Philip Ashton: The Castaway
Philip Ashton Jr was a fisherman from Marblehead who was captured by pirates off the coast of Nova Scotia and later escaped on a remote island in the Caribbean where… Read more »
History of Marblehead, Massachusetts
Marblehead is a historic town in Massachusetts. It was first inhabited by the Naumkeag tribe before being settled as a fishing village by the Massachusetts Bay colonists in the 17th… Read more »
History of Amesbury, Massachusetts
Amesbury is a historic town in Massachusetts. Located in Essex County, Amesbury was settled as a part of Salisbury in the early 17th century but officially separated and was incorporated… Read more »
History of Peabody, Massachusetts
Peabody is a historic town in Massachusetts. Located in Essex county, Peabody was originally a part of Salem before being incorporated as its own town in the 18th century. The… Read more »
History of Beverly, Massachusetts
Beverly is a historic town located in Essex County in Massachusetts. Beverly was once a part of Salem but later separated from it in the mid 17th-century when it was… Read more »