James Ingalls

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James was probably Hannah's father. He was given his father's homestead by will, being charged with the care of the widow. He had nine other children besides Hannah who was the sixth. They were all born in Andover.

James married Hannah Abbott on 16 Apr 1695 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of the tailor George Abbott and Sarah Farnum) was born on 22 Sep 1668 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died after 11 Sep 1714 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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She is buried near the east entrance road to the Cemetary on the south side.

Hannah married Ammi Ruhamah Faulkner on 07 Jun 1726 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. Ammi (son of Francis Faulkner and Abigail Dane) was born on 20 Mar 1692/93 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 04 Aug 1756 in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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Hannah's great grandfathers, Edmund Faulkner and Rev Francis Dane were among the earliest settlers of Andover, MA and very prominent citizens there. The latter was Abigail Dane's father. Hannah's grandmother, Abigail was tried and convicted in the Salem Witch Trials and sentenced to death. She would have been hanged with the others, but she was 3 months pregnant with her last child, and the Puritans would not kill an unborn child, no matter what they thought about the mother. So Abigail remained in jail under deplorable conditions along with two of her daughters, Dorothy and Abigail, Jr. John Osgood and Nathaniel Dane posted a bond to bail out the two girls, but Abigail stayed in jail. She was released only after she petitioned Gov Sir William Phipps in Dec 1692 from the jail. She was a woman of high intelligance and was literate and so was able to write her own petition. When she had her baby in Mar 1693, she named him Ammi Ruhamah (meaning "let my people go free" or "mercy for my people" according to some sources). Abigail wasn't pardoned until Jul 1703 by the House of Representatives after she had petitioned Gov. Phipps again.
Ammi Ruhamah married Hannah Ingalls in Andover and they lived there a few years. Hannah was their first born. The family moved to Littleton, MA after about 3 years in Andover. They moved to Acton, MA in a few more years, and Ammi Ruhamah had a mill in the south part of the town. Acton is just of Concord; and was part of Concord until 1735. Hannah's brother, Francis, was a very prominent citizen in Acton and was also a Colonel in the Revolutionary War. Four of Hannah's & Thomas' sons: Thomas, Jr.; Ammi; Francis & Asa were Minutemen and marched to the Lexington-Concord area from Groton during the first battle with the British on 19 Apr 1775. Ammi was in Concord and was directly involved in the first battle. Thomas, Jr. also marched from Groton, but was in a different unit than his brothers. Francis and Asa also fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill with their unit from Groton. Other family memebers were in other battles in the Revolution from their frespective areas.

Hannah was the oldest child of Ammi Ruhammah and Hannah Ingalls Faulkner. The family moved to Acton, MA abt 1738, where she married Thomas White, son of Mark and Elizabeth Mousall White. Their first child, Thomas, was born in Acton before they moved to Groton, MA in 1750, where they lived until Hannah's death. Their other children, all born in Groton, were: Hannah, Ammi, Francis, Asa, Molly, Elizabeth, Mehitable, and John. Elizabeth and possibly, John, died young. Ammi, Francis, Asa, and possibly Thomas all were in the Rev. War. Thomas and Hannah had an Inn in SE Groton during the War.
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Hannah married Thomas White on 04 Feb 1747/48 in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Thomas (son of Mark White and Elizabeth Mousall) was born on 21 Apr 1722 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died after 26 May 1780 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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Thomas may have served as a private in Capt. John Sawtell's Co. of Col James Prescott's Regiment, when it marched on the alarm of 19 Apr 1775 from Groton and Pepperell. A service of 20 1/2 days for a Thomas White of Groton is recorded in MA Soldiers and Sailors of the Rev. War. Thomas, Jr. would have been in Groton at the time, as a child was born there in 1777. Thomas must have moved soon after to VT and perhaps to Cheshire County, NH. There is a record of a Thomas and Ruth White buying land in Mount Holly, VT where Asa had settled. He was from Hartland, VT (as was Asa and Francis). There is a Thomas WHite on the 1790 census of Heartland, VT as well as Asa and Francis also. They may have all moved there after the Rev. War. His brothers, Francis and Asa, were at the Battle of Bunker Hill according to Coat Records (each man was to be issued a coat, preferrably from his home town, mandated by the MA Legislature). These records are in the MA State Archives. It is probable that Thomas, Jr. served briefly also, but he was married and had 2 children by then.

