Thomas Eames (abt. 1618 - 1681)

Born about 1618 in England [uncertain]

Husband of Margaret (UNKNOWN) Eames — married about 1640 in Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Husband of Mary (Blandford) Eames — married about 1662 (to 1 Feb 1676) in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 25 Jan 1681 at about age 63 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

This is the profile for Thomas Eames who lived in Dedham (1641-1651) and later Medford, Cambridge, Sudbury, Framingham Plantation, and Sherborn.

Date of Birth

Based on depositions he gave in October 1652 in which he stated that he was aged 34 years or there abouts,^[1][2] in November 1663 in which he stated that he was aged about 46 years,^[3] and in February 1666[/7] in which he stated that he was aged 48 years,^[4] Thomas was probably born about 1618.

Parentage

Thomas' parentage had not been determined. No record has been found that establishes any connection between him and any Eames/Ames in England. Based on YDNA results, which indicate that male lineal descendants of Thomas do not share a common male ancestor within the genealogical time frame with male lineal descendants of Anthony Eames of Marshfield,^[5] it it seems highly unlikely that Thomas was related to the Eames of Fordington, England.

One promising lead is a record of the baptism of Thomas Emes, son of John and Elizabeth Emes, at Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire on August 3, 1617.^[6] Thomas named his first son John and his second daughter Elizabeth, and PGM immigrant John Drake also came from Hampton in Arden.

Brother of Robert Eames of Woburn?

The 1931 Eames-Ames Genealogy states (without providing any support) that Robert Eames of Woburn and Thomas Eames were brothers,^[7] while the 2001 The Ancesty of Frances Maria Goodman 1829-1912 states that there is no known relationship between Thomas and Robert.^[8] No records have been found that establish any blood relationship between Robert of Woburn and Thomas. The only circumstantial evidence that has been found of a connection between the two is (1) the fact that Thomas resided in Dedham in 1640-1650 and there is a record of a Robert Eames taxed in Dedham in 1648^[9] and 1651^[10] and (2) the fact that Thomas' son John married (as his second wife) Robert Eames' daughter Elizabeth.^[11] YDNA results provide some additional support for the assertion that Robert Eames of Woburn and Thomas were brothers, as the YDNA results in the FTDNA Ames-Eames Surname Project show that the results for test takers in the group for descendants of Robert Eames of Woburn "match" with the results for test takers in the group for descendants of Thomas Eames, which indicates that the two groups of test takers share a common male ancestor within the genealogical time frame.^[12]

Place of Birth

Thomas' place of birth is uncertain, but it is highly likely that he was born somewhere in England.

Emigration to New England

The date of Thomas' emigration to New England is uncertain. The earliest definitive record of his presence in New England is the grant to him of a parcel of land by the town of Dedham on September 28, 1640.^[13] However, in a petition by Thomas in April 1668 to the General Court of Massachusetts for a grant of land, Thomas stated that he "hath lived in this Country about thirty-four years" and had served in the Pequot War (which took place in July 1636 - September 1638).^[14] Assuming Thomas' statement in his petition to be true, Thomas arrived in New England about 1634.

Indentured Servitude?

Assuming Thomas's statement that he arrived in New England in 1634 is correct, he would have been only about 16 when he emigrated and since there is no evidence that he arrived with his family, it seems reasonably likely that Thomas came over as an indentured servant. If so, then, based on Thomas' occupation, his master was probably a brickmaker.

Service in Pequot War

The Pequot War was fought in New England in July 1636 - September 1638 between the Pequot tribe and an alliance of colonists from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Plymouth Colony and the Saybrook Colony.^[15] A bronze tablet dedicated in 1920 to the soldiers in the Pequot War included an entry for "Eames, Thomas, 1618-1681, of Sherborn."^[16] No record contemporaneous with tthe Pequot War has been found that establishes Thomas's participation in the war. He is not mentioned in any of the contemporary accounts of the war included in the Massachusetts Historical Society's 1897 History of the Pequot War,^[17] nor is he included in the list prepared by "Battlefields of the Pequot War" of participants in the war.^[18] However, in his 1668 petititon to the General Court of Massachusetts for a grant of land, Thomas included among the reasons that his request should be granted, a statement that he had been "employed in hazardous publique services" including "in ye expidition against ye Piquits" in which "ye said poore petitioner served as a common soldier".^[14]

First Marriage

Thomas married, first, a woman named Margaret. Her first name is known from the records of the births of their children in Dedham (John 1641, John 1642 and Mary 1643).^[19] Margaret's maiden name has not been detemined. Based on the date of birth of their first child (May 1641), Thomas and Margaret were probably married about 1640. Since Thomas received his first grant of land in Dedham in September 1640,^[13] they may have been married there or perhaps somewhere else in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Margaret died sometime between, say, 1652 (the estimated date of birth of her last child, Elizabeth) and 1662 (when Thomas married his second wife).

