Sanborn, Amos (1812-1872)

Name:

Sanborn, Amos (1812-1872)

Born:

03/31/1812

Birthplace:

Unity, NH

Died:

06/10/1872

Death Location:

Lowell, MA

Residence:

Unity, NH 1812-
Hanover, NH 1836, 1840
Lowell, MA 1849-1872

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Jeweler watchmaker -- in Lowell directories, 1849-1872 (business name continues in directories until 1876)

Father:

Sanborn, Isaac (1785-1858)

Mother:

Gale, Mercy (1789-1845)

Relations:

Borther-in-law of Humphrey Nichols (1816-1858) and Hiram M. Nichols (1821-1902), silversmiths
Business:
A. Sanborn Co. (partnership, Amos Sanborn and Horace B. Bacon), 1866-1872 directories
A. Sanborn Co. (partnership, Horace B. Bacon, and H. M. Bacon), 1874-1876 directories (after the death of Amos Sanborn)
Siblings:
Sanborn, Jacob W. (1813-1897; b. Unity, NH; m. Mary E. Lewis, 1841; m. Lucy M. Russell)
Sanborn, Josiah G. (1815-; m. Maria L. Dawson 1841)
Sanborn, Caroline A. (1817-; m. Enoch Johnson 1846)
Sanborn, Elon Abraham (1820->1897; m1. Mary M. Fletcher 1847; m2. Rachel Kitchen 1853)
Sanborn, Hannah (1822-1845; m. Moses Johnson 1841)
Sanborn, Otis J. (1825-1845)
Sanborn, Harriet M. (1828-; m. Dayton R. Ball 1849)
Sanborn, Ursula A. (1830-; not married)
Parents: Mercy Gale (1789-1810) and Isaac Sanborn (1785-1810; b. Unity, NH, d. Claremont, NH), married 1810.
Grandparents: Deborah Wilson (1746-1839; b. Exeter NH, d. Unity NH) and Abraham Sanborn (1744-1820; b. Brentwood, NH, d. Deerfield, NH), married 1768.
Great-grandparents: Abigail Prescott (1713-1781; b. Hampton, NH) and Daniel Sanborn (1708-1782; b. Hampton, NH), married 1731, Hampton NH.
Other:
on the 1850 Lowell census, two other jewelers are residing in the home of Amos Sanborn, including: George A. Martin (c.1830-) of N.H., and Henry Marston (c.1832-) of N.H.

Spouse:

Married Emily Nichols (1813-1885), December 12, 1836, Unity, NH

Children:

George W. (c.1838-; b. NH; silversmith/jeweler; res. Lowell, MA)
Mary Emily (aka Emily Mary) (1849-; b. Lowell, MA; m. John Langdon Jaques 1874, Lowell; John was a shuttlemaker, the son of John S. Jaques of Sanborton NH and Nancy Tilton of Meredith, NH)

Notes:

Victor C. Sanborn, Genealogy of the Family of Samborne or Sanborn in England and America. (Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press, 1899), 340.

Death Records, City of Lowell, State of Massachusetts

Death Notice, Lowell Daily Citizen and News, Lowell, Massachusetts, June 18, 1872.

"Death of Hiram M. Nichols," The Caledonian, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, April 16, 1902.