• Born: 10 Feb 1817, Palatine Bridge NY
• Died: 28 Mar 1896, Albany NY

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: Chauncey Johnson, in 1832, in Albany NY.

• He worked in 1838-1869 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Albany NY

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Albany NY. Listed as a silversmith.

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Albany NY. Listed as a jeweler.

• Advertised: Albany Directory, in 1869, in Albany NY. Announcing that he had sold up his entire stock and trade to Henry Rowlands.

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Albany NY. Listed as a retired jeweler.

• Partnership: Frederick W. Hoffman, in 1880-1896, in Albany NY. As MARSH & HOFFMAN, with a shop at 79 and 81 Pearl Street.

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Albany NY. Listed as a watchmaker.

• Patent: 20,948, on 21 Jul 1891. BENJAMIN MARSH, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MARSH & HOFFMAN, OF SAME PLACE.
  
  DESIGN FOR A SPOON.
  
  SPECIFICATION forming part of Design No. 20,948, dated July 21, 1891.
  Application, filed March 25, 1891, Serial No, 386,414. Term of patent 3 1/2 years,
  
  To all whom it may concern;
  Be it known that I, Benjamin Marsh, a citizen of the United Slates, residing at Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Designs for Spoons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.
  The accompanying cut-print illustrates my design for spoons.
  On the outer end portion of the handle A of the spoon is the figure a of a man attired in the dress of a "Knickerbocker" of the seventeenth century and seated on a chair and facing the beholder and smoking a pipe. On the lower end portion of handle A is the figure b of a sturgeon, with its tail at the bowl B.
  What I claim is'97
  The design for a spoon herein described and shown, the same consisting of the figure a of a man attired in the dress of a Knickerbocker, seated on a chair, and the figure b of a sturgeon, as set forth.
  
  Benjamin Marsh
  
  Witnesses:
  Jacob Reineck
  William Cramer