Ancestry of
Ben Ames Williams

Novelist and Short Story Author

Sylvanus Ames Jr.

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• • Great-grandfather of Ben Ames Williams — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • Sylvanus Ames 
  • Mother:
  • Huldah Johnson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 26 Mar 1771 
  • Birth Location:
  • Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 23 Sep 1823 
  • Death Location:
  • Amesville, Athens, Ohio 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Fleming Cemetery, Amesville, Athens, Ohio 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Abigail Lee Johnson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 7 Sep 1795 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Laura Watson Ames

  Charles Bingley Ames (Ahnentafel No:6 )

• Sources for Sylvanus Ames Jr.

  • ¹ General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, General No. 18076, Supplemental 01, Application for Sarah Ethelyn (Ames) Hefty.
  • ² General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, General No. 27441, Membership application for Virginia Tanzey Jordan.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/27/2023).
  • ⁴ 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.