New Ipswich Academy was a historic private academy in New Ipswich, New Hampshire

New Ipswich, New Hampshire

New Ipswich is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,099 at the 2010 census. New Ipswich, situated on the Massachusetts border, includes the villages of Bank, Davis, Gibson Four Corners, Highbridge, New Ipswich Center, Smithville, and Wilder, though these...

, which operated from 1789 to 1968.

History

The New Ipswich Academy was chartered in 1789 and was later renamed Appleton Academy after benefactor Samuel Appleton

Samuel Appleton

Samuel Appleton was an American merchant and philanthropist, active in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Great Britain. The city of Appleton, Wisconsin was named in his honor by Amos Lawrence.-Biography:...

, the largest early donor to the school. It was the second oldest academy chartered in New Hampshire after Phillips Exeter Academy

Phillips Exeter Academy

Phillips Exeter Academy is a private secondary school located in Exeter, New Hampshire, in the United States.Exeter is noted for its application of Harkness education, a system based on a conference format of teacher and student interaction, similar to the Socratic method of learning through asking...

 in Exeter

Exeter, New Hampshire

Exeter is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The town's population was 14,306 at the 2010 census. Exeter was the county seat until 1997, when county offices were moved to neighboring Brentwood...

. New Ipswich Academy had a close relationship with Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...

 in Hanover

Hanover, New Hampshire

Hanover is a town along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 11,260 at the 2010 census. CNN and Money magazine rated Hanover the sixth best place to live in America in 2011, and the second best in 2007....

. It would also serve as high school for the nearby communities of Mason

Mason, New Hampshire

Mason is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,382 at the 2010 census. Mason, together with Wilton, is home to Russell-Abbott State Forest.-History:...

 and Greenville

Greenville, New Hampshire

Greenville is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,105 at the 2010 census.The primary settlement in town, where 1,108 people resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the Greenville census-designated place and is located at the junction of New Hampshire...

. Appleton Academy closed in 1968. In 1969, construction of Mascenic Regional High School was completed in New Ipswich.

Notable alumni

• Nathan Appleton
  Nathan Appleton
  Nathan Appleton was an American merchant and politician.- Biography :Appleton was born in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, the son of Isaac Appleton and his wife Mary Adams. Appleton's father was a church deacon, and Nathan was brought up in "strictest form of Calvinistic Congregationalism." He was...
  
  , congressman, philanthropist
• Samuel Bell
  Samuel Bell
  Samuel Bell was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 14th Governor of New Hampshire from 1819 to 1823, and as the United States Senator for New Hampshire from 1823 to 1835...
  
  , governor, U.S. senator
• Abijah Bigelow
  Abijah Bigelow
  Abijah Bigelow was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Westminster, Massachusetts, the son of Elisha and Sarah Bigelow, Abijah Bigelow studied at Leicester Academy and New Ipswich Academy at New Ipswich, New Hampshire. He graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in...
  
  , congressman
• Henry Ames Blood
  Henry Ames Blood
  Henry Ames Blood was an American civil servant, poet, playwright and historian. He is chiefly remembered for The History of Temple, N. H.-Life:...
  
  , poet, playwright
• John Taylor Jones
  John Taylor Jones
  Rev. Dr. John Taylor Jones was one of the earliest Protestant missionaries to Siam with his wife, Eliza Grew Jones...
  
  , early Christian missionary to Thailand
• Amasa Norcross
  Amasa Norcross
  Amasa Norcross was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Rindge, New Hampshire, Norcross attended the common schools and Appleton Academy, New Ipswich, New Hampshire. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1847 and commenced practice in Worcester, Massachusetts...
  
  , congressman
• Robert Smith (representative), congressman
• John J. Taylor
  John J. Taylor
  John James Taylor was a U.S. Representative from New York.-Education:Born in Leominster, Massachusetts, Taylor attended the common schools, New Ipswich Academy, and Groton Academy....
  
  , congressman
• James Wilson II (New Hampshire)
  James Wilson II (New Hampshire)
  James Wilson was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, son of James Wilson .-Life:Born in Peterborough, New Hampshire, Wilson attended New Ipswich Academy and the academies at Atkinson and Exeter...
  
  , congressman