Dea. Nathaniel Ingersoll

7. Deacon Nathaniel Ingersoll, born in Salem about 1632; was admitted a freeman at Salem, March 22, 1689; he married Hannah Collins; he died in 1719.

Family Notes

”Nathaniel [Ingersoll], born in Salem about 1632, and only a boy at the time of his father's death, lived to be over eighty and perhaps unknowingly erred in bequeathing this parcell of ground to the church. No child or grandchild survived him. It was nearly ninety years after the date of Richard Ingersoll's will that the title to the land was cleared and the names of a number of his great-grandchildren appear in Essex County land records.
”[his father] Richard's widow married John Knight of Newbury and her daughter Bathsheba married his son, John Knight, Junior. Ann (Ingersoll) Knight died July 30, 1677.

Source: The New England Ancestry of Dana Converse Backus by Mary E. N. Backus (1949)

Biography

From https://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Collins%20Family/CollinsHan...

Nathaniel was the son of Richard Ingersoll and Ann Langley. He was born in Salem about 1632 and was about 11 years old when his father died. His mother married John Knights, of Newbury and he was sent to live with Governor John Endicott (Endecott) on his plantation called Orchard in Salem Village. He was sent to learn how to farm the land his father had left him.
Nathaniel was a tavern keeper. In 1673 he was allowed to sell “bear and syder by the quart for the tyme whyle the farmers are building of their meeting house and on Lord’s days afterwards. Church meetings were held at the Ingersoll home. Near their home was a block house where a watch was kept for Indian raids. In 1675 he was a lieutenant in the attack on the Narragansetts in the Great Swamp fight.The first hearings in the infamous Salem witch trials were held at the Ingersoll tavern on March 1, 1692. Nathaniel was an accuser in at least seven cases. The Sarah Ingersoll who made a deposition may have been their daughter. Benjamin Hutchinson testified against Mary Estey during her trial.
Nathaniel died in 1719. The bulk of his property went to his adopted son, Benjamin Hutchinson.

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From Anderson's Great Migration Begins:

NATHANIEL, 8th known child of Richard & Agnes (Langlye) Ingersoll, was born at Salem about 1633 (deposed aged 40 years 30 June 1674, deposed aged "45 years or thereabouts" 25 June 1678, deposed aged 60 years 25 December 1694). He married at Salem 25 March 16__ (which must be 1669 or earlier) Hannah Collins.

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From link to A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692 Volume #2 Hyde -Ingham By James Savage:

INGERSOLL, NATHANIEL, Salem, s. of Richard, not b. in Eng. was an innholder, m. Hannah Collins, it is said, had only d. wh. d. bef. him; was chos. deac. 24 Nov. 1689 of that ch. at the village now Danvers, where the devil had his great triumphs, many of the trials of the witches being held at his tavern / house; was freem. 1690, and lieut. d. early in 1719. From him, thro. fem. line, descend. the late emin. mathemat. Nathaniel Bowditch, translat. of La Place, all whose Chris. bear this fam. name. Young's Chron. of Mass. Nathaniel wh. perish. in shipwr. 1 Apr. 1683, may have been his s. [Comment: if he had a daughter, she was not alive in 1719]

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From Salem witchcraft; with an account of Salem village, and a history of opinions on witchcraft and kindred subjects, volume I and II.” Upham, Charles Wentworth, 1802-1875 link to Page 165

Travellers through the country stopped at “Nathaniel Ingersoll's corner.” The earliest path or roadway to and from the eastern settlements went by it. Here Increase and Cotton Mather, and all magistrates and ministers, were entertained. Here the wants of the poor and unfortunate were made known, and all men came for counsel and advice. From the first, even when he had not reached the age of maturity, he commanded to a singular extent the confidence and respect of all men. The influence of his bearing and character ...
His wife was a spirit kindred to his own. Their only child, a daughter, died when quite young. Their hearts demanded an object on which to exercise parental affection, and to give opportunity for benevolent care, within their own household; and they induced their neighbor, Joseph Hutchinson, who had several sons, to give one of them to be theirs by adoption. When this child had grown to manhood, a deed was recorded in the Essex Registry, Oct. 2, 1691, of which this is the purport: ....
By his will, certain legacies were required to be paid by the residuary legatee and final heir within a reasonable time specified in the document. It bears date July 8, 1709, and was offered for Probate, Feb. 17, 1719. ...
I give to the church in Salem Village the sum of fifty shillings in money, for the more adorning the Lord's Table, to be laid out in some silver cup, at the discretion of the Pastor, Deacons, and my overseers.” — “After my wife's decease, I give to Benjamin (my adopted son) who was very dutiful to me, while he lived with me, and helpful to me since he has gone from me, all the remaining part of my whole estate, both real and personal, — excepting a small parcel of land of about two acres, that lyeth between Mrs. Walcots and George Wyotts by the highway, which I give to the inhabitants of Salem Village, for a training place for ever.”
“I give to Hannah, my well-beloved wife, the use and improvement of my whole estate during her natural life: and my will is, that, if my wife should marry again, he that she so marrieth, before she marry, shall give sufficient security to my overseers not to make strip or waste upon any of my estate; and, if he do not become so bound, I give one of my whole estate to Benjamin Hutchinson, at the time of my wife's marriage.”

Citations

• link to Nathaniel Ingersoll in the U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Name: Nathaniel Ingersoll Gender: Male Birth Year: About 1633 Marriage Date: 25 May Marriage Place: Salem Spouse: Hannah Ingersoll Source Citation Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012.Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-GWN8 : 5 November 2017), Nathaniell Ingerson and Hana Collens, 25 Feb 1666; citing Marriage, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 877,468. “Book with significant history of Nathaniel Ingersoll in Salem.”
• link to Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the ..., Volume 4 edited by William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams. Page 2631-2633
• https://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Collins%20Family/CollinsHan...
• Link to Genealogy of Thomas Ruggles of Roxbury, 1637, to Thomas Ruggles of Pomfret Connecticut, and Rutland. Page 32. If Nathaniel had no children of the body, the property his father Richard left him to go to brother John and brothers in law Haines & Pettingill after Nathaniel’s Death.

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