Daniel Van Voorhis

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark

• Alternate Mark

• He worked from 1782 to 1784 as a gold- and silversmith in Princeton NJ ⁴

• Beakers, c 1782-1784
Private Collection
One (left) unmarked. Engraved DMP.

• Advertised in the New Jersey Gazette (Princeton NJ), 1782, ⁴

• He was a partner from 1784 to 1785 with Simeon A. Bayley and William Coley in New York City NY as VAN VOORHIS, BAYLEY & COLEY. ⁴

• Advertised in the Independent Journal or General Advertiser (New York City NY), 1784-1785, firm of VAN VOORHIS, BAYLEY & COLEY, ". . . real manufacturers in gold & silver." ⁴

• He was a partner from 1785 to 1787 with William Coley in New York City NY as VAN VOORHIS & COLEY from shop at 27 Hanover Square.
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• Advertised in the New York Daily Advertiser (New York City NY), 1785, for partnership of VAN VOORHIS & COLEY, manufacturing jewelers and goldsmiths. ⁴

• Advertised on 27 Apr 1785 (New York City NY), dissolution of firm of VAN VOORHIS, BAYLEY, COLEY & COX. ⁴

• Advertised on 9 Jul 1785 (New York City NY), dissolution of firm of VAN VOORHIS, BAYLEY & COLEY. ⁴

• Vermont copper penny, 1786
Private Collection
Produced by partnership of COLEY & VAN VOORHIS. Die cut by William Coley and minting by Van Voorhis.

• He worked from 1787 to 1788 as a mint master in Rupert VT with William Coley. ⁴

• Master to Thomas Richards abt 1790 in New York City NY. ¹

• Tea caddy, c 1790
Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture
h: 4½"
One of only two known caddys that have their original keys. The other, by Revere, is in the Bell Collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

• He was a partner from 1791 to 1793 with Garret Schenck in New York City NY as VAN VOORHIS & SCHANCK. Joined in 1798 by son Daniel Cornelius Van Voorhis. ³

• Alternate Mark for VAN VOORHIS & SCHANCK.

• Presentation vase, 1795-1805
Private Collection
Engraved with bright-cut decoration and monogram "EE" for Elisabeth Elmendorph, possibly on the occasion of her marriage to Cornelius Ray.

• He was a partner from 1798 to 1802 with Thomas Richards in New York City NY first as VAN VOORHIS & SON, then VAN VOORHIS & RICHARDS. ⁴

• He was a partner in 1800 with Garret Schenck and ? McCall in New York City NY as VAN VOORHIS, SCHANCK & McCALL. ³

• Advertised in the Morning Chronicle (New York City NY), 11 Feb 1803, as a goldsmith and jeweler ⁴

• Appointed from 1805 to 1819 as Customhouse weigher in Brooklyn NY ⁴

Daniel married Mrs. Catherine Richards on 28 Feb 1775 in Brooklyn NY. (Mrs. Catherine Richards was born on 4 Jan 1758 and died in 1839.)