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[…] Historic Ipswich. The courtship and marriage of William Durkee and Martha Cross. Historic Ipswich on the Massachusetts North Shore…
I think his name was Sweetpie.
This is great I will be there! Wondering if I can bring some Syrian Lebanese cuisine with me Sent from…
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This is great, Gordon! Thank you. Sent from my iPhone
I was just thinking yesterday how appropriate it would be if Ipswich celebrated George Washington’s Birthday this year with a…
Another wonderful historical piece by Gordon Harris. Thank you for sharing this.
This is most interesting. I love the place names Mr. Barton mentions.
I am John Bailey, son of Douglas Bailey, who was the son of Jonathan Jackson Bailey Jr, who was the…
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John and Sarah are my direct ancestors (I am 10th or 11 generation), myself also a Caldwell and with 5…
My daughter and I just visited this month. Aside from the rich history, it is a beautiful place for a…
I live in the last remaining building of the Rockaway, the ‘Annex,’ later known as Rockaway House and will be…
Hi, Uncle Bob! Hope all is well in your world. I wish I had a more direct way to contact…
In regards to the Rockaway, my father was William A. Publicover III. The “W.A. Publicover” referenced as the manager was…
I had the absolute pleasure of taking the Historic Ipswich Ancestry Tour with Gordon Harris, last month and it was…
[…] A whole book contextualizing the Battle of Gloucester is Joseph Garland’s The Fish and the Falcon: Gloucester’s Resolute Role…
Hillary, I am from the Hendrick family. Elizabeth is my 8th Great Grand Mother. How can we connect cousin?
In the James How of Ipswich section of the Daniel Wait Howe genealogy is referenced a number of weavers. They…
The archers will be shooting from the Pedestrian Bridge by the dam on the first weekend. The second weekend will…
Planning on coming to the November 1 event. A couple questions: 1. Where can we park if the Town Wharf…
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I suspect the Wendels gave it that name, because there’s no record of a strawberry hill in the old maps…
Gordon, How far back does the name “Strawberry Hill” go? Did it precede the Wendel residence or did they name…
I had the absolute pleasure of taking the Historic Ipswich Ancestry Tour with Gordon Harris, last month and it was…
I, too, am a great granddaughter of Daniel Hovey and also live in Phoenix, Arizona. My birth family is from…
Thanks Mark and Cathy. I enjoyed doing the research and sharing the town’s incredible history with you!
Gordon led us on a fantastic personalized tour of Ipswich, focusing on our first family ancestors, Thomas French Sr. and…
The FindaGrave links on the Highland Cemetery page, on which you commented, show the headstones. But this is the modern…
Do you have photos of headstones? I’m currently looking for: William Warner Birth 10 Mar 1586 – 1 Jul 1648…
These two histories of the Wells family in America don’t mention an Abraham. https://archive.org/details/historywellesfa00wellgoog/page/n4/mode/2up?view=theater&q=ipswich https://archive.org/details/genealogyofwells00cush/page/8/mode/2up?view=theater&q=ipswich
Thank you, Gordon. From what I have seen in records on Ancestry, Abraham Wells had a brother named Thomas, and…
We don’t have a record of an individual named Abraham Wells. Thomas Wells migrated to Massachusetts in 1637, and died…
My 6th great-grandfather (Abraham Wells) immigrated from England and later died in Ipswich in 1666. I have so far been…
My family still has two bookcases from the Pastor’s office. They have smoke damage on the back. My brother (then…
I am a descendant of Edward Ketcham and would like to know when he arrived in Ipswich, how he obtained…
I am also descended from the Cogswells’ daughter Hannah. At the museum at Colonial Pemaquid, there is a trunk that…
I’ve read about the tramp signs before, it truly is fascinating to me. There is an episode of Mad Men…
Helen Breen wrote the article several years ago. A couple of articles on Wikipedia indicate that Charles Pickering was briefly…
I was doing a bit of research on Charles Pickering’s time at Harvard and your blog makes the interesting claim…
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Cool! I’ve visited Ipswich twice and would love to return! Until then, I will armchair tour! Thank you!
Gordon, Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately, after checking provided associated references, I cannot find any references to substantiate the…
Mary Ellen Lepionka is deceased, but the information appears to be correct. “It is important to note that the Phips…
Hello, The website states “Then, between 1700 and 1750, the government of the Massachusetts Bay Colony offered bounties on Indian…
Thank you from the great grandson of Sir Edward Bennett of Virginia and Massachusetts from the 1600s This is my…
HI from the great grandson of Sir Edward Bennett of Virginia and Massachusetts in the 1600s the start of North…
Hi I meant my name is Marc Bennett I am the relation to Sir Edward Bennett, From Virginia of the…
Hi Ian Marc Bennett The grandson of Sir Edward Bennett of Virginia and Massachusetts from 1600s
Thanks for this, Gordon. I mention Fewkes and the smuggled stocking machine in my new book coming out in February…
The stone with Rebecca’s name is her footstone, and is typical of others in the region. It would have been…
Thank you for this information. I’m a historian and I’m researching the Farley family. Can you tell me where the…
Corner of Low Street and Hay Street in Newbury is the ‘unknown’ photo; not Rte. 1. It was the home…
Isaac cummings is one of my great grandfather’s down the line, He testified against Elizabeth Howe. I’m so eager to…
Tramps, Vagrants, Hobo’s, later Bums, Drunks and Indigent; now homeless, un-housed, street people etc. The story goes on and on.…
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Do you know who handwrote it?
I have an apt in the original building. I feel like I am living history every day!
Thanks for continuing to take a stand for democracy and publicizing the rally, Gordon. Sent from my iPhone
Thank you for this article on Bay Road / Route 1A. I had been wondering about the history of this…
No, it closed in 1995
Is Hill’s still Open?
In 1968 the newly appointed President of The New England Conservatory of Music, Gunther Schiller, arranged for a special summer…
Thank you! Aquila Chase information in the same document is helpful, too. Planning on some ancestor worship in June.
Early Inhabitants of Ipswich: https://archive.org/details/hammattpapersear00hamm/page/52/mode/2up?view=theater
Hello, I’m in search of information on the “First Schoolmaster of Ipswich”, Lionel Chute. Any help with this would be…
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Thanks so much.
You can read the entire story with all of the letters of Joseph Hodgkins and Sarah Perkins at https://historicipswich.net/2022/04/09/the-letters-of-joseph-hodgkins-and-sarah-perkins/
Wondering if the talk will be recorded and posted on the Historic Ipswich website? Thanks.
Contact the Trustees of Reservations
hello is there an event on the island for 2025
Hello I am too and would love to talk to you about our history… 7654657174 Thank you
According to geni.com the first Michael Farley to live in Ipswich was born in Beverly Parks, Essex, England: 1. Michael…
The site of Reginald Foster’s gravesite is unknown, but some of his immediate descendants are buried at the Old North…
My wife and I will be coming to visit Ipswich next month. She is very interested in genealogy and researches…
Recent DNA analyses show evidence that a type of salmonella very similar to typhoid may be responsible for killing millions…
Bathsheba, the favorite daughter of my 5th great grandfather. My mother’s father’s father’s father’s father’s father’s father. Direct descendant of…
Dear sir I’m very impressed with your work. do you know where I can find hi resolution of the Dodge…
Judah BUTLER born 28 May 1800 in Niagara County, New York. [His parents haven’t been identified yet. Any help with…
If you ever want to sell that house, I’m a Perkins descendant. Let me know.
Mmmm…just received a copy of Hourglass from Betsy…I read the pages indexed on Google, but when they ran out, knew…
Robert Paine was foreman of the Grand Jury, but not on the Jury for Trials. Here’s an image of the…
“Scotch-Irish” are not Irish…they are the Scots forced to move to Northern Ireland (Ulster) by the English…
Robert Paine was probably not on the jury in 1692. Here is why. 1) Sources that say he was .…
Yes. Thank You. It’s another document where Robert Paine isn’t mentioned. Do you find this interesting, or can anyone refute…
I am David Tullar Perleys great great great granddaughter and have a pic of him in my home. Also of…
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William and Martha are among by grandparents with multiple greats before the grand. Information that my aunt had come across…
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