Ezra Kelley

• Born: 26 Sep 1798, Dennis MA
• Marriage: Nancy Simmons on 20 Jan 1823
• Died: 14 Dec 1895

  General notes:

Jeweler, clock- and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1810 to Allen Kelley in Providence RI
  

• He was a partner from 1820 to 1823 with Nathaniel Shepherd in Dartmouth MA as KELLEY & SHEPARD

• Tall case clock, 1822
  Yale University
  h: 93 3/4"
  w: 22"
  d: 10 1/4"

• He was a partner from 1833 to 1835 with Nathaniel Shepherd in Dartmouth MA as KELLEY & SHEPARD

• He was a partner from 1837 to 1841 with Stephen Howland in New Bedford MA as KELLEY & HOWLAND.

• He was a partner c 1850 with George S. Kelley in New Bedford MA as E. KELLEY & SON, with a shop at 78 Third Street.

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at New Bedford MA, listed as a clock and watchmaker.

• New Bedford MA, 1852:
  Listed in the city directory as KELLEY & SON, watch and clockmakers.

• He appeared on the 1855 census taken at New Bedford MA, listed as a watchmaker.

• Master to William Laban Kelley 1860-1862 in Attleboro MA.

Ezra married Nancy Simmons on 20 Jan 1823. (Nancy Simmons was born on 18 Feb 1802 in Hingham MA.)