William Ames

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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).

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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]

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• Immigration: 1640; He supposedly came over from England because he had been caught stealing a calf.
• Residence: 1643, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• Married: 20 Oct 1645, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Elizabeth Hayward.
• Moved to: 1656, West Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• Complier's Note: 1995; He appears to have been christened before he was born.

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Birth:
Her birth date was recorded as 12 (3) 1641.

Hannah married John Hayden on 3 Mar 1660. John (son of John Hayden and Suzanna) was born in 1634 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died in 1718 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Her birth date was recorded as (8) 1642.

Ames (1969) states she was born on 10 October 1642.

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Birth:
Her birth date was recorded as 2 (4) 1645.

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• History: 1653; John was seven when his father died.
• Moved To: 1668, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Upon reaching 21 years of age in 1668, he removed to Bridgewater and lived with his uncle, John, by whom he would inherit much land in Bridgewater. As his uncle was childless, John was already an heir in the will.
• Married: Abt 1671, West Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Sarah Willis, the daughter of Deacon John and Elizabeth (Hodgkins) Willis. She was born on 1 January 1651 in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. John Ames (1672-1756) 2. William Ames (1673-1712) 3. Nathaniel Ames (1677-1765) 4. Elizabeth Ames (1680-____) 5. Thomas Ames (1682-1737) 6. Sarah Ames (1685-____) 7. David Ames (1688-1726) 8. Hannah Ames (1692-1767)
• Moved to: Abt 1672, West Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• Military: 1676; John served in the Bridgewater company during King Philip's War and joined in the relief of Swansea. He later joined with the Plymouth company in capturing three hundred Indians. They were sold into slavery in the West Indies and the money divided among the soldier who captured them.

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Birth:
His birth date was recorded as 24 (3) 1647.

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• Married: say 1670; Thomas Hayward.

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Birth:
Her birth date was recorded as 1 (1) 1650.

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Birth:
Her birth date was recorded as 6 (12) 1653.