[1][2][3] He created the first paper currency in the Connecticut Colony, and his son Jeremiah Dummer was involved with the foundation of Yale University.

[5] When he was 23 he started on his own and became a prolific and notable silversmith making tankards, beakers, porringers, caudle cups and candlesticks.

[1] His obituary printed in the Boston News-Letter on June 2, 1718, said:Departed this life Jeremiah Dummer, Esqr., in the 73rd year of his Age, after a long retirement ... having served his country faithfully in several Publick Stations, and obtained of all that knew him the Character of a Just, Virtuous, and Pious Man;[1]His apprentices included:[12][unreliable source?]

[32] The cup, which was given to The First Church in Salem in 1684 by Francis Skerry, who ran a local malt house, realised $204,000, and was bought by an "anonymous collector".

[35] They had eight children: His half-brother, Shubael (1636–1692), founded the first Congregational church at York, Maine, in 1672 and was killed by Abenakis in the Candlemas Massacre of 1692.