Person:William Ives (1)

ID: I00308 Name: William Ives Sex: M Birth: ABT 1607 in England Death: AFT 3 APR 1648 in Bef. June 6, 1648, New Haven, New Haven, CT Note: I have placed all of the information that I have collected about William Ives at: http://freepages.arts.rootsweb.com/~ivesweb/arch-ives.htm It is much more than I have here.

William1 IVES was born in England About 1607. William died After 3 April 1648 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, at approximately 40 years of age. Wm. Ives may have been born at Mears Ashby, Wilby, Northamptonshire, England, per Arthur Coon Ives, "Genealogy of the Ives Family 1932."

On page 17 of Arthur Coon Ives' book "Genealogy of the Ives family 1932" is written the following: Sept. 19, 1635, William Ives, after taking an oath of allegiance, was accepted as a passenger on the Truelove, "to be transported to New England;" he was then twenty-eight years of age.

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Truelove

1622 The Truelove, from London, arrived at Virginia. 1623 The Truelove, from London, arrived at Virginia. Before 1624/5 The Truelove, from London, arrived at Virginia. June 10, 1635 The Truelove departed London for Bermuda. September 19, 1635 The Truelove departed London for New England.

The following is found on page 23 in Arthur Coon Ives book "Genealogy of the Ives Family 1932": Two years after the date of this assignment the families of Ives and Bassett were destined to assume a closer relationship. William Ives and "Sister Bassett" bothe died within ten years after the founding of Quinnipiac, and Hannah Ives became the second wife of Dr. William Bassett, Nov. 7, 1648. Dr. Bassett's name disappears from the church record in 1684; Hannah's, "after 1662."

At 35 years of age William became the father of Phebe IVES in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, 1642. At 37 years of age William became the father of John IVES in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, 1644. William became the father of Martha IVES in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, About 1646. William became the father of Joseph IVES in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, About 1648. While I have seen Parents listed for William IVES, I havent seen any proof of them. Because of Lack of proof, I will not include them on these pages.

While it is probable that several persons by the name of IVES emigrated to colonial North America, our lineage in this country begins with William Ives (sometimes spelled Wm. Joes, Wm. Jues, Wm. Iues, Will Eues), who arrived in Boston harbor aboard the ship Truelove in late 1635. This was only 15 years after the Pilgrims had landed at Plymouth Rock.

Evidence exists that William stayed with a Miles Ives when he reached the New World until he could join the Davenport Colony.

In March, 1637, he joined a party of Puritans led by the Reverend John Davenport who set out by water to find a suitable location for a new colony. They landed near the mouth of the Quinnipiac River on the north bank of what is now known as Long Island Sound, April 15, 1638. Here they established the plantation which was known as the Quinnipiac "New Haven" Colony.

ACI Book, Pg 15: William is referred to as "Captain". This probably was his rank during his militia service in New Haven Colony during "the Indian Alarms" of 1642 and 1646.

"Will Eues" was among the 63 signers of the covenant setting forth the rules of conduct for the new settlement, which was laid out in the form of a square one-half mile each way. In the center of the plot was a market place, now the New Haven Green, around which were "house lotts" and farm land for each "free planter". A map dated 1641 shows that William Ives was allotted 6 1/4 acres in the first division, 1 1/4 acres in the Neck, 2 1/4 acres of meadow, and 9 acres in the second division. His residence is believed to have been at "72-160 Congress Street and corner of Hill St.," which would be only two blocks north of the Hill and Silver street address where Warren Ives lived 200 years later. The location is still called "Ives Corner" as of 1995. Incidentally, both addresses are now obscured by subsequent building and rerouting of streets. One source described the property as "His house & lott lying betwixt the house of George Smith and the highway...and two acrs of meddow...on this side of the river, ...the other end against the West river..., all of which did belong to the eldest son (John) of William Iues."

William was a "freeman of the Courte of New Haven" and is on the rolls of the church 1641 to 1647.

