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Family Sheet
HUSBAND
Name: Capt. William IvesMale Note
Born: 1618 1618-1-1 at Ipswich, Suffolk, England Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Married: 4 Jun 1639 1639-6-4 at New Haven, CT New Haven, CT
Died: 3 Apr 1648 1648-4-3 at New Haven, New Haven County, CT New Haven, New Haven County, CT
WIFE
Born: 1622 at Little Missendon, Buckinghamshire, England
Died: 29 Aug 1684 at New Haven Colony, CT
Other Spouses: William Bassett
Father: Thomas Dickerman
Mother: Eleanor "ellen" Whittington
CHILDREN
Name: Thomas Ives
Born:
Died:
Born: 2 Oct 1642 at Newhaven Newhaven Co CT
Died: Unknown
Husband: Joseph Potter
Born: 29 Dec 1644 at New Haven, New Haven County, CT
Died: 1682 at Wallingford, CT
Wife: Hannah Merriman
Born: Abt 1646
Died: Unknown
Husband: Azariah Beach
Name: Deborah Ives
Born: Abt 1647 at New Haven, New Haven Colony, CT
Died:
Born: 1648 at New Haven, New Haven County, CT
Died: 17 Nov 1694 at New Haven, New Haven County, CT
Wife: Mary Yale
Name: Beatrix Ives
Born: Abt 1650 at New Haven, New Haven Colony, CT
Died:
Name: Elizabeth Ives
Born: Abt 1651 at New Haven, New Haven Colony, CT
Died:
NOTES
1). Captain William Ives, who arrived in Boston harbor a b o a r d the ship Truelove, 1635. It is quite generally assumed that William descende d f r o m the county Norfolk family, and that he was born i n No rt h a mpton shire, England, 1607. By some, it is clai med t ha t h e came from Yorkshire, and that he descended f rom on e G uilb ert Ives, who crossed the channel from Nor mandy a mon g t h e followers of the Conqueror.One aged m ember o f ou r fam ily boasts that ours was a race of grea t achieve men t an d mighty valor. But, for the purposes o f this stor y, a l l of this may well be dismissed. We ar e now concerne d on l y wi th established fact. In a volum e bearing the ti tle O ri ginal Lists of Persons of Quality , 1600 1700, in w hich a r e entered the names of Emigrant s, Religious Exile s, Poli ti cal Re bels, Serving Men sol d for a term of year s, Appre nti ces, children stolen, mai dens pressed, and oth ers who w en t from Great Britain t o the American plantatio ns, i s a lis t copied from MS S preserved in the stat e p aper de partmen t of he r majes ty s public record office, E ngland. Passenger list for the ship Hector William Ives arrived to America on this ship. The following is the passenger list for the vessel Hec t o r , which brought the passengers accompanying John Dave np o r t and Theophilus Eaton to Connecticut in 1637. Ther e i s a n o ther ship c al led the Hector that brought th e firs t Sc ot tish Highlanders to Nova Scotia in the mid1 700 s , but t h e H ector Heritage Foundation in Nova Scoti a stat es tha t th e ship that brought the Davenport Eato n party i s a dif feren t vessel. The Hector that brought the Davenport party to Massachu s e t ts was a new vessel of 250 tons, which had already m a d e a p revious passage to Massachusetts Bay. The record s i nd icat e that the ship actually arrived in Massachuset ts , bu t othe r references mention that the Hector also to o k the p arty t o Connecticut in late 1637 or 1638. A pass en ger shi p lis t f or the trip from Massachusetts Bay t o Ne w Haven , Connec ticu t has not been located. Passengers on the Hector sold their belongings in prepa r a t ion for the sailing, but then the English governmen t im pr e s sed the ship for the service of the crown. Th e owner s p et it ioned for its release in January1637, bu t the shi p wa s n ot freed until May. According to the rec ords of Jo hn Wi nthr op of Massachusetts Bay, the ship arr ived in Bos ton f r o m London England on June26, 1637. John & Elizabeth Davenport Theophilus Eaton Old Mrs. Ea t o n , his mother Anne Eaton, second wife of Theophilus Ea t o n a n d daughter of George Loyd Bishop of Chester and w id o w o f Thomas Yale The children of Anne Eaton by her fo rm e r marr iag e Edward Hopkins Richard Malbon Nathaniel R ow e W illia m Andrews Henry Browning James Clark Jasper Cr an e Jer emy Di xon Ni cholas Elsey Francis Hall Robert Hil l W illia m Ives G eorge S mith George Ward Lawrence Ward E zeki el Che ever Edwa rd Banni ster Old Jewry Richard Beac h Rich ard Bec kley Joh n Brocket t John Budd John Cooper A rthur H albidg e Mathew Hi tchcock An drew Hull Andrew Lo w Andrew M essenge r Mathew Mou lthrop Fran cis Newman Robe rt Newman R ichard O sborn Edwar d Patteson John Reader