• Born: 9 Apr 1781, Attleboro MA
• Marriage (1): Patience Rogers on 2 Apr 1809 in Middletown RI
• Died: 8 Sep 1868, Pawtucket RI

  General notes:

Silversmith and instrument maker

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark. (tentative attribution)

• He worked circa 1802-1804 as a silversmith in Attleboro MA likely as a journeyman in an established shop.

• He worked in 1804-1828 as a silversmith in Warren RI
  Initially working from a shop in town, he later took to the roads, travelling the Connecticut Valley, grinding cutlery and selling silver of his own manufacture. ³

• He worked in 1829-1831 as a silversmith in Pawtucket RI with a branch location in Providence. ³

• Example: Watch paper, circa 1830, in American Antiquarian Society.

• Partnership: Joseph Rogers Brown, in 1831-1841, in Providence RI. Manufacturing watches, clocks, and surveying and mechanical instruments.

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Indiantown, Bureau, IL. Listed as a watch and clockmaker.

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in North Providence RI. Listed as a jeweler.

David married Patience Rogers on 2 Apr 1809 in Middletown RI. (Patience Rogers was born on 4 Feb 1791 in Middletown RI and died on 24 Mar 1877.)