Anthony Eames (1592)
ANTHONY EAMES - b. about 1592, Fordington St. George, Dorset, England; d. June 1686, Marshfield, Plymouth, MA. Son of Thomas EAMES and Millicent. On Apr. 12, 1632, ANTHONY deposed in a tithe case that he was "of Fordington, Dorset, yeoman, where he had lived from infancy, born there, aged 40 or thereabouts." Departed Weymouth, England aboard the 'Recovery of London' on March 31, 1633/4, GABRIEL CORNISH, master. Lived at Fordington, St. George to 1631; settled first at Charlestown in 1634/5; freeman at Hingham, Mass. Bay Colony, Mar. 9, 1636/7; and freeman at Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, Jun. 7, 1653. Church warden at Fordington 1622, 1627 and 1631; deputy to General Court 1637, 1638, 1643 from Hingham, and 1653 through 1658, 1661 from Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA; Lt. of the Hingham train band about 1638; chosen Capt. of the train band 1644/5. Although ANTHONY was chosen as Captain by the town of Hingham, an allowance was not granted by the magistrates when the townsmen proposed another choice. ANTHONY was granted land at Charlestown in 1634/5, and was granted a number of parcels of land at Hingham between 1636 and 1647. In Dec. 1651, he and son MARK purchased 100 acres at Marshfield, settling there the following summer. ANTHONY acknowledged a deed of land to his son JUSTUS EAMES on Jun. 28, 1670, the latest record found of him. Married about 1615.
MARGERY - b. about 1599, near Fordington, St. George, Dorset, England. Surname varies in different secondary sources; any comments are welcome. Admitted to church at Charlestown, MA Sep. 13, 1635.
1. MILLICENT - bap. 1617, Fordington, St. George, Dorset, England; d. Feb. 8, 1695/6, Hingham, now Plymouth Co., MA. Married on Sep. 2, 1635 at Charlestown, MA to WILLIAM SPRAGUE (b. 1609, Upway, Dorset, England; d. Oct. 26, 1675, Hingham, now Plymouth Co., MA), son of EDWARD and CHRISTIANA SPRAGUE. WILLIAM arrived at Salem, MA aboard the 'Abigail' in 1628, removing to Hingham in 1636. He was a selectman in 1645, and constable and collector of town rates in 1662. Children of MILLICENT and WILLIAM: ANTHONY married ELIZABETH BARTLETT; JOHN married ELIZABETH HOLBROOK; SAMUEL married SARAH CHILLINGWORTH; JONATHAN died in infancy; PERSIS married JOHN DOGGETT; JOANNA married CALEB CHURCH; JONATHAN married first MEHITABLE HOLBROOK, and second HANNAH (HARRIS) COOK; WILLIAM married first DEBORAH LANE, and second MARY TOWER; MARY married THOMAS KING; and HANNAH died young.
2. JOHN - bap. Jan. 24, 1618/9, Fordington, St. George, Dorset, England; d. Nov. 3, 1641, Hingham, now Plymouth Co., MA.
3. MARK - bap. May 1620, Fordington, St. George, Dorset, England; d. Jul.-Oct. 1693, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA. His will was dated Jul.12, 1693 and proved Oct. 19, 1693. Lt. MARK married ELIZABETH ANDREWS on May 26, 1648. Lived at Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA. Children: SARAH; ELIZABETH; DAMARIS married KENELM WINSLOW; MARY; RUTH; JONATHAN married HANNAH TROUANT; ANTHONY married MERCY SAWYER; and DAVID.
4. PERSIs - bap. Oct. 28, 1621, Fordington, St. George, Dorset, England; d. Dec. 31, 1662, Hingham, MA. Married Capt. MICHAEL PIERCE.
5. AMMA/HANNAH - b. about 1622, Fordington, St. George, Dorset, England; d. Jun. 10, 1692, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA. Her death is also given as Sep. 1, 1684, Marshfield, Plymouth, MA. Possible daughter. A source for the WILDER family identifies the wife of THOMAS WILDER as the daughter of ANTHONY EAMES and MARGERY PRISSE. Most information for ANNA/HANNAH is from WILDER family data. Married Apr. 1640 at Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA to THOMAS WILDER (b. about 1618, Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England; d. Oct. 23, 1667, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA), son of THOMAS WILDER and MARTHA HIGGS. Children: MARY married DAVID ALLEN/ELLEN; THOMAS married MARY WHEELER; JOHN married HANNAH ATHERTON; ELIZABETH; NATHANIEL married MARIE/MARY SAWYER; and EBENEZER.
6. E;IZABETH - bap. Jun. 13, 1624, Fordington, St. George, Dorset, England; d. Jun. 9, 1692. Married about 1650 EDWARD WILDER (d. Oct. 28, 1690), son of THOMAS WILDER and MARTHA KEENE. EDWARD came to New England by 1638, settled at Hingham, and made freeman 1644. Children: ISAAC; MEHITABEL married JOSEPH WARREN; ABIA married WILLIAM CLARK; ABIGAIL; ELIZABETH married ISRAEL FEARING; JOHN married REBECCA DOGGETT; EPHRAIM, JABEZ married MARY FORD; ANNA; HANNAH; and MARY married first FRANCIS LeBARON, and second RETURN WAIT.
7. JUSTIS - b. 1626; bap. Apr. 29, 1627, Fordington, St. George, Dorset, England; d. 1706, MA. Will dated Mar. 7, 1697, and estate inventoried May 20, 1706 in now Plymouth Co., MA. Married May 2, 1661 in MA to MEHITABEL CHILLINGSWORTH, daughter of THOMAS CHILLINGSWORTH (d. 1653, MA) and JOANNE. Children: ANTHONY married ELIZABETH TILDEN; MILLICENT did not marry; MARGERY married CORNELIUS HOLBROOK (son of WILLIAM HOLBROOK and E;IZABETH PITTS); JOHN; NATHANIEL; JOSEPH; EPHRAIM; and JOSIAH.
8. MARGERY - bap. Dec. 5, 1630, Fordington, St. George, Dorset, England; d. Apr. 7, 1659, Hingham, now Plymouth Co., MA. Married Oct. 20, 1653 JOHN JACOB (b. 1629, England; d. 1693, MA), son of NICHOLAS and MARY (GILMAN) JACOB. JOHN married second MARY RUSSELL, and they had eleven children. MARGERY and JOHN had four children, including: MARY married first SAMUEL BACON, and second ELISHA BISBEE; and SARAH married JAMES HAWKE (their granddaughter MARY HAWKE married Rev. JOHN HANCOCK, parents of JOHN HANCOCK, signer of the Declaration of Independence).
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