Wil liam Thorp S amuel Whi tehead. What was the status of William Ives? Was he an emig r a n t , a religious exile, a politic a l rebel,a s er vi n g m an, an apprentice, or one of the others wh o we n t fr om G reat Britain to the American plantations? Th e qu estio n ma y be answered by inference He becam e one o f a s elec t grou p of influential and well to do L ondoner s in th e est ablishm ent of a distinct colony. Hi s fello w passenge rs wer e, appar ently, not his associate s, since , with on e excep t tion Wil liam Preston , non e of thei r names appe ars wit h his on th e New Haven Civi l Compac t or among th e Freeme n of the Cour te of New Ha ven. Thi s list reveal s two othe r things1 No brot hers cam e to America wi th him on t he Hector, a nd 2 t he Hannah who became th e e mother o f the New Have n li ne was no t among the passen gers. More im portant than a l l else , t his old manuscrip t is authority f or our firs t def ini te statement Sept. 19 ,1635, William Iv es, afte r taki n g an oath of allegiance , was accepted a s a passe nger o n th e Hector, to be trans ported t o New En gland he wa s the n twenty eight years o f age. The movements of William Ives are clouded for thre e y e a r s following his arrival in Boston . I t is assume d t h a t h e made his home at or near Watertown, Mass. al so t h e r esid ence of Miles Ives, 1639 , for it was ther e tha t h e me t tho se men of wealth, education, and infl uence , w ith w hom hi s destiny was to become so closel y linke d. Jun e 20 , 1637, t here arrived in Boston a comp any of P uritan s le d by Rev. Jo hn Davenport and Theophil us Eaton . Thes e men s ailed fro m L ondon in the Hecto r and her c onsort, to esc ape religiou s persecutions. Perhaps William Ives was attracted to this compan y b y t i e s of kinship or religion. Probably he was move d b y the i r pi oneering spirit. It is a matter of recor d tha t he jo in ed th e Davenport Company and departed fro m Bost on harbo r , Marc h 30, 1638, in quest of a spot o n which t o fo u n d a new col ony. For two weeks they cruised to the south of Boston an d a l o n g the shore of Long Island Sound , until they ca m e t o a fa ir haven, where the waters of the Quinnipi a c Rive r joi n th ose of the Sound. Entering the harborN e w Haven , the y cam e to anchor under the spreading bran ch es of 2 C ON C a larg e oak tree growing on the bank o f a s mall strea m now fille d called West Creek . Wi t h thi s simple act , beg an an epoc h in early New Englan d histor y. April 15, 1638, these Puritans, mindful always of th e D i v i ne Presence, gathered for their first Sabbath obs erva nc e . U nder the great oak, and surrounded by a prime val f ore st , Re v. Davenport preached, appropriately, o n The T empt ati ons o f the Wilderness his text was fro m Matthe w 4 1 Th en wa s Jesus led up of the spirit int o the wil dernes s to b e temp ted of the devil . Wha t a setting fo r thoug ht fulw orship alone with the Spir it of the wilde rness! Came next a day of fasting and prayer as a preparat i o n f o r entering into a solemn compact ca l led a plan ta ti on c ov enant to destinguish itt froa chur. coven t wc h co uld n ot t att that time be made, a chur. nottbei ng th en ga thered . The planters agreed that in matter s whic h conce rn th e ga thering and ordering of a church, and i n publi c offi ces w hich concern civil honor,a s well a s in the choic e of mag istrates and officers a nd all t hings of li ke nat ure, th ey would be guided b y the rul es which th e Script ures hel d forth to them. The Bib l e became the true foun dation st one of all g overnment for more tha n a year ther e were n o other la ws to guid e conduct. The c ovenant was s olemnly m ade b y the whol e assembly ... th e first day of ex traordena r y humilatio n wch we had afte r wee came together. The 4th day of the 4th moneth called June 1639, a l l t h e f ree planters assembled together in a general me et in g t o con sult about settling civill Governmt accordi n g t o God , and a bout the nomination of persons thatt mi gh t b e found e by con sent of all fittest in all respect s fo r th efoundac o worke o f a church which was intend t o be g ather ed in Qui nipieck.Af ter solemne invocation o f the na me o f God in pra yer for th e presence and help o f his spe ritt , and grace i n those weig hty businesses, t hey were r emind ed of the busi nes whereabou t they mett viz for t he est ablishmt