2.2.3. Joseph Ivey (c1700-10 – c1755) He was alive in 1752 when he was mentioned in his brother’s will, which means he must be the Joseph Ivey who appears on tithables lists north of Tanner’s Creek in Norfolk County from 1731 through 1754. His wife seems likely to have been the Alice Ivey who appears on the next available tithables list in 1757 of the precinct with two slaves, the same number Joseph Ivey had in prior years. She was probably Alice Miller, brother of Matthias Miller, because Mary Miller’s will of 1742 had named her daughter Alice Ivey and granddaughter Mary Ivey.49 The Alice Miller who witnessed Mary Ivey’s will in 1730 proved it in 1737 as “Alice Ivey alias Alice Miller.” She must have married an Ivey between 1730 and 1737, and Joseph seems the likely candidate. In addition, Joseph and Alice Ivey both witnessed the will of Henry Miller dated 20 January
1741/2.50 She may have been the Alice Ivy “widow aged 39 or more years”
who testified in 1759 that she had lived in the borough of Norfolk all her life. 51
51 Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore, Robert W. Barnes and F. Edward Wright, Vol. 2, p181 - 2. She was testifying in Maryland to her personal acquaintance with John Britt and his wife Mary.
