Thomas Eames

• Preferred Name: Thomas Eames^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  
• Alternate Name: Thomas Ames
  
• Gender: M
  
• Birth: 1548 in St. George, Fordington, Dorset, England at LATI: N0.7148 LONG: E2.4298
  
• Death: 25 JUN 1618 in Fordington, St. George, Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England at LATI: N0.7148 LONG: E2.4298
  
• Burial: in Fordington, Saint George Parish, Dorsetshire, England. at LATI: N0.7141 LONG: E2.4301 with note: Buried 25d 6m 1618 at Fordington, Saint George Parish, Dorsetshire, England.
  
• Residence: BET 1577 AND 1618 in Fordington, Dorsetshire, England at LATI: N0.7148 LONG: E2.4298 with note: English counties were denoted by "shire" at that timeframe.
  
• FSID: LTXR-N8R
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  ABOVE PHOTO: Current-day view of Fordington, Dorset, England, birthplace of Thomas.
  SOURCE: Pilgrims from Fordington: The EAMES Family - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fordingtondorset/Files/FordingtonAnthonyEames.html
  
  Thomas Eames was born in Fordingham, Dorsetshire, England. Thomas was buried 25 June 1618 in Fordingham, Dorsetshire, England. He probably married at St George, Dorsetshire, England to Millicent BREWSTER. She was born about 1552 in Dorset, England. Millicent died May 1614 in Fordingham, Dorset, England at 61 years of age. Thomas is the only one of the Eames family mentioned in early rec of Fordington that have been examined. The Bishops Transcript of the Parish tantalizes the researcher with the note that in 1588 "Jone Emes widow an old woman was buried ye 17th day of June." It is possible that other branches of the family were in the town of Dorchester, which is nearly surrounded by the parish of Fordington, or that some Eames' marriages took place there, but the early registers of Dorchester have not been preserved. The occupation of Thomas hasn't been discovered, nor his location within the large area of the parish. Christening records in the Bishops Transcript all identify sons and daughters of Thomas Eames; no mention of a wife named Millicent was observed."
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  Ancestral Lines By Boyer
  Thomas E. Collins has suggested that the father of Thomas Eames may have been a John Eames who died before 1607 and had a wife Joan buried in Fordington, St. George 7 June 1587.
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  Thomas Eames
  Birth: unknown, England
  Death: Jun. 25, 1618
  Dorset, England
  
  Buried 25d 6m 1618 at Fordington, Saint George Parish, Dorsetshire, England.
  
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  Parents:
  Thomas Eames (1525 - 1607)
  Joan Eames (1525 - 1587)
  
  Spouse:
  Millicent Eames (____ - 1614)
  
  Children:
  Alice Eames (1577 - 1618)*
  John Eames (1586 - 1662)*
  Richard Eames (1590 - 1634)*
  Anthony Eames (1592 - 1686)*
  
  *Calculated relationship
  
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  Created by: treerpgmo
  Record added: Dec 29, 2010
  Find A Grave Memorial# 63436283
  
  «b»Biography«/b»
  Thomas Eames, Jr., was born in Fordington, Dorset shire, England.
  
  Thomas was buried June 25, 1618, in Fordington, Dorset shire, England. He married Millicent (Eames) in probably, St. George, Dorset shire, England. Millicent was born circa 1552 in Dorset, England. Millicent died May 1614 in Fordingham, Dorset, England, at 61 years of age. Thomas and Millicent probably married around the year 1576. .Thomas & Millicent Eames raised a family of at least five children in Fordington between 1578 and 1595.
  
  Thomas is the only man of the Eames family mentioned in those early records of Fordington that have been examined. The Bishops Transcript of the Parish Records tantalizes the researcher with the note that in 1588 "Jone Emes widow an old woman was buried ye 17th day of June."
  
  It's possible that other branches of the Eames family were in the town of Dorchester, which is nearly surrounded by the parish of Fordington, or that some Eames marriages took place there, but the early registers of Dorchester have not been preserved. The occupation of Thomas hasn't been discovered, nor his location within the large area of the parish.
  
