Colonel
James
Ryves
Born in Damory Court, Dorset, England
Ancestors 
Son of John Ryves
and Elizabeth (Mervin) Ryves
Brother of
Lucy (Ryves) Bellot, John Ryves, George Ryves, Henry Ryves, Charles Ryves and William Ryves
Husband of
Alice (Spring) Ryeves
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 72
in Carrignafely, County Kerry, Ireland
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Mar 2022
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Biography
James was born in 1568. He was the son of John Ryves and Elizabeth Mervin.
Colonel James Ryves was baptized at Iwerne Courtney, otherwise known as Shroton, Dorset on August 22, 1568. [1]
He was probably attracted to Ireland by the successful careers there of his younger brothers, Sir William and Sir Thomas Ryves, the last named appearing to have been the first to settle in that kingdom.
Colonel James Ryves was a resident of Munster as early as 1625, at the time of the matriculation of his son, James, at Oxford. Other than the mention of him by his father in his will (1587), who be queathed him £100 along with his younger brothers, and the mention of him in the inquiry post mortem of his brother, Sir John Ryves, the scant record that remains is that abstracted from Hutchins, who notes him as the son of John Ryves, of Damory Court, and of "Carrignafely, co. Kerry, ob. 1640."
James married Alison Spring, daughter of Captain Thomas Spring and Annabelle Browne, is recorded also by Hutchins.
Children
- John, eldest son, married Elizabeth Warters, daughter of William Warees or Warters before 1639
- James, second son died young
- Thomas, third son died young
- Henry, fourth son died young
- William, fifth son was unmarried as of 1639
- Garrett or Gerrard, sixth son was unmarried as of 1639
- Annabella, eldest daughter, married Garret (Gerald) Fitzgerald, Archdeacon of Emly by 1639
- Jane married (1) Roger Carew, (2) Capt Richard Butler, Ballynahenshy
- Anne
- Katherine
- Elizabeth
He died in 1640.
Sources
- ↑ Dorset History Centre,1/1. PE IWC/RE I/1 Iwerne Courtney Parish Register, viewable on Ancestry but entries on this page are poorly transcribed and therefore indexed correctly see 2nd entry from bottom, right hand side of register
- 1568: Bap: James Ryves was Baptized the xxiith day of August ( note number now partly illegible it could be xxiiijth i.e 24th) ancestry sharing image
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James was apprenticed as a Mercator (trader/negotiator) to Thomas Bramley of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, London in 1587.
Hutchins (and therefore by default, Childs) shows James as being a 'Colonel of Carrignafely, County Kerry'. This refers to Carrignafeela Castle near Tralee, County Kerry, the 'stone fort of the poets'. Carrignafeela Castle had been owned by the MacElligott family before being used by the Denny family as the manor house of Tralee (Tralee Castle being a ruin). The occupancy of the castle was obtained by James some time after Arthur Denny's death in 1619. The castle was finally demolished in the latter half of the 19th century.
Sources: City Of London, Haberdashers, Apprentices And Freemen 1526-1933. Families of Co. Kerry, Ireland, Michael C. O'Laughlin, Irish Roots Cafe, 1994. A History of the Kingdom of Kerry, M.F.Cusack, 1871.