• Born: 4 Apr 1777, Norwich CT
• Marriage (1): Anne Briggs on 2 Sep 1804 in Salem MA
• Died: 8 Nov 1819, Salem MA

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Apprenticed: Jedediah Baldwin, about 1790, in Northampton MA.

• He worked circa 1795-1813 as a silversmith and watchmaker in Salem MA from his shop on Essex Street and from home on Washington Square. ³

• Master: Edward Putnam, about 1803, in Salem MA.

• Master: George Baker, circa 1803-1810, in Salem MA.

• Master: Stephens Baker, about 1806, in Salem MA.

• Advertised: Springfield Republican Spy, on 28 Jan 1806. A notice, signed by him with a Salem dateline, of a robbery in his store—"Watches and Gold Jewelry, to the amount of 3000 dollars taken therefrom ..." and that Salem inhabitants had " . . , by subscription generously increased the reward to One Thousand Dollars. . . ." Printers throughout the U. S. were requested to take notice. ³

• Master: Daniel Treadwell Goodhue, about 1807, in Salem MA.

• Example: Tradecard, circa 1810, in Private Collection. ²⁰

• Master: John James Low, before 1813, in Salem MA.

• Partnership: John Belknap Jones, in 1813-1817, in Boston MA. As BALDWIN & JONES, having purchased the business of John MacFarlane. Working at 59 Cornhill and later on Market Street. ³

• Alternate Mark.

• Example: Receipt, on 5 Sep 1818, in Winterthur Library.

• Example: Water pitcher by BALDWIN & JONES, in Private Collection. H: 9 1/2"
  w: 9 1/2" (including handle)
  wt: 26.70 oz.
  Engraved on bottom "G.H. to Mary C. Shannon 1851" and "M. S. W. 1901"
  
  

• Partnership: Thomas Baker, circa 1817, in Salem MA. As BALDWIN & BAKER ⁴

Jabez married Anne Briggs on 2 Sep 1804 in Salem MA. (Anne Briggs was born in 1784 in Salem MA.)