Origin of Shaker Jerry Road Name

[Fishy Cover]

Does anyone know how or why this road was named Shaker Jerry? It is one of the more unusual road names around the lake and perhaps there is an interesting story about the origin of the name.

[jmen24]

Don't know the reason for this particular road, but it could just be by chance.

A good old time farmer friend of mine lives in Hill and has considerable acreage on both sides of a short dead end road. His farm is the first homestead on the road, but not the last. Anyway it was either a census worker or a surveyor, stopped into the house to ask what the name of the road was. He responded "Lynch Road", it has been that way ever since, circa early 90's. Lynch is his last name.

Another naming story.

A paddling friend of ours Martin Brown ( http://www.mainecanoe.com/ ) was camped out on a point on the Canadian side of the St. Croix River (boundary water Maine/Canada). My wife's uncle was guiding with him that trip, a surveyor mapping the river stopped into camp by canoe. Asked if they knew what the site name was (all the sites on the Croix have names). Neither could recall the name, both having over 20 years experience with that river. Needless to say, Martin spoke up after a minute or so and said "Brown's Corner", been that way ever since, circa mid 80's. The plaque on the tree has his name on it. Dan always says he wishes he spoke up first, as he had the same thought. http://www.maineguiding.com/ It is a really nice site, but has been picked over the years, good lunch spot as the days work out.

Anyway, it could just be that someone at the right place at the right time. It will be interesting to hear the story though, if there is one.

[songkrai]

Jerry was a Shaker.

LINK (http://www.shakers.org/)

[sluggo]

At one time the hansons owned all the property down shaker jerry road.When the property was sold they named the road after jerry hanson and called it shaker Jerry because he had parkinsons disease and his hands shook all the time.

[Redwing]

I had always heard that Jerry was a Shaker, as well....but the story about Jerry Hanson and the Parkinson's disease connection also makes sense.

[Sal]

"However, the details we do know are as follows: Walter Smith’s family lived in the “Mount Hunger” section of Moultonboro, not far from Lee’s Mills. His father, George Washington Smith, was 13 years of age in 1855, and with his father, “Shaker Jerry” Smith of Shaker Jerry Road fame, was on board the “Red Hill” ......."