The Ipswich Historical Society presents ‘Ipswich, Hamilton, and Essex: The Interconnected History of Three Communities’ with William Varrell, Ipswich Historical Society; Butch Crosbie, Hamilton Historical Society; and Courtney Ellis-Peckham, Essex Historical Society and Essex Shipbuilding Museum; on Wednesday, January 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Heard House Museum, 54 South Main Street/Route 1A, Ipswich. Admission: $5.00; free to members of the three Historical Societies.

Learn how, when, and why the Hamlet of Ipswich became Hamilton in 1793, and why Ipswich’s Chebacco Parish broke away to become Essex in 1819.

Ipswich Historical Society

Whipple and Heard House Museums

54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA 01938

978-356-2811

Funded by: First National Bank of Ipswich