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John Cogswell (1592–1669) was a leading figure and large landowner in the early history of Ipswich, Massachusetts and a deputy for the General Court of Massachusetts.He is the immigrant ancestor to a large number of notable Americans as well as connected the Aristocracy of Britain and the British Royal family as the 10th Great Grandfather to Diana, the Princess of Wales.
Ipswich is a coastal town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 13,785 at the 2020 census . [ 1 ] Home to Willowdale State Forest and Sandy Point State Reservation , Ipswich includes the southern part of Plum Island .
The Ipswich Historical Society (IHS) in Ipswich, Massachusetts was founded by Reverend Thomas Franklin Waters in 1890. The Society initially had no headquarters, and met in the studio of artist Arthur Wesley Dow. They eventually found a better place to meet in the Odd Fellows Hall.
William Freeborn (1594–1670) was one of the founding settlers of Portsmouth on Aquidneck Island (Rhode Island), having signed the Portsmouth Compact with 22 other men while still living in Boston. Coming from Maldon in Essex , England, he sailed to New England in 1634 with his wife and two young daughters, settling in Roxbury in the ...
The Appleton family is an American political, ... Samuel Appleton (1586–1670), who emigrated to Ipswich, Massachusetts around 1636. Married (1) 1616: Judith ...
In February 1637, sachem Masconomet deeded a tract of land to John Winthrop the Younger in present day Ipswich (at that time known as Agawam) for his family to farm. [2] On June 28, 1638, Masconomet deeded further cessions to Winthrop the Younger for the English settlement of Agawam, later Ipswich, Massachusetts.
The Ipswich home, Appleton Farms, was owned and operated by the Appleton family continuously since its founding in 1638. [14] He was a member of the Society of Colonial Wars , and was an overseer of Harvard College during 1903–1909.
The John Whipple House is a historic colonial house at 1 South Green in Ipswich, Massachusetts.Built in the seventeenth century, the house has been open to the public as a museum since 1899 and was the subject of some of the earliest attempts at the preservation of colonial houses.