• Born: 14 Jan 1780, Guilford CT
• Marriage (1): Dorcas Trowbridge on 13 Oct 1804 in New Haven CT
• Marriage (2): Frances Atwater after 13 Dec 1837 in New Haven CT
• Died: 9 Jun 1859, Guilford CT

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

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• Apprenticed in 1802-1806 to Marcus Merriman in New Haven CT ¹
  After he finished his term, he continued on as a journeyman.

• He was a partner in 1813-1817 with Marcus Merriman in New Haven CT as MARCUS MERRIMAN & Co. ⁴

• Alternate Mark for MARCUS MERRIMAN & Co.

• Beaker by MARCUS MERRIMAN & CO, c 1814
  Yale University ¹⁴
  h: 4 11/16"
  Engraved "Presented / the / CHURCH of CHRIST / IN / NORTHFORD / by / Mrs. MARY NOYES / May 14^th / 1814" Made for the donor, Mary (Johnson) Noyes; her daughter, Mary Ann Noyes gave the church a beaker made by MERRIMAN & BRADLEY in 1816.

• Glasses by MARCUS MERRIMAN & CO, c 1815
  Private Collection
  

• He was a partner in 1817-1826 with Marcus Merriman in New Haven CT as MERRIMAN & BRADLEY ⁴

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• Alternate Mark atrributed to MERRIMAN & BRADLEY ⁴

• Alternate Mark attributed to MERRIMAN & BRADLEY by Winterthur, but doubtful. ⁴

• Beaker by MERRIMAN & BRADLEY, c 1817
  Yale University ¹³
  h: 4 3/4"
  d: 2 15/16" (of base)
  wt: 6 oz, 3 dwt
  Engraved "Presented / the / CHURCH of CHRIST / in / NORTHFORD / by / Miss MARY ANN NOYES / February 26, 1816" The donor's mother had given a similar beaker by Marcus Merriman to the church in 1814.

• Master to Gustavus Clark Bradley Abt 1824 in New Haven CT. ¹

• He was a partner in 1826-1840 with Marcus Merriman Jr. in New Haven CT as BRADLEY & MERRIMAN ⁴

• Alternate Mark for BRADLEY & MERRIMAN.

• Alternate Mark for BRADLEY & MERRIMAN.

• Alternate Mark for BRADLEY & MERRIMAN.

• Alternate Mark for BRADLEY & MERRIMAN.

• Spoon, c 1830
  Private Collection
  l: 6"
  Engraved MERAB R. HEATON.

• Spoons, c 1838-1840
  Private Collection ¹
  The top spoon, monogrammed C.W. Bradley, was made for the wife of Gustavus Bradley, Caroline W. Hotchkiss. The bottom spoon, monogrammed JCF, was made for Julia Caroline French, the grand daughter of Caroline & Gustavus Bradley through their daughter Catherine.

• He was a partner in 1840 with Gustavus Clark Bradley in New Haven CT as Z. BRADLEY & SON. ⁴

• Advertised in the Price & Lee's New Haven City Directory (New Haven CT), 1840,

• He worked circa 1840-1855 as a silversmith and jeweler in New Haven CT with a shop on Chapel Street till 1840, then at 62 State Street.

• Advertised in the New Haven Directory (New Haven CT), 1840, informing the public that the firm was making the flat silver it offered for sale ". . . in the shop at the back." and "We have on hand, of our own manufacture, a large assortment of Table, Tea, Cream, Dessert, Mustard and Salt Spoons: Sugar Tongs, Soup Ladles, Forks and Butter KNIVES. As the above articles are manufactured in our store and under our supervision, we can warrant them to be of good SILVER."
  

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at New Haven CT, listed as a jeweler.

Zebul married Dorcas Trowbridge on 13 Oct 1804 in New Haven CT. (Dorcas Trowbridge was born on 14 Jan 1786 in New Haven CT and died on 13 Dec 1837 in New Haven CT.)

Zebul next married Frances Atwater after 13 Dec 1837 in New Haven CT. (Frances Atwater was born on 17 Sep 1789 in Cheshire CT and died on 11 Mar 1871.)