 At this time, he was still living at home in Bridgewater, and although the almanac bears on the title-page "by Nathaniel Ames, Jr.," it may well be that the boy, then only seventeen years old, received some help from his mathematical parent.He is said to have moved to Dedham in 1732 and his name is entered from that place on the list of subscribers to Prince's "Chronology", to which most of the subscriptions were made in 1728.On September 14, 1735, Ames married Mary, daughter of Capt.