Killam Family Deeds Inventory

Box: 65/1

Type: Lease

Date: Aug. 1, 1899

From: Second Corps Cadets

To: Chester Killam

Description: Lease of old and new barns, hencoop, yards connected with buildings for 7 days beginning Aug. 12, 1899


Box: 65/4

Type: Quitclaim deed

Date: June 6, 1884

Date Recorded: June 18, 1884, July 31, 1884

From: Corydon H. Fellows and George M. Goodwin, assignees of Lewis Killam

To: Chester Killam, Minot Killam, Dayton Killam, Thomas Perley Killam, Susan E. Wilkins and Harriet E. Emerson 

Description: Several lots of land owned by Lewis Killam on Jan. 15, 1884; previously owned by William E. Killam


Box: 65/4

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Apr. 30, 1885

Date Recorded: Dec. 4, 1885 

From: John Hale of Boxford

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: 6 acre lot of mowing land in Boxford, previously owned by Henry K. Kennett


Box: 65/4

Type: Quitclaim deed

Date: Nov. 24, 1885

Date Recorded: Dec. 4, 1885

From: John B. Nichols of Haverhill

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: 18 acre lot of pasture and woodland in Boxford known as the “Addler Meadow Pasture,” previously owned by Lewis Killam 


Box: 65/4

Type: Deed

Date: Dec. 23, 1892

Date Recorded: Jan. 2, 1893

From: Sidney Perley of Salem, guardian of Mary Jane Hale (an insane person)

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: 5 acre tract of woodland in Boxford, from the estate of the late John Hale


Box: 65/4

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Jan. 17, 1899

Date Recorded: Jan. 20, 1899, Feb. 4, 1899

From: Lydia S. Howe, widow of Boxford

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: 10 acre parcel of wood and meadow land in Boxford


Box: 65/4

Type: Warranty deed

Date: May 10, 1901

Date Recorded: June 21, 1901

From: Lewis Killam, Harriet L. Emerson, Minot Killam, Susan E. Wilkins, Thomas P. Killam and Dayton Killam 

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: 52 acre parcel of land in Boxford; also 16 acre parcel of land on the opposite side of the road


Box: 65/4

Type: Deed

Date: Oct. 20, 1902

Date Recorded: Oct. 31, 1902, Nov. 29, 1902

From: Sarah E. Peabody of Cambridge, widow of John P. Peabody, and Mary E.P. Herring, Nellie A.P. Smith, John S. Peabody, Charles Winthrop Peabody, Anna T.P. Longley

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: 4 acres of woodland in Rowley


Box: 65/4

Type: Warranty deed

Date: May 4, 1903

Date Recorded: June 22, 1903

From: Millard F. Day of Boxford

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: 8 acres of land in Boxford


Box: 65/4

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Oct. 12, 1905

Date Recorded: Dec. 20, 1905

From: John M. Perley of Wakefield

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: 6 ½ acres of woodland in Rowley at Rooty Plain, known as the “Marden Wood Lot”


Box: 65/4

Type: Quitclaim deed

Date: May 11, 1912

Date Recorded: Aug. 20, 1912

From: Mabel D. Mason, Sarah B. Freeman, Benjamin F. Barnes, Charles W. Barnes, Ellen B. Sawyer, Mary B. Sawyer, Charles A. Barnes, Thomas L. Barnes, Samuel L. Barnes

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: Homestead and farm belonging to the late Benjamin S. Barnes in Boxford - five parcels of land consisting of 8 acres, 49½ acres, 68 acres, 84 acres, and 70½ acres


Box: 65/4

Type: Deed

Date: July 16, 1912

Date Recorded: Aug. 20, 1912

From: Perley Leslie, guardian of Edwin Warren Barnes, son of the late Benjamin Franklin Barnes

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: Same as above


Box: 65/4

Type: Deed

Date: May 28, 1913

Date Recorded: Sept. 16, 1913

From: Robert F. Metcalf, executor of the will of Benjamin Franklin Barnes, late of Haverhill

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: 5 acres of land in Boxford and 12 acres of marsh land in Rowley at Far Division


Box: 65/4

Type: Quitclaim deed

Date: Mar. 9, 1930

Date Recorded: Mar. 17, 1931

From: Harry L. Cole, Joseph B. Matthews, Clinton B. Nason, members of the Boxford Board of Selectmen

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: Palmer Schoolhouse Lot; given by vote of the Town of Boxford, Mar. 3, 1930


