Joseph Warford

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed on 12 Feb 1796 to Isaac and George Hutton in Albany NY ⁴
Recorded in his diary "I was bound apprentice to Messrs I & G Hutton in Feb 12th 1796."

• He was a partner from 25 Aug 1800 to 7 Oct 1805 with Nehemiah B. Bassett in Albany NY at the dissolution, he was paid $1800 in cash for his half of the stock in trade.
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• He worked from 1805 to 1810 as a silversmith in Albany NY his sales during this period totaled $22,948.
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• Advertised in the Centeniel (Albany NY), 17 Jan 1806, announcing he was now working alone. ⁴

• He worked in 1810 as a silversmith in Salem NY ⁴

• Advertised in the Northern Post (Salem NY), 28 Feb 1811, announcing his return to Salem. ⁴

• He was a partner c 1815 with John Sprague in Salem NY ⁴

Joseph married Margaret Sprague, daughter of John Sprague and Mary Mayhew, in 1802 in Albany NY. (Margaret Sprague was born in 1785 in Edgartown MA.)