• Born: 4 May 1784, New London CT
• Marriage (1): Grace Lamphere on 4 May 1806 in Groton CT
• Died: 12 Jan 1852, New London CT

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark. (Winterthur atrtribution)

• Alternate Mark.
  Like the previous mark, tentatively attributed to Hempstead's wholesale work.

• Apprenticed: Asa Spencer, in 1802, in New London CT.

• Partnership: Asa Spencer, circa 1806, in New London CT. As SPENCER & HEMPSTEAD. ⁴

• Advertised: Connecticut Gazette, on 10 Sep 1806, in Hartford CT. The formation of the firm of SPENCER & HEMPSTEAD. ³

• Example: Watch paper, circa 1810, in American Antiquarian Society.

• Partnership: Stephen Chandler, in 1811-1816, in New York City NY. As HEMPSTED & CHANDLER, silversmiths and watchmakers first listed at 251 Water Street, then 117 1/2 Chatham in 1815.

• He worked circa 1819-1821 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in New York City NY listed as a jeweler at 117 1/2 Chatham in 1819, 7 1/2 Spruce in 1820, and 257 Broadway in 1821.

• Partnership: Nathaniel Saltonstall and Asa Spencer, circa 1821-1852, in Eatonton GA. As D. B. HEMPSTEAD & Co. His place taken by son Daniel in 1852, joined by grand-nephew Daniel in 1882. ⁴

• Alternate Mark: for D. B. HEMPSTEAD & Co.

• Alternate Mark: for D. B. HEMPSTEAD & Co.

• Master: Daniel Booth Hempstead, about 1835, in New London CT. ¹

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in New London CT. Listed as a jeweler.

Daniel married Grace Lamphere, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 4 May 1806 in Groton CT. (Grace Lamphere was born on 19 Jun 1784 in New London CT and died on 29 Jul 1866.)