INGERSOLL, Gov. William

1717 - 1807  (89 years)

• Name	INGERSOLL, William
  Prefix	Gov.
  Birth	8 Sep 1717	Gloucester, MA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1769	Pleasant River (Addison), ME   [2]
  _COLOR	2
  Death	28 Aug 1807	Addison, ME   [1]
  Person ID	I1952	Puffer 062124
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	INGERSOLL, Ensign Benjamin,   b. 1687, Gloucester, MA d. 11 Apr 1755, North Yarmouth, ME (Age 68 years)
  Mother	HUNT, Mary,   b. 12 Feb 1689, Ipswich, MA d. 10 May 1733, Falmouth, ME (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	16 Nov 1711
  Family ID	F5271	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	PARKER, Sarah,   b. 14 Oct 1720, North Yarmouth, ME d. Bef 1784, North Yarmouth, ME (Age < 63 years)
  Marriage	22 Sep 1737	North Yarmouth, ME   [1, 3]
  Children	1. INGERSOLL, Sarah,   b. 13 Oct 1745, North Yarmouth, ME d. Yes, date unknown   2. INGERSOLL, Lucy,   b. 13 Oct 1745, North Yarmouth, ME d. Aug 1799, Addison, ME (Age 53 years)   3. INGERSOLL, Mary,   b. Abt 1747, North Yarmouth, ME d. Yes, date unknown   4. INGERSOLL, Rebeckah,   b. 1 Jan 1747/8, North Yarmouth, ME d. Aft 1835 (Age > 88 years)
  Family ID	F2419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 2	KNOWLES, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1758, Pleasant River, ME d. Aft 1810 (Age > 53 years)
  Children	1. INGERSOLL, Sarah,   b. 1778, Addison, ME d. 19 May 1843, Columbia, ME (Age 65 years)   2. INGERSOLL, William Jr.,   b. 12 Oct 1779, Addison, ME d. 6 May 1858, Columbia, ME (Age 78 years)   3. INGERSOLL, Nathaniel,   b. 9 Jun 1781, Columbia, ME d. 16 Oct 1857, Columbia Falls, ME (Age 76 years)   4. INGERSOLL, Eliza,   b. Abt 1783, Addison, ME d. 1830, Machias, ME (Age 47 years)   5. INGERSOLL, Samuel Nash,   b. 17 Jun 1784, Columbia, ME d. 4 Feb 1872, Centerville, ME (Age 87 years)   6. INGERSOLL, James,   b. 5 Jul 1786, Columbia, ME d. 1 Feb 1872, Will County, IL (Age 85 years)   7. INGERSOLL, Mary,   b. Abt 1785, Pleasant River, ME d. 29 Jan 1819, Columbia, ME (Age 34 years)   8. INGERSOLL, Thomas,   b. Abt 1793, Columbia, ME d. Aft 1820, PA (Age > 28 years)   9. INGERSOLL, Susan,   b. Abt 1801, Addison, ME d. Aft 1883, Brewer, ME (Age > 83 years)
  Family ID	F2420	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2024

  
  

• Notes

  "William Ingersoll, the first Ingersoll settler, known as Governor Ingersoll, came to Columbia in 1779 from Yarmouth, Me. He married Elizabeth Knowles; built a house in Epping, then so called, but in the town of Columbia, a little southeast of the corner on what has been known as the Ingersoll farm. ... He with others built a mill which was burned, and the place where it was located is now known as the "Burnt Mill Rips." Was listed in a census he was living there with his daughter Rebecca (Ingersoll) Drisko and her family in 1784 SOUR: @S62@ PAGE: p. 257 SOUR: @S310@ PAGE: p. 129, 141

  
  

• Sources

  [S638] Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine, p. 257. [S91] Assorted Genealogical Notes, Subject: Various (1997, 1998), p. 141. [S91] Assorted Genealogical Notes, Subject: Various (1997, 1998), p. 60.