Jared Ingersoll

Jared Ingersoll Helen Hutchison Woodroofe ESCRIBED AS "THE ABLEST JURY LAWYER IN PHILADELPHIA", Jared Ingersoll was the first of a long and distinguished line of Philadelphia lawyers. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, where his father Jared Ingersoll, Sr. was a member of the bar, he came to Philadelphia a few years after his graduation from Yale. His lather had been appointed commissioner of admiralty appeals for the Middle Colonies, which office he assumed in Philadelphia in 1771. Young Jared was placed with Joseph Reed to study law. He was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1773. He was sent to London in 1774 to study at the Middle Temple, according to Nathaniel Burt [The Perennial Philadelphians, 19634 his lather considered this as "a Revolutionary vacation and safekeeping". However, Jared Ingersoll returned to Philadelphia "a confirmed Patriot". Joseph Reed, his mentor, invited him to look after the interests of his clients in Philadelphia, while he was otherwise occupied. He rapidly became one of the most celebrated lawyers in Philadelphia. In "The Leaders of the Old Bar in Philadelphia", the Honorable Horace Binney described Jared Ingersoll: "He was of good height -three or four inches short of six feet, spare of flesh and perfectly well made and erect, expressing much dignity, with the ease and air of good society. His complexion was fair and his hair light colored and his features not large or salient. His carriage was rather remarkable . . His personal virtue was as straight, upward and erect as his person, but he was a religious man also . When he rose to a jury no lawyer could be better prepared with a knowledge of the facts and the law that bore upon them, and he chose his point of assault and his field of defense with the tact and decision that He never stumbled upon an belong to a first rate commander . awkward phrase nor said a bitter thing nor uttered a pointless expression, nor began a sentence before the thought was ready for it, and the language for the thought." Active in public affairs, he held many public offices. In 1780 he 127 128 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine was elected a member of the Continental Congress, and played a major part in the revision of the Articles of Confederation. This made him an ideal choice as a member of Pennsylvania's delegation to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. His modesty of person made him a quiet participant in this body, but nevertheless an able one. When New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the new Constitution on 21 June 1788, the Federalists of Philadelphia decided to celebrate with a Federal Procession on July 4th. Virginia quickly followed New Hampshire to become the tenth state to ratify. One of the ten "gentlemen representing the states that have adopted the Federal Constitution was Jared Ingersoll, Esq. marching for Connecticut, each bearing a flag with the name of the state he represents in gold letters and walking arm in arm, emblematical of the Union". He was a member of the Philadelphia Common Council in 1789 and from 1798 to 1801 he was city solicitor. From 1790 to 1799 and again from 1811 to 1817 he was attorney general of Pennsylvania; for a short time, 1800-1801, he was United States district attorney for Pennsylvania. In 1811 the Federalists of Pennsylvania nominated him for the vice-presidency. From March 1821 until his death in 1822 he was presiding judge of the district court for the city and county of Philadelphia. [Dictionary of American Biography.] In 1791 he was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. He argued many cases involving federal relations, the constitutionality of an act of Congress, and the jurisdiction of the courts. He died in Philadelphia, on 31 October 1822, at the age of seventy-three. Many of Jared Ingersoll's descendants followed their eminent forebear in the legal profession. In the second generation his three sons, Charles Jared, Joseph Reed and Edward Ingersoll were all lawyers. Their sons in the third generation added three more lawyers to the list, Charles, Edward and Jared Ingersoll. Other sons were a businessman, a navy officer and a southern planter. Among the sons-in-law of this generation were two lawyers and two doctors. With the fourth generation, three lawyers, one being Charles Edward Ingersoll. Other family members in this generation produced a naval officer, two doctors, a merchant and a college professor. In the fifth generation the tradition of law was carried on by Robert Sturgis Ingersoll, while his brother Charles Jared Ingersoll fared Ingersoll 129 followed their father's role as a railroad official. Another descend4nt was an architect, a son-in-law was a banker. The Philadelphia Ihgersolls were, and continue to be, leaders in the professional and civic affairs of the city. 1. JARED' INGERSOLL was born at, New Haven, Connecticut on 24 October 1749, the son of the Honorable Jared & Hannah (Whiting) Ingersoll. [Dictionary of American Biography, VII, 468.] Soon alter becoming a delegate to the Continental Congress he married ELIZABETH PETTIT, on 6 December 1781. [First Presbyterian Church Marriages, Philadelphia, 1702-1855. 