Ancestry of
Ben Ames Williams

Novelist and Short Story Author

Sylvanus Ames

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Ben Ames Williams — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 24 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Ames Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Keziah Howard   
  • Birth Date:
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  • Christening Date:
  • 22 Jan 1744 
  • Christening Location:
  • Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Death Date:
  • 15 May 1778 
  • Death Location:
  • Valley Forge, Chester, Pennsylvania 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Huldah Johnson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Sep 1768 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Sylvanus Ames Jr. (Ahnentafel No:12 )

  • 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.

• 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.