GenForum has recently added a forum for the surname Ivester. Hugh (Isbister) Ivester came to America in 1775 from the Orkney Islands (Scotland) eventually settling in North Carolina on the Yadkin. He married Barbary ? Their first son was George Newell Ivester born c. 1779 probably in Rutherford - married Anna Rucker born c. 1790 in Rutherford, NC. If you have any information on this family and/or allied families, please check out the Ivester forum at GenForum.com - leave queries, messages, etc. Some names associated with Ivester - Rucker, Lingerfelt, Magnus, Whistenant, Anderson, Nichols, Gabrels, Gobel, Gabel, King, Cline, and Peeler.