Excerpt from The Ingersolls of Hampshire: A Genealogical History of the Family From Their Settlement in America, in the Line of John Ingersoll, of Westfield, Massachusetts It is the custom generally, in compiling genealogical his tories, to dwell and expatiate upon the virtues of the good, and to remain silent upon those ancestors who were not so perfect. In this work, however, nothing which has come to my notice has been suppressed. The good and the bad have been given an equal chance. Fortunately the good predominates, and, of the deeds of our Ingersoll ancestors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.