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- Source: Richard Ingersoll's site; http://www.my-ged.com/inger/
!INDIVIDUAL GENERAL RESEARCH NOTES:
Also Georgii, Georgius. Also Ingersall, Ingersoll
Ingersoll, Inkersall, Inkersoll, Ingersol, Ingersole, Ingerson and other variations. First recorded in Derbyshire, England in the 12th Century with manor and estates, they were recorded as Lords of the Manor of Inkersall in Derbyshire. By the 13th Century they had branched out into Hertfordshire and to London where they held a townhouse. They also established a branch in Bedfordshire.
The first known Ingersoll's in the US.
1. Richard* is the son of Geroge Inkersall*
1.Richard Ingersoll*_ 1629--1630 to Salem MA of Bedfordshire ENG_
2.John Ingersoll about 1647 to Westfield MA of Derbyshire ENG
3.John Ingersoll about 1650 to Huntington, Long Island, NY_
NAME: INKERSALL
CREST: A griffin's head gules gorged with a fess dancettee ermine between two wings displayed or.
BLAZON: Gules, a fess danccettee ermine between six trefoils slipped or.
SOURCE: Burke, Sir Bernard : GENERAL ARMORY OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND
AND WALES Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969.
Inkersall : English: habitation name from a place in Derbyshire, recorded in the 13th century as
Hinkershil(l) and Hinkreshill. The final element is OE (Old English) hyll Hill; the first may be the ON
personal name Ingvarr (see Inger) or an OE byname meaning 'Limper' (cf. Hinchcliffe and Hinckley).
Ekwall suggests that it may represent a contracted version of OE hingna aecer monks' field (cf. hine
and Acher).
Ingersoll, Inkersall, Inkersole: Roger de Hynkersul 1321 from Inkersall, Derbyshire, England: Shef =
T.W. Hall and A.H. Thomas, Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters...forming the Jackson Collection at
the Sheffield Public Reference Library, Sheffield 1914.
Ing(e) : English : habitation name from a place in Essex, recorded in Domesday Book as Inga and
Ginga, apparently from an OE tribal name Gigingas 'people of Giga'
Inger : English (Nottinghamshire) from the ON (Old Norse) personal name Ingvarr . Variation : Inker
(Somerset) Patrs : Inkerson, Ingwers, Engwers, Inger(t)sen
Ingvar Old Danish, Old Swedish, Yngvarr Old Norse
Inger, Inker, Ingerson: Ingeuuar, Imgarus 1066 Domesday Book; Roger Inger 1255 RH (W); Peter
Ingarson 1546 FrY.
Sources of Information
Bardsley. Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames. 1901.
Ewen.History of Surnames of the British Isles. 1931.
Harrison. Surnames of the United Kingdom. 1912-1918.
Lower. Dictionary of Family Names. 1860.
Woulfe. Irish Names and Surnames. 1923.
Encyclopedia Americana. 1939.
Weekley. Surnames. 1927.
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