The Ancestors of My GrandchildrenThomas Eames1,2 
M, #2372, * s 1620, + 25 Jan 1680
Family 1 | Margaret * s 1620, + c 1646 |
| Children |
|
Family 2 | Mary Blanford * s 1630, + Feb 1676 |
| Children |
|
Thomas Eames was born s 1620 in England.2 He (1) married Margaret.2 He (2) married Mary Blanford, daughter of John Blanford.1,2 He died on 25 Jan 1680 in Sherburne.3,2
Other information:
He came b 1634 to America.2
His wife Mary and several of his children were captured by Indians in Feb 1676, during King Philip's War. Mary and her children Thomas, Sarah and Lydia (and two unnamed children) were killed, Samuel, Margaret and Nathaniel were redeemed and survived. 2
According to some sources the father of Robert and Thomas is William. The name is also spelled Ames. Eames Genealogy states that Robert and Thomas are not related to Anthony Eames, the son of Thomas and Millicent Eames. Quote from Great Migration: William Sprague, who married Millicent Eames: There is apparently no document which states explicitly the parentage of Millicent, wife of William Sprague, but the identity is supported by much indirect evidence. Alice Sprague, sister of the three immigrant brothers, had married at Fordington St. George a Richard Eames; several children of Anthony Eames (not including Millicent) were baptized at Fordington St. George; Anthony Eames was apparently son of Thomas and Millicent (_____) Eames [ Spragues of Malden 34-37]. The marriage of William Sprague and Millicent apparently took place in late 1634 or early 1635, not long after Anthony Eames arrived in New England and settled at Charlestown, and Anthony Eames and William Sprague moved from Charlestown to Hingham at about the same time. William and Millicent named their eldest son Anthony. Inasmuch as the marriage of Anthony Eames and the baptism of his presumed eldest child Millicent do not appear in the Fordington St. George records, it may be that these events occurred in the home parish of Anthony's wife.
In some secondary sources, including Pope, the dates for the last six children are presented as births, but they are clearly labelled as baptisms in the Hobart Record.8
He was a soldier in the Pequot War in 1637.2
Other information:
He came b 1634 to America.2
In 1634 Thomas Eames was an inhabitor and proprietor in Dedham, Massachusetts. From 1652 to 1659 he lived in Medford, where he occupied the watermill on the Mystic side, Charlestown (then Woburn). He then moved to Cambridge, where he owned a house and eight acres of land east of the Common. On 10 Feb 1664 he sold this land to Nicholas Wyeth and removed to Sudbury, where he lived until 1669, and where he leased Mr. Pelham's farm. Finally he settled in Framingham, where he build a house and barn. He attended church in Sherburne, where he was recorded as an inhabitant on 4 Jan 1674.2 He build his house at the southern slope of Mount Wayte, between the Sudbury River and Farm Pond, about 7 miles SW of Sudbury, and about 3 mile East of the Indian town of Magunkook2,4
In a Court, held at Nonantum on 24 Jan 1676 Thomas Eames was granted a piece of land of 200 acres by the Natick Indians. This now belongs to Natick. The grant was confirmed by the General Court in 1679, and by an Indian deed in 1695. In 1677 he applied for relief, because his property had been destroyed by Indians, he received another 200 acres, "to be laid out in any free place, not prejudicing the laying out of a plantation (Framingham)." In 1679 the inhabitants of Sherburne voted to give him a piece of land, near where he lived, to build the Meeting House5
In a court, held on 23 Dec 1673 in Charlestown, John Stone Sr. of Sudbury, Sgt John Woods of Marlborough, Thomas Eames of Framingham, together with John Livermore of Watertown were appointed to lay out a highway for the use of the country, from John Livermore's house to a horsebridge near the house of Daniel Stone Jr. and thence the nearest and best way to Marlborough, and thence to Quabuog (now Brookfield.)6
In a Court, held at Nonantum on 24 Jan 1676 Thomas Eames was granted a piece of land of 200 acres by the Natick Indians. This now belongs to Natick. The grant was confirmed by the General Court in 1679, and by an Indian deed in 1695. In 1677 he applied for relief, because his property had been destroyed by Indians, he received another 200 acres, "to be laid out in any free place, not prejudicing the laying out of a plantation (Framingham)." In 1679 the inhabitants of Sherburne voted to give him a piece of land, near where he lived, to build the Meeting House5
