John had hoped that another grandson, Peter's son Cyrus (then aged about 13), might also become a clockmaker, but Cyrus became a farmer instead. Their son Nathaniel (c1793-1842) later became a clockmaker, as John obliquely anticipated in his Will. Nathaniel had married Rebecca Gibbon in 1791 in Wilmslow. He left much of the business to his son Nathaniel (c1759-1839), who had already followed him into clockmaking, and was based mainly in Wilmslow. The Will indicates a flourishing business. Nathaniel, Peter, Mary and Ellen outlived him, and are mentioned in his Will, signed by him on 6 December 1796. For some of the many listed references to his work, see below. Dumbvile (c1750) to John Dumvile (c1775). His signature on the dials ranges from J. at Nether Alderley, Chelford, and Goostrey churches, Cheshire, England). John's work included longcase (grandfather) and church clocks (e.g. His wife Mary had died in 1778, and William and Sarah predeceased him too. He married Mary Ward on 4 January 1751 and they had several children: John, William, Nathaniel, Sarah, Peter, Mary and Ellen. John was baptised in Marton, Cheshire on 3 October 1720, son of John and Ellen Dumville. From time to time clocks and watches by a Dumvil(l)(e) come up for sale, and we know Stockport Heritage Library has a watch by Nathaniel Dumville, watch and clockmaker of 93 Lower Hillgate, Stockport. In the 18C and 19C there was a cluster of Dumvil(l)e watch- and clockmakers in the county of Cheshire in the north of England, and a second cluster in south-east England, mainly in and around Cambridge.
Dumvil(l)e Watch- and Clockmakers of Northern Englandĭumvil(l)e Watch- and Clockmakers of South-East Englandĭumvil(l)(e) Watchmakers and Clockmakers listed in Reference Books
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