Jacob Carter

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed from 1811 to 1812 to ? Copp in Hanover NH

• Apprenticed from 1812 to 1814 to Timothy Chandler in Concord NH

• Apprenticed from 1814 to 1815 to ? Mitchell in Hanover NH

• He worked from about 1815 to 1817 as a silversmith in Plattsburgh NY in the shop of his brother-in-law, John Robie.

• He worked from 1821 to 1828 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Hanover NH

• He worked from circa 1829 to 1853 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Concord NH with a stand in the Old Eagle Coffee House.

• He was a partner from circa 1853 to 1856 with Abiel Carter and George H. Whitford in Concord NH

• He worked from circa 1858 to 1878 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Concord NH

Jacob married Caroline Ramsdell Stocking on 15 Apr 1824 in Concord NH. (Caroline Ramsdell Stocking was born on 7 Jul 1799 in Enfield CT.)