Robert Fairchild

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark

• He worked from circa 1725 to 1747 as a gold- and silversmith in Durham CT ³

• Appointed from 1739 to 1745 as Representitive in General Assembly in Durham CT ³

• Appointed in 1740 as Auditor of the Colony in Durham CT ³

• Appointed in 1745 as Captain of Artillery Company in Durham CT ³

• Chafing dish, c 1745-1755
Yale University ¹⁹
h: 3 15/16"
d: 5 7/8" (of lip)
l: 11 11/16" (including handle)
wt: 10 oz, 19 dwt
According to tradition, made for William Samuel Johnson.

• Sword, c 1747-1789
Private Collection ¹¹
l: 6 ¾" (hilt alone)

• He worked from 1747 to 1767 as a gold- and silversmith in Stratford CT ³

• Basting spoon, c 1755
Private Collection
l: 15 3/8"
wt: 6 oz, 10 dwt
Engraved CI for Charity (Floyd) Johnson.

• He worked 1767- c 1790 as a gold- and silversmith in New Haven CT ³

• Advertised in the New Haven Gazette (New Haven CT), 24 Jan 1767, as goldsmith and jeweler; that he had set up business there near the north side of College Yard. ³

• Advertised in the New Haven Gazette (New Haven CT), 7 Feb 1767, as a gold- and silversmith. ³

• Beaker, c 1773
Yale University ¹¹
h: 5 5/8"
Engraved The Gift of Widow Hanh / Fowler to the / Church of / Christ in Durham / 1773
Hannah Baldwin married Josiah Fowler, 1723. Her brothers Ezra and Noah also gave silver to this church and to the Plymouth Congregational Church at Milford CT.

• Advertised in the New Haven Gazette (New Haven CT), Apr 1774, shop at new location at southwest corner of Church and Chapel Streetss. near the southeast corner of the Green. ³

• Advertised in the New Haven Gazette (New Haven CT), 1779, that he had few hogsheads of choice West India rum.
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• New Haven CT, 1784: opened house of entertainment with new stable. ³

Robert married Anne Curtis on 18 May 1730 in Stratford CT. (Anne Curtis was born on 31 Aug 1711 in Stratford CT and died on 29 Aug 1796.)