Joseph Balch

• Born: 16 Feb 1760, Wethersfield CT
• Marriage: Mary Watson in 1786 in Wethersfield CT
• Died: 5 Dec 1855, Johnstown NY

  General notes:

Silversmith, watch, and clockmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Served as drummer boy in Revolution. ³

• Apprenticed about 1773 to Ebenezer Balch in Hartford CT ¹
  

• He worked after 1780 as a silversmith, watch, and clockmaker in Wethersfield CT ³

• He was a partner c 1785 with John W. Fryer in Albany NY as BALCH & FRYER. ¹⁸

• He worked after 1794 as a silversmith, watch, and clockmaker in Williamstown MA ³

• He worked after 1810 as a silversmith, watch, and clockmaker in Johnstown NY ³

Joseph married Mary Watson in 1786 in Wethersfield CT. (Mary Watson was born on 6 Mar 1765 in Leicester MA and died on 11 Feb 1844.)