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 Rowley
is located in Essex County and was founded in
1639 by Reverend Ezekiel Rogers and 20 families.
They sailed on the ship “John of London”
bringing the first printing press to America
known as the “Daye Press” which was then
delivered and set up in Cambridge.
Rowley is situated between the Muddy River and
the Rowley River which is heavily forested.
There are several working farms but the Brad
Street Farm owned by the Jewett family since the
1600’s is the nation’s oldest working farm to be
continuously owned and occupied by the same
family.
Rowley is home of America’s oldest stone arch
bridge and the “Turning Place” (currently known
as Rowley Common). Benedict Arnold’s musket men
camped here on their journey to Quebec in 1775.
The Revolutionary War cannon “Old Nancy” is one
of the town’s most prized possessions. The
Rowley soldiers from the British ship “Nancy”
took the cannon and were later captured off the
coast of Gloucester.
The first wool mill was founded in Rowley in
1643which would later be seen as a contributing
factor to the War of Independence. The mill was
also portrayed as a threat to England’s
dominance in supplying wool to the colonies.
Other major industries of Rowley were the Foster
Shoe Company that began in 1850.
From its historical farming roots to present day
Rowley is a peaceful residential community. The
town has and will continue to preserve the
historical colonial homes lining Main Street as
well as several white steeple churches close by.
INFORMATION COURTESY OF MASSCITIES.COM
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 Rowley
History
REPRINTED
FROM STANDARD HISTORY OF ESSEX COUNTY, MA
Rowley is a long and narrow township, in the
north-easterly section of the county, thirty-two
miles from Boston by the Eastern Railroad, which
has a station about one-half a mile eastward
from the village. It was incorporated, Sept. 4,
1639, and then embraced what is now extended
from the sea to the Merrimac River: Bradford,
Groveland, Georgetown, and part of Boxford,
which was for some time known as "Rowley
Village." It received its named from Rowley, a
parish of East Riding, York, Eng., whence its
first minister, Ezekiel Rogers, had come. |
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 Official
Site of Rowley
While the site is under construction, there is a
comprehensive list of basic services and
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