George Ivey, Jr.

Biography

2.2. George Ivey (1670 – 1710) He was under 16 when his father’s will was written on 5 March 1685/6, but was of age by early 1691 (see above). As the elder surviving son, he inherited his brother Alexander’s land. He apparently married first a woman named Hannah, for in 1694 George Ivey and Hannah his wife sold the land his father George Ivey Sr. had purchased from Charles Grandy.[19] He was on the 1704 Quit Rent roll of Norfolk County with 496 acres, though how h had disposed of the other 150 acres he should have owned is unknown. His first wife must have died in the late 1690s, because he had married again to Elizabeth Langley and had a son by her before 1702 when the will of Elizabeth Thelaball (widow of James Thelaball) bequeathed two ewes to her great-grandson William Ivey, “son to George Ivey.” [20] George Ivey was dead by 15 December 1710 when his widow Elizabeth was granted administration.

At any rate, there are several later records of George Ivey’s estate which show there were a total of four children.[24] The other three children, James, Joseph, and Margaret were all under 21 as late as 19 July 1717[25], thus were also children of Elizabeth Langley. Elizabeth apparently did not remarry.

Notes

George Ivey signed a petition to repeal a 1691 Virginia law against interracial marriages.

From http://www.jlivey.com/Groups/GR-A1/Chapter%201-Adam.pdf

Numerous errors have occurred in past publications on this family, W. Mac Jones has perpetuated the greatest error in listing George Ivey , son of George and Hannah [Blanch?] Ivey, as of Elizabeth Ivey, who was actually the wife of Adam Ivey of Charles City County ( now Prince George County ), Virginia.

Boddie, in his "Historical Southern Families” Volume 16, page 158 and following, establishes the fact that George Ivey, son of George and Hannah Ivey, and his wife Elizabeth Langley Ivey , had the following children ;

• William,
• James,
• Joseph, and
• Margaret

Caution

The children of Adam Ivey, of Charles City County have become associated with this man, due to confusion between his wife, who was the widow Elizabeth Ivey, and Adam’s wife, who was also a widow Elizabeth Ivey. They are not the same woman.

References

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=family8ju...
• http://www.genfiles.com/ivey-files/Thomas-Ivey-Family.pdf “ I should note at this point that an article published in 1927 made the erroneous assumption that George Ivey’s widow Elizabeth was the same Elizabeth Ivey who left a will in Prince George County dated in 1718.27 These were quite clearly two different women, the latter being the widow of Adam Ivey of Prince George County.“
• John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families. VolumeX pg 251 AncestryImage Hannah Blanch listed - error - she was more likely Hannah Tenneman. George’s children are also incorrectly listed (gen 3) - they belong to Adam Ivey, of Charles City County
• http://wildthingsgrow.com/ghtout/getperson.php?personID=I409&tree=t...
• Historical Southern Families. Volume XVI. Section: Allied family Ivy (Ivey). Page 161 - 165. AncestryImage
• Descendants of Thomas Ivey and Anne Argent – Bob’s Filing Cabinet II PDF

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