Ipswich was Settled in March 1633

IPSWICH WAS SETTLED IN MARCH 1633 ON THIS HILL-TOP THE FIRST MEETING-HOUSE WAS BUILT AND SURROUNDED WITH A STONE FORT. THE PRESENT EDIFICE IS THE FIFTH WHICH HAS OCCUPIED THIS SPOT NATHANIEL WARD: NATHANIEL ROGERS, JOHN NORTON, WILLIAM HUBBARD AND THOMAS COBBETT WERE THE EARLIEST IN THE LONG LINE OF EMINENT MINISTERS. THE WHIPPING-POST, STOCKS AND PRISON WERE A FEW RODS DISTANT. ERECTED BY THE TOWN In 1901