1st wife of Richard Ingraham

Not the daughter of Alexander "John" Wignall

The name of the first wife of Richard Ingraham is not recorded.

Children include:

• 1. William Ingraham, born Abt. 1630 in Reheboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, died May 04, 1721; married Mary Barstow 14 May 1656 in Massachusetts.
• 2. Elizabeth, born 10 July 1630 in Reheboth, Bristol, Massachusetts; died 7 January 1658/59 in Reheboth, Bristol, Massachusetts; married Richard Bullock 11 August 1647 in Reheboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. Ancestors of Vurlynn "Butch" Roderick Carter Wentling.
• 3. Jarrett Ingraham, born about 1631 in Reheboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, died January 1717/18; married Rebecca Searle 28 May 1662 in Massachusetts.
• 4. Joanna Ingraham, born about 1633 in Reheboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, died 22 July 1699 in Reheboth, Bristol, Massachusetts; married George Robinson 18 June 1651 in Reheboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.
• 5. Abigail, born about 1636 in Reheboth, Bristol, Massachusetts; married Samuel Cheseborough November 30, 1655 in Massachusetts. Ancestors of Ann Elizabeth Jenkins.

Disputed Identity

The genealogy published by Raymon Meyers Tingley in 1935 stated that Alexander Wignall was the father of Elizabeth, wife of Richard Ingraham. Robert Charles Anderson states, regarding the 1935 article by Tingley: "Nothing is known about the wife of Richard Ingraham, and this whole construction apparently derived from Tingley's imagination."[2]

• Recent research indicates that Elizabeth was not a daughter of Alexander Wignall, an early settler of New England.
• The date of Elizabeth's marriage to Richard Ingraham has not been confirmed. Some sources indicate that they were married on 4 April 1628 in Barrowby, Lincolnshire, England. Other sources state that they were married on 4 April 1624 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony.