The gilded weathercock at the First Church in Ipswich has graced the steeple of every church at that location since the middle of the 18th Century.
Category: Legends
The Devil’s footprint
The Cape Ann Sea Serpent
Adrift on a Haystack, December 1786
November 5: Guy Fawkes Day (“Pope Night”)
Haunted houses of Ipswich
The Legend of Heartbreak Hill
The tragic story of Rebecca Rawson, 1679
A romantic tale from the Great Snow of Feb. 21-24, 1717
Death in a snowstorm, December 1, 1722
On December 1, 1722, Daniel Rogers was returning to Ipswich from a court case in Hampton and took a wrong turn that led deep into Salisbury marshes. His body was found a few days later near Salisbury beach. Suspicion fell on one Moses Gatchel but no charges were filed, there being a lack of solid evidence.