Partnerships

PARTNERSHIPS based on the genealogical study American Silversmiths and Related Craftsmen
B A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Babbitt, Charles	cir 1824	Providence, Providence, RI	Sturgis Davis	as DAVIS & BABBITT with a shop at 47+ Cheapside Street.
Babbitt, Elnathan Gates	1882/1884	Greensboro, Orleans, VT	Lewis Floridon Babbitt	as E. G. & L. F. BABBITT.
Babbitt, Isaac	May 1824/Feb 28, 1829	Taunton, Bristol, MA	William Crossman	as BABBITT, CROSSMAN & Co.
Babbitt, Lewis Floridon	1882/1884	Greensboro, Orleans, VT	Elnathan Gates Babbitt	as E. G. & L. F. BABBITT.
Bacall, Thomas	cir 1850/1875	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Edward Pear	as PEAR & BACALL, listed in city directories at 7 Avery Street.
Backus, Delucena	1792/1793	New York City, New York, NY	Samuel Cady	as CADY & BACKUS.
Bacon, Henry McCobb	1874/1875	Lowell, Middlesex, MA	Amos Sanborn and Horace Baldwin Bacon	as A. SANBORN & Co.
Bacon, Henry McCobb	1875/1880	Lowell, Middlesex, MA	Horace Baldwin Bacon	as H. B. & H. M. BACON. The firm was later known as BACON BROTHERS.
Bacon, Horace Baldwin	1866/1874	Lowell, Middlesex, MA	Amos Sanborn	as A. SANBORN & Co.
Bacon, Horace Baldwin	1874/1875	Lowell, Middlesex, MA	Amos Sanborn and Henry McCobb Bacon	as A. SANBORN & Co.
Bacon, Horace Baldwin	1875/1880	Lowell, Middlesex, MA	Henry McCobb Bacon	as H. B. & H. M. BACON. The firm was later known as BACON BROTHERS.
Bacon, Joseph Turpin	1850/1851	Wrentham, Bristol, MA	Josiah Draper and John Tifft	as DRAPER, TIFFT & BACON.
Bacon, Joseph Turpin	1851/1860	Wrentham, Bristol, MA	Francis Samuel Draper, Frank L. Tifft, and James Danielson Lincoln	as DRAPER, TIFFT & Co.
Bacon, Joseph Turpin	1860/1882	Plainville, Bristol, MA	Frank L. Tifft and James Danielson Lincoln	as LINCOLN, TIFFT & BACON.
Bacon, Joseph Turpin	cir 1844/1847	Wrentham, Bristol, MA	John Harland Hodges and ? Mason	as BACON, HODGES & MASON, having taken over the old factory of used at various times by George Washington Shepardson and Hervey Richards.
Bacon, Joseph Turpin	cir 1848/1850	Wrentham, Bristol, MA	John Harland Hodges	as BACON & HODGES.
Bacon, Morris W.	1855/1872	New London, New London, CT	? Gordon	as GORDON & BACON, with a shop at the corner of Main and State Streets.
Bacon, Silas Dexter	1845/1857	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Edwin Smith	as BACON & SMITH, listed in the 1855 Boston city directory at 6 Elm Street.
Badger, Amasa Mason	cir 1835	Elmira, Chemung, NY	Socrates Ayers	as AYERS & BADGER.
Badger, Amasa Mason	cir 1837	Elmira, Chemung, NY	J. H. Lillie	as BADGER & LILLIE
Badger, James Monroe	1860/1865	New York City, New York, NY	Seymour Hoyt and Joseph J. Dillon	as HOYT, BADGER, & DILLON.
Bailey, Bradbury Melon	1868/1872	Rutland, Rutland, VT	Wilbur Fisk Parker	as BAILEY & PARKER
Bailey, Bradbury Melon	1871/1875	Rutland, Rutland, VT	Chester Parmenter	as BAILEY & PARMENTER. Parmenter was his former journeyman.
Bailey, Charles	1837/1839	Claremont, Sullivan, NH	Ebenezer Eaton, Samuel Chase, and Roswell Hopkins Bailey	as E. E. BAILEY & Co.
Bailey, Ebenezer Eaton	1825/1862	Claremont, Sullivan, NH	Samuel Chase Bailey	as E. E. & S. C. BAILEY.
Bailey, Ebenezer Eaton	1837/1839	Claremont, Sullivan, NH	Samuel Chase, Roswell Hopkins, and Charles Bailey	as E. E. BAILEY & Co.
Bailey, Eli Westcott	1848/1878	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA	Joseph Trowbridge Bailey, Jeremiah Robbins, and James Gallagher	as BAILEY & Co at 136 Chestnut until 1859 when a new shop was opened at 819 Chestnut.
Bailey, Horace Clark	cir 1850	Madison, Madison, NY	James D. and Robert W. Lane	as LANE, BAILEY, & Co.
Bailey, Joseph Trowbridge	1832/1848	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA	Andrew B. Kitchen	as BAILEY & KITCHEN with a shop at 136 Chestnut Street. Kitchen died in 1840, but the company name was retained until 1848.
Bailey, Joseph Trowbridge	1878	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA	George Banks and Samuel Biddle	as BAILEY, BANKS & BIDDLE.
Bailey, Lebbeus	Jan 2, 1816/Oct 22, 1816	North Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME	Lebbeus Bailey	as LEBBEUS BAILEY & SON.
Bailey, Lebbeus	Jan 2, 1816/Oct 22, 1816	North Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME	Lebbeus Bailey	as LEBBEUS BAILEY & SON.
Bailey, Roswell Hopkins	1837/1839	Claremont, Sullivan, NH	Charles, Ebenezer Eaton and Samuel Chase Bailey	as E. E. BAILEY & Co.
Bailey, Samuel Chase	1825/1862	Claremont, Sullivan, NH	Ebenezer Eaton Bailey	as E. E. & S.C. BAILEY.
Bailey, Samuel Chase	1837/1839	Claremont, Sullivan, NH	Charles, Ebenezer Eaton, and Roswell Hopkins Bailey	as E. E. BAILEY & Co.
Bailey, Simeon A.	1784/1785	New York City, New York, NY	Daniel Van Voorhis and William Coley	as VAN VOORHIS, BAYLEY & COLEY.
Bailey, Simeon A.	cir 1797	New York City, New York, NY	James Douglas	as BAYLEY & DOUGLAS.
Bailey, Timothy	1830	Malden, Middlesex, MA	James Hervey Putnam	as BAILEY & PUTNAM.
Bailey, Joseph Trowbridge	1848/1854	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA	Eli Westcott Bailey, Jeremiah Robbins, and James Gallagher	as BAILEY & Co, the business continuing after his death at 136 Chestnut until 1859, when a new shop was opened at 819 Chestnut.
Baird, Prentice C.	1849/1850	Pittsfield, Berkshire, MA	Washington McDonough Root and Frederick A. Chaffee	as ROOT, CHAFFEE & BAIRD.
Baird, Prentice C.	1853/1856	Lee, Berkshire, MA	Joseph Chalker Chaffee	as CHAFFEE & BAIRD. After the close of the partnership, he became a paper manufacturer. He later became president of the Lee National Bank and represented the county as a state Senator.
Baker, Thomas	cir 1817/1819	Salem, Essex, MA	Jabez Baldwin	as BALDWIN & BAKER
Balch, Benjamin	bef 1837	Salem, Essex, MA	Daniel Smith, Edward S. Smith, andJesse Smith	as BALCH & SMITH
Balch, Joseph	cir 1785	Albany, Albany, NY	John W. Fryer	as BALCH & FRYER.
