• Born: 3 Jul 1790, Roxbury MA
• Marriage (1): Mary Abbott on 1 Dec 1814 in Concord MA
• Died: 17 Jun 1857, New York City NY

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and clockmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: Aaron Willard, about 1801, in Boston MA. ¹

• He worked in 1811-1814 as a silversmith, clock - and watchmaker in Concord MA from shop "near the Court House." ¹⁶

• Partnership: Joseph Nye Dunning, in 1813-1820, in Concord MA. As CURTIS & DUNNING. According to Northern Sentinel their shop was located on the north-east corner of Court House Square. ³

• Partnership: Joseph Nye Dunning, in 1821-1832, in Burlington VT. As CURTIS & DUNNING. Partnership ended on 01 May 1832. ³

• Alternate Mark. For CURTIS & DUNNING

• Alternate Mark. For CURTIS & DUNNING

• Advertised: Northern Sentinel, on 6 Jan 1821, in Burlington VT. As CURTIS & DUNNING, offering a large assortment of silver items of the best silver and superior workmanship. ³

• Example: Wall clock by CURTIS & DUNNING, circa 1825, in Old Sturbridge Village. H: 39 7/8"

• Advertised: Free Press, in 1830, in Burlington VT. As CURTIS & DUNNING announcing that they had sold their stock and rented shop to R. Fitzgerald. The partnership then exclusively manufactured clocks. ³

• He worked in 1832-1839 as a general merchant and shopkeeper in Burlington VT ¹⁶

• Partnership: Charles L. Curtis, circa 1834-1837, in Burlington VT. As LEMUEL CURTIS & Co. ¹⁶

• He worked in 1839-1842 as a watch- and clockmaker in Burlington VT resuming his old trade from a stand on Church Street. ¹⁶

• Advertised: Free Press, in 1842, in Burlington VT. Announcing bankruptcy sale. ³

• He worked circa 1844-1850 as a silversmith and jeweler in New York City NY

Lemuel married Mary Abbott on 1 Dec 1814 in Concord MA. (Mary Abbott was born on 29 Jun 1795 in Ashby MA and died on 28 Sep 1880 in Port Kent NY.)