1742 Solomon Ivins and Elizabeth Everingham, both of Mansfield Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey were issued a marriage license in New Jersey. Dated November 22. [1] [2] [3]
1743 Solomon Ivins, wheelwright, purchased land from William French. They were both of Mansfield Twp, Burlington County. Dated November 5. William French had purchased the tract from his brother Thomas French in 1738. Thomas had purchased the land from his father Richard French in 1729. Richard had purchased the land from William Biddle in 1693. At that time, the land was adjacent to lands of Isaac Decow, Preserve Brown, Joseph Pancoast, and Benjamin Shreve. [4]
1754 A child was born to Solomon and Elizabeth Ivins on July 24. [5]
1756 A son was born to Solomon Ivins on March 6. [6]
1770 Solomon Ivins Sr purchased land in Mansfield Twp, Burlington County, from Joseph English. Dated January 18. Joseph English had purchased the land from Joseph Rockhill in 1768. [7]
1776 Solomon Ivins was mentioned in records of the Quaker meeting at Chesterfield regarding a report from the meeting at Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey. [8]
1789 Solomon Ivins and wife Mary signed a deed selling land to Benjamin Watson, of Mansfield Twp, Burlington County. Dated March 4.
1790 Solomon Ivins, Sr., of Upper Freehold Twp, Monmouth County, dated his will on December 17. Wife, Mary, 5 shillings in lieu of her right of dower. Son, Daniel, plantation whereon he now lives purchased of Wm. French and adjoining lands of Clayton Newbold and Moses Ivins, in Mansfield Twp, Burlington County. Son, John, land whereon he now lives in Mansfield Twp, Burlington County, purchased of Joseph English and adjoining land of Nathan Robbins and Samuel Newbold. Sons, Daniel and John, each to pay £300 for same. Daughter, Elizabeth Hunt, 5 shillings and a bond held against her husband. Son, Solomon, house and lot in Windsor Twp, Middlesex County, where he now lives, and £15. Sons, Thomas and Samuel, my grist mill and plantation purchased of Shedlock Negus and Tobias Henderson in Upper Freehold, said County; they to pay to my 2 daughters, Mary and Sarah, £60 each, when they are 18. Sons, Ezekiel and Joseph, plantation whereon I now live; they to pay to my daughters, Mary and Sarah, £50 each, when 18. Sons, Thomas and Samuel, residue of personal after debts are paid. Executors: wife, Mary, and son, John Ivins. Witnesses: Barzillai Fenimore, Caleb Rockhill, Nathan Rockhill. Proved February 15, 1791. [9]
1791 Inventory, £893.8.9; made by Isaac Antrum and Joseph Ridgway. Dated February 16. [10]
1791 Mary Ivins, widow of Solomon Ivins, was named guardian for four of her four sons under age 14: Samuel (about 11), Thomas (about 10), Ezekiel (about 6), and Joseph (about 5) of Monmouth County. Dated April 27. [11] [12] [13] Fellowbondsmen: Randall Robins and Robert Montgomery; all of Monmouth County. Witnesses: Amos Pharo, Thos. Henderson. [14]
1801 Nathan Borden and wife Mary, the widow of Solomon Ivins, sold a grist mill to Samuel Ivins, son of Solomon Ivins, all of Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Solomon Ivins had purchased the grist mill from Joseph Biddle and Richard Francis. Dated October 9. The grist mill was on Layhaway? Creek. [15]
1801 Samuel Ivins, sadler of Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, sold his half share of a grist mill on Lahaway Creek, to Samuel Emley. Samuel and Thomas Ivins, inherited the mill by the will of their father, Solomon Ivins deceased. The will was dated December 14, 1790. The deed was dated October 9, 1801. [16]
1802 Nathan Borden and wife Mary, previously the widow of Solomon Ivins, sold land to Thomas Ivins, son of Solomon, deceased. All were of Upper Freehold Twp, Monmouth County. Dated August 14. [17]
Research Notes:
1766 Solomon Ivins requested affiliation with the Chesterfield Quaker meeting. [18]
1777 A complaint against Solomon Ivins was considered by the Chesterfield meeting. [19]
The 1790 will of Solomon Ivins bequeathed land to sons Thomas, Samuel, and Ezekiel, so the sons must have been over age 21 at that time.
Elizabeth Everingham was not named Mary in any documents that we have found. Solomon's wife was named Mary in documents dated after 1789. Other researchers have assumed that Solomon married only once to Mary Elizabeth Everingham. If so, then widow Mary remarried after Solomon's death to Nathan Borden at age over 70. We do not know if Mary and Elizabeth Everingham were the same person, or if Mary was a second (younger) wife to Solomon. One source suggests that they were two different wives [20].
