Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts


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Vol. 3 " ... contains baptisms, marriages and deaths taken from a book of records of the First Congregational Church of Ipswich, which has come to hand since 1910, supplemented by Bible records, church records, and gravestone records, the same not being included in the Ipswich Vital Records published in 1910"--Explanation, v. 3.






















Spellbound


Book Description

Spellbound: Women and Witchcraft in America is a collection of twelve articles that explore crucial events in the history of witch-hunting and its demonization of women in American and American women's own use of witchcraft as a source of identity and strength, as well as the complicated relationship between the two. Beginning with the accused 'witches' of colonial America, Spellbound extends its focus through the nineteenth century to explore women's involvement with alternative spiritualities, and culminates with examinations of the contemporary feminist neopagan and Goddess movements.




The Descendants of William Story


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William Story, the son of Robert Story, was born about 1614 in Norwich, County, Norfolk, England. William left Norwich, England, and arrived in Boston 8 June 1637. He married Sarah Foster about 1640. Sarah was born about 1620 in Bramton, England, and died after 9 June 1681. William died January 1702/03 in Ipswich, Massachusetts.




Building the Bay Colony


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Using an intensely local lens, McWilliams explores the century-long process whereby the Massachusetts Bay Colony went from a distant outpost of the incipient British Empire to a stable society integrated into the transatlantic economy. An inspiring story of men and women overcoming adversity to build their own society, From the Ground Up reconceptualizes how we have normally thought about New England's economic development