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Richard Ingersoll

Lifespan: 1678 - 1708

Birth: 4 Aug 1904 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Occupation: Unknown

Marriage: Ruth Dodge

Children: Sarah Ingersoll

Parents: Unknown & Unknown

Death: 1 Jul 1708 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, Colonial Era

Burial: Unknown

Chapter 1: “Born of Salem Soil: The Origins of Richard Ingersoll”

Richard Ingersoll was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1678—a town steeped in covenant and consequence. The soil that bore him was the same that bore the trials of witches just years before his birth, a place where sermons thundered louder than court verdicts and where lineage, faith, and land were tightly interwoven.