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Tag: Ipswich Village

Recollections of a Boy’s Life In the Village

December 19, 2023December 26, 2024 Gordon Harris3 Comments

This story was written by Amos E. Jewett in 1945. At the time, he was 83 years old. having been born in Ipswich Village, near Rowley, on June 16, 1862. 

Posted in StoriesTagged Ipswich Village, Jewett, letters, Rowley

Pingrey’s Plain, the Gallows Lot

December 23, 2022December 11, 2024 Gordon Harris3 Comments

Long before the intersection of Mile Lane and High Street became famous for the Clam Box, it was known as Pingrey’s Plain, and was where the wicked were hung.

Posted in Places, StoriesTagged 1700, Alice Keenan, hanging, Ipswich, Ipswich Village, pengry

Homes of the Jewetts

August 2, 2021August 4, 2026 Gordon Harris23 Comments

Generations of the Jewett family made their homes on upper High Street, and the area near the Rowley town line came to be known as Ipswich Village.

Posted in PeopleTagged 1639, homes, Ipswich Village
Ipswich MA historic photos by William Varrel

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