Person:Edmund Ingalls (4)

Said to have come with Governor Endicott's Company in 1628 to Salem.⁴ Edmund and Francis, his brother, settled in Lynn, MA near Goldfish Pond in 1629. (But Great Migration finds no evidence of their presence before 1635.) The site of the house was between Nos. He drowned in the Saugus River.⁴

Edmund and his brother Francis were both tanners by trade and they established a tannery at the side of a brook not far from the seashore in what is now Swampscott, then a part of Lynn.⁴ His estate was valued at several hundred pounds, which was distributed according to his Will, included below.⁴

Ancestor of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Will

"Estate of Edward Ingalls of Lynn"

August 28. Anno Dom: 1648.

I Edmund Ingalls of Linne being of perfect memory comit my soule to God, my body to the grave, and dispose of my Earthly goods in this wise, ffirstly I make my wife Ann Ingalls sole Exectrix: leaving my house & house lot together with ye Stock of Cattle & Corne wth her. Likewise I leave Katherine Skipper wth my wife.

Item. I bequeth to Robert my sonne & heire, foure pound tobe payd in two yeers time by my wife either in Cattle, or Corne; likewise I bequeath to him (or his heires) my house & houslot after the decease of my wife.

Likewise I bequeth to Elizabeth my daughter twenty shillings to be payd by my wife in a heifer calf in two yeers time after my decease.

Likewise to my daughter faith wife to Andrew Allin I bequeth two yeerling calves, and injoyne my wife to pay to him forty shillings debt in a yeers time after my decease.

Likewise to my Sonne John I bequeth the house & ground that was Jerimy fitts lying by the Meeting house only out of it the sd John is to pay wth in foure yeers foure pound to my sonne Samuel and the ground to be his security: further I leave wth the sd John that three Acres land he hath in England fully to possesse & Enjoy.

Likewise I give to Sarah my daughter, wife to william Bitnar my two Ewes.

Likewise to Henry my sonne I give the house that I bought of Goodman west, & Six acres of ground lying to it, & three acres of marsh (ground) lying at Rumly Marsh, and this the sd Henry shall possesse in two yeers after my decease, Only out of this the sd Henry Shall pay to Samuel my sonne foure pound wthin two yeers after he Enters upon it.

Likewise I bequeth to Samuel my Sonne Eight pound wch is to be discharged as above in the proomisses.

Lastly I leave wth mary the heifer Calfe that formerly she enjoyed and leave her to my wife for future dowry.

Finally I appoint Francis Ingalls my Brother & Francis Dane my sonne in Law overseers of my will, and order that those things that have no particular Exemption in the will mentioned be taken away presently after my decease: I intreat my overseers to be helpful to my wife for ordering these matters.

Edmund Ingalls his X marke

Witnesses to this will. william Morton: Francis Dane. Francis Ingols his 6 mark^S1

Proved 14:9:1648 by Francis Ingalls, and 27:4:1649 by William Morton.Essex Co. Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 103

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Edmund Ingalls (26/27 June 1598 – 16 September 1648) was a founder of Lynn, Massachusetts. Born to Robert Ingalls in Skirbeck, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, he arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in Governor John Endicott's company in 1628. It is believed that he and his family came with Endicott and a party of about 100 in the "Abigail," which sailed from Weymouth and arrived at Salem, Sept. 6, 1628, after a voyage of 11 weeks. The belief that Edmund and his brother, Francis Ingalls, with their families, came on the "Abigail" is based on the fact that no other ship arrived from England until June 30, 1629, and Alonzo Lewis, the historian of Lynn, refers to manuscripts showing that Edmund and Francis settled in Saugus (Lynn) as early as the first of June.

The colonization of Massachusetts was only partly of religious inspiration. It was largely commercial and largely appealing to men who desired more freedom and especially more opportunity. A company had obtained a grant of a strip of the sea-coast. It wanted to get settlers upon the land in order to develop trade. It offered to assist them in getting there and to them it promised 10 acres of land.

To those who could pay their own way it agreed to allow 50 acres. Edmund and Francis Ingalls were evidently of the latter class, since when the allotments of land were finally made they jointly received 120 acres. The Ingalls' family was economically well off enough to employ some servants and write wills, even leaving some of their wealth to the poor.

In 1629, Edmund, his brother Francis, and four others, founded the settlement of Lynn, Massachusetts. In the opening pages of "The History of Lynn, MA" by Alonzo Lewis and James R. Newhall, appears the following: "The first white men known to have been inhabitants of Lynn were Edmund Ingalls and his brother Francis Ingalls."

Edmund and Francis, arriving in (Saugus) Lynn, were received kindly by the Native Americans, who were of the Pawtucket tribe, and the Native Americans gave them leave to dwell there and occupy what land they would.

Edmund built his home beside a sedgy pond, which became known as Ingalls pond, and so appeared on early maps, but is now called Goldfish pond. The site of the house that Edmund Ingalls built was between Nos. 33 and 43 of Bloomfield street in Lynn.

It is of record that Edmund had a malt house, and it may be surmised that he knew how to malt grain and brew beer, and probably did so. It is also probable that he drank what he brewed. According to the accounts there was a "festive" time, with much hilarity and profanity, when his house was erected with the assistance of his friends. It is likely, therefore, that Edmund Ingalls was not a strict Puritan.

Edmund was reportedly of good character, although it was found in a court record that "20/4/1646, Edmund Ingalls was fined for bringing home sticks in both his arms on the Sabbath day from Mr. Holyokes rails, witnesses Joseph Mood, Obadaya Mood, Jane Mood". This is an example of Puritan Blue Laws. Edmund's name is often found on the town records showing him to be one of the prominent citizens.

Edmund Ingalls lost his life in March 1648, by falling with his horse through a defective bridge over the Saugus River where it is crossed by the road that is now Boston Street. He was probably then about 53 years of age. His eldest son, Robert, who was then 27 years of age petitioned the General Court for damages in the amount of £100 in accordance with a law just previously enacted in the Colony. This may have been the first claim of that sort in New England.

His will was probated on September 16, 1648, and his estate appraised at a value of £135.

Edmund Ingalls is recognized as an early American founder by The Order of the Founders and Patriots of America. He is the ancestor of Charles Ingalls, of American author Laura Ingalls Wilder, of Revolutionary War patriot Jonathan Ingalls, and of Salem Witch Trials victim Martha Carrier.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 "Will of Edmund Ingalls", in Perley, Sidney, ed. Essex Antiquarian. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Antiquarian)
   Vol 3 p. 120.

   Will of Edmund Ingalls of Lynn was proved 14:9:1648. The following [see text] is copied from the original on file in the office of the clerk of courts at Salem, volume 1, leaf 103.

2.   Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
   2:519.

   EDMUND, Lynn 1629, if Lewis is correct, was k. 1648 by the break. of the bridge there, leav. w. Ann and nine ch. Robert; Elizabeth Faith, wh. m. Andrew Allen; John; Sarah, wh. m. that yr. William Bitner; Henry; Samuel; Mary; and Joseph; all perhaps (most, certain.) b. in Eng. It is said he was of Lincolnsh. Elizabeth m. Francis Dane; ano. m. John Eaton. His will of 28 Aug. 1648 was pro. 11 Nov. foll.

3. ↑ Gormley, Myra Vanderpool. "A Genealogical Look at Laura Ingalls Wilder"
   [1].

   No source directly cited. "Some sources list Edmund Ingalls's christening as 26 June 1586 in St. Loedegar, Wyberton, Lincolnshire, England and his death as 16 September 1648 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. However, Topographical Dictionary of New England, Emigrants from England to New England, FTM CD504, page 96, lists Skirbeck, Lincolnshire as the English parish origins of Edmond/Edmund Ingalls and on pages 156-157 its says Edmund Ingalls came from Lincolnshire, England, and settled at Lynn [Massachusetts] in 1629; died in 1648, having a wife Ann, and nine children."

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Ellis Family History: The Ingalls Family, in Ellis, F. O. Millwood, a Family Tree: A Partial History of the Descendants of John Ellis of Rehoboth, Mass. : mainly comprising that of his grandson, Benjamin Ellis, Jr. of Millwood, O., and his descendants : allied names, Ellis, Ingalls, Ballou. (Swampscott, Massachusetts: Higginson, 1909)
   Pages 5-6., 1909.

   Supports birth of Edmund in Skirbeck, England and death by drowning in the Saugus river in 1648. (quotation) "He was drowned in the Saugus river in 1648, by breaking of a bridge, while on his way to Boston; and his heirs afterward recovered damages from the town."
   
   The record notes that he came to Salem, Massachusetts in 1628 as part of Governor Endicott's colonization effort.