• Born: Apr 1821, Nantucket MA
• Marriage (1): Susan Allen Chase on 26 Nov 1845 in Nantucket MA
• Died: 1900

  General notes:

Silversmith and instrument maker

  Events in his life were:

• He was a partner circa 1840 with Edward G. Kelley in Nantucket MA as E. & J. KELLEY.

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Nantucket MA, listed as a jeweler.

• He worked after 1856 as a silversmith in New Bedford MA

• He was a partner circa 1860 with Zeno Kelley in New Bedford MA as KELLEY & BROTHER, with a shop at 51 Union Street.

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at New Bedford MA, listed as a chronometer merchant.

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at New Bedford MA, listed as manufacturer of nautical instruments

James married Susan Allen Chase on 26 Nov 1845 in Nantucket MA. (Susan Allen Chase was born on 2 Sep 1825 in Nantucket MA.)