of T. F. Farmer, the heirs of Betsy Richardson and Bernard Kearney "to the old Middlesex Canal," west by the canal to the Chelmsford line, by Ready, the late John Barrett and Patrick Meehan back to the Lowell road, across it by Mixer and Kearney "to Concord River," then south on the river to C. P. Talbot and Co. and the road, "with all the buildings thereon. Reserving all the public roads." Also the stock, hay, grain, wagons, carts, farming tools and household furniture. Dated Jan. 23, 1884 (Dudley Foster, witness and justice); recorded Nov. 8, 1884. Middlesex North Book 170, pages 272-273.
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| July 13, 1914 | Administrator's Deed | Edgar F. Twombly of Billerica, administrator of the estate of George F. Colson | Charles H. McIntire of Lowell (trustee for the Colson heirs) | administrator sells the Colson homestead farm to the trustee | 525/316 |
By license of the Middlesex Probate Court, a private sale for $6,000 of "The Homestead Farm situated in that part of said Billerica called North Billerica, containing about sixty (60) acres and being the same premises described in a deed given by Israel A. Colson to George F. Colson, dated Jan. 23, 1884 ... Book 170, Page 272, excepting those portions thereof heretofore conveyed by said George F. Colson in his lifetime," with four other lots (the Jones and Dix meadow, the Burrows and Baldwin wood lot, the Cowdry lot and the Wood-Pollard wood lot), "being all the real estate of which George F. Colson died seized and possessed." Dated May 12, 1914; acknowledged June 1, 1914; recorded July 13, 1914. Middlesex North Book 525, pages 316-318.
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| July 13, 1914 | Deed in Trust | George R. Colson, Clara E. Colson and Edgar F. Twombly of Billerica (heirs of George F. Colson), with Elizabeth E. Colson and Sabina G. Twombly | Charles H. McIntire of Lowell, trustee | Colson heirs put the farm, "house, barn and poultry house," in trust | 525/318 |
For $1, "five certain lots of land with the buildings thereon situated in the Town of Billerica in and about the North Village thereof," the first being "the Homestead Farm of the late George F. Colson, containing about sixty (60) acres, with the house, barn and poultry house thereon, being all of the premises not heretofore conveyed, described in a deed from Israel A. Colson to George F. Colson dated January 23, 1884 ... Book 170, Page 272," in trust to insure the buildings, pay the taxes, sell the land "for the best interest of the grantors" and divide the proceeds equally among them. The wives released dower and homestead. Dated Apr. 16, 1914; recorded July 13, 1914. Middlesex North Book 525, pages 318-320. The barn named here is the building now at 36 Colson Street.
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| October 24, 1914 | Declaration of Trust | Charles H. McIntire of Lowell, with Martha J. McIntire | The heirs of George F. Colson (beneficiaries) | trustee declares he holds the Colson farm for the heirs | 528/79 |
McIntire, grantee in the administrator's deed of Edgar F. Twombly (Book 525, Page 316) and in the deed of George R. Colson and others (Book 525, Page 318), declares that he holds "the premises described in both said Deeds as Trustee and not for my own benefit, according to the Trust declared in the second above named deed"; his wife disclaims dower and homestead. Dated Oct. 19, 1914; recorded Oct. 24, 1914. Middlesex North Book 528, page 79. The trustee then laid the farm out as "Colson Heights" (Plan Book 31, Plan 88) and sold it by lots.
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| March 7, 1921 | Trustee's Deed | Charles H. McIntire of Lowell, trustee under the deed of trust of 1914 | Hugh G. Desmond of Billerica | barn lot (lots 14 and 15, Colson Heights) sold off the Colson farm | 640/510 |
For $1 (one dollar in stamps), "a certain lot of land with the buildings thereon situated in the northerly village of Billerica on the westerly side of Colson Street and the northerly side of a new street called Elm Street," beginning at the intersection, north on Colson Street 100.10 feet to lot 11, west by lot 11 114.60 feet, south by lot 13 100 feet to Elm Street, east by Elm Street 110.08 feet; "Being lots numbered 14 and 15, section 9, on plan entitled Colson Heights, North Billerica, Mass, owned by the heirs of George F. Colson. Being a part of the farm of which the late George F. Colson died seized and possessed." Restrictions to Jan. 1, 1940: buildings "of good class" set back 15 feet, no house under $1,500, no three-family house, nothing over two and a half stories, residential use only "excepting stores, private garage or stable." Dated and recorded Mar. 7, 1921. Middlesex North Book 640, pages 510-511. The "buildings thereon" are the old Colson barn, first sold here as a separate house lot.