In a court, held on 23 Dec 1673 in Charlestown, John Stone Sr. of Sudbury, Sgt John Woods of Marlborough, Thomas Eames of Framingham, together with John Livermore of Watertown were appointed to lay out a highway for the use of the country, from John Livermore's house to a horsebridge near the house of Daniel Stone Jr. and thence the nearest and best way to Marlborough, and thence to Quabuog (now Brookfield.)6
His wife Mary and several of his children were captured by Indians in Feb 1676, during King Philip's War. Mary and her children Thomas, Sarah and Lydia (and two unnamed children) were killed, Samuel, Margaret and Nathaniel were redeemed and survived. 2
The raid was in revenge for the theft of corn from the granary in the nearby Natick Indian town of Magunkook. It was however, more a symptom of the serious troubles between the Indians, who saw all their land domesticated, and the whites, who became more and more repressive. A party of about twelve Indians came to the farm, while Thomas was absent in Boston. They took two children, who were at the well. Mary, who was making soap at the time, threw the hot lye at them. The Indians set fire to the house, and took Mary and the children. Samuel apparently made his way back to an English town in April, after the attack on the garrison of Sudbury. Margaret was redeemed from Canada, and her future husband was among the soldiers who accompanied her home. It does not say how Nathaniel found his way home.4 (For a short article on the King Philip's War, see the website of the Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, MA)
Thomas Eames filed a claim for restitution in 1677, and submitted the following inventory
.2,7 Thomas Eames filed a claim for restitution in 1677, and submitted the following inventory
According to some sources the father of Robert and Thomas is William. The name is also spelled Ames. Eames Genealogy states that Robert and Thomas are not related to Anthony Eames, the son of Thomas and Millicent Eames. Quote from Great Migration: William Sprague, who married Millicent Eames: There is apparently no document which states explicitly the parentage of Millicent, wife of William Sprague, but the identity is supported by much indirect evidence. Alice Sprague, sister of the three immigrant brothers, had married at Fordington St. George a Richard Eames; several children of Anthony Eames (not including Millicent) were baptized at Fordington St. George; Anthony Eames was apparently son of Thomas and Millicent (_____) Eames [ Spragues of Malden 34-37]. The marriage of William Sprague and Millicent apparently took place in late 1634 or early 1635, not long after Anthony Eames arrived in New England and settled at Charlestown, and Anthony Eames and William Sprague moved from Charlestown to Hingham at about the same time. William and Millicent named their eldest son Anthony. Inasmuch as the marriage of Anthony Eames and the baptism of his presumed eldest child Millicent do not appear in the Fordington St. George records, it may be that these events occurred in the home parish of Anthony's wife.
In some secondary sources, including Pope, the dates for the last six children are presented as births, but they are clearly labelled as baptisms in the Hobart Record.8
He was a soldier in the Pequot War in 1637.2
Citations
- [S519] MA Sudbury, Sudbury, MA, pg. 42 (47). Nathaniel, s. Thomas Eames and Mary, 30 Dec 1668. Online at http://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofsu00sudb
- [S268] William Richard Cutter, Middlesex, MA Homes, Vol. 1, pg 214-215. Eames. Online at http://archive.org/details/historichomespla01cutt
- [S257] William Barry, Framingham, pg. 29 (40). Online at http://books.google.com/
- [S257] William Barry, Framingham, pg. 24-27 (35-38). Online at http://books.google.com/
- [S257] William Barry, Framingham, pg. 11 (22). Online at http://books.google.com/
- [S257] William Barry, Framingham, pg. 16 (27). Online at http://books.google.com/
- [S257] William Barry, Framingham, pg. 24-27. Online at http://books.google.com/
- [S402] Wilmot Spofford Ames, Eames Genealogy. Online at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062880760. Data also online at <http://www.branches-n-twigs.com/genealogy/>: History of an American Family: Eames-Ames Genealogy: Descendants of Robert of Woburn and Thomas of Framingham, Massachusetts, 1634-1931 (http://www.branches-n-twigs.com/genealogy/suggest.php).