Ames family

Ames family
Ames family
	Arms matriculated to William Ames sometime before 1608
Current region	Massachusetts, United States
Etymology	Amyas; merchant of Amiens
Place of origin	England
Founded	1638
Founder	William Ames
Connected families	Butler
Estate(s)	Borderland; Queset House

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The Ames family is one of the oldest and most illustrious families of the United States.^[1] The family's branches are descended from John Ames, the son of a 17th-century settler of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Numerous public and private works throughout the U.S. are named after family members, including the city Ames, Iowa, and the NASA Ames research center in California.

^ Cutter, William (1914). New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 3. Lewis Historical Publishing. p. 1288.

[lews-1] Cutter, William (1914). New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 3. Lewis Historical Publishing. p. 1288.

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