Zachariah Brigden (1734-1787)
Boston, MA c. 1755-1787
Alphabetical By Name
AB
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Babbit to Ball
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Ballou to Beauchamp
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Beaucraft to Bingham
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Birge to Borsum
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Bostwick to Brewer
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Brigden to Browne
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Bruff to Byrnes
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Haddock to Hanners
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Hansel to Hawley
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Hayden to Henry
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Hequembourg to Hoffman
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Holden to Howell
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Hoyt to Hyman
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Saart to Schroth
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Schultz to Shaw
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Sheffield to Simpson
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Sinclair to Spaulding
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Spear to Steele
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Steen to Story
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Stoutenberg to Syracuse
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Wagner to Watrous
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Watson to Welch
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Welles to White
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Whitehead to Willey
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Williams to Wolcott
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Wolf to Wynne
Brigden to Browne
Brinsmaid & Hildreth
Burlington, VT 1854-1889
A partnership between William Bliss Brinsmaid and Chester Hildreth.
Abram Brinsmaid (1770-1841)
Burlington, VT 1793-1837
Was in the partnership of Brinsmaid & Bliss with Moses Bliss 1806-1809. Silversmith and clockmaker.
J.E. Brinsmaid & Bros. / Brinsmaid & Bros.
Burlington, VT 1843-1850
A partnership between James Edgar Brinsmaid, Sedgwick Swift
Brinsmaid Sr., and William Bliss Brinsmaid originally named J.E. Brinsmaid & Bros. but was quickly shortened to Brinsmaid & Bros. Succeeded by Brinsmaid, & Brother & Co.
James Edgar Brinsmaid (1812-1887)
Burlington, VT 1832-1885
A partner in various businesses:
Pangborn & Brinsmaid 1833-1843
Brinsmaid & Bros. 1843-1850
Brinsmaid, Brother & Co. 1850-1854 with William Bliss Brinsmaid and Chester Hildreth.
Bristol Mfg. Co.
Attleboro, MA c. 1895-1909
Makers of sterling vanity items. Also made plated flatware and cut glass items. Succeeded by Bristol Jewelry Co. in 1909.
Jacob Brittin (b.c. 1783)
Philadelphia, PA 1807-1814 and 1842-1856 and New York, NY 1835
John Brock (d. 1848)
New York, NY 1831-1848
Silversmith and jeweler.
Thomas F. Brogan Co.
New York, NY 1896-1930
Brooks & Dold
Madison, IN 1866-1877 and 1883-1901
Frederick O. Brooks and Godfrey Dold.
Frederick O. Brooks (1829-1910)
Madison, IN 1864-1910
Was in the partnerships of Brooks & Dold with Godfrey Dold 1866-1877 and again 1883-1901; Brooks & Frevert with Joseph H. Frevert 1879-1883; and Brooks & Chapman with his son-in-law John Chapman 1905-1910 (this firm remained in business to 1915).
W.N. Brooks
Chicago, IL c. 1922-1931
Robert Brookhouse (1779-1866)
Salem, MA 1800-1819
Lewis R. Broomall (b.c. 1823-1892)
Philadelphia, PA c. 1846-1861
Silversmith and watchmaker. Appointed by Abraham Lincoln as the Chief Coiner of the U.S. Mint 1861-1863.
S.D. Brower & Son
Albany, NY 1867-1884
Sperry Douglas Brower and son Walter S. Brower. Maker and retailer of coin and sterling flatware.
Brown & Kirby
New Haven, CT 1834-1857
George B. Brown and John Burgis Kirby. Succeeded by the
John B. Kirby Co.
Brown & Shaver
Utica, NY 1856-1857
Henry S. Brown and Charles C. Shaver.
David Brown, Jr. (1781-1868)
Attleboro, MA c 1802-1804; Warren, RI 1804-1828; Pawtucket, RI 1828-1833; and Providence, RI 1833-1841
Edward Brown (1790-1852)
Richmond, VA 1811-1816; Lynchburg, VA 1816 and 1823-1835; and Liberty, VA (now Bedford) 1817
Brown was in the partnership of Sullivan & Brown with Enoch Sullivan in 1814.
Elnathan Clark Brown (1797-1829)
Westerly, RI 1817-1829
George Brown (b.c. 1811-1877)
New Haven, CT c. 1830-1877
In the partnership of Brown & Kirby with John B. Kirby 1834-1857.
Henry S. Brown (b. 1833)
New York, NY 1845; Syracuse, NY 1851-1852; and Utica, NY
1852-1863
Was in the partnership of Brown & Shaver with Charles S. Shaver 1856-1857.
Laurent Brown
Utica, NY 1838 and Rochester, NY 1838-1841
Robert Brown / R. Brown & Son
Baltimore, MD 1824-1880
Operated as R. Brown & Son 1849-1852.
Robert J. Brown & Co.
Boston, MA 1818-1820
Robert J. Brown, Robert Somerby, and Charles Brown.
Samuel C. Brown (b. 1791)
New York, NY 1823-1839
Seth Eastman Brown (1821-1884)
Concord, NH 1843-1849 and Boston, MA 1849-1866
Was a partner in a number of businesses:
Brackett, Crosby & Brown 1849-1850.
Crosby & Brown with Samuel Crosby 1850-1852.
Jones, Ball & Co. 1852-1855.
Jones, Shreve & Brown 1855-1858.
Shreve, Brown & Co. 1858-1863.
Thomas G. Brown / Thomas G. Brown & Sons
New York, NY 1881-c. 1915
Successor to Baldwin & Co. Became Thomas G. Brown & Sons in 1881 when Brown’s sons Thomas B. and William A. were added to the firm.
Thomas J. Brown (1812-1886)
Baltimore, MD 1842-1884
Worked under the name of Thomas J. Brown & Son 1872-1884.
Thomas William Brown (1803-1872)
Wilmington, NC 1830-1872
Was in the partnership of Brown & Anderson c. 1850-1871. After
Brown’s death in 1872, his business was renamed T.W. Brown & Sons.
William Brown
Albany, NY c. 1845-1849
William Brown
Baltimore, MD c. 1810-1852
Browne & Seal
Baltimore, MD 1810-1813
Liberty Browne and William Seal.
Browne & Spaulding
New York, NY 1864-1869
Alfred L. Brown and Henry A. Spaulding. Silversmiths and jewelers. Succeeded by Browne, Spaulding & Co.
Browne, Spaulding & Co.
New York, NY 1869-1871
Silversmiths and jewelers. Successors to Brown & Spaulding.
Liberty Browne (1776-1831)
Baltimore, MD c. 1799 and Philadelphia, PA 1810-1815
Was in the partnerships of Browne & Houlton with John Houlton
in 1799 and Brown & Seal 1810-1813.
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