Jerome, Chauncey (1793-1868)
- Name:
- Jerome, Chauncey (1793-1868)
- Title:
- Mayor, City of New Haven, CT, 1854-55
Member, Connecticut State Legislature, 1834 - Born:
- 06/10/1793
- Birthplace:
- Canaan, CT
- Died:
- 04/20/1868
- Death Location:
- New Haven, CT
- Residence:
- Morristown, NJ 1812
Plymouth, CT 1816-1822
Bristol, CT 1844-1845
New Haven, CT, 1845-1855 - Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Joiner
Clockmaker - Father:
- Jerome, Lyman
- Mother:
- Noble, Sarah
- Relations:
- Apprenticed to Lewis Stebbins, Waterbury, CT.
Worked for Eli Terry, making shelf clocks, using a circular saw. - Spouse:
- Salome Smith (1795-1854)
- Children:
- Chauncey
Edward Miles
Abigail Celistia
Luther Hart - Notes:
- Chauncey Jerome, History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, and Life of Chauncey Jerome, Written by Himself. New Haven, CT: F. C. Dayton, Jr., 1860.
Brooks Palmer, The Book of American Clocks. (New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, Inc., 1977), 222-223.
Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
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