Ensign (& Deacon) Samuel Ives (3) was the son of Joesph Ives. He was born Nov. 6, 1677 in North Haven, and christened on Feb 28, 1685 at the First Congregation Church, New Haven. He married Ruth Atwater on Jan. 3, 1706 in New Haven. Ruth was born Dec, 31, 1688 in New Haven, CT. She was christened 1689 at the First Congregational Church, New Haven. Ruth died May 17, 1758 and was buried in North Haven. (Her parents were Jonathan Atwater and Ruth Pecke – see Atwater family) Samuel and his brother Joseph were listed among the families in North Haven were it was first recognized as a parish in 1715 (Thorpe, 1892) (see The Gradual Beginnings of North Haven and Hamden)
The first church in North Haven was started in 1716 and Samuel’s older brother Joseph was named as the first clerk and member of the building committee and he was re-elected to the post of clerk for 20 years and recorded the parish meetings. (see North Haven First Meeting House). When the building was completed, Joseph was chosen to “dignife the seats.” Samuel and David Yale were named as the first two deacons. Samuel was also named as the collector of the “ministerial rate” in 1717-18 (Thrope, 1892). He and Daniel Barnes were appointed by the North Haven parish meeting in 1718 to organize the first militia. Samuel was an Ensign in this first military company and his older brother, Joseph, was the Captain. Samuel died on Nov. 24, 1726 at age 49 in North Haven and was buried Nov. 25, 1726, in the Old Graveyard, North Haven, CT. Only 12 others had been buried there before him (Thorpe, 1892). Samuel and Ruth had nine children:
1. Mary, born Dec. 5, 1706 in North Haven, married Caleb Todd, brother of Stephen, on Dec. 13, 1725 in New Haven, they had three children; Phebe (1726-1744), Hezekiah (1728-1794), Bethiah (1730-1750).
2. Lydia, born Mar. 7, 1709, North Haven, married Stephen Todd, brother of Caleb, on May 26, 1726 in New Haven, They had 14 children: Jehiel (1726), Ruth (1726-1748), Jonah (1731-1803), Caleb (1733-1769), Stephen (1734-), Noah (1736), Elizabeth (1738-), Sybil (1740-), Noah (1742-1773), Lydia (1744-1834), Charles 1746), Jehiel (1748-), Asa (1750-), Mary (1753-).
3. Samuel, born Sept. 16, 1711, North Haven, died Jan 31, 1784 in Wallingford, CT, married Mary Gilbert (1716-1792) on June 13, 1744. They had at least four children: Samuel (1745-), Lois (1747-), Levi (1750-1826), Mary (1752-1757). Samuel and Levi served in the Revolutionary War, Samuel in the Fifth Connecticut Regiment in 1780, and Levi in Capt. Couch’s Connecticut Troops in 1776 and is listed as a Doctor in Danbury Alarms in 1777. In April 5, 1760, Samuel Ives, Jonathan Mansfield, and Caleb Ball posted a notice in the newspaper that there will be a meeting of the proprietors of the East Meadow in New Haven to protest to the general assembly against a proposed dam across the east River.
4. Ruth, born April 17, 1714 in Wallingford, CT, married Benjamin Yale on Mar. 23, 1737 in Wallingford, CT, They had 10 children: Job (1738 – 1799), Thomas (1739 – 1811), Benjamin (1740 – 1750), Lydia (1742-1798), Enos (1744 – 1797), Ozias (1746 – 1778), Stephen (1749 – 1818), Benjamin (1750 – 1852), Ruth (1756), Uriah (1761 – 1833). Ruth died 1781 in Cheshire, CT. Enos and Benjamin served in the Revolutionary War. Enos in Second Company Governor’s Foot Guards in 1775 and Capt. Couch’s Connecticut Troops in 1776, with Samuel Ives, Benjamin in Danbury Alarms in 1777, with Levi Ives, and Capt. Charles Miel’s Company in 1776.
5. Jonathan, Mar. 14, 1716, North Haven, married Thankful Cooper on Feb, 19, 1737, died Jan 2, 1792 in Hamden, CT. They had 8 children: Jeremiah (1738-1825), Ruth (1740-1806), Mary, Thankful (1745-1834), Joel (1747-1825), Jonathan (1751-1813), Alling (1753-after 1790), Phebe (1757-)
6. Damaris, born July 6, 1718 in Barkhamsted, CT., died Nov. 19, 1802, Wallingford, CT. She first married Ebenezer Frost on April 19, 1739 in New Haven and they had eight children, all born in New Haven: Mary (1739-1750), Samuel (1741-1768), Sybil (1743), Amos (1745-after 1803), Titus (1748-1823), Mary (1752-1809), Lucy (1754-1821), Ebenezer (1756-1761). She then married John Hull (1704-1762) on Oct. 20, 1761.
7. Phebe, born July 20, 1721, North Haven, died Sept. 23, 1725, New Haven, CT, buried in Old Cemetery, New Haven.
8. David, born Nov. 7, 1723, North Haven, married Elizabeth Merriam Feb. 28, 1744, lived in Meriden., CT. died May 20, 1753. They had three children: Hannah (1747-), David (1749-), Rebecca (1752-).
9. John, born Aug. 22, 1726, North Haven, married Lois Barnes (1728-1814) on Sept. 12, 1751 in New Haven, lived in New Hartford and Barkhamsted, CT, died June 17, 1812. They had at least five children: Mehitable (1754), John (1757-1847), Jesse (1759), Lucy (1761), Lois (1764). All were born in New Haven.
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