American Silversmiths

Daniel Vernon
(1643-1715)
Anne Hutchinson
(1643-1716)
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Samuel Vernon
(1683-1737)

 

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Spouses/Children:

1. Elizabeth Fleet

2. Elizabeth Paine

Samuel Vernon
  • Born: 6 Dec 1683, Narragansett RI
  • Marriage (1): Elizabeth Fleet on 10 Apr 1707 in Newport RI
  • Marriage (2): Elizabeth Paine on 12 Jan 1725 in Newport RI
  • Died: 5 Dec 1737, Newport RI

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:


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  • Alternate Mark

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  • Apprenticed about 1696 to John Coney? in Boston MA

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  • Cup, c 1705-1715
    Yale University 13
    h: 4 1/2"
    d: 3 1/2" (of base)
    wt: 12 oz, 10 dwt
    Engraved O over T E for Thomas and Elizabeth (Marsh) Olney.
  • He worked circa 1705-1737 as a silversmith in Newport RI

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  • Tankard, c 1710
    Private Collection
    h: 6 1/4"
    wt: 20 oz, 10 dwt

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  • Cup, c 1710
    Private Collection
    h: 3"
    wt: 4 oz
    Engraved F B on handle and David Brayton on base.
  • Made freeman of Newport RI, 1714. 3

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  • Tankard, c 1718
    Metropolitan Museum of Art
    h: 8 3/16"
    d: 6" (of base)
    wt: 37 oz, 9 dwt
    Engraved "S over B * M" on handle and "Brinley and Mary Burroughs-Sylvester 1718 / Thomas and Mary Sylvester-Dering 1752 / Sylvester and Esther Sarah Havens-Dering 1795 / Nicoll Havens and Frances Huntington-Dering 1839 / Sylvester and Ella Virginia Bristol-Dering 1867" on front

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  • Porringer, c 1720
    Metropolitan Museum of Art
    h: 2"
    w: 8 1/8" (including handle)
    d: 5 7/16 (lip)
    wt: 7 oz, 18 dwt
    Engraved "S over B * M" on handle and "Brinley and Mary Burroughs-Sylvester 1718 / Thomas and Mary Sylvester-Dering 1752 / Sylvester and Esther Sarah Havens-Dering 1795 / Nicoll Havens and Frances Huntington-Dering 1839 / Sylvester and Ella Virginia Bristol-Dering 1867" on front

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  • Cup, c 1725
    Private Collection
    h: 2 3/4"
    wt: 4 oz.
    Engraved S * F.
  • Newport RI, 1726: with silver shop next north of Goulds Tailors. 3
  • Appointed in 1728 as Justice of the Peace in Newport RI 3
  • Appointed circa 1729-1737 as Assistant in General Assembly in Newport RI assistant to Governor investigating health conditions. 3
  • Appointed in 1737 as Committee to settle boundary dispute between Massachusetts and New Hampshire in Newport RI 3

Samuel married Elizabeth Fleet on 10 Apr 1707 in Newport RI. (Elizabeth Fleet was born in 1685 in Newport RI and died on 5 Mar 1722 in Newport RI.)


Samuel next married Elizabeth Paine, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 12 Jan 1725 in Newport RI. (Elizabeth Paine was born on 6 Nov 1681 in Bristol RI and died in Mar 1759 in Bristol RI.)




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