Box: 65/4

Type: Deed

Date: Mar. 9, 1931

Date Recorded: June 9, 1931, June 24, 1931 

From: Town of Boxford

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: Palmer Schoolhouse Lot


Box: 65/4

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Nov. 27, 1931

Date Recorded: Dec. 24, 1931

From: Samuel P. Batchelder of Georgetown

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: 14 acre parcel of swamp and upland in Boxford, westerly of Steven’s Pond


Box: 65/4

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Dec. 11, 1933

Date Recorded: Feb. 8, 1934

From: Winfield J. Haley of Rowley

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: 40 acres of woodland in North Andover


Box: 65/4

Type: Quitclaim deed

Date: Dec. 5, 1939

Date Recorded: Jan. 9, 1940

From: Christian Lantz of Beverly

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: 2 acre parcel of peat meadow in Boxford


Box: 65/4

Type: Deed

Date: Feb. 2, 1904

Date Recorded: Aug. 30, 1904

From: B. Franklin Barnes and Samuel L. Sawyer, executors of the will of Benjamin S. Barnes

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: 72 acres of land in Boxford known as the Great Pasture and Meadow


Box: 65/4

Type: Bill of sale 

From: Israel F. Dwinell of Rowley

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: Timber standing on a lot of land in Boxford, part of  the estate of Isaac Hale; to be removed within 2 years


Box: 65/4

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Jan. 11, 1928

Date Recorded: Jan. 24, 1928

From: Bertha P. Lane of Cambridge

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: 36 acres of woodland in Boxford, known as Pout Pond Pasture, received by inheritance from grandfather Samuel Kimball


Box: 65/4

Type: Last will

Date: Dec. 26, 1942

Date Recorded: April 4, 1946

Description: Chester Killam of Boxford


Box: 65/5

Type: Mortgage

Date: Nov. 1, 1902

Date Recorded: Dec. 22, 1902

From: Chester Killam of Boxford

To: Wilson S. Tidd of Boxford

Description: 52 acres of land in the East Parish; 16 acres on the opposite side of the highway


Box: 65/5

Type: Discharge of mortgage

Date: Nov. 16, 1925

Date Recorded: Nov. 21, 1925

From: Wilson S. Tidd of Boxford

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: Acknowledgement of satisfaction of mortgage


Box: 65/5

Type: Bill of sale

Date: Mar. 23, 1931

From: Town of Boxford

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: Sale of the Aaron Wood schoolhouse, located on the southerly side of the Ipswich Road


Box: 65/5

Type: Bill of sale

Date: Mar. 23, 1931

From: Town of Boxford

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: Sale of the Palmer schoolhouse


Box: 65/8

Type: Deed

Date: Apr. 4, 1820

Date Recorded: June 3, 1820

From: Cornelius Gould of Boxford

To: Oliver Killam of Boxford

Description: Farm situated in Boxford, containing 130 acres, dwelling house, barn and other buildings previously owned by Edmund Herrick (120 Middleton Road)


Box: 65/8

Type: Deed

Date: Apr. 22, 1848

Date Recorded: May 1, 1848

From: John G. Hood of Topsfield, executor of the estate of Sarah Symonds of Boxford

To: Oliver Killam of Boxford

Description: 22 acres of woodland in Boxford known as the “Shrub Oak Lot”


Box: 65/8

Type: Deed

Date: Apr. 20, 1826

Date Recorded: June 10, 1830

From: Cornelius Gould of Andover

To: Oliver Killam of Boxford

Description: 2 acres of woodland in Boxford


Box:65/8

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Feb. 11, 1839

Date Recorded: Apr. 24, 1839

From: Sarah Symonds of Boxford

To: Oliver Killam of Boxford

Description: 10 acres of woodland in Boxford


Box: 65/8

Type: Mortgage

Date: Mar. 25, 1840

Date Recorded: Apr. 18, 1840

From: Leonard Perley of Boxford

To: Oliver Killam of Boxford

Description: Land with buildings in Boxford, owned previously by Frederick Perley (8 Topsfield Road)


Box: 65/10

Type: Power of attorney

Date: Dec. 23, 1865

Date Recorded: Feb. 6, 1866

From: Elias C. Killam of Oconomowoc, WI

To: William E. Killam of Boxford

Description: One of the heirs of Oliver Killam, late of Boxford


Box: 65/11

Type: Warranty deed

Date: June 18, 1847

Date Recorded: June 21, 1847

From: George Harriman of Boxford

To: William E. Killam of Boxford

Description: Farm situated in Boxford consisting of 1½  acres, dwelling house, barn, and other buildings (77 Main Street)


