Jesse Eames (1739 - 1829)

Born 14 Jul 1739 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Betty (Bent) Eames — married about 1761 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Dorothy (Child) Eames — married 5 Apr 1777 (to 8 Mar 1813) in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 7 May 1829 at age 89 in Dutchess, New York, United States

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Biography

Jesse Eames is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A002221.

Captain Jesse Eames served with Middlesex County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Jesse Eames is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 103258
Rank: Captain

Parents : Captain Henry Eames and Ruth (Newton) Eames. Jesse was born July 14 1739, in Framingham, Massachusetts.

• Marriage:
  1. Betty (Bent) Eames (1743-1776) about 1761
  2. Dorothy (Child) Eames (1742-1813) 5 Apr 1777^[1]

Jesse commanded a company of Framingham militia which marched on the Lexington alarm of 19 April 1775.^[2][3]

• Fact: Military Service (14 Jan 1776) Massachusetts, United States^[4]
• Fact: Military Service (14 Jan 1776) ^[5]
• Fact: Military Service (23 Feb 1776) Massachusetts, United States^[6]

• Fact: Burial Eames Burial Ground, Staatsburg, Dutchess, New York, United States^[7]

The “ Eames Burial Ground” is located off a major hiking trail in the Mills-Norrie State Park in Staatsburg, New York. This cemetery is located about half way between the Norrie Point end and the Mills Mansion end of the trail. In 1789 Captain Jesse Eames and Captain Isaac Russell bought lot number six of the Pawling Purchase from Christian Bergh and settled on the land, where they spent the remainder of their lives. This burial ground was used by the Eames family and contains eleven known gravesites.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHL5-C9D : 10 November 2020), Jesse Ames, 5 Apr 1777; citing Marriage, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011193.
2. ↑ Coburn, Frank Warren Muster Rolls of the Participating Companies of American Militia and Minute-Men in The Battle of April 19, 1775 Eastern National Park & Monument Association (1995) p.20
3. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-72ZT : 1 March 2021), Jesse Emes, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711084.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKL-YXHD : 19 February 2021), Jesse Emes, 23 Feb 1776; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-DPJ7 : 17 March 2018), Jesa Eams, 25 Mar 1776; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,021,780.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLY8-FKKG : 19 February 2021), Jesse Emes, 17 Feb 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 9 October 2020), memorial page for Jesse Eames (14 Jul 1739–7 May 1829), Find A Grave: Memorial #24952142, citing Eames Burial Ground, Staatsburg, Dutchess County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Kevin Dowley (contributor 48183113).

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 02 November 2020, 20:50), entry for Capt Jesse Eames(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LCR1-TPF); contributed by various users.

• Vital Records of Framingham Massachusetts (1911) Birth: https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Framingham/Images/Framingham_B071.shtml

• "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHYL-JJ7 : 17 January 2020), Capt. Jesse Eames in entry for Bettey, 1776.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQ2-C8W : 24 January 2020), Jesse Emes, 1819. (Probably not this Jesse, as he was in New York)

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Jesse Ames", Ancestor # A002221.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-6R16 : 18 March 2018), Jesse Emmes, 14 Jan 1776; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711084.
  • Lt./Capt. in Capt. Simon Edgel's co., Col. Wylly/Willey's regt.

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGCJ-C2QF : 20 September 2019), Jesse Emmes, 14 Jan 1776; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGCJ-C2QN : 20 September 2019), Jesse Emmes Or Eames, 23 Feb 1776; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .