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About Maj. Thomas Ingersoll
A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of Captain. DAR Ancestor # A060126
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ingersoll
In the American War of Independence, Thomas Ingersoll fought on the rebel side, but in 1795 he immigrated to Upper Canada where he had obtained a township grant for settlement. His farm became the site of the modern town of Ingersoll. He ran a tavern at Queenston until his township (Oxford-upon-the-Thames) was surveyed.
Went to Great Barrington about 1744; he was a hatter, a constable, a tax-collector.
4 children with Elizabeth Dewey,
Married 2nd Mercy Smith, widow, no children, Married 3rd Sarah Whting Backus, widow, b. 26 April 1762, d. 8 August 1832, 7 children.
This information (down to Abigail Ingersoll, m Guy Woodworth) is from _The Ingersoll Family in America 1629-1925_, compiled by Lillian Drake Avery.
Originaly from Great Barrington, MA, settled in Oxford in 1798, building their first house on what is now known as Thames St, Ingersoll, ON.
Later the family moved to Toronto: Merrigold's Point in Etobicoke township.
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Maj. Thomas Ingersoll's Timeline
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March 24, 1750
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Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
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| 1775 |
September 13, 1775
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Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
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1775
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October 17, 1779
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1781
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September 1783
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Great Barrington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1791 |
September 27, 1791
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Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States
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