of suc h civill orde r as migh t be most ple asing u nto God, and fo r the chusein g the f ittest men fo r the fun daco worke o f a church to be g ath ered. For th e better in a bleing the m to discerne the mi n d of God an d to agree ac cordingly con cerning the estab lishm t of civ il order Mr Jo hn Davenport p ropounded dive rs qure s to th em ... Mr Robt Newman was intreated to write in carracte r s a n d t o read distinctly and audibly ... whatt was pro po und e d ... Qur. 1. Whether the Scripture doe holde forth a per f e c t r ule for the direction and government of all me n i n a l l duti es wch they are to performe to God and me n a s wel l i n the g ovrmt of famylyes and comonwealths a s i n matter s o f the chu r. This was assented unto by all, no man dissentin g a s w a s e xpressed by holding up of hands . . . Ordered that all who were hereafter received as pla n t e r s should also submit to the foundamentall agreemt , a n d te st ifie the same by subscribeing their names und er t h e name s o f the aforesaid planters ... Quinnipiac Quin Nippe Ohke in the language of the a b o r i ginal inhabitants means long water place, and apt l y de sc ri bes the long sweepof the river before it disch ar ges i nt o Lo ng Island Sound. It was along the course o f t his st rea m tha t later generations of the Ives famil y pen etrate d int o unde veloped country to found homes i n the w ilderne ss. Th e origi nal settlement was laid ou t in the f orm o f a square , hal f a mile each way. In th e center o f this p lot was a m arke t place, now the New H aven green , around w hich were h ous e lotts and farm la nd for eac h free plan ter. A map b eari ng the date 164 1 indicate s the section s assigned to Wi llia m Ives. He r eceived I n the first di vision, 6 14acr es in the n eck, 1 1 4 acres meadow, 2 14 acres l and i n th e second div ision, 9 acres. The settlement at Quinnipiac seems to have been unli k e s o m e others. There was, so far as w e k now, no gra n t fro m t h e Crown his authority was not acknowledged . Th e lan d wa s , rather, purchased from the Indians, wit h who m th e plant er s, for some years, lived in peace an d harmo ny. B u tthe r igh ts of the whites, acquired by pu rchase , were r igorousl y enf orced no infraction of la w was per mitted. I n paymen t for t he land occupied byth e settlers , the India ns accept ed Twe lve coats of Engl ish tuckin g cloth, twel ve achem y spoons, t welve hatchet s, twelve h oes two doze n of knives , twelve por ringers , and four cas es of Frenc h knives and s cissors. About 1664, the Quinnipiac colony New Haven merg e d w i t h the Colony of Connecticut, all laws thereafte r be in g is su ed by the Generall Courte at Hartford. NEW HAVEN Attached to the side of a brick building at the interse c t i on of Georgea nd College streets , easily missed by t h e c a s ual visitor, is a tablet marking the spot where , i n pra ye r and meditation, was founded the religious c ommo nweal t h destined to be known as the New Haven Col o ny . Amon g t h e archives of New Haven one may still exa min e the evi den c e of William Ives s participation in th e fo unding o f th e co lony, of his residence there with h is wi fe, Hanna h, o f th e births of his children and thei r grow th to matu rity . Her e he spent the ten years allot ted hi m in the ne w worl d, an d here his body was interre d. In the beginning of this plantation, there were fe w m u n i cipal problems. The establishment of homes was th e fi r s t co nsideration, followed by the founding of th e chur c h so ciet y and t he machinery for making and enfo rcing r ul es o f cond uct. Once organized, the Church beca me the s upr eme a uthorit y and the center of all activiti es fro m it s record s much t hat we know of the early lif e is gle aned . If Willi am Ives m ade notes of his activit ies the y hav e vanishe d l ike the in scription from his t ombstone. William and Hannah must have been married coincide n t w i t h the beginnings of the settlement , for the cens u s o f 16 3 9 indicates that there were then two member s o f thi s fami ly . William s name appears on the churc h ro ll i n 1641 a s nu mber 69 Hannah s in 1646, number 1 49. T he G eneral co urt h eld the 10th of March, 1646, d esigna ted th e seats th ey wer e to occupy The names o f peopl e as the y were seate d in th e meeting howse wer e read i n court & i t was ordre d they should berecorded , wch was a s followeth , First for t he men s seates, vizd . In the sea ts on the si de for men .. . Willm Ives.... S econdly for t he weomens se ates. In the li tle cr osse sea te ... Siste r Iues ... Sist er Bassett... Two years after the date of this assignment the fami l i e s o f Ives and Bassett were destine d t o assume a cl os e r r elat ionship. William Ives and Sister Bassett bo t h di ed w ithi n ten years after the founding of Quinnipi ac , an d Hann ah Iv es became the second wife of Dr. Willi a m Basse tt, Nov . 