Iype was the eldest son of Pothan Iype. Iype, who was highly educated, at that period, established a school near Nilackal church and worked as a teacher there. He married Kottarathil, Judge Itty’s sister Annamma. He went to Chennai for higher education, but died of cholera while returning from Thiruvananthapuram to Kottayam, by company boat. After his death, wife Annamma took over her rights from this family and went to live with her brother, Judge Itty. They had no children. In order to overcome the grief caused by his son’s death, father Iype took Kurian, who was also known as Akkarakoch and the son of his brother Varghese Pothan, from Kuzhiyadithara to stay at Kallarackal.