• Born: Abt 1812, Southbury CT
• Marriage (1): Mary Penfield Marquand on 7 Jul 1836 in New York City NY
• Died: 7 May 1851, Savannah GA

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• Partnership: Isaac and Frederick Marquand, circa 1830-1838, in New York City NY. As MARQUAND & Co. ⁴

• Partnership: Henry Ball and William Black, in 1839-1851, in New York City NY. As BALL, TOMPKINS, & BLACK, successors to MARQUAND & Co. ⁴

• Alternate Mark: For BALL, TOMPKINS, & BLACK.

• Alternate Mark: For BALL, TOMPKINS, & BLACK.

• Example: Paten by William Forbes for BALL, TOMPKINS & BLACK, circa 1849, in Private Collection. D: 10 3/4"
  wt: 19 oz.
  Engraved "Presented by / James, Robert & / John Hollister / to / St. Johns Church / Clayville / 1849." St. John's Episcopal church, Clayville, was incorporated July 9, 1849, with 21 members. Services had been held about two years previously and funds raised for the building of a handsome brick edifice, which was finished in 1849 at a cost of nearly $20,000. The site for the church was deeded by the Empire Mills Company.

• Example: Chalice by William Forbes for BALL, TOMPKINS & BLACK, circa 1849, in Private Collection. H: 7"
  Engraved "Presented by / James, Robert & / John Hollister / to / St. Johns Church / Clayville / 1849." St. John's Episcopal church, Clayville, was incorporated July 9, 1849, with 21 members. Services had been held about two years previously and funds raised for the building of a handsome brick edifice, which was finished in 1849 at a cost of nearly $20,000. The site for the church was deeded by the Empire Mills Company.

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Brooklyn NY. Listed as a jeweler.

Erastus married Mary Penfield Marquand, daughter of Isaac Marquand and Mehitable Perry, on 7 Jul 1836 in New York City NY. (Mary Penfield Marquand was born on 29 Nov 1813 in New York City NY and died on 1 Feb 1838 in Natchez MS.)