• Born: 4 Jan 1783, Rutland MA
• Marriage (1): Miss Barton circa 1803 in Utica NY
• Marriage (2): Susan White in 1820 in Utica NY
• Died: 6 May 1862, Utica NY

  General notes:

Silversmith and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

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• Apprenticed about 1796 to Joseph Barton in Stockbridge MA ⁴
  

• He was a partner in 1808-1809 with Philo White in Canandaigua NY as PORTER & WHITE. ⁴

• He was a partner in 1809-1811 with Philo White in Utica NY as PORTER & WHITE. ⁴

• He was a partner in 1811-1816 with Joseph Barton in Utica NY as BARTON & PORTER. ⁴

• He was a partner in 1817-1837 with Philip Huntington in Utica NY ⁴

• Advertised in 1821-1823 (Utica NY), offering silverware of his own manufacture. ⁴

• Watch paper, c 1825
  American Antiquarian Society
  

• He worked in 1837-1848 as a salesman and merchant in Utica NY with DOOLITTLE, MORRIS & Co. ⁴

• Utica NY, 1837: sold silversmithing business to H. N. Weaver. ⁴

• He worked in 1848-1849 as a gold- and silversmith in Utica NY with Horace Strong Bradley, a watch repairer. ⁴

• He worked in 1850-1862 as a silversmith and jeweler in Utica NY ⁴

• He appeared on the 1855 census taken at Waterford NY, listed as a silversmith.

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Ossian, Livingston, NY, listed without occupation.

Joseph married Miss Barton, daughter of Joseph Barton and Mrs. Joseph Barton, circa 1803 in Utica NY.

Joseph next married Susan White in 1820 in Utica NY. (Susan White was born on 17 Jul 1802 in Whitestown NY and died in 1886.)