Seth Ames (April 18, 1805 – August 15, 1881) was a justice of the

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from 1869 to 1881. He was appointed by Governor

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. He was born April 18, 1805, and graduated from Harvard College in 1825. He was an associate justice of the Superior Court from 1859 to 1867, when he became chief justice of the Superior Court."Resignation of Judge Ames", ''Boston Post'' (January 13, 1881), p. 3. In 1869, he was appointed to a seat on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. He resigned from the court on January 8, 1881, due to deteriorating health. Ames died at Longwood, Massachusetts, in 1881, at the age of 76."Died", ''

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'' (August 17, 1881), p. 3. He had several children by his wife Abigail, daughter of Rev Samuel Dana of

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. His father was Fisher Ames and his brother was John W. Ames.

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