412. PhIIP: 11 She was born on 26 December 1758 in Philadelphia [Pennsylvania Magazine of History & Biography, Vol. 52 (1928) 379 hereafter PMHB.1 the daughter of Charles 84 Sarah (Reed) Pettit of Philadelphia. Pettit was also a member of the Continental Congress, his wife was the sister of Jared Ingersoll's mentor, Joseph Reed, president of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. Jared Ingersoll died 31 October 1822 at Philadelphia and was buried on 2 November. [First Presbyterian Church Burials, Philadelphia, 18081867. 19. Ph/1P: 2.] In his will, dated 17 October 1822, he left his estate to his wife, Elizabeth. [Philadelphia Wills, 1820-182_5. #24, 5337. Ph/2A: 11.1 She died in Philadelphia on 16 June 1846, age 88. [PMHB, loc. cit.] Children of Jared ge Elizabeth (Pettit) Ingersoll, all born in Philadelphia: 2. i. CHARLES JARED' INGERSOLL was born 3 October 1782. 3. ii. JOSEPH REED' INGERSOLL was born 14 June 1786. 4. iii. EDWARD2 INGERSOLL was born 27 July 1790. Second Generation 2. CHARLES JARED' INGERSOLL (Jared') was born in Philadelphia on 3 October 1782, and baptised 9 February 1783. [First Presbyterian Church Baptisms, Philadelphia, 1701-1856. 307. Ph/IP: 1.] In 1796 he entered Princeton where he studied for several years. He read law and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar 1 The Penns-vivania Genealogical Magazine on 8 June 1802 when he was less than twenty years old. He then joined the diplomatic family of Rufus King, the American minister to Great Britain, 1796-1803; later with Robert R. Livingston, the American minister to France, 1801-1805. As a result of this activity he became an intimate friend of James Madison, then secretary of state (1801-1809). Returning to Philadelphia, he married on 18 October 1804, MARY WILCOCKS, the daughter of Alexander & Mary (Chew) Wilcocks. [Christ Church Marriages, Confirmations & Communicants, Philadelphia 18004900. 4625. Ph/ 2E: 8. hereafter Christ Ch. Records, 1800-1900.] She was the grandaughter of Chief Justice Benjamin Chew, and was born 2 January 1784. "Charles Jared Ingersoll was ambitious for public office, which was surely in accord with his New England and Puritan heritage but unusual for his class in Philadelphia. Although his grandfather Jared had been a famous Connecticut Loyalist, his father a leading Federalist, and he himself a federal man in the beginning, Ingersoll, like Thomas McKean before him (their descendants today are kin), eventually became a staunch francophile and jeffersonian and then a Jackson Democrat." [E. Digby Baltzell: Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia, (Boston, 1979) 202.] In 1812 he was elected to Congress, where he became chairman of the judiciary committee and a member of the foreign relations committee. He was not re-elected and returned to Philadelphia and a varied and lucrative law pracice. He was appointed United States district attorney in 1815, a post he held until 1829. In 1830-31 he served as a state assemblyman. He returned to Congress in 1840 where he was given the post of chairman of the committee on foreign affairs. He was an active and controversial member. He retired at the end of his fourth term in 1849. "His career is mainly interesting because of his courage and vigor in championing causes and groups which were unpopular in his own social environment." [Dictionary of American Biography, VII, 465 .] He had long been interested in writing, and had produced works of poetry, drama and political tracts. He wrote a four-volume history of the War of 1812 and in 1861 published his memoirs in a two-volume work, Recollections. "He was an Ingersoll who wrote, not a writer called Ingersoll." [Nathaniel Burt: The Perennial Philadelphians, (Boston, 1963), 371.] He died 14 May 1862 in Philadelphia, age 79, as noted in the diary of his son-in-law. [Nicholas B. Wainwright: A Philadelphia Perspective: The Diary of Sidney George Fisher, 1834-1871, (Philadelphia 1967), 425. hereafter Fisher Diary.] His widow, Mary (Wilcocks) Jared Ingersoll 131 Ingersoll died on 28 August 1862, age 76. [Fisher Diary, 435.] [Christ Ch. Records, 1800-1900. 5071.] Children of Charles Jared & Mary (Wilcocks) Ingersoll, all born in Philadelphia: 5. i. CHARLES' INGERSOLL was born 8 December 1805. ALEXANDER WILCOCKS 3 INGERSOLL was born 12 August 1807, and baptised, 27 October 1807. [Christ Church Baptisms, Philadelphia, 1794-1819. 