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==Early life==

==Early life==

Ingersoll was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on October 24, 1749.  As a young man, he received a classical education, graduating from Yale College in 1766.  Following graduation, he settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1771.  He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1773; in 1774, he continued his legal studies at the Middle Temple in [[London]], and then in [[Paris]].  He entered practice upon returning to Philadelphia in 1778.

Ingersoll was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on October 24, 1749 the son of a British officer Jared Ingersoll Sr.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Shapers_of_the_Great_Debate_at_the_Const/8zcjYPZxPV0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA146 Shapers of the Great Debate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787]</ref> As a young man, he received a classical education, graduating from Yale College in 1766.  Following graduation, he settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1771.  He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1773; in 1774, he continued his legal studies at the Middle Temple in [[London]], and then in [[Paris]].  He entered practice upon returning to Philadelphia in 1778. In 1781, he married Elizabeth Pettit and had four sons: Charles Jared, Harry, Joseph Reed, and Edward.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Life_of_Charles_Jared_Ingersoll/5XBFbFqeB_oC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA25 The Life of Charles Jared Ingersoll]</ref>

==Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention==

==Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention==