Sarah,⁸ (dau. of Tilden Ames.⁷)   Mar. Allen Tilden.   Had one son; went west.

   Edward Ames,⁷ brother of Tilden Ames, (John T.,⁶ Jedediah,⁵ Jedediah,⁴ Jonathan,³ Mark,² Anthony,¹) b. Oct. 25, 1803, d. 1869.   Mar. Rhoda Hatch.   Had: 1, Emeline R.   Mar. Andrew Derby.   2, Francis, d. in California.   3, Willard Ames, resides in East Boston.   Mar. Delia Stone of East Boston.

   Sarah T., sister of Tilden Ames, b. Mch. 15, 1794.   Mar. Dr. Gridley Thaxter of Abington.   Another sister, 2, Mary.   Another, 3, Betsey, b. July 18, 1800.   Another, 4, Almira L., b. Feb 3, 1806.   Mar. Calvin Damon.   (See children under Damon family.)   Another, 5, Susan, b. July 7, 1811.   Mar. Ira Carver.

   Capt. Azel Ames came to Marshfield with his brother, Elijah, in 1810.   They were of the old Bridgewater and Braintree stock, which came over in 1635.   They came to Marshfield to build a factory for the Marshfield Cotton and Woolen Co., (the 11th cotton mill in the United States), which was where Bart Chandler's mill now stands, and on the same dam.
   Capt. Azel and his brother ran the mill, the captain chiefly and ultimately (practically) owned and run it, and made money.   "The factory" was in its day the life and center of things in town.   Around it pretty much all the activi-