1690. Ph/2E3., hereafter Christ Ch. Baptisms, 1794_18191 He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1824. He was considered to be a promising young man until some form of menial illness caused him to spend the rest of his life in an institution. He died in Philadelphia in 1889. [General A lumni Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. (Philadelphia, 1922) 16. hereafter University of Pennsylvania A lumni. I 6. iii. HARRY3 INGERSOLL was born 31 July 1809. 7. iv. JOHN3 INGERSOLL was born 2 May 1811. v. BENJAMIN WILCOCKY INGERSOLL was born 11 January 1813. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1831, and became a successful businessman. He died in Rome, Italy on 18 January 1859. [University of Pennsylvania Alumni, 17.] His body was brought home and buried on 6 October 1859. [St. Stephen's Church, Philadelphia, Burials. 127. Ph/28E.] 8. vi. ELIZABETH' INGERSOLL was born 1 April 1815. 9. vii. EDWARD' INGERSOLL was born 2 April 1817. 10. viii. ANN WILCOCKS3 INGERSOLL was born 8 January 1823. The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 132 ix. SAMUEL" INGERSOLL was born 26 October 1824. He died on 23 February 1827 in Philadelphia. 3. JOSEPH REED2 INGERSOLL (Jared') was born 14 June 1786 in Philadelphia. [PMHB, vol. 52, 379.] He was a graduate of Princeton in 1804, receiving first honor in his class. He was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1807; later becoming known as "the Cicero of the American bar". In 1810 he was appointed adjutant of the Second City Troop Philadelphia Cavalry. He served through the War of 1812 in various capacities. In June 1812 he organized the corps of state Fencibles; in 1814 he commanded the second company of Washington Guards and was elected major of the regiment of infantry. On 22 September 1813 he married. ANN WILCOCKS, the daughter of Alexander 8c Mary (Chew) Wilcocks. [Christ Ch. Records. 1800-1900. 4718 Ph,2E:8.1 She was the sister of Mary Wilcocks, who married his brother, Charles Jared Ingersoll. She was born on 13 November 1781 in Philadelphia. [PMHB. vol. 52. 3791 In 1823 he was chosen president of the Philadelphia Common Council, and in 1824 was elected president of the Select Council. Ann (Wilcocks) Ingersoll died 25 May 1831, age 49 years, in Philadelphia. [Charles R. Hildeborn: Inscriptions in St. Peter's Churchyard, Philadelphia. (Camden, N. J., 1879) 67. Ph/26E:3, hereafter St. Peter's Churchyard.] He served in the House of Representatives 1835-1837; 1841-]843; 1845-1849. He served briefly as minister to Great Britain in 1852. He was a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania 1822-1858. He has been described as "above medium height with a light complexion, bright blue eyes, auburn hair, small features, and a slender, lithe and active frame". [PMHB, vol. 52, 379-80.] Nathaniel Burt says he "stood for everything that was elegant, chiseled and courtly in the Philadelphia law". [The Perennial Philadelphians, 121.] He died in Philadelphia on 20 February 1868, and was buried at St. Peter's Churchyard. [St. Peter's Burials, Philadelphia, 1828-1884. 134, Ph/26E:2.] Children of Joseph Reed & Ann (Wilcocks) Ingersoll, all born in Philadelphia: t. JAMEY INGERSOLL was born 7 October 1814, and baptised 18 July 1816. [Christ Ch. Baptisms, 17941819, 1985.] He died on 17 January 1820. [St. Peter's Churchyard, 67.] Jared Ingersoll 133 ii. MARY WILCOCKY INGERSOLL was born on 22 February 1816, and baptised 18 July 1816. [Christ Ch. Baptisms, 1794-1819, 1985 She died on 30 July 1842, age 26. [St. Peter's Churchyard, 67J iii. JOSEPH3 INGERSOLL was born on 29 September 1823, and baptised 19 November 1823. [Christ Church Baptisms, Philadelphia, 1820-1900. 2110. 1312/2E..4. hereafter Christ Ch. Baptisms, 1820-1900.] 4. EDWARD' INGERSOLL ( Jared') was born in Philadelphia on 27 July 1790. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1808, and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar on 23 November 1811. He married on 16 May 1816, CATHARINE ANN BRINTON, the daughter of John Hill & Sarah Fredrica (Steinmetz) Brinton. [Christ Church Marriages, Philadelphia, 1800-1900. 4742. Ph/ 2E:8. hereafter Christ Ch. Marriages, 18d0-190.] She was born 4 June 1796 in Philadelphia. [j. Granville Leach: A Record of the Vicinity of Middle Ferry, Philadelphia, 1765-1801. 15. Ph/41A.] He was appointed deputy attorney-general of Philadelphia county in 1816. He was the editor of A Digest of Laws in the United States from 1820- and An Abridgement of Acts of Congress Now in Force. He died in Florence, Italy on 7 July 1841. [University of Pennsylvania Alumni, 12.] His widow,. Catharine (Brinton) Ingersoll died in Philadelphia on 22 April 1866. She was buried at St. Peter's graveyard. [[:hrist Church Burials, Philadelphia, 1785-190. 388x. Ph / 2E:6.] Children of Edward Se Catharine (Brinton) Ingersoll, all born in Philadelphia: 11. i. MARIA KATHERINE3 INGERSOLL was born on 27 February 1819. 