Joseph Church

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1816 to Jacob Sargaent and Horace Goodwin in Hartford CT ¹

• Master to William Hazen Rogers 1820 in Hartford CT. ¹

• Master to Leonard Talbott Wells abt 1831 in Hartford CT. ¹

• He was a partner from 1825 to 1836 with William H. Rogers and Joseph Rogers in Hartford CT as CHURCH & ROGERS, clock and watchmakers. Listed in the 1828 city directory at 110 Main Street. ⁴

• Master to Leonard Talcott Welles abt 1831 in Hartford CT.

• Master to Charles Cyprian Strong abt 1832 in Hartford CT. ¹

• He worked from 1840 to 1847 as a silversmith and watchmaker in Hartford CT ⁴

• He was a partner from 1851 to 1855 with Herman G. Batterson in Hartford CT as CHURCH & BATTERSON, jewelers ⁴

• Sold business in 1841 to Leonard Talcott Welles and Charles Cyprian Strong, his former apprentices. ⁴

• When he was young his father moved the family to Lee MA and built the first paper mill in western Massachusetts. Joseph returned to Hartford in his early 20's and was apprenticed to Jacob Sargaent and Horace Goodwin. In 1818 established his own business on Henry St., later moving his shop to Main St. In partnership in 1827 with William Rogers, a former apprentice. Two other apprentices, C. C. Strong and L. T. Wells, bought his business in 1841. He was an official and director of the Aetna Life Insurance Company and a director of the Connecticut River Band. The landscape painter, Frederick E. Church, was his son. ³

Joseph married Eliza Janes on 9 Sep 1819 in Hartford CT. (Eliza Janes was born on 2 Mar 1796 in Hartford CT and died on 17 Jul 1883 in Hartford CT.)