When Mark Eames was born about 1592, in Fordington, Dorset, England, his father, Thomas Eames, was 46 and his mother, Millicent, was 42. He married Rose Thomas on 14 June 1612, in Fordington, Dorset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died in 1686, in Marshfield, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 95.
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The Honourable East India Company, a British joint-stock company, was established in 1600 for trade in the Indian Ocean region. At its height, the British East India Company had a private army which was twice the size of the British Army, ruled large sections of India, and revenues in the millions.
In 1620, after 2 rough months at sea, 102 Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock and established one of the very first English settlements in America.
"The Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower in search of religious freedom in the New World in September 1620. The Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England, with 102 passengers, 40 of whom called themselves ""Saints."" After two stormy months at sea, the ship reached the New World. Nearly half of the group died during their first winter due to malnutrition and the harsh New England winter."
English: from Middle English eme, eim ‘uncle’ (Old English ēam). Most of the modern variants of the surname have post-medieval excrescent -s.
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