Blog, PHS and the Community
March 1, 2026 | By S. Richter | 8 minute read In 1776, a Black man by the first name of Pomp enlisted in Col. Nixon’s 6t Massachusetts regiment. This regiment is known for being where Peter Salem, a formerly enslaved Black man, who fought at the Battle of...
Blog, PHS and the Community
February 1, 2026 | By S. Richter | 5 minute read We recently received a new donation: an 18th century marriage certificate from a Peabody resident! Looking closer, this new addition to our collection helped us piece together a few previous mysteries about Quaker...
Blog, PHS and the Community
January 1, 2026 | By S. Richter | 10 minute read During the years leading up to the American Revolution, Peabody’s local identity was shifting. Until 1752, Peabody and Danvers were both part of Salem. Back then, this place was called Salem Village. By 1753,...
Acquisitions, Blog, PHS and the Community
December 1, 2025 | Robert Cavanaugh | 15 min read. Let me introduce you to a Peabody event that began in 1969 and lasted until 1991 called the Community Christmas Party. At its peak, the event served around 200 people on Christmas Day. We made it known that...
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A few months ago, we had a research request about the indigenous history of the area around Brooksby Farm and our historic Nathaniel Felton Jr. and Sr. houses. The Pawtucket are the Indigenous people who lived in present-day Essex County and who had relations with the...
Blog, PHS and the Community
October 1, 2025 | S. M. Smoller | 10 min read PEABODY – Long before masquerading trick-or-treaters roamed the streets in celebration of Halloween, a supernatural bell demon with two flaming eyes terrorized the local grave digger in a tale of local history...
