• 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: Edward Danforth, about 1797, in Hartford CT.

• Apprenticed: Samuel Danforth, about 1799, in Hartford CT. ¹¹

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

• Example: Teapot, circa 1804, in Private Collection. H: 7 1/4"

• Example: Flagon, circa 1805-1810, in Private Collection. H: 12 1/4"

• Partnership: Sherman Boardman, in 1810-1827, 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

• Example: Teapot by T. D. & S. B., circa 1820, in Private Collection.

• Example: Single cup teapot by T. D. & S. B., in Private Collection.

• Alternate Mark. For BOARDMAN & Co.

• Partnership: Lucius Hart, in 1828-1850, in New York City NY. As BOARDMAN & HART.

• Alternate Mark. For BOARDMAN & HART.

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

• Example: Teapot by BOARDMAN & HART, circa 1830, in Winterthur Library. H: 12"
  

• Example: Beaker by BOARDMAN & HART, circa 1830, in Winterthur Library. H: 5 3/16"
  d: 3.5"

• Partnership: Franklin D. Hall, in 1844-1845, 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 census in 1850 in Hartford CT. Listed as a pewterer.

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Hartford CT. Listed as a manufacturer.

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in 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.)