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Moses and Aaron Pengry and their descendants

September 7, 2021October 21, 2022 Gordon Harris3 Comments
Aaron Pengry

Two brothers, Moses and Aaron Pengry both resided in Ipswich by 1641. and were active in town affairs. The surnames of their descendants are alternatively spelled Pingree, Pengre, Pengrey, Pengry, Pingre, Pingrey, Pingry.

Posted in genealogyTagged home, homes, pengry

Thomas and Susan French of Ipswich, their sons and daughters

August 19, 2021March 24, 2023 Gordon Harris3 Comments
House lot of Thomas French of Ipswich

The largest contingent to arrive in Ipswich from the same village were 15 men and women from Assington, Suffolk, including Thomas French and his family.

Posted in genealogy, Leaders, PeopleTagged homes, Thomas French

Descendants of Robert Kinsman of Ipswich

August 13, 2021March 8, 2023 Gordon Harris2 Comments

Robert Kinsman, the immigrant, was a glazier by trade, and received a grant of an acre of land on Green St. His son Robert 2 played a part in the resistance to Gov. Andros in 1687 for which Ipswich is known as the Birthplace of American Independence.

Posted in PeopleTagged homes, Kinsman

Descendants of John and Judith Gator Perkins of Ipswich

August 13, 2021October 21, 2022 Gordon Harris2 Comments
Capt. Matthew Perkins House

John Perkins, who identified himself as "the Elder," and his wife Judith Gator were the immigrant ancestors of the Ipswich Perkins family from the mother country.

Posted in PeopleTagged homes, Perkins

Homes of the descendants of John Baker of Ipswich

August 11, 2021March 24, 2023 Gordon Harris7 Comments
John Baker house, South Green in Ipswich

John Baker owned, by grant, a large lot on the north side of East St. between North Main and County St. To his son Thomas, he conveyed the house where he lived and the remainder of his land, June 14, 1698 (35: 44). John Baker the settler was apparently a man of property, his name… Continue reading Homes of the descendants of John Baker of Ipswich →

Posted in genealogyTagged Baker, homes

Homes of the descendants of Daniel Rindge and Mary Kinsman of Ipswich

August 4, 2021November 12, 2022 Gordon Harris3 Comments

Daniel Rindge (aka Ringe) was in Ipswich, in 1648. He married Mary Kinsman, the daughter of Robert Kinsman who came to Ipswich in 1635.

Posted in genealogyTagged homes, Kinsman, Rindge, Ringe

Homes of the Jewetts

August 2, 2021February 27, 2023 Gordon Harris20 Comments
Jewett house, High St. Ipswich

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 Houses, PeopleTagged 1639, homes, Ipswich Village

Homes of the Appletons

August 2, 2021November 17, 2022 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment
Appleton Farms "New House"

Appleton Farms was gifted to the Trustees of Reservations by Francis and Joan Appleton in 1998. Originally granted to Ipswich settler Samuel Appleton, it is the oldest continuously operating farm in America. The farm continued in family ownership for seven generations, and the extended family built homes along Waldingfield Rd. and the nearby vicinity. 

Posted in HousesTagged Appleton, appleton farms, homes

Homes of the Wades

August 2, 2021November 15, 2022 Gordon Harris1 Comment
Nathaniel Wade house, Ipswich MA

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.

Posted in HousesTagged homes, Wade

Homes of the descendants of Richard and Ursula Scott Kimball of Rattlesden, who settled in Ipswich

August 2, 2021November 17, 2022 Gordon Harris8 Comments

The common ancestors of many of the Kimball family in America are Richard Kimball Sr. and his wife Ursula Scott of the Parish of Rattlesden, England who moved to Ipswich in 1635. Four of the First Period homes of their descendants are still standing.

Posted in Houses, PeopleTagged ancestry, homes, Kimball, Richard Kimball, Ursula Scott

Homes of the Lords

August 2, 2021October 20, 2022 Gordon Harris8 Comments
Thomas Lord house, High St., Ipswich MA

Robert Lord, his wife Mary Waite and their four children arrived with the first settlers of Ipswich in 1634, where he was appointed town clerk. Almost every house on High Street has been lived in by a member of the Lord family.

Posted in Houses, PeopleTagged 1634, First Period, homes

Homes of the Manning family of Ipswich

August 1, 2021November 19, 2022 Gordon Harris3 Comments

Nicholas Manning immigrated from England to Salem, MA, as early as 1662. He was later joined by his youngest brother Thomas, who became the common ancestor of the prominent Manning family of Ipswich.

Posted in Houses, PeopleTagged homes, manning

Thomas and Elizabeth Lull, the Caldwell sons and their descendants

July 10, 2021October 20, 2022 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment

The youngest daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Lull, Sr married William Caldwell in 1714. The wives of his brothers, John and Jacob, were her nieces, being the daughters of Thomas Lull Jr. The Caldwell family became prominent, while the Lull family name disappeared from Ipswich.

Posted in PeopleTagged Caldwell, homes, Lull

The Hovey clan and Knowlton’s Close, a 19th Century neighborhood

January 30, 2020January 12, 2023 Gordon Harris2 Comments
1872 map of East Street in Ipswich, known as "Knowlton's Close"

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 barn, PlacesTagged Close, East Street, homes, Hovey, Knowlton, neighborhood

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