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Judah Wheeler (1727-?)
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The record’s a bit fuzzy, and Judah Wheeler is our first
cousin, not a direct ancestor. But he’s an interesting character
(son, apparently, of Uncle Samuel
the housewright), and his story’s part of our Carlisle picture.
“Judah, born1 in 1727, son of
Samuel and Dorcas, lived on old ‘Judy Farm Road’
which ran from the A.D. Whitcomb home on South Street
through the woods to Arthur Taylor’s home on West Street.
Our present Heald Road runs by and over part of his cellar
hole.”2
Heald Road appears to intersect Judy Farm twice. The map says
so, and I drove it the other day to check.
Here’s the southern intersection.
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1Concord Vital Records confirm Judah’s birth
(p. 118). Alas for Lapham’s story, p. 121 reports the death of
a Judah Wheeler, son of Samuel and Dorcas, only months later, 7 March
1728. Lots of possible explanations. This guy obviously didn’t
die then.
2Donald A. Lapham, Carlisle, Composite Community
(Undated memoir, privately published; NEHGS copy bears author’s
autograph and date of Nov. 14, 1970), p. 72.