| BIRTH | William was born in 1600 in Offley, Hertfordshire, England[19,20,21]. |
| DEATH | William died in Lynn, Essex co., MA on 3d:8m(March):1652; he was 52[22]. |
| OCCUPATION | His death record in Boston, Suffolk co., MA lists his occupation as carpenter. |
| MIGRATION | We are not yet sure when and how he arrived in Boston, Suffolk co, MA. William perhaps arrived in Lynn, Essex co., MA in 1638. Savage[28] contends that he came over on the Truelove in 1635. However, this entry is for a William Ives, age 28. While "Ives" for "Ivory" is plausible, this would place his birth 7 years later than commonly accepted and includes no wife or children of William. Then again, Torrey maintains that William and Ann South got married in 1632 in Lynn, Essex co., MA. However, William is not mentioned in Anderson's The Great Migration series which records in detail virtually every emigrant to New England before 1634. |
| RESIDENCE AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS |
We know that William's monetary contribution to the settlement of Lynn, Essex co., MA was very small, since
William received only 10 acres in the six-mile land grant of 1638[25,16,17].
On 31 October 1639, William sued Roger Scott for defamation in Essex Court, MA[23]. |
| ESTATE |
Inventory of estate of William Ivory of Lin, deceased, filed 29:1:1653. Amount 135li. 9s. 10d. Also a writing filed by Ann Ivory, relict of said William Ivory, as his last will. Declared invalid, for want of an executor. Administration granted to the widow. Deceased's son, thomas Ivory, was ordered to have twenty pounds of the estate when twenty-one years of age, and Lois and Sarah, two of the daughters, ten pounds apiece when they are eighteen or married. Ruth Baly, a married daughter, to have forty shillings after the death of her mother. Remainder of the estate to go to the widow. [Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 1, leaf 33.] Copy of this inventory taken 26:1:1653, by Edward Burchum [his mark] and Richard Rooton: his purse & aparrell, 11li. 12s.; 3 Kine, 15li.; 3 young Cattell, 9li. 5s.; one Asse, 3li.; 3 swine, 2li.; Land at Boston, 12 li.; Land bought of Mr. Laughton, 12li.; House & Lande, 30li.; Broad Cloth, 5 yards, 4li. 5s.; Cotton Cloth, 12s. 6d.; Linen Cloth, 1li. 12s.; Table linen & Sheets & other things, 6li.; Bedinge in the Chamber, Rug, bed, Boulster & pillows, 1li. 15s.; foure Boxes, 12s.; wheate. 12 bushells, 3li.; A Table & Chest, 15s.; A Musket, Sword & bandeleres & powder, 1li. 17s.; in the Parlor, ffether bed, ruge, pillowes & boulsters, 6li.; in Pewter, 1li. 8s.; A warmeing pan & a Kettle, 14s.; An Iron Pott & a brasse pott, 12s. 6d.; Carpenter Tooles & a grindstone, 2li. 10s.; Bookes, 1li. 6s. 8d.; A Cupbord, Chaire & little Table, 1li. 3s.; two ould Chests & other Lumber, 6s. 8d.; bord Irons & hookes & some other Small things, 1li.; A Bottle & Lether Jack & some small things, 7s.; Dishges & Milke vessells, 9s. 6d.; water pailes, Beere Barrells & other small things, 10s.; Sives & other Lumber, 5s.; A wheele & Shovell & forke, 6s.; in fflax, 6s.; in flesh, namely Bacon, 2li.; Debts Owing 2li. [Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1 leaf 126.][24] |
| MARRIAGE | According to Torrey, ca. 1632, when William was 32, he married Ann SOUTH[29], daughter of Thomas SOUTH, in Lynn, Essex co., MA[20,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42]. (Torrey notes an incorrect source for their marriage: EIHC 18:178 is wrong.) |
| CHILDREN | 55. | i. | Lois IVORY | Please see her own page. |
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56. | ii. | Sarah IVORY | Please see her own page. |
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57. | iii. | Thomas IVORY | Read more about him in the Ivory Register Report. |
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58. | iv. | Ruth IVORY | Read more about her in the Ivory Register Report. |
