Individual Details

Mark Ames

(1742 - 29 Mar 1823)

Events

Birth1742Massachusetts
Event1765North Haven, Knox, Maine, United States
Marriage1769
Event5 May 1775Partridgefield, Maine
Death29 Mar 1823North Haven, Knox, Maine, United States

Families

Spouse (1746 - 1796)
FatherEbenezer Eames (1711 - )
MotherMargaret Barstow ( - )

Notes

Event

He removed with his father and brother Justus to the province of Maine, about 1765, and took up a large tract of land at North Haven.

Event

He was a soldier in the Revolution, credited to Partridgefield, Maine, in Captain Nathan Wilkin's company of minute men who marched for Boston, April, 1775, on the Lexington alarm. He enlisted May 5, 1775, in Captain Nathan Watkins's company, Colonel John Patterson's regiment, and served until November 1775, or later. ("Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution").