Ingersoll and His Tavern
Revs. Bailey, Burroughs, Lawson
Nathaniel Ingersoll occupied the central location in the village; a man of industry and thrift; a licensed innkeeper, who sold liquor by the quart on Sunday; a kind of chief of police; managed the defenses against the Indians; a benevolent man, and was chosen deacon. His name does not figure in the witch trials, and the witches have left no records of the influence of his tavern in the results. The open plat of ground in front of his tavern was called Ingersoll’s Common. Farther up the street, at No. 5, is a plat of ground he gave for “a training field forever.” Capt. Dea. Jonathan Walcott was a neighbor, as was also Sergt. Thomas Putnam, parish clerk.
Danvers Highlands
Danvers Center
Old Salem Village
- 1. Locates the church there at present.
- 2. Locates the church of 1692.
- 3. Locates the Ingersoll Tavern and the present parsonage.
- 4. Locates the Parris house where the mischief began.
- 5. Locates the entrance to the Ingersoll Training Field.
- The narrow lane leading to No. 4 is a right of way for all.
