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38-621: The Ross Tavern is a historic building in Ipswich, Massachusetts . Now a private residence, the building was moved to its present site from central Ipswich (adjacent to the Choate Bridge ) in 1940, and carefully restored to a First Period appearance. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The building has a complicated history, in part because it includes parts of two different structures. A house

76-495: A drumlin on Ipswich Bay. He hired Olmsted Brothers , successors to Frederick Law Olmsted , to landscape his 3,500-acre (14 km ) estate, and engaged the Boston architectural firm of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge to design an Italian Renaissance -Revival style villa on the summit. A grande allée , 160 feet (49 m) wide and lined with statuary , would run the half mile from house to sea. But his wife, Florence, loathed

114-561: A stocking manufacturing machine that had been smuggled out of England arrived at Ipswich, violating a British ban on exporting such technology, and the community developed as a mill town . In 1828, the Ipswich Female Seminary was founded. In 1868, Amos A. Lawrence established the Ipswich Hosiery Mills beside the river. It became the nation's largest stocking mill by the turn of the 20th century. In 1913,

152-412: A baseball diamond, a football field, and a running track). Ipswich Middle School (IMS) covers grades 6–8, with each grade assigned to a "pod", a common area with a projector with lockers and classrooms for the grade branching off the pod. Ipswich High School (IHS) has been considered one of the best public high schools in the Boston area. The Ipswich Public Schools also have what is considered one of

190-513: A code of fundamental principles based on Common Law , Magna Carta , and the Old Testament . However, Ward believed in theocracy rather than democracy. One of his epigrams was:  The upper world shall Rule, While Stars will run their race: The nether world obey, While People keep their place. Ward thought that justice and the law were essential to the liberty of the individual. Some have said that The Body of Liberties began

228-757: A contract with John Winthrop the Younger for the purchase of Ipswich for "wampampeage, & other things: and ... also for the sume [sic] of twenty pounds." There is no record of any Native resistance to the colonization either at Charlestown or at Agawam, though there is documentation of devastating virgin soil epidemics among indigenous people in the area around 1617 and again in 1633, and contemporary reports attest to ghost towns encountered by early English settlers. Pioneers became farmers , fishermen , shipbuilders or traders. The tidal Ipswich River provided water power for mills, and salt marshes supplied hay for livestock . But in 1687, Ipswich residents, led by

266-752: A minister in Ipswich for two years. He then resigned because of ill-health. While still living in Ipswich, he wrote for the colony of Massachusetts The Body of Liberties , legal code, which was adopted by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Company in December 1641. This was the first code of laws established in New England . The Body of Liberties defined liberty in terms that were advanced in their day, establishing

304-520: A narrow but navigable channel at the foot of Castle Hill around Sandy Point into Ipswich Bay adjoining the Atlantic Ocean . The crane estate has a long lawn that overlooks the bay and often has castle hill concerts. The southern part of Plum Island falls within the area allotted to the town, making up the town's ocean shore along with Castle Neck, south of the Sound. The northeastern part of town

342-565: A noted Puritan minister, he was born in Haverhill, Suffolk , England. He studied law and graduated from Emmanuel College , Cambridge University in 1603. He practised as a barrister and travelled in continental Europe. In Heidelberg he met a German Protestant reformer, David Pareus , who persuaded him to enter the ministry. In 1618 he was a chaplain to a company of English merchants at Elbing , in Poland. He returned to England and in 1628 he

380-552: A place newly named Charlestown . That winter they lost a few hundred colonists to malnutrition and disease. They also experienced their first nor'easter , which cost them some fingers and toes, as well as houses destroyed by the fires they kept burning day and night. Just as Winthrop was handing out the last handful of grain, the supply ship Lyon entered Boston Harbor. John sent for his family in England, but his then wife, Margaret, her children, and his eldest son, John, whose mother

418-476: A second house, the c. 1675–1700 Lord-Collins House, that he also moved to the site. This house is one of a very few First Period homes to provide evidence of a transom window. This article about a National Register of Historic Places listing in Essex County , Massachusetts , is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ipswich, Massachusetts Ipswich was founded by John Winthrop

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456-465: A small book, which "in spite of its bitterness, and its lack of toleration" is "full of quaint originality, grim humor and power", according to the anthology Colonial Prose and Poetry: The Transplanting of Culture 1607–1650 (1903). According to the anthology, the book is "probably the most interesting literary performance" in the first half of the 17th century in the English colonies that later became

494-453: Is a unique style, and the only known hand-made bobbin lace produced commercially in the U.S. Great clipper ships of the 19th century bypassed Ipswich in favor of the deep-water seaports at Salem , Newburyport , Quincy , and Boston . The town remained primarily a fishing and farming community, its residents living in older homes they could not afford to replace—leaving Ipswich with a considerable inventory of early architecture. In 1822,

