The Ingalls Inquirer e-newsletter
Vol. 1-10
March, 1984-November, 1993
Published by Arlene Ingalls Schrader
ISSN 1933-7329

Vol. 4, No. 1 - March, 1987

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I wish to extend my sincere thanks to all who sent cards and greetings during the holiday season, and to those who gave a little extra with their subscription for 1987 to cover postage, expenses, etc. It will be used to gather information for the upcoming supplement to the INGALLS genealogy book. We are beginning the fourth year of printing the newsletter. It is exciting to hear from all of you ... your stories, latest clues to "lost" kin, and meeting "new" relatives. My personal experience has been to come from thinking the INGALLS kin are aloof and perhaps remote in family ties .... my personal experience today is that we do have a common bond in our roots and the more I learn about individual family groups, it is apparent. We may not know about other kin living nearby, or perhaps we do not want to become involved with our busy world as it is today, but do take time to smell the roses! As you travel on vacations this year, or just on a business trip, make a new acquaintance with an INGALLS! And, of course, tell them about The Ingalls Inquirer.

The State of Michigan is celebrating its 150th birthday as a state this year  Sesquicentennial 1837-1987 -- In our local historical newsletter, a pledge of allegiance to the Michigan flag appears:

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of Michigan and the state for which it stands, two beautiful peninsulas, united by a bridge of steel, where equal opportunity and justice to all is our ideal.”

My ancestors came to Michigan ca. 1838 settling in Oakland County. JOHN C. INGALLS purchased land in Clinton County 17 Nov 1828. He is son of JONATHON B1584 b 1762 d 1843 MI. JONATHON B1854 came to Michigan ca 1838, Ionia County, with his son, Charles W, and son-in-laws to settle in Sebewa township, Ionia County. He was a Revolutionary War soldier, and is buried in Ionia County, MI. (See Linda Wright’s letter re query on JONATHON B614)

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The following obituary was submitted by Laurence E. Ingalls re his early Michigan roots. Thank you, Laurence, for writing … you have helped me with some questions on INGALLS and/or INGALL ..

OBITUARY

GEORGE AGUSTUS INGALL   

1815-1904

GEORGE AGUSTUS INGALL – One of Medina township’s “grand old men” (Medina township, Lenawee Co., MI) a splendid citizen in every way, passed from life at his home Monday, ripe in years. Such a man deserved more than ordinary tribute, and the Observer feels it a duty to sketch his life with appropriate amplitude. – continued over –

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OBITUARY - GEORGE AGUSTUS INGALL - continued -


Mr. INGALL was born 22 May 1815 at West Drayton, near Uxbridge, Middlesex County, England. He was reared in the City of London. DIED - 1904.


On 22 August 1936 he was united in marriage to a maiden of Berkshire County, Miss MARY ANN HOPKINS. Mr. and Mrs. INGALL, in less than a month after their marriage, set sail for America, and arrived in New York City, October 18th, of the same year. They made their home in the metropolis for a period of ten years, where Mr. INGALL carried on carpentering and cabinet-making, and then decided to seek the great West.


Upon reaching this state, he located in Shiawassee County (MI), where he followed carpentering one year, then took up his residence in this county, where he had since remained. His experience was similar to that of the other enterprising men who sought their homes in the wiles of Michigan Territory, except that he was obliged to contend with the additional difficulties of beginning his farm labors without experience and in a strange country. His industry and resolution, however, met with their legitimate reward, and he long ago took his place in the front ranks of the early settlers. His valuable and well appointed homestead bears witness in the most forcible manner of the extent to which he has labored and the good judgment which had characterized his investment.


Mr. and Mrs. INGALL, before their removal from New York state, became the parents of the children recorded as follows. JOSEPH was born 28 September 1837 and is now at St. Johns, MI; SOPHIA was born 1 January 1840 and died 24 August, following; GEORGE A. was born 10 July 1841 and died 13 February 1843. MARTHA H. was born 6 June 1843 and died 24 March 1844. ISABELLA A. was born 11 February 1846 and died 13 December following.


To the little household there were added three more children after the removal of the family to Michigan; MARIA A. was born 13 May 1850 and died 13 March 1853; CHARLES B. was born 13 March 1853; and FREDERICK J. September 7, 1855 (Lawrence's grandfather).


Mrs. INGALL, the mother died at the homestead on the 13th of May 1875. There are eleven grand-children and three great grand-children.


Mr. INGALL cast his first Presidential vote for Fremont, and has since loyally adhered to the principles of the Republican party. He had been quite prominent in local affairs, serving as Commissioner of Highway, Township Treasurer, and had also officiated as Assessor and School Director. Socially, he belonged to the Masonic fraternity.


The funeral, under Masonic auspices, occurred Wednesday, at the home. Rev. Mr. Putnam, of Hudson, officiating. Deceased belonged to the Medina lodge and the Hudson chapter. The body was buried in Limecreek cemetery, Lenawee County, MI.

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Ed. Notes I would like to hear from anyone who may have information on the INGALL line in England to possible lineage to EDMUND INGALLS.

