When Deborah Ames was born on 1 April 1710, in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, John Ames, was 37 and her mother, Sarah Washburn, was 34. She died in 1765, at the age of 55, and was buried in West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
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English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Amis or from the feminine form, Amice. The Old French word amis, is from Latin amicus ‘friend’, which was used in Late Latin as a term for a man of the lower classes, in particular a slave. There were also derivatives of this as personal names, in particular masculine Amicius and feminine Amicia. Both were in use as personal names in England and may have contributed to the surname.
German: perhaps a nickname for an active person, from an ancient Germanic word related to Old High German amazzig ‘busy’.
Dutch: possibly a patronymic from Ame a common personal name in Holland and Friesland, an abbreviated form of an ancient Germanic personal name, perhaps beginning with amel ‘strong’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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