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Recommended Books about Ipswich

• Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony by Thomas Franklin Waters
• Hammatt Papers: Early inhabitants of Ipswich, Mass. 1633-1700 by Abraham Hammatt
• Ipswich, Images of America (two volumes)
• Ancient Records of Ipswich 1634 – 1650; at Archive.org; Available in Print
• Images of America: Ipswich Read online
  • Images of America: Ipswich Revisited Read online
• History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton by Joseph Felt Read at Google Books. Read at archive.org
• Something to Preserve by the Ipswich Historical Commission.
• The Agawam manual and directory: a directory of the Agawam district: first part, Ipswich, Rowley, and Hamilton, 1888 – Perley, M. V. B
• Directory of the Town of Ipswich, H. C. Waite, 1896


Ipswich Research Resources

• Ipswich Newspapers Digital Archives
• Ipswich Public Library Archives
• Archive.org
• Ipswich Deeds: Volumes 1 and 2 by George Freeman Sanborn Jr. These two volumes span the period from 1640 to 1666 and contain essential information on the earliest settlers of Ipswich, Rowley, Newbury, Topsfield, Salisbury, Hampton, Exeter, and neighboring towns.
• Salem (Ipswich) Deeds site, late 17th century to present
• Ipswich Public Library archives, complete list, PDF)
• Ipswich Public Library collections
• Ipswich Public Library online: Ipswich newspapers 1810 – 1999
• The Probate Records of Essex County (Haiti Trust)
  • Volume I 1634-1664
  • Volume II 1665-1674
  • Volume III 1675-1681
• Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society
• Town Records: 1600 – 1916 (online through Town Clerk)
• Town Reports 1856 – present
• Harvard.edu Colonial Library: Ipswich
• Ipswich, MA, Vital Records to 1850: births, marriages & deaths.


Other Literature about Ipswich, MA


• American Town: The History of Ipswich, Massachusetts
• The Ancient Records of the Town of Ipswich online via the Town of Ipswich: These online documents are available on the Town of Ipswich site.
  • Births, Deaths, Marriages, Intentions 1663-1733
  • Births, Deaths, Marriages, Intentions 1663-1783
  • Births, Deaths, Marriages, Intentions 1784-1859
  • Birth V 6-7 & Marriage V 6-7
  • Marriage Intentions 1890-1911
  • Marriage V 7 & Deaths V 6-7
  • First Church of Ipswich 1739-1805
  • Linebrook Parish 1746-1801 and Linebrook Parish 1749-1830
  • Commoners of Ipswich 1720-1788
  • Commoners Records 1634-1720
  • FEOFFEES of the Grammar School
  • Indentures
  • Jeffreys Neck 1713-1785
  • Jeffreys Neck 1786-1836
  • Selectmen 1717-1745
  • Selectmen 1731-1776
  • Selectmen 1740-1770
  • Servicemen Records & Accounts 1717-1745
  • Town Meeting 1696-1719
  • Town Meeting 1697-1719
  • Town Meeting 1720-1738
  • Ipswich Grants_Town Meeting 1634-1660
  • Town Records 1634-1857
  • Misc. Records cir. 1653-1841
  • Misc. Town Records 1679-1781
  • Town Records 1720-1738
  • Town Records 1738-1779
  • Town Records (box 9) 1738-1779
  • Town Records 1779-1800
  • Ipswich Record Book No. 6 1800-1828
  • Town Records 1800-1828 (Part 1)
  • Town Records 1800-1828 (Part 2)
  • Town Records 1872-1898
  • Town Records 1919-1933
  • Town Records 1934-1944
  • Town Records 1945-1954
  • Town Records 1954-1961
  • Town Records 1961-1969
  • Town Records 1970-1976
  • Town Records 1976-1981
  • Town Records Volume 4
  • Treasury Records – Barrows
  • Treasurer Account Book 1753-1767
  • Treasurer Account Book 1761-1790
  • Treasurers 1699-1727
  • Turners Hill Record 1726-1823
  • Valuations 1785
  • Valuations 1785-1792
  • Valuations 1788
  • Valuations 1789 (Part 1)
  • Valuations 1789 (Part 2)
  • Valuations 1789-1812
  • Valuations 1791
  • Valuations 1791-1792
  • Valuations 1795
  • Valuations 1799
  • Voters-Central Register of Voters 1877-1883
• Antiquarian Papers At Archive.org; Available in Print
• Archeological survey of Ipswich, Massachusetts, edited by David R. Starbuck. Ipswich Public Library, Ipswich Room 974.4513 (not online)
• The Artisan of Ipswich Available in Print
• Bicycling on Boston’s North Shore
• Candlewood, an Ancient Neighborhood in Ipswich, Available in Print
• Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Town of Ipswich
• Charter of New England: 1620
• Charter of Massachusetts Bay: 1629
• Charter of Massachusetts Bay – 1691
• Explanatory Charter of Massachusetts Bay – 1725
• The Confession of Flora Negro To the New-Gathered Congregational Church in Chebacco
• Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books by Sir William Blackstone, 1723-1780
• Crochets of Division by Allison Vannah
• The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Publications of
• Country Houses Of Essex County, 1865-1930
• The Development of our Town Government, Thomas Franklin Waters
• The Early Homes of the Puritans by Thomas Franklin Waters
• Essex (Images of America) by Arcadia Publishing
• The Essex Antiquarian (Volume 1)
  • The Essex Antiquarian (Volume 1-2)
  • The Essex Antiquarian (Volume 3-4)
  • The Essex Antiquarian (Volume 5-6)
  • The Essex Antiquarian (Volume 7)
  • The Essex Antiquarian (Volume 7-8)
  • The Essex Antiquarian (Volume 9-10)
  • The Essex Antiquarian (Volume 11)
  • The Essex Antiquarian (Volume 12-13)
• Everyday Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony by George Francis Dow
• Farmers & Fishermen
• Fine thread, lace, and hosiery in Ipswich – Fewkes, Jesse At Archive.org
• First Period houses in Eastern Massachusetts
• The Framed Houses of Massachusetts Bay, 1625-1725
• Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts by Cutter, William Richard
  • Volume I
  • Volume II
  • Volume III
• Genealogy of the Willcomb Family of New England
• A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England
• A General History of New England; Hubbard, 1818
• The Genesis of the Massachusetts Town
• Glimpses of everyday life in old Ipswich, Waters, Thomas Franklin
• Good News from New England: A True Relation of the Things Very Remarkable at Plymouth, written in 1624 by E.W. (Edward Winslow). Read at Archive.org
• Good Wives: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich read online
• Historic New England Magazine
• A historical address: delivered on the 140th anniversary of the organization of the South Church, Ipswich, Sunday, July 31, 1887, Waters, Thomas Franklin
• Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Index Volumes 1-60
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute volumes link at Hathi Trust
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 1 (archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 2 (Google Books)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volumes 3 (Google Books)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 4 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volumes 5-6 (Google Books)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 5 (Google Books)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 6 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volumes 7 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 8 (archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 9 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – volume 10 (Hathi Trust)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 11 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 12 (Hathi Trust)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 13 (Hathi Trust)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 14 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 15 (Hathi Trust)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 16 (Hathi Trust)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 17 (Hathi Trust)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 18 (Hathi Trust)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 19 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute -Volume 20 (Hathi Trust)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 21 (Hathi Trust)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute -Volume 22 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 23 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 24 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 25 (Hathi Trust)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute -Volume 26 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute -Volume 27 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 28 (Hathi Trust)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 29 (Hathi Trust)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 30 (Hathi Trust)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 31 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 32 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – volume 33 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 34 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 35 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 36 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 37 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 38 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 39 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 40 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 41 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 42 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 43 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 44 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 45 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 46 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 47 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 48 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 49 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 50 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 51 