7, 1 648. Dr. Bassett s name disappear s f rom th e church r ecord i n 1684 Hannah s, after 166 2. Apparently, some have been misled by the statement t h a t H annah was a good wife but she was executed a s a w it ch . It seems that a certain Goodwife Bassett was co nde mne d and executed at Stratford, near Gallow s Brook. Her e , i t is claimed, was a small quartz bou lder, wit h horn bl end e streakes like finger marks upon i t, believ ed to b e c onnected with the fate of Goody Ba sset. It i s state d tha t on her way to the place of execution, while strugglin g a g a in st the officers of the law, the witch grasped th is s to n e and left these finger marks upon it . This exe cutio n o cc urre d in 1651, which disposes of the belief t hat th e w itc h wa s the wife of William Bassett, sinc e she G oodw . Bas set appeared before the New Haven t own meetin g i n 1662 see North Haven . This belief, lik e many other s co ncernin g members of the Ives family, i s not supporte d by t he evide nce of actual records. It should be remembered that William Ives died ten y e a r s a fter the Quinnipiac plantation was made, and tha t a l l r ef erences to his life are to be found in the ear lie s t of N e w Haven s archives. After his sons reached t hei r m ajorit y , their names appear in later volumes, wit h re fere nces t o their mother and her second husband, Wil lia m Basse tt s e e North Haven . Among the minutes of th e ea rliest town e me etings, we find the name Will Iu es a s one o f the Freem en of the Courte of Newhauen in th e Founda mental l Agreem ent, his name is spell e d Wil l Eue s. La ter Wi ll Ives and Edward Baniste r were nam ed as viewer s for th e suburbs. There is als o recorde d a complaint th at Bro . Iues ap peared for mi litary tra ining, wantin g a scourer , at the same tim e that Bro . Mitchel report ed for duty , wanting a gu n sticke . Ea ch were Fyned 6d . There will be found in the New Haven records some conf u s i o n concerning dates at about the time William Ivess d ea t h is supposed to have occurred. There is, likewise , co nsi de rab le difficulty in an attempt to decipher th e earl y ma nus cripts. In what follows, we shall give, a s accurat ely a s co ul d be gleaned, the last entries bear ing on th e closi ng ch apter of the story of William Ives The Last will And testament of William Ives Lat e o f N e w h auen Made ye 3th of Aprill 1648. William Ive s bei ng u nd er t he afflicting hand of ye Lord doe make t his m y las t wi ll an d testament , ffirst I make my wifew hole a nd sol e exe cutrix of all my goods, house & land, t o hav e y e pro fi t & use o f them, for the bringing up o f my sm ale childr e n till the y come to Age. firs t I giv e my son n John th e ho use and Lan d at one and twenty yea rs of Age , and to m y thr ee other chi ldren when they com e to twent y years o f Age, o ne cowe apis e or else ye wor th of the m a nd to b e paid t o them as the y shall come t o age abov e Expresse d and ye re st of my Estat e I give t o m y wife , she discha rging the Le gacys above men tioned provide d That if ye Lo rd should tak e away any of y e D aughters , then yt portio n shall fall t o my youngest son n and i f ye Lord should t ake away my Eld est sonn, The n it s hal l fall to ye younges t sonn at 21 yea rs of Age onely th a t portion that is abo ve Expressed shal l no t be pd, bu t shal l remaine to my wid os use. In witness I have set to my hand The mark of witnessed by X Richard Miles Wi l l i a m Ives Roger Allen June 6, 1648, Richard M y l e s & Rogger Allen were appoynted to prise the esta t e o f W i lliam Iv e s deceased. The inventory as give n by t h em u n der date ye 22th of September 1648 is int er es t ing . A mo ng the articles, some being in ye Chamb er an d some i n H all, were spelling retained his we aring c loathes o n e b ed furniture to it one trundle be d with b ed &bolster t w o chests one box 3 pars of she ets 2 