Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 56

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 986

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(VIII) James Porter, son of John Clark Gilbert, was born January 24, 1867. Gradu- ate of Institute of Technology, 1889, expert chemist and manufacturer of electrical sup- plies, in Warren, Ohio. He married Annis Spencer, daughter of Albert H. Spencer. Chil- dren : I. Helen Elizabeth, born April 8, 1894.

2. Dorothy, October 3, 1895. 3. Genevieve, June 13, 1899. 4. John Clark, born February 22, 1904.

The surname Kelso, and Kelsey, KELSEY seem to have the same origin, though Kelso is the common spelling of the Scotch families, and Kelsey of the English. Other spellings such as Calsey, Kelse, Kelsea, Kelsa, Kelsy, are also found in both families in America and in the old coun- try. There is a parish of North and South Kelsey in Lincolnshire, England. A Kelsey family had its seat in Chelmsford and Thorp, county Essex, in 1634, and had a coat-of-arms. The founder of the Scotch family of Kelso - lived at Kelso-land, county Ayr, Scotland, Hugo de Kelso by name, as early as 1296. John Kelso, a descendant, alienated the property in 1676, and his second son William acquired lands in Dankerth, Ayrshire, near the family estate. Arms: Sable a fesse engrailed be- tween three garbs or. Crest: A garb or. Motto: Otium cum dignitate. Another seat of the Kelso family is in Roxburghshire. One of the Scotch Kelso family was the Presby- terian minister of Enniskillen, Ireland, at the time of the revolution of 1688, when William took the throne of the United Kingdom from James. Enniskillen was an unwalled village of eighty houses, situated on an island in the river which joins the two sheets of water known as Lough Erne. The Rev. Robert Kelso urged resistance to the Roman Catholic soldiers which were to be placed there for a garrison, and labored both in public and private "to animate his hearers to take up arms and stand upon their own defence; showing example himself by wearing arms, and marching in the head of them when together." They had at first but eighty men poorly armed, but were soon aug- mented by friends of the same race and relig- - ion who fled from the murderous attacks of the Irish Roman Catholics in the south and west. From that time to the end of the war, the men of Enniskillen waged a vigorous and successful campaign. The family in Ireland settled in Antrim and Ulster Province, and was doubtless descended from the redoubtable minister. Among the early settlers of London- derry, New Hampshire, was a branch of this Scotch-Irish family of Kelso. From London- derry they removed to New Boston, and the "History of Nottingham, New. Hampshire," claims relationship with them, but the evidence of the Connecticut origin of the Nottingham family is too strong.

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(I) William Kelsey, immigrant ancestor, was born doubtless in England, but may have been of the Scotch family of Kelso, as the name was frequently spelled in early records. He settled. in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as early as 1632, and was a proprietor in 1633. He was admitted a freeman March 4, 1634-5, and sold a meadow there April 19, 1636. He removed to Hart- ford, where he lived until 1663, and then settled in the adjacent town of Killingworth, Connec- ticut. He was deputy to the general court in 1671. Children: I. Abigail, born April 1, 1645. 2. Stephen, born November 7, 1647; mentioned below. 3. Daniel, born 1650. 4. Mark, married Rebecca Hoskins; (second) Abigail Atwood ; resided in Wethersfield and Windsor, Connecticut : children : Rebecca, Thomas, John. 5. Lieutenant John, resided in Hartford; ad- mitted freeman 1678 ; removed to Killingworth ; married Phebe Disbrow, daughter of Nicholas ; children : John, Joseph. Josiah, and three daugh- ters.

(II) Stephen, son of William Kelsey, was born November 7, 1647, and died November 30, 1710. He married, November 15, 1672, Hannah, daughter of John Ingersoll. Chil- dren : I. Hannah, born 1675. 2. Stephen, Sep- tember 20, 1677 ; mentioned below. 3. John, January 20, 1680; married, November 23, 1704, Mary Buck. 4. Daniel, September 14, 1682. 5. William, February 19, 1685. 6. James, Au- gust 21, 1687. 7. Charles, June 15, 1692.

