• Born: 1 Jun 1785, Mansfield Center CT

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Flynt & Fales. Cited by George M. Curtis in Early Silver as Connecticut's only woman silversmith, presumably because the name "Minerva" is usually bestowed on females. According to recent research in Gurley's Gurley Genealogy and Coventry Vital Records, Minerva was a male. ³

• Advertised: Connecticut Courant, on 16 Sep 1807, in Hartford CT. As gold- and silversmith ³

• Advertised: Connecticut Courant, on 28 Mar 1810, in Hartford CT. For an apprentice to the silversmith's business. ³