Joseph Callender (1751 - 1821)

Born 6 May 1751 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth W Laughton — married 4 Jun 1789 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Died 10 Nov 1821 at age 70 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Joseph Callender was born 6 May 1751 in Boston, Massachusetts^[1], son of Eleazer Callender (1709-1790) and Susanna Hiller (1710-). On 4 Jun 1789 in Boston, he married Elizabeth W Laughton (1764-1793)^[2][3]. They had two children:

1. Sarah E Callender, b. about 1790 Boston; d. 1 Mar 1859 Boston; unmarried.
2. Mary W Callender, b. about 1792 Boston; d. 2 Nov 1880 Boston; unmarried.

Elizabeth passed away 27 Mar 1793 in Boston^[4]. Joseph then married another Elizabeth, whose surname and origins have not been found. They had two additional children^[5][1]:

1. Helen A Callender, b. about 1800 Boston; d. 17 Jul 1856 Boston; unmarried.
2. Elizabeth W Callender, b. Oct 1805 Boston; d. 12 Jun 1873 Boston; unmarried.

Joseph was a well-known silversmith and engraver in Boston, with works that can still be seen in museums. He apprenticed starting at the age of 13, and by age 20 was a journeyman in the shop of Paul Revere^[6]. Within a few years he opened his own shop. He was particularly active in the creation of bookplates, such as those of William Smith^[7] and Ignatius Sargent^[8], which was copied as a design for porcelain plates now in the collection of the US State Department^[9]. He took on some very ambitious projects, such as a detailed map of Massachusetts^[10].

Joseph passed away 10 Nov 1821 age 70 in Boston^[1][11][12].

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Vital Records from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) Volume 144, Page 329. Accessed 30 Jan 2023 at https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/14291/329/38036966.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-D49M : 18 October 2022), Joseph Callender and Elizabeth Layton, 1789; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011046.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Index, 1784-1840 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998. Original data: American Antiquarian Society. Index to Marriages in Massachusetts Centinel and Columbian Centinel, 1784-1840, Vol. 1 A-D. Boston, MA, USA: G.K. Hall, 1961. Accessed 30 Jan 2023 at https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/12279:3393. "Callender,Joseph,Engraver,m.Elizabeth Laughton,in Boston (MC.Aug.1,1789)."
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Newspapers and Periodicals. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Accessed 30 Jan 2023 at https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/411032:50015.
5. ↑ Death records of the children name their mother as simply Elizabeth, but the ages at death suggest birth dates long after the death of Elizabeth Laughton. For example:
   Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Accessed 30 Jan 2023 at https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/8852698:2495.
6. ↑ "American Silversmiths: Joseph Callender. Web page accessed 30 Jan 2023 at https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~silversmiths/genealogy/makers/silversmiths/102117.htm.
7. ↑ "Bookplate, coat of arms with William Smith, Esq. inscribed below". Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Accessed 30 Jan 2023 at https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1918.156.
8. ↑ "Bookplate of Ignatius Sargent". Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Accessed 30 Jan 2023 at https://collections.mfa.org/objects/397611/bookplate-ignatius-sargent.
9. ↑ "Four Chinese export porcelain octagonal plates from Ignatius Sargent's service". The Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U.S. Department of State. Accessed 30 Jan 2023 at https://diplomaticrooms.state.gov/objects/four-chinese-export-porcelain-octagonal-plates-from-ignatius-sargents-service/.
10. ↑ "Map of Massachusetts Proper compiled from actual surveys made by Order of the General Court, and under the inspection of Agents of their appointment, By Osgood Carleton". Collection of the Huntington Digital Library. Accessed 30 Jan 2023 at https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p15150coll4/id/1178.
11. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Newspapers and Periodicals. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Accessed 30 Jan 2023 at https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/410925:50015.
12. ↑ Find-a-Grave memorial #20495923, Joseph Callendar. Accessed 30 Jan 2023 at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20495923/joseph-callendar

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