Isaac Davis Home Site (not the current house)
Location: 39 Hayward Road
The stone reads:
DAVIS HOME
THIS FARM WAS THE HOME OF CAPT. ISAAC DAVIS WHO WAS KILLED IN BATTLE BY THE BRITISH AT THE OLD NORTH BRIDGE IN CONCORD APRIL 19TH 1775.
On the back: ERECTED 1895 BY CHARLES WHEELER
This stone marker was dedicated on Patriots Day, April 19, 1895 to commemorate the site of Isaac Davis's home from which the Acton minutemen headed off toward Concord on April 19, 1775 and at which the funeral for the fallen was held a few days later. By the time the marker was placed on the property, Isaac Davis's actual farmhouse was gone. Charles Wheeler lived on the farm and was responsible for erecting the stone.
For a discussion of the "Isaac Davis House" and the house that is now standing, see:
For more information about the marker and the dedication ceremony, see:
Porter, Edward G. "Commemoration at Acton," Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Series 2, Volume 10, 1895-1896, pages 188-193.
Concord Enterprise, April 18, 1895, page 4.
"Honor Paid," Boston Post. April 20, 1895, pages 1 and 5.
DAVIS HOME
THIS FARM WAS THE HOME OF CAPT. ISAAC DAVIS WHO WAS KILLED IN BATTLE BY THE BRITISH AT THE OLD NORTH BRIDGE IN CONCORD APRIL 19TH 1775.
On the back: ERECTED 1895 BY CHARLES WHEELER
This stone marker was dedicated on Patriots Day, April 19, 1895 to commemorate the site of Isaac Davis's home from which the Acton minutemen headed off toward Concord on April 19, 1775 and at which the funeral for the fallen was held a few days later. By the time the marker was placed on the property, Isaac Davis's actual farmhouse was gone. Charles Wheeler lived on the farm and was responsible for erecting the stone.
For a discussion of the "Isaac Davis House" and the house that is now standing, see:
- "Isaac Davis's House... or Not" blog post
- MHC Historic Properties Inventory Form act.157 "Charles Wheeler House"
- Fletcher's Acton in History, page 261: "...Mr. Charles Wheeler. His present house now stands very nearly where Captain Davis' house stood in 1775.... The house in which he lived, has been replaced by another and that one repaired and enlarged."
For more information about the marker and the dedication ceremony, see:
Porter, Edward G. "Commemoration at Acton," Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Series 2, Volume 10, 1895-1896, pages 188-193.
Concord Enterprise, April 18, 1895, page 4.
"Honor Paid," Boston Post. April 20, 1895, pages 1 and 5.
