The English ancestry of INGRAHAM the American Ingrahams

has been traced on what appears to be good authority to very ancient times. Randolph, son of Ingel'ram or Ing'- ram, was sheriff of Nottingham and Derby in the reign of Henry II., A. D. 1133-89. He had two sons, Robert and William. Robert Ingram, knight, son of Randolph, was of so much importance in the reign of Henry III. that the Prior and Convent of Lenton granted to him a yearly rent out of their lands in Shaynton and Nottingham, in recognition of his military service in their defense. His arms are painted in Temple Newsham or Newsam, England, which is an immense estate, six miles long and four wide, about four and a half miles east of Leeds. It is now called the Ingram estate, and at first it was a settlement of Knights Templar in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. After their dispersion it was granted by Edward II. to Sir John Darcy and descended to Sir Thomas Darcy, who was beheaded by Henry VIII., and .the estate was forfeited to the Crown. In 1554 it was again granted by Edward II. to Mathew, Earl of Lennox, and here was born his son, Henry Darnley, who later married Mary, Queen of Scots. The estate descended to their son, James I. of England, and from him to his kinsman, Esme Stuart, Duke of Lennox, from whom it passed to Sir Arthur Ingram, the first of the Lords Viscount Irwin, one of the conditions being that the room in which Lord Darnley was born should remain unaltered, and this room is still called the "King's Chamber."

Sir Arthur Ingram, who is supposed to have been born about 1570, was celebrated for his valor as a cavalier. He was a near relative of Wentworth, the celebrated Earl of Stafford. He married Eleanor, daughter of Sir Henry Slingsby, and Lady Katherine, daughter of Thomas, Lord Viscount Fairfax, of Gilling. Sir Arthur died in 1655. His portrait, in cavalier costume, that of the first Viscount Irwin in full armor, and that of Henry, the second Viscount Irwin in half armor, all nearly full length, were in the collection of the Bishop of California, William Ingraham Kipp, D. D., LL. D., who died in 1894. His sons were Henry and Arthur In- graham.

Henry Ingraham or Ingram, son of Sir Arthur Ingram, was born between 1595 and 1600. At the time of the restoration, six years after the death of his father, Ingram was created a Peer of Scotland by Charles II. with the title of Viscount Irwin, by letters patent dated May 23, 1661, as a recompense to the family for their loyalty. He married Anne, daughter of Montacute, Earl of Manchester, a leader in Parliament. The male branch in England descended from Sir Henry, the second Viscount Irwin, and became extinct with Charles Ingram, ninth Viscount Irwin, who died in 1778. His daughter, the marchioness of Hartford, and Lady William Gordon, successively inherited Temple Newsam, and from them it passed to their sister, Mrs. Hugo Maynell, whose son took the name of Ingram, and his descendants are the present owners of the family estate.

Arthur Ingraham, of Barrowby, son of Sir Arthur Ingram, and brother of Henry Ingraham or Ingram, was born between 1595 and 1600. He married a daughter of Sir John Mallory, about 1615, and the genealogists agree that from him the Ingraham family of America is descended.

Richard Ingraham, son of Arthur Ingraham, came to America between 1638 and 1642. He settled in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, where he was a proprietor in 1645. Some years later he moved to Northampton, Massachusetts, where in 1668, late in life, he married Joan Baker, daughter of William Rockwell and widow of Jeffrey Baker, of Windsor, Connecticut. By this marriage he had no children. The name of his first wife is not known. He contributed a sum at the time of the general subscription for the support of Harvard College in 1672-73. He died in August, 1683, and his widow died September 16, 1683, both at Northampton. He may have been a brother of Edward, who came to America in 1635. Among his children were: William, of Boston; John, of Hadley; Jarrett, mentioned below.

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Richard Ingraham, born 1595 in Temple Mewsome, Barroby, England; died August 1683 in Northhampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; married 4 April 1628 Elizabeth Wignall, born 1610 in England, died 1689 in Watertown, Massachusetts, daughter of Alexander Wignall, born about 1580 in England, died in England.

Children:

1. William Ingraham, born Abt. 1630 in Reheboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, died May 04, 1721; married Mary Barstow 14 May 1656 in Massachusetts.
2. Elizabeth, born 10 July 1630 in Reheboth, Bristol, Massachusetts; died 7 January 1658/59 in Reheboth, Bristol, Massachusetts; married Richard Bullock 11 August 1647 in Reheboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. Ancestors of Vurlynn "Butch" Roderick Carter Wentling.
3. Jarrett Ingraham, born about 1631 in Reheboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, died January 1717/18; married Rebecca Searle 28 May 1662 in Massachusetts.
4. Joanna Ingraham, born about 1633 in Reheboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, died 22 July 1699 in Reheboth, Bristol, Massachusetts; married George Robinson 18 June 1651 in Reheboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.
Abigail, born about 1636 in Reheboth, Bristol, Massachusetts; married Samuel Cheseborough November 30, 1655 in Massachusetts. Ancestors of Ann Elizabeth Jenkins.