pa rs pillow co ver s 6napkins one board cloath Tab le , s tools & chair s o l d brass pot Iron pot Ir on kettle 2 skillets 1 ba ke pa n a mortar & pestile 1 skimmer 2 ladels warmin g pan p ew ter2 candle st icks woode n ware one hower gl ass 1 g rid iron 1 pr o f bellowes 1 pot, hooks, pair o f hangers fryi ng pan , fire shove l & tong s cookes ware Muski t & sword Bo ndoleers & sh eaff Working tools etc 2 wheel s 1 she e p e & yeuss. Y e house, home lot & al l upland & m eadow 3 co wes, 2 oxen , 2 Horses, 3 swine. De bt s Mathew M ol throp owe s to ye E state. Sume Totales 98 p ounds, 6shill i ngs, 6 pence. At a Court held at New hauen the 7th of November, 1 6 4 8 , the first Ives will to be probate d i n America w a s pr es ented it had been witnessed and vnder writt e n b y Rich ar d Milles & Ro gge r Allen, whoe now in cou r t test ify tha t t he said William Ives was in a state fi t t to mak e this w il l & did make it. Allso the invento ri e, ... am ount 98l 04 00d. Wm.Basset whoe is neare t h e marriage they bein g con tracted, of ye widdowe, wa s c alled to pu t in securit ie t o y e court for the estat e, t hat the chil dren of Willi am Iv es maye have their po rtion s duely pd ,. .. but he desi red re spite till ye nex t cour t.... Apparen tly it was no t his pur pose to p u t in sec uritie for th e Ives estate u ntil sur e of mar rying the I ves widow. And , indeed, the y w ere near e th e marage! T he wedding is r ecorded on the sam e day Wil l iam Ives s wi ll was probated. Among the Court records is the entry that William B a s s e t ... was complained of for absenc at the general l tr ay ni n g yesterday ... because he had some haye wch , ... i f h e h a d not fetched it that day it would have b ine eate n u p & s po yled by many catle lying at it.Bu t he kept f ait h wit h th e Court Feb. 6, 1648 1649? , William Bass et w hoe ha th ma rried the widdow of Wm Ive s ... doth in c our t ingadg e the w hole estate which wa s left by him ye s d Wi lliam Ive s , & wi ll not alter an y of it.... There is today, in the new cemetery at North Haven, C o n n . , a comparatively new obelisk shaped monument on wh i c h i s i nscribed WILLIAM IVES, 1607 1648 JOSEPH IVES, 1647 1694 CAPT. JOSEPH IVES, 1673 1751 STEPHEN IVES, 1708 1745 STEPHEN IVES, 1742 1793 On no reasonable hypothesis could one argue that thi s m o n u ment marks the original burial place of William I ve s . A s ea rch of early data indicates that the ten year s a ll otte d t o him in the Quinnipiac colony were spent a t th e s ite o f th e original settlement. He and his wif e wer e memb ers o f th e old New Haven church, and it wa s the cu stom o f the d ay t o inter the remains of a membe r in th e churchy ard adja cen t to the house of worship. T he prese nt edific e was buil t o n the site of the old bur ial groun d in1813 . The tombsto ne s within the confines o f the ne w buildin g are still pres erv ed in the crypt o f the prese nt buildin g. The remainde r wer e removed abou t 1821 to th e new cemet ery, where the y may st ill be fou nd, arrange d alphabetic a lly, along th e walls whi ch sep arate the ce metery from th e city street . In the posit io n in whic h Ives would b e placed is on e badly broken s a ndston e on which no trac e of a name ca n b e found. Thi s ma y ha ve marked the origi nal grave of Wi lliam Ives. P ositiv e i dentification is no w impossible. Let those of the Ives family who visit the site o f t h e o l d First Church tread softly and reverently. Som ewhe r e wit hi n that hallowed ground are the remains of o ur fi rs t Amer ica n ancestor. Base Line ST STEPHENS Tota l Acre s 40.16 00 F ractional Section N Subsurface Rig hts Res er ved N M ete s and Bounds DescriptionN Cance led Docu men t N Mult ipl e Patentee s N Multiple Wara ntee s N A ccession Nu mber AL1790 .084 Image Name 000211 99 Volu me ID 061 !BIRTH Gull, Thomas A., Gull, Thomas A. !BIRTH Genealogy of the Ives Family, Genealogy of the Iv e s Family, Ives, Arthur Coon, Hungerford Holbrook Co. Wat er town, NY, 1932, p. 28 !DEATH World Family Tree, Vol. 1 unconfirmed , World Fami l y Tree, Vol. 1 unconfirmed !DEATH Families of Ancient New Haven, Families of Ancien t N ew Haven, Donald Lines Jacobus, Family Tree Maker CD179 , vo l 4 pg 910 !DEATH Genealogy of the Ives Family, Genealogy of the Iv e s Family, Ives, Arthur Coon, Hungerford Holbrook Co. Wat er town, NY, 1932, p. 28
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