The Ingalls Family in America

The Ingalls family was one of the earliest in the country, coming only eight years after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, and have, as a whole, maintained an honorable place in the history of the country. The largest majority have been tillers of the soil, industrious, caring little for public office, but always willing to assume such duties when called upon by their fellow citizens. If there is one characteristic that is evident above another, it is the weak ties of relationship... When the children went out to found a home for themselves it was often never to return.

— Charles Burleigh, The Ingalls Family in America, 1903

Chart Key

  • Gold Names: Figures of Historical Note or Company Relevance
    • Achievements listed below names and dates
  • Gold Lineage Lines: Direct paternal lineage of James David Ingalls II

Many family members and branches have been omitted for clarity, focusing on key individuals and their direct ancestors.

  • Edmund Ingalls (c.1598-1648)
    Founded Lynn, MA. 1629 | From Skirbeck, England
    • Henry Ingalls (1627-1718/19)
      Early settler of Andover, MA. | Sgt. of the Andover Colonial Militia
      • Henry Ingalls (1656-1698/99)
        • Francis Ingalls (1694-1759)
          • Francis Ingalls (1729-aft.1790)
            • Isaiah Ingalls (1755-1833)
              Rev. War Soldier & Militia Captain
              • Stevens Ingalls (1778-1861)
                • Ezra Thomas Ingalls (1808-1890)
                  • Melville Ezra Ingalls (1842-1914)
                    Railroad Industrialist | Lawyer | MA State Senator
                    • George Hoadly Ingalls (1872-1931)
                      Railroad Industrialist
                      • George Howard Ingalls (1904-1959)
                        • George Howard Ingalls II (1930-1980)
                          • James David Ingalls (b. 1964)
                            Lawyer | Advisor for Ingalls & Co.
                            • James David Ingalls II (b. 1998)
                              Filmmaker | Founder and CEO of Ingalls & Co.
                    • Albert Stimson Ingalls (1874–1943)
                      Railroad Industrialist
                      • David Sinton Ingalls (1899–1985)
                        WWI Navy Flying Ace | DSC & DFC recipient |
                        Asst. Sec. Navy Aeronautics | Co-Founder of the Ingalls Foundation for the Arts.
        • Samuel Ingalls (1654–1733)
          Sgt. of the Andover Colonial Militia
          • Samuel Ingalls (1683–c.1760)
            • Timothy Ingalls (1720–aft. 1760)
              • Jonathan Ingalls (1750–1834)
                • Samuel Ward Ingalls (1771–1841)
                  • Lansford Whiting Ingalls (1812–1896)
                    Pioneer | Chronicled in His Granddaughter's Little House Books.
                    • Charles Phillip Ingalls (1836–1902)
                      Pioneer | Chronicled in His Daughter's Little House Books.
                      • Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957)
                        Author of the Little House Book Series
                        • Rose Wilder Lane (1886–1968)
                          Journalist | Novelist | Co-Founder American Libertarian Movement
          • Moses Ingalls (1687–1751)
            • Benjamin Ingalls (1728–after 1790)
              Rev. War Soldier
              • Benjamin Ingalls Jr. (1755–1833)
                • Cyrus Ingalls (1789–1864)
                  • Horace Russell Ingalls (1820–1883)
                    • Charles W. Ingalls (1853–1925)
                      • Albert Graham Ingalls (1888–1958)
                        Editor at Scientific American | Pioneered Amateur Telescope Making