• Born: 21 Jan 1784, Middletown CT
• Marriage (1): Elizabeth Bidwell Lewis on 28 May 1812
• Died: 10 Sep 1873, Hartford CT

  General notes:

Pewtersmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark ⁴⁹

• Alternate Mark

• Alternate Mark

• Apprenticed about 1797 to Edward Danforth in Hartford CT
  

• Apprenticed about 1799 to Samuel Danforth in Hartford CT ¹¹
  

• He worked in 1804-1810 as a pewtersmith in Hartford CT

• Teapot, c 1804
  Private Collection
  h: 7 1/4"

• Flagon, c 1805-1810
  Private Collection
  h: 12 1/4"

• He was a partner in 1810-1827 with Sherman Boardman in Hartford CT originally as T. D. & S. B., then BOARDMAN & Co after 1822. Listed in the city directory at 59 Main Street.

• Alternate Mark for T. B. & S. B

• Teapot by T. D. & S. B., c 1820
  Private Collection
  

• Single cup teapot by T. D. & S. B.
  Private Collection
  

• Alternate Mark for BOARDMAN & Co.

• He was a partner in 1828-1850 with Lucius Hart in New York City NY as BOARDMAN & HART.

• Alternate Mark for BOARDMAN & HART.

• Mug by BOARDMAN & HART, c 1828
  Winterthur Library ³¹
  h: 3 3/8"
  d: 2 7/8"
  Engraved "Delia Maria Hussey / May 1, 1828 / A Mother's Gift."

• Teapot by BOARDMAN & HART, c 1830
  Winterthur Library
  h: 12"
  

• Beaker by BOARDMAN & HART, c 1830
  Winterthur Library
  h: 5 3/16"
  d: 3.5"

• He was a partner in 1844-1845 with Franklin D. Hall in Philadelphia PA as BOARDMAN & HALL.

• He worked after 1845 as a pewtersmith in Hartford CT

• Alternate Mark overstriking the mark of BOARDMAN & Co.

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Hartford CT, listed as a pewterer.

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Hartford CT, listed as a manufacturer.

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Hartford CT, listed as a britannia manufacturer.

Thomas married Elizabeth Bidwell Lewis on 28 May 1812. (Elizabeth Bidwell Lewis was born on 29 May 1789 and died on 1 Nov 1869 in Hartford CT.)