Balcomb, Ebenezer	cir 1823/1826	Waterville, Kennebec, ME	Elisha Hallet	as HALLET & Co.
Baldwin, Isaac	1810/1841	Newark, Essex, NJ	John Taylor	as TAYLOR & BALDWIN
Baldwin, Isaac	1845/1850	Newark, Essex, NJ	James M. Durand	as BALDWIN & DURAND, watchcase manufacturers and engravers, listed in Pierson's 1850 City Directory at 6 Franklin Street.
Baldwin, Jabez	1813/1817	Boston, Suffolk, MA	John Belknap Jones	as BALDWIN & JONES, working at 59 Cornhill and later on Market Street.
Baldwin, Jabez	cir 1817	Salem, Essex, MA	Thomas Baker	as BALDWIN & BAKER
Baldwin, Jedediah	1791/1792	Northampton, Hampshire, MA	Samuel Stiles	as STILES & BALDWIN,
Baldwin, Jedediah	1792/Jan 7, 1794	Hanover, Grafton, NH	Nathan Storrs	as BALDWIN & STORRS.
Baldwin, Jesse Garrettson	1833/1834	Middletown, Middlesex, CT	Seymour Wesley Baldwin	as J. & S. BALDWIN & Co.
Baldwin, Matthias William	1819/1822	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA	Oren Colton	as COLTON & BALDWIN.
Baldwin, Moses Griffin	1876/1884	New York City, New York, NY	Augustus Wilder Sexton and Richard N Peterson	as BALDWIN, SEXTON, PETERSON & Co.
Baldwin, Moses Griffin	cir 1840	New York City, New York, NY	John C. Downing	as BALDWIN & DOWNING, with a shop at 145 Reade Street.
Baldwin, Moses Griffin	cir 1850/1876	New York City, New York, NY	Augustus Wilder Sexton	as BALDWIN, SEXTON & Co.
Baldwin, Samuel	1830/1832	New York City, New York, NY	Stanley Sanford Baldwin	as S. S. & S. BALDWIN with a shop at 4 Franklin Square.
Baldwin, Seymour Wesley	1833/1834	Middletown, Middlesex, CT	Jesse Garrettson Baldwin	as J. & S. BALDWIN & Co.
Baldwin, Stanley Sanford	1830/1832	New York City, New York, NY	Samuel Baldwin	as S. S. & S. BALDWIN with a shop at 4 Franklin Square.
Baldwin, Thomas Scott	1850/1859	Columbus, Franklin, OH	William Blynn	as BLYNN & BALDWIN.
Ball, Calvin Stowe	1853/1869	Syracuse, Onondaga, NY	Seymour Henry Stone	as STONE & BALL, having bought the business of their old master, Benjamin R. Norton.
Ball, Gideon Johnson		Erie, Erie, PA	? Ford	as BALL & FORD with a shop on French Street.
Ball, True M.	1846/1853	Boston, Suffolk, MA	George Bond Jones and Nathaniel Poor	as JONES, BALL & POOR.
Ball, True M.	1853/1855	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Seth Brown, John Damon, Nathaniel Poor, and Benjamin Shreve	as JONES, BALL & Co. at 226 Washington Street.
Ball, William	1785/1790	Baltimore, Baltimore, MD	Israel Johnson	as JOHNSON & BALL.
Ball, William	1811/1815	Baltimore, Baltimore, MD	J. S. Heald	as BALL & HEALD, with a shop at 60/63 Baltimore Street.
Ballou, Herbert Ralph	1888/1907	New York City, New York, NY	Franklin O. Udall	as UDALL & BALLOU.
Ballou, Walter	1862/1900	North Attleboro, Bristol, MA	Roswell Sweet Blackinton	as R. BLACKINTON & Co with a shop at 32 Chestnut Street.
Bancroft, William	1856/1863	New York City, New York, NY	James Henry Redfield and James Rice	as BANCROFT, REDFIELD & RICE with offices at 177 Broadway.
Banks, Edward Prince	cir 1837/1857	Portland, Cumberland, ME	William Henry Harrison Hatch	as BANKS & HATCH at the Sign of the Quadrant and Watch, No. 6 Exchange Street (1841) and 72 Exchange Street (1844).
Barbour, Samuel Lynes	1892	Hartford, Hartford, CT	Isaac Steane and J. L. Daigleish	as BARBOUR SILVER Co.
Bard, Edmund Howe	cir 1840/1870	New York City, New York, NY	James D., Jonathan S., and George J. Bard	as BARD BROTHERS, gold pen manufacturers with a shop at 101 Williams Street and a factory at the corner of Front and Pearl.
Bard, Edmund Howe	cir 1853	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA	Henry H. Wilson	as BARD & WILSON.
Bard, George J.	cir 1840/1870	New York City, New York, NY	James D., Jonathan S., and Edmund Howe Bard	as BARD BROTHERS, gold pen manufacturers with a shop at 101 Williams Street and a factory at the corner of Front and Pearl.
Bard, James D.	cir 1840/1870	New York City, New York, NY	Edmund H., Jonathan S., and George J. Bard	as BARD BROTHERS, gold pen manufacturers with a shop at 101 Williams Street and a factory at the corner of Front and Pearl.
Bard, Jonathan Sprague	cir 1840/1870	New York City, New York, NY	George J., James D. and Edmund Howe Bard	as BARD BROTHERS, gold pen manufacturers with a shop at 101 Williams Street and a factory at the corner of Front and Pearl.
Bard, Jonathan Sprague	Feb 1, 1873/Feb 1, 1900	Brooklyn, Kings, NY	George W. & John H. Mabie and Henry H. Todd	as MABIE, TODD & BARD.
Barlow, Edward Callistus	cir 1870/1888	Georgetown, Scott, KY	James William Barlow	as BARLOW & SON.
Barlow, James William	cir 1870/1888	Georgetown, Scott, KY	Edward Callistus Barlow	as BARLOW & SON.
Barnes, Blakeslee	1807	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA	Thomas Danforth
Barnes, Chauncey P	1870/1880	Louisville, Jefferson, KY	Joseph Judson B. Barnes	as C. P. BARNES & BRO.
Barnes, Joseph Judson B	1870/1880	Louisville, Jefferson, KY	Chauncey P. Barnes	as C. P. BARNES & BRO.
Barr, John N.	1845/1855	Nashua, Hillsborough, NH	Mark W. Merrill	as MERRILL & BARR, fancy goods merchants
Barrows, Henry Francis	1854/1856	North Attleboro, Bristol, MA	James Harvey Sturdy	as BARROW & STURDY.
Barrows, Milton	cir 1807	Attleboro, Bristol, MA	Obed & Otis Robinson and Mark Baldwin
Bartholomew, George Wells	1828/1832	Bristol, Hartford, CT	Eli Bartholomew	as E. & G. BARTHOLOMEW, manufacturing wooden clock movements from a factory on Maple Street.
Bartholomew, Levi	1828/1832	Bristol, Hartford, CT	George Wells Bartholomew	as E. & G. BARTHOLOMEW, manufacturing wooden clock movements from a factory on Maple Street.
Bartholomew, Roswell	1803/1809	Hartford, Hartford, CT	James Ward	as WARD & BARTHOLOMEW
Bartholomew, Roswell	1809/1830	Hartford, Hartford, CT	James Ward and Charles Brainard	as WARD, BARTHOLOMEW & BRAINARD, listed in the 1828 city directory at 229 Main Street.
Bartholomew, Roswell	cir 1802	Hartford, Hartford, CT	James Ward and ? Trott	as WARD, BARTHOLOMEW & TROTT.