  Christening records in the Bishops Transcript all identify sons and daughters of Thomas Eames; no mention of a wife named Millicent was observed.
  
  «b»Thomas Eames and Millicent (Eames) had the following children: «/b»
  1.) Alice Eames was born in Fordington, Dorset shire, England circa 1578 (chr. date). She was christened 1578 in Fordington, Dorset shire, England.
  
  2.) John Eames was born in Fordington, Dorset shire, England before January 12, 1586/7 (chr. date). He was christened January 12, 1586/7 in Fordington, Dorset shire, England.
  
  3.) Mark Eames was born in Fordington, Dorset shire, England. Mark died in probably, Dorsetshire, England.
  
  4.) Anthony Eames was born circa 1595.
  
  5.) Anne Eames was born in Fordington, Dorset shire, England. She married Thomas Rose June 14, 1619, in Fordington, Dorset shire, England. Thomas was born circa 1595 in Dorset, England.
  
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  === !SOURCES: Genealogy of Anthony Ames (al ===
  !SOURCES: Genealogy of Anthony Ames (also known as Eames) by Ames Genealogy - Maine, Vol IV, Page 1841, 1842. Researched by Gertrude Clifton Pierce Nelson.
  
  === ! Accdg to Carl Boyer 3rd, Draft copy of ===
  ! Accdg to Carl Boyer 3rd, Draft copy of 3rd ed. of "Ancestral Lines Revised:" "Thomas Eames flourished in the parish of Fordington St. George, Dorchester, Dorset, Eng., from 1577 to 1618, and was buried there 25 June 1618. He was shown on a 1607 list of tennants as renting lands formerly rented by his deceased father, John Eames [Bartelot, 213]. Thomas E. Collins suggested that the father of Thomas Eames may have been the John Eames who died before 1607 and had wife Joan, buried in Fordington St. George, 7 June 1587." !CHILDREN: There are many stories about this man, and traditions about their coming to America, one being that he had eleven sons, the youngest who stowed away about the age of 12 and came to America. He liked it so well that he wrote to his brothers, and they all came. There is nothing to verify the accuracy of these stories. !REFERENCES: Ames is the Name, by Richard D. Ames, 1959, Rev. 1961.
  
  === 1 HIST Poss. son of John & Joan EAMES ===
  1 HIST Poss. son of John & Joan EAMES
  
  === ! Discussion of Eames & Spragues is cont ===
  ! Discussion of Eames & Spragues is contained "Great Migration Begins" vol 3. pg. 1738 also more information available "Spragues of Malden 34-37".
  
  === !INFORMATION:From "The Family of Auer Wi ===
  !INFORMATION:From "The Family of Auer Winchester Proctor, Vol II", page525. Film #1036367
  
  === !FAMILY:Information from internet corres ===
  !FAMILY:Information from internet correspondence with Margery Pierce. "Anthony Eames of Massachusetts b. 1595 was the son of Thomas & Millicent of Fordington-St.George, Dorsetshire, England". !NOTE:From the files of Stephen Lawson, "Ancestral Lines, Third Edition" by Carl. B. Eames (Santa Clarita, CA 1998) pps. 239-241 Thomas Eames- b. about 1548; bur. June 25, 1618 Fordington, St. George, Dorset, England. Possibly son of John and Joan Eames. Lived at Fordington from 1577 until his death. Married (Millicent Brewster) about 1576. Childen all born in Fordington. Alice - bap. 1577 Richard - about 1590; d. 1634 m. June 5, 1615 to Alice Sprague d. of Edward and Christina Spauge of Upway, Dorset. John - bap Jan 12 1586/7 Anthony - b about 1595; d. Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Anna - about 1587. m. June 14, 1618/9 Thomas Rose
  
  === !BIOGRAPHY: Robert Charles Anderson, THE ===
  !BIOGRAPHY: Robert Charles Anderson, THE GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS: IMMIGRANTS TO
  
  === THE EAMES FAMILY I have found it to be g ===
  THE EAMES FAMILY I have found it to be generally true, that the person who makes fun of the Family Historian, knows little or nothing about his family. People are not interested in things they know nothing about. History, whether it be family history, or Church history, is important and a knowledge of all history must be had to appreciate the present, and to help plan the future. History is a tool which we must have to do our work as good citizens and human beings. Several theories have been propounded as to the origin of the surname EAMES. According to one authority, it is derived either from the "son of Emma." from the nickname Em or Emm; or from residence "at the elms," which by some provincialism became Ealmes; gradually the form Eames, a name familiar in London at an early date, came into use. Another spelling authority asserts that it is probably equivalent to Ames, a corrupt spelling, though still retaining the sound, of Eames, town in the department of Orne, in Normandy. Still another derives it from the Old English Eam, meaning uncle. Which of these derivations is the one most readily accepted is not known, and is still a matter of much conjecture. The foremost authority on British surnames, Henry Harrison, believes that the Ames family came to America from Amian's France, and took the name of their native city for an English surname d'Amiens and later shortened to Amyas and later to Ames. The early English form of the name was unquestionably Amyas, clipped into pronouncing it first Amis and then into Ames. It is written Amyas in the text of a number of old wills and deeds, and though they may be signed either Amyas, or Amyce, Amys, Amis, Aimes or Ames. Respect for spelling is however a quite modern annoyance and our forefathers were entirely careless about how they spelled their surnames provided they indicated the sound. In America, Ames became the established spelling only during the second generation. The first recorded reference to the name oc curs in England in 1200. A Richard Ames or Amyas was enrolled as a member of Parliament held at Worcester by King John, a forerunner of the Assembly which 15 years later forced the Magna Carta. The second is a list of the heirs of a certain John Amyas who dwelt at Yorkshire in the realm of King Edward the First (1272-1307. His decendants were granted a coat of Arms and he may have been the ancestor of the various Amyas and Ames we find listed as holding land in Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, Lincolnshire, Shropshire and Somerset. When written land records became more common. There is also an Amyas menioned on the Battle Abbey scroll as a soldier with William the Conqueror in 1066. Our earliest known ancestor with the name of EAMES was one, Thomas Eames who was born about 1550 at Fordington, St George, Dorset, England. He was buried 25 June 1618 at the above mentoned town. He married Millicent.... She died and was buried 23 May 1614 at the same place. They had issue.

• m. ABT 1568 in Fordington, Dorset, England

1. Anthony Eames, b. 1592 in Dorset, England     d. 28 JUN 1670 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

1. Title: Thomas Eames, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-ZJ2S : 16 December 2020), Thomas Eames, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 63436283, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-ZJ2S;
   
2. Title: Thomas Eames in entry for Alice Eames, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
   Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3R2-K3V : 5 February 2023), Thomas Eames in entry for Alice Eames, 1578.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3R2-K3V;
   
3. Title: Find a Grave: Thomas Eames
   Author: MEMORIAL ID 63436283
   Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63436283/thomas-eames;
   Note: Thomas Eames BIRTH 1548 England DEATH 25 Jun 1618 (aged 69–70) Dorset, England BURIAL Burial Details Unknown MEMORIAL ID 63436283 Buried 25d 6m 1618 at Fordington, Saint George Parish, Dorsetshire, England. Family Members Parents Thomas Eames 1525–1607 Joan Levell Eames 1525–1587 Spouse Millicent Eames 1552–1614 Children John Ames 1569–1570 Anna Ames 1569–1570 Alice Eames 1577–1618 John Eames 1586–1662 Phebe Ames 1587 – unknown Richard Eames 1590–1634 Anthony Eames 1592 – unknown Mark Ames 1592–1686 John Ames 1595–1686 Arne Ames 1597–1661 Anne Ames 1597–1684 Robert Eames 1600–1671 Ralfe Ames 1602 – unknown
   
4. Title: Thomas Emes in entry for John Emes, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
   Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NR5B-3YR : 5 February 2023), Thomas Emes in entry for John Emes, 1586.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NR5B-3YR;
   Page: separating out families
   
5. Title: Ancestry.com: Thomas in entry for Anthony Eames: New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/2496/records/17990;