Residency in Dedham

Thomas' first known place of residency was Dedham, where, in September 1640, the town granted him a parcel of land on the "great island", provided he subscribed to "the towne orders".^[13] The latter was no doubt a reference to the Dedham Covenant, which was first signed in 1636 by the then inhabitants of Dedham, but was also required to be signed by subsequent newcomers.^[20][21] Thomas' name appears as one of the signatures of the Covenant.^[22] Over the next five years, the town of Dedham gave Thomas additional grants of land, as well as assistance in obtaining wood and earth suitable for making bricks.^[19] In March 1650/1, the sale by Thomas to Robert Ware of 3 acres of upland on the island plane was recorded in the Dedham town records,^[23] which probably coincides with the approximate date of Thomas' move to Medford.

Residency in Medford

Thomas probably moved from Dedham to Medford about 1651. The Medford Historical Society suggests that Thomas moved to Medford because it had abundant quantities of good clay for making bricks.^[24] There are scant records relating to Thomas during the period of his residency in Medford Since all of the Medford town records prior to 1674 were lost,^[25] the only records relating to Thomas during that period are county-level records. The earliest record definitely placing Thomas in Medford is a deposition in October 1652, Thomas Eames of Medford, aged 34 or there abouts.^[1][2] In 1659, Thomas Eames of Medford was involved in various Middlesex County court actions as a witness, plaintiff and defendent.^[19] There is no evidence that Thomas owned land in Medford. A 1659 deed by Thomas Broughton of two mills on the Mystic River indicates that Thomas Eames was then occupying those mills as a tenant.^[26] The last record found that indicates that Thomas was still living in Medford is an indenture dated May 1, 1660, in which Joseph Mirrible, with the consent of his uncle John Mirrible of Medford, put himself apprentice to Thomas Eames, bricklayer.^[27] According to the Medford Historical Society, Thomas was worked land [for brick clay] in West Medford in 1660.^[24]

Children by First Marriage

Thomas and his first wife, Margaret, had the following children:

1. John, b. May 16, 1641 in Dedham,^[28] d. September 17, 1641 in Dedham^[29]
2. John, b. October 6, 1642 in Dedham, m. 1st about 1675 Mary Adams perhaps in Cambridge, m. 2d May 11, 1682 Elizabeth Eames in Sherborn, d. December 14, 1733 in Framingham. (See discussion and sources in John's profile.)
3. Mary, b. May 24, 1645;^[30] no further record, perhaps killed or taken captive in the Indian attack on Thomas' how in February 1675/6.^[31]
4. (probably) Gershom, b. say 1648 in Dedham, m. about 1671 Hannah Brigham probably in Sudbury, d. November 25, 1676 in Watertown. (See discussion and sources in Gershom's profile.)
5. Elizabeth, b. say 1652 probably in Medford, m. December 18, 1673 Thomas Blaynford of Watertown^[8]

Second Marriage

Thomas' first wife, Margaret died sometime between, say, 1652 (the estimated date of birth of her last child) and 1662. Thomas married, second, Mary (Blandford) Paddleford. No record of their marriage has been found. Their marriage is established by the records of the first church of Cambridge, which list the baptisms of the children of Mary and Jonathan Paddlefoot together with the baptism of "Thomas Emes the son of Thomas & Mary (formerly Paddlefoot now) Emes baptized July 12, 1663."^[32] Based on this date of baptism, Thomas and Mary were probably married in 1662. Their place of marriage is uncertain; however, based on Mary's residency in Cambridge at the time, they were most likely married there.

Residency in Cambridge

Thomas and his family probably resided in Cambridge, in the house of his second wife Mary, from 1662 to 1664. While no record has been found that describes Thomas as "of Cambridge", his likely residency there in 1662 to 1664 is suggested by (1) the baptism of his son Thomas at the first church of Cambridge in July 1663^[32] and (2) his sale in February 1664/5, with the consent of his wife Mary Eames, of a messuage in Cambridge containing one dwelling house with about 8 adjoining acres for £57.^[33] The land in Cambridge that Thomas sold in February 1664/5 was the same land that Jonathan Paddleford had purchased from Edward Winship in 1654^[34] and which Thomas had apparently gotten ownership of through his marriage to Jonathan's widow Mary.

