Mary Eames

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• Court: 1000; Marshfield HR 1717, 22selectman 1694, 1714, 16, 17, 19; town clerk 1713, 14; moderator 1716, 22, 24, 25; m. Mercy Sawyer in 1686, 6 ch; farmer, will. No committees in 1717
• Will: 8 June 1726, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; To son Anthony, dwelling house to dau. Mercy Phillips, negrow woman, Sarah...dau. Mary, negrow girl Peggesons in law Joseph Philips & Thomas Sawyer, executors.
• Deed: 25 March 1728, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts; To son Anthony small tract of land in Marshfield being part of 35th lot in 2d division of Common Right lands in sd town. All that part of sd lot which I have not disposed of already. Wit: Nath & Abigail Eames. recorded 4 March 1734

Anthony married Mercy Sawyer on 2 Dec 1686 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Mercy (daughter of John Sawyer and Mercy Little) was born on 1 February 1668 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died in 1729 in Hingham, Plymonth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Will: 15 Mar 1620, Fordington, Dorset, England; Margery's son Mark is left "forty shillings, my under featherbed in my chamber over the parlour, a feather bolster within the chamber at the stairhead" an added codicil to the will also leaves Mark some spoons.
• Emigration: 1636; Emigrated with his parents to Charlestown moving with them to Hingham in 1636
• Deed: 10 Dec 1651, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; Francis Godfrey, carpenter, sold to Anthony Eames & Mark Eames, son of Anthony, both of Hingham a certain parcel of land containing 100a w/a dwelling house upon it lying upon the North River in the colony of New Plymouth.
• Migration: 1652, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Witness: 1 Feb 1660, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Deputy : 1662, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Became Deputy to the General Court and held that post for 14 of the next 20 years.
• Note: 8 Jun 1664, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Ensigne Mark Eames has libertie to looke out land for accommodations.
• Appraised : 1 Jul 1672, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
• War: 1675; served as an ensign and later as a lieutenant in the militia during King Philip’s Indian War - was 2nd in command under Cap Peregrine White
• Overseer: 15 Jan 1676, Plymouth, Massachusetts; In the will of Michael Pierce, husband of Mark's sister Persis, he names "my brother Mark Eames" as overseer of his estate.
• Will: 12 Feb 1693, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Having formerly given my sons John(?) and Anthony part of my lands which they have deeds for which if judged sufficient for them

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Died:
Will probated 19 October 1693

Mark married Elizabeth Andrews on 26 May 1648 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph Andrews and Elizabeth) was born in 1621 in Hingham, Plymonth, Massachusetts; died on 8 Jul 1693 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Mark's will names Elizabeth as executoradministration papers show she died a few days before his did.

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Birth:
Can't find a lot of info on John.

John married Mercy Little on 30 Nov 1666 in Marshfield, Massachusetts. Mercy (daughter of Thomas Little and Ann Warren) was born in 1646 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 10 Feb 1693 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Inheritance: March 1671, Plymouth, Massachusetts; "my whole stock of cattle of all sorts ... equally divided amongst all my children"

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• Notes: 1000; As the son of a Yeoman he would not have attended university and this seems to be confirmed by the absence of any of the Eames family in the University Alumni, but had a good standard of education.
• Will: 15 Mar 1620, Fordington, Dorset, England; I do request assign & appoint...Anthony EAMES...to be wardens assisters and helpers unto my executors aforesaid in what shall be necessary and behovable for the better furtherance and more due execution of this my last will & testament.
• Church Warden: 1622, Fordington, Dorset, England; Served as Church Warden in Fordington 1622, 1627 and 1631. There were always two churchwardens and these were rotated, one being appointed by the vicar (The Rev Edward Pele) and the other by the parishioners. In either case it was a vote of confidence
• Church Warden: 1627, Fordington, Dorset, England; One of his tasks, apart from levying rates, would have been to act as a witness on the transcribed parish registers for each year that the Rector had to submit to the Bishop and his name appears on records that survive for the years 1622, 1627, and 1631.
• Constable: Apr 1630, Fordington, Dorset, England; Sworn in as Constable for the Manor of Fordington at Quarter Sessions held in Sherborne. Constables were selected by the Manor Court & it was a compulsory appt. Once they had been summoned they had to appear at the next Court for their area & served 12 mo.
• Deposed : 12 Apr 1632, Fordington, Dorset, England; "Anthony Emes of Fordington, Dorset, yeoman, where he had lived from infancy, born there, aged 40 or thereabouts" Wiltshire Records Office, Dean of Sarum, Deposition Book.
• Migration: Jul 1633, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Anthony, his wife, and most of his children emigrated from Weymouth, England in 1634 on the ship Recovery of London, settling in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
• Inhabitant : 10 Feb 1634, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Included in the January 1634 list of Charlestown inhabitants. On 10 February 1635 he signed the town order creating the office of selectman.
• Agreement: 25 April 1646, Hingham, Plymonth, Massachusetts; John Porter to fence the head of his lot from the sea to the mark tree of Anthony Eames & Eames to fence from thence to that marked tree betwixt him and Thomas Porter....
• Deed: 10 Dec 1651, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Francis Godfrey, carpenter, sold to Anthony Eames & Mark Eames, son of Anthony, both of Hingham a certain parcel of land containing 100a w/a dwelling house upon it lying upon the North River in the colony of New Plymouth.
• Migration: 1652, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Deed : 4 Jun 1661, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts; "Mr. Anthony Eames acknowledged before the court that his son, Justice Eames, hath received the sum of 13 pounds 6 shilling and 8 pence of Thomas Doged, of Marshfield, in full of his wife's portion.
• Repaired: 3 Mar 1663, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts; A colony committee was ordered to "repair unto the house of Mr. Anthony Eames, at the North River, and there to give meeting unto Major Winslow"
• Deed: 14 Mar 1670, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts; "Anthony Eames Senior of Marshfield" deeded to "my son Justus Eames my house and land that which I bought of Francis Godfrey"
• Plymouth Colony: 29 May 1670, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Anthony married Margery (Pierce?) in 1616 in Fordington, Dorset, England. Margery (daughter of ? and ?) was born in 1599 in Fordington, Dorset, England; died in December 1662 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Will: 15 Mar 1620, Fordington, Dorset, England; I give & bequeath unto my kinswoman Margerye EMES wife of Anthony EAMES forty shillings in money, my best pewter charger with a plate, one little standing bedstead in the little chamber at stairhead, my long coffer at stairhead, and a yarn coverlett

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Birth:
Her parents are not known, so her last name is uncertain.

Died:
Possible burial place Marshfield Hills in Plymouth Colony, but there is no stone and her name can't be found in the badly damaged Marshfield records.

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• Migration: 1635; Migrated to New England with his father and 1st wife (unknown name). Settled at Hingham, Mass. He would later move to Duxbury (around 1657) and then return to Hingham later in life where he died.
• Land Grant: 18 September 1635, Hingham, Plymonth, Massachusetts; House lot of 5a , 2a of it butting upon the town street southward & upon pt of his own land & upon pt of Rich'd Betscome's land Northward, bounded w/ land of Thomas Andrews, his father.

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Birth:
Joseph is the only known child of Thomas Andrews, who sailed with him to America from England. Possible other children left in England or came over at a different date.

Died:
"Joseph Andrews one of the first [illegible ? Cantors] of the towne of Hingham Dyed on the first Day of January 1679"

