Thomas Ingersoll
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Thomas Ingersoll (1749 – 1812) was born in Massachusetts and immigrated to Upper Canada (Ontario) following the American Revolution. In 1793, he obtained a land grant of 66,000 acres (267 km²) in Oxford County from Governor John Graves Simcoe. He named the new settlement Oxford-on-the-Thames.
He is better known as the father of Laura Secord, who warned the British of an impending American attack on Upper Canada during the War of 1812.
His son Charles renamed Oxford-on-the-Thames "Ingersoll" in his honour.
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