Erastus Ingham

Brief Life History of Erastus

When Erastus Ingham was born on 16 July 1755, in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, his father, Daniel Ingham, was 32 and his mother, Mahitabel Phelps, was 29. He married Elizabeth Hutchinson on 2 November 1778, in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Bancroft, Middlefield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years. He died on 19 February 1827, in Middlefield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Middlefield Center Cemetery, Middlefield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Erastus Ingham
1755–1827
Elizabeth Hutchinson
1755–1834
Marriage: 2 November 1778
Ingham
1776–
Ingham
1781–
Ingham
1783–
Ingham
1778–
Erastus John Ingham
1779–1851
Samuel Ingham
1781–1832
William Ingham
1781–1832
Elisabeth Ingham
1789–1859
Lydia Ingham
1793–1877

Sources (21)

  • Erastus Ingham, "United States, Census, 1800"
  • Erastus Ingham, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Erastus Ingham, "Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939"

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World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1787

Oldest Grave in the Memorials list.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from any of the places called Ingham, particularly in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk. The placename is from the Old English personal name Inga + hām ‘homestead’. In Yorkshire this name was sometimes confused with Bingham in the 18th century.

English (of Norman origin): variant of the obsolete Norman surname Engaine; see Gain .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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