• Born: 13 May 1780, Warren RI
• Marriage (1): Hannah Sanford on 25 Sep 1805 in Warren MA
• Died: Jun 1857, New Bedford MA

  General notes:

Silversmith and instrument maker

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• He worked in 1800 as a silversmith and watchmaker in Newport RI ³

• Example: Watchpaper, circa 1817, in American Antiquarian Society.

• Partnership: Josiah Gooding, circa 1820, in Bristol RI. As FALES & GOODING. ⁴

• He worked in 1840-1857 as a silversmith, watch, and instrument maker in New Bedford MA ⁴

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in New Bedford MA. Listed, with his sons, as a watch and clockmaker.

James married Hannah Sanford, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 25 Sep 1805 in Warren MA. (Hannah Sanford was born on 7 Nov 1779 in Nantucket MA and died on 14 Jun 1858 in New Bedford MA.)