When James Chancellor Clothier was christened on 22 March 1807, in Chew Magna, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Stephen Clothier, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Chancellor, was 40. He married Hester Sage on 30 September 1833, in Chew Magna, Somerset, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Koylton Township, Tuscola, Michigan, United States in 1880. He died in June 1878, in Clutton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 71.