• Born: 16 Dec 1718, Boston MA
• Died: After 1773

  General notes:

Clock and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: Benjamin Bagnall, circa 1732-1739, in Boston MA. ⁹

• He worked after 1739 as a clock and watchmaker in Boston MA
  He apparently suffered from mental illness later in life; his father's will (probated 1773) set aside a roomful of furniture for his use and provided an income for his support "during the term of his Natural Life or until his Reason be Restored." ⁹

• Example: Watchpaper, circa 1745, in Private Collection.

• Example: Tall case clock, circa 1750, in Metropolitan Museum of Art.