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Homes of the Wades

August 2, 2021July 26, 2026 Gordon Harris1 Comment

Jonathan Wade arrived in Ipswich in 1635 with the first wave of Puritan settlers, and came into ownership of land across from the South Green. In the 19th Century, the Wade family of housewrights built several homes on County Rd., and throughout the town.

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Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Massachusetts by Abraham Hammatt
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