Thomas Ingersoll (1749 – 1812) was an early settler in
Upper Canada, later
Ontario. He is best known as the father of
Laura Secord, who warned the British of an impending American attack on Upper Canada during the
War of 1812.He was born in
Westfield, Massachusetts, later moving to
Great Barrington. In 1775, he married Elizabeth Dewey. He served as a lieutenant in the
American militia from 1777 to 1781 and continued to serve in the militia after the
American Revolution, reaching the rank of major. After the death of his first wife in 1784, he married Mercy Smith, the widow of Josiah Smith. In 1789, he married Sarah Whiting, the widow of John Backus, after the death of his second wife.
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