Amesbury was incorporated in 1668. The settlers began to build the
community, starting the first sawmills on the Powwow River. The
community continued to grow with carriage manufacturers starting
businesses in town; Jacob Huntington was very influential in this
endeavor. The automobile industry was the next major industry with the
S.R. Bailey Company leading the way. George McNeil was responsible for
unions coming to town, and Amelia Earhart was teaching English as a
second language to factory workers. Valentine Bagley made sure that
everyone had water, and John Greenleaf Whittier wrote a poem about it,
The Captain's Well. Gregory Hoyt and Jeffrey Donovan left the Amesbury
High School drama club behind and made it big in movies and television.
Ryan Noon went from designing his own fashions to designing for Nike.
Legendary Locals of Amesbury showcases just a select few from the long
list of fabulous people who have helped make Amesbury the community it
is today.