Individual Details
John Ivory Jr.
(17 May 1756 - 1 Mar 1818)
John Ivory, Jr. was a volunteer minute-man called out by the alarm of April 19, 1775, who marched from Shirley to Cambridge, Massachusetts. On 13 July 1775 he enlisted into the continental service for eight months in the company that was under the command of Capt. Robert Longley of Bolton (Col. Asa Whitcomb's regiment).
"History of the town of Shirley, Massachusetts: from its early settlement..." by Seth Chandler, page 124.
See the book, "Vital records of Shirley, Massachusetts, to the year 1850"
https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsshi00socigoog/page/n9
SHIRLEY (Massachussetts) BIRTHS
IVORY, Jabez Frothingham, s. John and Lucy, Dec. 6, 1797. [Jabez Frothing Ivory, s. John Jr., b.r.]
John, s. John Jr. and Lucy, July 25, 1780. [bp. May 30, 1780, B.R.]
Martha, d. John and Sarah, Aug. 15, 1766.
Sarah, d. John Jr. and Lucy, Jan. 21, 1788.
Theophilus, s. John and Sarah, Nov. 7, 1759, in Charlestown.
Theophilus, s. John Jr. and Lucy, Jan. i, 1779.
Thomas, s. John and Sarah, Aug. 10, 1769.
Tho[ma]s, s. John Jr. and Lucy, Apr. 18, 1783.
William Frothingham, s. John and Lucy, Oct. 23, 1791.
Notes for John Ivory, Jr.:
John Ivory, Jr. of Shirley, Mass., who was not quite nineteen years of age when he answered the very first call of our country, was a private in the Company of Captain Henry Hackell, CO. James Prescotts Regiment, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, returned home May 5, 1775, service 18 days: also Captain Robert Longleys Company, Col. Asa Whitcombs' Regiment, enlisted July 13, 1775, muster roll dated August 1.1775, service 19 days: also Company return (probably Oct 1775) also Companys receipt for wages for Nob. 1775, dated at Prospect Hill: also Captain Edmond Longley's Company, Col. Cogswell's Regiment, enlisted September 22, 1778, discharged Dec. 31, 1778, service 3 months and 12 days. Company detached to guard and fortify posts at and about Boston.
More About John Ivory, Jr.:
Military service 1: Private in the Infantry, Massachusetts Soldier/Sailor of the American Revolutionary War.
Military service 2: 19 Apr 1775, Minute Man, responding to the first call.
Essex County Probate Records p. 331.
Littleton [Mass.] Town Records. Bolton, Ethel.
"Shirley Uplands and Intervals," 1914, p. 354.
Laura Wood's DAR application.
1800 U.S. Census for Kingsbury, New York. John Ivory [b. 1756] lives with his wife [b. 1759] and two sons.
In 1810 U.S. Census for Argyle, NY John ivory [b. 1756] lives with his wife and one son.
DAR records for John Ivory:
born on 17 - May - 1756 at Charlestown Middlesex Co MA
died at Kingsbury Washington Co NY on 1 Mar 1818
"History of the town of Shirley, Massachusetts: from its early settlement..." by Seth Chandler, page 124.
See the book, "Vital records of Shirley, Massachusetts, to the year 1850"
https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsshi00socigoog/page/n9
SHIRLEY (Massachussetts) BIRTHS
IVORY, Jabez Frothingham, s. John and Lucy, Dec. 6, 1797. [Jabez Frothing Ivory, s. John Jr., b.r.]
John, s. John Jr. and Lucy, July 25, 1780. [bp. May 30, 1780, B.R.]
Martha, d. John and Sarah, Aug. 15, 1766.
Sarah, d. John Jr. and Lucy, Jan. 21, 1788.
Theophilus, s. John and Sarah, Nov. 7, 1759, in Charlestown.
Theophilus, s. John Jr. and Lucy, Jan. i, 1779.
Thomas, s. John and Sarah, Aug. 10, 1769.
Tho[ma]s, s. John Jr. and Lucy, Apr. 18, 1783.
William Frothingham, s. John and Lucy, Oct. 23, 1791.
