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Facts and Events
Henry Ingram was baptised on 7th August 1662 at Great Ponton in Lincolnshire, son of a miller called Henry Ingram and his wife Mary. Henry had a sister called Mary baptised the same day. Another sister followed in 1671.
Henry's next sighting is in 1687, by which time he was married to a woman called Penelope. In 1687 they had a daughter called Ann baptised at Great Ponton. There is a gap in the Great Ponton registers between 1675 and 1686, so it is quite possible they had married there but the record of their marriage is lost. Henry's mother died in 1689. It is not clear when his father died, but an inventory for administration purposes was produced for him in 1695, indicating that he had died some time before then.
As well as their daughter Ann, it is clear that Henry and Penelope had at least two sons, John and Joseph, although baptisms for them have yet to be found.
Henry's daughter Ann married Richard Cresey in Grantham in 1708.
On 15th March 1716, Henry wrote his will. He described himself as being a miller of Harrowby, a hamlet in the parish of Grantham, lying to the north-east of the town itself. He left an income of three pounds per year to his wife Penelope, sixty pounds for his son Joseph (who was not yet 21 years old and was to receive his money when he reached that age), twenty shillings for his daughter Ann and ten shillings for his sister, who was described as Mary Roughson. The rest of his property was left to his son John.
Henry clearly died shortly after writing his will, as it proved on 2nd May 1716. He was 53 years old. No burial record has been found for Henry. Penelope survived him by sixteen years.
References
- ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Great Ponton (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1622-1951. (Lincoln: Lincolnshire Archives Office, 1990).
Christenings 1662 / Henry the Sonne & Mary the daughter of Henry Ingram & Mary his wife were baptized August the 7th 1662
This baptism has been linked to the adult Henry who was married to Penelope on the basis that it is in the same parish as that in which Henry and Penelope had their daughter baptised in 1687, and that baptism record describes him as "Henry Ingram junior", implying that there was a Henry Ingram senior. Also, the Henry who was married to Penelope was a miller, as was the Henry who left an inventory in 1695, presumably being the father of the child baptised in 1662.
- ↑ Lincoln Consistory Court Probate Records (Lincolnshire Record Office, Lincoln)
LCC Wills 1716 ii 62.
In the name of God Amen I Henry Ingram of Harrowby in the county of Lincoln, Miller, do make & ordain; this my Last will & testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made, And first & principally I Bequeath my Soul to Almighty God who have it me, and my Body to the Earth to be decently Interred, at the discretion of my Executer herein after named, And as for my real & personall Estate wherewith God hath Blessed me, I Dispose of the same in manner following Imp[rimis] I give & bequeath to my Loveing wife Penelope Ingram the sum of three pounds yearly during the term of her natural Life, Item I give & bequeath To my Son Joseph Ingram the sum of sixty pounds of good & Lawfull money of Great Brittain to be paid to him when he shall accomplish the age of one and twenty years, And if he shall happen to die before he accomplish the age of one and twenty years then my will is that his said portion shall be paid to my son John Ingram. Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Ann now the wife of Richard Cresey, the sum of twenty Shillings of the Like Lawfull money, to be paid to her within twelve months next after my Discease, Item I give to my sister Mary Roughson the sum of Ten Shillings of Lawfull money. All the rest & residue of my goods & Chattells whatsoever I give & bequeath unto my said Son John Ingram And doe hereby make ordaine constitute & appoint him Sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament; In wittness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seal this fivteenth day of March, in the Second year of the reign of our Soverain Lord George by the grace of God of Great Brittain France & Ireland , King, defender of the faith &c
Annoq Dom[ini] 1715/16
Henry Ingram
Signed, Sealed, published, & Declared, by the Testator, to be his last will & Testament, in the presence of us who he saw subscribe our names as wittnesses hereunto:
John Parker
Thomas Parker
[Probate in Latin - proved 2 May 1716 by John Ingram]
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