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SIMPSON CELLAR HOLE: On June 17, 1775 a number of
Windham patriots fought the British at Bunker Hill, Charlestown MA.
Included among them was John Simpson, a landowner on what is now Marblehead
Road. He was wounded during the battle, losing several fingers from a
cannon ball. Back in Windham, he was awarded a pension. Mr. Simpson's original home on the
west side of Marblehead Road, a short distance from Rock Pond, burned to the
ground. That cellar hole has been filled. He built a larger home on
the opposite side of road in about 1776-78. This cellar hole is now part
of the one-acre Simpson Cellar Hole Historic District, voted at Town Meeting in
March, 2000. There are several large pieces of
cut granite in this foundation. Also, the district boasts several unique
features, including a well-preserved stone-encased well just to the rear of the
southeast corner of the site and a large slab of granite extending over the
well. The main brook to Rock Pond is close by on the south side of the
site.
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