Ancestry of
Sylvanus Ames
(1744–1778)
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- 1st Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 1
- Father:
- Thomas Ames Jr.
- Mother:
- Keziah Howard
- Birth Date:
- Birth Location:
- Christening Date:
- 22 Jan 1744
- Christening Location:
- Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Death Date:
- 15 May 1778
- Death Location:
- Valley Forge, Chester, Pennsylvania
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Notes:
Revolutionary War veteran
Died at Valley Forge as part of Gen. Washington's army.
Sylvanus Ames's burial location is unknown but a cenotaph has been place for him at Old Graveyard, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
Sylvanus Ames
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Marriages for Sylvanus Ames
- Spouse:
- Huldah Johnson
- Marriage Date:
- 20 Sep 1768
- Marriage Location:
- Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
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Sources for Sylvanus Ames
- 1 General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, General No. 27441, Membership application for Virginia Tanzey Jordan.
- 2 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/27/2023).
- 3 Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 202.
- 4 Willard, Eugene B., et. al., A Standard History of the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio, n. p.: The Lewis Publishing Company (1916), 797.