Jonathan Ingersoll (April 16, 1747 – January 12, 1823) was a Connecticut politician of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
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Early life
Ingersoll was born on April 16, 1747, in Ridgefield in what was then called the Province of Connecticut, a part of British America. He was the son of Rev. Jonathan Ingersoll (1713–1778) and Dorcas (née Moss) Ingersoll (1725–1811). His father was the chaplain for the Connecticut Troops during the French and Indian War. His sister, Esther Ingersoll, was married to Lt. Ebenezer Olmsted.
His uncle was Jared Ingersoll Sr., a British colonial official, and his cousin, Jared Ingersoll, served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania. His cousin's son (his first cousin once removed), Charles Jared Ingersoll, was a U.S. Representative and the father of author Edward Ingersoll.
He graduated from Yale College in 1766 and began practicing as a lawyer.
Career
From 1792 until 1797, he was a member of Connecticut council of assistants; he simultaneously served as a judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors from 1792 to 1798.