John (Ingersoll) Ingersol (1731 - 1792)

Born 26 Feb 1731 in Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Moseley) Ingersoll — married 21 Sep 1752 in Westfield,Hampden,Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1 Mar 1792 at age 61 in Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Lesli Huffman [send private message]

Biography

John (Ingersoll) Ingersol performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.

John (Ingersoll) Ingersol is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A060079.

Thomas and Sarah Ingersol christened their son John in Westfield, Massachusetts, on 28 Feb 1731. John married Margaret Mosely on 21 Sept 1752 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.

John Ingersoll is honored for his patriotic service to Massachusetts by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Sources

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed May 5, 2017), "Record of JOHN INGERSOLL", Ancestor # A060079.

Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC5X-286 : 4 December 2014), John Ingersol, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 185,469.

• *"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCDX-TXV : 4 December 2014), John Ingorsole and Margaret Mosely, 21 Sep 1752; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 185,474.

• • • Moseley, Mosly Etc. Families (Book 2 of 2): Genealogical Appendix: Apparently Non-Norfolk Lines & Raw Research Notes on Some Readily Available Records About Most Early N.American Moseley Families & A Few Medieval European Families, compiled by Leila Eldridge D'Aiutolo, et al, 2000, page

27.

John Ingersoll, Esq. was born on February 26, 1731. He was married on August 22, 1752 to Margaret Moseley. He was commissioned by George III as the Chief Magistrate of Westfield, and served as a town selectman several times between 1758 and 1785. He was a representative at the General Court at Boston, and was a member of the body which framed the Constitution of Massachusetts.

At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, although he was sympathetic to the cause, he decided to remain neutral as he had taken an oath to the King in his duty as Magistrate. His inactivity, however, led to suspicion and he was denounced as a Tory. On May 5, 1777 he was arrested by direction of the Committee of Safety and placed under a military guard. At his trial no material evidence was produced, but due to general suspicion because he had held an office under the Crown, he was sentenced to a brief confinement at his own home. After the war he regained popularity as can be shown by the fact that he was chosen a member of the Constitutional Convention. John Ingersoll died in 1792. His papers, dated from 29 Dec 1767 to 24 May 1842, include personal bills, receipts, invoices, related business letters, and some undated items.

"PVHN Research Finding Aids Project " [1] accessed 17 Sept 2018

• "The Ingersolls of Hampshire", a Genealogical History of the Family from their settlement in America, in the line of John Ingersoll, of Westfield, Massachusetts", comp. by Lieutenant Charles Stedman Ripley, pub Alfred Mudge & Sons, Boston, Massachusetts, 1893, pg 37.