• Born: 20 Mar 1821, Syracuse NY
• Marriage (1): Cornelia Seymour on 5 Jun 1844
• Died: 14 Aug 1913, Syracuse NY

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: William Wallace Willard, circa 1835, in Cazenovia NY.

• He worked in 1840-1844 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Cazenovia NY ¹⁸

• Partnership: William Wallace Willard, in 1844-1869, in Syracuse NY. As WILLARD & HAWLEY and WILLARD, HAWLEY & Co. after 1859. ¹⁸

• Alternate Mark. For WILLARD & HAWLEY

• Alternate Mark. For WILLARD & HAWLEY

• Alternate Mark. For WILLARD & HAWLEY

• Advertised: Onondaga Standard, on 2 Sep 1846, in Syracuse NY. Noting that WILLARD & HAWLEY ". . . was now prepared to furnish Silver Table Forks, Table Spoons, Tea Spoons, . . . made of Silver, equal to dollars, and in the very best style of Workmanship." ¹²

• Example: Watch paper for WILLARD & HAWLEY, circa 1850, in American Antiquarian Society.

• Advertised: 1859, in Syracuse NY. As WILLARD & HAWLEY, manufacturers of ". . . the celebrated Premium Silver Ware." ⁴

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Syracuse NY. Listed as a jeweler.

• He worked in 1870-1880 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Syracuse NY with a shop at 21 South Salina Street.

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Syracuse NY. Listed as a jeweler.

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Syracuse NY. Listed as a jeweler.

• Example: Tradecard, circa 1880, in Private Collection.

• Example: Tradecard, circa 1880, in Private Collection.

• Example: Tradecard, circa 1880, in Private Collection.

John married Cornelia Seymour on 5 Jun 1844. (Cornelia Seymour was born in 1824 in Stamford CT and died on 29 Dec 1897 in Syracuse NY.)