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Farnam, Henry (1773-1852)

Name:
Farnam, Henry (1773-1852)
Other Names:
Farham / Farnum
Born:
10/10/1773
Birthplace:
Norwich, CT
Died:
05/22/1852
Death Location:
Boston, MA
Residence:
Norwich, CT
Boston, MA 1800-1852
Nationality:
American
Occupation:
Silversmith
Jeweller
Father:
Farnam, Ephraim
Mother:
Hunn, Sarah (1736-1805)
Relations:
Partnership, Rufus & Henry Farnam, Boston, 1804-1807
Partnership, Farnam & Ward, Boston, 1815-1818
(Henry Farnam and Richard Ward)
Spouse:
Nancy Newell (1781-1840)
Children:
Henry Parsons, born 1804; died 1819
Louisa ann, born 1806; died 1826
Sarah Maria, born 1808; died 1897
Charles Newell, born 1814
Henry Parsons, born 1823
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), 217.

Boston Directories 1800-1806.

"Watches, Clock, Silver-plate, Plated and Britannia Wares...," Columbian Centinel, Boston, MA, May 23, 1804.

"Dissolution of Copartnership," Columbian Centinel, Boston, MA, February 11, 1807.

"Farnam & Ward," Boston Daily Advertiser, Boston, MA July 8, 1815.

"Dissolution of Copartnership," Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot, Boston, MA, February 4, 1818.

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA
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