Chebacco Parish, Massachusetts One Place Study

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Chebacco Parish, Massachusetts One Place Study

This profile is part of the Chebacco Parish, Massachusetts One Place Study.

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Geography

Chebacco Parish was a parish within the town of Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (after 1691, the Province of Massachusetts Bay).

Continent: North America

Country: United States

State/Province: Massachusetts

County: Essex

GPS Coordinates: 42.631944, -70.783333

Elevation: 4.0 m or 13.1 feet

History

Chebacco Parish formed in 1677, when a group of dissidents in part of the town of Ipswich hired a new minister for themselves and began their efforts to secede from the church of Ipswich.

During their struggle for independence, they developed a separate, multi-generational communal identity, centered around the Chebacco Parish Church and recognized even by outsiders, who might say someone was from Chebacco, rather than from Ipswich. They finally managed to attain their independence from Ipswich in 1819, when the parish was incorporated as the town of Essex, Massachusetts.

This category includes profiles for people who, during the period 1677 to 1819, were identified with Chebacco Parish, as:

• Part of the rebellion which formed the Chebacco Parish Church in and after 1677;
• Specifically identified as being "from Chebacco;"
• Recorded by the Chebacco Parish Church as born, baptized, married, died, or buried;
• A resident of the area known as Chebacco Parish.

The designation, "Chebacco Parish," therefore refers to the Chebacco Parish Church, which was the initial hub of the community, then to the community which formed around that church and, finally, to the physical area of Ipswich where that community was located. Thus, when part of the congregation of the Chebacco Parish Church later split off to form a separate congregation (the Fourth Church), both would be considered "of Chebacco."

Note: Someone who owned property in Chebacco Parish but did not live there or worship there would probably not be considered part of this One Place Study. Someone who regularly did business in the parish but did not otherwise interact with the community would need to be considered individually, and included or excluded based on other factors.

Population

Notables

• Rev. Nathaniel Ward (abt.1578-1652); Wikipedia: Rev. Nathaniel Ward
• Rev. Jeremiah Shepard (1648-1720); Wikipedia: Rev. Jeremiah Shepard
• Rev. John Wise (1652-1725); Wikipedia: Rev. John Wise

Important individuals

1634 (Pre-founding - need to research these three individuals)

• Rev. Nathaniel Ward; Pastorate at Ipswich.
• William White and Goodman Bradstreet; First two settlers granted land in Chebacco.

1679

• Rev. Jeremiah Shepard; Called to preach in Chebacco, in private homes.

1680

• Rev. John Wise; Engaged to preach in Chebacco.

1725 - 1749

• Rev. Theophilus Pickering; Became the second minister of Chebacco Church.

1746

• Rev. Ebenezer Cleaveland (brother of John Cleaveland); Became minister in Separated Church for first six months of The Fourth Church in Ipswich.

1747 - 1799

• Rev. John Cleaveland; Ordained as a minister of the Separated Church

1750 - 1766

• Rev. Nehemiah Porter; Ordained as the minister of the original Chebacco Church

1799 - 1807

• Rev. Josiah Webster; Chosen as minister; https://www.nhhistory.org/object/94980/a-sermon-delivered-at-the-ordination-of-the-rev-josiah-webster-to-the-pastoral-care-of-the-second-c

1809 - 1813

• Rev. Thomas Holt, minister at Second Church in Ipswich

1814

• Rev. Robert Crowell, minister at Second Church in Ipswich

Resources

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (CHEBACCO PARISH CHURCH):

• Congregational Library & Archives. History Matters, "Essex, Mass. First Congregational Church," congregationallibrary.org.
• Palmer, F. H., and Crowell, Edward Payson. Congregational Church and Parish, Essex. Two Centuries of Church History: Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Organization of the Congregational Church & Parish in Essex, Mass., August 19-22, 1883, Salem, Massachusetts: J. H. Choate & Co., Printers, 1884.

GENERAL:

• [Anon.] Essex, Massachusetts, Wikipedia.org.
• Crowell, Robert. History of the Town of Essex: from 1634 to 1868, with Sketches of the Soldiers of the War of the Rebellion by Hon. David Choate, published by the Town of Essex, Springfield, Massachusetts: Press of Samuel Bowles & Co., 1868.
• Essex, Massachusetts website:
  • Wilhelm, Kurt A. About Essex: History, rootsweb.com.
  • Essex History Resources, essexma.org.
• Felt, Joseph B. A History of Ipswich, Essex and Hamilton, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Printed by Charles Folsom, 1834, Pages 257 ff.
• Harris, Gordon. "The Body Snatcher of Chebacco Parish," Historic Ipswich on the Massachusetts North Shore, historicipswich.org [originally written for "Stories from Ipswich."]

VITAL RECORDS:

• Collected town records, online, indexed version: Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Index page for Ipswich; Index page for Essex
• Collected town records, printed edition, Ipswich. Three volumes. Volumes I and II are available through Archive.org; Volume III contains records from an additional source and is included in the Massachusetts Vital Records Project presentation:
  • Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Volume I: Births, Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1910.
  • Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Volume II: Marriages and Deaths, Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1910.
• Collected town records, printed edition, Essex: One volume: Vital Records of Essex, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1908.

Sources

To-Do List

• Identify someone interested in Burnham who can review this book. http://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/410710 (Not available on-line) From John Burnham of Chebacco Parish 1616-1694 to Luther Clinton Burnham of Fruitland, New Mexico 1835-1914 : genealogies and histories of some descendants: includes genealogy from other surnames including - Andrews, Varney, Proctor, Hibbard, Murdock, Bowen, Throop, Davison, Hitchcock, Wells, Vol. 2.
• Research to determine if Choate-255 (Susanna Choate) is the daughter of Choate-417 (Stephen Choate) and Low-1176 (Mary Low).
• Connect missing important individuals to WikiTree
• Review, create profiles, and connect as appropriate those in the Chebacco Parish Church graveyard (later known as the Old Essex Cemetery)

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1503136/memorial-search?page=1#sr-61164386