• Born: 7 Apr 1814, Wallingford CT
• Marriage (1): Martha Deette Benham on 6 Jul 1835 in Wallingford CT
• Died: 7 Apr 1894, Wallingford CT

  General notes:

Pewtersmith and silverplater

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed on 1 Apr 1829-1834 to Charles and Hiram Yale in Meriden CT
  
  He remained with his masters as a journeyman and, after saving enough capital, bought out their business.

• He was a partner in 1840-1842 with Morris Benham in Wallingford CT as SIMPSON & BENHAM.

• He was a partner in 1843-1847 with Darius Benham in New York City NY as SIMPSON & BENHAM

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Wallingford CT, listed as a comb manufacturer and farmer.

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Wallingford CT, listed as a manufacturer.

• He was a partner in 1866-1898 with Almer Ives Hall, Gurdon W. Hull, Charles Dwight Yale, and Friend Miller in Wallingford CT as SIMPSON, HALL, MILLER & Co. The firm became, in 1898, one of the founding members of International Silver. ¹²

• Britannia and German silver works, c 1870
  

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Wallingford CT, listed as a manufacturer of britannia.

• He was a partner in 1871-1898 with Egbert William Sperry, Albert Sperry, Abner Sperry, and R. L. McChristie in Wallingford CT as SIMPSON NICKEL SILVER Co, manufacturers of flatware blanks for Simpson, Hall, & Miller. ¹²

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Wallingford CT, listed as a manufacturer of britannia.

• Advertised in the The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review, 1893,

Samuel married Martha Deette Benham on 6 Jul 1835 in Wallingford CT. (Martha Deette Benham was born on 16 Aug 1816 in Cheshire CT and died on 5 Aug 1897 in Wallingford CT.)