Bartlett, Jonas Newell	1870/1874	Lyndon, Caledonia, VT	Harvey S. Childs	as BARTLETT & CHILDS.
Barton, Joseph	1811/1816	Utica, Oneida, NY	Joseph Sewall Porter	as BARTON & PORTER.
Barton, Joseph	1826	Utica, Oneida, NY	William Clark	as BUTLER & CLARK
Barton, Joseph	1829/1831	Utica, Oneida, NY	? Smith	as BARTON & SMITH, jewelry merchants.
Barton, Joseph	1831/1832	Utica, Oneida, NY	James Butler	as BARTON & BUTLER, jewelry merchants.
Bartram, Orrin Sidney	cir 1865	New Haven, New Haven, CT	? Smith	as SMITH & BARTRAM, succesors to GEORGE L. STREETER, with a shop at 226 Chapel Street..
Bascom, Hiram Baxter	1835	Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO	Horace Pitkin Woodbridge
Bascom, Hiram Baxter	1842/1843	Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO	Samuel A. M. Shipp
Bassett, Joshua	1815/1826	Cortland, Cortland, NY	William H. Bassett	as J. & W. H. BASSETT.
Bassett, Nehemiah Beach	Aug 25, 1800/Oct 7, 1805	Albany, Albany, NY	Joseph Warford	At the dissolution, Warford was paid $1800 in cash for his half of the stock in trade.
Bassett, William H.	1815/1826	Cortland, Cortland, NY	Joshua Bassett	as J. & W. H. BASSETT.
Batchelder, Augustus Edwin	1846/1865	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Josiah G. and Isaac M. Batchelder, Jacob P. and Julius Aboyneau Palmer	as PALMERS & BACHELDERS. Listed in the 1855 Boston city directory at 91 Washington Street and in the 1865 edition at 164 Washington Street.
Batchelder, Augustus Edwin	1865/1884	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Josiah G., Jacob P. and Julius Aboyneau Palmer, George Houghton, and others	as PALMER, BACHELDER & Co, continuing at 162/164 and later 394 Washington Street.
Batchelder, Isaac M.	1846/1865	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Josiah G. and Augustus Edwin Batchelder, Jacob P. and Julius Aboyneau Palmer	as PALMERS & BACHELDERS. Listed in the 1855 Boston city directory at 91 Washington Street and in the 1865 edition at 164 Washington Street.
Batchelder, Josiah Giles	1838/1845	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Julius Aboyneau Palmer and Thomas Aspinwall Davis	as DAVIS, PALMER & Co.
Batchelder, Josiah Giles	1846/1865	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Isaac M. and Augustus Edwin Batchelder, Jacob P. and Julius Aboyneau Palmer	as PALMERS & BACHELDERS. Listed in the 1855 Boston city directory at 91 Washington Street and in the 1865 edition at 164 Washington Street.
Batchelder, Josiah Giles	1865/1884	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Josiah Giles Batchelder, Jacob P. and Julius Aboyneau Palmer, George T. Houghton, and others	as PALMER, BACHELDER & Co, continuing at 162/164 and later 394 Washington Street.
Batterson, Hermon Griswold	1851/1855	Hartford, Hartford, CT	Lorenzo Church	as CHURCH & BATTERSON with a shop at 194 Main Street. The partnership ended with the death of Church. Hermon went on to become a bishop in the Episcopal Church.
Beach, John	1813/1828	Hartford, Hartford, CT	Miles Beach	as BEACH & SON
Beach, Miles	1785/1788	Hartford, Hartford, CT	Isaac Sanford	as BEACH & SANFORD.
Beach, Miles	1789/1797	Hartford, Hartford, CT	James Ward	as BEACH & WARD
Beach, Miles	1813/1828	Hartford, Hartford, CT	John Beach	as BEACH & SON
Beasley, Benjamin Franklin	1886/1889	Fayetteville, Cumberland, NC	J. C. Houston	as BEASLEY & HOUSTON, a re-organization of his father's business for whom Houston had worked more than forty years.
Beasom, William Dutton	1836/1840	Nashua, Hillsborough, NH	Elbridge Gerry Reed	as BEASOM & REED, dry good merchants on Factory Street.
Beasom, William Dutton	1841/1856	Hillsboro, Hillsborough, NH	Elbridge G. and Augustus Gardner Reed	as W. D. BEASON & Co.
Becker, Daniel	1865/1893	Syracuse, Onondaga, NY	Eliel Gilbert Lathrop	as BECKER & LATHROP, having bought out his brother's share of the business.
Becker, James	1860/1865	Syracuse, Onondaga, NY	Eliel Gilbert Lathrop	as BECKER & LATHROP, with a shop at 22 South Salina Street.
Beebe, James Ward	1836/1840	New York City, New York, NY	Lemuel D. Beebe	as J. W. & L. D. BEEBE, listed in New York As It Is In 1837 as silver spoon and fork manufacturers at 101 Reade Street.
Beebe, Lemuel D.	1836/1840	New York City, New York, NY	James Ward Beebe	as J. W. & L. D. BEEBE, listed in New York As It Is In 1837 as silver spoon and fork manufacturers at 101 Reade Street.
Beebe, Stanton	1825/1831	Providence, Providence, RI	Jabez Gorham	as GORHAM & BEEDE, with a shop at 73 North Main Street.
Belcher, Joseph	cir 1787	New London, New London, CT	John Green	as BELCHER & GREEN.
Bement, Butler	1807/1810	Pittsfield, Berkshire, MA	Nathaniel Dexter	as BEMENT & DEXTER
Bemis, Francis Theodore	1870/1880	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Abraham & Alanson Bigelow and Martin P. and William Henry Kennard	as BIGELOW BROS. & KENNARD, listed in the 1870 city directory at 331 Washington Street.
Benedict, Andrew Comstock	1828/1836	New York City, New York, NY	Egbert Scudder	as BENEDICT & SCUDDER with shop at 28 Bowery.
Benedict, Lewis	1815/1817	Albany, Albany, NY	Spencer and Hallenbake Stafford, and George Spencer	as STAFFORD, SPENCER & Co.
Benedict, Lewis	1817/1824	Albany, Albany, NY	Spencer and Hallenbake Stafford, and Spencer Stafford Jr	as S. STAFFORD & Co.
Benedict, Lewis	1824	Albany, Albany, NY	Spencer and Joab Stafford	as STAFFORD, BENEDICT & Co.
Benedict, Ovington	cir 1860/1870	New York City, New York, NY	Read Benedict	as BENEDICT BROTHERS, with a shop at 171 Broadway.
Benedict, Read	cir 1860/1870	New York City, New York, NY	Ovington Benedict	as BENEDICT BROTHERS, with a shop at 171 Broadway.
Benedict, Samuel Ward	cir 1841	New York City, New York, NY	Samuel Hammond	as BENEDICT & HAMMOND with a shop at 44 Merchant Exchange.
Benedict, Thaddeus	1833/1837	Auburn, Cayuga, NY	Clark Beers Hotchkiss	as HOTCHKISS & BENEDICT, succeeding to the business of Asa Munger.
Benedict, Thaddeus	May 1833/Nov 1833	Auburn, Cayuga, NY	Asa Munger	as MUNGER & BENEDICT. The firm obtained a contract with the state of New York to use prison labor at Auburn State Prison to construct their clocks.
Benham, Darius	1842/1847	New York City, New York, NY	Samuel Simpson	as SIMPSON & BENHAM, silverplaters on Pearl Street.
Benham, Darius	1847/1880	New York City, New York, NY	? Whitney	as BENHAM & WHITNEY, listed in the 1859 city directory as hardware and fancy goods merchants at 272 Pearl Street.
