Aaron Ivey (abt. 1756 - bef. 1805)

Born about 1756 in Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America

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Died before 5 Dec 1805 before about age 49 in Sussex, Virginia, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Ivey Name Study.

Descendant of Adam Ivey.

Native Virginian

Private Aaron Ivey served with 4th Virginia Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Aaron was born in about 1756 to Adam Ivey and Mary Peebles, and christened on 4 Apr 1756 in Albemarle Parish, Virginia. He had at least 10 siblings: Mildred, Jesse, Ephraim, Winifred, Peebles, Christian, Timothy, Amy, Sampson, and Mason.

FamilySearch Life Sketch of Aaron Ivey: Aaron was a Revolutionary War veteran, having served in the same regiment as his brother, Peebles. He was named in the will of his father, Adam Ivey in 1789. Aaron remained in Sussex Co and appears on tax lists through 1799. The state census shows him as head of a household of five, including a wife & three children. He gave permission for the marriage of his daughter, Eady Ivey to Eldridge Ivey in 1801. His will dated 7 May 1805, proved 5 Dec 1805, Sussex Co, names his wife Elizabeth (maiden name not known) and daughters Eady Ivey, Ranay Ivey and son Thomas Simmons Ivey. His widow Elizabeth was alive through the 1830 census and was deceased by 19 Dec 1834 when an inventory of the Aaron Ivey estate was recorded.

• Fact: (1775-1778) Served in the 4th Regiment, Virginia; Rank: Private

He married about 1778 to Elizabeth "Betty" Franklin. He may have been about 21 years old. They had at least 4 children together:

1. Edith "Eady" Ivey
2. Thomas Simmons Ivey
3. Luraney "Raney" Ivey
4. Fannie Ivey?

• Fact: (1782) Sussex County, Virginia (Continental Census)

He is named in his father's will dated 3 Aug 1789 and proved on 7 May 1792 in Susses County, Virginia.

Several of his brothers migrated to Warren County, Georgia in the early 1800's. Aaron may have already been deceased when they left Virginia, or died soon after.

• Fact: Last Will and Testament (7 May 1805) signed and dated by Aaron ivey of Albermarle Parish, Sussex County, Virginia; names his wife: Elizabeth Ivy; daughters: Eaday Ivy, Fanna and (George?); Ranay Ivy (Toam?) and Channa; son, Thomas Simmons Ivy & Juday. Witnesses: John Tate, William Griffin, and John Nicholson. Proved: 5 Dec 1805.

He passed away in 1805 at about the age of 49. It is not known where he is buried.

In the will of his sister, Winifred, dated 31 Mar 1808, proved in 1808, names his wife and daughter, Elizabeth and Luraney.

Sources

• Ancestry.com. Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890 [ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3578&h=33954432&ssrc=pt&tid=70236500&pid=30319518920&usePUB=truedatabase on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. record for Aaron Ivy in 1782.
• Ancestry.com. U.S. Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.. record for Aaron Ivey, May 1777, Virginia.
• Will Book F, Page 510, Sussex County, Virginia Will of Aaron Ivey
• Jones, W. Mac, "The Ivey Family," The William and Mary Quarterly 7, no. 2 (1927): 92-96 doi: 10.2307/1921044.
• Will of Adam Ivey of Sussex County, Virginia, Book E, page 342
• Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly, Vol. III Heale-Muscoe, The Ivey Family, page 129. entry record for Adam Ivey, of Prince George, Isle of Wight and Sussex.
• Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly, Vol. III Heale-Muscoe, The Ivey Family, Addendum: Ivy Family Notes, page 142. entry record for Issue of Adam and Mary Ivey.
• Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly, Vol. III Heale-Muscoe, The Ivey Family, Sussex County Records, pages 135-136. entry record for Adam Ivey of Sussex County, Will dated 1789, Pro. 1792.
• The Ivey Family in the United States (Franks, Hickory, N.C., 1941), page 74.
• Aaron Ivey on Geni.com managed by Erica Howton, last updated 10 Jul 2016

Other Ivey Researchers

• Chapter IV, The Henry Ivey I Family pg. 114, by Robert Allison Ivey
• Descendants of Adam Ivey by F. Steve Ivey, now deceased
• Article on The Line of Adam Ivey of Charles City County by Robert W Baird, Revised February 2005, page 53-59.
• Our Heritage by Georgia Virginia Fleming
• The Family Puzzles by Duncan Rea Williams Jr (1904-1971) and Ruth Agnes Andrews (1908-1987).

DNA Research

IveyDNA.com

See Also

• "Public Member Trees kih1962/ageorgiaangel", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 Aug 2019), profile for Aaron Ivey.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 11 July 2019, 21:51), entry for Aaron Ivey(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZNB-FZY); contributed by various users.

Acknowledgement

Ivey-1025 was created by Sherry Duval on 8 Jan 2017. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Sherry and others.