Individual Details
Elizabeth Wignall
(1604 - 16 Sep 1668)
Richard Ingraham DID NOT marry Elizabeth Wignall
There is a widely accepted myth that Richard Ingraham married Elizabeth Wignall. I've seen it repeated on this board and it seems to be in the trees of many who do not verify info before entering it. Please note the following quote from the highly authoritative The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, edited by Robert Charles Anderson (NEHGS, Boston, 1995): In 1935 Raymon Meyers Tingley published an undocumented account of Alexander Wignall, giving him two children - a son John...and a daughter Elizabeth who married Richard Ingraham [Tingley-Meyers 441]. Nothing is known about the wife of Richard Ingraham, and this whole construction apparently derinved from Tingley's imagination.
So glad to see a stand for this "did not" item. One source (probably a Cutter book that I read years back) said "John Ingram doubtless the son of Richard" and mentioned that "Richard left England about the time that John was born". John the Pioneer of Hadley MA is my ancestor. After 30+ years of research, I have seen no documented proof that John was a son of Richard. This is only one such unresearched statement that is found on these boards. We can speculate forever, but until we have black and white documented proof, nothing is going to make Richard into John's father!
Children of Elizabeth Wignall and Richard Ingraham are:
+Elizabeth Ingraham, b. 1629, d. 07 Jan 1658/59,Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.
There is a widely accepted myth that Richard Ingraham married Elizabeth Wignall. I've seen it repeated on this board and it seems to be in the trees of many who do not verify info before entering it. Please note the following quote from the highly authoritative The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, edited by Robert Charles Anderson (NEHGS, Boston, 1995): In 1935 Raymon Meyers Tingley published an undocumented account of Alexander Wignall, giving him two children - a son John...and a daughter Elizabeth who married Richard Ingraham [Tingley-Meyers 441]. Nothing is known about the wife of Richard Ingraham, and this whole construction apparently derinved from Tingley's imagination.
So glad to see a stand for this "did not" item. One source (probably a Cutter book that I read years back) said "John Ingram doubtless the son of Richard" and mentioned that "Richard left England about the time that John was born". John the Pioneer of Hadley MA is my ancestor. After 30+ years of research, I have seen no documented proof that John was a son of Richard. This is only one such unresearched statement that is found on these boards. We can speculate forever, but until we have black and white documented proof, nothing is going to make Richard into John's father!
Children of Elizabeth Wignall and Richard Ingraham are:
+Elizabeth Ingraham, b. 1629, d. 07 Jan 1658/59,Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.
Events
| Birth | 1604 | Frating, Essex, England |  | ||
| Marriage | 4 Apr 1628 | Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts - Richard Ingraham | | ||
| Death | 16 Sep 1668 | Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts | |||
| Burial | Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts |  |
Families
| Spouse | Richard Ingraham (1600 - 1683) |
| Child | Elizabeth Ingraham ( - 1660) |
| Child | Joanna Ingraham (1630 - 1699) |
| Child | William Ingraham (1634 - 1721) |
| Child | Jarret Ingraham (1635 - 1718) |
| Child | Benjamin Ingraham (1637 - 1722) |
| Child | Abigail Ingraham (1638 - 1714) |
| Child | John Ingraham (1642 - 1722) |
| Child | Henry Ingraham (1647 - 1719) |
| Father | Alexander Wignall (1578 - 1631) |
| Mother | Martha Potter (1580 - 1615) |
Notes
Birth
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or 4 April 1620Endnotes
1. Find A Grave Memorial 105961397.