John Ames (1610 - 1698)

Born 2 Dec 1610 in Bruton, Somerset, England

Ancestors

Died 1698 at about age 87 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Came over in the Hercules in 1635 ^[1]

Biography

John Ames was christened on 2 Dec 1610 in Bruton, Somerset, England.^[2][3]

Year 1645. He was one of the original Duxbury, Mass., proprietors: "The [54] inhabitants of the town of Duxbury are granted a competent proportion of lands abt Saughtuchquett (Satucket), towards the west, for a plantation for them, and to have it 4 miles every way from the place where they shall set up their centre..." The text also mentions that among others notable Capt. Miles Standish and Mr. John Alden "to be feofees in trust for the equal dividing and laying forth the said lans to the inhabitants." ^[4]

John married Elizabeth Hayward on 20 Oct 1646 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass. ^{[5] [6]}"The first of this name in this country were John and William, sons of Richard Ames, of Bruton, Somersetshire, England. John became one of the early settlers of Bridgewater, and resided in West Bridgewater, while William settled at Braintree, in 1640. While the actual grant of land for Bridgewater was made in 1645 "actual settlement was not commenced till after 1650" (Mitchell, pg.25).

John Ames died in 1698, leaving no children. He deeded his large estate to his brother William's son, John, of Braintree".

Sources

1. ↑ Geni.com: "... came over on the Hercules in 1635."
2. ↑ England Births... John Ames was christened 2Dec1610 in Bruton, Somerset, England. Father was John Ames.
3. ↑ Ancestry Family Trees Data
4. ↑ Mitchell, Nahum (1779-1853), "History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts", pg.10, pub.1840. E-text available in the public domain and can be found at: https://archive.org/details/historyofearlyse01mitc/page/10?q=History+of+Braintree%2C+Mitchell
5. ↑ Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Title: Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850. Marriage date: 20 Oct 1645 Marriage place: East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
6. ↑ Kingman, Bradford, "History of North Bridgewater", Plymouth County, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to the present time, with family registers. (Boston, MA: Self published, 1866). (pdf) p. 437,

See also:

• Geni. John Ames, AKA "Richard", was born 1May1560 in Bruton, Somerset, England. Died 19Feb1633 in Bruton. Son of John Ames, II and Margery Ames (Crome). Husband of Christian Ames (Browne). Father of 6 listed children. Brother of Lancelot and William. ... "Richard Ames, of Bruton , Somersettshire, England had two sons, William and John ... who ... came over on the Hercules in 1635."
• Ancestry Trees Estate deeded to nephew John Ames.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Jo Gessford for creating WikiTree profile Ames-530 through the import of ames and all.ged on Jan 26, 2013.