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The following letter comes from LINDA INGALLS WRIGHT


Dear Cousins,

There certainly are a lot of Ingalls, etc. descendants out there. We are plugging along slowly but surely on the Ingalls supplement. In case word hasn't floated or drifted to everyone, we have had to extend indefinitely our deadline (which obviously has passed) due to the tremendous response and amount of family group sheets (fgs) many of you have sent to us.

On the ones I am working on, I've tried to get help from you as far as corrections, e.g., spelling of names, which dates might be more correct; also, for those of you who might possibly know what those middle initials stood for--send in the name. With so many common first names, it helps to have something else to go on. who knows, maybe you'll help someone else solve the mystery as to where their name came from.

I'm really in a quandary with Samuel's (B1576) line. If anyone can set me straight on the following info, I'd be grateful as would all of you who descend from that line.

According to various sources, I have the following possible information on Jonathan (B614), Samuel's father:

1) We all know that poor Charles Burleigh did the best he could with the information he received prior to publishing, but this line did suffer! Page 93 states Jonathan m. Martha Jane Locke first and possibly had a second wife.

2) Where did Edna Hastings (wife #3?) fit in? They were supposedly m. 25 Nov 1813.

3) The following are children Jonathan supposedly sired:

Hannah b 31 Mar  1730)
Jonathan b 04 May 1762)
Joanna b 04 May 1762)
Sarah b 21 Sep 1768)		parents on b. cert. Jonathan & Hanah (sic)
Samuel b 11 Jul 1770 ---
James b 03 Jul 1772
Abigail b 26 Nov 1774
Olive b 04 Aug 1780
Nancy b 02 May 1782
Daniel b 19 Jun 1784
Mary b ?		par. Jonathan & Martha

    4) Anyone want to venture a guess now as to when Jonathan was born?

Thanks, too, to those of you who have sent certain items to me that I thought would be of interest to others so I passed them on to Arlene to see if she could use them in the II.

To those of you who are still procrastinating, GET YOUR fgs TURNED IN.


P.S. (Ed. Note) See copies of records from New Hampshire re Samuel/Jonathan INGALLS, next page.

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Copies of these records made available by Betty Robinson and Linda Wright: (e-editor – records below transcribed from facsimile transcript copy)


Child’s Name: Hanah Ingals

Date of Birth: March 31, 1760

Father’s Name: Jonathan Ingals
Mothers Maiden Name: Hanah
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
I hereby certify that the above birth record is a correct
transcript as required by Chap. 21, Session Laws, 1905:
Amos S. Clark
Clerk of: Sandown, N.H.
Date: Dec 1905
A true copy attest:
/s/Mary Atchison
State Registrar


 

Child’s name: Samuel Ingals
Date of Birth: July 11th, 1770
Father’s Name: Jonathan Ingals
Mother’s Maiden Name: Martha
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
I hereby certify that the above birth record is a correct
transcript as required by Chap. 21, Session Laws, 1905:
Amos S. Clark
Clerk of Sandown, N.H.
Date: Jan 1906
A true copy attest:
/s/Mary Atchison
State Registrar

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Child’s Name: Jonathan Ingals
Date of Birth: May 4, 1762
Father’s Name: Jonathan Ingals
Mother’s Maiden Name: Hanah
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
I hereby certify that the above birth record is a correct
transcript as required by Chap. 21, Session Laws, 1905:
Amos S. Clark
Clerk of Sandown, N.H.
Date: Jan 1906
A true copy attest:
/s/Mary Atchison
State Registrar


Child’s Name: Sarah Ingals
Date of Birth: September 21 1768
Father’s Name: Jonathan Ingals
Mother’s Maiden Name: Hanah
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
I hereby certify that the above birth record is a correct
transcript as required by Chap. 21, Session Laws, 1905:
Amos S. Clark
Clerk of Sandown, N.H.
Date: Jan 1906
A true copy attest:
/s/Mary Atchison
State Registrar

 

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OBITUARIES
(photo omitted)

IN MEMORY
DORIS K. FROSETH
Perham, Minnesota
Died: November 15, 1986, Perham, Minn.
Age: 78 years
SERVICES 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 19, 1986
Miller Funeral Chapel
Sioux Falls, SD
Rev. Harry Williams, Officiating
of First United Methodist Church
Dorothy Anderson, Organist
Eldon and Dorothy Anderson, Vocalists
"How Great Thou Art"
"In The Garden"
"The Old Rugged Cross"
INTERMENT
Summit Hill Cemetery
Garretson, South Dakota
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS
Ronald Ingalls - Alvin Meyer
Mark Ingalls - Don Hardegger
Dean Swanson - Dennis Erickson
HONORARY PALLBEARERS
Daryl Elliott - Jerry Ingalls
Gary Bergum - Russell Wolf
Ted Wilson - Eldon Anderson