12. ii. SARAH FREDERICK' INGERSOLL, was born on 29 December 1820. 13. iii. ELIZABETH3 INGERSOLL was born in March 1822. 14. iv. JARED 3 INGERSOLL was born 30 May 1823. 134 The Pornisylvania Genealogical Magazine Third Generation 5. CHARLES3 INGERSOLL (Charles Jared2, Jared') was born in Philadelphia on 8 December 1805, and was baptised on 12 September 1806. [Christ Ch. Baptisms, 1794-1819. 1679.] He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1822 and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1826. He married on 24 November 1831, SUSAN CATHERINE BROWN, the daughter of Governor Brown of Tennessee. [Christ Ch. Marriages, 1800-1900. 4850.] He was the author of Fears for Democracy. He died in Philadelphia on 13 August 1882. [University of Pennsylvania Alumni, 15.] Children of Charles ik Susan Catherine (Brown) Ingersoll, all born in Philadelphia: 1. FRANCES MARIA' INGERSOLL was born on 3 December 1834, and baptised 16 January 1835. [St. Stephen's Church Baptisms, Philadelphia. 16. Ph/ 28:E.] She died 18 March 1846. 15. ii. ADELE CATHERINE' INGERSOLL was born on 17 May 1836. 16. iii. ANN WILCOCKS4 INGERSOLL, was born on 11 June 1838. 17. iv. ELIZABETH WILCOCKS4 INGERSOLL was born on 30 May 1840. 18. v. KATHERINE MARGARET' PRESTON INGERSOLL. 6. HARRY' INGERSOLL (Charles ,Jared, Jared') was born in Philadelphia on 31 July 1809, and baptised 8 December 1809. [Christ Ch. Baptisms, 1794-1819. 1720.] On 16 April 1834, by the Reverend W. H. Delany, he married SARAH EMLEN ROBERTS. [Marriages & Deaths in Poulson's American Daily Advertiser, 18341837, Philadelphia. Ph/ 23A..6.1 He gave up his career in the Navy to settle at "Medary", a countryseat he built in 1847. His wife was considered to be wealthy. [Fisher Diary, 563-4.] He was active in political affairs as a leader in the Democratic party and was a candidate for Congress in 1860. He died in Philadelphia on 8 Jared Ingersoll 135 August 1886. Child of Harry gc Sarah Emlen (Robe' ts) Ingersoll: i. GEORGE ROBERTS' INGERSOLL was born 12 April 1836 in Philadelphia, and was baptised 15 September 1836. [St. Stephen's Ch. Baptisms. 29. Ph/28E.] He was killed in a railroad accident at Burlington, New Jersey, 29 August 1855, a few weeks after his graduation from the University of Pennsylvania. [University of Pennsylvania Alumni, 28.] He was buried on 1 September 1855, age 19. [Burials, St. Peter's Churchyard, Philadelphia. 127. Ph/ 27E1 7. JOHN 3 INGERSOLL (Charles Jared2, Jared') was born on 2 May 1811 in Philadelphia, and was baptised 7 September 1811. [Christ Ch. Baptisms, 1794-1819. 1853.] Little else is known of his life, he apparently settled in Mississippi, where he married MARGARETTA SMITH. His second wife was SARAH (STARR) GRIFFIN. He died on 8 September 1859 in Mississippi, where he was a planter. [Fisher Diary, 563.] Children of John Mississippi: Margaretta (Smith) Ingersoll, all born in 1. DR. CHARLES JARED4 INGERSOLL who served in the Confederate Army. ii. WILLIAM KELTY4 INGERSOLL was born 4 October 1843 and baptised in Philadelphia on 27 September 1844. [Christ Ch. Baptisms, 1820-1900. 2302. Ph/2E:4.] He entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1860 and left during his freshman year to enter the Confederate army. He became a lawyer. He died at Vicksburg, Mississippi on 2 April 1888. [University of Pennsylvania Alumni, 33.] iii. HELEN' INGERSOLL. All that is known of her is that she visited "the diarist" Sidney George Fisher several Limes. [Fisher Diary.] Children of John & Sarah (Starr-Griffin) Ingersoll: The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 36 iv. a daughter. v. a daughter. 8. ELIZABETH INGERSOLL (Charles Jared2 , Jared) was born on 1 April 1815, and baptised in Philadelphia on 5 July 1816. [Christ Ch. Baptisms, 1794-1819, 1976. P/1/2E..3.] She married SIDNEY GEORGE FISHER on 28 May 1851 in Philadelphia. [Christ Ch. Marriages, 1800-1900. 4899. P11/2E:8.] He was the son of James Logan & Ann Eliza (George) Fisher, and was born on 2 March 1809, in Philadelphia. [Fisher Diary, 562.] June 16, 1851 I was married on Wednesday, the 28th of May, at Mr. C. J. Ingersoll's house, No. 130 Walnut St. above 5th, by the Revd. Mr. Dom pastor of Christ Church, at 4 o'clock P.M. There were present Mr. J. R. Ingersoll, Miss [Mary] Wilcocks, Charles, Harry, Edward Ingersoll Sc their wives & children, Ben. Ingersoll, Dr. Meigs 8c his wife 8c children, my brother Henry with Sarah Ann & the children and George Smith. Uncle William ge his wife were invited but could not come. No cousins were asked. We got thro the ceremony very well, There was a collation & everything passed off agreeably. Our friends 8c relations were very kind k many costly 8c handsome presents of plate, 8cc., were sent. At 7 we started in Mr. Ingersoll's carriage 