Frederick Oakes

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark

• He was a partner before 1804 with Nathan Allyn in Hartford CT as ALLYN & OAKES. Dissolution reported in American Mercury of 13 December 1804. ³

• He was a partner from 1804 to 1807 with David Greenleaf in Hartford CT as GREENLEAF & OAKES. Partnership announced in the American Mercury of 20 December 1804 and its dissolution in the Connecticut Courant of 30 September 1807. ³

• He worked from 1807 to 1811 as a silversmith and jeweler in Hartford CT from shop facing Ferry Street. ³

• Apprenticed about 1810 to William Bennett North in Hartford CT

• He was a partner from 1811 to 1819 with Nathaniel Spencer in Hartford CT as OAKES & SPENCER. ³

• He worked from 1820 to 1830 as a silversmith and jeweler in Hartford CT from his old stand at 85 Main Street. Apparently he retire from business c 1830, his son buying out his stock in trade. He is listed in city directories from 1838-1846 as having a boarding house. ³

• Mug by Horace and Allyn Goodwin, c 1823
Private Collection ¹¹
h: 4 ½"
Inscription HARTFORD COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY above upper decorative band; PREMIUM / TO / FREDERICK OAKES / for the best Cultivated Farm / Æ 1823

• He worked in 1828 as a gentleman farmer in Hartford CT and was awarded a silver tankard by the Hartford County Agricultural Society that was made by H & A GOODWIN. ³

Frederick married Mary Pratt on 15 Sep 1804 in Hartford CT. (Mary Pratt was born on 12 May 1784 in East Hartford CT and died on 4 Mar 1867 in Detroit MI.)