• Born: 11 Sep 1777, Newtown CT
• Marriage (1): Laura Clark about 1804
• Died: 4 Sep 1851, Danbury CT

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• He worked in 1805-1840 as a silversmith and clockmaker in Danbury CT ⁴

• Master: Levis Clark, about 1814, in Danbury CT. ¹

• Master: John Clark Blackman, about 1821, in Danbury CT. ¹

• Master: Frederick Starr Blackman, about 1823, in Danbury CT. ¹

• Partnership: John Clark Blackman or Frederick Starr Blackman, circa 1830, in Danbury CT. As J. S. B. & SON.

• Example: Countermarked coin, circa 1830, in Private Collection.

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Danbury CT. Listed as a silversmith.

John married Laura Clark, daughter of Oliver Clark and Betsey Starr, about 1804. (Laura Clark was born on 14 Jul 1783 in Danbury CT and died on 11 May 1864.)