Genealogy from [Moore]

Thomas DammesAge: 48 years1610–1658

Name
Thomas Dammes
Given names
Thomas
Surname
Dammes
Note: DAMM (1638), DAMMES (1638), DAMS (1643)
Family Origin before 1610

Note: A very rare surname in Northamptonshire, known almost exclusively at this period from Dingley, a small village 14 miles N.E. of Coton, in the north of the county, near the Leicestershire border. The surname meant 'dweller near a dam'. Nationally the name DAMS occurs most frequently in Derbyshire during the 16th century (IGI). Abroad the name is found today in USA and New Zealand.
Birth about 1610

Note: Having reviewed available data (in 2021), the most likely birth record is from Kirkby Underwood, Lincs. This is a small village 51 miles to the NE of Coton. - Thomas DAM, baptised 25 May 1604 (Ancestry and FindMyPast)
MarriageMary Lucas — View this family
4 February 1638 (Age 28 years)
St Peter, Northampton, Northamptonshire

Note: by licence, 4 Feb 1637 (Old Style calendar)
Residence 1638 (Age 28 years)
Coton, Northamptonshire

Note: Thomas appears to have been the first DAMES to live at Coton, followed by three more generations (all named William) covering the period 1638 to 1818. Coton (often "Coaton") was a small settlement one mile N.E. of Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire, though within that parish. The number of households paying hearth tax in 1673 was 8. By c.1720 Bridges notes 17 houses at Coton.
Baptism of a daughterElizabeth Dams
9 May 1638 (Age 28 years)
Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire

Baptism of a sonWilliam Dams
10 December 1643 (Age 33 years)
Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire

Burial of a wifeMary Lucas
16 September 1658 (Age 48 years)
Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire

Burial 17 September 1658 (Age 48 years)
Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire
Family with Mary Lucas - View this family
himself
Thomas Dammes
Birth: about 1610
Burial: 17 September 1658 — Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire
wife
Mary Lucas
Baptism: 13 May 1602 36 21 — Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire
Burial: 16 September 1658 — Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire
Marriage: 4 February 1638 — St Peter, Northampton, Northamptonshire
3 months
daughter
Elizabeth Dams
Baptism: 9 May 1638 28 35 — Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire
6 years
son
William Dams
Baptism: 10 December 1643 33 41 — Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire
Burial: 15 April 1729

Family Origin
A very rare surname in Northamptonshire, known almost exclusively at this period from Dingley, a small village 14 miles N.E. of Coton, in the north of the county, near the Leicestershire border. The surname meant 'dweller near a dam'. Nationally the name DAMS occurs most frequently in Derbyshire during the 16th century (IGI). Abroad the name is found today in USA and New Zealand.
Birth
Having reviewed available data (in 2021), the most likely birth record is from Kirkby Underwood, Lincs. This is a small village 51 miles to the NE of Coton. - Thomas DAM, baptised 25 May 1604 (Ancestry and FindMyPast)
Marriage
by licence, 4 Feb 1637 (Old Style calendar)
Residence
Thomas appears to have been the first DAMES to live at Coton, followed by three more generations (all named William) covering the period 1638 to 1818. Coton (often "Coaton") was a small settlement one mile N.E. of Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire, though within that parish. The number of households paying hearth tax in 1673 was 8. By c.1720 Bridges notes 17 houses at Coton.
Name
DAMM (1638), DAMMES (1638), DAMS (1643)