William Henry Ivins

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...William Henry Ivins. The Ivins family of Langhorne, Pennsylvania, worthily represented in the present generation by William Henry Ivins, was founded in this country by Isaac Ivins, who came from England about 1700 and located in Mansfield, Burlington county, New Jersey, where he established a country store, and there resided until his death, July 19, 1768. By his marriage to Sarah Johnson ten children were born. Aaron Ivins, one of the aforementioned children, married Ann Cheshire and among their children was a son Aaron, who married Ann Cook (nee Ivins), and they reared a family of children, among whom was Aaron, who married Hannah Eastburn, and they were the parents of William Henry Ivins. Aaron Ivins (father) was a member of the legislature of Pennsylvania in 1837, when the first free school bill in that state became a law. He was an ardent supporter of the measure, which met with great opposition before its passage, but with the assistance of such men as Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, Judge Sharswood and other prominent members of this legislature it was carried through, and time has abundantly shown the importance of this action in the great improvement of general intelligence. Aaron Ivins was a teacher and surveyor in early life, but during his later years he devoted his attention to farming, insurance and the settlement of estates.
...William H. Ivins, son of Aaron and Hannah (Eastburn) Ivins, was born in Penn's Manor, Pennsylvania, March 11 1840. He attended the public schools of Philadelphia, graduating from the Central High School of that city. In 1857 he entered Amherst College, and after a year in that institution became a student of Union College, Schenectady, New York, remaining there until the summer of 1859. Having a natural aptitude for the vocation of teaching, he engaged in that line of work and continued in the same until January, 1864, when he was appointed to a clerkship in the War Department at Washington, D. C., where he remained for nearly four years. At the expiration of this period of time he returned to Philadelphia, and for four years thereafter was employed in the wholesale wood and willow ware store of White & Peachin as bookkeeper. In 1870 Mr. Ivins, with one of his brothers engaged in the furniture business on North Second street, Philadelphia, where they remained until 1890, a period of twenty years, when they disposed of the business. William H. Ivins then entered the employ of Strawbridge & Clothier, where he remained until 1900, since which time he has not engaged in active business pursuits. Mr. Ivins was a resident of Camden, New Jersey, for seventeen years prior to his coming to Langhorne, in 1903, and for more than half a century resided outside of his native county. He is a citizen of undoubted integrity, and in all the walks of life has acquitted himself with honor and fidelity. He is president of the school board of Langhorne, and is interested and zealous in all educational matters. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being a charter member of Apollo Lodge, No. 386, and also of Palestine Chapter, No. 240, Royal Arch Masons. He is a charter member of Crusaders Castle, No. 5, Knights of the Golden Eagle, of Philadelphia, and a member of Chosen Friends Lodge, No. 29, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of, Camden, New Jersey, where he filled the elective offices. He is an adherent of the Friends' faith, and a stanch supporter of the Republican party. He is a director in the Langhorne Library.
...Mr. Ivins was twice married. His first marriage was in May 1883, to Catharine Gartley Abbey, who died the same month. His second marriage was on October 21, 1887, to Wilhelmina Buckman Linton, of Newtown, Pennsylvania, daughter of Penquite and Ellen (Buckman) Linton, and granddaughter of Major Thomas and Martha Buckman. One son was the issue of this union, Aaron Henry, born December 17, 1890. He attended the Friends' school in Camden, New Jersey, until the removal of his parents to Langhorne, when he continued his studies in the public schools of that borough, and is now a student in the celebrated George School, and institution which stands high in educational circles, and which was endowed by John M. George, of Philadelphia.

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• Birth: 3 May 1801, Burlington, New Jersey, United States

Aaron married Hannah Eastburn about 1866 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Hannah was born about 1801; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Aaron married Ann Ivins in 1799 in Crosswicks, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. Ann (daughter of Moses Ivins and Keziah Shreve) was born on 12 Jan 1768; died on 1 Nov 1851 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 12 Jan 1768, Crosswicks, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States

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The Ivins family were later settlers in Bucks county coming in through New Jersey, but we do not know at what time. Isaac Ivins, the immigrant, was married three times, his first wife being Sarah Johnson, their marriage certificate bearing date 4 mo., 26, 1711. The name of his second wife was Lydia, and the third, Ann. He died, 1768. He mentions all the wives in his will. He lived and died in Mansfield township, Burlington county, and was a storekeeper by occupation. His children were Ann, Diadema, Moses, Aaron, Born 8, 30, 1736, and died 6, 2, 1799. Isaac, Joseph and Levi. In 1792, Aaron Ivins, son of Isaac, Burlington county, but we are not informed whether the junior or senior, but as he married Ann Cheshire, 1764, he was probably son of Isaac the second, brought his wife, Ann, and children, Samuel, Ann, Mary and Barclay, and settled in Fall, to which meeting he brought a certificate. In 1796 he purchased 389 acres of Langhorne Biles on the Delaware for £5,835 or $155,560 equivalent to $40 per acre. The earlier descendants of Aaron Ivins intermarried with the families of Middleton, Cook, Comfort, Buckman, Smith, Taylor, Green and others well known in the lower end of the county. The late Dr. Horace Fremont Ivins, born in Penn's manor, October 30, 1856, and died at Easton, Pennsylvania, January 8, 1898, was a descendant. he was graduated from the Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 1879, then spent a year in Europe, the greater part of his time in the hospitals of London and Vienna. upon his return he settled down in practice and became prominent in special branches. William H. Ivins, Camden, N. J., is a descendant of the Burlington county's immigrant. (Source: William W. H. Davis, Warren S. Ely and John W. Jordan, LL.D., History of Bucks County Pennsylvania - From the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time: With a Genealogical and Personal History of Bucks County, Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, Volume I - Illustrated (New York - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905).), pg. 79)

Aaron Ivins, wife Ann, with their minor children Samuel, Ann, Mary, and Barclay, were received by Falls Mo. Mtg. of 5-12mo-1792 on certificate from Upper Springfield, Burlington County, N. J., Mo. Mtg. -Hinshaw, American Quaker Genealogy, II, 1005. Their elder sons Aaron and Isaac Ivins also removed to within the verge of Falls Mo. Mtg. (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, pg. 152)

Birth:
20da 6mo 1736

Aaron married Ann Cheshire on 7 May 1764 in Crosswicks, Burlington County, New Jersey, British Colonial America. Ann was born on 10 Sep 1739 in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; died on 6 Jan 1826 in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 18 Sep 1739, Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America

Moses married Keziah Shreve about 1753 in Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, Brithsh Colonial America. Keziah (daughter of Benjamin Shreve and Rebecca French) was born on 8 Mar 1730 in Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]