After wealthy Richard Haffield of Chebacco Parish died, his widow slowly went insane, and her daughter Rachel, who lived with her, foolishly married a younger man named Lawrence Clinton who connived to steal their inheritance. In 1655, the Town of Ipswich took mercy on the old woman and sold her "four rods of ground...near the… Continue reading The Samuel Dutch House, 69 S. Main St. (c. 1723)
Historic Ipswich 