FIFTH GENERATION

110. James Maltman COMEE ⁽¹⁾ was born on 18 Apr 1777 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts. He died on 27 Aug 1832 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts. About 1805 James began making wood and flag seated chairs in his fathers house on Pearl Street in Gardner, Massachusetts. Aided only with a foot lathe, these chairs were made entirely by hand. He took on many apprentices among them were Isaac Jaquith ( who married his daughter Maria), Enoch Brick, Elijah Brick (who married his half sister Sarah), Elijah Putnam, Lke Fairbaink, Joseph Jackson, and Artemas Brown. Most of thses apprentices went on to begin their own chair manufacturing businesses. James used teams of horses to transport his chairs to Worcester, Boston and other places for sale. Two of James' chairs can be seen on display in the Gardner Museum. The home where James began Making chairs still stands and is today Hawke Bed and Breakfast.






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He was married to Sally PUTMAN (daughter of John PUTMAN and Abigail) on 9 Nov 1801 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts. Sally PUTMAN⁽¹⁾ was born about 1779 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts. She died on 23 Dec 1863 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts. James Maltman COMEE and Sally PUTMAN had the following children:

+206 i. Maria COMEE.
+207 ii. Christiana COMEE.
+208 iii. Sally COMEE.
+209 iv. James Maltman COMEE.
+210 v. Mary COMEE.
+211 vi. William Williams COMEE.
+212 vii. Abigail COMEE.
213 viii. John Porter COMEE⁽¹⁾ was born on 3 Sep 1818 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts. He died on 8 Mar 1819 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts.
214 ix. Daniel Webster COMEE⁽¹⁾ was born on 21 Aug 1825 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts. He died in Sacramento California.
+215 x. Leander Porter COMEE.
216 xi. Eliza COMEE⁽¹⁾ was born on 28 Apr 1822 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts. He died on 10 Mar 1836 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts.