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Facts and Events
Joseph Ingram was born around 1696, son of a miller called Henry Ingram and his wife Penelope.[3] The family lived in the area around the town of Grantham in Lincolnshire; Joseph's older sister Ann had been baptised at Great Ponton to the south of Grantham in 1687, whilst in 1716 Joseph's father described himself as a miller of Harrowby, a hamlet in the parish of Grantham to the east of the town itself.
Joseph's father died in 1716, leaving sixty pounds to Joseph, to be paid to him when he reached 21 years old.
On 2nd May 1726 Joseph married Ann Gee in the city of Lincoln, 25 miles north of Grantham. They returned to the Grantham area after their marriage, having a son baptised in 1727 at Grantham, when they were described as living at Manthorpe, just north of Grantham. In 1730 they had a son baptised at Great Gonerby, just west of Manthorpe, but it would appear that Ann died either giving birth or shortly afterwards, as she was buried at Great Gonerby the same day that their son was baptised.
Just under two years later, on 29th April 1732, Joseph married again. His second wife was Margaret Stevens and they married in Grantham. Later that year Joseph's mother died and was buried at Grantham.
Joseph and Margaret went on to have four children baptised at Grantham between 1734 and 1743, although the eldest died when only nine years old and the youngest died aged seven. The family appear to have settled at Manthorpe, where Joseph owned a watermill. There was also a "Mary daughter of Joseph Ingraham" buried at Great Gonerby in 1736 for whom no baptism has been found; it is therefore not clear whether she was a child from Joseph's first or second marriage.
Joseph was buried at Great Gonerby on 6th February 1762, when he was said to be 65 years old. He left a will in which he described himself as living at Harrowby, but it was clear he still owned the watermill at Manthorpe. He left all his property to Margaret, although it was subject to a mortgage of £150. Margaret survived Joseph by seventeen years.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Church of England. Parish Church of Great Gonerby (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1560-1885. (Lincoln, England: Lincolnshire Archives Office, 1993).
An Account of the Burials in the year 1762 / Joseph Ingram of Harrowby was buried Feb[ruary] 6 aged 65 [1696/7]
- Lincoln Consistory Court, Probate Records (Lincolnshire Record Office, Lincoln)
LCC Wills 1762/120.
In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Ingram of Harrowby in the County of Lincoln Miller being of sound and Disposing Mind and Memory do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) First I will and direct that all my Just Debts and Funeral Expences shall be paid and discharged I Give and devise unto my Loving Wife Margaret Ingram and to her Heirs and Assigns forever All that my Water Corn Mill situate standing and being in Manthorpe in the said County of Lincoln Together with the Banks Land and Ground thereto adjoining and belonging as the same is now in my Possession and all the Wheels Stones Coggs Rounds Geer and other Utensills to the said Water Corn Mill belonging as also all other my Real Estate whatsoever Subject nevertheless to the payment of the principal sum of One Hundred and Fifty Pounds Secured by mortgage to the late Humphry Curt Deceased and all interest to be due and oweing for the same And also subject to the payment of all my Debts which I shall owe upon Bond or Note at the Time of my Death Also I give unto my said wife Margaret Ingram and her Heirs forever All my Reversionary Estate and Interest of in and to a Cottage House or Tenement in Manthorpe aforesaid now in the possession of Eleanor Wilcocks widow Also I Give all my Goods Chattells and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever unto my said wife Margaret Ingram whom I make Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby Revoking all other Wills by me made In Witness whereof I the said Joseph Ingram have hereunto Sett my Hand and Seal this Twenty Fifth Day of May in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and Fifty eight.
Jos[eph] Ingram
Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said Testator Joseph Ingram as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto
Tho[ma]s Bradley
Rich[ar]d Rubins
W[illia]m Laxon
April 17 1762 This day Margaret Ingram the within mentioned Executrix was sworn before me Rich[ar]d Easton Vicar of Grantham & Surr[ogate]
- ↑ No baptism has been found for Joseph, but the age given when he died suggests he was born in 1696 or 1697, whilst his father's will written in 1716 indicates that he was not yet 21 years old at that time, implying that he was born after 1695.
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