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Facts and Events
John Ingram was the son of a miller called Henry Ingram and his wife Penelope, who were having children around the 1680s and 1690s in the area around Grantham in Lincolnshire. No baptism has been found for John, although it would seem likely that he was born before 1695.[3]
John's father died in 1716. John was the residuary legatee and executor of his father's will.
Later that same year, on 6th November 1716, John was married at Little Ponton to Ann Luffe. The following year they had a daughter called Mary baptised in Grantham. Mary appears to have been their only child.
John's mother died in 1732.
In 1750, John's only daughter Mary died, aged 32. His wife Ann died less than three years later in 1753.
In 1772 John wrote his will. He described himself as a miller of Manthorpe, a hamlet in Grantham parish to the north of the town itself. He appears to have owned a house at Manthorpe and land at nearby Great Gonerby and a watermill and pasture land at Londonthorpe. Having no surviving children he left bequests to friends and servants and to the family of his late brother Joseph (who had died in 1762), leaving bequests for Joseph's daughter Mary's children, as well as leaving his watermill to Joseph's son John.
John was buried at Grantham on 3rd June 1774. He was probably in his eighties.
References
- ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Grantham (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1562-1990. (Lincoln, England: Lincolnshire Archives Office, 1993).
Burials 1774 / June 3 / Mr. John Ingram Manthorpe
- Lincoln Consistory Court, Probate Records (Lincolnshire Record Office, Lincoln)
LCC Wills 1774/106.
In the Name of God Amen I John Ingram of Manthorpe in the Parish of Grantham in the County of Lincoln Miller being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in Manner and Form following First I Will that all my just Debts Legacies and Funeral Expences be paid and satisfied I give and bequeath unto my Friend Elizabeth Knight of Grantham aforesaid Spinster for her natural Life One Annuity or yearly Rentcharge of Ten Shillings to be issuing and payable out of my Dwelling House in Manthorpe aforesaid free from all Deductions which said Annuity I will shall be paid at or upon the Feast of Saint Michael the Arch Angel during the Life of the said Elizabeth Knight the first Payment thereof to be made on the said Feast or Day of Payment as shall first happen after my Decease with such Powers of Entry and Distress in Default of Payment for twenty eight Days next after the said Feast hereinbefore appointed for payment thereof as are usual in Cases of Rentcharges And Subject to the Payment of the said Annuity or yearly Rentcharge of Ten Shillings and to the Powers and Remedies for the Recovery thereof I give and devise my said Dwelling House with the Lands Commons Hereditaments and Appurtenances thereto belonging lying in the Fields of Great Gonerby in the said County of Lincoln and Manthorpe aforesaid or either of them unto my old and faithful Servant Elizabeth Wrigglesworth (Wife of Joseph Wrigglesworth of Manthorpe aforesaid) To hold unto her the said Elizabeth Wrigglesworth and her assigns for and during the Term of her natural Life and from and after her Decease I give and devise the same unto Joseph Lowe John Lowe Mary Lowe Ann Lowe and Thomas Lowe (Sons and Daughters of Thomas Lowe of Harrowby in the said County of Lincoln Miller) their Heirs and Assigns forever to take as Tenants in Common and not as Jointenants in the following Proportions (viz.) the whole to be divided into eight equal Parts of which the said Joseph Lowe John Lowe and Thomas Lowe (the Son) to have two Parts each and the said Mary Lowe and Ann Lowe one Part each I Give and devise my Messuage or Tenement and Mill thereto adjoining called the Water Corn Mill with all the wheels Coggs Gears Stones and other Implements thereto belonging And also all those my two Closes of Land Meadow or Pasture Ground called the Pingles with the Appurtenances lying and being in the Parish of Londonthorpe in the said County of Lincoln which I formerly purchased of Mr. Richard Clipsom unto my Kinsman John Ingram of Harrowby aforesaid Miller and to his Heirs forever But if my said Kinsman John Ingram shall happen to Dye without Issue of his Body lawfully begotten Living at the Time of his Death Then and in such Case I give and devise the said Messuage [page damaged - a few words lost] Closes called the Pingles Hereditaments and Premises (devised as aforesaid to the said John Ingram and his Heirs forever) unto any Woman he shall happen to Marry and leave his Widow To hold unto such Woman he shall so happen to leave his Widow and her Assigns for and during the Term of her natural Life and from and immediately after her Decease I give and devise the same unto such of the Sons of the said Thomas Lowe (the Father) as shall be then Living To hold to them their Heirs and Assigns to be equally divided amongst them (if more than one) share and share alike to take as Tenants Common and not as jointenants And for default of such Issue Then To my own right Heirs forever I give and bequeath unto my said Kinsman John Ingram the Sum of one hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to be paid to him by my Executrix hereinafter named within six months after my Decease I also give unto the said John Ingram four Horses and two Cows that are now in the said Pingles I give to all the Children of the said Thomas Lowe (the Father) that shall be living at the Time of my Decease the like Sum of one hundred Pounds of like money to be equally divided between and amongst them share and share alike and to be paid unto the said Thomas Lowe (the Father) by me Executrix hereinafter named within six months after my Decease to be by him paid and applied in such manner as he shall think most for their Benefit and Advantage All the rest and reside of my ready Money Securities for Money Goods Chattels and Personal Estate of what Nature or Kind soever and wheresoever I give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth Wrigglesworth whom I make sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me at any Time heretofore made In Witness whereof I the said John Ingram the Testator have hereunto sett my Hand and Seal this sixteenth Day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy two
J[oh]n Ingram
Signed sealed published and declared by the said John Ingram the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who in his Presence and at his Request and in the Presence of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereto
Henry Cook
William Nevitt
Will[ia]m Laxon
Whereas I the within named John Ingram the Testator have given an Annuity or Yearly Rentcharge of ten Shillings to my Friend the within named Elizabeth Knight Now in Consideration of the many faithful Service she hath done me I do Direct and Order and it is my Mind and Will that the said Annuity or Yearly Rentcharge of ten Shillings shall be void and in Lieu thereof my said Dwelling House shall stand charged and be chargeable with an Annuity or Yearly Rentcharge of twenty Shillings free from all Deductions payable at the Time and recoverable in the same manner as I have Directed the within Annuity or yearly Rentcharge of ten Shillings And do ratifye and Confirm the within Will in all respect (Except what is here Altered and revoked) In witness whereof the said John Ingram the Testator have to this Codicil (which I desire may be taken as Part of my Will) set my hand and Seal this sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy two.
J[oh]n Ingram
Signed sealed published and declared by the said John Ingram the Testator as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who in his Presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereto
Henry Cook
William Nevitt
Will[ia]m Laxon
June 4 1774 This day Elizabeth Wrigglesworth the Executrix of this Will was Sworn before me Rich[ar]d Easton Vicar of Grantham & Surr[ogate]
- ↑ John's father's will (written in 1716) treated John's brother Joseph differently, with Joseph only receiving his bequests when he turned 21 years old - as John was to receive his bequests straight away it seems reasonable to conclude that John was already over 21 in 1716.
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