Vent, John F. (c. 1765-1835)

Name:

Vent, John F. (c. 1765-1835)

Other Names:

Vent, John Frederick

Born:

1765 circa

Birthplace:

Europe (possibly Germany)

Died:

1835

Death Location:

Concord, NH

Residence:

Boston, MA, 1783, 1787
Keene, NH, 1793
Hinsdale, NH, 1800
Westminster, VT, 1810
Chester, VT, 1820
Pittsfield, NH, 1830
Concord, NH, 1835

Occupation:

Silversmith
Machinist

Spouse:

Fisher, Elizabeth

Notes:

MARRIAGE: Married Elizabeth Fisher of Dedham on 10/01/1787. Intentions had been published 02/04/1783.
SEE ALSO: Maker/Artist field -- Vent, John F.
REFERENCES:
Robert Brand Hanson, Editor, Vital Records of Dedham, Massachusetts 1635-1845, 328.
US Censuses, 1800-1830.
Upper Ashuelot A History of Keene New Hampshire. Keene, NH: Published by the Keene History Committee, 1968, 37.
John F. Vent, Merrimack County Probate Court, File No. 1243.
Bio in Flynt & Fales: "In Keene The Columbian Informer (Sept. 4, 1793) carried an ad, 'Goldsmith and jeweler from Europe,' who made and repaired tankards, cans, creampots, table- and teaspoons, ladies' and gentlemen's silver and plated shoe, knee and bridle buckles, and did engraving in the neatest manner. In 1794 he was jailed for debt, but was soon freed. This could be the same man referred to in Samuel Davis' Memoirs, 'a native of Halle, Germany (the son of a clergyman there, as he used to say) .... He excelled in Platework by which our shop [George Tyler's shop] acquired fame. Punch Ladle's, Spurs, Boatswain's calls werre manufactured in a stile (sic) at once novel and elegent.'"