• Born: 21 Aug 1795, Stratford CT
• Marriage (1): 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.

• Partnership: William Pendleton Burdick, in 1816-1819, in Ithaca NY. As BURDICK & BURRITT. ¹⁸

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

• Example: Pillar shelf clock, circa 1820, in Private Collection.

• Master: Socrates Ayers, circa 1830, in Ithaca NY.

• Partnership: Joseph Curtiss Burritt, in 1838-1862, in Ithaca NY. As J. BURRITT & SON. ¹⁸

• Alternate Mark.

• Example: Countermarked coin, circa 1840, in Private Collection.

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Ithaca NY. Listed as a jeweler.

• Master: Uri Clark, about 1852, in Ithaca NY.

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Ithaca NY. Listed as a silversmith.

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Ithaca NY. Listed as a jeweler.

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in 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.)