Chauncey Jerome - Time Line Born: June 10, 1793 in Canann, Con. 1796 - family moved to Plymouth. 1809 - (13 years old) Jerome became an apprentice in carpentry and then began making clock case for extra income during the winter. 1814 - Married Salome Smith Between 1814 and 1821 - worked with Seth Thomas under Eli Terry. 1821 - Moved to Bristol, Con. and started his own clock case making business using Eli Terry movements. Between 1822 and 1824 - purchased land and building on the Pequabuck River with his brother (Noble). 1824 - Became partners with Elijah Darrow, Chauncey Mathews and named the company Jerome, Darrow & Co. 1824 - Jerome, Darrow & Co. began producing pillar and scroll clocks similar to Eli Terry's but were larger (longer) with new wooden movements with regular cut pinions and between the plates escapement. (thought to have been invented by the Jerome bother Noble). This movement was called the groaner for the noise the striking train made. 1826 - Jerome, Darrow & Co. partnership came to an end. 1826 - entered in to a short partnership with Asa Thompson called Jerome, Thompson & Co. 1828 - Reentered partnership with Elijah Darrow, call it Jerome & Darrow. 1828 - Invented and marketed the bronze looking glass clock. It was a stencilled half-column clock some with mirrored fronts and then reverse painted glass. 1829 - Jerome & Darrow company grew. 1833 - Jerome bought out Darrow's interest. 1834 - Nobel Jerome returned as a partner and the business was called C & N Jerome. 1834 - Began producing 8 day clocks designed by Nobel and 30 hour clocks, both wooden movements. 1835 - Opened a factory in Richmond, Virginia for assembling clock cases. 1837 - Sales dropped off and bankruptcy was avoided by mortgaging the property. 1837 - Chauncey decided to begin production of a brass plated clock and placing it in a less expensive wooden case. Noble designed the 30 hour movement with lantern pinions and friction plate count-wheel for the strike train. The case was a rectangular box and was the beginning of the Ogee type clocks. 1839 - Obtained Patent for the brass movement. 1839 - New company formed to market the Ogee clock, called Jeromes, Gilbert, Grant & Co. 1840 - Chauncey bought out William Gilbert, Grant and the others. 1840 - Chauncey had his bother Nobel and Zelotes Grant as well as his nephew Harim Camp (who managed the old Bristol factory) make 40,000 30 hour brass movement. They were completed by 1842. 1841-1842 - Sued several other clock company for illegally using his name and patent violations and won. 1842-1843 - Opened up an export trade business in England located at No. 6 New Quay, Liverpool, England. 1844-1845 - To support export business Chauncey build a factory in New Haven, Conn. (port city/town) to manufacture case for the brass movements. The movement were shipped to New Haven, cased and then sent to England. 1845 (late) - Fire destroyed the Bristol factories and all production was moved to New Haven. 1850 - By this time Chauncey was turning out 30 and 8 day Ogee's as wells beehive, steeple, and Empire cases. 1850 - Company name change to Jerome Manufacturing Company. 1854 - Chosen Mayor of New Haven. 1854 - His wife died. 1855 - Formed new company "Jerome & Co." in New York" for "the manufacturing, purchasing, and selling of clocks and timepieces, in the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and European countries". 1855 - Remarried. 1856 - Added partner of Theodore Terry and Phineas Barnum. 1856 - Due to assumed debts of Terry and Barnum, Chauncey sold his business to the New Heaven Clock Co.(owned by his nephew Harim Camp). 1856 - Chauncey moved to Waterbury, Conn. and set up a clock case company for the owners of the Waterbury Clock Co, where his brother was already working. 1857 - Moved to Ansonia to manage the manufacturing of clock cases for William Gilbert. (who he actually disliked a great deal). 1858 - Went to work for Joseph Remer. 1858 - Moved back to New Haven and wrote is autobiography. 1866 - Employed by United States Clock & Brass Co. in Austin Illinois. 1868 - Moved back to New Haven and died April 20. Tim Sweet TIMEKEEPR2@AOL.COM M.O.S.T (MY OWN SWEET TIME) WATCH COMPANY. 14002 Tuckey Lane El Paso, TX 79927 U.S.A. (915) 852-2409 (See my add in the MART) Look for my Web site at: http://www.cyperportal.net/watches/timhome.html Requests and comments welcome enjoy