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 52 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 53 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 54 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 55 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 56 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 57 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 58 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 59 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 60 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 61 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 62 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – volume 63 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 64 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 65 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 66 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 67 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – volume 68 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 69 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 70 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 71 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 72 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 73 (Archive.org
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 74 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 75 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 76 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 77 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 78 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 79 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 80 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 81 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 82 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 83 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 84 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 85 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 86 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 87 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 88 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 89 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 90 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 91 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 92 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 93 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 94 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 95 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 96 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 97 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 98 (Archive.org)
  • Historical Collections of the Essex Institute – Volume 99 (Archive.org)
• New England Historical and Genealogical Register
• History of Essex County by Duane Hamilton Hurd, 1885
• History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton by Joseph Felt. Available in Print
• The History of Topsfield, by George Francis Dow
• The House on Ipswich Marsh Available in Print
• Ipswich (Images of America) Available in Print
• Images of America: Ipswich Revisited Available in Print
• Indian Place Names of the Penobscot Valley and the Maine Coast by Fannie H. Eckstorm
• The Indian Land Titles of Essex County, Massachusetts, by Perley, Sidney
• Ipswich First Church records, 1724-1830
• Ipswich South Church records, 1747-1868
• Ipswich Chebacco Parish / Essex Church records, 1681-1879
• Ipswich Days: Arthur Wesley Dow Available in Print
• Ipswich History 1634-1902 (from Genealogy of the Willcomb Family)
• Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Volume 1 at Archive.org. Available in Print
• Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Volume 2 at Archive.org
• Ipswich 250th Anniversary Celebration
• Ipswich photos by Andrew Borsari. Available in Print
• Ipswich Public Library Archives, Ipswich Room
• Ipswich Tiger yearbooks
• Ipswich Village and the Old Rowley Road by Thomas Franklin Waters. Available in Print
• Ipswich Yesterday by Alice Keenan. Available in Print
• A journal of the transactions and occurrences in the settlement of Massachusetts and the other New-England colonies, from the year 1630 to 1644, by John Winthrop
• King Philip’s War: The History and Legacy of America’s Forgotten Conflict Shultz /Tougias Available in Print
• The Laces of Ipswich: 1750-1840 Available in Print
• Legends and Lore of the North Shore
• Life sketches of leading citizens of Essex County, 1898
• MACRIS, MHC through the Ipswich Historical Commission
• Marblehead: History and Traditions of Marblehead,” Samuel Roads Jr., 1880
• The Massachusetts Magazine, Volume 1, 1908
  • The Massachusetts Magazine, Volume 2, 1909
  • The Massachusetts Magazine, Volume 3
  • The Massachusetts Magazine, Volume 4
  • The Massachusetts Magazine, Volume 5
  • The Massachusetts Magazine, Volume 6
  • The Massachusetts Magazine, Volume 7
  • The Massachusetts Magazine, Volume 8
  • The Massachusetts Magazine, Volume 9-10
• Measuring Time…by an Hour Glass by Adelle “Kitty” Crocket Robertson. Available in Print
• National Registry of First Period Houses in Eastern Massachusetts
• A Natural History of Boston’s North Shore
• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volumes 1-50
  • The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume 28
  • The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volumes 37-52
  • The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume 59
• The old families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some related families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton
• Old Ipswich, a magazine of local Genealogy and History
• The Orchard by Adelle “Kitty” Crocket Robertson. Available in Print
• The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts
• Pictorial Ipswich
• Plum Island, Ipswich, Mass, Waters, Thomas Franklin
• Plum Island the Way it Was, Nancy Weare (view on this site)
• Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society, Volumes 1 – 6
  • Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society Volume 7
  • Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society Volume 12
  • Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society Volumes 8 – 15
  • Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society, Volumes 13-15
  • Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society Volume 18
  • Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society, Volumes 21 – 25
• The Puritan Way, by David E. Shi
• Records of the Governor & Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England
  • Volume 1: Records of the General Court, 1628 to 1641
  • Volume 2: Records of the General Court, 1642 to 1649
  • Volume 3: Records of the House of Deputies, 1644 to 1657
  • Volume 4, Part 1: Records of the General Court: 1650 to 1660
  • Volume 4, Part 2: Records of the General Court: 1661 to 1674
  • Volume 5: Records of the General Court, 1674 to 1686
• Richard Irons: Restoring Antique Masonry
• Roadside Geology of Massachusetts
• Sand dunes and salt marshes by Charles Wendell Townsend
• The Simple Cobbler of Agawam
• A SKETCH OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF IPSWICH. THE SUBSTANCE OF A DISCOURSE, IN TWO PARTS, DELIVERED IN THAT TOWN, DECEMBER 1820
• Sketch of the life of John Winthrop, the younger, founder of Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1633 – Waters, Franklin Thomas
• Stories from the River’s Mouth Available in Print
• Topsfield Historical Society Historical Collections
• Town proprietors of the New England Colonies by Akagi, Roy Hidemichi
• The Transplantation and Transformation of the English Shire in America, Essex County, Massachusetts, 1630-1768 (UNH dissertation by Pinkham, Harold Arthur, 1980)
• Vital Records of Ipswich to End of 1849, by the Essex Institute
• Warning Out in New England by Josiah Henry Benton
• Wonder-Working Providence, Johnson (1910)






American Revolution

• Letters of a Loyalist Lady, by Hulton, Ann, -1779
• The Plight of American Loyalists (American Heritage Magazine)
• Glover and the “Indispensables” Save Washington’s Army (American Heritage Magazine)


Boxford

• Boxford Historic Houses by Sidney Perley

Essex

• History of the town of Essex: from 1634 to 1868 (Volume 1) – Crowell, Robert, 1787-1855
• History of the town of Essex: from 1634 to 1868 / by the late Robert Crowell; with sketches of the soldiers in the war of the rebellion by David Choate
• Vital Records of Essex, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849
• The History of the Town of Essex 1634 – 1700 Archive.org
• History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton by Joseph Felt. Available in Print

Essex County

• Standard History of Essex County, Massachusetts by Cyrus Mason Tracy
• Wicked Puritans of Essex County
• Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts
  • Volume 1
  • Volume 2
  • Volume 3
  • Volume 4
  • Volume 5
  • Volume 6
  • Volume 7
  • Volume 8
• The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts (Volume 1)
• The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts (Volume 2)
• The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts (Volume 3)
• Municipal History of Essex County, Massachusetts Volume I
  • Municipal History of Essex County, Massachusetts Volume II
  • Municipal History of Essex County, Massachusetts Volume III
  • Municipal History of Essex County, Massachusetts Volume IV

Gloucester

• History of the Town of Gloucester, Massachusetts by James Pringle, 1892
• The Fisherman’s Memorial and Record Book by George H. Proctor (1830 to 1873)
• Out of Gloucester by James B. Connoly (1902)

Hamilton

• History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton by Joseph Felt. Available in Print
• The Agawam Manual and Directory: a directory of the Agawam district: the first part, Ipswich, Rowley, and Hamilton – Perley, M. V. B.


Newbury-Newburyport

• Ould Newbury by John J. Currier
• The Colonial Book (Newburyport)
• A sketch of the history of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury, from 1635 to 1845, by Joshua Coffin
• History of Newbury, Mass 1635-1902 by John J. Currier
• Newbury, Massachusetts, 1635-1685, The Social Foundations of Harmony and Conflict by Robert Lord Goodman · 1974


Rowley MA

• Publications of the Rowley Historical Society (Volume 1)
• The history of Rowley, anciently including Bradford, Boxford, and Georgetown, from the year 1639 to the present time – Gage, Thomas
• The early records of the town of Rowley, Massachusetts, 1639-1672: volume 1 of the printed records of the town
• Ipswich village and the old Rowley road – Waters, Thomas Franklin, 1851-1919
• Copy of the record of deaths of the First Church in Rowley, Mass. – Blodgett, George B. (George Brainard)
• The Agawam Manual and Directory: a directory of the Agawam district: the first part, Ipswich, Rowley, and Hamilton – Perley, M. V. B.


