Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

At the beginning of the 20th Century, Ipswich pastor Thomas Franklin Waters, founder of the Ipswich Historical Society, wrote the two-volume set Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. They are the authoritative source for research about the town from its early beginnings up to the 20th Century, and my copies are well-worn from use. The two volumes are online through Archive.org, and this site provides links below to each chapter.

Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Vol. I: 1633-1700

Published in 1905

Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Vol. II: 1700-1917

Published in 1917.

• Chapter I: The Beginnings of the 18th Century
• Chapter II: Queen Anne’s War
• Chapter III: Some Great Funerals
• Chapter IV: Inns and Innkeepers and the Traffic in Strong Drink
• Chapter V: Laws, Courts, and Judges
• Chapter VI: Division in the Parish. The Hamlet. Linebrook. The Great Awakening. The South Parish
• Chapter VII: Colonial Currency and the Land Bank
• Chapter VIII: The French and Indian or Seven Years War, 1755-1762 and The Acadians in Ipswich
• Chapter IX: Slaves, Servants and Apprentices
• Chapter X: Fishing and Commerce in the 18th Century
• Chapter XI: Trades and Employments in the 18th Century
• Chapter XII: Schools and School Masters of the 18th Century
• Chapter XIII: The Breach with Great Britain
• Chapter XIV: The Revolutionary War
• Chapter XV: After the Revolution
• Chapter XVI: The Poor and the Stranger Within the Gates
• Chapter XVII: The New Century. Wars and Rumors of Wars
• Chapter XVIII: The First Church after 1747
• Chapter XIX: The Linebrook Church, 1746
• Chapter XX: The South Church, 1747
• Chapter XXI: The Baptist Church, 1806
• Chapter XXII: The Methodist Episcopal Church, 1822
• Chapter XXIII: Schools and School Teachers in the 19th Century
• Chapter XXIV: The Ipswich Academy, Later Known as the Ipswich Female Seminary
• Chapter XXV: Ipswich, Seventy-Five Years Ago
• Chapter XXVI: Shipping and Sailors of the 19th Century
• Chapter XXVII: The Textile Industry
• Chapter XXVIII: The Unitarian Church, 1830
• Chapter XXIX: The Protestant Episcopal Church
• Chapter XXX: The Civil War, 1861-1865
• Chapter XXXI: Some Public Utilities, Roads and Bridges, Fire Department, Water and Light
• Chapter XXXII: Along Some Old Roads
• Chapter XXXIII: Ipswich, Then and Now
• Appendix I: A list of Soldiers and Sailors Credited to Ipswich in the French and Indian War
• Appendix II: Narrative of the Wreck of the Ship, “Dorchester” by Captain Eben Caldwell
• Appendix III: The Role of Ipswich Soldiers and Sailors in the Civil War, the Spanish War, 1898, and on the Mexican Frontier, 1916

Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society

The following papers were presented by Thomas Franklin Waters and other members of the Ipswich Historical Society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

• The oration by Rev. Washington Choate and the Poem by Rev. Edgar F. Davis, on the 200th Anniversary of the Resistance to the Andros Tax, 1887, and Order of Exercises at the Ipswich Town Hall, or at Hathi Trust Full view v.1-6 1894-1899
• II The President’s Address and Other Proceedings at the Dedication of their Room, Friday Feb. 3, 1896, or at Hathi Trust Full view v.1-6 1894-1899
• III Exercises at the Unveiling of the Memorial Tablets at the South Common, Ipswich, July 29 or at Hathi Trust Full view v.1-6 1894-1899
• IV The Early Homes of the Puritans or at Hathi Trust Full view v.1-6 1894-1899
• V Some Old Ipswich Houses or at Hathi Trust Full view v.1-6 1894-1899
• VI Dedication of the Ancient House, or read at Google Books or at Hathi Trust Full view v.1-6 1894-1899
• VII A Sketch of the Life of John Winthrop the Younger
• VIII The Development of Our Town Government or at Hathi Trust Full view v. 8-15
• IX The Old Argilla Road or at Hathi Trust Full view v. 8-15
• X The History of the (Whipple) House or at Hathi Trust Full view v. 8-15
• X The John Whipple House and the People Who Have Owned It or at Hathi Trust Full view v. 8-15
• XI The Meeting House Green, and a Study of the Houses and Lands in that Vicinity or at Hathi Trust Full view v. 8-15
• XII Thomas Dudley, and Simon and Ann Bradstreet, or at Hathi Trust Full view v. 8-15
• XII A Study of the Original House Lots on High Street or at Hathi Trust Full view v. 8-15
• XIII Fine Thread, Lace and Hosiery by Jessie Fewkes or at Hathi Trust Full view v. 8-15
• XIII Ipswich Mills and Factories or at Hathi Trust Full view v. 8-15
• XIV The Simple Cobbler of Agawam, (by Rev. Nathaniel Ward) or Read at JSTOR or at Hathi Trust Full view v. 8-15
• XV A Genealogy of the Ipswich Descendants of Samuel Appleton, or at Hathi Trust Full view v. 8-15
• XV The Old Bay Road from Saltonstall’s Brook and Samuel Appleton’s Farm or at Hathi Trust Full view v. 8-15
• XVI Candlewood, an Ancient Neighborhood in Ipswich, or at Hathi Trust Full view no.16-20(1909-1915)
• XVI Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Robert Kinsman or at Hathi Trust Full view no.16-20(1909-1915)
• XVI Genealogical Record of the Descendants of William Fellows of Ipswich or at Hathi Trust Full view no.16-20 (1909-1915)
• XVI A Genealogy of the Descendants of John Brown of Ipswich or at Hathi Trust Full view no.16-20 (1909-1915)
• XVII Fine Thread, Lace and Hosiery by Jessie Fewkes or at Hathi Trust Full view no.16-20 (1909-1915)
• XVIII Jeffreys Neck, and the Way Leading Thereto or at Hathi Trust Full view no.16-20(1909-1915)
• XIX Ipswich Village and the Old Rowley Road, or at Hathi Trust Full view no.16-20(1909-1915)
• XX The John Whipple House or Read at Google Books or at Hathi Trust Full view no.16-20(1909-1915)
• XXI Augustine Heard and His Friends or Read at Google Books or at Hathis Trust Full view v.21-24 1916-1923
• XXII Plum Island or Read at Google Books or at Hathis Trust Full view v.21-24 1916-1923
• XXIII The Chronicles of Ipswich during the War, 1917-1918 or Read at Google Books or at Hathis Trust Full view v.21-24 1916-1923
• XXIV The Ipswich River, its Bridges, Wharves and Industries or Read at Google Books or at Hathis Trust Full view v.21-24 1916-1923
• XXV Glimpses of Everyday Life in Ipswich or at Hathi Trust Full view v.25-29 1925-1935
• XXV Governor Thomas Dudley in Ipswich or at Hathi Trust Full view v.25-29 1925-1935
• XXVI John Wise of Chebacco or at Hathi Trust Full view v.25-29 1925-1935
• XXVI Michael Farley, First, Second, and Third of Ipswich or at Hathi Trust Full view v.25-29 1925-1935
• XXIX Memento Mori, the Old North Burying Ground or at Hathi Trust Full view v.25-29 1925-1935