• Born: 14 Jan 1701, Boston MA
• Marriage (1): Sarah Burr on 19 Oct 1723 in Boston MA
• Died: 14 Sep 1755, Boston MA

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark. Struck twice on a porringer in the Winterthur collection, which is also marked by Samuell Edwards.

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Apprenticed: John Edwards, about 1714, in Boston MA. ¹

• Example: Cup, circa 1723, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 3 1/2"
  d: 3 7/16" (lip)
  wt: 5 oz, 18 1/2 dwt
  Ergraved with arms and crest of Ebenezer Storer; "S over E M" on bottom for Ebenezer and Mary (Edwards) Storer ¹⁰

• Example: Porringer, circa 1730-1740, in Brooklyn Museum. H: 2"
  l: 8"
  d: 5 1/2" (of top)
  Engraved "H over I * S"

• Example: Creamer, circa 1740, in Private Collection. H: 3 7/8"
  wt: 4 oz
  Engraved "MM".

• Example: Salver, circa 1745, in Winterthur Library. H: 2"
  d: 11 1/2"

• Advertised: Boston Weekly News-Letter, on 8 May 1746, in Boston MA. That he would carry on his father's goldsmith business "at the shop of the deceased." ³

• Example: Mourning ring, in 1747, in Massachusetts Historical Society. D: 3/4"
  Engraved “E. Paine. Ob. 17. Oct^r. 1747. Æ. 42” for Eunice (Treat) Paine.

• Master: Zachariah Brigden, about 1748, in Boston MA. ¹

• Example: Salver, circa 1750, in Winterthur Library. H: 3/8"
  d: 12 1/2"
  Engraved "B * P / to / S * H" on bottom.

• Example: Teapot, circa 1750-1755, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 5 5/8"
  d: 2 3/4" (base)
  wt: 17 oz, 15 dwt
  Engraved with the Speakman coat of arms and crest. ¹⁰

• General: 14 Sep 1755. Ebenezer Storer recorded in his diary: "I have this Day another awful Warning to prepare for Eternity in y^e sudden & surprising Death of my Uncle Tho^s Edwards, who was this morning to all appearence in good Health & before noon was a pale & lifeless Corpse"

• Advertised: Boston Gazette, on 1 Mar 1756, in Boston MA. His daughter Sarah Edwards solicited payment of debts. His estate was appraised by David Cutler, Nathaniel Thayer, and Joseph Hiller. It was valued at £1,780/12/4, placing him among the top ten percent of Boston's wealthiest citizens. ³

Thomas married Sarah Burr on 19 Oct 1723 in Boston MA. (Sarah Burr was born on 17 Oct 1701 in Boston MA and died in 1729 in Boston MA.)