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Joseph Ames
d.Aft 1832 Bradford, Penobscot, Maine, United States
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m. Bet 1778 and 1782
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There is no birth record and this link is to be taken with caution. Autosomal tests lead to a best *guess* of descent from the family of Amos Ames and Abigail Bulkeley of Groton, MA. More information needed for proof. I keep this most up to date on my Ancestry tree, which has many images and far more documentation. http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/25763682/person/1710032381 I know from a Y DNA test that Joseph is of the Ames line of Robert of Boxford. Joseph Ames was a prominent man in Bradford from 1819-1833; he held different offices in the small town. Rev. Moses Ames, a well-known Freewill Baptist minister (b. Sullivan, Hancock, ME, 8 Dec 1812, d. S. Dover, Penobscot,ME 30 Sep 1860), was almost certainly the son of Joseph. This provides circumstantial evidence that Joseph Ames lived near Sullivan, Hancock, ME in 1812. I note thatJ ames K Ames first wife and daughter are buried in the same cemetery (S. Dover,ME) with Moses Ames. I know that Moses was in Bradford from 1840 census, and from a biography of him the following: "Ames, Rev. Moses, died in South Dover, Me.,Sept. 30, 1860, in his 48th year. He was born in Sullivan, Hancock County, Me.,Dec. 8, 1812. At the age of 4, the family moved to Bradford, where after twelveyears his parents were reclaimed, and he had the conviction strongly forcedhome upon his heart that he was a sinner. In the spring of 1834, through aprotracted meeting, he and others were converted, and in July following hebegan preaching. He had been baptized by Rev. Nathaniel Harvey, uniting withthe church in Bradford. The destitute churches in the Sebec Q. Y. were objectsof his labor. He was licensed by the Quarterly Meeting September, 1838, andlabored in Garland and Danville. Sept. 22, 1839, he was ordained. In May 1838,he began his ministry at Corinth. In 1840 he saw from his preaching a greatrevival at Garland, and in a short time baptized over twenty. His work in Bradfordwas blessed. In 1841 he saw revivals both in the Wellington and in theSpringfield Q. M's. In October he was present at the eleventh GeneralConference at Topsham. He moved his family to Corinth in December, where forsome months he had preached half the time. In January 1842, in a revival atHunting's Mills, in Corinth, twenty-three were added to the church. A revivalattended him in Garland where he preached part of the time. During the summerhe baptized there forty-six. and in 1845 moved there. He attended thethirteenth General Conference in Sutton, Vt., in October 1847, as a delegatefrom the Penobscot Y. M. The next year he moved to Veazie for a pastorate oftwo years. Here a church was organized. In November 1850, he began his laborswith the Dover and Foxcroft church, where his strength failed him. During thelast year of his ministry seventy were added to the church. He was a man highlygifted in natural talent; he possessed good business ability. His devotion tothe ministry cost him his health. He was a gifted speaker and drew multitudesafter him. When his health failed through consumption, he retired to his quiethome at South Dover."---taken from Freewill Baptist Cyclopedia, pub. 1889by G.A. Burgess.”
The naming convention of the Ames children is really interesting. There is a John Forbes and a Joseph Wilson who lived in Twp 1 Range 5 in Hancock ME in 1810. This in fact IS Bradford, before it became the Plantation of Blakesburgh! Note too that Joseph Brigham is in Twp 2 5th range, next in the 1810 census to Bradford. This is the guy Joseph bought land from in 1814. John Forbes is apparently born Rutland MA, 1782, m. Betsey Davis (d of Asa Davis and Mary Smith, she was also married to Oren Briggs, after 1822). Joseph Wilson, also in Bradford in 1810, was apparently born 1768 in Rehoboth, MA, married to Lydia Major (b 1775). Surely the woman Lydia Wilson Ames was named for. James Kenniston b 1822 Bradford, is named after his sister's husband. This is a tree constructed from a variety of sources; some original work on New England, otherwise using NEHGS and other "respectable" sources. Medieval is from genealogics.org, (used as a check on) ancestry.com, and a few amendments from medieval genealogy -- soc.genealogy.medieval References
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