Hezekiah Ames

Hezekiah Ames (Eames) (1790-1858) was born in Oct. 1790 in Maine. He was the son of Mark Eames and Priscilla Howland. He married Elizabeth Fowler on 5 Mar. 1812 in Vinalhaven, Hancock Co., Maine; widowed 29 Oct. 1825. He married Sarah Scofield on 5 Oct. 1826 in Vinalhaven. He hosted Wilford Woodruff in 1837. He died 4 Dec. 1858 and was buried in North Haven, Waldo Co., Maine.

Footnotes

Hezekiah A Eames (KZXF-ZHK), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 14 Nov. 2022). Hezekiah Ames, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/hezekiah-ames, accessed 14 Nov. 2022). 1850 U.S. Census, the town of North Haven, Waldo Co., Maine, p. 61, Hezekiah Ames; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 16 Nov. 2022). William Richard Cutter, Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts (New York: Lewis historical publishing company, 1908), p. 1282; digital images, InternetArchive (https://archive.org, accessed 15 Nov. 2022). "Court records, 1686-1817," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 15 Nov. 2022); Mark Eames and Priscilla Howland, marriage, 12 Oct. 1769, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, p. 335; citing Massachusetts, Court of General Sessions of the Peace (Plymouth County), image 393/971; DGS 7726241. "Town and vital records, 1785-1892," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 14 Nov. 2022); Hezekiah Eames and Betsey Fowler, marriage, 5 Mar. 1812, Vinalhaven, Hancock Co., Maine, p. 425; citing Vinalhaven, Knox Co., Maine, Town Clerk, image 233/837; DGS 7596929. “Elizabeth Fowler Ames” (1790-1825), memorial no. 90367755; Find A Grave (https://findagrave.com, accessed 14 Nov. 2022). "Town and vital records, 1785-1892," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 14 Nov. 2022); Hezekiah Eames and Sally Scolfield, marriage, 5 Oct. 1826, Vinalhaven, Hancock Co., Maine, p. 305; citing Vinalhaven, Knox Co., Maine, Town Clerk, image 172/837; DGS 7596929. "Maine, Waldo County, probate records," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 14 Nov. 2022); Hezekiah Ames, 8 Mar. 1859, North Haven, Waldo Co., Maine, file no. 1799; citing Maine, Probate Court, Waldo County, image 1579/1697; DGS 4157441. “Hezekiah A. Ames” (1790-1858), memorial no. 90367716; Find A Grave (https://findagrave.com, accessed 14 Nov. 2022). Hezekiah Ames (1858), “Cemetery Records," entry for Hezekiah Ames, death, 4 Dec. 1858, Kiah's Creek Cemetery, North Haven, Knox Co., Maine, North Haven Historical Society (http://www.northhavenmainehistoricalsociety.org, accessed 15 Nov. 2022).

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