Benham, Morris	cir 1840/1842	Wallingford, New Haven, CT	Samuel Simpson	as SIMPSON & BENHAM.
Benjamin, Barzillia	1815	Bridgeport, Fairfield, CT	James Krippen
Benjamin, Barzillia	1819	Bridgeport, Fairfield, CT	Samuel Cheedler Benjamin
Benjamin, Everard	cir 1865/1873	New Haven, New Haven, CT	George H. Ford	as BENJAMIN & FORD.
Benjamin, John Rensselaer	cir 1870	Torrington, Litchfield, CT	E. A. Rose	as BENJAMIN & ROSE.
Benjamin, John	1747/1772	Stratford, Fairfield, CT	Robert Fairchild
Benjamin, Luther Wells	1803/1805	Canandaigua, Ontario, NY	Seth Thompson	as THOPSON & BENJAMIN.
Bennett, Calvin Wilder	1836/1839	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA	to Thomas Charles Fletcher	as FLETCHER & BENNETT.
Bennett, Charles Fletcher	1852/1866	Louisville, Jefferson, KY	Henry Fletcher	as FLETCHER & BENNETT, listed in the 1859 city directory at 163 Main Street.
Bennett, Henry	cir 1866/1870	Louisville, Jefferson, KY	Charles Fletcher Bennett	Continuing under the name FLETCHER & BENNETT.
Bentley, Burr S.	cir 1865	Buffalo, Erie, NY	Stephen B. Seward	as SEWARD & BENTLEY, drugists and fancy goods merchants with a shop at 189 Main Street.
Berrian, Cornelius Anthony	cir 1840/1865	New York City, New York, NY	John Morris Berrian	as J. & C. BERRIEN, fancy goods merchants.
Berrian, John Morris	cir 1840/1865	New York City, New York, NY	Cornelius Anthony Berrian	as J. & C. BERRIEN, fancy goods merchants.
Biddle, John W.	1859/1870	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA	Peter L. Krider	as KRIDER & BIDDLE.
Biddle, Samuel		Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA	Jedediah P. Clark	as CLARK & BIDDLE.
Biddle, Samuel		Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA	Jeremiah Robbins and Jedediah P. Clark	as ROBBINS, CLARK & BIDDLE.
Biddle, Samuel		Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA	Jeremiah Robbins	as ROBBINS & BIDDLE with a shop at 1124 Chestnut Street.
Bigelow, Abraham Orlando	1845/1847	Boston, Suffolk, MA	John and Alanson Bigelow	as BIGELOW & BROS., listed in the 1845 city directory at 62 Washington Street.
Bigelow, Abraham Orlando	1848/1860	Boston, Suffolk, MA	John and Alanson Bigelow, Martin P. and William Henry Kennard	as BIGELOW BROS. & KENNARD, listed in the 1855 city directory at 121 Washington Street.
Bigelow, Abraham Orlando	1870/1880	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Alanson Bigelow, Francis Theodore Bemis, & Martin P. and William Henry Kennard	as BIGELOW BROS. & KENNARD, listed in the 1870 city directory at 331 Washington Street.
Bigelow, Alanson	1836/1839	Boston, Suffolk, MA	John Bigelow	as JOHN BIGELOW & Co.
Bigelow, Alanson	1845/1847	Boston, Suffolk, MA	John and Abraham Orlando Bigelow	as BIGELOW & BROS., listed in the 1845 city directory at 62 Washington Street.
Bigelow, Alanson	1847/1860	Boston, Suffolk, MA	John and Abraham Orlando Bigelow, Martin P. and William Henry Kennard	as BIGELOW BROS. & KENNARD, listed in the 1855 city directory at 121 Washington Street.
Bigelow, Alanson	1870/1880	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Abraham Orlando Bigelow, Francis Theodore Bemis, & Martin P. and William Henry Kennard	as BIGELOW BROS. & KENNARD, listed in the 1870 city directory at 331 Washington Street.
Bigelow, John	1836/1839	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Alanson Bigelow	as JOHN BIGELOW & Co.
Bigelow, John	1845/1847	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Alanson and Abraham Orlando Bigelow	as BIGELOW & BROS., listed in the 1845 city directory at 62 Washington Street.
Bigelow, John	1847/1860	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Alanson and Abraham Orlando Bigelow, Martin P. and William Henry Kennard	as BIGELOW BROS. & KENNARD, listed in the 1855 city directory at 121 Washington Street.
Billings, William	1798/1801	Providence, Providence, RI	Job Danforth	as DANFORTH & BILLINGS, with a shop "a few doors North of the Meeting House."
Billon, Charles Frederich	1795/1797	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA	Jean Simon Chaudron	as CHAUDRON & BILLON.
Bingham, George W.	bef 1833	Utica, Oneida, NY	William H. Ball and John D. Douglas	as BINGHAM, BALL & Co.
Bingham, Tracy Flynn	1857/1858	Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia, VT	Nathaniel Randall	as RANDALL & BINGHAM.
Bingham, Wheelock Peet	cir 1878/1880	Indianapolis, Marion, IN	James Nelson Mayhew and Julius C. Walk	as BINGHAM, WALK & MAYHEW, with a shop at No. 12 East Washington Street.
Birge, John	cir 1833	Brattleboro, Windham, VT	? Dickinson	as BIRGE & DICKINSON.
Birge, John	cir 1838/1842	Brattleboro, Windham, VT	Horace D. Brackett	as BIRGE, BRACKETT & Co, watchmakers and jewelers.
Black, Benjamin Etter	1826/1831	Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia	William Anderson Black	as WM A. BLACK & SON.
Black, Benjamin Etter	1831/1853	Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia	William A., William L., and Martin P. Black	as BLACK & BROTHERS.
Black, Martin Pinkney	1831/1853	Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia	William A., Benjamin E., and William Lang Black	as BLACK & BROTHERS.
Black, Samuel	1810/1812	Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia	William Anderson Black and Nathaniel Parker	as BLACK & PARKER.
Black, Samuel	1812/1826	Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia	William Anderson Black
Black, William Anderson	1810/1812	Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia	Samuel Black and Nathaniel Parker	as BLACK & PARKER.
Black, William Anderson	1812/1825	Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia	Samuel Black
Black, William Anderson	1826/1831	Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia	Benjamin Etter Black	as WM A. BLACK & SON.
Black, William Anderson	1831/1853	Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia	Benjamin Etter, William Lang, and Martin Pinkney Black	as BLACK & BROTHERS.
Black, William Lang	1831/1853	Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia	William A., Benjamin E., and Martin Pinkney Black	as BLACK & BROTHERS.
Blackinton, Louis A.	1880/1890	Attleboro, Bristol, MA	William S. and William Sumner Blackinton	as W. & S. BLACKINTON.
Blackinton, Roswell Sweet	1862/1900	North Attleboro, Bristol, MA	Walter Ballou	as R. BLACKINTON & Co with a shop at 32 Chestnut Street.
Blackinton, William Sumner	1858	Attleboro, Bristol, MA	J. M. Bates
Blackinton, William Sumner	1866/1880	Attleboro, Bristol, MA	William Sumner Blackinton	as W. & S. BLACKINTON.
Blackinton, William Sumner	1866/1880	Attleboro, Bristol, MA	William Sumner Blackinton	as W. & S. BLACKINTON.
Blackinton, William Sumner	1869/1870	Attleboro, Bristol, MA	Joabert Sweet	as BLACKINTON & SWEET.
Blackinton, William Sumner	1880/1890	Attleboro, Bristol, MA	William S. and Louis Blackinton	as W. & S. BLACKINTON.
