Hill, Joseph (1798-1859)

Name:

Hill, Joseph (1798-1859)

Title:

Member, Democratic Party
Captain, New Hampshire State Militia, 1826
Commissary General, State of New Hampshire, 1829, 1838

Born:

00/00/1798

Birthplace:

Portsmouth, NH

Died:

01/05/1859

Death Location:

Rye, NH

Residence:

Portsmouth, NH

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Goldsmith, Silversmith, Jeweler 1819-1851
Looking glasses, Pearl, Jet and Paste Jewelry, Watches, Silver table and tea-spoons, Repair of umbrellas and parasols, Fancy goods.
Variety Store, 1839, 1857

Father:

Hill, Elisha (1777-1853)

Mother:

Jenkins, Phebe (1779-1856)

Relations:

Partnership, Haselton & Hill, Portsmouth, NH, 1820
(Ira Haselton and Joseph Hill)
Sister, Mary Elizabeth Hill, married Daniel Haselton, elder brother of Ira Haselton

Spouse:

Clarissa Jones (1800-1878), January 19, 1826

Children:

George, born 1831; died 1925

Notes:

Henry N. Flynt and Martha Gandy Fales, The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver, With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. (Old Deerfield, Massachusetts: The Heritage Foundation, 1968), 247.

Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Silver. (Cranbury, New Jersey: Adams Brown Company, 1983), 109-110.

Portsmouth Directories, 1821,1827,1834,1839,1851,1856.

"New Store, Jewelry, Silver, Plated, & Britannia Ware, Haselton & Hill" Advertisement, Portsmouth Oracle, Portsmouth, NH, July 17, 1819, 4.

"Dissolution of Copartnership" Advertisment, Portsmouth Oracle, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, December 23, 1820, 3.

"Removal, Joseph Hill" Advertisement, Portsmouth Oracle, Portsmouth, NH, May 5, 1821, 4.

Advertisement, New-Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, November 9, 1824.

"Watchmakers & Goldsmiths" Advertisement, Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics, Portsmouth, NH, March 6, 1824, 1.

Marriage Notice, Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics, Portsmouth, NH, January 21, 1826, 3.

"Joseph Hill, 4 Daniel Street, Manufactures Umbrellas" Advertisement, Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics, Portsmouth, NH, June 23, 1827, 3.

Legal Notice, Joseph Hill, Commissary General," New-Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, September 1, 1829, 1.

"General Court, Elected Commissary General," New Hampshire Statesman and State Journal, Concord, New Hampshire, June 16, 1838, 3.

"Parasols, Sun Shades, & Umbrellas" Advertisement, Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics, Portsmouth, NH, May 29, 1841, 3.

Obituary, New Hampshire Patriot, Concord, New Hampshire, January 12, 1859.

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives

South Street Cemetery, Portsmouth, NH