Kidney Sources
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Phineas J. Jakeway, carpenter and joiner, section 6, Lincoln Township, was born on the site of Saratoga, N. Y., May 4, 1812, when but a few log huts comprised the buildings of the place. When 14 years of age he was apprenticed to CHAUNCEY KIDNEY, of Saratoga, to learn his trade; in 1828 he went with Mr. KIDNEY to Rochester, N. Y., remaining with him in his employment; at 21 he was made foreman, with the promise that, if he remained faithful, he should come into possession of all his master's property at his death, which provision was carried out, the property amounting to $5,000. After the death of Mr. KIDNEY, Mr. Jakeway continued his trade in Buffalo, N. Y.
July 4, 1832 at Avon, Livingston Co., N. Y., he married Euphemia Kerr, a native of Newark, N. J. The following year he moved to Calhoun County, MI, and completed some mills and bridges which had been contracted for previous to Mr. KIDNEY's death.