Elias Darby

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark (tentative)

• Apprenticed to Aaron Lane, c 1810. ⁴

• He worked from circa 1820 to 1855 as a silversmith in Elizabeth NJ ⁴

• Elizabeth NJ, 1855-1860: served as first Mayor of the city when it was re-incorporated as Elizabeth NJ. ⁴

Elias married Phebe Ogden on 11 Oct 1827 in Elizabethtown NJ. (Phebe Ogden was born on 7 Aug 1799 in Elizabethtown NJ and died on 20 Nov 1878 in Elizabeth NJ.)