There were 2 wills for Solomon Ivins: One was dated 1782 (Solomon Ivins of Mansfield, administered by Susanna Ivins) [21], which we suspect to be for Solomon the son of Joseph Ivins and Hannah Everingham, and the second was dated 1790 (Solomon Ivins Sr, of Upper Freehold, naming wife Mary) [22], which we suspect to be for this Solomon, the son of Isaac Ivins and Sarah Johnson. Lewis D. Cook suggests that Solomon, son of Isaac Ivins and Sarah Johnson, died in 1782 [23]. Other researchers [24] report that Solomon Ivins, son of Isaac Ivins and Sarah Johnson dated his will in 1790, as we show here. Based on the marriage dates (as early as 1777) of the heirs named in the 1790 will, they were too old to have been the children of Solomon, son of Joseph Ivins, who was likely born after 1750. A third Solomon Ivins, whom we suspect was a son of this Solomon, had died by 1797.
1803 April 27. Moses Ivins, of Monmouth County. Intestate. Adm'r—Caleb Ivins. Fellow bondsmen—Fuller Hornor and Garret P. Wikoff; all of said County. [25]
1803 April 23. Inventory, £174.13.11; made by John Smith and Fuller Hornor. [26]
A biosketch reports [27]:
Solomon Ivins born in 1719 in Mansfield, Burlington Co. NJ and died in 1792 in Freehold Monmouth, NJ. He married Mary Elizabeth Everingham who was from Freehold Township, Monmouth County. Solomon and Elizabeth decided to stay in Freehold and establish their home. He kept his inherited land from his father (Isaac). Mary Elizabeth was from a very influential family, as her family had been granted a land grant in Freehold by Charles II of England. This was a very unusual occurance. During their stay on the Freehold land Mary gave birth to ten children. Solomon, knowing how he appreciated the start his father gave him, decided that he would set his sons up the same way. To Daniel and John, he gave the Mansfield land, given to him by his father, plus three hundred acres joining this land. To his third son, Solomon Jr., he gave land in Windsor township, Middle [sic] county. For Thomas and Samuel he gave buildings on the plantation and grist mill. Ezekiel and Joseph received the land that he and his wife had lived on.
Solomon Sr., it should be noted, was a patriot giving shelter, money, and food to the Revolutionary Soldiers, plus a horse and wagon team to perform cartage during the dark hours of the war against England for independence. He served as a Private, in First Lieutenant William Barton's Company, Colonel Matthias Ogden's First Regiment, New Jersey Continental Line, May 1, 1780; he also served under Captain Giles Mead.
A biosketch reports [28]:
Solomon Ivins, son of Isaac, was born in Mansfield Township, Burlington Co. N/J/ about 1721. He was twice married. He first married in 1742 (pr License) "Solomon Ivins of Mansfield, Burlington Co. N.J. husbandman, received marriage License Nov. 22, 1742 to marry Elizabeth Everingham of said Co."
He married later in life to one Mary. She is mentioned in the will of Solomon. He had 10 children.
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[4] Burlington County, New Jersey Deeds (1785-1901), E3-262, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
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[16] Monmouth County, New Jersey Deed, 137, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[17] Monmouth County, New Jersey Deed, N-507, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[18] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Men's Minutes, 1684-1738, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[19] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[20] The Ivins Family of New Jersey (FHL library call number 929.273 A1 no. 1689), [FHLCatalog].
[21] Elmer T. Hutchinson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 35. (Wills and Administrations 6, 1781-1785) (1939), 216, [InternetArchive].
[22] Elmer T. Hutchinson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 37. (Wills and Administrations 8, 1791-1795) (1942), 198, [InternetArchive].
[23] Lewis D. Cook, "Ivins of Burlington and Gloucester Counties, New Jersey," The Vineland Historical Magazine 37 (1954), 150-163, at 151.
[24] Adam Brockie and Maureen Brockie, Ivins Family History 1610-1920 (2005)[FHL Film 1421576], 031, [FHLFilmCatalog], [FHLCatalog].
[25] Elmer T. Hutchinson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 39. (Wills and Administrations 10, 1801-1805) (1946), 237, citing Lib. 40, p. 298, [FHLBook], [GoogleBooks].
[26] Elmer T. Hutchinson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 39. (Wills and Administrations 10, 1801-1805) (1946), 237, citing File 8547 M, [FHLBook], [GoogleBooks].
[27] Adam Brockie and Maureen Brockie, Ivins Family History 1610-1920 (2005)[FHL Film 1421576], 031, [FHLFilmCatalog], [FHLCatalog].
[28] The Ivins Family of New Jersey (FHL library call number 929.273 A1 no. 1689), [FHLCatalog].