John M. (John Moseley) Weeks

Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, on May 22, 1788, and brought to Salisbury, Vermont, as a small child, he spent nearly his whole life in that community. Sources connected with History of Salisbury, Vermont identify him as John M. Weeks, or John Moseley Weeks, and show that he died in Salisbury on September 1, 1858.

He is associated with two main kinds of writing: practical work on beekeeping and local history. Records from the Biodiversity Heritage Library list his bee-related publications from the 1830s, including A Manual and The Bee-Keeper's Guide, while later library and archive records preserve his History of Salisbury, Vermont.

That history appeared in 1860, two years after his death, with a memoir and an editor's preface explaining that the manuscript had been left unfinished and then revised for publication. Even from these brief surviving records, he comes across as a careful observer who turned local memory and everyday knowledge into books that outlasted him.