Seth Ames

American judge (1805–1881)

Seth Ames
Born	April 18, 1805
Died	August 15, 1881
Nationality	American
Occupation	Judge

Seth Ames (April 18, 1805 – August 15, 1881) was a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court^[1] from 1869 to 1881. He was appointed by Governor William Claflin.

He was born April 18, 1805, and graduated from Harvard College in 1825.^[1] He was an associate justice of the Superior Court from 1859 to 1867, when he became chief justice of the Superior Court.^[2] In 1869, he was appointed to a seat on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.^[1] He resigned from the court on January 8, 1881, due to deteriorating health.^[2]

Ames died at Longwood, Massachusetts, in 1881, at the age of 76.^[3]^[1] He had several children^[1] by his wife Abigail, daughter of Rev Samuel Dana of Marblehead, Massachusetts. His father was Fisher Ames and his brother was John W. Ames.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hurd 1884, p. 61.
^ ^a ^b "Resignation of Judge Ames", Boston Post (January 13, 1881), p. 3.
^ "Died", The Boston Globe (August 17, 1881), p. 3.

Works cited

Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1884). History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men. J. W. Lewis & Company. Retrieved May 2, 2021.