William's name and various information about him and his family appear in the records of his church - "Historical Catalog of the Members of the First Church of Christ (Center Church) in New Haven, CT, A.D. 1639-1914", compiled by Franklin Bowditch Dexter, New Haven, 1914 (@@ New Haven Colony Historical Society, New Haven CT.) William was buried in the churchyard. The present building was erected in 1813 on the site of the old burial ground. The tombstones of the graves covered by the new building are still preserved in the crypt of the present church, the rest, removed in 1821, are arranged alphabetically along the wall of the Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT. Positive identification of William's stone has never been made.

As indicated by the frequency with which his name appears in the early records, William apparently was quite active in the church and civil affairs of the New Haven Colony during the 10 years he lived after its founding. From these records it appears that he married Hannah Dickerman in 1639, at the First Church of Christ, New Haven, CT. Hannah remarried, to Dr. William Bassett, on November 7, 1648.

The text below is copied verbatim from the bottom of page 26 in A.C.Ives' book.

"At a court held at Newhauen the 7th of November, 1648," the first Ives will to be probated in America "was presented;" it had been "witnessed and vnderwritten by Richard Milles & Rogger Allen, whoe now in court testify that the said William Ives was in a state fitt to make this will & did make it." "Allso the inventorie, ... amount 98(1):04;00d." "Wm. Basset whoe is neare the marriage (they being contracted,) of ye widdowe, was called to put in securitie to ye court for the estate, that the children of William Ives maye have their portions duely pd, ... but he desired respite till ye next court...." Apparently it was not his purpose to "put in securitie" for the Ives estate until sure of marrying the Ives widow. And, indeed, they were "neare the marriage!" The wedding is recorded on the same day William Ives's will was probated.

The text below is copied verbatim from the top of page 27 in A.C.Ives' book.

Among the Court records is the entry that "William Basset ... was complained of for absenc at the generall trayning yesterday ... because he had some haye wch, ... if he had not fetched it that day it would have bine eaten up & spoyled by many catle lying at it." But he kept faith with the Court: Feb. 6, 1648 (1649?), "William Basset whoe hath married the widdow of Wm Ives ... doth in court ingadge the whole estate which was left by him ye sd William Ives, & will not alter any of it...."

William Ives, New Haven Colony

Posted by Joseph Morgan Ives on March 23, 1999 at 19:11:04:

The will of William Ives deceased was presented in court, made the third of Aprill, 1648, witnessed and vnderwritten by Richard Milles & Rogger Allen, whoe now in court testify that the said William Ives was in a state fitt to make this will and did make it. (*see note 1) Allso the inventorie of the estate of the said William Ives amounting to 98l:04:00d, prised by Richard Milles and Roger Allen vpon their oath, the 22th of September, 1648. (*See note two) William Basset whoe is neare the mariage, (they being contracted,) of ye widdowe, was called to put in securities to ye court for the estate, that the chilldren of William Ives maye have their portions duely pd, according to ye generall courts order, but he desired respite till ye next court wch the court granted.

• 1- Will of William Ives, made April 3d, 1648.

He makes his wife sole executrix and gives her the use of all his goods, house and land for the bringing up of his small children-gives to his son John the house and land at 21 years of age, to his three other children when they come to 20 years of age one cow apiece or its value, to his wife the rest of the estate. If the Lord should take away any of the daughters, then that portion shall fall to the youngest son, and if the Lord should take away the eldest son, then it shall fall to the youngest son at 21 years of age. The mark of William Ives, witnessed by Richard Miles, Roger Allen.

• 2- In the margin, "ye 4th Septem. 1649. Rich. Miles & Roger Allen confirmed vpon oath what they before testifyed concerning William Ives and his will, and ye 6th of Novm. 1649, the executrix tooke oath yt to ye best of her light ye inventorie prsented is a true invent. of her deceased husbands estate."

William Basset whoe hath married the widdow of William Ives deceased, being called to give in securitie for ye portions of the children, according to the will of William Ives, doth in court ingadge the whole estate wch was left by him ye sd William Ives, & will not alter any of it till he acquaint the court wth it & put in as good an estate as he shall dispose of.

