Ingersoll, Richard

It has been asserted that a certain house at Salem was built by RichardIngersoll and was the original of the romance by Hawthorne -- "House ofthe Seven gables."

WILL: I, Richard Ingersoll of Salem in the County of Essex in NewEngland, being weake in boddy, but through God''s merey in perfect memoryedoe make this my last will and testament as followeth, viz.I give toAnn my wife all my estate of land, goods, & chattells whatsoever exceptas followeth, viz.I give to George Ingersoll my son six acres lying inthe great meadow.I give to Nathaniel Ingersoll my youngest son aparcell of ground with a little frame thereon, which I bought of JohnP(???), but if the said Nathaniel dy without issue of his boddy lawfullybegotten, then the land aforesaid to be equally shared between JohnIngersoll my son, & Richard Pettingell & William Haines, mysons-in-law.I give to Bathsheba my youngest daughter two cowes.I giveto my daughter Alice Walcott my house at town with 10 acres of upland andmeadow after my wife''s decease.R his x mark IWitnessTOWNSENDBISHOP.I read this will to Richard Ingersoll & he acknowledged it to behis will.JO. ENDICOTT.Inventory taken 4 Oct. 1644.Proved in Courtupon oath 2 Jan. 1644-5.