Critchet, James (1761-1849)

Name:: Critchet, James (1761-1849)
Other Names:: Critchett, James
Born:: 1761
Died:: 05/08/1849
Death Location:: Candia, NH
Residence:: Candia, NH
Occupation:: Clockmaker -- self taught, wooden movements
Clock and watch repairer
Mill wright
Father:: Critchet, Thomas (17 -1787)
Mother:: Mary
Spouse:: Smith, Susannah (1762-), February 5, 1784
Children:: Critchet, Thomas (1785-1849; wagon, sleigh, furniture maker; m. Mary Scribner; 3 daughters)
Critchet, James (1788-1864; m1 Betsey Batchelder, m2 Mary D. Batchelder; 9 children, including Isaac who was the father of Benjamin - owner of the James Critchet clock)
Critchet, Moses (wagon, sleigh, furniture maker; m. Nancy _; son James)
Critchet, Isaac (c.1796-; m. Sally __; son John W.)
Critchet, Caleb
Critchet, John
Critchet, Joseph
Notes:: Died of cancer at c. 88 years old.

Benjamin Chase, History of Old Chester, From 1719 to 1869. (Auburn, New Hampshire: Published by Benjamin Chase, 1869), 439, 499.

Florence M. McKee, The McCutcheon [Cutcheon] Family Records... (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Commonwealth Printing Company, 1931), 179-182.

J. Bailey Moore, History of the Town of Candia, Rockingham County, N. H., From its First Settlement to the Present Time. (Manchester, NH: George W. Brown, 1893), 275-276, 403, 422, 492.

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives