• Born: 18 Nov 1783, Norwich CT

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: Joseph Carpenter, about 1796, in Norwich CT. ¹

• Partnership: Joseph Carpenter, circa 1800, in Norwich CT. Based on pieces bearing marks of both father and son. ⁴

• Example: Sugar bowl, circa 1800, in Private Collection. H: 9 1/2"
  Engraved KE for Katherine Ensworth of Norwich. Marked by both Joseph and Charles Carpenter ¹⁴

• Flynt & Fales: 1807, in Norwich CT. Sold to Rufus Farnum and Henry Farnum, Boston jewelers, his one sixth share of the Norwich house, shop, store and land lately occupied by his father. ³

• He worked after 1810 as a silversmith in Boston MA and listed in 1810 Directory there. ⁴