Salem

• Architecture in Salem, Massachusetts
• Old-time ships of Salem


Topsfield

• The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society
• Vol 1-2 (1895-96): The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society
• Vol 3-5: The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society
• Vol 6-7: The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society
• Vol 8: The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society
• Vol 9-10: The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society
• Vol 11-12 (1906-07): The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society
• Vol 13-14: The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society
• Vol 15-16: The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society
• Vol 17-18: The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society
• Vol 19-20: The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society
• Vol 21: The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society
• Vol 22-24: The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society
• Vol 25-26: The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society

Hathi Trust

A rough sketch of the Appleton genealogy by W.S. Appleton, published in 1873. Author Appleton, William S. 1840-1903.  Catalog Record  Full View

Antiquarian Papers. V. 1-4 1879-1885 Published 1885  Catalog Record  Full View

Antiquarian Papers Published 1885  Catalog Record  Full View

Genealogy of the Willcomb family of New England (1665-1902), together with a condensed history of the town of Ipswich, Massachusetts / by Oliver Clifton Willcomb. Published 1902. Author Willcomb, Oliver Clifton, 1866-  Catalog Record  Full View

Fine thread, lace, and hosiery in Ipswich by Jesse Fewkes, and Ipswich mills and factories, by T. Frank Waters; proceedings at the annual meeting, December 7, 190.3. Published 1904. Author Fewkes, Jesse.  Catalog Record  Full View

History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton by Joseph B. Felt. Published 1834. Author Felt, Joseph B. 1789-1869.  Catalog Record  Full View  

The Simple Cobler of Aggawam by Nathaniel Ward; a reprint of the 4th edition, published in 1647, with fac-similes of title page, preface, and head-lines, and exact text, and an essay, Nathaniel Ward and The Simple Cobler, by Thomas Franklin Waters. Proceedings at the annual meeting, December 5, 1904. Published 1905. Author Ward, Nathaniel, 1578-1652.  Catalog Record  Full View

Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society v. 8-15 Published  Catalog Record  Full View

The Fowler family: a genealogical memoir of the descendants of Philip and Mary Fowler, of Ipswich, Mass. Ten generations: 1590-1882 By a descendant, Matthew Adams Stickney Published 1883 Author Stickney, Matthew Adams, 1805-1894.  Catalog Record  Full View

The Hammatt papers. nos. 1-7. The early inhabitants of Ipswich, Mass., 1633-1700 By Abraham Hammatt. 1854 Published 1899 Author Hammatt, Abraham, 1780? -1854.  Catalog Record  Full View

The Essex Antiquarian: an illustrated … magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history, and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts v.12 1908 Published 1908  Catalog Record  Full View

Genealogy of the Willcomb family of New England (1655-1902) Published 1902 Author Willcomb, Oliver Clifton, 1866- [from old catalog]  Catalog Record  Full View

Genealogy of the Willcomb family of New England (1665-1902), together with a condensed history of the town of Ipswich, Massachusetts / by Oliver Clifton Willcomb. Published 1902 Author Willcomb, Oliver Clifton, 1866-  Catalog Record  Full View

An account of Anne Bradstreet, the Puritan poetess, and kindred topics. Published 1898 Author Caldwell, Luther, 1822-1903,  Catalog Record  Full View

The celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Ipswich, published 1884, Author Ipswich (Mass.)  Catalog Record  Full View

Plum Island, Ipswich, Mass by Thomas Franklin Waters no. 22-24 1918-1923 Published 1918 Author Waters, Thomas Franklin, 1851-1919.  Catalog Record  Full View

Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony … by Thomas Franklin Waters Volume 2. Published 1917 Author Waters, Thomas Franklin, 1851-1919.  Catalog Record  Full View

Glimpses of everyday life in Old Ipswich by Thomas Franklin Waters, no.25-28 1925-1934 Published 1925 Author Waters, Thomas Franklin, 1851-1919.  Catalog Record  Full View

