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Captain Dennison Wallis was born in Ipswich in 1756 and raised in Danvers (now Peabody). Wallis joined the local minutemen as they gathered at the Old Bell Tavern (image below), at the corner of Washington and Main Streets, on April 19, 1775. From there, the local...
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Engraving of Gideon Foster,March 7, 1836 Work of M. C. Torrey and B. F. Nutting Peabody’s own General Gideon Foster was born February 24th, 1749 – making him 273 years young today. He was born to Lydia Goldthwaite and Gideon Foster. The Goldthwaite family...
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In this first month of 2022, we are taking a trip down another important “1” in Peabody’s history, Route 1. Newburyport Turnpike, or Route 1, was created in 1804 as the Boston & Newburyport Turnpike. Initially a toll road, it became a state...
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The Proctor family opened a tavern at their homestead on Lowell Street in 1666 “to sell Beere, sider & liquors for ye accommodation of Travellours.” In 1796, Johnson Proctor purchased the inn and tavern, at 348 Lowell Street, from his mother. The print...
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College Yearbook, 1925 Virginia Carten was born on March 23rd, 1903 in Beverly, Massachusetts. Her family moved shortly thereafter to Peabody where they had a dairy and cattle farm – known as the Carten Farm. Carten was a talented artist and she attended Mass...
