• Born: 23 Jul 1789, New Canaan CT
• Marriage (1): Hester Hawes on 9 Apr 1812
• Died: 5 Aug 1868, Peekskill NY

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark

• Apprenticed about 1802 to (possibly) Ziba Blakeslee in Newtown CT
  

• He worked circa 1811-1850 as a silversmith in Peekskill NY

• He was a partner (presumed) circa 1845 with James Russell Ayres in Peekskill NY as HANFORD & AYRES. While the firm is unrecorded, these are the only two men working in the same city at this time.

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Cortlandt NY, listed as a silversmith.

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Cortlandt NY, listed as a silversmith.

Andrew married Hester Hawes on 9 Apr 1812. (Hester Hawes was born on 12 Mar 1792 in Peekskill NY and died on 22 Mar 1862 in Peekskill NY.)