• Born: 4 Apr 1783, Rocky Hill CT
• Marriage (1): Lucy Frary
• Marriage (2): Anna Hall after 1835
• Died: 30 Mar 1853, Meriden CT

  General notes:

Pewtersmith

  Events in his life were:

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• Apprenticed circa 1798-1805 to Thomas Danforth in Middletown CT ¹¹
  remaining as a journeyman for several years before starting his own shop.

• He worked circa 1807-1830 as a pewtersmith in Meriden CT ¹¹

• Master to Ira Couch Abt 1816 in Meriden CT.

• Shaving box, c 1820
  Winterthur Library
  h: 1 5/8
  d: 4 1/2"

• Beaker, c 1825
  Winterthur Library
  h: 3"
  d: 3" (top)

• Apprenticed on 8 Dec 1828-23 Dec 1833 to Luther Boardman in Meriden CT
  

• He was a partner in 1830-1842 with Ira Couch in Meriden CT as GRISWOLD & COUCH. ¹¹

• Master to Darius Benham 1832 in Meriden CT.

• Master to William Worcester Lyman 1836-1841 in Meriden CT. Lyman was Griswold's step-son.

• Teapot, c 1840
  Private Collection
  h: 8" (including final)

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Meriden CT, listed without occupation.

• He was a partner in 1852 with James Ashbel Frary, Horace and Cornwall Dennis Cornwall Wilcox, Isaac Lewis, Lemuel Johnson Curtis in Meriden CT who, recognizing the shift in popular taste from pewter to britannia metal goods, founded the Meriden Britannia Company. ¹²

Ashbil married Lucy Frary, daughter of Unknown and Unknown. (Lucy Frary was born in 1778 in Cromwell CT and died on 12 Sep 1835 in Meriden CT.)

Ashbil next married Anna Hall after 1835. (Anna Hall was born about 1796 in Middlefield CT and died on 25 Oct 1870 in Meriden CT.)