Benjamin Etter
Canadian silversmith
About Benjamin Etter
Lived 1763 – 1827 (aged 63–64).
Benjamin Etter (1763 – 1827) was an American-born Canadian silversmith and military officer, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Born in Braintree, Massachusetts, to Peter Etter, Etter arrived in Halifax from Boston at the outbreak of the American Revolution. He was an officer in the Nova Scotia militia (1796–1808), and served as an honorary aide-de-camp to Prince Edward. He purchased with James Woodill the privateer Earl of Dublin and the General Bowyer.
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Who was Benjamin Etter?
Canadian silversmith (1763–1827)
When was Benjamin Etter born?
Benjamin Etter was born in 1763.
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Benjamin Etter died in 1827.
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