From the text: "Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven from 1638 to 1649. Transcribed and Edited in Accordance With a Resolution of the General Assembly of Connecticut. With Occasional Notes and an Appendix. By Charles J. Hoadly, M.A. State Librarian of Conn., Member of the Conn. Hist. Soc., Cor. Memb. N.E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Hartford: Printed by Case, Tiffany and Company, For the Editior. 1857."

Posted by Joseph Morgan Ives on March 26, 1999 at 18:07:04:

In Reply to: Re: William Ives, New Haven Colony posted by Michael Ives on March 24, 1999 at 20:28:03:

The will of William was made 3 April 1648. The quote I posted was from the court record of 7 Nov 1648 where it was presented. The second part, about William Bassett is from a court record of 6 Feb, 1648/49. The issue is also presented at an earlier court of 5 Dec 1648.

So, William died AFTER 3 Apr 1648, though I have seen this as his death date. Hannah was not married to William Bassett before 7 Nov 1648, but was married to him by Dec 5, 1648.

As to the children. I have never seen a primary source for most of the children. But the will indicates four children only, two boys and two girls, with John being the oldest. I too have seen 9 attributed to William, though one of them was stillborn and probably his. John, Phebe and Martha are his, and the youngest boy is probably Joseph.

I don't know who the actual parents of the others are, it is just certain that William was not their father. More research into primary sources has to be done, not simply relying on secondary sources completely. (Even good ol' Coon Ives is a secondary source).

Posted by Peggy Ives on March 28, 1999 at 16:18:00:

In Reply to: Re: William Ives, New Haven Colony posted by Joseph M. Garcia, Sr. on March 27, 1999 at 08:26:31:

I'm not sure how frequently Nancy C. checks this forum so will copy in a message I received from her in regard to Martha:

Yes, William Ives and Hannah Dickerman had a second daughter. Her name was Martha, and she married Azariah Beach. In fact, one of the confirming sources for the maiden name of Hannah, her mother, is Beach Family Reunion records sent to me over the past few years. The Ives genealogist, Arthur Coon Ives, did not know that maiden name, and, in fact, didn't know Martha's name.

Martha was presumably with her husband, Azariah, when he went to Elizabeth NJ in 1665, Newark in 1669, back to Wallingford Conn in 1673, then to Killingworth.

Reference: Virkus Compendium: VI:656.

Nancy

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Timothy and Margaret Ives

Timothy IVES - b. about 1610, England. Came to America in 1638, taking up a grant of land of 100 acres at Deep Creek, near Portsmouth, VA. It is probable that he was a brother to Robert and John IVES of Accomack Co. VA. And there are some interesting associations that make it possible that he was brother of William IVES of New Haven, CT. (Consider: the land grant to Timothy was recorded in New York State; the military service record of William was recorded in Virginia.)

Margaret -

Children of Timothy and Margaret Ives

1.John - Married Eliza. Son: Luke married Eliza. 2.Timothy - b. about 1640, probably near Portsmouth, VA; d. after 1716, Norfolk Co., VA. 3.William - May have moved to NC.

Ives Family Genealogy Forum

Re: William Ives' origin -- question of sources Posted by: Nancy Curran (ID *****6440) Date: September 15, 2002 at 10:23:05 In Reply to: Re: William Ives' origin -- question of sources by Scott Ives of 1799

The question of William Ives' origin is so frustrating that I push it to the back of my mind and take it out to consider every year or so. From my notes: "Genealogical Gleanings in England," by Waters, indexes the surname Ives in a number of places, showing that the Ives, Hopkins and Yale families were in the same circle as the Davenport and Eaton adherents. Davenport and Eaton emigrated on the "Hector," the ship backed by the company from St. Stephen's parish in London. William Ives went from Boston Mass to Quinnipiac Colony with that company. This might enable us to put his feet on the ground in the geographic area of those religious leaders. Nancy

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Re: William Ives' origin -- question of sources Posted by: Peggy Ives (ID *****5360) Date: November 04, 2003 at 19:53:42 In Reply to: Re: William Ives' origin -- question of sources by Nancy Curran of 1799

I was long perplexed by the following in "The New Haven Colony" by Isabell MacBeath Calder:

The group chartered the "Hector" of London. On June 26, 1637, John Winthrop recorded the arrival of the group from London at Boston.

