• Born: 19 May 1787, Providence RI
• Marriage (1): Hertilla Taylor on 21 Mar 1815 in Providence RI
• Died: 3 Feb 1884, Providence RI

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

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• Apprenticed: Ezekiel Burr, in 1801, in Providence RI. ¹

• Partnership: Jabez Gorham, William Hadwen, George Clark, and Henry Mumford, in 1813-1818, in Providence RI. ³

• He worked after 1818 as a silversmith and jeweler in Providence RI
  Listed in the 1824, 1835, and 1844 city directories with a shop over 73 North Main Street.

• Advertised: Providence Annual Advertiser, on 21 Jan 1824, in Providence RI. That he "attends personally to the manufacture or repairing of most articles in the Gold and Silversmith line and executes Engravings, Gold Cyphers and Hair work in a superior manner." ³

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Providence RI. Listed as a jeweler.

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Providence RI. Listed as an engraver.

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Providence RI. Listed as a retired jeweler.

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Providence RI. Listed as a retired jeweler.

Christopher married Hertilla Taylor, daughter of William Taylor and Elizabeth Andrews, on 21 Mar 1815 in Providence RI. (Hertilla Taylor was born on 25 Aug 1793 in Providence RI and died on 9 Jul 1879 in Providence RI.)