• 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

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

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

• His obituary was published in The Boston Evening-Post on 10 Dec 1759 in Boston MA. "We hear from Philadelphia that Mr. James Turner, engraver, formerly of this town, lately dies there of Smallpox."