Benjamin Halstead

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• He was a partner from 1763 to 1764 with Myer Myers in New York City NY as HALSTED & MYERS. ⁴

• Advertised in the New York Gazette (New York City NY), 1763, as HALSTED & MYERS, goldsmiths ⁴

• Made freeman of New York City NY, 1764. ⁴

• Advertised in the New York Gazette, or Weekly Post-Boy (New York City NY), 23 Aug 1764, as goldsmith ⁴

• He was a partner in 1766 with Matthias Halstead in Elizabeth NJ ⁴

• Ladle, c 1780-1790
Private Collection ¹
l: 15 3/8"

• He worked from 1783 to 1785 as a gold- and silversmith in Philadelphia PA ⁴

• Advertised in the Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia PA), 1783, as goldsmith ⁴

• He worked from 1786 to 1814 as a gold- and silversmith in New York City NY
Listed in the 1786 city directory at 13 Maiden Lane. ⁴

• New York City NY, 1786: member of Gold and Silversmiths' Society. ⁴

• Advertised in the New York Packet (New York City NY), 1787, as goldsmith ⁴

• Advertised in the Diary or Evening Register (New York City NY), 30 Aug 1794, as goldsmith and silversmith ⁴

• He was a partner from 1799 to 1809 with Matthias Halsted in New York City NY as BENJAMIN HALSTED & SON, gold- and silversmiths, thimble manufacturers. ⁴

Benjamin married Sarah Treadwell on 22 Oct 1765 in New York. (Sarah Treadwell was born on 9 Oct 1744 in Elizabethtown NJ and died on 16 Mar 1812.)