Brown, Seth Eastman (1821-1884)

Name:

Brown, Seth Eastman (1821-1884)

Title:

Member, Winslow Lewis Lodge, F. & A. M., Boston, 1857

Other Names:

Brown, Seth E.

Born:

03/31/1821

Birthplace:

Exeter, ME

Died:

05/01/1884

Death Location:

Boston, MA

Residence:

Concord, NH 1843-1849/50
Boston, MA 1849/50, 1860, 1870
Cambridge, MA -- until end of life

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Silversmith
Watchmaker
Jeweler 1843-1866, Concord, NH, & Boston, MA
(no occupation listed for 1867-1868)
Real Estate Broker 1869-1884 (in Boston directories)

Father:

Brown, Samuel (1781-1849)

Mother:

Eastman, Phebe (1782-1867)

Relations:

Succeeded uncle, Seth Eastman, in business, Concord, NH, 1843
Succeeded in business by Moses M. Chick, Concord, NH, 1850.
Partnership, Brackett, Crosby, & Brown, Boston, 1849/50
(Jeffrey R. Brackett, Samuel T. Crosby, and Seth E. Brown)
Partnership, Crosby & Brown, Boston, 1851.
(Samuel T. Crosby, and Seth E. Brown)
Partnership, Jones, Ball, & Co., Boston, 1852-1854
(George B. Jones, True M. Ball, Benjamin Shreve and Seth E. Brown)
Partnership, Jones, Shreve, Brown, & Co., Boston, 1855-1858.
(George B. Jones, Benjamin Shreve and Seth E. Brown)
Partnership, Shreve, Brown, & Co., Boston, 1859-1861.
(Benjamin Shreve and Seth E. Brown)
Jeweler, Boston, 1862-1866.

SIBLINGS, including:
Brown, Hannah (1808-1881)
Brown, Nathaniel E. (1810-1870)
Brown, Ebenezer E. (1820-1876)
Brown, Phebe Ann (1826-)

UNCLES:
Eastman, Isaac (1780-1869; General; res. Concord, NH; m. Abigail Tay; children, including Samuel Eastman, copper mfg. in Concord, NH)
Eastman, Seth (1801-1885; silversmith/jeweler in Concord, NH; b. Sarah Coffin; children)

GRANDPARENTS:
Ruth Bradley (1757-1841) & Nathaniel Eastman (1755-1839), of Concord, NH.

Spouse:

Harriet W. Evans (1826-1903),1844

Children:

Emma (c.1846- ; b. Concord, NH)
Nellie (c.1850- ; b. MA)
Arthur Eastman, born 1860

Notes:

Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Silver. (Cranbury, NJ: Adams Brown Company, 1983), 86-87.

"Out of the Line" Advertisement, New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, New Hampshire, April 27, 1843.

Death Notice, Boston Journal, Boston, MA, May 2, 1884, 1.

Massachusetts Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA