This page collects information about people from the Ames Family who were known or believed to have lived in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
Family History
Savage (pg.49) states: “John was the only son of William Ames.” The Ames families in Bridgewater and Easton are one family, descended from John and Cyprian (Browne) Ames of Bruton, Somerset, England. John and Cyprian's son William and and his wife Hannah (___) settled in Braintree about 1638. Their son John was born in Braintree and removed to Bridgewater by 1672. The line to the renowned Ames family of Easton is William, John, Thomas, Thomas, John, Oliver. Oliver removed from Bridgewater to Easton by 1803, when he founded the shovel manufacturing business that grew and prospered under his sons Oliver Jr. and Oakes.
John and Cyprian's son John came to Duxbury by 1643 and married Elizabeth Hayward about 1645. He was an original proprietor of Bridgewater and removed there in 1656. He had no children and left his large estate to his brother William's son John and to the sons of John.
The Marshfield Eames family is a completely different family. The immigrant founders were Anthony Eames and his wife Margery (___), who probably came from Dorsetshire, England. In later years (by about 1800) some members of this family spelled their surname "Ames".
South Easton is a village in Easton, which is in Bristol County, Massachusetts. Norton was the first town formed in the Taunton North Purchase, and from it and the unincorporated land in the Purchase were formed Easton and Mansfield. Most of the early Easton families were originally either Taunton families or Bridgewater families.
Cape Cod is Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project
Notable Individuals
Notable Landmarks
See Also
- Ames in Massachusetts
- Early History of Massachusetts
- Plymouth County, Massachusetts/First families
- Plymouth County, Massachusetts/Monuments and Memorials
External Links
- [1] - Wikipedia
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Familypedia people with surname Ames in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
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Born in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Baptised in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Married in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
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Died in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Buried in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
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