General Information

• The Rogerenes of Ledyard -- A primer on the history of Quakertown by Vintson A. Ackley

• Quakertown -- Anna Williams's history of Quakertown, originally published as one chapter of THE ROGERENES

• UPDATED ! Lambtown School -- Over the years, many Quakertown young people attended this one-room school before its closing in 1949. Memories by Irene Watrous Schultz; information from Ledyard Annual Town Reports; profile of Samuel S. Lamb, long-time teacher; school photographs
  

Before 1900

• The Mystic Oral School -- TheWhipple Home School for Deaf-Mutes (later, the Mystic Oral School) was begun in 1869 in a farmhouse in Quakertown by twenty-year-old Zerah Whipple

• The Old Rogerene Cemetery -- Located in what is now forest, this cemetery was the site of Quakertown burials for nearly 150 years. This page contains historical background, a list of burials, photographs, and maps showing the cemetery's location

• UPDATED ! Quakertown's Poet -- Ida Whipple Benham, born in Quakertown in 1849, published a number of poems in national periodicals. This page contains biographical infomation and a selection of her work

• 1870s Journal -- The journal of Fanny Watrous Whipple (1821-1900) provides interesting infomation about life and personalities in Quakertown in the late nineteenth century. Included is a listing of local deaths, 1871-1883

• Clara Hammond McGuigan Letters -- In Dr. McGuigan's possession for many years, these letters tell the story of her parents' 1860 courtship. It was Dr. McGuigan who compiled the authoritative genealogical work on Quakertown families, The Antecedents and Descendants of Noah Whipple (Ithaca, New York: John M. Kingsbury, 1971)

• Alabama to Ledyard by Covered Wagon -- "This is the story of Dexter, and his master, David Whipple, in the year 1894." By Larabee Whipple