That had seemed to contradict what I had long held to be true, that William Ives arrived on the Truelove.

In case anyone else was perplexed by this, I recently picked up a tidbit off the net that may resolve this:

From the Winthrop Journal of 26 Jun 1637 -- "There arrived two ships from London, the Hector and the (blank). In these came Mr. Davenport and another minister, and Mr. Eaton and Mr. Hopkins, two merchants of London, men of fair estate and of great esteem for religion and wisdom in outward affairs." In the Hector came also the Lord Ley, son and heir of the Earl of Marlborough.

No idea why the other ship isn't named but it points to the probability that there were actually two ships. Thus the contradiction may not be a contradiction at all, just a lack of complete information. I've yet to follow up on this but suppose the other ship was the Truelove.

Re: William Ives' origin -- question of sources Posted by: Bill Ives (ID *****4290) Date: November 04, 2003 at 10:36:23 In Reply to: Re: William Ives' origin -- question of sources by Nancy Curran of 1799

nancy I just e-mailed some information on the William Ives - Hannah Dickerman question separte form this posting. I have been looking into William Ives for some time. I came across the following on his origins and plan to check out the original source very soon. It places Wm Ives at St. Stephens in Coleman St which was new to me. I recently visited Coleman St and the St. Margaret around the corner that took over the St. Stephens Parish in the 1950s. I have much more than can be posted if you want to dsicuss Wm Ives more. I would also be very interested in your response to the Hannah Dickerman issue. You have seen the information pasted below by now. The following is derived from "The New Haven Colony" by Isabell MacBeath Calder, published by Yale Univ. Press in 1934: John Davenport had been elected Vicar of St. Stephens but before he could begin his duties, he was charged with Puritanism by King James I, which he denied. In November of 1633, Davenport fled to Amsterdam to escape increasing disapproval of the Crown and this is where his group organized their move to the New World. The group included John and Elizabeth Davenport (left their infant son in the care of a noble lady); Theophilus Eaton, Anne Eaton, dau. of George Lloyd, Bishop of Chester, and widow of Thomas Yale, the second wife of Theophilus Eaton; old Mrs. Eaton, his mother; Samuel and Nathaniel Eaton, his brothers; Mary Eaton, the dau. of his first wife; Samuel, Theophilus and Hannah, the children of his second wife; Anne, David, and Thomas Yale, the children of Anne Eaton by her former marriage; Edward Hopkins, who on Sept 5, 1631 had married Anne Yale at St. Antholin's in London; and Richard Malbon, a kinsman of Theophilus Eaton. Also many inhabitants of the parish of St. Stephen: Nathaniel Rowe (son of Own Rowe who intended to follow); William Andrews, Henry Browning, James Clark, Jasper Crane, Jeremy Dixon, Nicholas Elsey, Francis Hall, Robert Hill, WILLIAM IVES, Geo. Smith, George Ward, and Lawrence Ward.

Evidence exists that William stayed with a Miles Ives when he reached the New World until he could join the Davenport Colony.

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Re: William Ives' origin -- question of sources Posted by: Bill Ives (ID *****4290) Date: December 08, 2003 at 19:01:07 In Reply to: Re: William Ives' origin -- question of sources by Ken Ives of 1799

Ken - thanks for your reply. The statement about Miles Ives comes form the Arthur Ives book on the Ives family - Ives, Arthur Coons, The Genealogy of the Ives Family, Hungerford-Holdbrook Company, Watertown NY, 1932 - but Arthur does not provide the evidence and I should have mentioned this. We do know William Ives arrived in Boston in 1635 on his own and left in 1638 with the original New Haven founders. There is no record of his leaving Boston between 1635 and 1638 so he probably stayed in the area. While Arthur Ives mentions the possibility of Miles Ives as a place where he stayed, I have also seen evidence that would dispute this. I belive it was in: Cooke, H. Ruth, Times and Generations of the Driver Family, 1889. This book (if it was the source)said Miles Ives was one of the early Ives in New England but he came to Watertown in 1639, moved to Boston in 1641, settled in Cambridge in 1660 and died in Boston in 1684. This would place him there after William left for New Haven. Miles married Martha and had three daughters, Sarah, Mary, and Hannah. There was also a Thomas Ives in Salem, MA who arrived by 1668. He was born in England in 1648 and his descendents are described in Cook (1889). There is no confirmation of how Miles and Thomas might be related to William Ives. A son of Thomas, also called Thomas Ives, was born in Salem in 1674 and settled in Marblehead, MA by 1710 where I live now. There are several descendents of Thomas Ives still living in the Salem and Marblehead area with the last name of Ives but I have determined I am not related to them. Sorry that I am not more precise but I have not really tracked Miles or Thomas since they are not related to William Ives, at least not in a known way. I am still looking at a different issue, the name of the wife of William Ives. Many sites claim it was Hannah Dickerman but I have found no real evidence to support this

William Ives (1607-1648)

Captain William Ives (1) is the starting point for this genealogy series. I think the best guess is that William was born in 1607 in Norfolk, England. Some genealogy sites list him as born in 1621. Here is another list that agrees with the 1607 birth date. If the 1621 birth was the case he would have come to Boston on the Truelove in 1635 (documented fact) at age 14 by himself and then gone to be a co-founder and property holder in New Haven at age 17. Not impossible but less likely. Also, there was a William Ives listed as a member of the same London parish, St. Stephens of Coleman Street, as John Davenport, the first minister in New Haven prior to this trip (Caulder, 1936). That Willliam Ives would not have been born in 1621. So I feel more comfortable with with 1607 date reported at several sites. There is no birth record so this is still speculation.

William arrived in the Boston area by himself in 1635 at age 28, on ship Truelove two years before Davenport and the main party of New Haven settlers came to Boston on the Hector.

He first lived in Watertown. MA (it could be in what is now Cambridge, MA). On March 30, 1638 he left Boston to help found a new colony on Long Island Sound. This party became the founders of New Haven on April 15, 1638. In June 4, 1639 they established the first civil government and William Ives is listed in the original New Haven Civil Compact as one of 63 signers of “Fundamental Agreement of Quinnipiac” (now New Haven).

William Ives was allotted a total of 18 acres in several parcels. His house was at 72-160 Congress Street (at the corner with what is now Hill Street) and his occupation is listed as farmer. In 1638 his estate was valued at 25 pds. and grew to 98 pds. at the time of his death in 1648. His immediate neighbor was George Smith. The map dated 1641 by Brockett shows the nine square that were laid out and the sections of William Ives and others.

William Ives married shortly after arriving in New Haven but the identity of his wife is not clear. The Early List of Estates published by the New Haven Church in 1640 lists William Ives with two people in his household with an estate valued at 25 pds. The second person is most likely his wife. Many claim that she was Hannah Dickerman but I feel that there is more evidence against this claim than supporting it as I outlined in a series of posts (see Who was William Ives' Wife?).. William Ives was admitted as a member of the General Court in Dec, 25, 1641 and received the charge of freeman, along with Mr. Malbon. Ives (1928, p.78) quotes that to be designated a “freeman” a man had to “be possessed of thirty pounds proper personal estate, and be of honest and peaceable conversation.” Candidates had to appear in open meeting and were sworn in if found qualified. They were then required to attend all open town meetings and they had to pay two shillings if they could not present an acceptable excuse for being absent.