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He and his cousin, John, (a son of Mark White, Jr.) were in the Battle of Lexington/Concord on 19 Apr 1775. They were both in Captain David Brown's Company. Ammi is said to have killed an British soldier with an ax. One story by William Emerson said, "a country youth, on his way to join the provincial forces, was approaching the battle site with hatchet in hand when a dying Redcoat stirred. Frightened, the young man-a twenty-one-year-old Minuteman named Ammi White-struck the soldier with his ax." Another story by Mrs. Peter Barrett, the colonol's daughter-in-law, told a nineteeth-century interviewer that the Redcoat was trying to drown himself in a puddle of water and begging someone to kill him and Young White put the soldier out of his misery. Emerson watched Ammi White and observed that he was bothered by the event through his life. His cousin John was also bothered by the war and nearly turned pacifist after experiencing combat. In later years he often said he had found war, to be "a great calamity" and the life of a soldier uncongenial to his nature, and "though he discharged his musket many times...he hoped he had killed none of the enemy." He became a storekeeper and a Deacon in his church in Concord. (The Minutemen and Their World.)
Ammi moved his family to Westmoreland, NH in 1799, where he farmed quietly for the rest of his life. He purchased the estate of Jonas Butterfield, settled in 1796. Nathan Estabrooks of Putney purchased it and in 1800 it was conveyed to Ammi White, a cabinetmaker, from Concord, MA; whose farm consisted of all the lands in the Westmoreland Depot (Forest Hall) area. Charles White acquired his father's homestead by will prior to 1827 and sold it in 1848 to Samuel Dorr.[maryabbywhite.FTW]

He and his cousin, John, (a son of Mark White, Jr.) were in the Battle of Lexington/Concord on 19 Apr 1775. They were both in Captain David Brown's Company. Ammi is said to have killed an British soldier with an ax. One story by William Emerson said, "a country youth, on his way to join the provincial forces, was approaching the battle site with hatchet in hand when a dying Redcoat stirred. Frightened, the young man-a twenty-one-year-old Minuteman named Ammi White-struck the soldier with his ax." Another story by Mrs. Peter Barrett, the colonol's daughter-in-law, told a nineteeth-century interviewer that the Redcoat was trying to drown himself in a puddle of water and begging someone to kill him and Young White put the soldier out of his misery. Emerson watched Ammi White and observed that he was bothered by the event through his life. His cousin John was also bothered by the war and nearly turned pacifist after experiencing combat. In later years he often said he had found war, to be "a great calamity" and the life of a soldier uncongenial to his nature, and "though he discharged his musket many times...he hoped he had killed none of the enemy." He became a storekeeper and a Deacon in his church in Concord. (The Minutemen and Their World.)
Ammi moved his family to Westmoreland, NH in 1799, where he farmed quietly for the rest of his life. He purchased the estate of Jonas Butterfield, settled in 1796. Nathan Estabrooks of Putney purchased it and in 1800 it was conveyed to Ammi White, a cabinetmaker, from Concord, MA; whose farm consisted of all the lands in the Westmoreland Depot (Forest Hall) area. Charles White acquired his father's homestead by will prior to 1827 and sold it in 1848 to Samuel Dorr.

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Francis was in one of the two Minute Man units from Groton and was also in the Battle of Bunker Hill along with his brother, Asa. They had both marched to Lexington - Concord on 19 Apr 1775, but their unit arrived too late to take part in the actual battle. Their unit, under LT. Farwell, went on to Cambridge and then to Charlestown, to take part in the Bunker Hill battle. Francis' widow, Annis, also collected a pension from his service in the Revolutionary War.

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Asa was a soldier in the Rev War and served as a drummer in the Battle of Bunker Hill at age 16. He had been a Minuteman and had previously marched with his unit from Groton, Ma to Cambridge during the Battle of Lexington-Concord on 19 Apr 1775. He also served as a private for several months after Bunker Hill. He served again as a drummer for 4 months in 1778 and then enlisted in the Spring of 1781 for 3 yrs and served until end of the War part of the time as a private and part as a corporal. Asa, Sarah, and Asa, Jr. then moved to Hartland, VT by 1788, where the other 4 children were born. He was probably trying to find a way to provide for his family as the economy was very poor after the war. There was no land to inherit from his father, and he was a 4th son besides. He probably worked in Hartland, Vt (about 50 miles NW of Groton, and along the Conneticut River) until he could save enough money to buy land somewhere. Asa, Sr. bought land in Mount Holly, VT in Nov 1794 and again in Mar 1795. He bought 60 acres each time. The land was in the area west of Mount Holly and near the foothills of the Green Mountains. They had just moved there when he died, leaving Sarah with 5 small children. He may have died in an accident while clearing his new land as happened quite often. It seems unlikely that he would have moved his wife and 5 young children, if he were suffering from an illness that would cause his death in 3 months.
On 3 Jan 1797, Sarah White, widow, was appointed guardian of Asa, John, Sally, Polly, and Francis White, heirs to the estate of Asa White with Jonas Hadley as Executor. The estate was fianlly settled in 1810, with John White as administrator and all but Francis, would have been at least 18, and were able to sign.

Asa married Sarah Moors on 7 Jan 1785 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Timothy Moors and Lydia Nutting) was born on 19 Nov 1759 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 30 Dec 1846 in Mount Holly, Rutland, Vermont U.S.A.; was buried in Packer Cemetery, Mount Holly, Rutland, Vermont U.S.A... [Group Sheet]

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No record has been found showing that Molly ever married or where she died.

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He probably died while quite young, but the records are not clear.