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Tag: 1634

General Daniel Denison

December 9, 2025 Gordon Harris1 Comment
Daniel Denison grave at the Old North Burying Ground in Ipswich

Daniel Denison became Major General of the colonial forces and represented Ipswich in the general court. He was remembered with high esteem by the people of Ipswich well into the 19th Century. You can visit Denison's grave at the Old North Burial Ground.

Posted in History, PeopleTagged 1634, town government, war

John Winthrop Jr., Here and Gone

October 1, 2023January 13, 2024 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment
John Winthrop Jr.

John Winthrop the younger was the son of Massachusetts Bay Colony governor John Winthrop, and led the settlement of Agawam in 1633 (renamed Ipswich in 1634), accompanied by 11 men.

Posted in History, PeopleTagged 1634, topsfield settlers

Homes of the Lords

August 2, 2021June 23, 2025 Gordon Harris8 Comments
Thomas Lord house, High St., Ipswich MA

Robert Lord, his wife Mary Waite and their four children arrived with the first settlers of Ipswich in 1634, where he was appointed town clerk. Almost every house on High Street has been lived in by a member of the Lord family.

Posted in Houses, PeopleTagged 1634, First Period, homes

Anne Dudley Bradstreet, the Colony’s First Published Poet

March 9, 2021October 30, 2025 Gordon Harris
Ann Bradstreet, America's first published poet

Often alone in Ipswich while her husband Simon was engaged in government, Anne Bradstreet wrote a collection of poems published in London in 1650 titled, "The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America...by a Gentlewoman in these Parts."

Posted in Arts, History, PeopleTagged 1634, Andover, Bradstreet, Dudley, Ipswich artists, women

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