MARK OF ELIAS PELLETREAU, SOUTHAMPTON, NY, CIRCA 1750

The monogram is that of Thomas Fanning and his wife Lydia Horton of Suffolk Country, Long Island. The Fanning family was closely connected with the family of Elias Pelletreau. Thomas and Lydia's son David married Jane Smith in 1753. Jane was sister-in-law to Elias Pelletreau Jr. and niece of Sarah Gelston, who was Elias Pelletreau Sr.'s wife and step-sister.