• Born: 15 Aug 1759, Pomfret CT
• Marriage (1): Anna Williams on 12 Mar 1789 in Pomfret CT
• Died: 22 Aug 1802, Pomfret CT

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Apprenticed: Thomas Harland, in Norwich CT. ¹

• He worked in May 1784 as a silversmith and clockmaker in Providence RI said to give highest prices for old gold and silver and was particularly well-known for the shoe buckles he wrought. ³

• Advertised: Providence Gazette, on 14 Aug 1784, in Providence RI. Clock- and watchmaker, his shop, north of the Baptist Meetinghouse. ³

• General: Dodge House, about 1786, in Providence RI. Built for Seril Dodge on Thomas Street next door to the Charitable Baptist Society Meetinghouse (on left). Built on land originally belonging to Thomas Angell the house was originally two stories, but raised a floor in 1906 to make room for a grocery store. The brick building on the right is the second house built by Dodge. ¹

• Example: Tablespoons, circa 1790, in Private Collection. L: 9"
  Set of 10 ¹

• Example: Cann, circa 1790, in San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts. H: 5 1/4"
  

• Partnership: Saunders Pitman, circa 1793, in Providence RI. As PITMAN & DODGE.

• Master: Samuel Dorrance, circa 1793, in Providence RI.

• Advertised: Providence Gazette, in 1794, in Providence RI. New shop "opposite the Market," offering "a great variety of goldsmith's and jewelry ware." ³

• Advertised: Providence Gazette, on 27 Aug 1796, in Providence RI. Putting his house on the market as he was about to "remove from the town." ³

Seril married Anna Williams on 12 Mar 1789 in Pomfret CT.