Joseph Ingersoll

Son of John Ingersoll & Susan Harrel. Responded with the militia from Hadley to defend Deerfield, killed in the meadows.

In a common grave in the south-eastern corner of the ground buried with the victims of the Deerfield massacre.

Inscription: THE DEAD OF 1704 --- + --- THE GRAVE OF 48 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, VICTIMS OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN RAID ON DEERFIELD, FEBRUARY 29, 1704.

Burial: Old Deerfield Burying Ground Deerfield Franklin County Massachusetts, USA

Created by: Charles Baker Record added: Sep 15, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 76575928

The 1704 Raid on Deerfield (or the Deerfield Massacre[9]) occurred during Queen Anne's War on February 29 when French and Native American forces under the command of Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville attacked the English frontier settlement at Deerfield, Massachusetts, just before dawn, burning part of the town, killing 56 villagers, and taking 109 settlers captive

Son of John Ingersoll (bp. Sep 1626 - 3 Sep 1684) & Mary Hunt Ingersoll. Responded with the militia from Hadley to defend Deerfield, killed in the Meadows Field.

Listed in the common grave in the south-eastern corner of the ground buried with the victims of the Deerfield massacre.