 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa muNew Haven, Connecticut, Ingersoll akatanga basa repamutemo muPhiladelphia pashure pokupedza kudzidza paYale College. Mwanakomana womukuru weBritish wekoloni Jared Ingersoll Sr., Ingersoll akagara muEurope kubva muna 1773 kusvika muna 1776 kuti adzivise kukakavadzana kwezvematongerwe enyika pakati peBritain neThirteen Colonies. Muna 1778, azvipira kurwira rusununguko rweAmerica, Ingersoll akadzokera kuPhiladelphia ndokukunda musarudzo kuContinental Congress. Ingersoll akapwiswa nezvokudikanwa kwehurumende yenyika yakasimba kupfuura iyo yakapiwa neMitemo yeConfederation, uye akanga ari nhume kuCongress yePhiladelphia ya1787. Kunyange zvazvo pakutanga akanga achitsvaka kugadziridzwa kweMitemo yeConfederation, pakupedzisira akasvika pakutsigira Bumbiro idzva rakagadzirwa nekokorodzano. 