Born about in England
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Ames D. D.
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Ruth (Ames) Angier and William Ames
Died
at about age 57
in Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Mar 2014
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Biography
"Second wife, embarked for America 1637, then aged 50. Buried at Cam. Ms. Dec. 1644." She came with her three children: Ruth, William, and John on the ship Mary Ann,[1](Waters) [2]
Research Notes
Sources
- ↑ Robert Charles Anderson,The Great Migration Directory, published 2015, page 7: Ames, Joan: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk; 1637 on Mary Anne; Salem, Cambridge [Hotten 294; WP 4:109; STR 1:98; MBCR 1:208; SChR 7; Sibley 1:107-10; Shepard 209-12; NEHGR 33:196]. (She was widow of Reverend William Ames, 1576-1633 [ODNB].) William Goose, master.
- ↑ George Selement and Bruce C. Woolley, eds., "Thomas Shepard's Confessions" in Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 72 vols. (Boston : The Society, 1895-___), as 209-212 (William Ames); web version, See William Ames section
- NEHGR Vol 168; January 2014; Whole Number 669, p25; Michael Johnson Wood "The Earliest Shermans of Dedham Essex"
- Waters, Henry. Genealogical Gleanings in England, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1888) Vol. 42, Page 270
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