Box: 65/11

Type: Warranty deed 

Date: Nov. 14, 1860

Date Recorded: Nov. 14, 1860

From: Charles W. Killam of Danvers

To: William E. Killam of Boxford

Description: Land in North Andover, an undivided fourth part of land inherited from Betsey Berry, late of North Andover


Box: 65/11

Type: Guardian deed

Date: Apr. 7, 1862

Date Recorded: July 13, 1863

From: Salmon D. Hood of Topsfield, guardian of Joseph Hale, an insane person

To: William E. Killam of Boxford

Description: One half acre of tillage land situated in Boxford


Box: 65/11

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Apr. 25, 1865

Date Recorded: June 20, 1865

From: George A. Todd of Rowley

To: William E. Killam of Boxford

Description: 36 acres of pasture and field land in Boxford on the northerly side of the road leading from Topsfield to Georgetown


Box: 65/11

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Mar. 27, 1866

Date Recorded: Apr. 7, 1866

From: Mary Jane Perley of Salem

To: William E. Killam of Boxford

Description: 16 acres of pasture and woodland in Boxford; also tract of 3 acres


Box:65/11

Type: Quitclaim deed

Date: July 6, 1867

Date Recorded: July 31, 1867

From: Thomas Matthews, Angelina Matthews, Oliver P. Killam, John L. Killam, Benjamin P. Balch, Eliza K. Balch, Charles W. Killam, Elias C. Killam

To: William E. Killam of Boxford

Description: Release of rights to land in Boxford:  12 acres of the “Ox Pasture” and 9 acres of the “Home Pasture” 

Division of real estate owned by their late father, Oliver Killam, which has not been set off to his widow Eunice


Box: 65/11

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Sept. 5, 1868

Date Recorded: Nov. 7, 1868

From: Richmond Dole and Lucy H. Dole of Georgetown

To: William E. Killam

Description: 5 acres of salt marsh in Rowley at Far Division


Box: 65/11

Type: Warranty deed

Date:Apr. 30, 1872

Date Recorded: Apr. 30, 1872

From: S. Page Lake of Newburyport, executor of the estate of Samuel Goodale of Boxford

To: William E. Killam of Boxford

Description: 2½ acres of land in Boxford known as the “Towne Close” and “Fort Lot”


Box: 65/11

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Jan. 26, 1875

Date Recorded: Apr. 14, 1876

From: Sarah W. Perley, Elizabeth K. Perley, and Ellen A. Robbins, children of the late John Perley of Salem

To: William E. Killam of Boxford

Description: 19 acres of pasture land in Boxford known as “Phillips pasture”


Box: 65/11

Type: Quitclaim deed

Date: Jan. 26, 1875

Date Recorded: July 31, 1884

From: Sarah W. Perley, Elizabeth K. Perley, and Ellen A. Robbins, children of the late John Perley of Salem

To: William E. Killam

Description: 3 acres of meadow land in boxford known as “Butman or Dresser meadow”


Box: 65/11

Type: Quitclaim deed

Date: Mar. 7, 1864

Date Recorded: July 31, 1884

From: William Merrill, attorney for Charles Pearson, Mary Pearson, William and Catherine Merrill, William S. and Eliza O. Wells, and Sarah R. Pearson

To: William E. Killam of Boxford

Description: 3¼ acres of woodlot in Boxford, owned by the late Jonathan Pearson


Box: 65/11

Type: Warranty deed

Date: May 13, 1869

Date Recorded: July 31, 1884

From; Benjamin S. Barnes of Boxford

To: William E. Killam

Description: 10 acres of pasture land in Boxford, owned previously by M.A. Nelson


Box: 65/12

Type: Deed

Date: Mar. 15, 1798

Date Recorded: June 25, 1799

From: Edmund Herrick of Boxford

To: Cornelius Gould of Danvers

Description: Farm in Boxford with 115 acres, including buildings, orchards, pastures and tillage land (120 Middleton Rd)