In the first division of land in 1641, William received 6 ¼ acres in the first division, 1 ¼ acres in the neck, and 2 ¼ acres in the meadow with 9 acres in the second division. See this 1641 map of New Haven. His annual tax for this land was 4 shillings and 9 pence. He is listed in attendance in the general court of July 1, 1644. At the court of Feb. 24, 1644, he and Edward Banister are listed as “viewers for the suburbs” (the suburbs were near his lot - see map of 1641). William also served as a soldier in the Colonial Militia as a Capitan in the New Haven Indian Alarms from 1642 – 1646. In 1644 he was fined 6 pence, along with John Cooper, James Bishop and many others, for not keeping his military equipment up. He and his wife had designated seats in the “meeting house” in 1646. He had seat 69 and she had seat 149 as the men and women sat separately. Around 1646, he purchased 4 ¼ acres of upland from Mr. Rudderford lying on the further side of the West River abutting the west meadow. William and “Goodwife Ives” had five children:

1. Phebe was baptized in New Haven on October 2, 1642. Her first marriage was to Joseph Potter (1635-1669) on 1660. Joseph was the son of William Potter, one of the signers of the 1639 New Haven Covenant. They had at least four children; Joseph (1661), Rebecca (1663-), Phebe (1665-1738), Joseph (1667-1742), her second marriage was to John Rose (-1722) in August, 1670. They had at least five children: Deborah (1671-), Sarah (1673-), Hannah (1676*-), John (1679), Daniel (1782/3), all born in Branford, CT. Phebe died on 1682 in Branford. After Phebe died, John married Elizabeth Curtis (1654-1719), widow of Mercy Moss. John had also married Deborah Usher before Phebe and they had one child, Elizabeth (1668-1690). Phebe’s mother, in her last recorded appearance before the New Haven court of August 5, 1662, apologized to the court for her “sin in meddling with that which did not concern her,” the execution of William Potter, and breaking the fourth commandment. William Potter was the father of Joseph and father-in-law of her first daughter, Phebe, so this may have given her reason to feel connected to the event.

2. John was baptized in New Haven on December 29, 1644, and died in 1682 in Wallingford, CT. He married Hannah Merriam (1651-1703) on Nov. 12, 1668. They had five children: John (1669-1747), Hannah (1672-1715), Joseph (1674-1755), Nathaniel (1677-1711), Gideon (1680-1767). All were born in Wallingford, CT.

3. daughter still born 1645

4. Martha was born in New Haven about 1646 and married Azariah Beach (1646-1696) in New Haven around 1675. They had seven children: Mary (1676-), Richard (1677-), Thomas (1679-1755), Benjamin (1682-1710), Hannah (1685-1769), John (1689-1713), Martha (1690-).

5. Joseph was born in New Haven about 1647, and died in North Haven on November 17, 1694. He married Mary Yale on Jan. 2, 1672 and they had ten children: Joseph (1673-1751), Mary (1674-1675), Mary (1675-1712), Samuel (1677-1726), Martha (1678-1713), Lazarus (1680-1703), Thomas (1683-1767), Abigail (1685), John (1686-1690), Ebenezer (1692-1759).

William Ives died in New Haven in the late spring of 1648 some time after he signed his will on April 3, 1648. Richard Miles and Roger Allen witnessed his will on that date and they also appraised his estate on June 8, 1648 after his death and placed the amount at 98 pounds, 4 shillings. They provided an inventory of the estate on September 22nd. It included the following:

“his wearing cloathes; one bed furniture to it; one trundle bed with bed & bolster; two cheats; one box; 3 pars of sheets; 2 pars pillow covers; 6 napkins; one board cloath; Table; stools & charis; old brass pot; Iron pot; Iron kettle; 2 skillets; 1 bake pan; a mortar & pestile; 1 skimmer; 2 ladels; warming pan; pewter; 2 candle sticks; wooden ware; one hower glass; 1 gridiron; 1 pr of bellowes; 1 pot; hooks, pair of hangers; frying pan, fire shovel & tongs; cookes ware; Muskit & sword; Bondoleers & Sheaff; working tools etc; 2 wheels; 1 sheepe & yeuss. Ye house’ home lot & all upland & meadow; 3 cowes, 2 oxen, 2 horses, 3 swine. Debts Matthew Molthrop owes to ye Estate.”

