Holbrook line: Robert Eames died 1712 or 1671??

Great and many are the questions about Robert Eames.  He is supposed to have been born about 1629, in Dorset, England, and Anthony Eames and Margery Pierce are supposed to be his parents.  I can't prove the date, the location, or the parents, so I am not claiming any of those "facts".  The Anthony Eames, including most of his known children, were of Plymouth Colony and Robert was of Middlesex County in Massachusetts Bay Colony, so  for that reason alone, there is reason to doubt the connection.  In addition, as far as I can determine there is no birth or christening record listing Robert as a child of Anthony and Margery, although there are records for the other children.  Also, Robert didn't name any of his sons Anthony, which is a bit suspicious as at that time period, family names were used over and over.  

I am also in the dark about who Robert's wife was, when he died, and almost everything else about his life.  Oh, this should be a fun post to write (note the sarcasm!).

After admitting we don't know who his parents were, we're left with the question of when and how he arrived in Massachusetts.  I have seen it stated that he arrived in 1637 with his brother Thomas, which may well be true but I've not seen the record.  He is supposed to have been about five years old at that time.  I don't have any record of Thomas Eames, either, so take that for whatever it's worth.  

We do know that Robert married Elizabeth in (or by) 1653 in Charlestown or Woburn.  I have seen Elizabeth's maiden name given as Hayward but again, I've not seen proof.  So the name of his wife, at this point, is still up in the air.  

We know that Robert was in Charlestown in 1651 and since he is mentioned in the records, we can guess that he was at least 21 at that time.  By 1655 he owned land and owed taxes in Woburn, and this appears to be where his children, 9 of them, were born, starting in August of 1653 and ending in about 1670.  

We have quite a few court records for Robert, while he was in Woburn.  He sued and was sued, mostly for debts.  Once he sued a neighbor because the neighbor's swine got in his crops; this was a common cause for legal suits all over New England at the time.  He served on a jury for an inquest in 1670 but I am not sure I understand what the case was about.  The court cases seem to stop in 1671.

Robert Eames' name is found on a list of soldiers from King Philip's War, but the maker of the list thought this Robert was from Rowley, Massachusetts, which is 31 miles from Woburn, or Chelmsford, for that matter.  Why did I mention Chelmsford?

Well, Chelmsford was formed out of Woburn in 1652, and James Savage, who is usually but not always correct, thought that Robert had died in Chelmsford in 1671.  This would be before King Philip's War.  

And that brings us to the final mysteries about Robert.  When and where did he die?  Was he the Robert who died in Chelmsford, if there was a Robert Eames who died there?  Published records don't show his death.  Or was he the Robert who died July 30, 1712 in Woburn?  Almost all the sites I've looked at give this death date.  However, the Robert who died then is listed as Robert, son of (blank) Eames, and usually this is the wording given for a child.  

Elizabeth's death is given as March 22, 1710, but I've not seen the records for her.  If Robert died in 1671 then Elizabeth would mostly likely have remarried, because she would have had many small mouths to feed at that time.  

I would be most pleased if someone has documentation for any of these questions and is willing to share it.  The few facts we have are these:  He married Elizabeth, they had nine children, and Robert is on some tax lists, in some court records, and was one who received rights to the common lands of Woburn in 1668.  The rest is speculation or hidden history.

Here's the line of descent:

Robert Eames-Elizabeth

John Eames-Abigail Morgan

John Eames-Rachel Comstock

John Eames-Elizabeth Longbottom

Hannah Eames-James Lamphire

Susan Lamphire-Joseph Eddy

Susan Eddy-Hiram Stanard

Louis Stanard-Mary Alice Hetrick

Etta Stanard-Loren Holbrook

Their descendants