• Born: 14 Aug 1805, Fishkill NY
• Marriage (1): Mrs. Sarah Ann Dakin in 1830
• Died: 25 Feb 1851, Poughkeepsie NY

  General notes:

Silversmith and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• He worked in 1830-1850 as a silversmith and watchmaker in Poughkeepsie NY ¹⁸

• Example: Watch paper, circa 1835, in American Antiquarian Society.

• Partnership: ? Cromwell, circa 1840, in Poughkeepsie NY. As VAN VLIET & CROMWELL.

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Poughkeepsie NY. Listed as a silversmith.

Benjamin married Mrs. Sarah Ann Dakin in 1830. (Mrs. Sarah Ann Dakin was born about 1808.)