532-599: Is considered to have one of the state's best music programs. It offers dance, choruses, bands (including jazz, pep and concert bands), orchestra and symphony orchestra. The high school mascot is the Tiger, and the school colors are orange and black. Ipswich competes in the Cape Ann League . The high school football team won the Division 3A Super Bowl Championship in 2006. It was the school's first title since 1992, and

570-458: Is in central Essex County and is 11 miles (18 km) south of Newburyport , 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Gloucester , 13 miles (21 km) north of Salem , 20 miles (32 km) east of Lawrence , and 28 miles (45 km) northeast of Boston . It is bordered by Rowley to the north, Boxford to the west, and Topsfield , Hamilton , Essex and Gloucester to the south. (The border with Gloucester lies across Essex Bay, and as such there

608-929: Is marshy, where the Rowley River , Roger Island River , and Eagle Hill River drain into Plum Island Sound. South of Castle Neck, the Castle Neck River separates the town from neighboring Essex . Much of the western end of town is dominated by Willowdale State Forest, and other parts of the town are also protected land, including Crane Wildlife Refuge on Castle Neck, the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge and Sandy Point State Reservation on Plum Island, Hamlin Reservation , Heartbreak Hill Reservation, Bull Brook Reservoir, Greenwood Farm , and part of Appleton Farms Sanctuary, which extends into Hamilton . Ipswich

646-481: Is no land connection between the two.) There is no interstate highway through Ipswich; Interstate 95 passes through neighboring Boxford and Topsfield. U.S. Route 1 , known as the Newburyport Turnpike, passes through the western end of town. Massachusetts Route 1A and Route 133 pass through the town, entering concurrently from Rowley and passing through the center of town before splitting south of

684-487: The census of 2000, there were 12,987 people, 5,290 households, and 3,459 families residing in the town. The population density was 398.6 inhabitants per square mile (153.9/km ). There were 5,601 housing units at an average density of 66.4 persons/km (171.9 persons/sq mi). The racial makeup of the town was 97.60% White, 0.39% African American , 0.08% Native American , 0.80% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.33% from other races, and 0.79% from two or more races. 1.04% of

722-644: The American tradition of liberty, leading eventually to the United States Constitution . In 1645 Ward began his second book, The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America . This was published in England in January, 1646–1647, before Ward's return there, under the pseudonym of Theodore de la Guard. Three other editions, with important additions and changes, soon followed. The Simple Cobbler is

760-561: The Reverend John Wise , protested a tax imposed by the governor, Sir Edmund Andros . As Englishmen, they argued, taxation without representation was unacceptable. Citizens were jailed, but then Andros was recalled to England in 1689, and the new British sovereigns, William III and Mary II , issued colonists another charter. The rebellion is the reason the town calls itself the "Birthplace of American Independence". A cottage industry in lace -making developed. Ipswich Lace

798-655: The United States. The book was later reprinted in 1713 and 1843 in Boston, Massachusetts. He also wrote several religious-political pamphlets. At the end of the English Civil War , Ward returned to England, where he wrote pamphlets, particularly Discolliminium (1650), critical of the establishment of the Commonwealth of England . His contribution to the Engagement debate (an oath of loyalty to

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836-594: The Younger , son of John Winthrop , one of the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 and its first governor, elected in England in 1629. Several hundred colonists sailed from England in 1630 in a fleet of 11 ships, including Winthrop's flagship, the Arbella . Investigating the region of Salem and Cape Ann , they entertained aboard the Arbella for a day, June 12, 1630, a native chief of

874-438: The Younger and 12 men aboard a shallop sailed into Ipswich harbor and took up residence there. The first settlers with Winthrop were William Clerk, Robert Coles , Thomas Howlet, John Biggs, John Gage, Thomas Hardy, William Perkins, John Thorndike , William Sargent, and three others whose names are uncertain. Two men continued up the river (now River Road) to a large meadow, which they called New Meadows, now Topsfield . Agawam

912-489: The best performing arts programs. In 2005, the high school was named a "Blue Ribbon" school. The Blue Ribbon is an award for national excellence in education under the No Child Left Behind legislation. The school also received a Vanguard award for similar academic prowess. IHS offers college-prep, honors, and AP-level classes. It has one of Massachusetts's highest graduation rates. Ipswich Middle/High School

950-541: The building. Crane promised that if she still disliked it in 10 years, he would replace it. In 1928, a new 59-room mansion designed by Chicago architect David Adler in the English Stuart style stood in its place, called the Great House. At Mrs. Crane's death in 1949, the entire property was bequeathed to The Trustees of Reservations , which uses it as a venue for concerts and weddings. The town government

