James Fales

  General notes:

Silversmith and instrument maker

  Events in his life were:

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

• He was a partner c 1820 with Josiah Gooding in Bristol RI as FALES & GOODING. ⁴

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

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

James married Hannah Sanford on 25 Sep 1805 in Warren MA. (Hannah Sanford was born on 7 Nov 1779 in Nantucket MA.)