York County ME Archives Biographies.....Ames, John 1746 - June 21, 1824
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HISTORY OF PARSONSFIELD.
PART IV.
GENEALOGIES.
AMES. The first settler In Parsonsfleld by the name of Ames was John, b. in 
1746, in Newmarket, N.H.; m. Elizabeth Neal, of Gilmanton, N.H., in 1770; came 
to Parsonsfleld in 17S6; d. June 21, 1824; wife d. Feb. 18, 1827. They had six 
children, viz: 
John, b. 1773; settled in Tamworth, N.H. 
Samuel, b. 1775; settled in Wakefield, N.H. 
Betsey, b, 1777. 
Marston, b. 1779. 
Catherine, b. 1782. 
Daniel, b. 1783. 

Marston and Daniel settled in town, near "Province Pond." Daniel died without 
issue. Marston m. Mary Manning, of Ossipee, N.H. in 1809; d. Sept. 14, 1851; 
wife d. Dec. 12. 1836. Their children were: Hannah, b. May 30, 1810; m. Titcomb 
Wentworth, of Newfield; had three children, their only son, John T. Wentworth, 
resides on the Ames' homestead in town; she died in 1885. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 22, 
1812. Lydia, b. Dec. 15, 1813; m. John Sutton, of Parsonsfield, now a resident 
of Illinois; no issue. John M.. b. April 10, 1816; d. April 10, 1885; unmarried. 
Marston, b. Feb. 19, 1818; unmarried; a resident of Illinois. Daniel J., b. June 
1, 1822; m. Miss Abby Fogg; resides in Illinois; has two children. Zimri Fisher, 
b. July 10, 1824; married; resides in La Salle Co., Ill.; has three children. 
Martha, b. Feb. 13, 1829; m. John Towne; resides in Parsonsfield; has one 
daughter, Nathaniel Ames, a brother of John, came to Parsonsfield about 1786, 
had a son Phineas, and a daughter who married Moulton Smart. Phineas had a son 
John, who married Abby Ricker, daughter of John Ricker; they had one child, none 
residing in town. The only other member of this original Ames family was a 
daughter, who became the wife of John Doe, of Parsonsfield. 

Additional Comments:
from A History of the First Century of the Town of Parsonsfield, Maine, Portland, 
Me., Brown Thurston and Co., 1888, p. 365.

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