Joseph Burritt

• Born: 21 Aug 1795, Stratford CT
• Marriage: Asenath Curtis on 17 Jun 1816 in Stratford CT
• Died: 9 Mar 1889, Ithaca NY

  General notes:

Silversmith and clockmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed abt 1808 in Stratford CT.

• He was a partner from 1816 to 1819 with William Pendleton Burdick in Ithaca NY as BURDICK & BURRITT. ¹⁸

• He worked from 1819 to 1838 as a silversmith and clockmaker in Ithaca NY
  Listed in the 1831 of American Advertising Directory on Owego Street. ¹⁸

• Pillar shelf clock, c 1820
  Private Collection
  

• He was a partner from 1838 to 1862 with Joseph Curtiss Burritt in Ithaca NY as J. BURRITT & SON. ¹⁸

• Alternate Mark

• Countermarked coin, c 1840
  Private Collection
  

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Ithaca NY, listed as a jeweler.

• Master to Uri Clark abt 1852 in Ithaca NY.

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Ithaca NY, listed as a silversmith.

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Ithaca NY, listed as a jeweler.

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

Joseph married Asenath Curtis on 17 Jun 1816 in Stratford CT. (Asenath Curtis was born on 28 Feb 1796 in East Haven CT and died about 1841 in Ithaca NY.)