• Born: 20 Feb 1807, Providence RI
• Marriage (1): Sarah Coleman Wyer on 25 Oct 1831 in Nantucket MA
• Died: 20 Feb 1903, Nantucket MA

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Apprenticed: William Hadwen, about 1820, in Nantucket MA. Purchasing, in 1828, his master's business. ³

• He worked in 1828-1830 as a jeweler and watchmaker in Nantucket MA

• Partnership: Frederick Coleman Sanford, in 1830-1838, in Nantucket MA. With the start of business announced in The Inquirer, 10 Apr 1830. Shop located at 62 Main Street by 1833. ³

• Alternate Mark. For EASTON & STANFORD.

• He worked in 1839-1870 as a jeweler and watchmaker in Nantucket MA
  His account books, at the Nantucket Historical Society, show he sold a very wide range of fancy goods, as well as offering engraving and watch repair. Notwithstanding the 1850 census entry, there is no evidence that he ever manufactured any silver goods, but did purchase large quantities of flat and hollowware from Jabez Gorham, Newell Harding, and Boynton & Woodward.

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Nantucket MA. Listed as a silversmith.

• He appeared on the census in 1855 in Nantucket MA. Listed as a merchant.

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Nantucket MA. Listed as a jeweler.

James married Sarah Coleman Wyer on 25 Oct 1831 in Nantucket MA. (Sarah Coleman Wyer was born on 23 Dec 1809 in Nantucket MA.)