• Born: 26 Feb 1818, Augusta ME
• Marriage (1): Nancy S. Norcross on 18 Nov 1841 in Augusta ME
• Died: 30 Mar 1885, Augusta ME

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: Benjamin Moody Swan, about 1831, in Augusta ME. ¹

• Partnership: Benjamin Moody Swan, circa 1840-1865, in Augusta ME. As B. & M. M. SWAN. ¹

• Alternate Mark. For B. & M. M. SWAN.

• Example: Watch paper for B. & M. M. SWAN, circa 1845, in American Antiquarian Society.

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Augusta ME. Listed as a watchmaker.

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Augusta ME. Listed as a jeweler.

• Advertised: Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, on 18 May 1861, in Bangor ME. As part of a group endorsement of the Waltham Watch Company.

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Augusta ME. Listed as a jeweler.

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Boston MA. Listed as a retired jewelry dealer.

Moses married Nancy S. Norcross on 18 Nov 1841 in Augusta ME. (Nancy S. Norcross was born on 2 Mar 1816 in Augusta ME and died on 13 Nov 1888 in Augusta ME.)