8c went to Forest Mr. Ingersoll Hill. We were there alone for two weeks. has settled $1,000 a year on his daughter. My own income will be at least $2,000. We can live with comfort on $3,000. All that I can make at the bar must be devoted to paying my debt to Henry. [Fisher Diary, 234.] He studied law in the office of Jared Ingersoll, Esq. and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar on 19 February 1830. He was the famous diarist and a frequent contributor to the North American, where his articles were signed with the nom de plume "Civil". They lived at "Forest Hill" on Rising Sun Lane in Philadelphia. He died on 25 July 1871. [Philadelphia Necrology in the Sunday Dispatch, 1868-1883. Vol, 24 Ph/34AI His widow, Elizabeth (Ingersoll) Fisher died 28 May 1872 in Philadelphia. Children of Sidney George 8c Elizabeth (Ingersoll) Fisher, both born in Philadelphia: Jared Ingersoll 137 i. SYDNEY GEORGE' FISHER, JR. was born 12 August 1854. He died in infancy. ii. SYDNEY GEORGE' FISHER, JR, was born 11 September 1856, and was baptised in Philadelphia on 5 December 1856. [Christ Ch. Baptisms, 1820-1900. 2383. 21)11/2E4.] "After the deaths of both his parents, within ten months of each other, Sydney went away to St. Paul's in the fall of 1872, where he did rather poorly, before going to Trinity College in Hartford." He was the author of The Making of Pennsylvania: An Analysis of the Elements of the Population and the Formative Influences That Created One of the Greatest American States, published in 1896, [reissued in 1932.] "Sydney George Fisher, bachelor, died alone but for the servants at the Corinthian Yacht Club, where he made his borne for many years." [in 1927.] [E. Digby Baltzell: Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia., 304-5.] 9. EDWARD3 INGERSOLL (Charles Jared2, Jared') was born on 2 April 1817 in Philadelphia, and was baptised on 9 July 1817. [Christ Ch. Baptisms 1794-1819. 2007 Ph/2E..3.] He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1835, and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1838. He married ANNA CHESTER WARREN of Troy, New York on 5 June 1850 at Troy. The daughter of Stephen ge Martha Come! (Mabbett) Warren, she was born on 15 September 1826 at Troy. Nathaniel Burt says of him — "carried on the family tradition of intransigence, devoting his life, much like his father, to unpopular causes, the most unpopular being the cause of states' rights Democracy in the North during the Civil War. Like his great-grandfather, Jared the Loyalist, he was mobbed. After a Jefferson dinner in 1865 where he made derogatory remarks about the administration, he was attacked by the exasperated citizens, arrested and thrown into jail for disturbing the peace. Though educated as a lawyer, he never really practiced, and after the War devoted himself not too propitiously to belles-lettres." [The Perennial Philadelphians, 121.] He was the author and editor of many legal works, including History and Law of Habeas Corpus and Marital Law. He edited Hale's Pleas of the Crown; Addison on Contracts, and Saunder's on Uses & Trusts. His wife Anna C. (Warren) Ingersoll died 24 November 1891 in Philadelphia. He 138 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine died in Philadelphia on 19 February 1893. [University of Pennsylvania Alumni, 19.] Children of Edward 8c Anna C. (Warren) Ingersoll, all born in Philadelphia: 19. 1. STEPHEN WARREN' INGERSOLL was born on 8 April 1851. 20. ii. MARY WILCOCKS4 INGERSOLL was born on 19 August 1852. 21. iii. PHOEBE WARREN 4 INGERSOLL was born on 25 March 1854. 22. iv. ANNA WARREN4 INGERSOLL was born on 7 September 1855. 23. v. CHARLES EDWARD4 INGERSOLL was born on 17 June 1860. vi. HARRY McKEAN4 INGERSOLL was born on 29 January 1862. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1882. He once farmed land at Wissahickon Avenue 8c Clapier Street. By 1922 he was living in Penllyn, Pennsylvania. He died in 1943. University of Pennsylvania Alumni.] vii. JANE HOBART4 INGERSOLL was born on 27 October 1865. She never married, and died in 1951. 10. ANN WILCOCKS3 INGERSOLL (Charles jared2, Jared') was born on 8 January 1822 in Philadelphia, and baptised on 28 June 1823. [Christ Ch. Baptisms 1820-1900. 2091. Ph/2E4.] She married DR. JOHN FORSYTH MUGS on 17 October 1844. [Christ Ch. Marriages 18004900. 4883. Ph/2E:8.] He was born on 3 October 1818, the son of Dr. Charles D. 8c Mary (Montgomery) Meigs, "The Meigses were a prominent American family with deep roots in Connecticut and Yale. Charles de Lucena Meigs, whose father was president of the University of Georgia, came to Philadelphia, graduated in medicine from Penn, and spent most of his medical career as a professor of obstetrics and diseases of women. fared Ingersoll 139 John Forsyth Meigs, his son, married the daughter of Charles Jared Ingersoll and became a Proper Philadelphia physician, as did Arthur Vincent Meigs, Charles's grandson." [E. Digby Baltzell: Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia, 358-9.] John Forsyth Meigs was a medical graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1838. Ann W. (Ingersoll) Meigs died in Philadelphia on 20 December 1856, after the birth of her eighth child. Dr. Meigs died in Philadelphia on 16 December 1888. [University of Pennsylvania Alumni. 506.] Children of Dr. John Forsyth Sic Ann W. Ingersoll Meigs, all born in Philadelphia: i. EMILY SKINNER4 MEIGS was born on 9 July 1845; she died on 21 September 1846. THE REVEREND HARRY INGERSOLL' MEIGS was born on 8 February 1847. Sidney George Fisher's diary entry for 15 September 1869: "Bet went to town & brought out the news that Harry Meigs had made up his mind to give up the law Sc study divinity ." From 1876 to 1890, he was the rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania. He died 4 December 1918, and is buried in St. Thomas's Churchyard. [Records of St. Thomas Church, Pennsylvania Vital Records, III, 425. Va/513R.] 24. iii. JOHN FORSYTH4 MEIGS, JR. was born on 3 October 1848. 25. iv. DR. ARTHUR VINCENT4 MUGS was born on 1 February 1850. v. WILLIAM MONTGOMERY 4 MEIGS was born on 12 August 1852. vi. ALEXANDER WILCOCKS4 MEIGS was born on 10 August 1854.He died in 1918. twins The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 140 vii. ANN INGERSOLL4 MUGS was born on 10 August 1854. viii. MARY HOPE 4 MEIGS was born on 20 December 1856; she died on 4 October 1860. 11. MARIA KATHERINE3 INGERSOLL (Edward', Jared') was born in Philadelphia on 27 February 1819, and baptised on 29 October 1819. [Christ Ch. Baptisms 1794-1819. 2048. Ph12E:3.] She married WILLIAM McMURTRIE TILGHMAN on 28 December 1843. He was born on 4 November 1815, and baptised on 11 July 1816 in Philadelphia, the son of Benjamin & Anna Maria (McMurtrie) Tilghman. [Christ Ch. Baptisms 17944819. 1985. Ph/ 2E:31 He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1833. He became a lawyer and member of the Philadelphia bar. Maria (Ingersoll) Tilghman died on 19 September 1861 at Eagle Station, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Mr. Tilghman died on 5 April 1900 in Philadelphia. [University of Pennsylvania Alumni, 18.] Children of William McMurtrie ge Maria K. (Ingersoll) Tilghman, all born in Philadelphia: 1. EMILY TILGHMAN was born on 20 November 1844; she was living in 1908. ii. ALICE' TILGHMAN was born on 20 November 1853; she died on 26 February 1874 in Philadelphia. iii. RICHARD' TILGHMAN was born on 1 February 1857; he died on 26 December 1860 in Philadelphia. 12. SARAH FREDICKA3 INGERSOLL (Edward2, Jared') was born on 29 December 1820 in Philadelphia, and baptised on 31 August 1821. [Christ Ch. Baptisms 1820-1900. 2114. Phi 2E:1.] She married WILLIAM SMITH PHILLIPS. She died on 23 April 1891 at Philadelphia. Children of William Smith ige Sarah F. (Ingersoll) Phillips: 1. FRANCIS CLIFFORD' PHILLIPS. 27. ii. ALFRED INGERSOLL4 PHILLIPS. 26. Jared Ingersoll 141 13. ELIZABETH3 INGERSOLL (Edward2, Jared') was born March 1822 in Philadelphia. She married DR. WILLIAM LOWBER. He was born on 9 October 1824, the son of John Cole gc Frances (Sergeant) Lowber. He was a graduate of both the arts and medical departments of the University of Pennsylvania in 1842. He was a medical inspector in the U.S. Navy at the time of his death, 24 February 1888. [University of Pennsylvania Alumni, 22.] She died on 11 October 1910, at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. Child of Dr. William & Elizabeth (Ingersoll) Lowber: i. CATHERINE ANN4 LOWBER, died young. 14. JARED' INGERSOLL was born on 30 May 1823, and was baptised on 3 June 1825. [Christ Ch. Baptisms 1820-1900. 2167. Ph/2E..4.] He married on 5 August 1858, JANE CASS TRUEFITT. [St. Stephen's Marriages, Philadelphia. 88. Ph/ 28E.] She was born on 15 June 1831, and baptised on 9 July 1834. [St. Peter's Ch. Baptisms 1831-1884. 14. Ph/ 26E1.] She was the daughter of Henry Sc Mary Truefin. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1824, and became a member of the Philadelphia bar. Child of Jared Re Jane Cass (Truelitt) Ingersoll: i. MARY' INGERSOLL Fourth Generation 15. ADELE CATHERINE4 INGERSOLL (Charies3, Charles Jared2, Jared') was born on 17 May 1836, and baptised on 6 October 1839, in Philadelphia. [St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, Baptisms 1831-1884. 284. Ph/26E:1.] She married JOHN MOYLAN THOMAS, ESQ. 16. ANN WILCOCKS4 INGERSOLL (Charles% Charles jared 2, Jared') was born on 11 June 1838, and baptised on 10 April 1839, at Philadelphia. [St. Peter's Ch. Baptisms 1831-1884. 44, Ph/ 26E11 She married DR. JAMES HOWELL HUTCHINSON who was born at Cintra, Portugal on 3 August 1834, the son of Isreal Pemberton & Margaretta (Hare) Hutchinson. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1854, and of the medical college in 1858. He was an acting surgeon, U.S. Army, during the Civil War, 142 The Pennsylvania. Genealogical Magazine 1862-1865. He was elected as a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania in 1884. He died on 27 December 1889, in Philadelphia. [University of Pennsylvania Alumni, 28 Children of Dr. James Howell & Ann Wilcocks (Ingersoll) Hutchinson: 1. SUSAN INGERSOLL5 HUTCHINSON was born on 17 November 1863; she died on 8 April 1879. ii. MARGARETTA HARE' HUTCHINSON was born on 11 August 1865. iii. JAMES PEMBERTON' HUTCHINSON, M.D., was born on 2 June 1868. He married KATHERINE KELSO CASSATT on 8 June 1903. She was the daughter of Alexander Johnson Cassatt. She died on 11 April 1905. iv. ANNE POWELL' HUTCHINSON was born on 13 November 1874. v. CHARLES INGERSOLL' HUTCHINSON was born on 16 November 1876; he died on 10 November 1898. vi. KATHERINE PRESTON' HUTCHINSON was born on 12 October 1880. 17. ELIZABETH WILCOCKS4 INGERSOLL (Charles, Charles Jared', Jared') was born on 30 May 1840 in Philadelphia. She married on 6 June 1866, in Philadelphia, ARTHUR AMORY. [Fisher Diary, 517.] He was born on 6 February 1841, the son of John Sullivan gc Mary (Copley) Amory of Boston. He was a merchant in Boston. In 1891 he became the senior partner in the firm of Amory, Browne & Co. He founded the Indian Head Mills in Alabama. Children of Arthur & Elizabeth Wilcocks (Ingersoll) Amory: i. ARTHUR' AMORY, JR. ii. INGERSOLL' AMORY. Jared Ingersoll iii. 143 SUSAN L.5 AMORY. ETHEL5 AMORY. v. SULLIVAN5 AMORY. He died in 1881. 18. KATHERINE MARGARET PRESTON' INGERSOLL (Charless, Charles Jared', Jared) was born about 1842 in Philadelphia. She married DR. FRANCIS FONTAIN MAURY. He was a professor at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. Both Katherine and Francis Maury died in 1879. 19. STEPHEN WARREN' INGERSOLL (Edwards, Charles Jared, Jared') was born on 19 August 1852 in Philadelphia. He married on 8 November 1882, near Philadelphia, ADELAIDE JOSEPHINE BOND. She was born on 12 December 1860 at Montevideo, Uraguay, South America, the daughter of Francis Edward Sarita (McCall) Bond. He died on 26 November 1884, near Philadelphia. Child of Stephen Warren 8c Adelaide J. (Bond) Ingersoll: i. EDWARD' INGERSOLL was born on 25 January 1884 near Philadelphia. 20. MARY WILCOCKS4 INGERSOLL (Edwards, Charles Jared, Jared') was born on 19 August 1852, and baptised on 8 February 1853 at Philadelphia.. [St. Peter's Ch. Baptisms 1831-1884. 167. Ph/26E1.] She married on 18 February 1890, near Philadelphia, JAMES LOGAN FISHER. He was born on 1 December 1849, the son of Charles Henry & Sarah Ann (Atherton) Fisher. [Fisher Diary, 563.] Mary W. (Ingersoll) Fisher died in 1905; James Logan Fisher died in 1925. 21. PHOEBE WARREN' INGERSOLL, (Edward', Charles jared2, Jared') was born on 25 March 1854, and baptised on 2 June 1854, in Philadelphia. [St. Peter's Ch. Baptisms 1831-1884. 186. Ph/26E.1.] She married on 1 October 1878, near Philadelphia, HARRY WILCOCKS McCALL. He was the son of Harry & Charlotte Manigaul (Wiicocks) McCall, and was born on 4 February 1849, and baptised 15 February 1850. [St. Peter's Ch. Baptisms 1831-1884. 129. Ph/26E:1.1 144 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 22. ANNA WARREN' INGERSOLL (Edward", Charles Jared2 , Jared') was born on 7 September 1855, and baptised on 20 November 1855 in Philadelphia. [St. Peter's Ch. Baptisms 18311884. 204. Ph/26E1.] She married on 28 December 1876, CHARLES MORTON SMITH. He was the son of George Roberts & Mary (Roberts) Smith. They lived in Philadelphia, where Charles M. Smith died on 23 March 1914. [University of Pennsylvania Alumni, 417.] Anna W. (Ingersoll) Fisher died in 1945. [Fisher Diary, 563.] 23. CHARLES EDWARD4 INGERSOLL (Edward', Charles Jared2 , Jared') was born on 17 June 1860, in Philadelphia. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1882, and became a member of the Philadelphia bar. He married on 23 December 1886, at Philadelphia, HENRIETTA AUCHINUTY STURGIS, the daughter of Robert S. & Susan (Brimmer) Sturgis. She was born on 11 March 1864. [Charles Inches Sturgis: The Descendants of Robert Shaw Sturgis & Susan Brimmer Inches. (Phila., 1943) 4. hereafter Sturgis Genealogy.] He was the president of the Midland Valley Railroad Company, and a director of many corporations. Charles Edward Ingersoll died on 6 June 1932. [Sturgis Genealogy, 4.] Children of Charles Edward ge Henrietta (Sturgis) Ingersoll: i. ANNA WARRENS INGERSOLL was born on 20 September 1887 in Philadelphia. [Sturgis Geneaiogy, 4.1 She was living at "Forest Hill", Penllyn, Pennsylvania in 1948. ii. HARRY 5 INGERSOLL was born on 20 September 1887 in Philadelphia. He was killed in action in France, during W.W.I, on 27 September 1918. [Sturgis Genealogy, 