Capt. David Ingersoll

1699 - 1773  (73 years)

• Name	David Ingersoll  [1]
  Prefix	Capt.
  Born	30 Sep 1699	Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  BAPM	1 Oct 1699	Congregational Church, Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, USA   [1]
  Died	23 Mar 1773	Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., MA, USA   [1, 2]
  Notes	"A Genealogy of the Ingersoll Family in America", byLillian D. Avery, page 511. David Ingersoll was an extremely colorful character.I find it interesting to note that the authors of the twopublished Ingersoll genealogies (The Ingersolls of NewHampshire, 1904, Lt. Chas S. Ripley and A Genealogy of theIngersoll Family, 1926, Lillian Drake Avery) state thatDavid Ingersoll in 1755 "was by order of the General Courtremoved from his offices of Justice of the Peace and Capt.of the Militia and thereafter disqualified from holding anyoffice of honor or profit under the Government". Thisdatum was taken from the History of Great Barrington, 1882,Charles J. Taylor. The first part of it is confirmed byoriginal court records. But good old David was at thattime only beginning his career as a land-grabber. Thelargest deals took place long after his first set-back. Bythe time he was 63 he had become so affluent that he joinedthe Church of England, and deeded land for the "elegant"church which was build in Great Barrington. One of thehuman-interest angles which I found surprising in thispicture is the fact that the son William (only child ofwife Lydia) married a cousin, Lydia Ingersoll, and becameextremely properous indeed. Yet, when David died, thecourt appointed as administrator, 22 April 1773, David Jr.,described as a prominent Tory lawyer. As the storm cloudsof the Revolution rolled onward, this son David Jr. becamevery unpopular with the rebels, and finally fled the town,but was captured and put in jail at Litchfield, CT.Eventually he sailed for England never to return. Hisyounger brothers Deodat and Oliver also ran afoul of thePatriots and had a rough time, though they did not leavethe courntry and eventually were able to live in peace.But David's estate was in limbo until 1782, and not finallysettled until 1794 when William, son of Lydia and therichest of the lot, who had remained in Lee as Chairman ofthe Committee of Correspondence, and leader of therevolutionists, took over and sold at auction his father'sremaining properties.
  Person ID	I66202	Sprague Project
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas Ingersoll,   b. 28 Mar 1668,   d. 14 Nov 1732  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ashley,   b. 1673,   d. 1704  (Age 31 years)
  Married	Y  [3]
  Family ID	F107503	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse 1	Lydia Child,   b. 2 Jun 1706, Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, USA ,   d. Bef 1735, Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, USA  (Age 28 years)
  Married	13 Mar 1720/21	Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, USA
  Children	+ 1. William Ingersoll,   b. 1 Apr 1724, Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, USA ,   d. 19 Aug 1815, Lee, Berkshire Co., MA, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2013
  Family ID	F25403	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse 2	Submit Horton,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	9 Jul 1739	Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, USA   [4]
  	David Ingersole of Sheffield Enters his Intention ofMarriage with Submit Horton of Springfield the 19th day ofMay 1739. David Ingersole of Sheffield and Submit Horton ofSpringfield were Join'd Together in Marriage July 9th Anno.Dom. 1739 P[er] Wm Pynchon Junr Just. Pac Entd July 9th1739 P[er] Wm Pynchon Junr Cler[k] of the Town ofSpringfield [3]
  Children	1. Thomas Horton Ingersoll,   b. 30 Jun 1740,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. David Horton Ingersoll,   b. 26 Sep 1742,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Deodat Ingersoll,   b. 18 Apr 1744,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Stephen Ingersoll,   b. 17 Sep 1745,   d. 1 Jul 1755  (Age 9 years)   5. Sarah Ingersoll,   b. 24 Jan 1746/47,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Lovice Ingersoll,   b. 14 Oct 1751,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Oliver Ingersoll,   b. 10 Dec 1752,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Stephen Ingersoll,   b. 24 Jul 1755,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2013
  Family ID	F25404	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 30 Sep 1699 - Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, USA Married - 13 Mar 1720/21 - Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, USA Married - 9 Jul 1739 - Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, USA Died - 23 Mar 1773 - Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., MA, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S1022] Correspondent: Ingersoll, Rick, note of June 14th, 2008. [S3563] Ingersoll Genealogy, Avery, Lillian D., page 511. [S1022] Correspondent: Ingersoll, Rick, note of September 21st, 2008 as extracted from"Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers", Volume2, page 521-522. [S1253] Ingersoll Genealogy, Avery, Lillian.