Blackinton, William Sumner	1880/1890	Attleboro, Bristol, MA	William S. and Louis Blackinton	as W. & S. BLACKINTON.
Blackman, Frederick Starr	1849/1858	Danbury, Fairfield, CT	John Clark Blackman	as J. C. & F. S. BLACKMAN. The partnership is not listed in directories and the brothers maintained their seperate shops.
Blackman, John Clark	abt 1849/1858	Bridgeport, Fairfield, CT	Frederick Starr Blackman	as J. C. & F. S. BLACKMAN. The partnership is not listed in directories and the brothers maintained their seperate shops.
Blackman, John Starr	cir 1830	Danbury, Fairfield, CT	John Clark Blackman or Frederick Starr Blackman	as J. S. B. & SON.
Blake, David Brainard	cir 1860	Providence, Providence, RI	James E. Budlong	as D. B. BLAKE & Co.
Blake, James E.	1881/1898	Attleboro, Bristol, MA	Albert Wilbur Sturdy and Edward P. Chaflin	as BAKER & CHAFLIN, successors to STURDY BROTHERS & Co.
Blakeslee, Lyman W.	1866/1868	Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH	George Blakeslee	as G. BLAKESLEE & SON.
Bliss, Alfred A.	1866/1868	Providence, Providence, RI	William Chaplin Greene	as GREENE & BLISS, with a shop on Pine Street.
Bliss, Calvin	cir 1867	Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, MI	Alva Thomas Hill	as BLISS & HILL, with a shop at 11 South Main Street.
Bliss, Charles Edwin	1873/1887	Attleboro, Bristol, MA	Everett Bradford Bliss and R. L. F. Everett	as BLISS BROTHERS & EVERETT.
Bliss, Charles Edwin	aft 1887	Attleboro, Bristol, MA	Everett Bradford Bliss	as BLISS BROTHERS.
Bliss, Charles Henry	1868/1872	Providence, Providence, RI	William Chaplin Greene	as GREENE & BLISS, with a shop on Pine Street.
Bliss, Everett Bradford	1873/1887	Attleboro, Bristol, MA	Charles Edwin Bliss and R. L. F. Everett	as BLISS BROTHERS & EVERETT.
Bliss, Everett Bradford	aft 1887	Attleboro, Bristol, MA	Charles Edwin Bliss	as BLISS BROTHERS.
Bliss, George Henry	1857	New York City, New York, NY	John Bliss	as JOHN BLISS & Co.
Bliss, John	1835/1853	New York City, New York, NY	Frederick Creighton	as BLISS & CREIGHTON with a shop at 42 Fulton Street. By 1840, the firm was specializing in the production of chronometers and nautical instruments.
Bliss, John	1837/1839	New York City, New York, NY	Samuel Lord Canfield and Stephen Hyer Palmer	as CANFIELD, PALMER & BLISS, jewelery manufacturers and enamelers on gold. Shop at 8 Cortlandt till 1838, then at 6 Cortlandt.
Bliss, John	1855/1857	New York City, New York, NY	John Bliss	as JOHN BLISS & SON.
Bliss, John	1855/1857	New York City, New York, NY	John Bliss	as JOHN BLISS & SON.
Bliss, John	1857	New York City, New York, NY	George Henry Bliss	as JOHN BLISS & Co.
Bliss, Jonathan	1803/1804	Middletown, Middlesex, CT	Judah Hart	as HART & BLISS.
Bliss, Jonathan	1806	Middletown, Middlesex, CT	Edmund Hughes	as HUGHES & BLISS
Bliss, Joseph Lyman	1865/1872	Atchison, Atchison, KS	George Willis	as WILLIS & BLISS.
Bliss, Moses	1806/1809	Burlington, Chittenden, VT	Abram Brinsmaid	as BRINSMAID & BLISS from a shop "at the Sign of the Golden Watch" on the southeast corner of Court House Square.
Bliss, Rudolphus	1857/1860	Attleboro, Bristol, MA	George Dean, Everett Sweet Capron, and Albert M. Everett	as EVERETT, DEAN & Co.
Blood, Joseph F.	cir 1870/1880	Providence, Providence, RI	William Warren Flint, Benjamin Allen Holbrook, and James Albert Young	as FLINT, BLOOD & Co with a shop at 67 Friendship Street.
Blood, Simeon	cir 1855	Rockland, Knox, ME	Greenleaf W. Palmer	as BLOOD & PALMER
Bloodgood, James A.	1804/1810	Utica, Oneida, NY	Lynott Bloodgood	as J. & L. BLOODGOOD.
Bloodgood, Lynott	1804/1810	Utica, Oneida, NY	James A. Bloodgood	as J. & L. BLOODGOOD.
Blynn, William	1850/1859	Columbus, Franklin, OH	Thomas Baldwin	as BLYNN & BALDWIN.
Boardman, Sherman	1810/1827	Hartford, Hartford, CT	Thomas Boardman	Originally as T. D. & S. B., then BOARDMAN & Co after 1822.
Boardman, Thomas Danforth	1810/1827	Hartford, Hartford, CT	Sherman Boardman	Originally as T. D. & S. B., then BOARDMAN & Co after 1822.
Boardman, Thomas Danforth	1828/1850	New York City, New York, NY	Lucius Hart	as BOARDMAN & HART.
Boardman, Thomas Danforth	1844/1845	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA	Franklin D. Hall	as BOARDMAN & HALL.
Bogert, William	1856/1860	Newburgh, Orange, NY	William R. Eaton and John Gordon	as EATON, GORDON, & BOGERT. The firm supplied goods to BALL, BLACK & Co.
Bogert, William	1860/1864	Newburgh, Orange, NY	John Gordon	as GORDON & BOGERT working at 247 Grand. As before, a great proportion, if not all, of the firm's holloware production was made for BALL, BLACK & Co.
Bolles, Edward W.	1841/1848	Hartford, Hartford, CT	Gerry Hastings	as BOLLES & HASTINGS until 1843, then BOLLES, HASTINGS & COMPANY.
Bolles, Edward W.	cir 1840	Hartford, Hartford, CT	Lucius B. Childs	as BOLLES & CHILDS.
Bolles, Edward W.	cir 1850/1865	Hartford, Hartford, CT	George Sexton	as BOLLES, SEXTON & Co.
Bond, Charles	cir 1855	Boston, Suffolk, MA	William C. and Richard Fifield Bond	as WM BOND & SONS, listed in the 1855 city directory at 17 Congress Street.
Bond, Joseph Cranch	1845/1850	Boston, Suffolk, MA	William Cranch Bond	as BOND & SON, listed in the 1845 city directory at 26 Congress Street.
Bond, Joseph Cranch	1850/1855	Boston, Suffolk, MA	William Cranch and Richard Fifield Bond	as BOND & SONS, listed in the 1855 city directory at 17 Congress Street.
Bond, Richard Fifield	cir 1855	Boston, Suffolk, MA	William C. and Joseph Cranch Bond	as WM BOND & SONS, listed in the 1855 city directory at 17 Congress Street.
Bond, Richard Fifield	cir 1865/1875	Boston, Suffolk, MA	J. C. Clinch and S. A. C. Bond	as BOND & SON, listed in various city directories at 17 Congress Street.
Bond, William Cranch	1845/1850	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Joseph Cranch Bond	as BOND & SON, listed in the 1845 city directory at 26 Congress Street.
Bond, William Cranch	cir 1815/1832	Boston, Suffolk, MA	William Bond	as WILLIAM BOND & SON, with a shop at 8 Congress Square.
Bond, William Cranch	cir 1855	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Charles and Richard Fifield Bond	as WM BOND & SONS, listed in the 1855 city directory at 17 Congress Street.
Bond, William	cir 1815/1832	Boston, Suffolk, MA	William Cranch Bond	as WILLIAM BOND & SON, with a shop at 8 Congress Square.
Bonticou, Roswell	1802/1805	Augusta, Richmond, GA	Levi Gregory	as GREGORY & BONTICOU
Boon, Sandford	bef 1834	Cortland, Cortland, NY	Daniel D. R. Ormsby	as BOON & ORMSBY.
Booth, Ezra Beers	1838/1861	Rochester, Monroe, NY	Erastus Cook
Booth, Ezra Beers	1861/1888	Rochester, Monroe, NY	Henry G. Booth	as E. B. BOOTH & SON, with a shop at 9 State Street.
Booth, Henry G.	1861/1888	Rochester, Monroe, NY	Ezra Beers Booth	as E. B. BOOTH & SON, with a shop at 9 State Street.
Bowen, Chauncey Thomas	cir 1860	Chicago, Cook, IL	James H. and George Stephen Bowen, George R. Whitman, and Almerin Henry Winslow	as BOWEN BROTHERS, fancy goods merchants with a store at 72 Lake Street.
Bowen, George Stephen	cir 1860	Chicago, Cook, IL	James H. and Chauncey Thomas Bowen, George R. Whitman, and Almerin Henry Winslow	as BOWEN BROTHERS, fancy goods merchants with a store at 72 Lake Street.
Bowen, James Henry	cir 1860	Chicago, Cook, IL	George S. and Chauncey Thomas Bowen, George R. Whitman, and Almerin Henry Winslow	as BOWEN BROTHERS, fancy goods merchants with a store at 72 Lake Street.
Bowne, Samuel	1800/1802	New York City, New York, NY	? Parke	as Bowne & Parke, watchmakers. The city directory listed the firm at 80 Cherry Street.
Boyce, Gerardus	1825/1829	New York City, New York, NY	Elisha Jones	as BOYCE & JONES with a shop at 101 Spring Street.
Boyd, William	1830/1832	Albany, Albany, NY	George Barnum Hoyt	as BOYD & HOYT.
Boyd, William	1832/1842	Albany, Albany, NY	John Hutchinson Mulford	as BOYD & MULFORD.
Boyd, William	cir 1805/1830	Albany, Albany, NY	Robert Shepherd	as SHEPHERD & BOYD, with a shop at 136 Market Street.
Boyden, Joseph	Jan 1825	Auburn, Worcester, MA	William Daniel Fenno	as BOYDEN & FENNO.
Boyer, Daniel	1770	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Josiah Austin
Brackett, Horace D.	cir 1840/1842	Brattleboro, Windham, VT	John Birge	as BIRGE, BRACKETT & Co, watchmakers and jewelers.
Brackett, Jeffrey Richardson	1848/1849	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Samuel Trevitt Crosby	as BRACKETT & CROSBY, with a shop at 69 Washington Street.
Brackett, Jeffrey Richardson	1849/1850	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Samuel Trevitt Crosby and Seth Eastman Brown	as BRACKETT, CROSBY & BROWN.
Bradbury, Ebenezer	cir 1815	Newburyport, Essex, MA	Theophilus Bradbury	as THEOPHILUS BRADBURY & SON.
Bradbury, Theophilus	cir 1796	Newburyport, Essex, MA	Joseph Moulton	as MOULTON & BRADBURY. Their shop was located on Merrimack Street and they produced plated buckles.
Bradbury, Theophilus	cir 1815	Newburyport, Essex, MA	Ebenezer Bradbury	as THEOPHILUS BRADBURY & SON.
Bradley, Gustavus Clark	1840	New Haven, New Haven, CT	Zebul Bradley	as Z. BRADLEY & SON
Bradley, Horace P.	1855/1869	Bennington, Bennington, VT	Frederick N. Squire	as BRADLEY & SQUIRE.
Bradley, Horace Strong	1832/1836	Utica, Oneida, NY	Ebenezer Leach	as LEACH & BRADLEY.
Bradley, Lucius Brown	1824/1835	Watertown, Litchfield, CT	James Bishop	as BISHOP & BRADLEY
Bradley, Richard	1830/1840	Hartford, Hartford, CT	? Bunce	as BRADLEY & BUNCE.
Bradley, Zebul	1803/1813	New Haven, New Haven, CT	Marcus Merriman and Bethuel Tuttle	as MERRIMAN & TUTTLE.
Bradley, Zebul	1813/1817	New Haven, New Haven, CT	Marcus Merriman	as MERRIMAN & BRADLEY
Bradley, Zebul	1826/1840	New Haven, New Haven, CT	Marcus Merriman Jr	as BRADLEY & MERRIMAN
Bradley, Zebul	1840	New Haven, New Haven, CT	Gustavus Clark Bradley	as Z. BRADLEY & SON.
Brainard, Charles	1809/1830	Hartford, Hartford, CT	James Ward and Roswell Bartholomew	as WARD, BARTHOLOMEW & BRAINARD, listed in the 1828 city directory at 229 Main Street.
Brainard, Harrison	cir 1850/1880	Cobalt, Middlesex, CT	Alonzo Bailey	as BAILEY & BRAINARD.
Brainerd, Amasa	cir 1835	New York City, New York, NY	Samuel Y. D. Arrowsmith	as BRAINERD & ARROWSMITH, listed in Longworth's 1839 City Directory at 106 Reade Street.
Bramhall, Bartlett Marshall	1822/1828	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Samuel Davis and Edward Watson	as DAVIS, WATSON & Co.
Brasher, Ephraim	1800/1801	New York City, New York, NY	George Alexander	as BRASHER & ALEXANDER.
Bray, Edward P.	1856/1857	New York City, New York, NY	John Q. Kellogg and Samuel Theodore Dauchy	as BRAY, KELLOGG & Co., hardware dealers.
Bray, Edward P.	1857/1859	New York City, New York, NY	Samuel Theodore Dauchy	as BRAY & DAUCHY. The company was actually owned by Bray's father-in-law, Cyrus Manvel, but he remained a silent partner. Listed in the 1859 city directory as plated ware merchants at 41 Maiden Lane.
Bray, Edward P.	1859/1860	New York City, New York, NY	William Cyrus Manvel, John E. Bray, and Samuel Theodore Dauchy	as BRAY & MANVEL. Because of continuing financial liabilities following the dissolution of BRAY & DAUCHY, the firm was officially listed under the ownership of John Bray and Cyrus Manvel, though the business was conducted by Edward Bray and Samuel Dauchy.
Bray, Edward P.	1861	New York City, New York, NY	Joseph Merwin	as MERWIN & BRAY, gun dealers.
Bray, Edward P.	Jan 6, 1860/Oct 1, 1860	New York City, New York, NY	John E. Bray, Burr and Samuel Theodore Dauchy, and Roland Sollace	as BRAY, SOLLACE & DAUCHY. The firm was a re-organization of BRAY & MANVEL; as before, the business was actually conducted by Edward Bray and Samuel Duachy.
Bray, Edward P.	May 1, 1854/Sep 1, 1854	New York City, New York, NY	Jacob Dater	as DATER, BRAY & Co. Though he withdrew from active managment in the firm, Dater retained his financial investment.
Bray, Edward P.	Oct 1, 1854/1856	New York City, New York, NY	James Henry Redfield and James Rice	as BRAY, REDFIELD & Co. with a shop at 70 John Street.
Bray, Edward P.	Oct 1, 1860/Jan 1, 1861	New York City, New York, NY	Samuel Theodore Dauchy and William L. Jaques	as BRAY, DOUCHY & JAQUES. Having resolved their earlier obligations, the junior partners of BRAY, SOLLACE & DAUCHY took official control of the firm.
