Chickering, Jonas (1798-1853)
- Name:
- Chickering, Jonas (1798-1853)
- Title:
- Member, St. Andrew's Lodge, F. & A. M., Boston, February 14, 1822
Member, Massachusetts House of Representatives
President, Handel and Haydn Society, Boston
President, Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association
World's Fair, London, 1851, exhibited grand piano - Born:
- 04/05/1798
- Birthplace:
- Mason, NH
- Died:
- 12/08/1853
- Death Location:
- Boston, MA
- Residence:
- Mason, NH 1798-1804
New Ipswich, NH 1804-1818
Boston, MA 1818-1853 - Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Cabinetmaker
Piano maker - Father:
- Chickering, Abner
- Mother:
- Dakin, Eunice
- Relations:
- Partnership, Chickering & Stewart, Boston
Partnership, Chickering & MacKay, Boston, 1830-1841
Partnership, Chickering & Parker, Boston
Partnership, Jonas Chickering & Sons, Boston, 1853 - Spouse:
- Eliza Summer, November 20, 1823
- Notes:
- Vera Gamet, "The Pianos of Jonas Chickering," Old-Time New England, 31(July, 1940)1, 1-9.
J. Almus Russell, "Jonas Chickering, Father of the American Piano," New Hampshire Profiles, May, 1972, 62-64.
Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives
"Death of Jonas Chickering," The Farmers' Cabinet, Amherst, NH, December 15, 1853, 2.
Massachusetts, Masonic Membership Cards, 1733-1990
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA
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