History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton by Joseph B. Felt, Published 1834. Author Felt, Joseph B. 1789-1869.  Catalog Record  Full View

Who’s Who along the North Shore of Massachusetts Bay, Published 1910  Catalog Record  Full View

History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton by Joseph B. Felt, Published 1834. Author Felt, Joseph B. 1789-1869.  Catalog Record  Full View

Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society v.21-24 1916-1923 Published 1923  Catalog Record  Full View

The celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Ipswich, Massachusetts, August 16, 1844, Published 1884.  Catalog Record  Full View

Who’s Who along the North Shore of Massachusetts Bay, 1914. Published 1914  Catalog Record  Full View

Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society v.1-6 1894-1899 Published 1899  Catalog Record  Full View

Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony ... by Thomas Franklin Waters, Volume 1. Published 1917 Author Waters, Thomas Franklin, 1851-1919.  Catalog Record  Full View

A sketch of the ecclesiastical history of Ipswich. The substance of a discourse, in two parts, delivered in that town, December 1820, Published 1823 Author Kimball, David T. 1782-1860.  Catalog Record  Full View

The pioneers of Massachusetts, a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns and churches, and other contemporaneous documents by Charles Henry Pope … Published 1900 Author Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918.  Catalog Record  Full View

A genealogical register of the first settlers of New England … To which are added various genealogical and biographical notes, collected from ancient records, manuscripts, and printed works, by John Farmer. Published 1829. Author Farmer, John, 1789-1838.  Catalog Record  Full View

The probate records of Essex County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, Published 1920, Probate Court (Essex County)  Catalog Record  Full View

John Caldwell and Sarah Dillingham Caldwell, his wife, Ipswich, Mass., 1654: genealogical records of their descendants, eight generations, 1654-1900 / by Augustine Caldwell. John and Dolly Hoyt Caldwell, fifth generation descendants in Maine / by Mrs. Sumner Kimball; also, gleanings, memorials, biographical sketches, and families allied by marriages. Published 1904. Author: Caldwell, Augustine, b. 1836.  Catalog Record  Full View

The probate records of Essex County, Massachusetts, Vol. 3, 1675-1681. Published 1920. Probate Court (Essex County)  Catalog Record  Full View

The Harris family. Thomas Harris in Ipswich, Mass, in 1636, and some of his descendants, through seven generations, to 1883, by William Samuel Harris. Published 1883 Author Harris, William Samuel, 1861-  Catalog Record  Full View

The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Mass. Complete in three parts. By Geo. A. Perkins … Published 1889. Author: Perkins, Geo. A. 1813-1895.  Catalog Record  Full View

The Massachusetts Magazine: devoted to Massachusetts history, genealogy, biography v.4 (1911) Published 1911  Catalog Record  Full View

A memoir of the Rev. Nathaniel Ward, A.M., author of The Simple Cobbler of Agawam in America With notices of his family. By John Ward Dean, Published 1868 Author: Dean, John Ward, 1815-1902.  Catalog Record  Full View

Records and files of the Quarterly courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, v..4. Published 1975 County Court (Essex Co.)  Catalog Record  Full View

Records and files of the Quarterly courts of Essex county, Massachusetts, v. 2 1912. Published 1975.  Catalog Record  Full View

Partial list of revolutionary soldiers in Essex County, Massachusetts … Published 1898  Catalog Record  Full View

Memorial of Samuel Appleton of Ipswich, Massachusetts, with genealogical notices of some of his descendants compiled by Isaac Appleton Jewett. Published 1850. Author Jewett, Isaac Appleton, 1808-1853.  Catalog Record  Full View

History of the town of Essex: from 1634 to 1868 by the late Robert Crowell; with sketches of the soldiers in the war of the rebellion by David Choate. Published 1868. Author Crowell, Robert, 1787-1855.  Catalog Record  Full View

The Hovey book, describing the English ancestry and American descendants of Daniel Hovey of Ipswich, Massachusetts, comp. and pub. under the auspices of the Daniel Hovey Association, with an introductory chapter by the president … Published 1913 Author Daniel Hovey Association.  Catalog Record  Full View