Bray, John E.	1859/1860	New York City, New York, NY	William Cyrus Manvel, Edward P. Bray, and Samuel Theodore Dauchy	as BRAY & MANVEL. Because of continuing financial liabilities following the dissolution of BRAY & DAUCHY, the firm was officially listed under the ownership of John Bray and Cyrus Manvel, though the business was conducted by Edward Bray and Samuel Dauchy.
Bray, John E.	Jan 6, 1860/Oct 1, 1860	New York City, New York, NY	Edward P. Bray, Burr and Samuel Theodore Dauchy, and Roland Sollace	as BRAY, SOLLACE & DAUCHY. The firm was a re-organization of BRAY & MANVEL; as before, the business was actually conducted by Edward Bray and Samuel Duachy.
Brewer, Charles	1824/1825	New York City, New York, NY	Jared L. Moore	as MOORE & BREWER.
Brewer, Charles	1834/1835	Middletown, Middlesex, CT	Henry Salisbury	as BREWER & SALISBURY.
Brewer, Charles	Oct 16, 1800/Sep 21, 1803	Middletown, Middlesex, CT	Judah Hart	as HART & BREWER offering clockmaking, watch repairing, gold- and silver-smithing work in shop north of printing office. Moved Dec. 1801 to a shop across from new meetinghouse.
Brewer, Charles	Oct 28, 1803/Apr 1805	Middlefield, Middlesex, CT	Alexander Mann	as BREWER & MANN
Brewer, Samuel	1844/1845	Hartford, Hartford, CT	John Danforth	as DANFORTH & BREWER, with a shop in the Exchange Building, 6 State Street.
Brewster, Elisha Curtis	1840/1843	Bristol, Hartford, CT	Saylor Ives	as BREWSTER & IVES.
Brewster, Henry Whitman	1875/1881	Middlebury, Addison, VT	George W. Pinney	as BREWSTER & Co.
Brigham, Leon E.	cir 1880	Marlborough, Middlesex, MA	? Eager	as BRIGHAM & EAGER, with a shop at 117 Main Street.
Brinsmaid, Abram	1806/1809	Burlington, Chittenden, VT	Moses Bliss	as BRINSMAID & BLISS from a shop "at the Sign of the Golden Watch" on the southeast corner of Court House Square.
Brinsmaid, James Edgar	1843/1850	Burlington, Chittenden, VT	William B. and Sedgwick Swift Brinsmaid	as BRINSMAID'S.
Brinsmaid, James Edgar	1850/1854	Burlington, Chittenden, VT	William Bliss Brinsmaid and Chester Hildreth	as BRINSMAID, BROTHER & Co. With shop on Church Street
Brinsmaid, James Edgar	Aug 30, 1833/Aug 19, 1843	Burlington, Chittenden, VT	Amos Pangborn	as PANGBORN & BRINSMAID, working form Pangborn's old shop on Church Street.
Brinsmaid, Sedgwick Swift	1843/1850	Burlington, Chittenden, VT	James E. and William Bliss Brinsmaid	as BRINSMAID'S.
Brinsmaid, William Bliss	1843/1850	Burlington, Chittenden, VT	James E. and Sedgwick Swift Brinsmaid	as BRINSMAID'S.
Brinsmaid, William Bliss	1850/1854	Burlington, Chittenden, VT	James Edgar Brinsmaid and Chester Hildreth	as BRINSMAID, BROTHER & Co. With shop on Church Street
Brinsmaid, William Bliss	1854/1889	Burlington, Chittenden, VT	Chester Hildreth	as BRINSMAID & HILDRETH. Shop originally located at 1 Bank Block, College Street. In 1871 located at 149 Church Street and by 1880 at 99 Church Street.
Brittin, Edwin Ludlow	1880/1882	Stratford, Fairfield, CT	Samuel Towner Rogers	as ROGERS & BRITTON. The firm produced jewelry, britannia, silverplate, and sterling silver wares. It was absorbed by HOLMES & EDWARDS.
Brockway, Josephus	1815/1817	Middlebury, Addison, VT	Orrin Stowell	as STOWELL & BROCKWAY.
Bromley, Edward	cir 1844/1860	New Haven, New Haven, CT	John Spencer Bromley	as J. S. & E. BROMLEY. In 1859, the firm opened a branch office in New York City.
Bromley, John Spencer	cir 1844/1860	New Haven, New Haven, CT	Edward Bromley	as J. S. & E. BROMLEY. In 1859, the firm opened a branch office in New York City.
Brooks, Benjamin Franklin	cir 1831	Utica, Oneida, NY	Gaylord Hooker Griswold	as B. F. BROOKS & Co.
Brooks, Benjamin Franklin	cir 1832/1835	Utica, Oneida, NY	Joab Griswold	as BROOKS & GRISWOLD.
Brooks, Benjamin Franklin	cir 1855/1867	Utica, Oneida, NY	James F. Hone	as BROOKS & HONE, auctioneers listed in the 1867 city directory at 139 Genesee Street.
Brooks, Frederick William	cir 1865/1870	Ithaca, Tompkins, NY	Joseph Curtiss and Edwin Joseph Burritt	as BURRITT, BROOKS & Co., listed in city directories at 34 Owego Street.
Brooks, Jonathan	cir 1798	New London, New London, CT	John Proctor Trott	as TROTT & BROOKS.
Brooks, Square Gage	1875	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Charles H. Currier	as BROOKS & CURRIER, listed in the 1875 city directory at 2400 Washington Street.
Brower, Sperry Douglas	1849/1850	Albany, Albany, NY	Green Hall and John D. Hewson	as Hall, Hewson & Brower
Brower, Sperry Douglas	1850/1852	Albany, Albany, NY	Green Hall	as HALL & BROWER, listed in Munsell's 1852 City Directory at 10 Plain Street.
Brower, Sperry Douglas	1853/1873	Albany, Albany, NY	Walter Scott Brower	as S. BROWER & SON
Brower, Walter Scott	1850	Albany, Albany, NY	Sperry Douglas Brower	as S. BROWER & SON.
Brown, Augustus	1851/1880	Waterbury, New Haven, CT	Philo, William, William Henry, and James Brown	as BROWN & BROTHERS. Originally working in a variety of metals, the firm began manufacturing silverplated wares in 1874.
Brown, David	1831/1841	Providence, Providence, RI	Joseph Rogers Brown	Manufacturing watches, clocks, and surveying and mechanical instruments.
Brown, James	1851/1880	Waterbury, New Haven, CT	Philo, Augustus, William Henry, and William Brown	as BROWN & BROTHERS. Originally working in a variety of metals, the firm began manufacturing silverplated wares in 1874.
Brown, Joseph Rogers	1831/1841	Providence, Providence, RI	David Brown	Manufacturing watches, clocks, and surveying and mechanical instruments.
Brown, Philo	1851/1880	Waterbury, New Haven, CT	William, William Henry, Augustus, and James Brown	as BROWN & BROTHERS. Originally working in a variety of metals, the firm began manufacturing silverplated wares in 1874.
Brown, Seth Eastman	1849/1850	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Jeffrey Richardson Brackett and Samuel Trevitt Crosby	as BRACKETT, CROSBY & BROWN.
Brown, Seth Eastman	1851/1853	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Samuel Trevitt Crosby	as CROSBY & BROWN.
Brown, Seth Eastman	1853/1855	Boston, Suffolk, MA	George Bond Jones, True M. Ball, John Damon, Nathaniel C. Poor, and Benjamin Shreve	as JONES, BALL & Co. at 226 Washington Street.
