Jacob Jones of Pittsfield, New Hampshire.

Jacob Jones was born on December 30, 1749, in Kingston, New Hampshire. He was the son of John Jones (1724-1815) and Hannah Dow (1728-1806). Jacob was Trained as a clockmaker under the guidance of Daniel Balch of Bradford and Newbury, Massachusetts. Jacob married Hannah Cilley on January 1, 1774, in Pittsfield, NH. They had eleven children. Three sons worked in the clock trades. Joseph was born on March 37, 1775, and died on October 31, 1842. Jonathan Jones was born in Gilford, NH, on October 16, 1787. His death date is not known. Abner Jones, not to be confused with his third cousin Abner Jones of Weare, NH, was born on August 24, 1789, in Pittsfield, NH, and died in Avon, NY, on August 24, 1876. 

Jacob had a foundry and workshop near the Quaker Meeting House in the Doeboro district of Pittsfield, NH. Here he cast the brass he used to manufacture his clocks. Jacob died in Pittsfield on July 25, 1839. In his book New Hampshire Clockmakers, Charles Parsons reports that fifteen tall case examples are known to have survived by this Maker. It is not known if this is one of those examples. The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, NH, has an excellent example in its collection. Their clock features an engraved dial and a lovely tiger-maple case. It was thought to have been made circa 1785. We have recorded two other engraved sheet dial clocks. One of which is engraved with the date 1792 in the arch. Interestingly, the engraving on the two dials appears to be of different hands.