• Born: 15 Jan 1792, Haverhill MA
• Marriage (1): Hannah Smith on 16 Oct 1812 in Augusta ME
• Died: Dec 1867, Augusta ME

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Apprenticed: Frederick Wingate, in 1808, in Augusta ME. ¹

• He worked circa 1815-1840 as a silversmith in Augusta ME

• Master: Moses Moody Swan, about 1831, in Augusta ME. ¹

• Advertised: Augusta Currier, on 14 Sep 1831, in Augusta ME. Announcing that he had taken the shop recently occupied by Jacob Hooper, opposite the Post Office. ³

• Advertised: Kennebec Journal, on 29 Sep 1831, in Augusta ME. Announcing that he had taken the shop recently occupied by Jacob Hooper, opposite the Post Office. ³

• Example: Watch paper, circa 1835, in Private Collection.

• Master: Charles Frederick Swan, about 1839, in Augusta ME. ³

• Partnership: Moses Moody Swan, circa 1840-1865, in Augusta ME. As B. & M. M. SWAN. ⁴

• Alternate Mark. For B. & M. M. SWAN.

• Example: Watch paper for B. & M. M. SWAN, circa 1845, in American Antiquarian Society.

• Advertised: Kennebec Journal, on 30 Oct 1846, in Augusta ME. His new location at the corner of Water and Oak Streets. ³

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Augusta ME. Listed as a watchmaker.

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Augusta ME. Listed as a jeweler.

Benjamin married Hannah Smith on 16 Oct 1812 in Augusta ME. (Hannah Smith was born about 1796 in Hallowell ME.)