Richard Ames

1560 - 1615  (~ 54 years)

• Name	Richard Ames
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Christening	1 May 1560	Bruton, Somersetshire, England   [1, 6]
  Death	1615	Bruton, Somersetshire, England   [3, 5]
  Person ID	I38	| Roy Line
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	William Ames   d. 1626
  Family ID	F56	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	+ 1. William Ames,   c. 6 Oct 1605, Bruton, Somersetshire, England d. 11 Mar 1653, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 47 years)   2. John Ames,   b. 10 Dec 1610, Bruton, Somersetshire, England d. Abt 1698, West Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Age 87 years)   3. Ruth Ames,   c. Burton, Somersetshire, England
  Family ID	F57	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2019

  
  

• Notes

  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) 1 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). [3, 4]

  
  

• Event Map		Christening - 1 May 1560 - Bruton, Somersetshire, England Child - William Ames - 6 Oct 1605 - Bruton, Somersetshire, England Child - John Ames - 10 Dec 1610 - Bruton, Somersetshire, England Death - 1615 - Bruton, Somersetshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S685] Ames, Faber K. The Ames Family of Bruton, Somerset, England , (Los Angeles: privately printed, 1969). [S1510] Ames, Fred Manford. Origin of the Ames Family in America, (Worcester, Massachusetts: manuscript, 1913). [S746] Ames, Richard D. Ames is the Name , (Hyattsville, Maryland: by the author, 1959). [S1522] Ames, Winthrop. The Ames Family of Easton, Massachusetts, (Easton, Massachusetts: privately printed, 1938). [S1523] anonymous. William Ames and Richard Ames: Genealogy, 1799-1959, (Chicago: privately printed, 1959). [S684] Trask, William B. "Some Account of Dr. Nathaniel Ames, the Almanac-Maker, and His Family" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XVI, 1862).