(III) Stephen (2), son of Stephen (1) Kelsey, was born September 20, 1677. He married, January 11, 1699, Dorothy Brownson. He lived at Windsor, and perhaps also at Waterbury where two of his sons settled. Chil- dren: 1. Stephen, mentioned below. 2. Jona- than, married Ruth, daughter of David Scott, November 7, 1728; settled at Waterbury, Con- necticut ; children : i. Nathan, born October 20, 1729; ii. Lois, July 20, 1731 ; iii. Martha, August 13, 1733 ; iv. Esaias, September 8, 1735. The Seymour family lived at Waterbury, and several of that family married into the Brown- sons, as did also the Kelseys. 3. Levi ( ?).

(IV) Stephen (3), son of Stephen (2) Kel- sey, was born in Windsor, about 1710; mar- ried, August 23, 1733, Esther, daughter of Ebenezer Hickox. Children, born at Water- bury : 1. Daniel, September 3, 1734. 2. Ste- phen, December 2, 1736. 3. Esther, Angust 9, 1-39. 4. Hannah, September 7, 1741. 5. David, born April 23, 1744. 6. Reuben, born June 7, 1746.

(V) Seymour Kelsey, son or nephew of Stephen Kelsey (said to be a son of Levi),

was born in 1755, lived in Connecticut and western Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the revolution, private in Captain William Scott's company, Colonel Henley's regiment, Novem- ber, 1778, in Massachusetts ; also from Hadley, Massachusetts, in Captain Cook's company, Colonel Porter's regiment, 1779. His enlist- ment record shows his age as twenty-four, his height five feet ten inches, complexion light. He was also in the colonel's company of Colonel Greaton's regiment (Third), 1779-80. Early in the revolution Seymour Kelsey was in Cap- tain Uriah Wilcox's company, Colonel Benja- min Bellews's regiment, from New Hampshire, in 1777, same section as Hadley, however. He was also in Captain Christopher Webber's com- pany, Colonel David Hobart's regiment, under General Stark, from Walpole, New Hampshire, 1777, and in Colonel Bellews's regiment, 1776. A Matthew Kelsey resided in Hadley, married Sarah - -- , and had a son Elijah, born Feb- ruary 28, 1762, the only Kelsey mentioned as a resident of the town by Judd ; was doubtless related to Seymour Kelsey. Seymour Kelsey lived at Marlborough, Vermont, in later life, and died there in 1816. He married there, March, 1787, Sarah Auger, born at Haddam, November 4, 1764; died December 13, 1852. Children : I. James. 2. Sally. 3. Lois. 4. Prudence. 5. Eunice. 6. Hubbard. 7. Levi Davey, mentioned below. 8. Polly. All but James were mentioned in the division of the estate.

(VI) Levi Davey, son of Seymour Kelsey, was born in Marlborough, Vermont, in 1809, and died in January, 1891. He married Abi- gail Bellows, who died at Marlborough in 1865. Ile was a farmer in his native town all his life. Children, born at Marlborough: 1. George P., 1840 ; married Selina Prouty, of Marlborough ; children : Cyrus, Addie, Huldah, Mary, Dwight. 2. Emily, 1843; unmarried. 3. Charles H., January 27, 1847. 4. Henry James, mentioned below.

(\'Il) Henry James, son of Levi Davey Kelsey, was born in Marlborough, Vermont, Ingnst 1, 1850, and was educated there in the district schools. He began at the early age of twelve years to do a man's share of the farm work. He worked in the woods in winter, lumbering for his father, and in summer burned charcoal, until he was about twenty-seven years old. He then left home and went to South Charlestown for a year, and thence to Clare- inont, New Hampshire, where he learned the business of soap making. He left Claremont after about two years, and engaged in busi-

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ness in Westfield, Massachusetts, on his own account, buying a rendering plant and con- tinuing the manufacture of soap there. After fifteen years he had to give up the rendering business on account of legislation restricting the business in cities and towns. In addition to the manufacture of soap, Mr. Kelsey is en- gaged in farming on an extensive scale, and has a large dairy. He had the misfortune in October, 1901, to lose by fire his house, barns, farm implements and some of his stock. The loss was total, as his insurance had expired shortly before the fire. He rebuilt his house and barns immediately, however. In politics Mr. Kelsey is a Republican, and in religion a Baptist. He married, March 28, 1882, Azella Whitman, born May 31, 1853, at North Adams, Massachusetts (see Whitman VI.). Children, all born at Westfield: 1. Frank H., September 17, 1883: associated with his father on the farm. 2. Walter R., September 22, 1885 ; lives with his father, and associated in the manage- ment of the farm. 3. Harland P., October 9, 1890. 4. Hugh D., September 8, 1892. 5. Harold W., June 9, 1895.

