• 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: Thomas Danforth, circa 1798-1805, in Middletown CT. Remaining as a journeyman for several years before starting his own shop. ¹¹

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

• Master: Ira Couch, about 1816, in Meriden CT.

• Example: Shaving box, circa 1820, in Winterthur Library. H: 1 5/8
  d: 4 1/2"

• Example: Beaker, circa 1825, in Winterthur Library. H: 3"
  d: 3" (top)

• Apprenticed: Luther Boardman, on 8 Dec 1828-23 Dec 1833, in Meriden CT.

• Partnership: Ira Couch, in 1830-1842, in Meriden CT. As GRISWOLD & COUCH. ¹¹

• Master: Darius Benham, in 1832, in Meriden CT.

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

• Example: Teapot, circa 1840, in Private Collection. H: 8" (including final)

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Meriden CT. Listed without occupation.

• Partnership: James Ashbel Frary, Horace and Cornwall Dennis Cornwall Wilcox, Isaac Lewis, Lemuel Johnson Curtis, in 1852, 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.)