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Pages in category "People from Beverly, Massachusetts" The following 97 pages are in this category, out of 97 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Beverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, and a suburb of Boston.The population was 42,670 at the time of the 2020 United States Census. [3] A resort, residential, and manufacturing community on the Massachusetts North Shore, Beverly includes Ryal Side, North Beverly, Centerville, Cove, Montserrat, Beverly Farms and Prides Crossing.
Roger Conant (c. 9 April 1592 – November 19, 1679) was a New England colonist and drysalter credited for establishing the communities of Salem, Peabody, Beverly and Danvers, Massachusetts (Peabody, Beverly and Danvers were part of Salem during his lifetime). [1] [2]
The Beverly Historical Society, located in Beverly, Massachusetts, was founded in 1891, and its headquarters is the 1781 John Cabot House, which has two floors of museum exhibits. The collections have grown to more than 750,000 objects, including manuscripts, books, photographs, maps, decorative arts, and other artifacts related to the history ...
Baker was the town clerk of Beverly, Massachusetts, from 1836 to 1856; the Essex County, Massachusetts, commissioner from 1847 to 1855; and a Massachusetts state senator from 1863 to 1864. [2] Baker was the Prohibition Party 's nominee in the 1876 Massachusetts gubernatorial election .
John Hale (June 3, 1636 – May 15, 1700) was the Puritan pastor of Beverly, Massachusetts, and took part in the Salem witch trials in 1692. He was one of the most prominent and influential ministers associated with the witch trials, being noted as having initially supported the trials and then changing his mind and publishing a critique of them.
Hugh Hill (1740–1829) was an Irish-born American sea captain based in Beverly, Massachusetts, best known for his successful privateering exploits during the American Revolutionary War. Through his maternal grandfather Hugh Jackson, he was a first cousin of President Andrew Jackson .
Lucy Larcom was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, on March 5, 1824, to Lois and Benjamin Larcom. [4] She was the ninth of ten children, eight of whom were daughters. According to her autobiography, A New England Girlhood, outlined from memory, [5] Beverly was a small village at this time where she was able to play with neighbor