• Born: Jul 1816, Jersey City NJ
• Marriage (1): Mary P. Ayers on 14 Nov 1838 in New York City NY
• Marriage (2): Martha J. Bennett on 21 Apr 1852 in New York City NY
• Died: 15 Jan 1907, Red Bank Monmouth NJ

  General notes:

Jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• Partnership: George H. Jackson, circa 1850, in New York City NY. As JACKSON & MANY.

• His obituary was published in the New York Daily Tribune on 16 Jan 1907 in New York City NY. Benjamin S. Many, one of the oldest jewellers in the country, died yesterday at Red Bank, N. J., in his ninety-first year. He entered the jewelry trade as an apprentice in the 1830s, and two years before Charles L. Tiffany started in business he had a business in Ann street, the firm name being Clark and Many. In 1850 he took up the retail trade, and under the firm name of Jackson & Many had a jewelry store at No. 150 Bowery. He left there in 1859 and opened a store opposite Ball & Black's, Broadway and Prince street. He leaves five children, and with grandchildren and great-grandchildren, he leaves fifty-two descendants.

Benjamin married Mary P. Ayers on 14 Nov 1838 in New York City NY. (Mary P. Ayers was born in 1818 and died on 20 Nov 1850 in New York City NY.)

Benjamin next married Martha J. Bennett on 21 Apr 1852 in New York City NY. (Martha J. Bennett was born in 1821 and died on 18 Jan 1872 in New York City NY.)