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Judy Farm and Heald Roads
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This triangle occupies the southern intersection of Heald and
Judy Farm Roads. Can’t see any cellar hole.
“Judah’s father
Samuel [brother to our 7GGF
Jonathan Wheeler] was a housewright
in Acton before coming to this area, as was Samuel’s
father [our 8GGF] Abraham. Samuel owned 150 acres in
1714, and in 1755 he deeded 50 acres to Judah. Samuel's house
stood very near his son’s, but Judy Farm Road now passes
over the cellar hole.
“According to tradition, Judah raised chickens. It seems
that his wife used to transport the eggs to town on horseback.
On one occasion, the horse stumbled and fell, and the eggs were
smashed. When she reported the accident to her husband he
remarked that it was too bad her head was not smashed instead
of the eggs…”1
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1Donald A. Lapham, Carlisle, Composite
Community (Undated memoir, privately published; NEHGS copy bears
author’s autograph and date of Nov. 14, 1970), pp. 72,74.