Edmund Ingalls

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Edmund Ingalls (c.1598-1643) was the founder of Lynn, Massachusetts. Born to Robert Ingalls around 1598 in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England, he arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in Governor John Endicott's company in 1628. In 1629, he settled Lynn, Massachusetts, with his brother Francis and four others. He was reportedly of good character, although it was found in a court record that "20/4/1646, Edmund Ingalls was fined for bringing home sticks in both his arms on the Sabbath day from Mr. Holyokes rails, witnesses Joseph Mood, Obadaya Mood, Jane Mood". This is an example of Puritan Blue Laws. In March 1643, as he was travelling to Boston on horseback, a bridge that he was riding over collapsed, and he was subsequently drowned in the Saugus River. His will was probated on September 16, 1648, and his estate appraised at a value of £135.