Adam Ivey, of Edgecombe County

From http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Ivey_Jasper.htm

2.    Adam2 Ivey, born say 1710, was called "Adam Ivie melottoe" in July 1741 when he was presented by the Onslow County, North Carolina court for an unstated offense [Onslow County Minutes 1732-43, 25]. He was listed in the Edgecombe County, North Carolina militia in the 1750s [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 672]. He received a grant for 285 acres in Edgecombe County on 23 October 1754 [referred to in DB 2:154]. His 10 June 1762 Edgecombe County will was proved in September 1762. He named his sons Francis and Adam Ivey, daughters Elizabeth, Sarah, and Martha Ivey, left his son Lewis a plantation of 200 acres which he had purchased from William Register when he reached the age of twenty-one, left the use of his house and land for five years to his unnamed wife, left twenty-five pounds each to his son George and daughter Mary Ivey when they reached the age of twenty-one and left son Benjamin his 285 acre plantation [WB A:107]. When Benjamin sold his land, he identified it as a Granville grant to Adam Ivey of 23 October 1754 [DB 2:154].

family

Perhaps a son of Adam Ivey, Il according to Bob Baird.

Married at least twice. Apparently his surviving widow, Mary, was only the mother of the youngest two children: George and Mary.

He was the father of

i. Francis, born say 1733, sold his land in Edgecombe County while resident in Bladen County in 1763. He purchased 300 acres on the south side of Drowning Creek on 15 June 1784 and sold it on 27 February 1786 [DB 1:151]. He was a white Bladen County taxable in 1776 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, II:69, 82, 118, 182].

ii. Adam3, born say 1735, a "Mulato" taxable in Simon Cox's Bladen County household in 1768 and a "Molato" taxable head of his own Bladen County household from 1770 to 1774 when he was taxable on his unnamed brother. He was a white taxable with his brother George in 1776 and was counted as white in 1786, head of a household of one male 21-60 years old, two under 21 or over 60, and eight females [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:4, 34, 78, 124, 135; II:68, 82, 184]. He purchased 200 acres on Hog Swamp on 4 April 1772, sold 200 acres on Indian Swamp east of Ashpole Swamp on 31 July 1775 and was taxable on 450 acres in Bladen County in 1784 [DB 23:286, 509]. He was head of a Robeson County household of 12 whites in 1790 [NC:49]. He purchased land from Josiah Ivey by deed proved in Robeson County court on 1 July 1805 [Minutes I:329].

iii. Elizabeth2.

iv. Benjamin, received 285 acres by the Edgecombe County will of his father. He and his wife Edey sold this land while resident in Bladen County in 1773 [Edgecombe County DB 2:154]. He was a white taxable in Bladen County from 1768 to 1772 (taxable on "Mulato" John Phillips in 1770), a "Mixt Blood" taxable in 1774 and a white taxable in 1776 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:4, 34, 81, 110, 124, 136; II:69, 82]. Edey was counted as white in 1790 with four females and one male over sixteen years [NC:49]. She was head of a Lumberton, Robeson County, household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [NC:218].

v. Sarah.

vi. Martha, perhaps the Martha Ivey who was counted in the 1810 census for Grainger County, Tennessee, as a white woman over the age of 45 with an "other free" person in her household.

vii. Lewis, who was to inherit a plantation of 200 acres in Edgecombe County when he reached the age of twenty-one. He sold this land while resident in Bladen County in 1775 [Edgecombe County DB 3:232].

viii. George, taxable in the Bladen County household of his brother Adam in 1776.

ix. Mary.

Notes

Referring to "this" Adam Ivey or his possible father?

From Melungeons & Lumbees on Chippoakes Creek

Adam Ivey was a small-scale tenant farmer, almost certainly growing tobacco. Fifty acres was a small landholding, but a single field worker was capable of managing only three or four acres of tobacco in those days. Fifty acres was a typical holding for a planter with only himself to work the fields.[5] His location can be approximated, since nearly all the persons mentioned in these records lived south of the James River in the neck of land bounded by Upper Chippoakes Creek and Wards Creek. This neck included what was later the parish of Martins Brandon, in which Adam Ivey apparently lived at his death, in what would later become Prince George County. It was quite close to Surry County, Upper Chippoakes Creek being the later boundary between Prince George and Surry.

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• http://www.genfiles.com/ivey-files/Bladen-iveys.pdf
• http://www.library.appstate.edu/sites/lumbee.library.appstate.edu/f...
• http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/ivey/1997/
• http://www.jlivey.com/Groups/GR-A1/Chapter%207-Adam.PDF
• http://historical-melungeons.com/chippoakes_creek.html
  • 23 Oct 1754 Granville Grant: Adam Ivey, 285 acres in Edgecombe County on Contentnea Creek joining Ivey’s Meadow and John Haywood. Survey for Adam Ivey dated 4 September 1753, chain carriers: Joshua Lee, Peter Bass. [Patent Book 11, p211]

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Not a known child of George Ivey, Jr.

Biography

Will: 10 Jun 1762. Adam Ivey of Edgecombe County (proved 28 September 1762). To sons Francis Ivey and Adam Ivey 5s each “for I have advanced them as much as I can afford.” Daughter Elizabeth Ivey household goods; daughter Sarah Ivey £25; daughterMartha Ivey £25 to be paid when she reaches age 21; daughter Mary Ivey £25 when she reaches age 20; son Lewis Ivey the 200-acre plantation “I bought of William Regerster” at age 21. To unnamed wife, household goods, the use of dwelling house and land for five years, and a loan of £50 until son George Ivey comes of age; George to receive £30 at age 21 and the other £20 at the death of “his mother.” Son Benjamin Ivey the 285-acre plantation “where I now live”. Son Benjamin Ivey named executor. Signed: Adam (x) Ivey [by his mark, a stylized “A”] Witness: Robert Simms, Nathan Barnes, Joseph Simms [Edgecombe County Will Book A, p208]

Note that four of the children are under 21 and all four daughters are unmarried. From later records, it appears that Adam, Francis, and Benjamin were relatively young, suggesting that Adam Ivey had married not much more than 25 years earlier. The unnamed wife was probably a second wife, for this will is unusual in specifically abrogating her dower right. It is interesting that Adam Ivey could not sign his name, but (as far as we know) his sons could.

Sources

• http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Ivey_Jasper.htm
• https://www.geni.com/discussions/157825?msg=1094015
• https://www.genfiles.com/ivey-files/adam-ivey.pdf

The following is from a listing on https://www.myheritage.com/names/adam_ivey and has some slightly different invormation.

Adam Aaron Ivey, 1686 - 1770 Adam Aaron Ivey was born in 1686, at birth place, to George V Ivey and Elizabeth Hannah Ivey (born Langley). George was born in 1665, in Elizabeth River Parrish, Norfolk, Virginia. Elizabeth was born in 1666, in Elizabeth River, Charles City County, Virginia Colony. Adam had 20 siblings: Anne Outlaw (born Ivey), Adam Ivy and 18 other siblings. Adam married Rebecca Elizabeth Ivey in 1720, at age 34 at marriage place, Virginia. Rebecca was born in 1684, in Norfolk, Independent Cities, Virginia, United States. Adam married Mary Elizabeth Ivey (born Peebles) in 1712, at age 26 at marriage place, Virginia. Mary was born in 1690, in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina. They had 15 children: Francis Benjamine Ivey, William Adam Ivey and 13 other children. Adam lived at address, Alabama. He lived at address, Alabama. He lived at address, North Carolina. Adam passed away on month day 1770, at age 84 at death place, Virginia.

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