William Ames (Quaker)

William Ames (died 1662) was an early English itinerant Quaker preacher and writer.

Ames returned to England in 1662, was sent to Bridewell prison for attending a Quaker meeting, and died before the end of the year.

He joined the Quakers in 1655 at Dublin, having been a Baptist minister in Somerset, and afterwards an officer in the parliamentary army.

He returned to England in 1662, was sent to Bridewell for attending a Quaker meeting, and died before the end of the year.

He wrote a large number of tracts in Dutch, the titles of which are given in Joseph Smith's Catalogue of Friends' Books.