  Doris K. Ingalls was born Jan. 1, 1908 at Garretson, SD to Walter and Clara Ingalls.
  She attended elementary and high school at Garretson.
  On Jan. 25, 1925, she married Gisle Froseth at Valley Springs.
  In 1928, the couple moved to Sioux Falls where she worked at the Air Base from 1943 to 1945.
  In 1949, they moved to Ottertail, Minn. where the couple owned and operated a fishing resort until 1965.
  In 1966, they moved to Rush Lake, Minn.
  Mr. Froseth passed away on Sept. 19, 1971.
  She moved to Perham, Minn. in 1975.
  Mrs. Froseth was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the Senior Citizens Club.
  Grateful for having shared her life are her daughter, Darlene Moore, Florence, Oreg.; 1 brother, John Ingalls of Sioux Falls; 4 grandchildren, Daryl and Cheryl Elliott, Ted and Candy Wilson; 2 great grandchildren, Justin and Ginger Wilson.
  She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; 2 sisters; and 1 grandson.
  The family extends an invitation to join them at the First Lutheran Church in Garretson for refreshments and fellowship following the committal service.

Submitted by Darlene Moore, daughter of DORIS K. INGALLS FROSETH. The Ingalls line is Edm. (1), Henry (2), Samuel (3), Samuel (4), Timothy (5) Jonathon (6), Samuel (7) James (8), James L. (9), Walter (10), Doris (11), Darlene (12).

Best wishes to you, Darlene, in your recent retirement and move to Oregon! Darlene is a dedicated genealogist and has shared many of her files assisting others in their quest for "roots".

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ALLIED LINES -- For those of you that may be new at researching, DO NOT overlook these important sources! Published materials may show a branch of your ancestors that will give you the needed information. The manuscripts that may be available at libraries contain a host of unpublished information on allied lines. One example was sent to me via Ruth Christiansen courtesy of Betty Robinson:

Written by Walter E. Welch (1975):

"My great grandfather JOSEPH DEMERRITT WELCH was b in Nottingham, New Hampshire, son of JACOB and LOIS (DEMERRITT) WELCH. Abt the yr 1816 JACOB, his wife and some of the ch went to Sheffield, VT and settled. The WILLIAM WELCH that married MARTHA INGALLS was a bro of my great grandfather JOSEPH DEMERRITT WELCH. WILLIAM settled in the Sheffield, Lyndon area.

"I can give you more information on your B1151 to help fill in your records.

"WILLIAM WELCH, b May 1807 in Nottingham, NH and d in Lyndon, VT on 13 Dec 1888. MARTHA INGALLS his wife, d in Lyndon VT 19 Aug 1882. Both are buried in Lyndon cemetery on route 122 along with five of their ch (JOSEPH I., COMFORT, CHARLOTTE, GEORGE W., AND GEORGE W, also William's bro ISAAC WELCH and a BETSEY A. WEEKS d 6 Nov 1857 at the ae of 19 yr and 6 moo, dau of SAMUEL and RHODA WEEKS)."

MARTHA INGALLS WELCH B1151 dau of JOSEPH HILTON B451 and COMFORT WEEKS (Joseph Hilton (6), Jonathan N. (5), William (4), Nathaniel (3), Robert (2), Edmund (1). Ed. note.

"Children of WILLIAM and MARTHA INGALLS WELCH:

1. JOSEPH I. WELCH b 1837 d 22 Aug 1857
2. COMFORT WEEKS b Nov 1838 d 16 Dec 1838
3. CHANCEY L. b 20 Jan 1840 m 6 June 1866 to MIRANDA S. GRAVES. d 4 Feb 1911

4. JACOB C. b 1841 m 6 Sept 1864 LIZZIE E. IDE. JACOB D 7 Dec 1890
5. CHARLOTTE b abt 1843 d 5 Aug 1870
6. JOHN R. b 16 Jan 1845 m 12 Nov 1872 LUELLA A EASTERBROOKS. d 10 Sept 1907

7. ELLEN F. b 1846 m 15 Dec 1870 SILAS E. DRINTOU
8. GEORGE W. b 1848 d 28 July 1851
9. GEORGE W. b April 1852 d 29 Jan 1862"

"I am going to write a manuscript on The Welch Family of Nottingham, NH which will include the WELCH Families of Sheffield, Lyndon, Wheelock, VT, Barnstead and Durham, NH and Lynn, MA. I will give one to the NH Historical Society in Concord, NH and later one to the VT Historical Society in Montpelier, VT. So if you hear of any one that is interested in the Welch family that could give me any information, I would appreciate it very much if you would have them write to me." /s/Walter E. Welch

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Just a reminder that the B followed by set of numbers refers to the number assigned by Charles Burleigh in his Ingalls book. We are following that numbering sequence to help identify descendants.

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“Genealogical History of the French and Allied Families” Mary Querl Beyer, 1912

Submitted by Sally Sawyer Michael (Edm.(1), Samuel (2), Joseph (3), John (4) , John (5) Eleazer F (6) Eleazer Stillman (7) B4163 Josephine Stillmanette Sawyer (9) Meredith Phillips Sawyer (9) Sarah (Sally) Ann Michaelsen (10)

FRENCH AND ALLIED FAMILIES

ELEAZER FRENCH'S ARM

(Eleazer French lost an arm at the battle of Bunker Hill, and picking it up, bore it as a trophy from the bloody field.)

