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Origins Available:
England

Ives is a name of ancient Norman origin. It arrived in England with the Norman Conquest of 1066. Ives is a name that comes from the Norman given name Ivo, which contains the first element iv, which indicates that it is a reference to yew tree or one of its products such as the yew bow.

Early Origins of the Ives family

The surname Ives was first found in Lincolnshire where they held a family seat from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Ives family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Ives research. Another 82 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1086, 1600 and 1662 are included under the topic Early Ives History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Ives Spelling Variations

Anglo-Norman names are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. When the Normans became the ruling people of England in the 11th century, they introduced a new language into a society where the main languages of Old and later Middle English had no definite spelling rules. These languages were more often spoken than written, so they blended freely with one another. Contributing to this mixing of tongues was the fact that medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, ensuring that a person's name would appear differently in nearly every document in which it was recorded. The name has been spelled Ives, Ivys and others.

Early Notables of the Ives family

Outstanding amongst the family at this time was

Simon Ives (Yves) (1600-1662), an English composer and organist, active in the court of King Charles

Ives Ranking

In the United States, the name Ives is the 4,070^th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1

Ives migration to the United States +

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that plagued their homeland made the frontiers of the New World an attractive prospect. Thousands migrated, aboard cramped disease-ridden ships. They arrived sick, poor, and hungry, but were welcomed in many cases with far greater opportunity than at home in England. Many of these hardy settlers went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Among early immigrants bearing the name Ives or a variant listed above were:

Ives Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Miles Ives, who settled in Boston in 1630
Mr. William Ives, (Joes), (b. 1607), aged 28, British settler traveling aboard the ship "Truelove" arriving in Massachusetts Bay in 1635 2
William Ives, who arrived in Boston in 1637 aboard the ship "Hector"
Miles Ives, who arrived in Watertown, Massachusetts in 1639 3
Robert Ives, who arrived in Virginia in 1643 3
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Ives Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Geo Ives, who arrived in Virginia in 1719 3
William Ives, who settled in Maryland in 1729

Ives Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Butler Ives, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 3
Peter T Ives, who arrived in Mobile County, Ala in 1853 3
John Ives, who landed in Mobile, Ala in 1860 3
Emery R Ives, who landed in DeWitt County, Illinois in 1871 3

Ives migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Ives Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Benjamin Ives, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1749
Gregory Ives, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1749-1752
Eliz Ives, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1750
Rebecka Ives, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1750

Ives Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Nathaniel J Ives, who landed in Canada in 1833
Cicero M Ives, who arrived in Canada in 1833

Ives migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Ives Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. William Ives, British Convict who was convicted in Essex, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Earl St Vincent" on 6th April 1820, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 4
John Ives, English convict from Essex, who was transported aboard the "Asia" on October 22nd, 1824, settling in New South Wales, Australia 5
Mr. John Ives, (Laws), British Convict who was convicted in London, England for life, transported aboard the "Earl St Vincent" on 20th April 1826, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 6
Mr. William Ives, English convict who was convicted in Buckinghashire, England for life, transported aboard the "Fairlie" on 14th October 1833, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 7
Mr. William Ives, British Convict who was convicted in London, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Asiatic" on 26th May 1843, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 8

Ives migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Ives Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

William Ives, aged 32, a shoemaker, who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship "Sir Charles Forbes" in 1842
Elizabeth Ives, aged 30, who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship "Sir Charles Forbes" in 1842
Caroline Ives, aged 9, who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship "Sir Charles Forbes" in 1842
Miss Emily Ives, (b. 1848), aged 20, British housemaid travelling from London aboard the ship "Matoaka" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 8th February 1869 9

Ives migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 10

Ives Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Charles Ives, who settled in Barbados with his wife, children and servants in 1680

Contemporary Notables of the name Ives (post 1700) +

Frederic Eugene Ives (1856-1937), American inventor of the parallax stereogram, the first "no glasses" autostereoscopic 3-D display technology
Henry S. Ives (1862-1894), American financier, speculator and stock manipulator, nicknamed the "Napoleon of Finance"
Gideon Spraugue Ives (1846-1927), American politician, 11th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota (1891-1893)
Joseph Christmas Ives (1829-1868), American soldier, botanist and explorer of the Colorado River in 1858
Edward Ashley Ives (b. 1961), American two-time gold medalist competitive rower
Edward Riley Ives (1839-1918), American toymaker, founder of the Ives Manufacturing Company in 1868, one of the largest toy companies in the United States during the 19th century
Edward Dawson "Sandy" Ives (1925-2009), American folklorist
James "Clay" Ives (b. 1972), Canadian-born American Olympic bronze medalist luger at the 2002 Summer Olympics
James Merritt Ives (1824-1895), American lithographer, co-founder of Currier & Ives which produced winter scenes and landscapes of 19th century American life
Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954), American composer of classical music
... (Another 59 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Pilgrim Ship's of 1600's. Retrieved October 6th 2021 from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 10th September 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/earl-st-vincent
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2016, October 27) Asia 1 voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1824 with 9 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/asia/1824
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 14th September 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/earl-st-vincent
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 21st September 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/fairlie
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 14th July 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/asiatic
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies