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Facts and Events
| Name |
Anthony Eames |
| Alt Name |
Anthony Aemes |
| Gender |
Male |
| Christening? |
9 Jan 1595/96 |
Fordington, Dorset, EnglandChurch of St. George |
| Marriage |
Bet 1614 and 1616 |
Fordington, Dorset, EnglandSt. George Church
to Margery |
| Alt Marriage |
1619 |
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United Statespossibly
to Margery |
| Immigration[1] |
Bet 1631 and 1634 |
Fordington, England to Charlestown, Massachusetts |
| Occupation[1] |
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Churchwarden, Deputy; Captain |
| Death? |
6 Oct 1686 |
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesor Marshfield |
Anthony served as churchwarden in the parish of Fordington, and signed the Bishops Transcripts in that office in 1623 and 1627. Having been an officer of his church, his motivation for emigration may have been more capitalist than religious. Antony Eames is listed as a passengers of the ship "Recovery of London", Gabriel Cornish, master, which sailed from Weymouth to New England on 16 Mar. 1633.[1]
Anthony received a grant of land in Hingham along with his son-in-law William Sprague in 1636, making him one of the original settlers of the area. Judging on the marriages of his children, he likely moved to Marshfield in the late 1650s.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chamberlain, George Walter. The Spragues of Malden, Massachusetts. (Boston, Massachusetts : T.R. Marvin & Son, 1923).
- Anthony Eames, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011).
Origin: Fordington, Doresetshire Migration: 1634 on the Recovery First Residence: Charlestown
Birth: Abt 1592 (on 12 Apr 1623, "Anthony Eames of Fordington, Dorset, yeoman, where he had lived from infancy, born there, aged 40 or whereabouts," deposed in a Fordington tithe case [M&JCH 27:23, citing Wiltshire Record Office, Dean of Sarum, Deposition Book], apparently son of Thomas and Millicen (___) Eames [Spragues of Malden 34-37]
- "Thomas Eames of Dorset and Descendants".
| Recovery (1634)
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| Also called the "Recovery of London" and sometimes listed as a 1633 ship, as the list of passengers was erroneously dated 31 March 1633 instead of 1634. Many of its passengers briefly settled in Dorchester and were among the first settlers to Windsor, Connecticut in 1635.
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| Sailed: | 17 Apr 1634 from Weymouth, England under Gabriel Cornish
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| Arrived: | Summer 1634 at Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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