Residency in Sudbury

Thomas moved to Sudbury by January 11, 1664/5, when the birth of son Samuel was recorded in the Sudbury town records.^[35] Thomas Eames was among the men who tooke the freemans oath on May 3, 1665.^[36]

Thomas apparently did not own any land while he was a resident in Sudbury. In April 1668, Thomas Eames of Sudbury petitioned the General Court of the Massachusetts Colony stating that he had served as a "common soldier" "in ye expidition against ye Piquits", that he had lived in this country for 34 years, that he had been industrious, that he had been maimed (by the hand of God) in his limbs since his service, that he was the father of many children, and that he had not one foot of land in this country as his own, and, in light thereof, requesting that some parcel of country land be granted to him. His petition was denied.^[14] In 1668, Thomas leased the "Pelham Farm" (in Wayland) and was ordered that , during the lease, he should "pay to the minister fore pound a man and 20sh to every £20 rate."^[37]

Residency in the Framingham Plantation

About 1670, moved south to the unincorporated area between Sudbury and Medfield and built a house on the southern slope of Mount Wayte.^[38][39] The people living in the area were known as Sudbury Out-dwellers or Sudbury Farmers,^[39] the latter term perhaps being derived from the fact that a large portion of the area had been part of grants known as the Glover Farm, the Mayhew Farm and the Danforth Farm.^[40]

Children by Second Marriage

Thomas and his second wife, Mary, had the following children, born, variously, in Cambridge, Sudbury and the Framingham Plantation:

1. Thomas, bpt. July 12, 1663 in Cambridge,^[32][41] d. February 1, 1675/6 killed by Indians^[42][43]
2. Samuel, b. January 11, 1664/5 in Sudbury,^[44] m. 1st January 6, 1689/90 Mary (Peabody) Death,^[43] m. 2d April 21, 1698 Patience Twitchell^[42][43]
3. Margarett, b. July 8, 1666 in Sudbury,^[45][46] m. 1st February 21, 1688 Joseph Adams,^[42][43] m. 2d December 27, 1705 Daniel Dean of Concord,^[43] d. May 1734 in Concord^[43]
4. Nathaniel, b. December 30,1668 in Sudbury,^[47][46] m. about 16792 Anna Patten^[43]
5. Sarah, b. October 3, 1670 in Framingham Plantation,^[48][49] d. February 1, 1675/6 killed by Indians^[42][43]
6. Lidia, b. June 29, 1672 in Framingham Plantation,^[48][50] d. February 1, 1675/6 killed by Indians^[42][43]

Some online genealogies show that Thomas also had a son named Gershom who was born in Medford in 1674 and died in the Indian attack in 1676. However, no reliable evidence has been found for the existence of any such child, and he is probably a result of confusion with the known Gershom Eames, who was probably son of Thomas Eames and died in 1676.

1675/6 Indian Attack

On February 1, 1675/6 during King Philip's War, while Thomas Eames was away from his home getting ammunition in Boston, about a dozen Nipmuc Indians, led by Netus, attacked his home.^[51][52] Thomas's wife, Mary, was killed; the children at their home at the time either killed or taken away as captives; his home and barn burned; and his livestock either killed or taken away.^[51][52] Although there were conflicting reports of the number of children killed and captured, based on the accounts of Thomas and two of his sons who were captured, five children were killed and four taken as captives.^[51][52] According the the confession of the Indians, two of those captured were girls.^[51][52] Assuming that information is correct, since we know that his children Samuel, Margaret and Nathaniel returned,^[51][52] three of those killed were Thomas and Mary's children Thomas (then 15), Sarah (5) and Lidia (3) and three of those captured were Thomas and Mary's children Samuel (11), Margaret (9) and Nathaniel (7). Since the remaining captive was a girl, she would have to have been either Mary (21), wife Mary's daughter from her first marriage, or Thomas' daughter Mary (31) from his first marriage. Since there are no records for either of the Marys, it is possible that one was captured and did not return and the other killed. Of Thomas' and Mary's remaining children, only Mary's son Edward (15) has no records as an adult. It is therefore likely that he was also killed in the attack. Thomas' other children from his first marriage, John (35), Gershom (27) and Elizabeth (23), were all married and no doubt no longer living at Thomas' house at the time of the attack, and wife Mary's other children from her first marriage, Jonathan (19) and Zacharieh (18), must have been away from home at the time.