Notes for John Ivory, Jr.:
John Ivory, Jr. of Shirley, Mass., who was not quite nineteen years of age when he answered the very first call of our country, was a private in the Company of Captain Henry Hackell, CO. James Prescotts Regiment, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, returned home May 5, 1775, service 18 days: also Captain Robert Longleys Company, Col. Asa Whitcombs' Regiment, enlisted July 13, 1775, muster roll dated August 1.1775, service 19 days: also Company return (probably Oct 1775) also Companys receipt for wages for Nob. 1775, dated at Prospect Hill: also Captain Edmond Longley's Company, Col. Cogswell's Regiment, enlisted September 22, 1778, discharged Dec. 31, 1778, service 3 months and 12 days. Company detached to guard and fortify posts at and about Boston.
More About John Ivory, Jr.:
Military service 1: Private in the Infantry, Massachusetts Soldier/Sailor of the American Revolutionary War.
Military service 2: 19 Apr 1775, Minute Man, responding to the first call.
Essex County Probate Records p. 331.
Littleton [Mass.] Town Records. Bolton, Ethel.
"Shirley Uplands and Intervals," 1914, p. 354.
Laura Wood's DAR application.
1800 U.S. Census for Kingsbury, New York. John Ivory [b. 1756] lives with his wife [b. 1759] and two sons.
In 1810 U.S. Census for Argyle, NY John ivory [b. 1756] lives with his wife and one son.
DAR records for John Ivory:
born on 17 - May - 1756 at Charlestown Middlesex Co MA
died at Kingsbury Washington Co NY on 1 Mar 1818
Events
| Birth | 17 May 1756 | Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts |  |  | |
| Christen | 23 May 1756 | Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | | | |
| Marriage | 14 Mar 1778 | Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts - Lucy Russell | | | |
| Census (family) | 1790 | Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts - Lucy Russell | | | |
| Property-shared | 8 Jun 1793 | (Lucy Russell) Middlesex County, Massachusetts | | | |
| Census (family) | 1810 | Argyle, Washington County, New York - Lucy Russell | | | |
| Death | 1 Mar 1818 | Kingsbury, Washington County, New York | | ||
| Daughter of the American Revolution | | |
Families
| Spouse | Lucy Russell (1759 - 1828) |
| Child | Theophilus Ivory (1779 - ) |
| Child | John Ivory (1780 - 1859) |
| Child | Thomas Ivory (1783 - 1875) |
| Child | Sarah Ivory (1788 - 1795) |
| Child | William Frothingham Ivory (1791 - 1812) |
| Child | Jabez Frothingham Ivory (1797 - 1879) |
| Father | John Ivory Esquire (1729 - 1789) |
| Mother | Sarah Hussing (1733 - 1795) |
| Sibling | infant Ivory (1752 - 1752) |
| Sibling | Theophilus Ivory (1759 - 1776) |
| Sibling | Martha Ivory (1766 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Ivory (1769 - 1772) |
| Sibling | Ivory (1776 - ) |
Notes
Birth
John IvorySex Male
Event Type Birth
Event Date 17 May 1756
Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Event Place (Original) Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Page Number v 3 p 309
John Ivory's Parents and Siblings:
Sarah, Mother F
John Ivory, Father M
Christen
John IvorySex Male
Father's Name John Ivory
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Sarah
Mother's Sex Female
Event Type Christening
Event Date 23 May 1756
Event Place Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Marriage
http://www.archive.org/stream/vitalrecordsofsh02shir/vitalrecordsofsh02shir_djvu.txtShirley (Massachussetts) Marriages
IVORY, John Jr. and Lucy Russell, int. Mar. 14, 1778.
DAR records: married on 22 - Apr - 1778 married at Shirley MA
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John Ivory, Jr.
