• Born: 14 Nov 1743, Goshen CT
• Marriage (1): Abigail Hopkins on 3 Jan 1771 in Goshen CT
• Marriage (2): Sarah Butler on 6 Oct 1783 in Goshen CT
• Died: 14 Feb 1828, Hartford CT

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

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• He worked circa 1765-1785 as a silversmith in Goshen CT
  Taking time out during the Revolution, when he served as a Major under Washington and Colonel in the Connecticut Militia.

• Master: James Ward, about 1781, in Goshen CT. ¹

• Appointed: Tax Reciever, in 1781, in Litchfield CT. ³

• Partnership: Isaac Sanford, in 1785-1788, in Hartford CT. As BEACH & SANFORD. ⁴

• Example: Compass by BEACH & SANFORD, circa 1785-1788, in Old Sturbridge Village. L: 13"
  d: 6 1/2"

• Advertised: Connecticut Courant, on 27 Jun 1785, in Hartford CT. The new shop of BEACH & SANFORD, about 10 rods south of the bridge on Main Street, carrying on silversmith business, clock- and watchmaking, and engraving. ³

• Flynt & Fales. Litchfield Historical Society has a letter written by Miles Beach to Major Moses Seymour of Litchfield, dated Hartford, "Ye 4th day of July, 1786," giving reasons for delays in making sugar bowl and creamer; "We had not tools to make them ... I could not get silver . . . when I got home I found Sanford was poisoned and it fell into his eyes ... he has not been able to work. . . .I would have made them but it was work I was not acquainted with. He now says he will do them but as it was not very profitable he was loath to turn by better. . . ." ³

• Advertised: American Mercury, on 28 Jun 1788, in Hartford CT. Announcing the dissolution of the BEACH & SANFORD partnership.

• Partnership: James Ward, in 1789-1797, in Hartford CT. As BEACH & WARD ⁴

• Advertised: The Connecticut Courant, in 1789-1799, in Goshen CT. The firm of BEACH & WARD; their silver- and goldsmith's business south of the bridge in Hartford, "silver spoons, viz. Table, dessert, coffee, and Tea, Sugar Tongs, a great variety of plated silver Shoe and Knee Buckles." ³

• Alternate Mark. For BEACH & WARD

• He worked in 1798-1812 as a silversmith in Hartford CT
  Listed in the 1799 city directory, as ". . .silversmith and jeweller: clocks and watches, swords and hangers, copper tea-kettles."

• Master: John Beach, about 1805, in Hartford CT. ³

• Partnership: John Beach, in 1813-1828, in Hartford CT. As BEACH & SON ⁴

Miles married Abigail Hopkins on 3 Jan 1771 in Goshen CT. (Abigail Hopkins was born in 1747 in Litchfield CT and died on 28 Nov 1781 in Goshen CT.)

Miles next married Sarah Butler on 6 Oct 1783 in Goshen CT. (Sarah Butler was born in 1753 in Hartford CT, died on 19 Dec 1840 in Hartford CT and was buried in North Cemetery Hartford CT.)