• Born: 20 Mar 1821, Syracuse NY
• Marriage (1): Cornelia Seymour on 5 Jun 1844
• Died: 14 Aug 1913, Syracuse NY

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed circa 1835 to William Wallace Willard in Cazenovia NY
  

• He worked in 1840-1844 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Cazenovia NY ¹⁸

• He was a partner in 1844-1869 with William Wallace Willard in Syracuse NY as WILLARD & HAWLEY and WILLARD, HAWLEY & Co. after 1859. ¹⁸

• Alternate Mark for WILLARD & HAWLEY

• Advertised in the Onondaga Standard (Syracuse NY), 2 Sep 1846, noting that WILLARD & HAWLEY ". . . was now prepared to furnish Silver Table Forks, Table Spoons, Tea Spoons, . . . made of Silver, equal to dollars, and in the very best style of Workmanship." ¹²

• Watch paper for WILLARD & HAWLEY, c 1850
  American Antiquarian Society
  

• Advertised in 1859 (Syracuse NY), as WILLARD & HAWLEY, manufacturers of ". . . the celebrated Premium Silver Ware." ⁴

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Syracuse NY, listed as a jeweler.

• He worked in 1870-1880 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Syracuse NY with a shop at 21 South Salina Street.

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Syracuse NY, listed as a jeweler.

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Syracuse NY, listed as a jeweler.

• Tradecard, c 1880
  Private Collection
  

• Tradecard, c 1880
  Private Collection
  

• Tradecard, c 1880
  Private Collection
  

John married Cornelia Seymour on 5 Jun 1844. (Cornelia Seymour was born in 1827 in Stamford CT and died on 29 Dec 1897 in Syracuse NY.)