Residency in Sherborn

In October 1676, Thomas petitioned the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony for a grant of land in compensation for his losses from the Indian attack.^[53] In May 1677 the General Court approved the grant to Thomas of 200 acres "in any free place not prejudicing the laying out of a plantation."^[54] The land chosen by Thomas was apparently in the northwest corner of the Indian plantation of Natick and encompassed by the lands of Thomas Danforth, John Death and John Stone. The newly formed town of Sherborn (incorporated in October 1674) was in the process of exchanging land with Natick in order to make their town "more compact",^[55] and Thomas successfully petitioned the Indians,^[56] the town of Sherborn^[57] and the General Court^[58] to have his new grant included in the exchange. The grant by Sherborn states that the 200 acres granted to Thomas was "for the land he lives upon", suggesting that in return for the 200 acres,^[57] Thomas gave up his old land, which was presumably then given to Natick as part of the land exchange with Sherborn.

In February 1678/9, Thomas was chose as one of five initial selectmen for the town of Sherborn,^[59][60] and he remained a town selectman until his death.^[60]

Occupation

Numerous records establish that, from 1640 until at least 1665, Thomas was a brick maker and brick layer, although he was occasionally also described as a mason.^[19] The only record after 1665 that identifies Thomas' occupation is a 1680 indenture that refers to Thomas as a planter,^[61] suggesting that, upon his move to Framingham Plantation (and certainly after his move to Sherborn), Thomas had acquired enough land to transition from being a brick maker/layer to being a farmer. The assertion that Thomas became a farmer after moving to Framingham Plantation is further supported by the inventory of his lost property from the Indian attack, which included a barn and a significant amount of livestock and grain but no equipment related to brick making or laying.^[51]

Death

Thomas died in Sherborn on January 25, 1680/1.^[62]

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5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} See "Ames, Eames, Aimes, Amos - Y-DNA Colorized Chart," Ames-Eames DNA Project, FamilyTreeDNA. Link to chart at familytreedna.com. Analyzing the results on that chart using the YDNA Family Grouping App shows that (with the one exception of a test taker, whose named earliest Eames ancestor is no doubt incorrect) the test takers who claim Thomas Eames as their earliest known Eames ancestor have a genetic distance of at least 16 on a comparison of 37 markers from the test takers who claim Anthony Eames as their earliest known Eames ancestor. FTDNA guidelines have stated that a genetic distance of more than 5 on a comparison of 37 markers indicates that the test takers very probably do not share a common male ancestor within the genealogical time frame. See Expected Relationships with Y-DNA STR Matches.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGFN-4S2W : 14 September 2022), Thomas Emes, 3 Aug 1617; Christening; citing Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Warwick County Record Office, England.
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48. ↑ ^{48.0 48.1 48.2} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCM1-3RJ : 28 September 2017), Sarah Eames, 03 Oct 1670; citing Birth, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249.
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50. ↑ ^{50.0 50.1} Vita Records of Framingham, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911. p. 64. Link to page at archive.org.
51. ↑ ^{51.0 51.1 51.2 51.3 51.4 51.5 51.6} Barry, William. A History of Framingham, Massachusetts, Including the Plantation, from 1640 to the Present Time. 1847. pp. 24-27. Link to pages at archive.org.
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55. ↑ ^{55.0 55.1} Shaughnessy, Anne Carr. The History of Sherborn. 1974. p. 11. Link to page at archive.org.
56. ↑ ^{56.0 56.1} Middlesex County Deeds, Vol. 6, p. 150. Link to page at familysearch.org.
57. ↑ ^{57.0 57.1 57.2} Middlesex County Deeds, Vol. 6, p. 151. Link to page at familysearch.org.
58. ↑ ^{58.0 58.1} Shurtleff, Nathaniel B., Ed. Records of the Govern or and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Vol. V. 1674-1686. 1854. p. 230. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
59. ↑ ^{59.0 59.1} Biglow, William. History of Sherburne, Mass. from Its Incorporation, MD C LXXIV, to the End of the Year M DCCC XXX. 1830. p. 24. Link to page at archive.org.
60. ↑ ^{60.0 60.1 60.2} Shaughnessy, Anne Carr. The History of Sherborn. 1974. p. 124. Link to page at archive.org.
61. ↑ ^{61.0 61.1} Middlesex County Deeds, Vol. 10, pp. 273-274. Link to page at familysearch.org.
62. ↑ ^{62.0 62.1} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-BC6M : 20 May 2022), Tho. Eames, 25 Jan 1680; citing Death, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934229.

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• Sanger and Eames Families. This is a privately published book. 'The family histories issued in this volume are prepared for publication in Genealogical and Biographical Records of American Families published by States Historical Company, Inc. Publishers and Engravers in Hartford,
• Genealogy of One Branch of the Descendants of the Family of Thomas Eames who came from England about 1630, and first settled in Dedham, Mass in 1640 compiled by Moses Eames, Watertown, NY Brockway & Sons' Dailey Times Print 1887