• Born: 22 Nov 1811, Pejepscot ME
• Marriage (1): Ellen Soule in 1853 in Portland ME
• Died: 17 Sep 1892, Portland ME

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and instrument maker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: Henry Sleeper Pearson, about 1818, in Portland ME.

• He worked circa 1830-1837 as a silversmith, jeweler, and instrument maker in Portland ME with a shop two doors below Merchants Bank, Exchange Street (1834) and at No. 6 Exchange Street (1837).

• Example: Compass, circa 1835, in Private Collection.

• Partnership: William Henry Harrison Hatch, circa 1837-1857, in Portland ME. As BANKS & HATCH at the Sign of the Quadrant and Watch, No. 6 Exchange Street (1841) and 72 Exchange Street (1844).

• Alternate Mark: For BANKS & HATCH.

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Portland ME. Listed as a jeweler.

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Portland ME. Listed as a jeweler.

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Portland ME. Listed as a customs store keeper.

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Portland ME. Listed as a watchmaker.

Edward married Ellen Soule in 1853 in Portland ME. (Ellen Soule was born on 28 Sep 1828 in Freeport ME.)