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Tag: Harry Maine

Haselelponah Wood

December 21, 2025 Gordon Harris5 Comments
Haselelponiah Wood, buried in the Old North Burying ground in Ipswich

Obadiah Wood married 35-year-old widow Haselelponiah, whose scriptural name means "A shadow falls upon me," the only person in modern history with that name. Haselelpony Wood's tombstone is located at the Old North Burial Ground in Ipswich.

Posted in People, StoriesTagged 1714, Harry Maine, Ipswich, women

The Ghost of Harry Maine

October 27, 2024January 1, 2025 Gordon Harris1 Comment
Harry Maine's house on Water Street in Ipswich

Harry Maine — you have heard the tale; He lived there in Ipswich Town; He blasphemed God, so they put him down with an iron shovel, at Ipswich Bar; They chained him there for a thousand years, As the sea rolls up to shovel it back; So when the sea cries, the goodwives say "Harry Maine growls at his work today."

Posted in LegendsTagged 1671, Harry Maine, Ipswich, Mooncusser, pirate, Plum Island

Diamond Stage

December 27, 2022November 14, 2024 Gordon Harris2 Comments
Diamond Stage and Treadwells Island in the 1832 Ipswich map

In 1673, two fishermen from the Isles of Shoals, Andrew Diamond and Harry Maine, arrived together in Ipswich. Mr. Diamond built a platform for salting and shipping fish, and became quite successful. The location is still known today as Diamond Stage.

Posted in PlacesTagged Diamond Stage, Greenwood Farm, Harry Maine, Ipswich River

© Gordon Harris 2025

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