The Hammonton Glass Works years of Bodine Coffin and Andrew Hay 1836-1838
William Coffin Sr. was owning and operating the Hammonton Glass works again when his son William Coffin Jr. left to become a partner in the Millville glass works in the year 1828. William Sr continued to run the works until the year 1836 when he leased the works to his son Bodine Coffin and his son-in-law Andrew K. Hay who would operate the glass works from January of 1836 until November of 1838 when a disastrous fire destroyed the factory.
The Coffin and Hay company was dissolved in November of 1839 due to the fire which destroyed the factory. William Coffin Sr who still owned the glass works fired all of the workers suspecting arson as the cause of the fire and traveled North to Massachusetts to locate workers from the Boston based New England Glass Company where he still had business connections. With the help from the north Coffin was able to rebuild the factory again but it was too late for his son and son-in-law as they had young families to care for and needed to move on and start anew.
The Coffin and Hay company was dissolved in November of 1839 due to the fire which destroyed the factory. William Coffin Sr who still owned the glass works fired all of the workers suspecting arson as the cause of the fire and traveled North to Massachusetts to locate workers from the Boston based New England Glass Company where he still had business connections. With the help from the north Coffin was able to rebuild the factory again but it was too late for his son and son-in-law as they had young families to care for and needed to move on and start anew.