4.] iii. ROBERT STURGIS' INGERSOLL was born on 16 December 1891 in Philadelphia. [Sturgis [ienealogy, 4.] He was a graduate of Princeton University in 1914. He married on 31 October 1914, MARION BERNARD FOWLE. He became a partner in the law firm of Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll in Philadelphia, and was at one time president of the Philadelphia Art Museum. They lived at Penllyn, Jared Ingersoll 145 Pennsylvania, and were the parents of four sons and one daughter. [Sturgis Genealogy, 4.] iv. CHARLES JARED5 INGERSOLL was born in Philadelphia on II February 1894. He was a graduate of Princeton University in 1917. He married on 1 November 1920, MARIAN WASTER BAIRD. She died on 21 January 1939. They were the parents of three daughters and one son. He was a railroad offical and lived at Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. He married, second, Agnes Clement Robinson. [Sturgis Genealogy, 4.] W. SUSAN BRIMMER5 INGERSOLL was born on 19 February 1896, in Philadelphia. She married ORVILLE HORWITZ BULLITT on 15 November 1916. He was the son of William Christian 8c Louisa Gross (Horwitz) Bullitt. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1915, and became a banker and a civic leader. [Sturgis Genealogy, 4.1 They were the parents of two sons and two daughters, and lived at "Oxmoor", Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania. Susan (Ingersoll) Bullitt died 9 January 1987. vi. JOHN HOBART WARRENS INGERSOLL was born on 27 October 1899 in Philadelphia. He was a graduate of Princeton University in 1922. He married on 26 April 1925, FRANCES PAUL MILLS. They were the parents of three sons, and were divorced. He married, second. On 29 December 1933, ANNE CADWALADER. They were the parents of two daughters. They lived at "Hillfield", Penilyn, Pennsylvania. [Sturgis Genealogy, 111 24. JOHN FORSYTH' MEIGS (Ann Wilcocks3, Charles Jared2, Jared') was born on 3 October 1848 in Philadelphia. He entered the U.S. Naval Academy, at age fourteen, on 3 October 1862. He served in the Navy until 1891, when he became associated with the Bethlehem Iron Company, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. On 27 April 1881, he married JANE PERRY RODGERS, the daughter of Colonel Robert S. 8c Sarah (Perry) Rodgers. She was born in 1852, and died in 1920. [Henry B. Meigs: Descendants of Vincent Meigs, 146 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine (Baltimore, 1901), 308.] Children of John Forsyth ge Jane Perry (Rodgers) Meigs: i. SARA PERRY5 MEIGS was born on 14 June 1886. She married MORGAN WHITE JOPLING. ii. ROBERT RODGERS5 MEIGS was born in Washington, D.C. on 27 June 1888. He married on 4 September 1915, MARGARET CORLES HOUSTON. She was born on 2 March 1891 in Philadelphia, the daughter of Samuel F. Sie Edith Atlee (Corks) Houston. They were the parents of three daughters and lived at Havre de Grace, Maryland. iii. JOHN FORSYTH' MEIGS, JR. was born on 2 March 1890 in Washington, D.C. He married on 5 December 1914, ELIZABETH BLAIR HUBBARD. She was born in Weston, Massachusetts, on 16 March 1894, the daughter of Charles Wells Hubbard. They lived at Weston, and were the parents of three sons. 25. ARTHUR VINCENT 4 MEIGS, M.D. (Ann Wilcocks3, Charles Jared, Jared') was born in Philadelphia on 1 February 1850. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Medical College in 1871. On 16 October 1878, he married MARY ROBERTS BROWNING, the daughter of Edward Browning. He was at one time president of the College of Physicians. He died on 1 January 1912. [University of Pennsylvania Alumni, 553.] Children of Dr. Arthur Vincent 8c Mary R. (Browning) Meigs: i. EDWARD BROWNING' MEIGS was born on 10 September 1879. ii. JOHN FORSYTH' MEIGS was born on 25 October 1880. iii. ARTHUR VINCENT' MEIGS, JR. was born in Philadelphia on 29 June 1882. He was a graduate of Princeton University in 1903. He became a very famous architect, specializing in lavish country Jared Ingersoll 147 houses. He married HARRIET GEYLIN on 13 September 1935. 26. FRANCIS CLIFFORD4 PHILLIPS (Sarah Fredricka 3 , Edward2, Jared') was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1870. He was a professor of chemistry at the Western University of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was the father of two sons. He died on 16 February 1920 in Pittsburgh. [University of Pennsylvania Alumni, 371 27. ALFRED INGERSOLL' PHILLIPS (Sarah Fredricka 3 , Edward2, jared1 ) was born on 23 May 1852. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1872. He became a member of the Philadelphia bar. He married MARY C. DALE, the daughter of Richard Colgile Dale. They were the parents of three children. He died on 15 August 1914, in Philadelphia. [University of Pennsy1vania Alumni, 39.1 J. A Iff F: W 11 1. ON. LI, i) rik I (.1 i.A1 h Hbitorical Soffetv Peilm:y/T•ania