• Born: 16 Sep 1799, Grantham NH
• Marriage (1): Emiline Rockwell on 16 Dec 1823 in Buffalo NY
• Died: 27 Jun 1872, Lockport NY

  General notes:

Silversmith and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1811 to Samuel? Bosworth in Watertown NY
  

• He worked circa 1816-1820 as a silversmith in Buffalo NY employed by his former master, possibly Samuel Bosworth.

• He worked in 1820-1822 as a silversmith in Buffalo NY having bought out his old master. He did a thriving trade with the Tonawanda, Seneca, and Tuscarora Indians, selling silver jewelry which he manufactured. He could speak their language fluently and was a great favorite with Red Jacket, William Mountpleasant, and other chiefs, and often accepted their hospitalities with his wife for the night in their wigwams when in their villages.
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• He worked in 1823-1850 as a silversmith in Lockport NY ¹⁸

• Watch paper, c 1825
  American Antiquarian Society
  

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Lockport NY, listed as a watchmaker.

• He appeared on the 1865 census taken at Lockport NY, listed as a watchmaker.

Alonzo married Emiline Rockwell on 16 Dec 1823 in Buffalo NY. (Emiline Rockwell was born on 28 Jul 1807 in Whitestown NY and died on 26 Mar 1864 in Lockport NY.)