Anthony EAMES, CAPT.
Internet IGI, May 2009
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Offices and Land detail in Notes OFFICES:Freeman at Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 09 March 1636/7.Church warden at Fordington, St. George, Dorset, England - 1622, 1627 a nd 1631.Lt. of the Hingham train band - about 1638.Deputy to General Court from Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 1637, 1638.Lt. and Deputy to the General Court - 1643 to 1644.Capt. (chosen) of the Hingham train band - 1644/5. He was chosen by the town - allowance was not granted by the magistrates and the people proposed another choice.Member of Council of War - 1647.Freeman at Marshfield, Plymouth Colony - 07 June 1653.Deputy to General Court from Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts - 1653 thru 1658, 1661.LAND:Granted land in Charlestown - 1634/5.Granted parcels of land at Hingham - 1636 to 1647.Obtained permission to set up corn mill near cove at Hingham - 12 June 1643.Purchased 100 acres at Marshfield with his son (Mark Eames) - December 1651.Acknowledged deed of land to son (Justus Eames) - 28 June 1670.
He married Margery Pierce 1614/16 at Fordington, Dorset, England . Margery Pierce was born at Fordington, Dorset, England 1599 daughter of John Pierce and Mrs John Pierce .
They were the parents of 10
children:
Anna Eames
born Abt 1606.
Millicent Eames
born 1615.
John Eames
christened 21 Jan 1618.
Persis Eames
christened Oct 1621.
Elizabeth Eames
christened 13 Jun 1624.
Mark Eames
born Abt 1625.
Justus Eames
christened 29 Apr 1627.
Margery Eames
born 5 Dec 1630.
Abigail Eames
born Abt 1632.
Anthony Eames
born Abt 1634.
Anthony Eames, Capt. died 1686 at Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts .
Margery Pierce died 31 Dec 1662 at Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts .