Harpswell Historical Society
The Harpswell Historical Society is dedicated to the discovery, identification, collection, preservation, interpretation, and dissemination of materials relating to the history of Harpswell and its people. |
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Life in Harpswell Maine
in the Early to Mid 1900's
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Judith HowardAn Early SettlerJudith Howard was an early settler at a place called Sebascodeagan Island in Harpswell. She lived by herself. No one knew where she came from. People thought that she didn't have any relatives. They whispered about Judith and said she was a witch. She liked to gather herbs and roots so she could help cure a lot of people. She told her neighbors not to bury her anywhere near Lambo who was an Indian. She said if they buried her there she would haunt them. When Judith died, they buried her near old Lambo. Then people started hearing strange noises and they said that was Judith. They then had a meeting and decided to move her body because of all the strange noises, The neighbors said that after she died, they kept on seeing strange sights and hearing strange noises, The neighbors took what was left of her body and put it on sleds and carried her body about two miles away. Then all the people were happy. After Judith was moved, the noises, the noises stopped. |
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