Ruth (Eaton) Ingalls (1637 - aft. 1712)

Born 12 Feb 1637 in Hatton, Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Ingalls — married 9 Dec 1656 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died after Dec 1712 after age 75 in Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Biography

Ruth (Eaton) Ingalls immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Ruth Eaton was baptized February 12, 1636/7 in Hatton, Warwickshire, England, daughter of John Eaton and and Anne Unknown. ^[1] They were in New England by November, 1639, when her father John Eaton received a land grant at Colchester (Salisbury), Massachusetts on November 7, in the first division. ^[2]

Ruth married Samuel Ingalls at Ipswich, Massachusetts on December 9, 1656. Her husband Samuel was baptized at Skirbeck Co., Lincoln, England on April 22, 1632, son of Edmund Ingalls and Annis Telbe. ^{[1] [3]}

In her father John Eaton's will, dated August 6, 1660 and proved on April 13, 1669, he mentions among his heirs: ^{[1] [4]}

• daughter Ruth Ingalls
• grandson John Ingalls ^[4]

Ruth was living when her husband wrote his will in 1712. ^[5]

Samuel Ingalls died in 1716/7. ^[3]

The will of Samuel Ingalls was written in December, 1712, with a codicil written on April 23, 17?? and acknowledged by the court on January 22, 1718. In it he names: ^[5]

• wife Ruth
• daughter Mary Butler
• daughter Anne Giddings
• son Joseph Ingalls
• Nathaniel, executor
• daughter Ruth Chapman, wife of Sam'l Chapman, I have given her during ....
• son Samuel Chapman
• grand daughter Rachel ?illegible
• grandson Samuel Ingalls ^[5]

Children

1. Ruth born on November 19, 1657 ^[6]; died on June 22, 1700; married Samuel Chapman on May 20, 1678. ^[7]
2. Samuel born on January 24, 1659. ^[6]
3. Edmund born on July 23, 1662. ^[6]
4. John born on August 26, 1664. ^[6]
5. Joseph born on December 23, 1666 ^[6]; married Sarah Tompson on January 3, 1704.^[7]
6. Mary born on March 13, 1668 ^[6]; married William Butler on July 21, 1703. ^[7]
7. Anna born on March 8, 1671^[6]; married ___ Giddings. ^[5] (note: There is a memorial to Mrs Anna Giddings, Wife of George Giddings Dec's Jan 4, 1729, in ye 59 year of her Age in Essex Inscriptions in: Essex Antiquarian, Volume 7, Salem, Massachusetts, 1903, p. 55)
8. Elizabeth born on September 27, 1673. ^[6]
9. Nathaniel born on February 9, 1675. ^[6]

Research notes

Ipswich Marriages

Eaton, Ruth, and Samuell Ingalls, Dec. 9, 1656. CTR (p. 149)

Ingalls, Mary, and Lt. William Buttler, at Chebacco, July 21, 1703. (p. 238)

Ingalls, Ruth, and Samuell Chapman, May 20, 1678. CTR (p. 238)

Ingalls, Joseph, and Sarah Tompson, at Chebacco, Jan. 3, 1704. (p. 238)

Ipswich Deaths

Chapman, Ruth, w. Samuell, June 22, 1700. (p. 520) ^[7]

Ipswich Births

Ingalls, Ruth, d. Samuell, Nov. 19, 1657. CTR (p. 204)

Ingalls. Samuel, s. Samuell, Jan. 24, 1659. CTR (p. 204)

Ingalls, Edmund, s. Samuell, July 23, 1662. CTR (p. 203)

Ingalls, John, s. Samuell, Aug. 26, 1664. CTR (p. 203)

Ingalls, Joseph, s. Samuel, Dec. 23, 1666. CTR (p. 203)

Ingalls, Mary, d. Samuel, Mar. 13, 1668. CTR (p. 203)

Ingalls, Anna, d. Samuell, Mar. 8, 1671. CTR (p. 203)

Ingalls, Elizabeth, d. Samuell, Sept. 27, 1673. CTR (p. 203)

Ingols, Nathaniel, s. Samuel and Ruth, Feb. 9, 1675. (p. 204) ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Richardson, Douglas, Origin of John Eaton of Salisbury and Haverhill, Mass. in: The American Genealogist, Volume 68, D. L. Jacobus, New Haven, Connecticut, 1993, p. 52-3
2. ↑ Sanborn, George & Melinda Lutz Sanborn, Focus On Salisbury in: Great Migration Newsletter, Volume 8, 1999, p. 28: 30, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1567/i/21171/27/45663859
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Threlfall, John B., Some English Material Pertaining to Edmund and Francis Ingalls of Lynn, Mass. in: The American Genealogist, Volume 52, D. L. Jacobus, New Haven, Connecticut, 1976, p. 241-3 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/12344/241/138175704
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Case 8520: p.1-8: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, .Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13765/8520-co1/245221139
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Case 14554:1-5: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13769/14554-co3/30242269
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9} Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume I: Births, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1910
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume II: Marriages and Deaths, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1910

• Burleigh, Charles, 1855-. The Genealogy and History of the Ingalls Family in America: Giving the descendants of Edmund Ingalls who settled in Lynn, Mass, in 1629, Geo. E. Dunbar, Malden, Mass., 1903. (https://archive.org/details/genealogyhistory00lcburl/page/22); p. 18, 22

• England births & baptisms 1538-1975
• England deaths 1538-1991
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