Box: 65/12

Type: Deed

Date: Mar. 6, 1815

Date Recorded: May 25, 1815

From: Nathaniel Peabody of Middleton

To: Cornelius Gould of Boxford

Description: 10 acres of pasture land in Boxford


Box: 65/12

Type: Deed

Date: June 24, 1818

Date Recorded: Aug. 22, 1818

From: Nathan Phillips of Rowley

To: Thomas Perley, Esq. of Boxford

Description: 19 acres of pasture land in Boxford


Box: 65/12

Type: Mortgage

Date: Nov. 1, 1859

Date Recorded: Nov. 28, 1859

From: Eben S. Baldwin of Boxford

To: Danvers Savings Bank

Description: 36 acre lot of pasture and field, with a house, barn and other buildings  in Boxford on the road leading from Topsfield to Georgetown; also another lot of 16 acres of field land in Boxford (2 Old Killam Hill Road)


Box: 65/12

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Jan. 26, 1975

Date Recorded: Apr. 14, 1876

From: Sarah W. Perley, Elizabeth K. Perley, Ellen A. Robbins, heirs of John Perley of Salem

To: Lewis Killam of Boxford

Description: 18 acre lot of pasture and woodland in Boxford known as the “Adder Meadow pasture”


Box: 65/12

Type: Deed

Date: July 30, 1910

From: S.W. Howe, S.A. Bixby, and S.F. Ayers, trustees of the corporation for the Village Cemetery

To: Leonard Killam

Description: Lot # y, Village Cemetery


Box: 65/12

Description: Co-op. Bank Mortgage

Date: Jan. 20, 1937

Date Recorded: Jan. 20, 1937

From: Paul L. Killam of Boxford

To: Danvers Cooperative Bank

Description: Triangular piece of land in Boxford previously owned by Chester Killam


Box: 65/12

Type: Warranty deed

Date: No. 25, 1879

Date Recorded: Feb. 23, 1886

From: John Sawyer of Boxford

To: Henry M. Cross of Newburyport

Description: 5 acres of meadow situated in North Andover and Boxford near Fish Brook


Box: 65/12

Type: Deed

Date: Jan. 5, 1797

Date Recorded: Jan. 25, 1797 Jan. 30, 1797

From: Benjamin A. Farrington of Andover

To: John Berry of Andover

Description: Tract of woodland in Andover


Box: 65/12

Description: Purchase and sale agreement

Date: Oct. 1, 1953

From: Paul Killam, Hazel I. Killam, Florence Barker, Raymond Killa, John Killam, Dwight Killam, Horace Killam, Carl Killam and Clara Pearl

To: Charles J. Kittredge, Jr. and Marjorie V. Kittredge of North Andover

Description: Parcel of 40 acres of vacant land in North Andover


Box: 65/13

Description: Memo re sale of property

Date: Sept. 20, 1956

From: Paul L. Killam

To: Leslie H. Green

Description: Killam property on Killam Hill Road


Box: 65/14

Type: Deed

Date: May 15, 1832

Date Recorded: May 29, 1832

From: Jonas Warren of Danvers

To: Oliver Killam of Boxford

Description: 15 acre tract of pasture land in Boxford previously owned by Joseph Peabody of Middleton


Box: 65/14

Type: Quitclaim deed

Date: July 10, 1858

Date Recorded: July 23, 1858

From: Ebenezer B. Damon of Rowley

To: John L. Killam of Boxford

Description: Damon’s undivided quarter interest in two North Andover lots:  10 acre lot of woodland and 22 acres of upland and swamp; land devised to John L. Killam, Eliza Killam, Charles W. Killam, and Damon by the late Betsey Berry of Andovr4


Box: 65/14

Type: Quitclaim deed

Date: Feb. 22, 1862

From: David Towne of Topsfield

To: Hannah Endicott of Salem

Description: Trees standing on a parcel of land of about 35 acres in Andover and Boxford 


Box: 65/14

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Mar. 22, 1867

Date Recorded: Mar. 22, 1867

From: Lewis K. Lyon of North Andover

To: Daniel C. Manning of Salem

Description: 50 acre tract of land in North Andover with buildings; also 2 acre tract of upland in North Andover known as “Cider Brook Hill”


Box: 65/14

Type: Administr.deed

Date: Dec. 6, 1871

Date Recorded: Jan. 13, 1872

From; Orlando B. Tenney of Georgetown, administrator of the estate of William Lowe, late of Boxford

To: John L. Killam of Boxford

Description: 3  acre lot of woodland in Boxford called the “Cedar Swamp”


Box: 65/14

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Feb. 14, 1874

Date Recorded: Feb. 19, 1874

From: Joshua G. Hubbard of Derry, NH

To: John L. Killam of Boxford

Description: Land in Andover near the Boxford station on the Essex RR, reserving all of the wood and timber on the lot for 14 months, previously owned by John and William E. Killam and Benjamin Balch