WHITMAN This surname was more often written Wightman in Eng- land, but most of the families at the present time spell it Whitman. Tradi- tion says that the American family is descended from Edward Wightman, who was burned for heresy at Litchfield, England, April 11, 1612. He was said to have been the last to suffer death for religious liberty. Valentine Whit- man was an immigrant, and settled at Provi- dence. George Whitman, mentioned below, may have been a brother, and was undoubtedly a relative of Valentine.

(I) George Whitman, immigrant ancestor, was born in June. 1632, and died in January, 1722. He settled in Kingstown, Rhode Island, and in 1669 he with others was arrested and kept in jail at Hartford for some time because they owned allegiance to Rhode Island. He took the oath of allegiance May 20, 1671, and was admitted a freeman May 6, 1673. He was one of the petitioners to the King, July 29, 1679, praying that he "would put a stop to these differences about the government thereof, which hath been so fatal to the prosperity of the place; animosities still arising in people's mind as they stand affected to this or that government." He was constable in 1686, on the grand jury in 1687, and for some years a member of the town council. In 1687 he was on the tax list. On February 19, 1712, he and i:j-36

seventeen others bought seven thousand acres of vacant lands in Narragansett ordered sold by the assembly. He and his wife Elizabeth sold to William Gardner twenty-seven and a half acres in Boston Neck, for one hundred and three pounds. His will was proved Feb- ruary 12, 1722, his sons Daniel and Valentine being executors, and his friend John Jones, overseer. He bequeaths to son Valentine lands bought of Joseph Dolover ; to son Daniel part of land on Great Plain; to son George the farm on which the son dwelt; to son John the three hundred acres on which he dwelt; to son Samuel, money; to daughters Elizabeth Huling, Alice Wait, Sarah Peterson, twenty pounds each; to grandson George, son of Daniel, ten pounds, gun, wearing clothes, linen, chest brought from England and great Bible ; to two children of his son Daniel fifty shillings a year ; also twenty shillings to the congrega- tion to buy wine to celebrate the Lord's Supper. In a codicil he gives other property to his son Daniel. He married Elizabeth Updike, born 1644, daughter of Gilbert and Katherine (Smith) Updike. Children : I. Elizabeth, born July 26, 1664, died 1756; married Alexander Huling. 2. Alice, born December 29, 1666; married Samuel Wait. 3. Rev. Daniel, born January 2, 1668, died August 31, 1750; mar- ried (first ) Catherine Holmes ; ( second) Mary ; (third) Catherine, widow of Joseph Gardiner. 4. Sarah, born February 25, 1671; married (first) 1697, William Collins; (sec- ond) Peterson. 5. George, born Janu- ary 8, 1673; mentioned below. 6. John, born April 16, 1674 ; married ( first) January 6, 1700, Jane Bentley ; (second) Virtue 7. Samuel, born January 9, 1676. 8. Rev. Valen- tine, born April 16, 1681, died June 9, 1747; married, February 17, 1703, Susannah Holmes.

(II) George (2), son of George (1) Whit- man, was born in Kingstown, January 8, 1673, and died in 1761. He settled in Warwick, Rhode Island. He was admitted a freeman in 1716, and in 1724 was deputy to the assembly. He bought one hundred acres of land in East Greenwich, December 22, 1719. His will, dated September 1, 1759, with codicil March 1, 1760, proved January 15, 1761, bequeathed to wife, children and grandchildren. Besides land and other more valuable parts of his estate he made some smaller bequests of interest. He gave to son John, iron kettle and coat with "plate but- tons ;" to son George, iron pot and andirons ; to grandson Elisha Wightman, jacket and "plate buttons ;" to grandson Philip Wightman, a pair of plush breeches ; to grandson Reuben Wight-

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man, a duray coat ; to Barbara Colvin, a cup- board. He married (first) Elizabeth ; (second) August 13, 1738, Sarah Ladd, who survived him. Children: I. George, married, December 21, 1746, Elizabeth Wait. 2. John, born 1701 ; married Phebe Havens. 3. Samuel, mentioned below. 4. Elizabeth, married

Havens. 4. Phebe, married, November IO, 1724, Jonathan Weaver. 6. Deborah, married, May 27, 1713, Malachi Rhodes.

