Daniel Treadwell

• Born: 10 Oct 1791, Ipswich MA
• Marriage: Adeline Lincoln on 6 Oct 1831
• Died: 26 Feb 1872, Cambridge MA

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed from 1805 to 1807 to Isaac Dodge Treadwell in Newburyport MA
  Following is brother's failure, he went to Boston to train under Jesse Churchill.

• Apprenticed about 1808 to Jesse Churchill in Boston MA ¹
  

• He was a partner from circa 1810 to 1813 with Jesse Churchill in Boston MA as CHURCHILL & TREADWELL, with a shop at 88 Newbury Street in Boston. ⁴

• Jug by CHURCHILL & TREADWELL, c 1810
  Private Collection
  h: 9 1/2"
  wt: 27.5 oz.
  Engraved "Benjamin and Judith Bussey"

• Wine cooler, c 1813
  Mead Art Museum
  h: 9 9/16"
  w: 8 1/2"
  Engraved "Sep^r 10^th 1813 / Signalized our first triumph in squadron / A very superior British Force on Lake Erie / was entirely subdued by / Com. O. H. Perry / whose gallantry in action is equalled only / by his humility in victory"

• Boston MA, 1813:
  Preferring to experiment with mechanical devices, he set aside his trade after the end of his partnership with Jesse Churchill. He patented a power printing press in 1826 and by 1835 had secured several patents for his machines for spinning hemp.

• Appointed in 1829 as President of the Boston Mechanics Institute in Boston MA

• Appointed from 1834 to 1845 as Rumford Professor at Harvard University, in Boston MA

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Cambridge MA, listed as an engineer.

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Cambridge MA, listed as a retired manufacturer.

Daniel married Adeline Lincoln on 6 Oct 1831. (Adeline Lincoln was born on 24 May 1804 in Hingham MA and died on 27 May 1885 in Boston MA.)