John Dean Hawley

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• He worked from 1840 to 1844 as a silversmith and jeweler in Cazenovia NY ¹⁵

• He was a partner from 1844 to 1869 with William W. Willard in Syracuse NY as WILLARD & HAWLEY and WILLARD, HAWLEY & Co. after 1859. ¹⁵

• Advertised in the Onondaga Standard (Syracuse NY), 2 Sep 1846, noting that WILLARD & HAWLEY ". . . was now prepared to furnish Silver Table Forks, Table Spoons, Tea Spoons, . . . made of Silver, equal to dollars, and in the very best style of Workmanship." ¹⁰

• Advertised in 1859 (Syracuse NY), as WILLARD & HAWLEY, manufacturers of ". . . the celebrated Premium Silver Ware." ⁴

• He worked from 1870 to 1880 as a silversmith and jeweler in Syracuse NY

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Syracuse NY, listed as a jeweler.

• Tradecard, c 1880
Private Collection

John married Cornelia Seymour on 5 Jun 1844. (Cornelia Seymour was born in 1827 in Stamford CT.)