When dwelling on the heroes of field, redoubt and trench,
Shall we not tell the story of young Eleazer French?
With fowling piece and powder horn
Under the clear June starlight borne,
They labored till the early morn
On Bunker's honored height;

 

Long hours the pick and shovel plied,
And each who, weary, stepped aside
Found eagerly his place supplied

Throughout the summer night.
No stouter hearts of stronger frame
Were there, with patriot fire aflame,
Than those from Dunstable that came
To battle for the right.

 

And when th' invading force was met,
With powder grime and bloody sweat,
The farmers' flintlocks paid the debt

They owed to Howe's great guns.
Muskets of old-time minute men!

Ye told the story once again,

How tyrants doubt and falter when
Assemble Freedom's sons.

 

Full soon they heard the bugle call
And saw the young Eleazer fall,
Where sped the British cannon ball
Upon its path of harm.

"Fall back! keep safe from further ill!"
They shouted; he, unconquered still,
Quoth stoutly, and with steadfast will,
"No! not without my arm!"

 

The severed limb all bleeding lay,
But he who fought that glorious day,
Took it upon his anguished way

 

And left no trophy there;

Racked with fierce pains and bitter qualms,
Fainting, and stunned with war's alarms,
Bravely he bore off both his arms

To show what soldiers dare.

 

O ye who sing our heroes of parapet and trench,
Fail not to tell the story of brave Eleazer French!

                                        ELEANOR W. F. Bates

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Eleazer French (4) b. April 29, 1729 Dunstable, Mass. m. Abigail Fletcher, 16 April 1752 (d. of Samuel and Hannah Fletcher) d. shortly after Revolution of wounds. Volunteered in Dunstable Co. of 50 men who participated in Battle of Bunker Hill June 11, 1775. Eleazer had an arm shot off during the battle.

Abigail French (5) (B379) b. Nov. 30 1757, Dunstable, Mass. m John Ingalls Mar. 7 1782

Eleazer French Ingalls (6) (B912) b. Nov. 1782, Dunstable, Mass. m. Amy Pearson b. Feb. 27, 1790 d. April 2, 1866, Antioch, Illinois

Eleazer Stillman Ingalls (B2210) b. June 10, 1820, Nashua N.H. m. Martha Marie Pearson 1844 (d. of Loammi and Susan Pearson) d. Nov. 30th 1879, Menominee, Mi.

*Our branch of the French family traces to Lt. William French (1), b 15 March 1603 in Halstead, England m. Elizebeth Godfrey. Arrived in Boston in 1635 on the “Defense” and died 20 Nov. 1681 in Billerica, Mass (A founder of that plantation)

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CIVIL WAR PENSION Applications AVAILABLE, continued -- copies made available from Ruth Christiansen:  . . . .


ALFRED INGALLS, age 73 yrs, res. of Windom, MN, enrolled 3 Sept. 1864 Co. K, Fifth Reg of Wisconsin Vol. Infantry. Discharged Halls Hill, VA, 20 June 1865. Born Westerton, NY (Westerlow?)


LESTER H. INGALLS, enlisted Oct 1864 in Wis, died of sickness at Libby Prison, left neither widow nor child under sixteen years of age surviving. Declarant on application, ISAAC INGALLS, age 89 year date of app. 12 June 1883, was married to mother of said son, Lester, at Ledgwick, ME on 26 Nov 1823. Mor d at Dunn Co. 10 Dec 1882. Isaac d 4 Sept 1888.


NEWTON INGALLS, res. of Pepin, WI, enlisted 13 Nov 1862 at Pepin, WI. Discharged 28 Dec 1862, Madison, WI. 27 yrs at time of enlistment.

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REUNION CALENDAR


INGALLS-LANE Reunion - will meet first Sunday of August, 1987 at the Taylor Winery Park, Bath, NY. Contact Geraldine Baylor.


FRANK M. INGALLS Reunion - to be held August 1 (first Saturday), 1987 at Silver Lake State Park, Shelby, MI.

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Everton Publishers' Genealogical Workshop "Family Tree Climbing Can Be Fun" will be held Saturday, April 4, 1907 at Seminole Community College. Limited seating - apply to Genealogical Group of Seminole County, PO Box 2140, Casselberry, FL 32707. Submitted by Linda Wright.

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Just off the presses: "A SCRAPBOOK HISTORY OF THE AUBURN AVAIATION CO. INC. and THE AUBURN AIRPORT at THROOPSVILLE, NY. 1941-1952 by Roger W. Ingalls. . . . .172 pages.


"More than a history of an airport, this is the record of the struggle of a rural community to enter the Air Age. From its birth, on the CHARLES INGALLS farm in Fleming, NY, to its death, 11 years later, in the town of Throopsville, the Auburn Airport was a monument of determination and disappointment. Original photographs, newsclips, and personal anecdotes are used to document the unique story of a small town airport, and the men who built it, and then re-built it."

