John Eades, III

Descendant Register, Generation No. 3 3. John Eades (John Eades3, Rev. John Eades2, Henricus Edes1) was born 31 Mar 1651 in Lawford, Essex, England, and died 1693 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Mass.. He married Mary Tufts 15 Oct 1674 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Mass., daughter of Peter Tufts and Mary Pierce. She was born 19 Jun 1655 in Malden, Middlesex, Mass., and died 1707 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Mass..

Child of John Eades and Mary Tufts is: + 4 i. Sarah Eades was born 05 Apr 1691 in Charlestown, Mass., and died 12 Sep 1736 in Southold, Suffolk Co., New York.

Note: Charlestown is the oldest neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts and was originally called Mishawum by the Massachusett, it is located on a peninsula north of the Charles River, across from downtown Boston, and also adjoins the Mystic River and Boston Harbor. Charlestown was laid out in 1629 by engineer Thomas Graves, one of its early settlers, in the reign of Charles I of England. It was originally a separate town and the first capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Charlestown became a city in 1848 and was annexed by Boston on January 5, 1874. With that, it also switched from Middlesex County, to which it had belonged since 1643, to Suffolk County.

John Edes was possibly a ship carpenter who came to America before 1674

Spouse: Mary Tufts (1655 - 1718)

Children of John and Mary (Tufts) Edes:

• Sarah Eades (1700 - 1787)
• John Edes/Eads (1681 - 1721)
• Mary Edes (1684 - 1718)
• Peter Edes (1686 - 1752)
• Jonathan Edes (1688 - Unknown)
• Edward Edes/Eades (1681 - 1730)

The Edes surname has spelling variations: Eades, Eads, Edds

• https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/john-edes_16107299
• http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/eads/1355/ -
• Book: "The Name and Family of Eades or Edes" - author Mildred Eads Dyson