Benjamin Ely Cook

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark

• Alternate Mark

• He worked before 1826 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Troy NY ¹⁵

• He worked after 1827 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Northampton MA in the shop once occupied by Samuel Stiles.

• He was a partner from 24 Jul 1828 to 1833 with Nathan Storrs in Northampton MA as STORRS & COOK. ⁴

• He worked from 1834 to 1858 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Northampton MA ¹⁵

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Northampton MA, listed as a watchmaker.

• He was a partner from 1858 to 1900 with Benjamin Ely Cook in Northampton MA as B. E. COOK & SON.

• Advertised in the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Bangor ME), 18 May 1861, as part of a groupendorsement of the Waltham Watch Company.

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Northampton MA, listed as a merchant

• Tradecard, c 1880
Private Collection

• Tradecard, c 1880
Private Collection

Benjamin married Elizabeth Christine Griffen, daughter of Isaiah Griffen and Waitstill Butler, on 21 May 1827 in Claverack NY. (Elizabeth Christine Griffen was born in New York.)