Tolford, Joshua (1771-1862)

Name:

Tolford, Joshua (1771-1862)

Title:

Superintendent of City Clocks, Portland, 1842, 1843

Born:

00/00/1771

Birthplace:

Chester, NH

Died:

08/20/1862

Death Location:

Portland, ME

Residence:

Chester, NH 1790
Gilmanton, NH 1794 1798, 1800
Rochester, NH 1803
Saco, ME 1804, 1806, 1809, 1811
Kennebunk, ME, 1815
Portland, ME 1817-1862

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Wtachmaker
Clockmaker

Father:

Tolford, John

Mother:

McMurphy, Jean

Relations:

Siblings:
Hugh
Daughter, m. William Rankin
Daughter, m. William Ayer
John
Daughter, m. William Murray

Spouse:

Mary Badger (1776-1865), May 8, 1796

Children:

Amos Calef, born 1798, Gilmanton
Mary Badger, born 1800, Gilmanton
Louisa, born 1803, Rochester
Almira, born 1806, Saco
Timothy, born 1809, Saco
John Gray, born 1811, Saco

Notes:

Benjamin Chase, History of Old Chester, From 1719 to 1869. (Auburn, New Hampshire: Published by the author, 1869), 598-599.

First Book of Records of the Town of Pepperellborough, Now the City of Saco; Printed by Vote of the City Council, March 18, 1895. (Portland, Maine: The Thurston Print, 1896), 134.

Henry N. Flynt and Martha Gandy Fales, The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver. With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. (Deerfield, Massachusetts: The Heritage Foundation, 1968), 340.

"Clocks and Watches, Joshua Tolford," Advertisement, The Mirrour, Concord, NH. July 14, 1794, 3.

"Joshua Tolford, Watch and Clock-Maker," Advertisement, Weekly Eastern Argus, Portland, ME, April 13, 1804, 3.

"Stop Him!, Catch Him!, Hold Him!" Advertisement, Weekly Eastern Argus, Portland, ME, August 10, 1809, 4.

"To Subscribers...Joshua Tolford...has removed to Kennebunk.." Advertisement, Herald of Gospel Liberty, Portsmouth, NH, August 4, 1815, 708.

"Joshua Tolford, Watch & Clock Maker," Advertisement, Weekly Eastern Argus, Portland, ME, August 5, 1817, 3.

Death Notice, Portland Weekly Advertiser, Portland, ME, August 23, 1862, 3.

Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, ME