Everard Benjamin
- Born: 5 Jun 1807, Milford CT
- Marriage (1): Esther B. Merwin on 21 May 1833 in Orange CT
- Died: 20 Aug 1873
General notes:
Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker
Events in his life were:
- He worked in 1829-1864 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in New Haven CT as E. BENJAMIN & Co, taking over his father's shop at 98 Chapel Street. 3
- Alternate Mark. For E. BENJAMIN & Co.
- General: c 1834. He was an early disciple of John Humphrey Noyes, founder of the Perfectionist utopia, The Onieda Community.
- Example: Watch paper, circa 1840, in American Antiquarian Society.
• Letter: to Cornelius & Company in Philadelphia, in Private Collection.
New Haven June 5 1846 Mssr Cornelius & Co Gentlemen by sending my goods by first opportunity you will greatly oblidge your Obt Sert -- E Benjamin NB Please let me know whether Brown & Kirby of this city have had Lamps Etc of you E. B. |
- He appeared on the census in 1850 in New Haven CT. Listed as a jeweler.
- Advertised: Beckwith's Almanac, in 1857, in New Haven CT.
- He appeared on the census in 1860 in New Haven CT. Listed as a jewelry merchant.
- Advertised: Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, on 18 May 1861, in Bangor ME. As part of a group endorsement of the Waltham Watch Company.
- Partnership: George Hare Ford, circa 1865-1873, in New Haven CT. As BENJAMIN & FORD. 4
- Advertised: Yale Literary Magazine, in Jul 1868, in New Haven CT.
- Example: Tradecard, circa 1870, in Private Collection.
- Example: Tradecard, circa 1870, in Private Collection.
- Example: Tradecard, circa 1870, in Private Collection.
- Example: Tradecard, circa 1870, in Private Collection.
- Example: Tradecard, circa 1870, in Private Collection.
- He appeared on the census in 1870 in New Haven CT. Listed as a jeweler.
Everard married Esther B. Merwin, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 21 May 1833 in Orange CT. (Esther B. Merwin was born on 16 Feb 1811 in Orange CT and died on 13 Jun 1885.)
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