A Reverend and a Timely Discovery
Sat, Oct 17
|America's Stonehenge
Join us for a lecture on the extremely controversial Wheelwright Deed of 1629, presented by Pete Wiggin, followed by a guided tour through America's Stonehenge lead by James Lacefield.
Time & Location
Oct 17, 2026, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
America's Stonehenge, 105 Haverhill Rd, Salem, NH 03079, USA
About the event
This lecture will offer a whole new perspective on a very old, very controversial document, "The Wheelwright Deed of 1629."
Years of independent research and mapping have resulted in a whole new perspective on what this document might actually describe. Its role in history, what it actually pertained to and meant will be examined which offers an alternate narrative to the accepted norm and may go far in explaining why this document has been so little understood for so long.
Topics discussed will be the founding of, and early records of the towns of Newbury, Ipswich and Haverhill. We will take a closer look at the Merrimack River during the time period (1629- 1643) couching all these areas of particular interest within the geographic bounds of Ol' Norfolk County (1643-1679).
After the lecture, James will lead the group on a guided tour through the main complex of America's Stonehenge,…
Schedule
1 hour 30 minutesWheelwright Deed Lecture
Visitor Center Theater
1 hour 30 minutesGuided Tour through America's Stonehenge
Main Complex (outdoors)