William Ames

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• Occupation: 1641, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was an iron worker.
• Freeman: 26 May 1647
• Inventory: 6 Mar 1654; William's estate was inventoried and valued at £45 11/.

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Died:
His death date was recorded as 11 (1) 1653.

William married Hannah about 1640 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Hannah was born about 1620 in England; died in 1714 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hannah Ames was born on 12 May 1641 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 3 Jul 1690.
2. Rebecca Ames was born in Oct 1642 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
3. Lydia Ames was born on 2 Jun 1645 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
4. John Ames was born on 24 May 1647 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 1 Mar 1726 in West Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
5. Sarah Ames was born on 1 Mar 1650 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
6. Deliverance Ames was born on 6 Feb 1653 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

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• Last Full Review: 13 Aug 2020

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Ancestry: Ames (1938) states the following: Note: In Mitchell’s ‘History of Bridgewater’ (1840), which contained the first American account of the family, this John Ames of Bruton is called Richard— an error copied in several subsequent records.

The descent is given as:

(1) JOHN AMES. All that is known of this earliest ancestor from whom the Ames family of Easton can trace direct descent is that he was buried in Bruton, Somersetshire, England, Feb. 21, 1560, and that he had at least one son.

Issue
i. John Ames (see 2).

(2) JOHN AMES, son of John Ames (i). Born, Bruton, England; died there in 1583. Married, Sept. 25, 1559, Margery Crome (or Brome).

Issue (All born in Bruton, England)
i. John Ames (see 3).
ii. Launcelot Ames, born about 1562.
iii. William Ames, born about 1564.

(3) JOHN AMES, eldest son of John Ames (2). Christened, Bruton, England, May i, 1560; died there in 1629.
sue (All born in Bruton, England)
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i. Thomas Ames, died in infancy.
ii. Henry Ames, christened July 25, 1603.
iii. William Ames (see 4).
iv. John Ames (see 4A).
V. Mary Ames, christened Apr. 1, 1613.

Richard Ames has different dates than this John Ames. More research is needed. I have followed the line given by Ames, Richard (1959).