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Jesse Ames

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of George Plimpton — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 28 
  • Father:
  • John Ames 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah Perry   
  • Birth Date:
  • 4 Feb 1808 
  • Birth Location:
  • North Haven, Knox, Maine 
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  • Death Date:
  • 6 Dec 1854 
  • Death Location:
  • Northfield, Rice, Minnesota 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Northfield Cemetery, Northfield, Rice, Minnesota 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Martha Bradley Tolman
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Oct 1833 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Thomaston, Knox, Maine 
  • Children:
  
  

  John Thomas Ames

  Adelbert Ames (Ahnentafel No:14 )

• Sources for Jesse Ames

  • ¹ Federal Census, ME, Lincoln County, 1850, Rockland, Image 51 of 121.
  • ² General Society of Colonial Wars Membership Applications, 1893-1949, General No. 2893, Membership application for Adelbert Ames.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 07/25/2024).
  • ⁴ Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, Marriage record for Jesse Ames and Martha Tolman.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915, Marriage record for son Adelbert Ames and Blanch Butler.
  • ⁶ NEHGS Membership Applications, 1845-1900, Membership application for Adelbert Ames.
  • ⁷ Washington, U.S., Death Records, 1907-2017, Death certificate for son John Thomas Ames.
  • ⁸ Ames, Blanche Ames, Adelbert Ames, 1835-1933, General, Senator, Governor: The story of his life and times and his integrity as a . . ., New York: Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd. (1964), 570.
  • ⁹ Wikipedia, "Adelbert Ames", (accessed 03/15/2021).