Phineas Ames
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Phineas Ames (1757 - 1839)

Phineas Ames
Born in Rutland, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Husband of — married 12 May 1785 in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States of Americamap
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Died at about age 81 in Dover, Piscataquis, Maine, United States of Americamap
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Biography

1776 Project
Phineas Ames served with 7th Regiment, Worcester County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
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Phineas Ames is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 103280
Rank: Private
Daughters of the American Revolution
Phineas Ames is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A002253.

Phineas was born 26 October 1757, in Rutland, Massachusetts. He was the son of Samuel Ames (abt.1732-1808) and Sarah (Ball) Ames (1737-1790).[1]

During the American Revolution, Phineas served as a private in John Boynton's Company, Colonel Sparhawk's Regiment.[2][3][4] He also provided Civil Service. He was Selectman, 1781, 1782; and Surveyor of Highways, 1783 for Hancock, New Hampshire.[5][6]

On 12 May 1785, Phineas married Mehitable (Jewett) Ames (1765-aft.1807) in Hollis, New Hampshire.[7]

Their children:

In 1796 he moved to Harmony, Maine, and was one of the first settlers there. It was 1801 or 1802 that he first came into Piscataquis County, Maine. He then came across from Harmony and cleared an opening in Sangerville on the north side of Marr Pond, near Lane's Corner. In the fall of 1803 he moved in with his family, and became the first settler in Sangerville. His trip here, like all others of those early settlers, was attended with hardship. He came by the way of a spotted line, his wife on horseback, carrying in her arms a babe only a few months old; but they reached their destination in safety. Mehitable died in 1807 and is buried in Sangerville. Phineas died in Dover South Mills, and is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.[8] His grave was unmarked at first, however in 1938 an application was made to provide him with a military headstone.[9][10]

Contains some interesting information: Rejected Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3185, Phinehas Eames, Mass. Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs Series: Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service NAID: 54484889 15 pages of Images [11]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDW-KZ9 : 5 January 2021), Phinehas Ames, 1757.
  2. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLBX-7K2T : 19 February 2021), Phineas Ames, 27 Sep 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm
  3. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLBX-7K2R : 19 February 2021), Phinehas Ames, 20 Aug 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts
  4. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 10 May 2021), "Record of Phineas Ames", Ancestor # A002253.
  5. ↑ "New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records, 1675-1835," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q242-J126 : 15 March 2018), Phinehas Ames, 10 Feb 1786; citing Hancock, Hancock, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Military Service, New Hampshire State Archives, Division of Records Management and Archives, Concord; FHL microfilm 005833199.
  6. ↑ Hayward, William Willis, b. 1834, The history of Hancock, New Hampshire, 1764-1889 Pub: 1889, Lowell MA, Vox Populi Press, S. W. Huse Co; Page 306-307 https://archive.org/details/historyofhancock00haywrich/page/306/mode/2up
  7. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLX7-DC5 : 22 February 2021), Phineas Ames and Mehitable Jewett, 12 May 1785; citing Hollis, , New Hampshire, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,121.
  8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images ( accessed 10 May 2021), memorial page for Phineas Ames (26 Oct 1757–1839), Find A Grave: Memorial #42315108, citing Pine Grove Cemetery, Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 47015957).
  9. ↑ "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZW-3CS : 26 April 2021), Phineas Ames, .
  10. ↑ "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQ8-9CT : 13 March 2018), Phineas Ames, 1839; citing Death, Dover, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,001,837.
  11. ↑ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/54484889

Rejected Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3185, Phinehas Eames, Mass. Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs Series: Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service NAID: 54484889 15 pages of Images https://catalog.archives.gov/id/54484889

See also:

Sketches of Some Revolutionary Soldiers of Piscataquis County - Phineas Ames https://web.archive.org/web/20210510134405/http://www.usgenealogyexpress.com/~me/piscataquisco/piscataquisco_hist_1910/maine_piscataquisco_histco_1910_154.htm





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Wilma Bland
Phineas was the son of Samuel Ames and his wife Sarah Ball. Samuel was the son of Jacob Ames and his wife Ruth Shattuck, Jacob was the son of John Ames/Eames and Priscilla Kimball. John was the son of Robert Eames 1640-1693 and his wife Rebeckah Blake who both survived the Salem Trials. Information about this line can be found in Wilmot Spofford Ames' 1943 book ROBERT EAMES [AMES] 1640 - 1693 of ANDOVER AND BOXFORD MASSACHUSETTS. Phineas founded Amesville and sold it to Sanger, giving permission to change the name to Sangerville. Phineas is my 4th great grandfather through his son, Daniel's line.



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