• Born: 22 Nov 1730, Roxbury MA
• Marriage (1): Elizabeth Shepard on 29 Mar 1759 in Boston MA
• Died: Bef 13 Jun 1797, Boston MA

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• He worked circa 1750 as a silversmith in Roxbury MA

• Example: Receipt, on 20 May 1752, in Winterthur Library.

• He worked in 1760-1790 as a silversmith in Boston MA listed in the 1789 city directory with a shop at 33 Newbury Street. ³

• Appointed: Clerk of the Market, in 1766, in Boston MA. ³

• Example: Cann, circa 1770, in Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture. H: 5 1/8"

• Advertised: The Boston Weekly News-letter, on 31 Oct 1771, in Boston MA. Reporting the loss of four silver tablespoons, two London made and two unmarked, but made by himself. ³

Benjamin married Elizabeth Shepard on 29 Mar 1759 in Boston MA. (Elizabeth Shepard was born on 10 Oct 1739 in Boston MA and died before 1797 in Boston MA.)