Isaac Ivins

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• Name: Isaac Ivens
• Religion: member of the Society of Friends (Quaker)

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Married 3-times, father of 21 children.

...Isaac Ivins was a citizen of New Jersey at an early date. He located in or near Mansfield Township, Burlington County, N.J.
...He married in 1711 to Sarah Johnson, daughter of Thomas Johnson of Salem County.
...Isaac Ivins bought land in Mansfield Township in 1715. He was a "yeoman", which means an owner of the land that he cultivates.
...Oct. 25, 1732 Isaac Ivins of Mansfield, Burlington County, N.J. yeoman, grants to Robert Clendenon of same place, weaver, land in Mansfield Twp. of 16 acres and I/2, which land Ivins bought of Abraham Brown June 4, 1715, and by him of Thomas Douglass Feb. 9, 1696. (Vol. L of Deeds pg. 356, Dept. of State of N.J.)

Isaac Ivins of Mansfield yeoman, Samuel Goldy of same place and George Wellhouse of said place, inn holder, go on bond April 26, 1711 where-in Isaac Ivins hath License to marry Sarah Johnson, Witnesses- Daniel Leeds, Thomas Johnson. (Vol. I of Marriage Bonds page 66, Dept. of State). (Source: "Ivins Family")

...Isaac showed great promise, learning farming, husbandry and marketing. Most of the people, including the Ivins, were Quakers or Friends. Isaac joined the Quaker group in 1711 and it's written '...he was often the inspiration of the Society of Friends in the New World". Daniel, having married in the religion, taught Isaac the Quaker way of working, helping other, and asking the Lord for guidance. Nothing seemed to keep this philosophy from reaching an abundance in their life style.
...In 1707 Isaac was attracted to Sarah Johnson, an attractive girl also sought after by Thomas Story It later developed that Thomas Story threatened a suit for breach of promise. Daniel advised his son to leave town until the situation settled down. During his absence from Salem Isaac went to GeorgeTown and opened a trading post with the Mohut and Shacanum Indians I 1709. Axes, cloth, and guns were popular items. With success in this venture he added a tavern or inn. He made considerable money and felt the time had come to once again offer his love to Sarah Johnson. He retumed to Salem; Sarah had now married Thomas Story, and Isaac purchased for a decision. Thomas said Sarah had give him her favors and should marry him. Sarah's mother was shocked at such a statement and allowed Sarah to choose between the two men in love with her. She chose Isaac Ivins even though the Quaker church would not marry them. They were married by New Jersey license in 1711 at Salem with only their families in attendance.
...The young couple moved to George Town where their Trading Post and Tavern was located. They stayed there until 1715, where upon they sold to Mordecai Lincoln (ancestor of Abraham Lincoln). In 1715 they purchased one thousand acres and moved to Mansfield and Chesterfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. Isaac also helped build the Friend's meeting house at Crosswicks, Sarah bore Isaac eight children: Isaac, Moses. Thomas, Joseph, Solomon, William, Samuel and Sarah.
...In 1718 more land was needed to support the family and its expansion. A neighbor, Abraham Brown, sold to Isaac Sr. one hundred acres. During this land transfer Isaac became acquainted with Lydia Brown. In 1728 Sarah Ivins died during the hard cold winter of consumption. Isaac, not a man to be left alone, married his neighbor, Lydia Brown in 1730. He was 50 years old while Lydia was only 25. His new wife took over raising the family and added four more children from this union making the total eleven.
...Preserve Brown (Lydia's father) died in 1731, leaving four hundred acres to Lydia. After a short eight years of marriage, Lydia died in 1738. Since there were children still at home whose ages were 3,5,7, and 9, Isaac married a widow, Ann Kryby in 1740. Ann became the new mother of the children still at home. Some adjustment was only natural since Ann, having no children of her own, took a bit of time to get the family in hand.
...Isaac continued to purchase land and in 1751 he purchased more land from the same man. At the time of this last land purchase Isaac was eighty-five years old.
...On July 19,1767 Isaac Ivins died. His estate was valued at $4,706 GBP. In his will he divided his land between his sons, demanding that all the girls be taken care of by an annual income until married. The executors of Isaac's estate were his son Joseph and his son-in-law John Thom. Ann Kryby (Isaac's third wife) was awarded $15GBP a year and all the household goods she had when married to Isaac Sr. The sons, Thomas, Isaac, Joseph, Solomon, William, Moses and Aaron had been settled on land as they married. At Isaac's passing they gained title to the land. (Source: Compiled by Adam Brockie, Maureen Brockie, Ivins Family History 1610-1920: (November 2005).)

