Edmund & Ann (Tripp) Ingalls

The Ingalls name is supposedly derived from the Scandinavian, Ingialld which means, “By the power of Thor”. Apparently pirates sometimes settle in the area they raid, thus Lincolnshire (on the east coast of England) became inhabited with Scandinavians, also known as Vikings.

A couple generations later, Edmund Ingalls (born about 1598 in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England) booked passage with Governor Endicott and headed to Salem with his wife and six children. This trip was probably on the Abigail in 1628. Although they debarked at Salem, the family moved to Saugus (now Lynn, Massachusetts) within a year or so. There they settled in and had 3 more children.

Edmund was mostly an apt Puritan of good character. But in 1646, his neighbors filed a complaint against him for “bringing home sticks in both his arms on the Sabbath day from Mr. Holyokes rails”.

Edmund died in March 1648 when he and his horse fell through the old Saugus (or Lynne) bridge into the Saugus River. Since there was a law that enabled folks to be reimbursed for accidents concerning inadequate bridges, the family filed a petition against the town and was awarded 100 pounds.

President Garfield descends through Edmund & Ann’s second son (4th child), John, who married Elizabeth Barrett and removed to Rhode Island.

We descend through Edmund & Ann’s third son (6th child), Henry, who immigrated to America with his parents when he was only a couple years of age. Henry married 1st Mary Osgood (our line) and 2nd Sarah Farnum. They were some of the first settlers of Andover, Massachusetts. Henry bought the land from the Indians with clothing and trinkets.

Several of Edmund & Ann’s granddaughters were accused of witchcraft. Elizabeth Dane was not convicted, but her cousin, Martha Currier was hung in Salem in 1692.

For more on Edmund Ingalls visit the Schenectady Digital Library
Here is a link to The Last Will & Testament of Edmund Ingalls of Lynn