• Born: 31 May 1726, Southampton NY
• Marriage (1): Sarah Gelston on 29 Dec 1748 in Southampton NY
• Marriage (2): Sarah Conkling on 28 Jun 1786 in East Hampton NY
• Died: 2 Nov 1810, Southampton NY

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: Simeon Soumain, on 12 Jan 1741-1748, in New York City NY. ¹

• He worked in 1750-1776 as a silversmith in Southampton NY from a shop on Main Street; shown here is a re-construction of his original building erected in 1686. ³

• Example: Pepper pot, circa 1750, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 3 15/16" (including finial)
  d: 2" (base)
  wt: 4 oz, 3 dwt ¹⁰

• Freeman: 10 Aug 1750, in New York City NY. ¹⁵

• Example: Porringer, circa 1753, in Private Collection. L: 7 3/8"
  wt: 8 oz
  Engraved 1753 and S over R * S for Richard and Sarah (Sears) Smith. Smith was one of Pelletreau's best customers and bought eight tankards in 1763.

• Master: James Tilley, about 1756, in Southampton NY. ¹

• Example: Tankard, circa 1760-1775, in Yale University. H: 8 3/8"

• Appointed: Lieutenant in the militia, in 1761, in Southampton NY. ¹⁵

• Example: Tankard, in 1761, in Private Collection. H: 6 7/8"
  wt: 29 oz
  Engraved RF for Ruth Floyd, who married Nathaniel Woodhull. An entry in Elias Pelletreau's Account Book 2, p. 34, dated February 1762, lists a tankard made for Nathaniel Woodhull, of 30 oz / 3 pt / 12 gr, with charges for the fashioning at 2/6 per ounce and "Ingraving ye Sipher" for 6 shillings. The order also included a pepper box, milk pot and teapot, among other objects. It is likely that this commission constituted Woodhull's wedding silver.
  

• Appointed: Captain of militia, in 1765, in Southampton NY. ¹⁵

• Example: Tankard, in 1765, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 7 5/8"
  Engraved "C * F" on handle for Charity Floyd.

• Master: John Pelletreau, about 1768, in Southampton NY. ¹

• Example: Pepper pot, in 1769, in Private Collection. H: 3 1/2"
  Engraved R * W for Ruth Woodhull. The purchase by her husband is recorded in Pelletreau's account book.

• Master: Elias Pelletreau, about 1770, in Southampton NY. ¹

• Example: Tankard, in 1772, in Yale University. H: 7 3/8"
  d: 5 1/2" (of base)
  wt: 34 oz, 13 dwt
  Engraved "AF" in a leaf boarder on cover for Anna Floyd.

• Advertised: The New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury, on 24 May 1773, in New York City NY.
  Ellias [sic] Pelletreau, Takes this method t0 inform the Merchants and the Public in general, that he has set up at his house on GoIden.Hill, at the sign of the Dish of Fry'd Oysters, a place for cutting of Whale Bone; those that will favour him with their Custom, may depend upon being served with care and expedition.
  N.B. he has also for Sale, a parcel of Silver Smith's Tools, which he will sell cheap for Cash.
  

• He worked in 1776-1780 as a silversmith in Simsbury CT

• Example: Porringer, circa 1776, in Private Collection. D: 4 1/2 (bowl)

• Example: Sander, circa 1776-1780, in Private Collection. H: 4"
  d: 2 5/8"
  wt: 4.65 oz

• He worked in 1780-1782 as a silversmith in Old Saybrook CT

• He worked in 1782-1810 as a silversmith in Southampton NY

• Example: Tankard, in 1791, in Private Collection. H: 7 1/4"
  wt: 35 oz.
  Engraved JLG in a circular cartouche for John Lyon Gardiner. The tankard, along with other silver ordered by Gardiner, is recorded in Pelletreau's account book (see below), dated April 2, 1791, and indicates the weight as 35 oz. 7 dwt. 12 gr. A corresponding entry, dated April 22, 1791, in Gardiner's account book confirms the purchase of this tankard.

• Example: Account book entry, in East Hampton Free Library. Recording silver made for John Lyon Gardiner, including the preceeding tankard.

• Master: William Sherrill Conklin, before 3 Dec 1793, in Southampton NY.

Elias married Sarah Gelston on 29 Dec 1748 in Southampton NY. (Sarah Gelston was born on 10 Mar 1725 in Southampton NY and died on 14 Apr 1784.)

Elias next married Sarah Conkling, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 28 Jun 1786 in East Hampton NY. (Sarah Conkling was born in 1735 in East Hampton NY.)