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59. | v. | John IVORY | Read more about him in the Ivory Register Report. |
| GENERATION | Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G9) Grandfather (twice) |
| FAMILY NUMBER | 1806 (Sarah) & 2021 (Lois) |
| SOURCES |
1. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+,
(Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+),
French, Elizabeth, "Genealogical Research in England,",
[NEHGR-French], 299. 2. Ibid. 290. 3. Ibid. 300. 4. Ibid. 297-298. 5. Ibid. 297,299. 6. Ibid. 291. 7. Ibid. 292. 8. Ibid. 290-291. 9. Ibid. 291-292. 10. Ibid. 301. 11. Ibid. 292-293. 12. Ibid. 293. 13. Ibid. 294. 14. Ibid. 298-299. 15. Ibid. 301. 16. Ibid. 294-295. 17. Ibid. 293-294. 18. Ibid. 298. 19. Ibid. 67:339. 20. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700., (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society). [Torrey]. 21. The Essex Genealogist, Tucker, Eleanor "William Ivory of Lynn and His Descendants", [Essex Gen-Tucker], 10[1990]:33+. 22. Boston, Suffolk co., MA Vital Records. [BostonVR]. 23. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686, 9 volumes, (Salem 1911-1975), [EQC], 1:14. 24. The Probate Records of Essex County, [Essex Prob], 1:152-153. 25. Howard, Loea Parker, The Beginning of Reading and Lynnfield Massachusetts, (1937), [Howard], 5-9. 26. Lewis, Alonzo, & James Newhall, History of Lynn, Essex County, Mass., including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscot, and Nahant, 16219-[1893], (Lynn: George C. Herbert, [1890]), [Lynn Hist.], 172. 27. [Essex Gen-Tucker], 10[1990]:33. 28. Savage, James A., A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860-1862., (Boston 1860-1862; rpt Baltimore 1955), [Savage], II:526 29. Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, (Salem, Mass., 1859+), ³Genealogical Gleanings Pertaining to the Early Families of Lynn.² XVII:112-113. [EIHC], XVII:112-113. 30. [Lynn Hist.], 173,227. 31. [Savage], 1:475 32. The Essex Antiquarian, (13 vols.)(n.p., 1897-1909), [EssexAnt], 10:80. 33. [Essex Prob], 1:152. 34. [EIHC], 4:234-5, 18:178, 44:222, 51:276. 35. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), French, Elizabeth, "Genealogical Research in England,", [NEHGR], 67:341; 83:127. 36. Backus, Mary Elizabeth (Neilson), The New England Ancestry of Dana Converse Backus, ([Salem, Mass.: privately printed, 1949]), [Backus Anc.], 68,93,167. 37. DeForest, Louis Effingham, Our Colonial and Continental Ancestors: The Ancestry of Mr. and Mrs. Louis William Dommerich, (New York, N.Y.: The DeForest Publ. Co., 1930), [Dommerich Chart], 38. 38. The Genealogical Magazine, (Salem, Mass.: Salem Press, 1890+), [GenMag], 3:32. 39. The Register of the Lynn Historical Society, Lynn, Mass., (Lynn, Mass., 1897+), [Lynn Hist. Soc.], 1907:110. 40. Ellery, H. & Chas. P. Bowdich, The Pickering Genealogy: Being an Account of the First Three Generations of the Pickering Family of Salem, Mass., and of the Descendants of John and Sarah (Burrill) Pickering, of the Third Generation, 3 vols., ([Cambridge, Mass.: University Press], 1897), [Pickering], chart betw 466-467. 41. Burrill, Ellen Mudge, The Burrill Family of Lynn, during the Colonial and Provincial Periods, with Some of Their Descendants..., (Lynn: Frank S. Whitten, Printer, 1907), [Burrill], 49. 42. [Dommerich Chart], 82. 43. [Essex Prob], #6471. 44. [NEHGR-French], 302-303. 45. Ibid. 303. 46. Ibid. 294,302. 47. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], Court Record. 48. Wiswall, Marcia Wilson, The Chadwell Family, (Lynnfield, Mass.: 1983), [Chadwell], 16. 49. [Savage], 1:350,475 50. Backus, Mary Elizabeth (Neilson), The New England Ancestry of Dana Converse Backus, ([Salem, Mass.: privately printed, 1949]), [Backus Anc.], 67,68,93. 51. [EIHC], 4:62,234. 52. [NEHGR], 67:341. 53. [Lynn Hist.], 228. 54. [LynnVR], Court Record.
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