| Name | Mark Eames | |
| Birth | 1617 | Fordington, Dorset, England |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| Death | Oct 1693 | Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts |
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Siblings |
6 siblings | |
| Person ID | P7413 | Burress |
| Father | Anthony Eames b. 1595, Fordington, Dorset, England ![]() d. Oct 1686, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 91 years) | |
| Mother | Margery (Pierce?) b. 1599, Fordington, Dorset, England ![]() d. December 1662, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 63 years) | |
| Marriage | 1616 | Fordington, Dorset, England |
| Family ID | F2628 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Wife | Elizabeth Andrews b. 1621, Hingham, Plymonth, Massachusetts ![]() d. 8 Jul 1693, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 72 years) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marriage | 26 May 1648 | Hingham, Plymonth, Massachusetts |
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| Children | 4 sons and 5 daughters | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Family ID | F2627 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | |||||||||||||||||
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