Chadwick, Joseph (1787-1868)

Name:

Chadwick, Joseph (1787-1868)

Born:

07/19/1787

Birthplace:

Boscawen, NH

Died:

01/16/1868

Death Location:

Boscawen, NH

Residence:

Boscawen, NH
VT

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Clockmaker, at work 1810-1831, Boscawen, NH. Known for mirror clocks; said to have retired when machine-made clocks became available.

Father:

Chadwick, Edmund

Mother:

Atkinson, Susanna

Relations:

Brother-in-law: Benjamin Morrill, Boscawen clockmaker.
Several references suggest Chadwick may have been apprentice to clockmaker Timothy Chandler.
Siblings:
Chadwick, James (1782-; m. Betsey Morrill; 5 children)
Chadwick, Cyrus (1800-1870; 5+ children)
Chadwick, Samuel (children)

Spouse:

Married (1) Judith Morrill, Boscawen
Married (2) Eunice W. Bliss, Lebanon
Married (3) Mary Morrill,

Children:

Calvin M., Born July 15, 1813-; clockmaker; res. Boscawen)
Joseph
Eunice, Born July 17, 1822; m. __ Royce)
Daniel Webster

Notes:

Charles C. Coffin, Compiler. The History of Boscawen and webster, From 1733 to 1878. (Concord, New Hampshire: The Republican Press Association, 1878), 290, 485-486, 643.

Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Clocks & Clockmakers. (Exeter, New Hampshire: Adams Brown Company, 1976), 302.

Brooks Palmer, The Book of American Clocks. (New York: Macmillan, 1950), 166.

Philip Zea and Robert C. Cheney, Clock Making in New England, 1725-1825: An Interpretation of the Old Sturbridge Village Collection. (Sturbridge, Massachusetts: Old Sturbridge Village, 1992), 110-112, 117, 165, 169.

Advertisement, Concord Gazette, Concord, New Hampshire, January 30, 1816.

Advertisement, New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, New Hampshire, March 4, 1868.