Hannah Ames

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Ames was born on 12 May 1641, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, William Ames, was 35 and her mother, Hannah, was 32. She married John Hayden on 6 April 1660, in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 3 July 1690, in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 49.

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John Hayden
1635–1718
Hannah Ames
1641–1690
Marriage: 6 April 1660
Hannah Hayden
1660–1743
John Hayden
1665–1718
Abigail Hayden
1671–1731
Sarah Hayden
1662–1718
Elizabeth Hayden
1663–1700
Lydia Hayden
1667–1756
Josiah Hayden
1669–1730
Joseph Hayden
1673–

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  • Hannah Ames in Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Image Birth Boston MA
  • American Marriages Before 1699
  • Hannah Ames Hayden (1641-1690), "Find A Grave Index"

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Name Meaning

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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