John Eames

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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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• Notes: 1000; Thomas was a Yeoman. Meaning, a commoner who cultivates his own land, or farmers that owned a large portion of land. a step down from gentry but a step up from a "husbandman" (so basically, not super wealthy but not poor)

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Birth:
Nothing is known about Thomas parents. Joan's death date is documented but John's is not. Neither are their birth dates.

Died:
The names of all such souls as have bin cristened, married & buried during the xxvth [25th] day of Mar Anno Dm 1618 untyll the xxvth [25th] day of March 1619 & held after following ?? of ffordington in the County of Dorset: June 25 Thomas Eames buried.

Thomas married Millicent (Brewster?) in 1576 in Fordington, Dorset, England. Millicent (daughter of ? and ?) was born in 1551 in Fordington, Dorset, England; died on 23 May 1614 in Fordington, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Possible her last name was Brewster

Died:
Bishops transcripts for St. George's Church: "May 23rd Mellysent [Millicent] the wife of Thomas EAMES Buried"

? married ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Birth/death dates are guess, not fact

John married Joan. Joan was born in 1520? in England; died on 7 June 1588 in Fordington, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Parish records of Dorset, Fordington register 1577Jone EMES [EAMES] widow an olde woman was buried the vijth [7th] daye of June Ano

? married ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]