Brown, Seth Eastman	1855/1857	Boston, Suffolk, MA	George Bond Jones and Benjamin Shreve	as JONES, SHREVE & BROWN, listed in the 1855 city directory with shops at 226 Washington and 1 Summer Streets.
Brown, Seth Eastman	1857/1863	Boston, Suffolk, MA	Benjamin Shreve	as SHREVE, BROWN & Co.
Brown, William Henry	1851/1880	Waterbury, New Haven, CT	Philo, William, Augustus, and James Brown	as BROWN & BROTHERS. Originally working in a variety of metals, the firm began manufacturing silverplated wares in 1874.
Brown, William	1851/1880	Waterbury, New Haven, CT	Philo, Augustus, William Henry, and James Brown	as BROWN & BROTHERS. Originally working in a variety of metals, the firm began manufacturing silverplated wares in 1874.
Browne, Liberty	1801/1809	Baltimore, MD	John Houlton	as BROWNE & HOULTON.
Browne, Liberty	1810/1811	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA	William Seal	as BROWNE & SEAL
Buckingham, John	bef 1850	Waterbury, New Haven, CT	William Henry and James Mitchel Lamson Scovill	as SCOVILLS & BUCKINGHAM
Budlong, James E.	cir 1860	Providence, Providence, RI	David Brainard Blake	as D. B. BLAKE & Co.
Buell, Abel	1798	New Haven, New Haven, CT	? Mix	as BUEL & MIX.
Buell, Abel	1799/1800	New Haven, New Haven, CT	David Greenleaf	as BUEL & GREENLEAF.
Buell, Dwight Hawley	1858/1861	Hartford, Hartford, CT	Thomas H. Steele	as T. STEELE & Co.
Buell, Dwight Hawley	1866/1874	Hartford, Hartford, CT	Charles J. Wood	as D. H. BUELL & Co.
Buell, Timothy F.	1855	Cazenovia, Madison, NY	Austin W. Van Riper	as VAN RIPER & BUELL, having purchased the factory of John Williams.
Buffington, John Murry	1869/1902	Providence, Providence, RI	Isaac M. Potter	as POTTER & BUFFINGTON.
Bull, Caleb	1780/1783	Hartford, Hartford, CT	Norman Morrison	as BULL & MORRISON. Available records indicate Morrison was the silversmith and Bull the businessman of the firm. Morrison was lost at sea in 1783 and in 1788 Caleb Bull married his widow. A significant ad appeared in The Connecticut Courant of Sept. 17, 1791, placed by Frederick Bull, auctioneer: " Selling at store of Caleb Bull a valuable set of silversmith's tools".
Bullen, George Russell	cir 1867	Worcester, Worcester, MA	Henry Harrington	as HARRINGTON & BULLENS, with a shop at 195 Main Street.
Bundy, Harlow E.	1889	Binghamton, Broome, NY	Willard L. Bundy	as the Bundy Manufacturing Company, making the first time clocks. This was the beginning of what became, in 1924, International Business Machines Corporation.
Bundy, J. Leland	1894	Rochester, Monroe, NY	F. A. Frick	as the Willard and Frick Manufacturing Company, making the first punch card time recorders.
Bundy, Willard Le Grand	1889	Binghamton, Broome, NY	Harlow Bundy	as the Bundy Manufacturing Company, making the first time clocks. This was the beginning of what became, in 1924, International Business Machines Corporation.
Burdick, William Pendleton	1813/1814	New Haven, New Haven, CT	Thomas Ufford	as UFFORD & BURDICK.
Burdick, William Pendleton	1816/1819	Ithaca, Tompkins, NY	Joseph Burritt	as BURDICK & BURRITT.
Burger, John	1779/1783	New York City, New York, NY	Myer Myers
Burger, John	cir 1775	New York City, New York, NY	? Prichard	as BURGER & PRICHARD.
Burnap, Ela	cir 1809	Boston, Suffolk, MA	? James	as BURNAP AND JAMES, listed in 1809 Boston Directory as watchmakers and jewelers.
Burnett, Charles Alexander	1796/1806	Georgetown, District Of Columbia, DC	John E. Rigden	as BURNETT & RIGDEN.
Burnham, Edmund Bennett	1821/1822	Salisbury, Rowan, NC	Zebulon Elliott	as ELLIOTT & BURNHAM.
Burr, Christopher	1813/1818	Providence, Providence, RI	Jabez Gorham, William Hadwen, George Clark, and Henry Mumford
Burr, Cornelius A.	1857/1863	Rochester, Monroe, NY	John T. Fox	as C. A. BURR & Co. Firm sold to SUNDERLIN & WEAVER in 1864.
Burr, Edward White	cir 1845/1850	New York City, New York, NY	Andrew Stevens	as BURR & STEVENS, with a shop at 315 Broadway
Burr, Ezekiel	1792/1810	Providence, Providence, RI	William C. Burr	as E. & W. BURR
Burr, Ezekiel	1815/1819	Providence, Providence, RI	Samuel W. Lee	as BURR & LEE.
Burr, William C.	1792/1810	Providence, Providence, RI	Ezekiel Burr	as E. & W. BURR
Burritt, Edwin Joseph	1864	Ithaca, Tompkins, NY	Joseph Curtis Burritt and Uri Clark	as BURRITT, CLARK & Co.
Burritt, Edwin Joseph	cir 1865/1870	Ithaca, Tompkins, NY	Joseph Curtiss Burritt and Frederick William Brooks	as BURRITT, BROOKS & Co., listed in city directories at 34 Owego Street.
Burritt, Joseph Curtiss	1838/1862	Ithaca, Tompkins, NY	Joseph Burritt	as J. BURRITT & SON.
Burritt, Joseph Curtiss	1864	Ithaca, Tompkins, NY	Uri Clark and Edwin Joseph Burritt	as BURRITT, CLARK & Co.
Burritt, Joseph Curtiss	cir 1865/1870	Ithaca, Tompkins, NY	Edwin Joseph Burritt and Frederick William Brooks	as BURRITT, BROOKS & Co., listed in city directories at 34 Owego Street.
Burritt, Joseph	1816/1819	Ithaca, Tompkins, NY	William Pendleton Burdick	as BURDICK & BURRITT.
Burritt, Joseph	1838/1862	Ithaca, Tompkins, NY	Joseph Curtiss Burritt	as J. BURRITT & SON.
Burwell, Fitch Welch	1855	Norfolk, Norfolk, VA	? Winship	as BURNELL & WINSHIP.
Butler, John	1761/1765	Falmouth, Cumberland, ME	Paul Little	as BUTLER & LITTLE
Butler, Nathaniel	1805/1807	Utica, Oneida, NY	John Osburn	as BUTLER & OSBURN.
Butler, Nathaniel	1807/1815	Utica, Oneida, NY	Charles Joseph Jay DeBerard	as BUTLER & BERARD.
Butterfield, Rebecca Damon	1891/1892	North Attleboro, Bristol, MA	Florence, Josephine, and Florence Whiting	as F. M. WHITING. At the death of Frank Mortimer Whting, his business was continued by his widow, mother, and two sisters. In 1895, the company was converted to a stock company under the name F. M. WHITING & Co. In 1896, the firm's name was changed to FRANK. M. WHITING & Co. after a lawsuit brought by WHITING MANUFACTURING. The firm was also required to drop its griffin mark. In 1924, it was sold to Ellmore Silver Co.
Byrnes, Thomas	1790/1793	Wilmington, New Castle, DE	Bancroft Woodcock	as WOODCOCK & BYRNES.
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