Joseph married Elizabeth in 1620 in England. Elizabeth was born in 1601; died in ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Note: 1000; Education: Sufficient to fill the office of "Keeper of the Colony of New Plymouth books"
• Migration: 1631, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; The first record of Thomas in the New Word was on a tax list in March of 1633.
• Sold Dwelling: 7 Oct 1633, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Little sold his dwelling house to Richard Higgins for twenty-one bushels of corn.
• Deed: 28 May 1635, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Hi made a gift of land to his brother-in-law Robert Bartlett
• Deed: 12 Mar 1639, Plymouth, Massachusetts; William Taylor (son of William Taylor of Boddington, County Cornwall, carpenter) transferred his indenture with the consent of all from Mr. John Atwood to Thomas Little
• Note: 1643, Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Military: Aug 1643, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Member of the Plymouth Military Company
• Notes: 1646, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Thomas Little is included in a list of those attending town meeting in Plymouth
• Land: 4 Mar 1647, Plymouth, Massachusetts; 5a of upland meadow "at a brook commonly called the Indian Brook" were granted to Thomas Little "so long as ... himself or any of his posterity shall remain within the limits of the township of Plymouth"
• Court: 26 Oct 1647, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Thomas Little of "the Yele [Eel] River" acknowledged a £20 debt to the court and king
• Moved: 1650, Marshfield, Massachusetts; Owned 1000 acres in Marshfield in the section now called Sea View.
• Notes: 1652; Seems to have been absent from Plymouth, & from Plymouth Colony, from about 1652 to 1662. In his deed of 2 Aug 1652 states he no longer resides in Plymouth, but does not state where he does live.
• Land Sale: Aug 1652, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Sold the house and lot at Eel River (which was received by marriage) to Richard Foster.
• Land: 2 Aug 1652, Plymouth, Massachusetts; "Tho Little sometimes inhabitant of the town of Plymouth" w/consent of his wife Ann sold to Rich'd Foster of Plymouth, "all that his house & land lying & being at the Eelriver in the township of Plymouth whereon the said Thomas formerly lived"
• Land: 25 Dec 1655, Plymouth, Massachusetts; The town granted to Thomas Clark "five acres of meadow lying in the same meadow with Thomas Little, Tho Little's being first laid out according to his grant in the town book"
• Land: 1662, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Purchased a farm in Marshfield, formerly belonging to Major William Holmes.
• Constable: 3 June 1662, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Appointed constable of Marshfield
• Land: 1664, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Jonathan Morey expressed a desire "to have the meadow land granted to him that was sometimes Thomas Little's being upon the Indian Brook beyond Mannomett Ponds"
• Grand Jury: 8 June 1664, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Was one listed on Grand Jury
• Lawsuit: 7 Feb 1665, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Wm Shurtliff sued Tho Little for carrying off trees shurtliff had felled & squared. Maj. Alden & Joseph Beedle were to settle the bounds & Little to return the trees, but final judgment to await the return of the bounds
• Court: 7 Mar 1665, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Constable William Holmes successfully sued Thomas Little for £5 in damages for misleading Holmes into unjustly attaching the belongings of Nathaniel Winslow
• Fined: 9 Jun 1665, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Fined £1 10s for not keeping secret the proceedings of the grand jury, of which he was a member
• Land: 3 Oct 1665, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Thom Little, by virtue of land "he surrendered at Manomett Ponds," & Josias Keane, by virtue of "his great necessity," were allowed to look for land, & if they found it, the court would grant them 100a each. the court would grant them one hundred acres ea
• Land Case: 6 February 1666, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Mrs. Rachel Davenport and her arbitrator referred the case against Thomas Little to the determination of the court and the court replied 1 May 1666 that Little should pay Davenport £15
• Land: 29 Oct 1668, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Court registered the claim of "Experience Michell, Henery Sampson, Rich'd Church & Tho Little" to a parcel of land at Namassakett Pond, & declared that "none shall interpose to deprive them of it until the court purchases it and settles it on them"

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Died:
Will - "my loving wife all my housing and all my land, upland and meadow on that said of the brook I now dwell" His name is on a monument at Old Winslow Cem in Marshfield as one of the early settlers of Green Harbor.

Thomas married Ann Warren on 19 April 1633 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Ann (daughter of Richard Warren and Elizabeth Walker) was born in 1612 in Hertfordshire, England; died on 19 Feb 1676 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Arrived: July 1623, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Along with her mother and siblings, followed her father to America about the "Ann"
• Will: 17 May 1671, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts; "my loving wife all my housing and all my land, upland and meadow on that side of the brook I now dwell"
• Granted Admin: 14 August 1672, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Died:
Burial: Old Winslow Burying Ground, Marshfield, Plymouth AM