John EAMES

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Between Feb and May 1675; Served in King Philip's War under Lieut. Gillam and Major Savage
• Immigration: 1634
• Military Service: 1637; Soldier in the Pequot War

Notes:

Thomas was a soldier in the Pequot War. Served in King Philip's War under lieutenant Gillam & Major Savage, February to May, 1675-1676.

Excerpt from Connecticut, 1600s-1800s Local Families and Histories: "In 1640 he was an inhabitant and proprietor of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts. He removed to Medford, and was living there in 1652-59, occupying the water mill on the Mystic side of Charlestown, later Woburn. He moved to Cambridge, where he owned a house and eight acres of land east of the common. He sold his property there February 10, 1664, to Nicholas Wyeth and removed to Sudbury, where he leased Mr. Pelham's farm and lived until 1669. He settled finally in Framingham, where he built a house and barn, though he attended church in the adjoining town of Sherborn and was recorded as an inhabitant there January 4, 1674. During King Philip's war, February 1, 1676, his wife and several children were killed or taken captives. He held the office of selectman and was on various important committees before coming to Framinghan."

Thomas married Margaret ? in 1640 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Margaret was born in 1622 in Dedham, Norfolk, Mass.; died about 1660 in Mass.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]