• Born: 10 Mar 1766, Fairfield CT
• Marriage (1): Mehitable Perry on 16 Aug 1796 in Fairfield CT
• Died: 24 Nov 1838, Brooklyn NY

  General notes:

Silversmith and clockmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Apprenticed: Jacob Jennings, in 1780-1787, in Norwalk CT. ¹

• He worked circa 1787 as a silversmith and clockmaker in Fairfield CT ³

• Example: Tall case clock by WHITING & MARQUAND, circa 1790, in Private Collection. H: 96"
  photo courtesy of Gary R. Sullivan Antiques Inc.

• Partnership: Gamaliel Bradford Whiting, before 1791, in Fairfield CT. As WHITING & MARQUAND. ³

• He worked in 1791-1796 as a gold- and silversmith, clock- and watchmaker in Edenton NC ³

• Advertised: State Gazette of North Carolina, on 11 Nov 1791, in New Bern NC. Announcing he had opened a shop on Broad Street, Edenton NC, adjoining Henry Niel's store and offering his services as a goldsmith and silversmith, clockmaker and watchmaker. He proposed to carry on the silversmith's business in all its branches and wanted "a boy, between the age of 14 and 16, as an apprentice." ²⁵

• Advertised: State Gazette of North Carolina, on 12 Nov 1792, in New Bern NC. Announcing that he had returned and had again commenced business in Edenton. ²⁵

• Cutten/NC: 11 Feb 1796, in Edenton NC. He gave to Jonathan Maltbee a bill of sale for "two buildings joined together making a shop where I formerly worked, ... all my silversmith and watchmaking tools, one negro boy by the name of Sam." Three years earlier, he had bought Sam at a sheriffs sale for £130. ²⁵

• Advertised: State Gazette of North Carolina, on 17 Feb 1796, in New Bern NC. Informing the people of Edenton that he intended to leave the state and requested all persons indebted to him to make payment to Jonathan Maltbee. ²⁵

• Partnership: Cornelius Paulding, in 1801-1810, in Savannah GA. As MARQUAND & PAULDING. ¹⁵

• He worked in 1804-1811 as a merchant in New York City NY he is listed in the 1804 & 1805 city directories as a merchant with a store at 183 Front Street.

• Partnership: Hezekiah Lord and Cornelius Paulding, circa 1805, in Savannah GA. As H. LORD & Co.

• Partnership: Orlando Harriman and Cornelius Paulding, in 1809-1810, in New York City NY. As MARQUAND, HARRIMAN & Co.

• Partnership: Cornelius Paulding and Josiah Penfield, in 1810-1815, in Savannah GA. As MARQUAND, PAULDING & PENFIELD. Penfield had been an employee of MARQUAND & PAULDING for several years before becoming a partner. The business had three main branches: a New York City office (MARQUAND & PAULDING) run by Marquand, the jewelery store in Savannah run jointly by Paulding and Penfield, and a New Orleans branch run by Paulding as C. PAULDING & Co. The complicated arrangement was finally dissolved by mutual consent on 15 November 1815. ¹⁵

• Master: Frederick Marquand, about 1812, in New York City NY. ¹

• Partnership: Erastus Barton, in 1815-1823, in New York City NY. As E. BARTON & Co with a store at 166 Broadway.

• Master: Josiah Penfield Marquand, about 1822, in New York City NY. ¹

• Master: Henry Ball, circa 1825, in New York City NY. ¹

• Master: William Black, circa 1825, in New York City NY. ¹

• Partnership: Frederick Marquand, in 1825-1830, in New York City NY. As MARQUAND & BROTHER. They continued at 166 Broadway with Isaac still listed in the city directory as a merchant and his son as a jeweler.

• Partnership: Frederick & Josiah Penfield Marquand, Erastus Osborne Tompkins,, in 1830-1833, in New York City NY. As MARQUAND & BROTHERS.

• Master: Henry Gurdon Marquand, about 1832, in New York City NY. ¹

• Partnership: Frederick & Henry Gurdon Marquand, Erastus Osborne Tompkins, William Black, and Henry Ball, in 1833-1838, in New York City NY. As MARQUAND & Co., with a new store at 181 Broadway.

• Alternate Mark.

Isaac married Mehitable Perry on 16 Aug 1796 in Fairfield CT. (Mehitable Perry was born on 11 Mar 1778 in Fairfield CT and died on 9 Apr 1855 in Brooklyn NY.)