Tenth Generation

1004. William AMES was born on 6 October 1605 in Bruton, Somerset, England. He died on 6 March 1654 at the age of 48 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.
Following is an excerpt from the book, Kingman Family History, written by my great-grandfather Lewis Kingman and published in 1907, about his ancestry and that of his wife, Alice Newman Kingman.
"John and William Ames
, brothers, sons of Richard Ames
of Bruton, Somersetshire, England, came to America prior to 1640. John settled in old west Bridgewater and William settled in Braintree , Mass.
John Ames
married Elizabeth Hayward
in 1645. He became very wealthy for those times. They had no children. He was one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater , in 1697; he deeded to his nephew John and his sons large tracts of land and died the next year, 1698.
William Ames
of Braintree , married Hanna
; they had six children; Hannah in 1641, Rebecca in 1642, Lydia in 1645, John in 1647,
Sarah in 1650 and Deliverence in 1653. Hannah was married to John Hayden by Governor Elliott in 1660. We have no more to record of this family except of John in whom we are descended.
John Ames
born in 1647 came to Old Bridgewater some time before 1671. He married Sarah daughter of Deacon John Willis
of Bridgewater . They had eight children; John in 1672, William in 1673, Nathaniel in 1677 Elizabeth in 1680, Thomas in 1682, Sarah in 1685, David in 1688 then Hannah later. His estate settled in 1732. Elizabeth married Captain John Field in 1697. Sarah married Daniel Field in 1706. Hannah married David Packard in 1712. Hannah ALDEN and William AMES were married in 1639 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.

1005. Hannah ALDEN was born on 16 October 1611. She died on 31 January 1702 at the age of 90 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.

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