James H. Dakinとは 意味・読み方・使い方

James Harrison Dakin (August 24, 1806 – May 10, 1852), American architect, was the son of James (1783-1819) and Lucy Harrison Dakin (1784-1826) of Hudson, New York, and born in Northeast Township. He was seventh in line from the immigrant ancestor, Thomas Dakin, of Concord, Massachusetts, through Simon, of the third generation, who went to Putnam County, New York, from Massachusetts. After learning the carpentry trade from his uncle, James Dakin moved to New York City, where he was apprenticed to Alexander Jackson Davis when the firm of Town and Davis, Architects, was formed in 1829. That year he married Joanna (or Georgiana) Belcher (1796-1882) of Norwich, Connecticut, the widow of George Collard. They had seven children, two of whom survived to adulthood.