John Bailey
- Born: 13 Aug 1787, Hanover MA
- Died: 2 Mar 1883, Lynn MA
General notes:
Clock and watchmaker
Events in his life were:
- Apprenticed about 1800 to John Bailey in Hanover MA
- He worked from after 1809 to 1811 as a clockmaker in Portland ME
- He worked from circa 1812 to 1823 as a clockmaker in Hanover MA
- Watch paper, c 1820
American Antiquarian Society
- He worked after 1824 as a clock and watchmaker in New Bedford MA also producing mathematical and scientific equipment. He developed a lucrative trade calibrating chronometers for the local ship merchants, but later lost his business when his stanch abolitionist views became widely known.
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