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Tag: Hovey

Daniel Hovey

July 20, 2023January 1, 2025 Gordon Harris8 Comments

At the foot of Hovey Street along the Ipswich River is a plaque dedicated to the memory of Ipswich settler Daniel Hovey, whose home and wharf were across the river on what is now Tansey Lane.

Posted in History, People, StoriesTagged 1637, Hovey, Topsfield, war

The Hovey Clan and Knowlton’s Close, a 19th Century Neighborhood

January 30, 2023November 14, 2024 Gordon Harris2 Comments

In 1844, John Sawyer sold to Josiah Caldwell an undeveloped tract known as "Knowlton's Close." Caldwell sold the land in house lots, where houses constructed in the popular vernacular Greek Revival style still stand today.

Posted in PlacesTagged Close, homes, Hovey, Knowlton, neighborhood
Ipswich MA historic photos by William Varrel

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