• Born: 22 Jul 1812, Burlington VT
• Marriage (1): Persis Pinney Day on 9 Aug 1834 in Burlington VT
• Marriage (2): Caroline Hull on 14 Jan 1846 in Burlington VT
• Died: 3 Aug 1887, Burlington VT

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1825 to Amos Pangborn in Burlington VT
  

• He was a partner on 30 Aug 1833-19 Aug 1843 with Amos Pangborn in Burlington VT as PANGBORN & BRINSMAID, working from Pangborn's old shop on Church Street. ¹⁶

• Alternate Mark

• Alternate Mark

• He was a partner in 1843-1850 with William B. and Sedgwick Swift Brinsmaid in Burlington VT as BRINSMAID'S.

• He was a partner in 1850-1854 with William Bliss Brinsmaid and Chester Hildreth in Burlington VT as BRINSMAID, BROTHER & Co. With shop on Church Street ¹⁶

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Burlington VT, listed as a jeweler.

• Master to George Bliss Brinsmaid Abt 1854 in Burlington VT. ¹⁶

• He worked in 1854-1880 as a jeweler in Burlington VT
  Listed in the 1867 city directory on Church Street.

• Advertised in the Burlington Business Directory (Burlington VT), After 1854, ¹⁶

• Advertised in the Vermont Directory, 1856,

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Burlington VT, listed as a jeweler.

• Master to Charles Julius Brinsmaid Abt 1865 in Burlington VT. ¹

• Master to Frederick Thomas Brinsmaid Abt 1868 in Burlington VT. ¹

• Master to Sedgwick Swift Brinsmaid Abt 1870 in Burlington VT. ¹

• Tradecard, c 1880
  Private Collection
  

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Burlington VT, listed as a jeweler.

James married Persis Pinney Day on 9 Aug 1834 in Burlington VT. (Persis Pinney Day was born on 28 Oct 1816 in Burlington VT and died on 11 Jan 1845.)

James next married Caroline Hull on 14 Jan 1846 in Burlington VT. (Caroline Hull was born on 18 Sep 1826 and died on 23 Oct 1889.)