Spouse's Name Lucy Russell
There is Marriage Intended, recorded: 14 Mar 1778
Marriage Place: Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Event Type Marriage
Page 127
Census (family)
2 Males over 16 [John Ivory, Jr. & another man]3 Males under 16 [Theophilus, John, Thomas]
2 Females [Lucy Russell & Sarah Ivory]
Property-shared
Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986, Middlesex, Deeds 1795-1796 vol 118. Image 101 of 283.175. John Ivory to Chandler Russell
Know all Men by these presents that John and Lucy Ivory of Shirley in the County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in consideration of the sum of Fifteen Pounds to us in hand paid by Chandler Russell of Charlestown in the County and State aforesaid Yeoman the Receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge and for divers other good causes and considerations we hereunto moving, Do, for ourselves and our heirs, Remise, Release, Sell and forever Quit claim unto the Chandler Russell his heirs & assigns two pieces or Tracts of land the one lying in Charlestown the other lying in Cambridge in the County of Middlesex and State aforesaid, the same being the whole of the Lands left to us by our mother Mary Russell late of Cambridge be the number of Acres more or less -- Together with all the estate, Right Title, Interest, Use Property Claim and Demand whatsoever, of us the said John and Lucy Ivory which we now have or at any time heretofore had, of in and to the aforementioned Premises with the appurtenances as to any part thereof, or at any time heretofore has been held, used occupied or enjoyed as part or parcel of the same. To have and to hold all the afore granted and bargained Premises with the appurtenances to him the said Chandler Russell his heirs and assigns forever, with the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders thereof; or any part or parcel thereof forever; So that neither we the said John and Lucy Ivory nor our heirs nor any other person or persons claiming from or under us or them, or in the name, right, or stead of us or them shall or will, by any way or means, Have Claim Challenge or demand any Estate Right, Title or Interest of in and to the aforesaid Premises with the appurtenances or any part or parcel thereof forever. In Witness whereof we the said John and Lucy Ivory have hereunto set our hands and seals this eighth Day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety three, John Ivory and seal. Lucy Ivory and seal. Signed sealed and delivered in presence of us John Kelsey, Joshua Longley. Middlesex June 8th, 1793. Personally attended the within named John Ivory and Lucy his wife and acknowledged the within Instrument by them subscribed to be their free act and Deed before Joshua Longley Justice of the Peace. Middlesex Cambridge Feby. 20th 1795 Received by Abraham Biglow Esq. Clerk of the County of Common Pleas and accordingly entered. By Samuel Bartlet Regr.
Census (family)
00101/00001001 M 16-25 [William 18] Son
1 M 45+ [John Ivory, Jr. 54] Head
1 F 45+ [Lucy Russell 51] Wife
Daughter of the American Revolution
IVORY, JOHN Ancestor #: A060793Service: MASSACHUSETTS
Rank: PRIVATE
Birth: 5-17-1756 CHARLESTOWN MIDDLESEX CO MASSACHUSETTS
Death: 3-1-1818 KINGSBURY WASHINGTON CO NEW YORK
Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 8, P 653
Service Description: 1) CAPTS HENRY HASKELL, ROBERT LONGLEY, EDMUND LONGLEY
2) COLS JAMES PRESCOTT, ASA WHITCOMB, COGSWELL
RESIDENCE: 1) City: SHIRLEY - County: MIDDLESEX CO - State: MASSACHUSETTS
Endnotes
1. Wyman, Thomas, Charlestown Genealogies and Estates, Vol 1 page 545.
2. Vital Records of Shirley, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1918), Births page 54.
3. "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F42Q-BPJ : accessed 21 Aug 2013), John Ivory, 17 May 1756..
4. "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCPP-C5G : accessed 21 Aug 2013), John Ivory in entry for John Ivory, ..
5. Vital Records of Shirley, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1918), Marriages page 151.
6. "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHZ4-ZZX : accessed 21 Aug 2013), John Jr. Ivory and Lucy Russell, 14 Mar 1778..
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8. "United States Census, 1790," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHKG-4VR : accessed 07 Jul 2014), John Ivory, Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts; citing "1790 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com; p. 563, line 36457, NARA microfilm publication M637, roll 4, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 00610..
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10. "United States Census, 1810," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH25-NRB : accessed 17 Jul 2014), John Ivory, Argyle, Washington, New York; citing "1810 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com; p. 458, line 790, NARA microfilm publication M252, roll 30, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 0181384..
11. DAR Application of Laura Wood (DAR Headquarters, Washington, D.C.).
12. Ancestor #: A060793.