Benjamin Pitman

• Born: 1799, Bristol RI
• Marriage: Elizabeth Reynolds about 1818 in Bristol RI
• Died: aft 1880, New Bedford MA

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler (tentative identification)

  Events in his life were:

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• He worked from circa 1820 to 1860 as a silversmith and jeweler in New Bedford MA with a shop at 80 Union Street. ⁴

• Advertised in the The New-Bedford Directory (New Bedford MA), 1836,

• Cup, c 1851
  Private Collection
  h: 2¾" (to lip)
  d: 2½" (lip)
  Engraved "Joshua Bunker / Born Sep 15, 1790 / Susan B. Brayton / Born April 14, 1851"

Benjamin married Elizabeth Reynolds about 1818 in Bristol RI. (Elizabeth Reynolds was born about 1801 in Bristol RI.)