splendid majority for the first office in the popular gift.

[NOTE.

GENEALOGY.

RICHARD AMES of Somersetshire, England.

I. William, who came to America and settled in Braintree, Massachusetts.

II. JOHN AMES, born in 1651; son of William Ames, married Sarah Willis
(daughter of John Willis of Duxbury, whose will was proved in 1693). In
1672 he settled in Bridgewater with his uncle, and became his heir in
1697.

III. THOMAS AMES, born in 1682; lived in Bridgewater and married in 1706
Mary Hayward (daughter of Deacon Joseph and Sarah [Mitchell] Hayward,
and granddaughter of Thomas Hayward and of Ephraim Mitchell, the latter
of whom came to America in the third ship, arriving at Plymouth in 1623)

IV. THOMAS AMES, born in 1707; married in 1731 Keziah Howard (daughter
of Jonathan and Sarah [Dean] Howard, and granddaughter of John and
Martha [Haywood] Howard of Duxbury).

V. CAPTAIN JOHN AMES, born 1738; died July 17, 1805; married in 1759
Susannah Howard (born in 1735: died January 11, 1821). She was the
daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Keith) Howard; great granddaughter of John
Howard of Duxbury and Rev. James Keith.

VI. OLIVER AMES, born April 11, 1779; died September 11, 1863; married