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| March 7, 1921 | Mortgage | Hugh G. Desmond of Billerica, unmarried, by John Desmond his attorney | Lowell Co-operative Bank | $4,000 Co-operative Bank mortgage on the barn lot | 640/512 |
To secure $4,000, "a certain lot of land with the buildings thereon situated in the northerly village of Billerica on the westerly side of Colson Street and the northerly side of a new street called Elm Street," lots 14 and 15, section 9, Colson Heights, "Being part of the farm of which the late George F. Colson died seized and possessed," with the same building restrictions as the trustee's deed. Recorded Mar. 7, 1921, the same day as the $1 deed from the trustee, which suggests the loan paid for the purchase and for fitting up the old Colson barn as a dwelling. Discharged Apr. 11, 1923 (Book 678, Page 295). Middlesex North Book 640, pages 512-513.
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| December 31, 1921 | Mortgage | Hugh G. Desmond of Billerica, unmarried, by John Desmond his attorney | Bennett Silverblatt of Lowell | second mortgage to Bennett Silverblatt, later foreclosed | 655/109 |
A second mortgage to secure $1,500 at 7 percent in one year on "the land in the northerly village of said Billerica, with the buildings thereon situated on the westerly side of Colson Street, and the northerly side of a new street called Elm Street," lots 14 and 15, section 9, Colson Heights, "Being the same premises conveyed to me by Charles H. McIntire, Trustee by deed dated March 7, 1921 ... Book 640, Page 510," subject to the $4,000 Lowell Co-operative Bank mortgage. Dated Dec. 30, 1921; recorded Dec. 31, 1921. Foreclosed by entry and sale in August 1922 (Book 667, Pages 381-382). Middlesex North Book 655, pages 109-110.
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| August 21, 1922 | Mortgagee's Deed | Bennett Silverblatt of Lowell, mortgagee under a mortgage from Hugh G. Desmond | Bennett Silverblatt of Lowell | Desmond mortgage foreclosed by Bennett Silverblatt | 667/381 |
Foreclosure of the mortgage given by Hugh G. Desmond to Silverblatt on Dec. 30, 1921 (Book 655, Page 109): a certificate of entry made Aug. 18, 1922 (witnesses Thomas J. Markham and Walter E. Guyette), then a sale "by the power conferred by said mortgage" for $500 of "a certain parcel of land situated in the northerly village of said Billerica, with the buildings thereon, situated on the westerly side of Colson Street, and the northerly side of a new street called Elm Street," the same bounds as the 1921 deed, "Being lots numbered fourteen (14) and fifteen (15), section 9," Colson Heights, "and being part of the farm of which the late George F. Colson died seized and possessed," subject to a prior mortgage "originally for four thousand dollars to the Lowell Co-operative Bank" and the unpaid 1921 taxes. The affidavit says notice was published July 27 and Aug. 3 and 10, 1922 in the Lowell Sun. Deed dated Aug. 19, 1922; recorded Aug. 21, 1922. Middlesex North Book 667, pages 381-382.
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| October 14, 1922 | Quitclaim | Hugh G. Desmond of Billerica (of Lily Bay, Maine), unmarried, by John Desmond his attorney | Bennett Silverblatt of Lowell | Desmond releases the barn lot to Silverblatt | 670/184 |
Desmond quitclaimed the foreclosed lot to the mortgagee: "the land in the northerly village of said Billerica, with the buildings thereon situated on the westerly side of Colson Street and the northerly side of a new street called Elm Street," lots 14 and 15, section 9, Colson Heights, "being the same premises conveyed to me by Charles H. McIntire, Trustee by deed dated March 7, 1921 ... Book 640, Page 510," subject to all mortgages, taxes and restrictions of record. Signed by John Desmond under a power of attorney of 1919 (Book 640, Page 511). Dated Sept. 22, 1922; recorded Oct. 14, 1922. Middlesex North Book 670, pages 184-185.
