• Born: 20 Sep 1819, Pound Ridge NY
• Marriage (1): Eliza Marshall on 8 Oct 1840 in Waterbury CT
• Died: 17 Feb 1889, Waterbury CT

  General notes:

Jeweler and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed Abt 1837 in Bedford NY.

• He worked in 1840 as a jeweler and watchmaker in Stamford CT

• He worked in 1841-1848 as a jeweler and watchmaker in Peekskill NY

• He was a partner (presumed) circa 1845 with Andrew Hanford in Peekskill NY as HANFORD & AYRES. While the firm is unrecorded, these are the only two men working in the same city at this time.

• He worked circa 1849-1872 as a jeweler and watchmaker in Waterbury CT

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Waterbury CT, listed as a jeweler.

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Waterbury CT, listed as a jeweler.

• Advertised in the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Bangor ME), 18 May 1861, as part of a group endorsement of the Waltham Watch Company.

• Envelope cameo, c 1870
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• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Waterbury CT, listed as a watch and jewelry dealer.

James married Eliza Marshall on 8 Oct 1840 in Waterbury CT. (Eliza Marshall was born on 1 Aug 1822 in Stamford CT and died on 5 Jul 1879 in Orange CT.)