...Isaac Ivins became a Quaker in 1711 and he was often the inspiration of the Society of Friends in the New World. The colony's constitution was based on Quaker principles of equality and toleration.
...Isaac Ivins acquired a 100 acres tract in Mansfield Township, Burlington County N. J., from Abraham Brown by Deed of 13 June 1715. He died testate in that Township between 19 July 1767 and 11 July 1768, the dates of signing and of proving his Will, in which he describes himself as "shopkeeper." He married first, by N. J. license bond of 26 April 1711, Sarah Johnson. She was evidently the daughter Sarah named in the Will of Thomas Johnson of Mannington Creek, Salem County, N. J., dated 30th of 7th month (Sept.) 1696, and the "cousin" (niece) Sarah Ivins named in the Will of his brother Richard Johnson, Esq., of Salem, dated 18 January 1819/20. Isaac Ivins married secondly, about 1730, Lydia Brown, daughter of Preserve Brown Sr. of Hanover Township, Burlington County, N. J. Isaac Ivins married thirdly one Ann_____, who is named in his Will of 19 July 1767.
...By deed of 21 Feb. 1720, Isaac Ivins of Mansfield Township, Burlington County, N. J. yeoman, conveyed to Preserve Brown of same place, for 12 Pounds, a 16 acres tract partly in said Mansfield and partly in Chesterfield Twps., (reciting that it was part of the 100 acres tract which said Ivins had purchased from Abraham Brown by Deed of 13 June 1715, and which was part of a 300 acres tract which said Brown had purchased from Thomas Duglis by Deed of 9 Feb. 1696), expecting a small part which said Abraham Brown held by virtue of a devise in the Will of his father. Acknowledged by said Isaac Ivins on 26 Feb. 1749 and recorded in West N. J. Deed Book HH, page 73.

"Isaac Ivins was for half a century one of the noted residents of his section. He kept a general store and trading post at Georgetown, Burlington County, which was the resort of the trapper Indians as well as white hunters." --H. B. French, supradicta.

...The Will of Isaac Ivins of Mansfield Township, Burlington County, N. J., "shopkeeper", dated 19 July 1767 and proved 11 July 1768, devises to wife Ann all the household goods that was hers when I married her, and 15 Pounds yearly; the residue of estate to "my well beloved children that be living at the time of my decease: (not by names); and appoints son Joseph Ivins and my son-in-law John Thorn execrs. Witnesses: William Walton, Aaron Taylor, John Robinson.
...The Inventory of the personal estate of Isaac Ivines decd., taken 11 July 1768, was appraised at 4,706 Pounds 7 pence. The Account by the Executors, dated 31 Dec. 1773, itemizes Cash paid to the legatees vis. Ann Nutt, Isaac Ivins, Solomon Ivins, Lydia Folwell, William Shreeve, William Ivins, Samuel Ivins, Moses Ivins, Joseph Ivins, and John Thorne. (Abstracts published in N. J. Archives, XXXIII, 215.) (Source: Lewis D. Cook, F.A.S.G., F.G.S.P., "Ivins of Burlington and Gloucester Counties New Jersey". The Vineland Historical Magazine, Vol XXXVi, 1962, vol. 36, 1952)

Isaac married Sarah Johnson on 26 Apr 1711 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America. Sarah was born about 1680 in Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, Brithsh Colonial America; died in 1728 in Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, Brithsh Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Isaac Ivins, Jr. was born in 1712 in Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, Brithsh Colonial America; died before 28 Aug 1786 in Chesterfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
2. Thomas Ivins was born in 1713 in Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, Brithsh Colonial America; died in in Chesterfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, British Colonial America.
3. Sarah Ivins was born in 1715 in Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, Brithsh Colonial America; died on 19 Sep 1763.
4. Joseph Ivins was born in 1717 in Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, Brithsh Colonial America; died in Mar 1782.
5. Solomon Ivins was born in 1719 in Mansfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died in 1782 in Mansfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
6. William Ivins was born in 1723 in Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, Brithsh Colonial America; died in 1792 in Chester Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
7. Moses Ivins was born in 1725 in Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, Brithsh Colonial America; died in 1803 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
8. Samuel Ivins was born in 1727; and died.

