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Sarah Goodhue’s advance directive, July 14, 1681

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Sarah Goodhue's advance directive

On July 14, 1681, Sarah Whipple Goodhue left a note to her husband that read: "Dear husband, if by sudden death I am taken away from thee, there is infolded among thy papers something that I have to say to thee and others." She died three days after bearing twins. This is the letter to her husband and children.

Posted in People, StoriesTagged 1681, Goodhue, Ipswich, July, Whipple, women

Early American Gardens

July 14, 2020January 16, 2023 Gordon Harris4 Comments

Isadore Smith (1902-1985) lived on Argilla Road in Ipswich and was the author of 3 volumes about 17th-19th Century gardens, writing under the pseudonym Ann Leighton. As a member of the Ipswich Garden Club, she created a traditional seventeenth century rose garden at the Whipple House.

Posted in PeopleTagged Ann Leighton, colonial herbs, gardens, Isadore Smith, Whipple, women

The sad story of Alexander Knight

February 17, 2019January 6, 2023 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment
The Alexander Knight House in Ipswich MA

In 1648, Alexander Knight was charged with the death of his chiled whose clothes caught on fire. A jury fined him for carelessness after being warned. The town took mercy and voted to provide him a piece of land "whereas Alexander Knight is altogether destitute, his wife alsoe neare her tyme."

Posted in Places, StoriesTagged 1657, Alexander Knight, Court, First Period, Whipple
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