American Silversmiths

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Samuel Place
(1744-Bef 1800)

 

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Spouses/Children:

1. Christian Seaward

Samuel Place
  • Born: 1744, Rochester NH
  • Marriage (1): Christian Seaward on 9 May 1779 in Portsmouth NH
  • Died: Bef 2 Feb 1800, Dover NH

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

  • Flynt & Fales. He is known to have been in Newburyport in his youth and may have apprenticed there. He served as a fifer at the Battle of Bunker Hill. 3
  • He worked in 1778-1790 as a silversmith in Portsmouth NH 3
  • Advertised: New Hampshire Gazette, on 15 Sep 1778, in Portsmouth NH. Announcing the he "makes all sorts of Goldsmith and Jewellers work." 3
  • Advertised: New Hampshire Gazette, on 20 Dec 1785, in Portsmouth NH. Announcing he had ""just arrived from England where he learned Clock and Watch making." 3
  • His obituary was published in the Mercury on 2 Feb 1800 in Portsmouth NH. "Late of Dover, goldsmith, deceased." Notices also ran in the Dover Gazette, The Sun, and the County Advertiser. 3

Samuel married Christian Seaward on 9 May 1779 in Portsmouth NH. (Christian Seaward was born on 15 May 1747 in Portsmouth NH and died on 8 Apr 1787 in Portsmouth NH.)




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