The Essex Antiquarian: an illustrated … magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts v.2 1898 Published 1898  Catalog Record  Full View

The Essex Antiquarian: an illustrated … magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts v.3 1899 Published 1899  Catalog Record  Full View

The Essex Antiquarian: an illustrated … magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts v.3-4 (1899-1900) Published 1900  Catalog Record  Full View

The Essex Antiquarian: an illustrated … magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts v.4 1900 Published 1900  Catalog Record  Full View

The Essex Antiquarian: an illustrated … magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts v.5 1901 Published 1901  Catalog Record  Full View

The Essex Antiquarian: an illustrated … magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts v.5-7 (1901-1903) Published 1903  Catalog Record  Full View

The Essex Antiquarian: an illustrated … magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts v.6 1902 Published 1902  Catalog Record  Full View

The Essex Antiquarian: an illustrated … magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts v.9 1905 Published 1905  Catalog Record  Full View

Major-General Daniel Denison. Published 1869 Author Slade, D. D. 1823-1896.  Catalog Record  Full View

 Sketch of the life of John Winthrop the younger, founder of Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1633. Published 1900. Author Waters, Thomas Franklin.  Catalog Record  Full View

Old New England Houses by Albert G. Robinson, with many illustrations from the author’s unique collection of photographs. Published 1920 Author Robinson, Albert G. 1855-1932.  Catalog Record  Full View

Records and files of the Quarterly courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, Vol .6. Published 1975. Catalog Record Full View

Genealogy of the Fitts or Fitz family in America by James Hill Fitts of Tuscaloosa. Published 1869. Author Fitts, James Hill, 1829-1900.  Catalog Record  Full View

Edward Chapman, of Ipswich, Mass., in 1644, and some of his descendants compiled by Rev. Jacob Chapman and Dr. W.B. Lapham. Published 1878. Author Chapman, Jacob, 1810-1903.  Catalog Record  Full View

Genealogical record of a line of descendants of John and Joanna Tuttle of Ipswich, Mass., from 1635 to 1885: a period of 250 years, including the passenger list of the ship Planter, containing the names of Richard, John, and William Tuttle, and their families. Published 1885 Author Tuttle, Joseph Willard, 1813-1888.  Catalog Record  Full View

The Indian Land Titles of Essex County, Massachusetts, by Sidney Perley. Published 1912 Author Perley, Sidney, 1858-1928.  Catalog Record  Full View

Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, v. 6, 1917. Published 1975. Catalog Record  Full View

Memento Mori: Part the first, being an accurate transcription of the tombstones, monuments, footstones, and other memorials in the Ancient Old Burial Yard in the Town of Ipswich, County of Essex, Massachusetts, from its beginnings in the year Anno. Domi. 1634 to the present day, with a chart of the location of the same that any grave therein may be located with ease and accuracy, together with a history and description of this ancient burial yard / by Arthur Warren Johnson and Ralph Elbridge Ladd Jr. Published 1935. Catalog Record  Full View

Augustine Heard and his friends by Thomas Franklin Waters, published 1916. Author Waters, Thomas Franklin, 1851-1919.  Catalog Record  Full View

Sand Dunes and Salt Marshes by Charles Wendell Townsend, Published 1913 Author: Townsend, Charles Wendell, 1859-  Catalog Record  Full View

Artists and Craftsmen of Essex County, Massachusetts by Henry Wyckoff Belknap, Published 1927 Author: Belknap, Henry Wyckoff, b. 1860.  Catalog Record  Full View

Records and files of the Quarterly courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, v.7. Published 1975  Catalog Record  Full View

The pastor’s jubilee: a discourse delivered in Ipswich, October 8, 1856, by David Tenney Kimball, senior pastor of the First Church in that town, on the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination; with an appendix. Published 1857. Author Kimball, David T. 1782-1860.  Catalog Record  Full View

Genealogical guide to the early settlers of America. v. 2 Published 1906 Author Whittemore, Henry, 1833-  Catalog Record  Full View

Beach grass 1923 Published 1923 Author Townsend, Charles Wendell, 1859-  Catalog Record  Full View

Genealogy of the Dodge family of Essex County, Mass. 1629-1894 By Joseph Thompson Dodge … Published 1894 Author Dodge, Joseph Thompson, 1823-  Catalog Record  Full View

Two centuries of travel in Essex County, Massachusetts, a collection of narratives and observations made by travelers, 1605-1799, collected and annotated by George Francis Dow, published 1921. Author Dow, George Francis, 1868-1936,  Catalog Record  Full View

The Averell-Averill-Avery family. A record of the descendants of William and Abigail Averell of Ipswich, Mass. … comp. by Clara A. Avery … Published 1914 Author Avery, Clara Arlette, 1850-  Catalog Record  Full View

Essex Institute historical collections v.54 1918 Published 1918 Author Essex Institute.  Catalog Record  Full View

The Life of Mary Lyon, Published 1910, Author Gilchrist, Beth Bradford, b. 1879.  Catalog Record  Full View Pioneer Irish in New England by Michael J. O’Brien, LL.D. Published 1937 Author O’Brien, Michael Joseph, 1870-1960.  Catalog Record  Full View

History and genealogy of the Perley family comp, by M. V. B Perley … Published 1906 Author Perley, Martin Van Buren, 1835-  Catalog Record  Full View

History of the Kimball family in America, from 1634 to 1897: and of its ancestors the Kemballs or Kemboldes of England; with an account of the Kembles of Boston, Massachusetts / by Leonard Allison Morrison and Stephen Paschall Sharples. Published 1897. Author Morrison, Leonard Allison, 1843-1902.  Catalog Record  Full View

Essex Institute historical collections v.42 (1906) Published 1906 Author Essex Institute.  Catalog Record  Full View
A genealogical record of the descendants of Moses Pengry, of Ipswich, Mass., so far as ascertained, collected and arranged by William M. Pingry. Published 1881. Author: Pingry, William M. 1806-1885.  Catalog Record  Full View

Essex Institute historical collections v.51 (1915) Published 1915 Author Essex Institute.  Catalog Record  Full View

Essex Institute historical collections v.76 1940 Published 1940 Author Essex Institute.  Catalog Record  Full View

Essex Institute Historical Collections v.1-67 1859-1931 Index Published 1931 Author Essex Institute.  Catalog Record  Full View

Ezekiel Cheever, Schoolmaster, published 1904. Author Gould, Elizabeth Porter, 1848-1906.  Catalog Record Essex Institute Historical Collections v.42 1906 Published 1906 Author Essex Institute.  Catalog Record  Full View

The History of Rowley, anciently including Bradford, Boxford, and Georgetown, from the year 1639 to the present time. By Thomas Gage. With an address delivered September 5, 1839, at the celebration of the second centennial anniversary of its settlement. By Rev. James Bradford. Published 1840. Author Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787.  Catalog Record  Full View

Records of the Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. From 1628 to 1641. As contained in the first volume of the archives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts v.2, published 1850.  Catalog Record  Full View

A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, on the basis of Farmer’s Register … By James Savage … v.2 Published 1862 Author Savage, James, 1784-1873.  Catalog Record  Full View

Trial of Benjamin Shaw, John Alley, Junior, Jonathan Buffum, and Preserved Sprague: for riots and disturbance of public worship in the Society of Quakers at Lynn, Massachusetts, before the Court of Common Pleas, held at Ipswich, Massachusetts, March 16th, 1882. Published 1822 Author Shaw, Benjamin.  Catalog Record  Full View

Great Eastern Railway magazine. Vol. 10-11, 1920-1921 Published 1921.  Catalog Record  Full View

Among old New England Inns: Being an account of little journeys to various quaint inns and hostelries of colonial New England by Mary Caroline Crawford ... Published 1907 Author Crawford, Mary Caroline, 1874-1932.

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