Exhibit 10.5


                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                              FIRST IPSWICH BANCORP
                  EXECUTIVE SUPPLEMENTAL COMPENSATION AGREEMENT
                                     BETWEEN
                              FIRST IPSWICH BANCORP
                                       AND
                                 DONALD P. GILL

      This First Amendment to the Executive Supplemental Compensation Agreement
by and between First Ipswich Bancorp, a Massachusetts corporation (hereinafter
referred to as the "Company") and Donald P. Gill of Ipswich, Massachusetts
(hereinafter referred to as the "Executive") dated March 31, 2004 (the
"Agreement").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

      WHEREAS, the Company and Executive entered into the Agreement to provide
for certain supplemental retirement benefits, as defined therein; and

      WHEREAS, subsequent to the date of the Agreement, Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (the "Code") Section 409A was enacted; and

      WHEREAS, Code Section 409A imposes certain restrictions on the provisions
of non-qualified deferred compensation plans as to benefits that accrue and
become vested after December 31, 2004; and

      WHEREAS, the Executive and the Company desire to amend the Agreement to
comply with Code Section 409A.

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Company and the Executive agree as follows:

      1. As to benefits that accrued and became vested through the period ended
December 31, 2004 (the "Vested Benefit as of December 31, 2004"), the Agreement
dated March 31, 2004 shall continue in full force and effect, except that the
Executive elects and the Company consents, pursuant to Section 5 of the
Agreement, to have the Vested Benefit as of December 31, 2004 paid to the
Executive, upon termination of Executive's employment due to Retirement, as a
single lump sum payment, calculated as if the Executive's Retirement occurred on
December 31, 2004.


      2. As to benefits accruing and becoming vested for periods beginning
January 1, 2005 and thereafter, the following amendments to the Agreement apply:

            A. "Separation from Service" means that the Executive's service as
      an employee (and, solely to the extent required to constitute a
      "separation from service" for purposes of Code Section 409A, as an
      independent contractor) to the Company or any member of a controlled
      group, as determined under Code Section 414, to which the Company belongs,
      has terminated for any reason, other than by reason of a leave of absence
      approved by the Company.

            B. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary,
      if the Company is publicly-traded on an established securities exchange or
      otherwise, and if the Executive is considered a "key employee," as defined
      in Section 416(i) of the Code at the time any benefit distribution under
      this Agreement would commence, any such benefit distribution otherwise
      payable to the Executive earlier than six (6) months after the date the
      Executive's Separation from Services, shall be deferred and paid to the
      Executive one day after the expiration of such six (6) month period.

            C. Section 1 is deleted in its entirety and the following new
      Section 1 is inserted:

            "1. Retirement; Payments. Upon termination of Executive's employment
      due to Retirement, as provided herein, the Company will pay to the
      Executive as a single lump sum payment, the actuarial equivalent of the
      lifetime monthly Net Retirement Benefit described below that accrue and
      becomes vested for periods beginning on January 1, 2005, and thereafter.
      "Retirement" shall mean the termination of Executive's employment at any


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      time after the date hereof for any reason (other than the Company's
      termination of the Executive for Cause, as defined herein), including
      termination because of permanent disability, early retirement or after a
      Change in Control (as defined herein)."

            D. The second sentence of Section 4(a) Offsets, involving the
      calculation of the "Social Security Offset" is deleted in its entirety.

            E. Section 5. Optional Forms of Payment, is deleted in its entirety.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed
under seal by its duly authorized officer, and the Executive has hereunto set
his hand and seal at Ipswich, Massachusetts, on this 24 day of July, 2006.


Witness:                              First Ipswich Bancorp

/s/ Timothy L. Felter                 By: /s/ Russell G. Cole
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                                          President and CEO


Witness:

/s/ Timothy L. Felter                     /s/ Donald P. Gill
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                                          Donald P. Gill, Executive


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