• Born: 20 Sep 1819, Pound Ridge NY
• Marriage (1): Eliza Marshall on 8 Oct 1840 in Waterbury CT
• Died: 17 Feb 1889, Waterbury CT

  General notes:

Jeweler and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: Abt 1837, in Bedford NY.

• He worked in 1840 as a jeweler and watchmaker in Stamford CT

• He worked in 1841-1848 as a jeweler and watchmaker in Peekskill NY

• He was a partner (presumed) circa 1845 with Andrew Hanford in Peekskill NY as HANFORD & AYRES. While the firm is unrecorded, these are the only two men working in the same city at this time.

• He worked circa 1849-1872 as a jeweler and watchmaker in Waterbury CT

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Waterbury CT. Listed as a jeweler.

• Example: Envelope cameo, circa 1855, in Private Collection.

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Waterbury CT. Listed as a jeweler.

• Advertised: Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, on 18 May 1861, in Bangor ME. As part of a group endorsement of the Waltham Watch Company.

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Waterbury CT. Listed as a watch and jewelry dealer.

James married Eliza Marshall on 8 Oct 1840 in Waterbury CT. (Eliza Marshall was born on 1 Aug 1822 in Stamford CT and died on 5 Jul 1879 in Orange CT.)