• Born: 14 Jan 1780, Guilford CT
• Marriage (1): Dorcas Trowbridge on 13 Oct 1804 in New Haven CT
• Marriage (2): Frances Atwater after 13 Dec 1837 in New Haven CT
• Died: 9 Jun 1859, Guilford CT

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Apprenticed: Marcus Merriman, in 1802-1806, in New Haven CT. After he finished his term, he continued on as a journeyman. ¹

• Partnership: Marcus Merriman, in 1813-1817, in New Haven CT. As MARCUS MERRIMAN & Co. ⁴

• Alternate Mark. For MARCUS MERRIMAN & Co.

• Example: Beaker by MARCUS MERRIMAN & CO, circa 1814, in Yale University. H: 4 11/16"
  Engraved "Presented / the / CHURCH of CHRIST / IN / NORTHFORD / by / Mrs. MARY NOYES / May 14^th / 1814" Made for the donor, Mary (Johnson) Noyes; her daughter, Mary Ann Noyes gave the church a beaker made by MERRIMAN & BRADLEY in 1816. ¹⁴

• Example: Glasses by MARCUS MERRIMAN & CO, circa 1815, in Private Collection.

• Partnership: Marcus Merriman, in 1817-1826, in New Haven CT. As MERRIMAN & BRADLEY ⁴

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• Alternate Mark. Atrributed to MERRIMAN & BRADLEY ⁴

• Alternate Mark. Attributed to MERRIMAN & BRADLEY by Winterthur, but doubtful. ⁴

• Example: Beaker by MERRIMAN & BRADLEY, circa 1817, in Yale University. H: 4 3/4"
  d: 2 15/16" (of base)
  wt: 6 oz, 3 dwt
  Engraved "Presented / the / CHURCH of CHRIST / in / NORTHFORD / by / Miss MARY ANN NOYES / February 26, 1816" The donor's mother had given a similar beaker by Marcus Merriman to the church in 1814. ¹³

• Master: Gustavus Clark Bradley, about 1824, in New Haven CT. ¹

• Partnership: Marcus Merriman Jr., in 1826-1840, in New Haven CT. As BRADLEY & MERRIMAN ⁴

• Alternate Mark. For BRADLEY & MERRIMAN.

• Alternate Mark. For BRADLEY & MERRIMAN.

• Alternate Mark. For BRADLEY & MERRIMAN.

• Alternate Mark. For BRADLEY & MERRIMAN.

• Example: Spoon, circa 1830, in Private Collection. L: 6"
  Engraved MERAB R. HEATON.

• Example: Spoons, circa 1838-1840, in Private Collection. The top spoon, monogrammed C.W. Bradley, was made for the wife of Gustavus Bradley, Caroline W. Hotchkiss. The bottom spoon, monogrammed JCF, was made for Julia Caroline French, the grand daughter of Caroline & Gustavus Bradley through their daughter Catherine. ¹

• Partnership: Gustavus Clark Bradley, in 1840, in New Haven CT. As Z. BRADLEY & SON. ⁴

• Advertised: Price & Lee's New Haven City Directory, in 1840, in New Haven CT.

• He worked circa 1840-1855 as a silversmith and jeweler in New Haven CT with a shop on Chapel Street till 1840, then at 62 State Street.

• Advertised: New Haven Directory, in 1840, in New Haven CT. Informing the public that the firm was making the flat silver it offered for sale ". . . in the shop at the back." and "We have on hand, of our own manufacture, a large assortment of Table, Tea, Cream, Dessert, Mustard and Salt Spoons: Sugar Tongs, Soup Ladles, Forks and Butter KNIVES. As the above articles are manufactured in our store and under our supervision, we can warrant them to be of good SILVER."
  

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in New Haven CT. Listed as a jeweler.

Zebul married Dorcas Trowbridge on 13 Oct 1804 in New Haven CT. (Dorcas Trowbridge was born on 14 Jan 1786 in New Haven CT and died on 13 Dec 1837 in New Haven CT.)

Zebul next married Frances Atwater after 13 Dec 1837 in New Haven CT. (Frances Atwater was born on 17 Sep 1789 in Cheshire CT and died on 11 Mar 1871.)