George Ingersoll was born about 1565 in Edsworth, co. Bedford, England. He was also known as George Inkerstall.

NAME: INKERSALL
CREST: A griffin's head gules gorged with a fess dancettee ermine between two wings displayed or.
BLAZON: Gules, a fess danccettee ermine between six trefoils slipped or.
SOURCE: Burke, Sir Bernard : GENERAL ARMORY OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND AND WALES Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969.

Inkersall : English: habitation name from a place in Derbyshire, recorded in the 13th century as Hinkershil(l) and Hinkreshill. The final element is OE (Old English) hyll Hill; the first may be the ON personal name Ingvarr (see Inger) or an OE byname meaning 'Limper' (cf. Hinchcliffe and Hinckley). Ekwall suggests that it may represent a contracted version of OE hingna aecer monks' field (cf. hine and Acher).

First Known Record of : Ingersoll, Inkersall, Inkersole: Roger de Hynkersul 1321 from Inkersall, Derbyshire, England: Shef = T.W. Hall and A.H. Thomas, Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters... forming the Jackson Collection at the Sheffield Public Reference Library, Sheffield 1914.

Inger : English (Nottinghamshire) from the ON (Old Norse) personal name Ingvarr . Variation : Inker (Somerset) Patrs : Inkerson, Ingwers, Engwers, Inger(t)sen

Ing(e) : English : habitation name from a place in Essex, recorded in Domesday Book as Inga and Ginga, apparently from an OE tribal name Gigingas 'people of Giga'

Inger, Inker, Ingerson: Ingeuuar, Imgarus 1066 Domesday Book; Roger Inger 1255 RH (W); Peter Ingarson 1546 FrY.

Ingvar Old Danish, Old Swedish , Yngvarr Old Norse

He was married to Alicia Hankin on 21 Jun 1584 in Hinxworth, co. Hertford, England.

Alicia Hankin. Children were:

i. Richard Ingersoll.
ii. William Ingersoll was baptized on 31 Oct 1590 in Edsworth, co. Bedford, England. He died on 17 Nov 1590 in Edsworth, co. Bedford, England.
iii. Joan Ingersoll was baptized on 30 Nov 1590 in Edsworth, co. Bedford, England. She was probably William's twin.
iv. Elizabeth Ingersoll was baptized on 25 Oct 1597 in Edsworth, co. Bedford, England.
v. William Ingersoll was baptized on 8 Mar 1600 in Edsworth, co. Bedford, England.