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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS, MATERIALS THAT CONTAIN NOTES ON INGALLS - continued from page 120, March 1986 issue -

California Letters of the Gold Rush Period, the correspondence of JOHN INGALLS, 1849-1851, edi. by R. W. G. VAIL, The Davis Press, Worcester, MA, 1937. John Ingalls son of WALTER (B1682) and his first wife HANNAH M. (WOODMAN) INGALLS was b 28 Feb 1829 NH. I obtained a copy from CA Historical Society, 2090 Jackson St., San Francisco, CA 94109 (1979.  Describes his daily life and travels.


Towns of New England and Old England, Ireland and Scotland, Plymouth & Southampton, Andover, MA, Dartmouth, New Bedford, Bedford available at Genealogy Library, Salt Lake, UT (1620-1920)


The Ingalls Family. origin of name. Available as above.


The Ingalls Family in Andover, in Lynn. Available as above.


Ed. Note: Thank you, Ellen M. Miller for sending abstracts from these sources.


The Eaton Family of Nova Scotia by Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton. Private printing, 1929, copy available at NY City Library, Genealogy Section in poor condition. Ruth Eaton married SAMUEL INGALLS (2) B8, b 1634 son of EDMUND (1) wife, ANN.


"SAMUEL INGALLS (2) b Lynn, MA 1634 m RUTH EATON, will proved 22 Jan 1717. He was called Lieutenant, was a yeoman of Ipswich, admitted to The church 1673, Freeman 1681, Selectman 1683, Deputy 1690."


Soldiers in King Phillip's War, a concise history of the Indian Wars of New England from 1620-1677, by George Madison Bodge, A.B., private printing, Leominster, MA 1896


"Samuel Ingalls is listed as a member of the Ipswich Towne Command and is credited under Major Willard of Charlestown for service in scouting through the winter of 1675."


Ed. Note: Thank you, Sally Michaelsen for these abstracts.


Cutting Kin, T. A. Cutting, pp 93-99, lists information on INGALLS/CUTTING -- (Edmund 1, Henry 2, Henry 3, Joseph 4, Joseph 5, Chester 6 Permelia b 1799 m. ABIJAH CUTTING 1810) Available at MN Historical Society Library, (1986) Extract of Ingalls Family Bible in possession of F. H. Cutting in 1939, follows:


PERMELIA INGALLS b 12 Oct 1789 m ABIJAH CUTTING 15 Dec 1810. She d 2 July 1868 at Riceville, Iowa.


"Chester Ingols b 9 Aug 1762

Silve Ingols b 25 Mar 1764

Polly Ingols b 27 Aug 1785

Permelia Ingals b 12 Oct 1789

Betcy Ingals b 3? June 1791

Chester Ingals Jr b 3 Dec ? 1795

Permelia Ingals b 7 Apr 1802
(Faded ink) b 24 Oct 1821 (or 29)

Chester Ingols-Silve m 4 Apr 1784

 

Chester Ingals and Permelia Wells married 1818

Chester Ingals-Ada Bishop m 1819
Polly Ingals d 12 Mar 1795

Silve Ingals d 25 Aug 1918 Age 54
Chester Ingals d 9 Aug 1823

Adah Ingals d 13 Nov 1839, age 64

Chester Ingals d 29 May 1842, 79 y

Permelia, w of Abijah Cutting, d 2 July 1863 in her 74th year"


Submitted by Dalene Trende

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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS. MATERIALS THAT CONTAIN NOTES ON INGALLS -continued -


Mercer, Maine Scrapbook by Mary Shaw Attwood, Maine Historical Society of Portland.

Contains notes on INGALLS -- Edmund (1), Henry (2), Henry (3), Francis (4), (5) Francis, Isaiah (6) b Andover in 1756 married PHOEBE CURTIS. She was his second wife. (See B752 for Isaiah’s family). He was a Revolutionary soldier and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He also served as a drummer at Albany and Valley Forge.

"Amos Ingalls (7) B1871, son of Isaiah and Phoebe was b 3 Apr 1789 and m his cousin, CHARLOTTE INGALLS, dau of his uncle NATHAN of Bridgton, ME. Amos lived and d in Mercer.

HON. HANNIBAL INGALLS (7) B1875 b 1798. For many years he was prominent in affairs of the town of Mercer. He m JULIA EMERSON. There were no children. He was a bro of AMOS.

WILLIAM W. INGALLS (8) B1872 was a son of AMOS. He was b 10 Feb 1824 and m JULIA MAY HARRIS, youngest dau of CALEB and DORCAS COLE HARRIS. They lived many years in Lowell, MA, where they were prominent members of the Methodist church. They had one child that d in infancy. One sister, ANN INGALLS lived with them in Lowell. Another sister, ALVINA INGALLS  m WILLIAM LANCASTER of New Sharon."


Bridgton Revolutionary Soldiers, Where Buried, typescript at Hobbs Library, Lovell, ME.