Box: 65/14

Type: Probate trustee 

Date: Sept. 6, 1875

Description:Appointment of trustee for the estate of Eunice Killam, late of Boxford - John L. Killam of Boxford


Box: 65/14

Type: Probate decision

Date: Dec. 7, 1875

Description: Permission to sell real estate from the estate of Eunice Killam for the benefit of Florence E. Balch - John L. Killam of Boxford


Box: 65/14

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Jan. 20, 1876

Date Recorded: Feb. 11, 1876

From: Charles E. Killam of Chelsea and Ebenezer B. and Sophia Damon of Rowley

To: John L. Killam of Boxford

Description: Three undivided quarter parts of land in North Andover roughly 3 and ½ acres with a right of way for the railroad


Box: 65/14

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Oct. 24, 1885

Date Recorded: Mar. 25, 1886

From: Mary G. Kimball of Middleton, widow and executor of the estate of Jefferson Kimball, formerly of Boxford

To: George A. Rea of North Andover

Description: 35 acres of woodland in North Andover called the “Town or Foster Pasture”


Box: 65/14

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Jan. 5, 1889

Date Recorded: Jan. 19, 1889

From: George A. Rea of North Andover

To: John L. Killam of North Andover

Description: 35 acres of woodland in North Andover called the “Town or Foster Pasture”


Box: 65/14

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Nov. 19, 1890

Date Recorded: Jan. 6, 1891

From: John H. Sutton, Eben Sutton, Eliza S. Young, and Mary H. Sutton, heirs of Eben Sutton

To: George A. Rea of North Andover

Description: 26 acres of land in North Andover


Box: 65/14

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Mar. 24, 1891

Date Recorded: Mar. 28, 1891

From: Daniel L. Whipple of North Andover

To: John L. Killam of North Andover

Description: 20 acres of land in North Andover known as the “Common Woods” previously owned by Hannah P. Osgood


Box: 65/14

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Dec. 10, 1895

Date Recorded: Dec. 11, 1895

From: Mary H. Lacy of North Andover

To: John L. Killam of North Andover

Description: 21 acres of land in North Andover on the easterly side of the road leading from the Lacy homestead to North Andover Centre


Box: 65/14

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Nov. 19, 1896

Date Recorded: Nov. 20, 1896

From: George A. Rea of North Andover

To: John L. Killam of North Andover

Description: 26 acres of land in North Andover previously owned by Eben Sutton


Box: 65/14

Type: Quitclaim deed

Date: Sept. 6, 1897

Date Recorded: Sept. 10, 1897, Sept. 22, 1897

From: John Parkhurst of Boxford

To: John L. Killam of North Andover

Description: 36 acres of land in Boxford


Box: 65/14

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Jan. 9, 1900

Date Recorded: Jan. 17, 1900

From: Susan P. Green of Boston

To: John L. Killam of North Andover

Description: 14 acres of land in North Andover on the road leading from the house of Joseph Averill of Middleton


Box: 65/14

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Nov. 15, 1900

Date Recorded: Nov. 23, 1900

From: Lucy C. Lacy of North Andover

To: John L. Killam of North Andover

Description: 14 acres of land in North Andover known as the “Peter Pasture”


Box: 65/14

Type: Warranty deed

Date: Feb. 9, 1903

Date Recorded: Feb. 14, 1906

From: Fred B. Thomas and Ella Thomas of Danvers

To: John L. Killam of North Andover

Description: 11 acres of woodland in North Andover known as the “Berry Lot” previously owned by J.B. Thomas of Peabody


Box: 65/14

Type: Probate trustee 

Date: July 25, 1910

Description: Appointment of trustee for the estate of wife Sarah A. Killam, late of Boxford - John L. Killam of North Andover


Box: 65/14

Type: Power of attorney

Date: Oct. 28, 1915

Date Recorded: Jan. 6, 1916

From: Heirs of the late John L. Killam

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: Appointed attorney to sell 2 parcels of land and buildings in Boxford and North Andover, previously owned by John L. Killam 


Box: 65/14

Type: Bill of sale

Date: Dec. 29, 1914

Date Recorded: Sept. 20, 1916

From: Chester Killam of Boxford, executor of the estate of John L. Killam

To: Chester Killam of Boxford

Description: Chester Killam, executor of the estate of John L. Killam, bought 14 acres of land in North Andover at auction from the estate