Isaac married Lydia Brown in 1730 in Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, Brithsh Colonial America. Lydia (daughter of Preserve Brown, Sr. and Mary _____) was born in 1704 in Burlington County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died on 23 Sep 1737 in Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, Brithsh Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ann Ivins was born on 7 Jul 1732 in Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, Brithsh Colonial America; died in 1788 in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
2. Diademia Ivins was born on 12 Mar 1734 in Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States; died on 20 Sep 1813 in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
3. Lydia Ivins was born in 1735 in Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, Brithsh Colonial America; died after 1771.
4. Aaron Ivins was born on 20 Aug 1736 in Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, Brithsh Colonial America; died on 2 Jun 1799 in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Isaac married Ann Cheshire on 21 Apr 1755 in Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, Brithsh Colonial America. Ann was born about 1680; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Daniel left his fathers plantation in 1678, having met a woman in the Fenwich group that he wished to marry. He needed land to start his farm which he purchased near his father's land in Penn's Neck, New Jersey. Daniels's father helped his son clear the land, build his house and sheds. He stocked his land with animals and gave him seed to plant. Young Daniel was ready for marriage. The woman he chose was also consenting and the vows were said. In November 1680 their first child was born; Isaac was his given name. Daniel purchased ten more acres of land along Salem Creek. This area was the western boundary of Salem and was known as Fenwich's Creek. (Source: Compiled by Adam Brockie, Maureen Brockie, Ivins Family History 1610-1920 (November 2005: Self Published).)

Birth:
[now New Jersey]

Daniel married _____ _____ in 1678 in Penns Neck, Salem, New Jersey, British Colonial America. _____ was born about 1648; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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...England in the early 1600's was a land of dispirit and under a monarch. It gave subjects little chance to change their position in life. so the migration to a plantation, set up by boards of business men supplying money for ships and supplies, was the answer to a better life. It was a hard life in the colonies, trying to meet the demands from England and just surviving in the wilderness from day to day.
...In 1610 the ships, "Patience" and Deliverance" arrived in Jamestown. Spring was in the air, certainly the planting season was soon to start. The arrival of new adventurers and suppliers was always cause for celebration and thanksgiving. Unconfirmed family stories say that Henry Ivins was part of this group that arrived in Jamestown that day. We do have proof that he was in the colonies in the early 1600's thanks to "The Journal of Thomas Gates". We also know that Henry worked for the Dutch company, Gabrey & Sons of Amsterdam as a fur trader from 1633-1639, and that he owned land in Salem County, New Jersey in 1687 as mentioned in Shrouds "History and Genealogy of Fenwick's Colony". It is evident that he was in the area and probably began a family line that exists through the country today.
...At the age of 19 Henry went up the James River to Chesapeake in the Delaware River to Raccoon Creek. Here he spent three days building a wigwam. Henry then set up trading post with the Indians. Some of the items he bartered were guns, beads, blankets, and cloth. In return he received skins of mink, beaver and other animals. He spent two years trading with the Metacoms tribe. During this period Henry carved out a canoe and assembled rafts to carry his furs to buyers. He floated down the Delaware River to the Hudson, then on to New Amsterdam. The demand for furs was great, and he sold them all to the commercial firm of Gabrey and sons of Amsterdam. The Dutch company hired him to continue his fur trade with the Indians from 1633-1639.
...Henry also traded in tobacco which mean periodic trips to Jamestown plantations. In 1645 Henry went back to Penn's Neck, a Swedish area, to buy land from his friends, Chief Necomis and his mother Necosshehesco. He had found a woman he wanted to marry and decided it was time to settle down and start a family. Although there is no written proof, it seems likely that their first born was Daniel, who records show owned land in Penn's Neck about the time Henry's son would have. Very unlikely any Ivins would not be related at that time. Like all colonial families all members shared the work on the farm. Typical crops were corn and wheat, and livestock were pigs, chickens and cows.
...In 1675 John Fenwich arrived with the first English settlement that could be considered lasting.
Charles II was King of England at that time, and to quiet problems with the Swedes and the Dutch (after their defeat by England) arrangement was made for quick claiming of property purchased from the Indians. This protected land owners of record at the time. It was also agreed to pay a Right of Conveyance to England so the land owners could sell or transfer title if they desired to do so. (Compiled by Adam Brockie, Maureen Brockie, Ivins Family History 1610-1920 (November 2005: Self Published), pg. 2. (November 2005), pg. 2)