• Born: 19 Mar 1779, Thompson CT
• Marriage (1): Elizabeth Easterly on 5 Jan 1804 in Albany NY
• Died: 31 Jul 1865, Canandaigua NY

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1792 to Stephen Sibley in Great Barrington MA ³
  

• He worked in 1799-1801 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Great Barrington MA

• He worked in 1801-1803 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Albany NY ¹⁸

• He worked in 1803-1826 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Canandaigua NY

• Advertised in the Ontario Repository (Ontario NY), 21 May 1825, military Goods, &c
  Just received by the subscriber, a splendid assortment of Military Goods; Musical Instruments; Fancy Hardware; Plated, Japan'd and Britannia Ware; Clocks, Watches, and Time-pieces -- a superb assortment.
  Also, Gold and Silver Work, and Jewelry -- a great variety; silver, plated, and common Spectacles; Thermometers; Mathematical Instruments; a a great variety of other articles, which have been selected with great care and attention, in New-York and Albany, this spring, by the subscriber, and will be sold lower than ever before offered in this place.
  

• He worked in 1843-1846 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Ann Arbor MI ¹⁸

• He worked in 1847-1850 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Rochester NY ¹⁸

James married Elizabeth Easterly on 5 Jan 1804 in Albany NY. (Elizabeth Easterly was born on 27 Aug 1780 in Albany NY and died on 11 Nov 1852 in Canandaigua NY.)