(III) Samuel, son of George (2) Whitman, was born in Rhode Island, about 1700; mar- ried, November II, 1724, Margaret Gorton. He died before 1759. Children, born probably at Warwick: I. Samuel. 2. Benjamin, settled in Foster, Rhode Island. 3. George, mentioned below. 4. Asa.

(IV) George (3), son of Samuel Whitman, was born about 1740-50, at Warwick, Rhode Island. He married ( first) Coombs ; ( second ) Kingsley. He removed to North Adams, Massachusetts. Children : I. George, appears to have settled in Exeter, Rhode Island. 2. Caleb, went to North Adams. 3. Stephen, mentioned below. Probably others. [ According to the census of 1790, George Whitman, probably the father, was living at North Kingston, and had in his family three sons under sixteen and four females. Another George, probably the son, was living at Exeter, Rhode Island, having a wife but no children. George Whitman married, October 3, 1790, at Exeter, Hannah Huling Abbie Chase (sic). A daughter Elizabeth was born to George and Bridget Whitman at Exeter, September 23, 1752; possibly this record belongs to this family also. The lack of both town and family records makes it impossible to give the complete list of children for these two generations last men- tioned]. Children of second wife: Reuben, lives at North Adams; Mrs. Frank Robinson, of North Adams.

(V) Stephen, son of George (3) Whitman, was born in Rhode Island, about 1780-90. He , was a son of the first wife. He removed to North Adams with the family, and later in life went west. He died in Lake county, Illinois. He married Susan Ray, who died at North Adams. Children, born at North Adams: I. Ira, February 4, 1820; mentioned below. 2. Maria. 3. George. 4. Amy Ann. 5. Simeon. 6. Hannah. 7. Melissa. 8. Huldah Ann. 9. Harriet Amelia. 10-11. Children died in infancy, unnamed. Most of the children settled in the west.

(VI) Ira, son of Stephen Whitman, was born February 4. 1820, at North Adams, and

is living at Bernardston, Massachusetts, Not- withstanding his advanced age, he enjoys good health and all his faculties. He was educated in his native town and learned the trade of shoemaker, which he followed for many years. In his later years he returned to farming, locat- ing at his present home in Bernardston. He married, March 28, 1851, at North Adams, Hannah Underwood, born at Marlborough, Vermont, June 1, 1831, died at North Adams, 1864. Children, born at North Adams: I. William, born in 1852, died young. 2. Azella, born May . 31, 1853; married Henry James Kelsey (see Kelsey VII.). 3. Melissa, died young. 4. Hattie A., born January 10, 1858; married F. C. Kelsey, of Claremont, New Hampshire. 5. Grace C., born August 16, 1860; married Dexter Whitcomb; lives in Charles- town, New Hampshire. 6. Ira, Jr., died young.

HEWES The surname Hewes is identical with Hughes, which is from a personal name-Hugh, meaning a guest, a stranger. It signifies affability, and in A. D. 900 King Alfred used it in the sense of comfort. Various other surnames are de- rived from Hugh-Huget, Hewit, FitzHugh, meaning, as does Hughes or Hewes, simply son of Hugh; Huggin, Hicks, Hiccock, Huggins, Huggett and Hutchins also derived from Hugh ; Huse is another spelling of Hughes. The Hughes family is of great antiquity in Scot- land, Wales and England, and traces its ances- try to several Welsh princes, among whom is Gwarthbold Mawr, Prince of Cardugan. The principal coat-of-arms: Azure a lion rampant or. Crest : A lion couchant or.

(I) Nathaniel Hews, or Hewes (also spelled Hughes ), was probably the immigrant ancestor. He was born in or about 1720, and is thought to be of Scotch ancestry, from the north of Ireland. Where he settled is something of a mystery. One good authority places him in Brookfield, Massachusetts, before he settled in Lyme, New Hampshire, but there is no trace of a family of Hewes at that time in Brook- field, nor, in fact, in Worcester county. Another equally good authority states that he came from Mansfield, Connecticut. As Lyme was settled by Connecticut families, this seems more likely. But he must have made a short stay at Mans- field, for no trace of him appears in the vital or church records. It seems likely to the writer that Hewes lived at both places. There was a prominent family of this name at East Haven, Connecticut, but no known relation with Na- thaniel exists. He came to Lyme after his son

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had settled there. He was a taxpayer in 1773. Children : Nathaniel, Jr., mentioned below ; Reuben, settled in Lyme ; perhaps others.

