• Born: Abt 1742, Braintree MA
• Died: May 1798, Bay of Fundy

  General notes:

Watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• He worked circa 1763-1776 as a watchmaker in Braintree MA ⁹

• He worked circa 1778-1786 as a watchmaker in Halifax Nova Scotia
  He possibly worked for some of the time with John Finney, a loyalist silversmith from Charlestown MD.
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• Advertised in the Nova Scotia Gazette and Weekly Chronicle (Halifax Nova Scotia), 3 Dec 1782, offering his service as a watch- and clockmaker and listing a large assortment of jewelry, glass, and silver flat- and holloware for sale. ⁹

• He worked circa 1786 as a watchmaker in Westmoreland Nova Scotia ⁹

• He worked circa 1790-1798 as a watchmaker in Halifax Nova Scotia ⁹

• Inventory of the estate of Peter Etter, 1798.
  compiled by Samuel Gay, Hezchiah King and Stephen Milledge.
  

  Working tools: 1 box with materials for making and mending watches, working main springs, etc. 5 watch strings (sic) 12 watch seals 6 men & women watch chains & 8 keys 4 screw plates 2 screw drivers 1 main spring instrument 2 bluing pans 3 drills 1 pair callipers (brass) 1 instrument for making screws 27 files & rasps with handles 4 fine saws 4 spoon moulds 4 small hammers & 2 blow pipes 1 brass instrument for making screws 2 pin vices 1 lot of small tools for clock & watch making 2 large vices 4 hammers 1 trough for running gold 1 steel saw, instrument for making screws, microsope stand 2 pairs shears, hone or turkey stone and other articles 1 mainspring of a clock 1 pair of small scales and weights

  Silver goods: 2 pairs silver plated candlesticks £ 3.10.0 1 silver tea pot £5.0.0 1 sugar urn (silver) £3.14.0 1 silver cream urn £1.3.0 1 silver porringer £2.4.0 1 pair silver salt cellars £2.12.6 1 pair silver castors £2.17.9 1 silver ladle £1.12.0 1 silver gravy strainer £0.4.0 1 silver punch ladle £0.5.0 6 silver table spoons £3.17.0 5 silver old spoons £2.10.0 12 silver tea spoons £1.18.0 3 pair silver jacket buttons £0.6.0 4 pair silver buttons £0.8.0 3 pair silver plain buttons £0.4.6 1 silver compass seal £0.2.0 2 pair silver clasps £0.5.0 2 silver stock buckles £0.8.0 1 pair old silver buckles £1.0.0 1 pair childrens silver buckles £0.2.6 1 silver pencil case £0.2.0 8 silver rings £0.6.0 1 silver crucifex £0.2.0 1 silver thimble £0.2.0 1 pair silver sugar bowls £0.5.0 1 silver epaulet £0.10.0 1 german silver lace £0.2.0 1 finger ring £0.23.4 1 small silver cup £0.5.6 1 pair silver shoe buckles £0.17.6 1 pair gold sleeve buttons £1.0.0 1 gold epaulet trimming £0.17.6