The essays, humor, and poems of Nathaniel Ames, father and son, of Dedham, Massachusetts, from their almanacks, 1726-1775 . -i I a, R ~ THE AMES , AND THE TOWN OF DEDHAM. ^ I ^HERE were three men of the name of Nathaniel Ames;grandfather, father and son. They were descended fromRichard Ames of Bruton-Somerset, England, whose son WilliamAmes was born at Bruton, 6 Oct., 1605, and who settled atBraintree, Mass., as early as 1640, where his eldest son Johnwas born May 24, 1647. He (John) removed to West Bridge-water about 1672. The first Nathaniel was the second son ofJohn, and was born Oct
The essays, humor, and poems of Nathaniel Ames, father and son, of Dedham, Massachusetts, from their almanacks, 1726-1775 . -i I a, R ~ THE AMES , AND THE TOWN OF DEDHAM. ^ I ^HERE were three men of the name of Nathaniel Ames;grandfather, father and son. They were descended fromRichard Ames of Bruton-Somerset, England, whose son WilliamAmes was born at Bruton, 6 Oct., 1605, and who settled atBraintree, Mass., as early as 1640, where his eldest son Johnwas born May 24, 1647. He (John) removed to West Bridge-water about 1672. The first Nathaniel was the second son ofJohn, and was born Oct. 9, 1677. He was known as Ames, and was reputed as learned in astronomyand mathematics. He died at Bridgewater, Mass., in 1736, aged59 years. The second Nathaniel Ames, son of Capt. NathanielAmes, was born at Bridgewater July 22, 170S; moved fromthence to Dedham in 1732, and was married Sept. 14, 1735 toMary, daughter of Capt. Joshua Fisher of Dedham, by the Rev^Samuel Dexter. This Nathaniel was a reputable physician, andby a biographer is described as a man of acuteness and wit, ofgreat activity, and
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