On the Massachusetts North Shore
Baptist minister "Citizen Pottle" gave a toast, "To the Venerable Town of Ipswich. May it be purged of all old Toryism and mock Federalism." As the other ministers were indeed Federalists, his toastsĀ aroused suspicion that the whole celebration was a spirited demonstration of Baptist enthusiasm.
In 1778, sixteen-year-old Ezra Ross of IpswichĀ was condemned to death for the murder of Joshua Spooner of Brookfield. Spooner's wife Bathsheba becameĀ the first woman executed in the newly-createdĀ United States of America. Ezra Ross is buried in an unmarked grave at the Leslie Road Cemetery.
Historic Ipswich 