| ![Show Contents]() Ryves History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Ryves familyThe surname Ryves was first found in Dorset where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the census rolls taken by the ancient Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects. Early History of the Ryves familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Ryves research. Another 89 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1570, 1583, 1596, 1643, 1648, 1652, 1677, 1690 and 1693 are included under the topic Early Ryves History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Ryves Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Ryves, Rives and others. Early Notables of the Ryves familyDistinguished members of the family include - Bruno Ryves (1596-1677), an English royalist churchman, Dean of Chichester, Dean of Windsor and in 1643, editor of the Oxford newsbook Mercurius Rusticus...
- He was grandson of John Ryves of Damory Court, Dorset and was educated at Oxford...
- His first cousin, Sir Thomas Ryves (c.1583-1652), was an English expert on ecclesiastical and Admiralty law from Dorset1...
 Migration of the Ryves family to Ireland
Some of the Ryves family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 76 words (5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Ryves migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Ryves Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- Thomas Ryves, who arrived in Toronto in 1871
| Ryves 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. 2Ryves Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century- Mary Ryves, a bonded emigrant sent to Barbados in 1685
| Contemporary Notables of the name Ryves (post 1700) | + |
- George Ryves, English academic administrator at the University of Oxford
- P.M. Ryves, English amateur astronomer who on August 14, 1931 discovered the Ryves Comet
- David Ryves, Lecturer in Physical Geography at Loughborough University
- Rear Admiral George Frederick Ryves (1758-1826), British Naval officer, son of Thomas Ryves, of the old Dorset family
- Elizabeth "Eliza" Ryves (1750-1797), Irish author, poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and translator
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