• Born: 18 Mar 1721, Marblehead MA
• Died: Bef 10 Dec 1759, Philadelphia PA

  General notes:

Silversmith and engraver

  Events in his life were:

• He worked in 1744-1752 as a silversmith and engraver in Boston MA ⁹

• Engraving of Boston, Jul 1745
  Private Collection
  For the cover of The American Magazine.

• He worked in 1753-1757 as a silversmith and engraver in Philadelphia PA ⁹

• Obituary printed in the The Boston Evening-Post (Boston MA) on 10 Dec 1759
  "We hear from Philadelphia that Mr. James Turner, engraver, formerly of this town, lately dies there of Smallpox."