• Born: 6 Dec 1683, Narragansett RI
• Marriage (1): Elizabeth Fleet on 10 Apr 1707 in Newport RI
• Marriage (2): Elizabeth Paine on 12 Jan 1725 in Newport RI
• Died: 5 Dec 1737, Newport RI

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Apprenticed: John Coney?, about 1696, in Boston MA.

• Example: Cup, circa 1705-1715, in Yale University. H: 4 1/2"
  d: 3 1/2" (of base)
  wt: 12 oz, 10 dwt
  Engraved O over T E for Thomas and Elizabeth (Marsh) Olney. ¹³

• He worked circa 1705-1737 as a silversmith in Newport RI

• Example: Tankard, circa 1710, in Private Collection. H: 6 1/4"
  wt: 20 oz, 10 dwt

• Example: Cup, circa 1710, in Private Collection. H: 3"
  wt: 4 oz
  Engraved F B on handle and David Brayton on base.

• Freeman: 1714, in Newport RI. ³

• Example: Tankard, circa 1718, in Metropolitan Museum of Art. H: 8 3/16"
  d: 6" (of base)
  wt: 37 oz, 9 dwt
  Engraved "S over B * M" on handle and "Brinley and Mary Burroughs-Sylvester 1718 / Thomas and Mary Sylvester-Dering 1752 / Sylvester and Esther Sarah Havens-Dering 1795 / Nicoll Havens and Frances Huntington-Dering 1839 / Sylvester and Ella Virginia Bristol-Dering 1867" on front

• Example: Porringer, circa 1720, in Metropolitan Museum of Art. H: 2"
  w: 8 1/8" (including handle)
  d: 5 7/16 (lip)
  wt: 7 oz, 18 dwt
  Engraved "S over B * M" on handle and "Brinley and Mary Burroughs-Sylvester 1718 / Thomas and Mary Sylvester-Dering 1752 / Sylvester and Esther Sarah Havens-Dering 1795 / Nicoll Havens and Frances Huntington-Dering 1839 / Sylvester and Ella Virginia Bristol-Dering 1867" on front

• Example: Cup, circa 1725, in Private Collection. H: 2 3/4"
  wt: 4 oz.
  Engraved S * F.

• Flynt & Fales: 1726, in Newport RI. With silver shop next north of Goulds Tailors. ³

• Appointed: Justice of the Peace, in 1728, in Newport RI. ³

• Appointed: Assistant in General Assembly, circa 1729-1737, in Newport RI. Assistant to Governor investigating health conditions. ³

• Appointed: Committee to settle boundary dispute between Massachusetts and New Hampshire, in 1737, in Newport RI. ³

Samuel married Elizabeth Fleet on 10 Apr 1707 in Newport RI. (Elizabeth Fleet was born in 1685 in Newport RI and died on 5 Mar 1722 in Newport RI.)

Samuel next married Elizabeth Paine, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 12 Jan 1725 in Newport RI. (Elizabeth Paine was born on 6 Nov 1681 in Bristol RI and died in Mar 1759 in Bristol RI.)