American Silversmiths

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Samuel Place
(1744-Bef 1800)

 

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Spouses/Children:

1. Christian Seaward

Samuel Place
  • Born: 1744, Rochester NH
  • Marriage (1): Christian Seaward on 9 May 1779 in Portsmouth NH
  • Died: Bef 2 Feb 1800, Dover NH

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

  • Flynt & Fales:, . 3 He is known to have been in Newburyport in his youth and may have apprenticed there. He served as a fifer at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
  • He worked in 1778-1790 as a silversmith in Portsmouth NH 3
  • Advertised in the New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth NH), 15 Sep 1778, announcing the he "makes all sorts of Goldsmith and Jewellers work." 3
  • Advertised in the New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth NH), 20 Dec 1785, announcing he had ""just arrived from England where he learned Clock and Watch making." 3
  • Obituary printed in the Mercury (Portsmouth NH) on 2 Feb 1800 3
    "Late of Dover, goldsmith, deceased." Notices also ran in the Dover Gazette, The Sun, and the County Advertiser.

Samuel married Christian Seaward on 9 May 1779 in Portsmouth NH. (Christian Seaward was born on 15 May 1747 in Portsmouth NH and died on 8 Apr 1787 in Portsmouth NH.)




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