Oren Colton

• Born: 23 Oct 1791, Longmeadow MA
• Marriage: Mary Ross Baldwin on 8 Dec 1814
• Died: Feb 1855, Philadelphia PA

  General notes:

Jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• He worked c 1818 as a jeweler in Philadelphia PA ³⁴

• He was a partner from 1819 to 1822 with Matthias William Baldwin in Philadelphia PA as COLTON & BALDWIN. ³⁴

• He was a partner from 1835 to 1838 with John Baker Woodbury in Philadelphia PA as WOODBURY & COLTON.

• Hot water urn, c 1835
  Winterthur Library
  h: 15 1/2"
  d: 8" (at waist)

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Philadelphia PA, listed as a manufacturing jeweler.

Oren married Mary Ross Baldwin, daughter of William Baldwin and Phebe Skinner, on 8 Dec 1814. (Mary Ross Baldwin was born about 1794 in Elizabethtown NJ.)