Editing New Ipswich, New Hampshire (section)

== History ==

[[Image:Barr Mansion, New Ipswich, NH.jpg|thumb|left|Barr Mansion in 1900]]
New Ipswich was granted in 1735 to 60 inhabitants of [[Ipswich, Massachusetts]], whence the name is derived, by [[British North America|colonial]] Governor [[Jonathan Belcher]] and the General Court (Assembly) of Massachusetts. Settlement began in 1738, when Abijah Foster arrived with his wife and infant daughter. In 1762, Governor [[Benning Wentworth]] incorporated the town as "Ipswich", and then in 1766 as "New Ipswich". [[New Ipswich Academy]], later renamed Appleton Academy after benefactor [[Samuel Appleton (merchant)|Samuel Appleton]], was chartered in 1789,<ref>[http://www.nh.gov/nhes/elmi/htmlprofiles/newipswich.html New Ipswich, New Hampshire] at nh.gov. Retrieved February 21, 2009.</ref> the second oldest in New Hampshire after [[Phillips Exeter Academy]] in [[Exeter, New Hampshire|Exeter]]. It would also serve as high school for the nearby communities of [[Mason, New Hampshire|Mason]] and [[Greenville, New Hampshire|Greenville]].

The [[Souhegan River]] provided [[water power]] for mills, and in 1801, the first [[woolen]] mill in the state was established at New Ipswich, followed in 1804 by the first [[cotton]] mill. Other early factories produced [[glass]], [[potash]] and [[linseed oil]]. [[Cabinet making]] craftsmen produced elegant furniture. The town's affluence would be expressed in fine [[architecture]], an example of which is the [[Barrett House (New Ipswich, New Hampshire)|Barrett House]], used as a setting for the 1979 [[Merchant Ivory]] film ''[[The Europeans (1979 film)|The Europeans]]'', based on [[The Europeans|the novel]] by [[Henry James]].  Bypassed by the [[railroad]], the early mill town was preserved.

In 1836, four families from New Ipswich moved to the [[Wisconsin Territory]] to start a [[Christian mission|mission]] to the Native Americans, founding the town of [[Denmark, Iowa]].

[[Image:Baptist Church, New Ipswich, NH.jpg|thumb|right|Baptist Church {{circa|1912}}]]
In 1969, construction of Mascenic Regional High School was completed, rendering high school teaching in Appleton no more, although the building was still used to teach elementary schoolers and middle schoolers. In 1989 Boynton Middle School completed construction, so Appleton was from then to 2012 an elementary school. Appleton Academy closed in 2012, due to the dangerous conditions of occupying it.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}

In the past half century, a notable influx of peoples of [[Finns|Finnish]] descent, particularly of the [[Apostolic Lutheran Church of America]], have settled in New Ipswich. Additionally, migrants from neighboring Massachusetts make up a large percentage of new residents.