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John Ingersoll

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John Ingersoll

Birth
Derbyshire, England
Death
3 Sep 1684 (aged 68)
Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.1226167, Longitude: -72.7443306
Memorial ID
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NOTE: "The John Ingersoll of Westfield who married Dorothy Lord, Abigail Bascom and Mary Hunt is NOT the son of Richard Ingersoll. He is the son of Thomas and Margery (Eaton) Ingersoll." Source: Greene, David L., "The English Origin (And Spiritual Turmoil) of John¹ Ingersoll of Westfield, Massachusetts", The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11639/153/0 Page 153, Will of Thomas Ingersoll that mentions John of New England. He was born 1626 and baptized at St. Werburgh, Derby, Derbyshire, England, on 1 Sep 1626. Therefore, his date of birth on this memorial stone is wrong.
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John was the second of seven children born to Thomas and Margery (Easton) Ingersoll. John was born in England and immigrated to America (Salem, Mass.), at the age of 14, with his older brother, Richard. He later moved to Hartford, Conn. He was married to: (1) Dorothy (Lord) in 1651 and they had three daughters: Hannah, Dorothy and Margery 'Mary'. He next married (2) Abigail (Bascom) in 1657 and they had five children: Abigail, Sarah, Abijah, Hester and Thomas. Later he married (3) Mary (Hunt) in 1668 and they had seven children: John, Abel, Ebenezer, Joseph, Mary, Benjamin and Jonathan.

∼John Ingersoll died in Westfield, September 3, 1684 (Westfield Records),in the seventieth year of his age, and his grave may be found in the old Westfield cemetery.
NOTE: "The John Ingersoll of Westfield who married Dorothy Lord, Abigail Bascom and Mary Hunt is NOT the son of Richard Ingersoll. He is the son of Thomas and Margery (Eaton) Ingersoll." Source: Greene, David L., "The English Origin (And Spiritual Turmoil) of John¹ Ingersoll of Westfield, Massachusetts", The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11639/153/0 Page 153, Will of Thomas Ingersoll that mentions John of New England. He was born 1626 and baptized at St. Werburgh, Derby, Derbyshire, England, on 1 Sep 1626. Therefore, his date of birth on this memorial stone is wrong.
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John was the second of seven children born to Thomas and Margery (Easton) Ingersoll. John was born in England and immigrated to America (Salem, Mass.), at the age of 14, with his older brother, Richard. He later moved to Hartford, Conn. He was married to: (1) Dorothy (Lord) in 1651 and they had three daughters: Hannah, Dorothy and Margery 'Mary'. He next married (2) Abigail (Bascom) in 1657 and they had five children: Abigail, Sarah, Abijah, Hester and Thomas. Later he married (3) Mary (Hunt) in 1668 and they had seven children: John, Abel, Ebenezer, Joseph, Mary, Benjamin and Jonathan.

∼John Ingersoll died in Westfield, September 3, 1684 (Westfield Records),in the seventieth year of his age, and his grave may be found in the old Westfield cemetery.


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