Jared Ingersoll, Sr.

The son of Jonathan & Sarah (Newton) Ingersoll, he married (1) Hannah Whiting, daughter of Col. Joseph & Hannah (Trowbridge) Whiting on August 1, 1743 in New Haven, and (2) Hannah (Miles) Alling, daughter of Capt. Samuel & Sarah (Woodward) Miles and widow of Enos Alling about 1779/80. There were no children born to this union.

Jared Ingersoll, Sr. graduated from Yale College in 1742 and was chosen as Stamp Master General for the New England Colonies under George III. At this time, several demonstrations against the Stamp Act were taking place across the Colony. Mr. Ingersoll had been assured of the governor's protection and tried to persuade the colonist to persevere.

A group of demonstrators surrounded his house and demanded that he resign. He agreed to offer his resignation, but this didn't satisfy some of them. In order to prevent his home from being attacked, he rode on horseback to place himself under the protection of the legislature at Hartford. Before reaching Wethersfield, he met about 500 men on horseback and rode with them to Wethersfield where they compelled him to resign again. He finally made a written resignation and he was escorted to Hartford where he read the paper to the assembly. In about 1770 he was appointed an admiralty judge in the middle district. He resided in Philadelphia for a time but returned to New Haven.

The known children of of Jared Sr. & Hannah (Whiting) Ingersoll: James Ingersoll (died in infancy) Jared Ingersoll Jonathan Ingersoll (died in childhood) Hannah Ingersoll

Note: In keeping with colonial naming practices, the child who did not live past infancy was ALSO named Jared (as well as the Jared that survived to become a PA-based "founding father).

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Jared Ingersoll, Sr. graduated from Yale College in 1742 and was chosen as Stamp Master General for the New England Colonies under George III. At this time, several demonstarations against the Stamp Act were taking place across the Colony. Mr. Ingersoll had been assured of the governor's protection and tried to pursuade the colonist to persevere.

A group of demonstrators surrounded his house and demanded that he resign. He agreed to offer his resignation, but this didn't satisfy some of them. In order to prevent his home from being attacked, he rode on horseback to place himself under the protection of the legislature at Hartford. Before reaching Wethersfield, he met about 500 men on horseback and rode with them to Wethersfield where they compelled him to resign again. He finally made a written resignation and he was escorted to Hartford where he read the paper to the assembly. In about 1770 he was appointed an admiralty judge in the middle district. He resided in Philadelphia for a time but returned to New Haven.

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Jared, son of Jonathan Ingersoll and his third wife, Sarah (Newton) of Milford, graduated from Yale in 1742 and set up practice as a lawyer. He was chosen Agent of the New Haven Colony to go to England in 1757 and 1764 with a paper he helped prepare, showing Parliament why the Stamp Act should not be passed. It did, in spite of his efforts. When the act became law, Ingersoll accepted the position of Stamp Master of Connecticut.

There followed a great deal of dissension over the act with a lot of anger directed at Ingersoll. People from all over the state attacked him verbally in the newspapers to which Jared wrote public letters in his defense. When the attacks escalated into threats of physical violence, Ingersoll rode from New Haven toward Hartford, on September 23, 1765, hoping to register a complaint with the authorities there. Near Wethersfield he met a band of 500 men on horseback, who took him to Wethersfield where he was pressured to submit his resignation. He was made to shout three times “Liberty and Prosperity” and to throw his hat in the air, which he did. He was appointed Judge of the Vice Admiralty in the Middle District of America in 1770 as a sort of amends for his ordeal in Connecticut, and he moved his family to Philadelphia to live. At the start of the Revolution, he returned to New Haven after being forced out of his position (again) by patriots, where he remained his death.

Remarkable for a colony tax collector who was routinely hung in effigy, Jared Ingersoll’s memorial boasts the most lavish praise found on any stone in the crypt:

In Memory of The Honble Jared Ingersoll Esq. Judge of the Court of Vice Admiralty in the Middle District in America. A man of an uncommon Genius which was cultivated By a liberal Education at Yale College, And improved by the Study of Mankind, And of Laws, Policy and Government, He distinguished himself at the Bar, Where his perspcuity and Energy in Reasoning And Equality in Conducting Causes, Elevated himn To the First Eminence in his Profession. Under the appointment of the General Assembly He was twice honoured With the Agency from Connecticut At the court of Great Britain. His Morals were unblemished. He was thoughtful, collected and sagacious, open and sincere, mild, affable, and courteous. Adapting himself to all By a rich Variety of sentiment and Expression Yet preserving in his whole Behavior A graceful and majestic Dignity. He died Aug. 25th A.D. 1781 AEtat. 60. By his side lieth also interred, His amiable Consort Mrs Hannah Ingersoll Who departed this LIfe Oct 9th A.D. 1779 Aged 66 Years.