• Born: Abt 1812, Southbury CT
• Marriage (1): Mary Penfield Marquand on 7 Jul 1836 in New York City NY
• Died: 7 May 1851, Savannah GA

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• He was a partner circa 1830-1838 with Isaac and Frederick Marquand in New York City NY as MARQUAND & Co. ⁴

• He was a partner in 1839-1851 with Henry Ball and William Black in New York City NY as BALL, TOMPKINS, & BLACK, successors to MARQUAND & Co. ⁴

• Alternate Mark
  

• Alternate Mark
  

• Paten by William Forbes for BALL, TOMPKINS & BLACK, c 1849
  Private Collection
  d: 10 3/4"
  wt: 19 oz.
  Engraved "Presented by / James, Robert & / John Hollister / to / St. Johns Church / Clayville / 1849." St. John's Episcopal church, Clayville, was incorporated July 9, 1849, with 21 members. Services had been held about two years previously and funds raised for the building of a handsome brick edifice, which was finished in 1849 at a cost of nearly $20,000. The site for the church was deeded by the Empire Mills Company.

• Chalice by William Forbes for BALL, TOMPKINS & BLACK, c 1849
  Private Collection
  h: 7"
  Engraved "Presented by / James, Robert & / John Hollister / to / St. Johns Church / Clayville / 1849." St. John's Episcopal church, Clayville, was incorporated July 9, 1849, with 21 members. Services had been held about two years previously and funds raised for the building of a handsome brick edifice, which was finished in 1849 at a cost of nearly $20,000. The site for the church was deeded by the Empire Mills Company.

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Brooklyn NY, listed as a jeweler.

Erastus married Mary Penfield Marquand, daughter of Isaac Marquand and Mehitable Perry, on 7 Jul 1836 in New York City NY. (Mary Penfield Marquand was born on 29 Nov 1813 in New York City NY and died on 1 Feb 1838 in Natchez MS.)