988-508: The fifth in school history. (Previous titles were achieved in 1974, 1977, 1991, and 1992.) Ipswich's traditional rival is Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School . The Ipswich Volleyball Team has won the Division IV State Championship in 2021, 2022, and 2023. Nathaniel Ward Nathaniel Ward (1578 – October 1652) was a Puritan clergyman and pamphleteer in England and Massachusetts . A son of John Ward,

1026-492: The lands to the north, Chief Masconomet . The event was recorded in Winthrop's journal on the 13th, but Winthrop did not say how they overcame the language barrier. The name they heard from Masconomet concerning the country over which he ruled has been reconstructed as Wonnesquamsauke , which the English rendered as "Agawam" . The colonists, however, sailed to the south where some buildings had already been prepared for them at

1064-708: The mill experienced a labor strike led by the Industrial Workers of the World . What may be the last witchcraft trial in North America was held in Ipswich in 1878. In the Ipswich witchcraft trial , a member of the Christian Science religion was accused of using his mental powers to harm others, including a spinster living in the town. In 1910, Richard T. Crane Jr. of Chicago, the business magnate owner of Crane Plumbing, bought Castle Hill ,

1102-434: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 5,290 households, out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were married couples living together, 8.4% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 34.6% were non-families. 28.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

1140-805: The town center; Route 1A heads towards Hamilton and Beverly, while Route 133 leads to Essex and Gloucester. Ipswich has a station along the Newburyport/Rockport Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail , providing service between Newburyport and Boston's North Station . There is no air service in town; the nearest small airports are in Newbury and Beverly, and the nearest national service is Boston's Logan International Airport . The Ipswich Essex Explorer provides summertime weekend shuttle service connecting Ipswich MBTA train station with Crane Beach , Essex and Appleton Farms . As of

1178-458: The town was $ 57,284, and the median income for a family was $ 74,931. Males had a median income of $ 51,408 versus $ 38,476 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 32,516. 7.1% of the population and 4.1% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 7.8% are under the age of 18 and 13.0% are 65 or older. The first Ipswich Grammar School began around 1636. Paul F. Doyon Memorial and Winthrop are

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1216-568: The town's two elementary schools. Paul F. Doyon is on Linebrook Road and was originally named the Linebrook School, until it was renamed in 1967 after its namesake died in the Vietnam War . Grade levels end in fifth grade, after which students move to Ipswich Middle School. The middle school and high school are in the same building and share the library, the cafeteria, performing arts facilities and athletic resources (tennis courts,

1254-407: Was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.00. In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.0% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.2 males. The median income for a household in

1292-506: Was appointed rector of Stondon Massey in Essex. He was soon recognised as one of the foremost Puritan ministers in Essex, and so in 1631 was reprimanded by the Bishop of London, William Laud . Although he escaped excommunication, in 1633 he was dismissed for his Puritan beliefs. (Ward's two brothers also suffered for their non-conformity.) In 1634 Ward emigrated to Massachusetts and became

1330-530: Was built c. 1680 in downtown Ipswich, and moved near the Choate Bridge in 1735. This house, known as the Ross Tavern, remained at that site until it was disassembled and moved to Jeffrey's Neck by Daniel Stone Wendel, an amateur architectural historian, in 1940. Wendel was the son of local American Impressionist Artist Theodore Wendel. Nothing is known of its original owners. Wendel joined the tavern to

1368-483: Was incorporated on August 5, 1634, as Ipswich, after Ipswich in the county of Suffolk , England . The name "Ipswich" was taken "in acknowledgment of the great honor and kindness done to our people which took shipping there." Nathaniel Ward , an assistant pastor in town from 1634 to 1636, wrote the first code of laws for Massachusetts and later published the religious/political work The Simple Cobbler of Aggawam in America in England. In 1638, Masconomet entered into

1406-616: Was reformed in 1950 with the acceptance of the Town Manager Charter. This charter was rescinded by the voters, regained, and lost again. Voters adopted the present Town Manager-Selectmen Charter in 1967. In 2012 Ipswich hired its first female Town Manager, Robin Crosbie, who served until her retirement in 2018. Ipswich is drained by the Ipswich River and Plum Island Sound, which join at their mouths and empty through

1444-629: Was the elder John's first wife, Mary Forth, did not arrive until November, on the Lyon . John the Younger resided with his father and stepmother until 1633, when he resolved to settle in Agawam, with the permission of the General Court of Massachusetts . Captain John Smith had written about the Angoam or Aggawom region in 1614, calling it "an excellent habitation, being a good and safe harbour." John

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