Jones, James (1810-1885)

Name:

Jones, James (1810-1885)

Born:

11/29/1810

Birthplace:

Pittsfield, NH

Died:

08/04/1885

Death Location:

Pittsfield, NH

Residence:

Pittsfield, NH
Deerfield, NH
Concord, NH 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870
Chichester, NH 1880 census; listed as boarders at the home of Sarah A. & George C. Barton.

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Clockmaker -- clocks circa 1835
Gunsmith -- 1850 & 1860 census
Blacksmith

Father:

Jones, Jacob

Mother:

Rollins, Nancy

Relations:

Said to have served an apprenticeship with clockmaker Timothy Chandler and later worked for Abiel as well.
Related to (grandson?) John Jones (c.1724-1815) blacksmith, moved from Amesbury, MA, to Pittsfield, NH. M1. Hannah Dow; M2. Elizabeth Marston; father of Jacob Jones (1749-1835).

Spouse:

Marston, Hannah L. (1813-1893), 1833

Children:

James Madison , born 1833; gunsmith
Thomas A. (c.1838-; RR clerk; b. NH)
George A., born 1841; died 1863; gunsmith
Charles F. (c.1845-; RR worker; b. NH)
Edward C. (c.1849-; b. NH)
Frank, born 1851; died 1852
Clarence E., born 1851; died 1863
Addie F., born 1853; died 1863. (c.1851/3-; b. NH; m. George D. Colby; res. Concord)

Notes:

M. Louise (or Hannah) Marston, of Pittsfield, NH, 1833. Dau. of Mary Rowley (c.1780/90-; Pittsfield, NH) and Thomas Marston (1777-1859 of Pittsfield & Deerfield, NH).
From C.S. Parsons, 1985: "'[James Jones] took up and continued the paternal business of making clocks and executing gunsmith work, adding thereto that of a blacksmith."
SEE ALSO: Maker/Artist field -- Jones, James

Biographical Review. Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Sullivan and Merrimack Counties, New Hampshire. (Boston, MA: Biographical Review Publishing Company, 1897), 492-493.

Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Clocks & Clockmakers. (Exeter, New Hampshire: Adams Brown Company, 1976), 323.

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives

Old North Cemetery, Concord, NH