ISIAH INGALLS SO. Bridgton

PHINEAS INGALLS          “
PHINEAS INGALLS          “


Maine, Oxford Co., Fryeburg - Town Records 1776-1787, abstracts from Film #0010915:

 

A record of the births and deaths of Mr. BENJAMIN and Mrs. MARY (WHITE) INGALLS' children is listed. BENJAMIN B257 is son of MOSES b 1728 and MARIA HOITT and a complete list is included in Charles Burleigh edition on INGALLS -- see 257.


Marriages solemnized by Carlton Hurd - 09 Dec 1829, CYRAS INGALLS Jr of Denmark ME and PRISCILLA L. COLBY of Brownfield.


12 Apr 1810, Mr. AARON INGALLS of Bridgton was joined in marriage to Miss SALLY BERRY of Denmark by F. L. Waiting, pastor, Congregational Church of Christ, Fryeburg.


24 Aug 1783 - The intentions of marriage between Mr. PHINEAS INGAL, and Mrs. ELIZABETH STEVENS, both of a new township called Bridgton, was made publick. On 13 Oct following, certificate was granted them.


22 Oct 1783 - Mr. PHINEAS INGALLS to Mrs. ELIZABETH STEVENS, both of Bridgton, were joined in marriage by William Fessenden, pastor of Church of Christ, Fryeburg.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS & MATERIAL - continued -


7 Dec 1794 - NATHANIEL PORTER of Brownfield and SARAH INGALLS of Shelbourn, NH were joined in m by BENJAMIN RUSSELL, Justice of the Peace.


8 Nov 1795 - married by pastor of the church in Fryburg - EDMUND PAGE of New Pennicook, and NANCY INGALLS of Bridgton.


Note: A Complete review of this film was not made for the Ingalls surname. (John Alley Robbins, Jr.)

Town Records of Fryeburg ME 1788-1817. Film 0010916 - INGALLS - consisting of town warrants, etc., for above time period (not searched) followed by intentions of marriage and minister reports of marriages 1844-1991 (searched thoroughly). - (John Alley Robbins)

1860, 1 July, 10 o'clock a.m. was left and entered an intention of marriage between Mr. LEONARD A. INGALLS of Denmark (ME) and Miss MARILLA HAPGOOD of Fryeburg, state of Maine. Published, certificate granted 7 July at 10 o'clock. A.D. 1860.

21 Nov 1861 - married CHARLES A. INGALLS and Miss SARAH E. KIMBALL, both of Bridgton, by Asa 0. Pike, Justice of the Peace.

29 Nov 1866 - at Fryeburg - m Mr. ALZA INGALLS and Miss ABBY F. SWAN, both of Denmark, by Paul C. Richmond, minister of the Gospel.


Thanks to John Alley Robbins, Jr. for contributing these articles. We hope this information. is helpful.

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Brunswick, ME Times Record 6 May 1986
Edmund J. Ingalls
BRUNSWICK - Edmund J. Ingalls, 82, of 55 Sunset Garden, died Monday, May 5, at a Brunswick hospital.

He was born April 18, 1904, in Denmark, a son of James E. and Sadie Smith Ingalls. He graduated from Denmark High School and Sweeney Automotive School in Kansas City, Kan.

Mr. Ingalls worked at several Ford dealerships, including Haggett's Ford in Wiscasset. He retired from Bath Iron Works in 1969.

During World War II, he served in the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

He moved to Brunswick from Westport Island in 1981.

Mr. Ingalls is survived by his wife, Marion Tardif Ingalls of Brunswick, and several nieces and nephews.

  A funeral will be held Wednesday at the Brackett Funeral Home, 29 Federal St. Marvin Whitney will officiate. A graveside committal service will be held Wednesday at 1:15 p.m. at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Denmark. Visiting hours will be today from 7 to 9 p.m.

Submitted by John Alley Robbins, Jr B146 Abiah (5) b 1729 m John Ireson, Joseph b abt 1700 (4), Nathaniel (3), Robert (2), Edmund (1)

Does anyone have any information on this line?

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CERTIFIED COPIES OF VITAL RECORDS


Birth record of SAMUEL INGALLS b 7 May 186; son of SAMUEL and SARAH (HENDRICK) INGALLS at Andover, MA.


Marriage record of SAMUEL and Sarah (Hendrick) INGALLS, m Andover, 4 June 1682 (sic) 1862? and death record of SAMUEL INGALLS b 3 Oct 1654 and died 11 Aug 1733 at Andover.


Certified copies are  . . . Town of Andover. Town Clerk, Town Offices, Bartlet St., Andover, MA 01810. Submitted by Alice D Finley.

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BITS AND PIECES


What is this with the red hair in the Ingalls family? Another note has brought this subject up again. Diane Ingalls Hughes writes:


"My aunt sent me a clipping from the New York Times book review section. The review was of a book by a RACHEL INGALLS and is called Mrs. Caliban. Published by Harvard Common Press. The book sounds a bit bizarre (Mrs. Caliban has an affair with a 6-foot 7-inch humanlike amphibian. from the Caribbean) but the part that intrigued me was that the author looks like she could be my sister. She lives in England now according to the article.

"Aunt Carrie also remarked that from the looks of the picture she may be a red head. This reminds me of a question that came up when we were working on our updates (family group sheets for the supplement). Is it just our line or is there a higher proportion of red heads in all Ingalls lines?? My Dad and I have auburn hair and my cousin Bill has flaming red hair. There were others we discussed at the time ....."

Diane's line from the Burleigh #2628 JAMES PARSHALL INGALLS, ALPHONSO, RALPH WALDO EMERSON, DONALD, DIANE.


Editor's note: RACHEL INGALLS is a daughter of DANIEL H. H. INGALLS, descendants of MELVILLE EZRA INGALLS B4559. She has five published novels or collections of short stories, all but one available only in England (London).


"The Valley Road" written by FAY INGALLS, published 1949 World Pub. Co. was mentioned on p 61 of The Ingalls Inquirer. Story about the family and railroads and association with The Homestead, Hot Springs, VA. He is a descendant of B4559 MELVILLE EZRA.

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PLACE NAMES


Ingalls, Indiana, town in Madison Co. Laid out in 1883 and named for M. E. INGALLS, then president of The Big Four Railroad. B4559


Ingalls Head, ME (Yankee, 1986 issue)


Ingalls, North Carolina - retirement home of Lula Belle and Scotty Sweethearts of Country Music fame.

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QUERY SECTION

Seeking more information about JOHN INGALLS (B379) b 1746 Ipswich, MA m 1) Huldah ----- 2) ABIGAIL FRENCH 7 Mar 1782 b 6 Nov 1757 Dunstable, Ma d ? Tyngsboro, Ma. Dalene Trende.

JOSEPHINE INGALLS SAWYER'S Revolutionary War relative was NATHAN BUTTRICK. Anyone know anything about the BUTTRICK family? HIRAM came to Antioch, ILL about the same time as the INGALLS family. They came from NH about 1838 and HIRAM had a grist mill at Antioch (a replica remains). He also went to CA 1850 with E. S. INGALLS. I would like to learn about the line from E. S. INGALLS' daughter JOSEPHINE to NATHAN and then to HIRAM BUTTRICK. Can anyone help me with this? Dalene Trende.


Also, would like to hear from anyone descended from Edmund 1, son SAMUEL B8, JOSEPH B40, JOHN B131, JOHN B379, ELEAZER F. B912 (my line). Contact: Dalene Trende.

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Re: SAMUEL B1576, JAMES, JASPER H. INGALLS line. ETHEL INGALLS PHILLIPS was born on the farm her grandfather JASPER migrated to from Illinois in 1854 (to Iowa). This date is from an 1875 Iowa Atlas that I own which shows J. INGALLS owning 400A in Grundy Co, IA, Fairfield township. The Fairfield cemetery was part of the INGALLS farm. This atlas shows an F. INGALLS, owning 130A in Beaver township, Grundy Co. The patron list shows JASPER INGALLS, a farmer and Stk Dir, and a FRANKLIN INGALLS who migrated in 1865, nativity Allegany Co., NY. WHO is this? Contact: Harriet Bone.


Re: POLLY MELONA INGALLS, second daughter of LANSFORD WHITING INGALLS. Has anyone a photo of her? I have photos of all the family except her. Contact: Lola Flack.


I have an elusive ancestor on my INGALLS Family tree. I descend from the Greene Co., NY branch of INGALLS (Jacob) who came from Rehoboth, Ma. JACOB'S son HENRY INGALLS (1795-1859) married a HULDAH GORDON who was born 9 July 1798 and died in Green Co., NY 15 Feb 1870. (I have seen their grave.) I am at a loss to find her parents other than that the INGALLS family genealogy book names them as WILLIAM and HANNAH GORDON.


Have checked the marriage record with the Mormon IGI but no parents names are mentioned. Do you know of these people? Contact: Nancy C. Davis.


Thank you for writing, Nancy; do you have more information on the INGALLS reunion held in October in Greene Co.? I am responding to your letter under separate cover. AIS

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Alice D. Finley, New Brighton, MN

PHILIP INGLES

There is confusion over the spelling of the Ingles' surname which has confounded the research of this line. It is known to the descendants of Philip as Ingles and all post 1880 records spell it this way. The 1870 Federal census gives it as Ingalls; Philips’s Civil Way records spell it Ingals, Ingalls and Ingles. The name is spelled Ingles on the 1880 census. It is not known at this time by what spelling Philip's father and ancestors were known. In addition, Philip is often spelled with two l's. For the purposes of this record the spelling will be that as it always been known to family, Philip Ingles.

Philip Ingles birth is given as 22 Jan 1829.1 This year conflicts with his age on two census records and his age on his second marriage certificate. These indicate he would have been born in 1827. He was born in Canada1, 3, 4 and he came across Georgian Bay from Ontario and settled in Michigan.2 His father's name was Luman6, born Vermont4, his mother's was Hannah Beaver6 born Pennsylvania.4 Nothing is known about his siblings.

Philip and family settled in Michigan between 1852 and 1855.3 The first three or four of his children were born in Ontario, the rest in Michigan3,4. He seems to had several residences. Prior to 1865 he lived in Kenockee Township, St. Clair Co. In 1870, he removed to Sand Beach, Huron Co. Michigan.8 He died in Detroit, Wayne Co. Michigan, 23 Feb 1906 where his address may have been 768 Bellevue Ave.9 Philip's primary occupation was farming.

He married on 11 Jut 1848 in Buffalo, New York to Sara Caves. The ceremony was performed by George Dale, Justice.8 Sara was born in 1825 in England daughter of Henry or Thomas Caves.5,1 Nothing is known about her mother except that she was born in England.4 Information about their residence in Buffalo, NY is unknown. They lived in Canada between 1849 and 1852.3 Sara died of apolexy 5 Dec 1899 in HarborBeach (formerly Sand Beach), Huron Co. Michigan.5

Philip remarried 27 Aug 1901 in Rubicon, Huron Co. MI. His second wife was Mary A. Miller of Detroit (maiden name Dennis6), widow of Joseph Miller who died in 1895.9 E. C. Peckings, Justice, performed the ceremony.6 It is known that she had at least one child, Mrs. Phoebe Boehm. Mary Ann was the applicant for Philip's Civil War pension, giving an address of 768 Bellevue, Detroit, Wayne Co. MI.9

When 37, Philip enlisted in the Civil War 30 Aug 1864 for three years in Company H, third infantry at Port Huron. He was honorably discharged at San Antonio, Texas, 6 Nov 1865 for a war related injury.7 Family history records that he rode with Sherman but his military records state he was at home ill or in the infirmary for most of his fifteen month service. While stationed at Huntsville, Alabama, he and another soldier (Wilcox) were carrying a log while building quarters for Captain Andrews. Wilcox dropped his end of the log and it ground into Philip's groin causing a hernia from which he was to suffer the rest of his life and eventually die. He applied for and received an invalid pension.8,9

Philip and Sara had 18 children, fifteen of which are documented. At least 3 died in infancy.1 They are:3,4

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 1. Edmund b. 14 Apr 1849 Ontario

 2. Amy b. 4 Apr 1850

 3. Jane b. ca 1850  Ontario

 4. Phillip b. 11 Aug 1851

 5. Angeline b. 12 Nov 1852 Ontario

 6. Sarah b. 19 Jan 1854 Mich

 7. Catherine b. 12 Apr 1855 Mich

 8. John b. 6 Sep 1856 Mich

 9. Adeline b. 20 Mar 1858 Mich

10. Wellington b. 5 May 1860 Mich

11. Amanda b. 22 Aug 1861 Mich

12. Calvin b. 31 Aug 1863 Mich

13. James b. 4 Jun 1865 Mich

14. Sherman b. 27 Feb 1867 Mich

15. Eli b. 3 Aug 1869 Mich

By June, 1898 there were seven boys and five girls still living. There is information about only three of the children, Edmund(2), Amanda who married Mr. Kremansky, the first white man on Drummond Island, MI and Adeline who is the direct ancestor of this line.1

Edmund's life is documented in a book called The Tree of Life by Gladys Spieth (Carlton Press, Inc, New York, 1978). Edmund was 15 years old when Philip went to war leaving him to care for the ever growing family. He was a stagecoach driver and mail carrier along the South Shore Road out of Sand Beach along Lake Michigan. One descendant remembers no one strong enough to chop logs for the fireplace so long logs were pushed in as they burned down.

In April, 1872 Edmund Ingles married Merci Mann, born 5 May 1856, daughter of William Mann and Rebecca Harder. The Manns were neighbors to the Ingalls and both families can be found on the 1870 and 1880 Federal census for Huron Co. MI. Three sons and a daughter were born to Edmund and Merci Hurban who died in infancy, Eber Ai, Lowe, and Mable.

Eber Ai was born about 1877 and married Rose ? They had two children, Gladys (who is the child Vicky in the book) and Edmund II. They lived in Cleveland, Ohio in 1902 on Lake Street near Lake Erie. Eber was a Great Lakes freighter pilot.

Lowe, born about 1879 and married Millie ? They had a daughter Merci and settled in Chicago, Ill prior to 1902.

Mable Pearl was born 22 Feb 1886 and died of TB about 1904; She married Bill Stocks about 1900. The had a son Edmund "Eddie" who left home as a young man and was not heard from again.

Sources:

1. Family history and records

2. The Tree of Life by Gladys Spieth

3. 1870 Federal census Huron Co. Mich.

4. 1880 Federal census Huron Co. Mich.

5. death record Sara Caves

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6. marriage record Philip Ingles and Mary Ann Miller

7. Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers i n the Civil War

8. Invalid Pension Records from National Archives

9. Widow’s Pension Records from National Archives

 


PHILLIP INGLES SARAH CAVES INGLES -1870 (photo omitted)

PHILIP INGLES

ADELINE (INGLES) PHILLIPS

SARAH (PHILLIPS) PATTEN

CHRISTABELL (PATTEN) EDWARDS

FERN (EDWARDS) DYER

ALICE (DYER) FINLEY

(photo omitted:  Christabeth, Adeline, Fern, Sarah, Sarah (Sadie)

 

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