• Born: 19 Oct 1812, Wallingford CT
• Marriage (1): Harriet Pomeroy on 11 May 1836
• Died: 7 Dec 1893, Meriden CT

  General notes:

Pewtersmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Apprenticed: Hiram Yale, in 1827-1831, in Wallingford CT.

• He worked in 1831-1875 as a pewtersmith in Meriden CT
  For the first two years, he worked as a journeyman for his brother's firm, LEWIS & HOLT.

• Example: Coffeepot, circa 1840-1850, in Yale University. H: 10"

• Example: Teapot, circa 1845, in Private Collection. H: 7 7/8"
  d: 5 3/4"

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Meriden CT. Listed as a manufacturer. Also enumerated in his household were the pewtersmiths
  Daniel B. Wells
  Friend C. Booth
  William Lizer
  Joseph Addice
  Miles Clark
  Austin Phelps
  Caleb Francis
  Nelson Cornwall
  Charles Bow

• Partnership: George Washington Cowles, in 1854-1856. As LEWIS & COWLES.

• Example: Teapot by LEWIS & COWLES, circa 1855, in Winterthur Library. H: 11 1/2"
  d: 4 1/2" (at belly)

• Partnership: Lemuel Curtis, in 1856-1858, in Meriden CT. As LEWIS & CURTIS.

• Master: Daniel B. Wells, circa 1858, in Meriden CT.

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Meriden CT. Listed as a manufacturer.

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Meriden CT. Listed as a manufacturer.

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Meriden CT. Listed as a retired britannia manufacturer.

Isaac married Harriet Pomeroy, daughter of Noah Pomeroy and Nancy Merriman, on 11 May 1836. (Harriet Pomeroy was born on 27 Mar 1817 in Meriden CT and died on 21 Feb 1899.)