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