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| April 11, 1923 | Quitclaim | Bennett Silverblatt of Lowell, with Ethel Silverblatt releasing dower | Philomena Vendituoli of Lowell | Silverblatt sells the house lot to Philomena Vendituoli | 678/295 |
"The land in Billerica in said County with the buildings thereon situated on the westerly side of Colson Street and the northerly side of a new street called Elm Street," 100.10 feet on Colson Street, 114.60 feet on lot 11, 100 feet on lot 13 and 110.08 feet on Elm Street; "Being lots numbered 14 and 15 Section 9" on the Colson Heights plan, "and being part of the farm of which the late George F. Colson died seized and possessed," the same premises conveyed to Silverblatt by the mortgagee's deed of Aug. 19, 1922 (Book 667, Page 381) and by Hugh G. Desmond's deed of Sept. 1922 (Book 670, Page 184); subject to the Lowell Co-operative Bank mortgage and the 1923 taxes. Stamps $3.50. Dated and recorded Apr. 11, 1923, the same day the Co-operative Bank discharged Desmond's 1921 mortgage (page 295) and Mrs. Vendituoli mortgaged the lot to Lowell Trust Company for $2,500 (pages 296-297, discharged 1931 and again 1940). Middlesex North Book 678, pages 295-296.
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| August 9, 1940 | Guardian's Deed | Thomas Vendituoli of Bristol, R.I., guardian of William and Gloria Vendituoli and Isabelle Carmone, minors (heirs of Philomena Vendituoli) | Bernice M. Humphrey of Wilmington | guardian sells the minors' three sevenths to Bernice M. Humphrey | 950/202 |
Under a license of the Middlesex Probate Court dated Oct. 11, 1939, for $1,414.29, "three undivided sevenths interest in a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated on the westerly side of Colson Street and on the northerly side of Elm Street," lots 14 and 15 in section nine on "Colson Heights, North Billerica, Massachusetts, owned by the Heirs of George F. Colson, Fred W. Stowers, Surveyor" (Plan Book 31, Plan 88), 11,252 square feet, "being three undivided sevenths of the same premises conveyed by Bennett Silverblatt to Philomena Vendituoli by deed dated April 11, 1923 ... book 678, page 295." Theodore Carmone released curtesy. Dated July 30, 1940; recorded Aug. 9, 1940. Middlesex North Book 950, pages 202-203.
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| August 9, 1940 | Quitclaim | Thomas, Michael and Frank Vendituoli and Angelina Squillante of Rhode Island (heirs of Philomena and Michael Vendituoli), with their spouses | Bernice M. Humphrey of Wilmington | adult Vendituoli heirs sell four sevenths to Bernice M. Humphrey | 950/203 |
"Four undivided sevenths interest in a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated on the westerly side of Colson Street and on the northerly side of Elm Street," lots 14 and 15, section nine, Colson Heights, 11,252 square feet, "being four undivided sevenths of the same premises conveyed by Bennett Silverblatt to Philomena Vendituoli by deed dated April 11, 1923 ... book 678, page 295." "For our title see Probate records of the estate of our mother, said Philomena Vendituoli, Middlesex No. 210434 and of our father, Michael Vendituoli, Middlesex No. 185946, and deed from Caryl Vendituoli to Thomas Vendituoli et als dated March 1, 1937 ... Book 896, Page 312." Stamps $2.20. Dated July 30, 1940; recorded Aug. 9, 1940. Middlesex North Book 950, pages 203-204. The same day Lowell Trust Company re-discharged the 1923 Vendituoli mortgage (page 202).
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| December 8, 1942 | Quitclaim | Bernice M. Humphrey of Billerica, unmarried | A private owner (a Billerica couple) | Humphrey sells; later private owners (1957, 1963, 1997) | 986/431 |
"A certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon, situated on the westerly side of Colson Street and on the northerly side of Elm Street, in that part of Billerica called North Billerica," lots 14 and 15 in section nine, Colson Heights (Plan Book 31, Plan 88), 11,252 square feet, comprising "all and the same premises to me conveyed by two deeds both dated July 30, 1940, one from Thomas Vendituoli and others and the other from Thomas Vendituoli, Guardian ... Book 950, Pages 203 and 202." Stamps $4.95; a $3,000 mortgage to the Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank followed. Dated Dec. 7, 1942; recorded Dec. 8, 1942. Middlesex North Book 986, page 431 (a 1957 deed misquotes it as page 131). Later private sales of 36 Colson Street, read but not given rows: 1957 (Book 1379, Page 484), 1963 (Book 1616, Page 410) and 1997 (Book 8640, Page 128, $140,000), each describing the same two lots "with the buildings thereon."
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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.