(II) Lieutenant Nathaniel (2), son of Na- thaniel (I) Hewes, was born in 1747. The "History of Grafton County, New Hampshire," relates that he was the first settler in the ex- treme part of the township. He came there in 1766, at the age of nineteen, from Brookfield, Massachusetts, made a clearing, and built a log house on the farm lately occupied by D. A. Warren. There were not more than seven families then in the town of Lyme. In 1773 Hewes suffered a severe loss. He had accumu- lated a fortune of seven silver dollars, and from the prominence given to these coins we infer that they were valued more than the dwelling-house, which was destroyed by fire while the owner and sister were at meet- ing (church). "Diligent search was made," but he found no silver in the ashes. It was supposed that three strangers seen in the vicin- ity had pillaged the house and then set fire to it. He married, 1774, Sarah Freeman, of Mansfield, Connecticut, and had ten children. A writer (in vol. xv., p. 62, New Eng. Gen. Reg. ) states that she came "with her husband" from Mansfield about 1767. That is mislead- ing, since they were not married in 1767. The same writer states that her (Sarah's) mother lies near her, buried in 1815, aged ninety-five years. Sarah Freeman died March 26, 1851, aged one hundred one years four months ten days. Her gravestone is to be seen in the old burial ground at Lyme. She lived seventy-five years on the same farm. Nathaniel was a soldier in the revolution, sergeant in 1777, in Colonel Jonathan Chase's regiment, and march- ed to Stillwater, New York; also in Captain John Sloame's company, of Lyme, and on alarm list, 1776. He became lieutenant of his company, probably after the war, though possi- bly before. Children: 1. John Freeman, born March 15, 1784, died June 20, 1853 ; a man of enterprise, built several saw mills; father of John R. Hewes, a well known citizen. 2. Cyrus, born January 20, 1775; mentioned below. 3. Sylvanus, born May 8, 1789 ; merchant, partner of Asa Shaw, Abel Kent and others in mills ; justice of the peace, state senator, county treas- urer ; died August 28, 1880; had three daugh- ters, and a son, Nathan Wright, of Lyme.

(III) Cyrus, son of Lieutenant Nathaniel (2) Hewes, was born in Lyme, New Hamp- shire, January 20, 1775, and died there Sep- tember 5, 1865, aged ninety years. He was a carpenter by trade. He married (first) -;

(second) October 21, 1826, Margaret, daugh- ter of Sewell Pelton, of Lyme. Children, born at Lyme, all by second wife: I. Elizabeth G., June 24, 1827. 2. Sarah D., June 25, 1828, died aged sixty years. 3. David D., September 17, 1830; mentioned below. 4. Sewell, July 28, 1834 ; resides in Lyme, New Hampshire.

(IV) Daniel Demmick, son of Cyrus Hewes, was born in Lyme, New Hampshire, Septem- ber 17, 1830. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and followed farming and carpentering in early life. In 1860 he came to Westfield, Massachusetts, and established himself in business as a painter and contractor in 1862 in that town. He was successful in his venture and built up a large business, con- tinuing for a period of forty years. He retired in 1902, and has been occupied since then in the care of his property. He continued also to deal in doors, blinds and sash. He is a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge of Free Masons, and Mount Royal Chapter, Royal Arch Masons of Westfield. He is independent in politics, and a Congregationalist in religion. He mar- ried, in 1874, Margaret Jane Ingraham, born 1846, at South Hadley Falls, died January 12, 1908, at Westfield, daughter of Obadiah Ingra- ham (see Ingraham VI.). Children : I. Jennie May, living with her father, in home at West- field ; educated in Westfield public schools and State Normal School. 2. Robert I., born 1876; educated in Westfield schools ; associated with his father in the house painting business, and succeeded him. 3. Norman M., born 1884; educated in Westfield schools; clerk in a gro- cery store in his native town.