His will was probated in court on Nov. 7, 1648, later in the same day his widow married Dr. William Bassett. Richard Miles and Roger Allen testified that William Ives “was in a state fit to make this will & did make it.” In the will he designated his wife as the sole executor of his estate to be used to bring up his children until they came of age. When his oldest son. John, became twenty one he was to receive the house and land and when the other children became twenty they were to received one cow or the worth of a cow. In Feb. 6, 1649, William Bassett agreed in court to honor the will of William Ives. It is assumed he and his wife raised the four Ives children along the four they had together (see Bassett family). The family continued to live in the house of William Ives until it was sold in 1652 to the widow of Anthony Thompson. William Bassett placed eleven pounds worth of cattle as security for John Ives’ portion of the property. William Ives’ two sons, John and Joseph, went northward in 1670 and were among the original 39 signers of the Wallingford plantation agreement in 1668.

I will now look at the founding and early history of New Haven before going on to William's son, Joseph.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Ives, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974)
   4:910.

   William (Ives), d 1648.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Ives, Arthur Coon. Genealogy of the Ives family: including a history of the early settlements and the movement from Quinnipiac to the Black River country. (Watertown, N.Y.?: unknown, c1932)
   13-14.

   For the present these questions seem to be unanswered: (1) Who was the father of the founder of New Haven? (2) What was his relationship to Thomas Ives of Salem, Miles of Boston, William the Quaker of Pennsylvania, Timothy Ives of Virginia, the Iveses of Nova Scotia, and the more recent arrivals in the United States? (3) Why did neither of the sons of William Ives take his name? (4) Did he have a son, William, born of a previous marriage in England?

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 William Ives, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
   2:525-526.

   William (Ives), New Haven, unit. in the civil compact, 4 June 1639, but had prob. come to Boston 1635, aged 28, in the Truelove from London, had Phebe, bapt. 2 Oct. 1642; and John, 29 Dec. 1644; and d. 1648, but his will, in Apr. of that yr. names no ch. makes John I. his excor. wh. as well as Joseph, may have been br. or s. His wid. m. 1648, William Bassett.
   
   [Additions and Corrections. Savage 3:638] [Vol. 2] P. 526, l. 3, aft Bassett, add,This surname is made Joes by Mr. Drake, in Geneal. Reg. XIV. 324, as by me it had been in 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. VIII. 273; but my dilig. London correspond. had correct. the name to Ives, as in 3 M. H. C. X. 130, on wh. Drake says, he cannot torture it into Ives, tho. to me it seems a better name than Joes. Let the New Haven readers decide.
   
   [Additions and Corrections. Savage 4:701] [Vol. 3] P. 638 l. 4 from bot. at the end, add, Always in old pr. or wr. the first two letters of this name are subj. to the variab. interchang. I for J, and J for I, U for V, and V for U.

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Alcorn, Winifred S. Abstracts of the Early Probate Records of New Haven, Book 1, Part 1, 1647-1687. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Apr 1927)
   81:126.

   Ives, William. Will made Apr. 3, 1648. Bequeaths to wife, to son John, and to three minor children. Witnessed by Richard Miles and Roger Allen. Inventory, taken Sept. 22, 1648, by Richard Miles and Roger Allen, £98:06:06.

5. ↑ William Joes, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
   4:62.

   No record for this name has been found in New England. Hotten annotated his reading of this name with the comment "This name may be read as Ives" [Hotten 131 J. Examination of microfilm of the original of this passenger list shows that the scribe used identical forms for his uppercase "I" and "J." The second letter of the surname appears to be a lowercase "o," slightly open at the top; the scribe generally wrote this letter in a fully-closed version, but occasionally with the top slightly open. His lowercase "v" was quite distinct, with the two vertical strokes of visibly different height. So the reading of "Joes" is correct. This may have been an error for "Jones," but this is far from certain.

   This discussion forms the basis for Mr. Anderson's conclusion that the 1635 immigrant was not William Ives of New Haven.