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Adam Ivey (abt. 1723 - bef. 1792)

Adam Ivey
Born about in Surry, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Brother of [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married about 1747 in Virginia, British Colonial Americamap
Descendants descendants
Died before before about age 69 in Sussex, Virginia, United Statesmap
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The Birth, Death, and Marriage Dates are a rough estimate. See the text for details.

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Biography

This profile is part of the Ivey Name Study.
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Native Virginian (born, married, and died in Virginia)

Adam was born about 1723, in Surry County, Virginia. See Research Notes regarding parents.

First appears as a resident of Surry County on 22 May 1738 when he purchased 185 acres on the south side of Poplar Swamp in Surry (later Sussex County) from William Eppes of Prince George County. See Surry County Deeds & Wills Book 8, p853. This is described as two patents to John McLemore, one of 100 acres in Sussex and another of 130 (sic) acres in Southampton.

Land patent of Henry Tyler of Sussex County, 29 May 1760, of 1,454 acres is adjacent to land owed by Adam Ivey and others. Land Patent Book 33, page 813.

On 6 March 1771, he bought an adjoining 250 acres from Joel McLemore, described as two adjacent patents, one in Sussex and the other partly in Sussex and partly in Southampton. Witnessed by Henry Ivey. See Sussex County Deed Book D, p317. The two patents to John McLemore can be found in Patent Book 12, p441 (1725) and Patent Book 28, p723 (1749). The former patent was bisected by the county line.

He married Mary Peebles about 1747. He was probably about 32 years old. They had at least 10 children together:

  1. Millie Ivey
  2. Jesse Ivey
  3. Ephraim Ivey
  4. Winifred Ivey
  5. Peebles Ivey
  6. Timothy Ivey
  7. Christian Ivey
  8. Aaron Ivey
  9. Amy Ivey
  10. Sampson Ivey

There is a United States Revolutionary War Rolls (1775-1783) record for an "Ivy" from Virginia, dated Jul 1777, Military Rank of Private. It has not been determined if this is a match.

1776 Project
Adam Ivey performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Adam Ivey is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A060777.
SAR insignia
Adam Ivey is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: -190118
Rank: Patriotic

In a search of the DAR Revolutionary Era Ancestor Search, Adam is listed as Ancestor #: A060777, Patriotic Service in Virginia, "Rendered Material Aid". Children listed are Samson, wife Milly, and Ephraim.

His name is listed as Adam Ivy (noted his last name is IVEY on the DAR index) on a Florida Society Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) Patriot Index Member # 183158, wife - Mary, Child - Samson, Grandchild - Thomas.

His will was signed on 3 Aug 1789 and proved on 7 May 1792 in Sussex County, Virginia. He mentions sons, Ephraim and Peebles; his wife, Mary; his daughter, Millie, wife of Nicholas Prince; daughter Winnie, wife of Henry Ivey; daughter, Christian Ivey; sons, Samson and Aaron Ivey. Witnesses: Gilliam Macklemore, Burwell Macklemore, and David Mason.

Research Notes

I have chosen to remove Adam & Mary Ivey as parents for this Adam Ivey. After reviewing all the research posted online, I have come to believe that this Adam is from a different line of Ivey's than those previously believed of George, Henry, or Adam. The timeline, locations and relationships do not match. Further research is needed to determine which line this family truly belongs to. All of the links below should be read carefully to understand the arguments against Adam & Mary of North Carolina relating to this family line.

In the Adam Ivey article written in Chapter 4 (page 104) by Robert Allison Ivey, he claims that Adam is the son of Henry and Rebecca Sledge, and after their deaths, he was raised by his Uncle, John Ivey and wife, Christian (Peebles?). Mr. Ivey also states that Adam named his daughter, Christian, after his uncle's wife.

The main argument I have is that Adam Ivey, son of George Ivey, migrated to North Carolina, was recorded as a "mulattoe" in census records, and he died in 1762. There is no evidence that Adam Ivey, father of Ephraim, ever left Virginia as his Will was proved in Sussex County, and all of his children were born in Virginia, as were Ephraim's, as their census records in Warren County, Georgia reflect. There appears to be a huge gap in the estimated birth years to be the child of George or Henry.

There is one other record not mentioned in any of the researchers notes that corroborates the Historical Lineage books that they have argued against. In the book Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Vol. II, page 43, there is a record for a Mrs. Heywood C. Clemons of Dallas Texas in 1951. She claims to be a descendant of George Ivey Jr & Elizabeth Langley, a portion reads as follows: Harria McKinney (1784-1864) m. in 1810 Jency (Jane) Ivey (1797-1851), daughter of Sampson Ivey (1765-1816) m. 1790 Milly ca. (1776-after 1816). Sampson is son of Adamy Ivey, Jr., (1720-1789-1792) m. 1747 Mary Pebbles (Peoples) ca (1727-1792), son of Adam Ivey, Sr., (1690-abt 1762) m. Mary ca. (195-after 1762), son of George Ivey, Jr., ca. (1660 bf. 1718) m. 1685 Elizabeth Langley, ca (1665-1718). Elizabeth, daughter of William Langley, Jr., ca. (1640-1716) m. ca. 1660 Maraget Thelaball ca. (1645-after 1718). Maraget, daughter of James Thelaball b. in France (?-1692) m. 1637 Elizabeth Mason (?-1692/3). [Reference James and Elizabeth Mason Thelaballs wills]. Granted, this information could have been perpetuated by the 1927 article by Mr. Jones in the William and Mary Quarterly. But it does still leave some doubt in my mind that there could be a connection to George Ivey & Elizabeth Langley.

Links

Family Search: PersonID LZNG-ZY1

Sources

Other Ivey Researchers

DNA Research

IveyDNA.com

Acknowledgement

WikiTree profile Ivey-162 created through the import of Wells Tree.ged on Mar 8, 2012 by Tommy Wells. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Tommy and others.





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Rejected matches › Adam Ivey Jr. (1712-1792)