Genealogists begin the record INGRAHAM of the Ingraham family with Randolph son of Ingel'ram or Ing'ram, who was sheriff of Nottingham and Derby, in the reign of Henry II. (1133- 1189), as were his sons Robert and William. Robert Ingram, knight, whose arms are painted at Temple Newsam, or Newsham, England, was of such eminence in the reign of Henry III. that the priory and convent of Lenton granted to him a yearly rent out of their lands in Sheynton and Nottingham in recognition of his military services in their defense. Temple Newsam, an immense estate six miles in length and four in width, situated about four and a half miles east of Leeds, England, now called the Ingraham estate, was first a settlement of Knights Templar in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. After their dispersion it was granted by Edward III. to Sir John Darcy, and de-

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scended to Lord Thomas Darcy, who was be- headed by Henry VIII. The estate was then for- feited to the crown. It was afterwards granted by the same monarch in 1554 to Mathew. Earl of Lenox, and here was born his son, Henry Darnley, who later became the husband of Mary. Queen of Scots. The estate descended to their son, James I. of England, and from him to his kinsman, Esme Stuart, Duke of Lennox, from whom it passed to Sir Arthur Ingram, the first of the Lords Viscount Irwin, one of the conditions being that the room in which Lord Darnley was born should remain unaltered. This room is still called the King's Chamber.

Sir Arthur, who is supposed to have been born about 1570, was celebrated for his valor as a cavalier. He was a near relative of Went- worth, the celebrated Earl of Stafford. He married (first ) Eleanor, daughter of Sir Henry Slingsby, of the "Red House ;" (second) Lady Katherine, daughter of Thomas, Lord Vis- count Fairfax of Gilling. Sir Arthur died in 1655. His sons were Henry and Arthur. ( The portraits of Sir Arthur in cavalier cos- tume, of the first Viscount Irwin in full armor, and of Henry, the second Viscount Irwin in half armor, all nearly full length, were in the collection of the Bishop of California, William Ingraham Kip, D. D., LL. D., who died in 1894). Henry, eldest son of Sir Arthur Ingram, born between 1695 and 1700, was at the time of the Restoration, six years after the death of his father, created a peer of Scotland by Charles 11., with the title of Viscount Irwin, by letters patent dated May 23, 1661, as a recompense to the family for their loyalty. He married Anne, daughter of Montacute, Earl of Man- chester, a leader in parliament. The male branch in England as descended from Sir Henry, the second Viscount Irwin, became ex- tinct with Charles Ingram, ninth Viscount Irwin, who died in 1778. ( Burke's "Extinct l'eerage"). His daughter, the Marchioness of lIertford, and Lady William Gordon, succes- sively inherited the Temple Newsam, and from them it passed to their sister, Mrs. Hugo May- nell, whose son took the name of Ingram, and his descendants are the present owners of the family estate. Arthur Ingram, of Barrowby, second son of Sir Arthur, was born between 1595 and 1600. He married a daughter of Sir John Mallory, about 1615, and genealogists agree that from him is descended the Ingra- ham family of America.

Edward Ingraham, the first of the name to come to America, was born in 1617. At the

age of eighteen in July, 1635, he sailed in the ship "Blessing," and settled in Salem, where he was a proprietor as early as 1638. He was a farmer. Richard Ingram came to America between 1638 and 1642, and settled in Reho- both, where he was a proprietor in 1645. Some vears later he removed to Northampton, where in 1668, late in life, he married (probably not his first wife ) Joan, daughter of William Rock- well. widow of Jeffrey Baker, of Windsor, Connecticut. He contributed a sum at the time of the general subscription for the sup- port of Harvard College in 1672-3. He died in August, 1683, and his widow died Septem- ber 16, 1683, both at Northampton. Since genealogists agree that the Ingraham family in America is descended from Arthur Ingram, of Barrowby, second son of Arthur Ingram, it is quite probable that Edward Ingraham, who came to America in 1635, and Richard In- gram, who came between 1638 and 1642, were brothers, and sons of Arthur of Barrowby. Also, that Jared Ingram, of Boston, Rehoboth and Swansea, mentioned below, and John In- gram, of Boston and Hadley, were sons of Richard, as they spelled the name the same and were located at various times near Richard. The name at the present time is spelled Ingra- ham in America.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 56

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 986

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 986