• Born: 24 Mar 1747, Boston MA
• Marriage (1): Margaret Cleveland on 31 Oct 1770 in Salem MA
• Died: 9 Feb 1814, Lancaster MA

  General notes:

Silversmith and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• He worked circa 1767-1770 as a silversmith, watch- and clockmaker in Boston MA

• He worked circa 1770 as a silversmith, watch- and clockmaker in Salem MA

• Advertised: Essex Gazette, on 8 May 1770, in Salem MA.
  "Joseph Hiller, Clock and Watch Maker, informs the Public and his Customers in general, and those of them in the County of Essex in particular, that he has removed from King-Street, Boston, to a Shop opposite the Court-House, on the Exchange, in Salem . . ." ⁹

• Appointed: Collector of customs for Salem and Beverly MA, in 1789-1802, in Salem MA. ⁹

• Example: Porringer by Joseph Foster, circa 1791, in Essex Institute. L: 8 1/8"
  wt: 9 oz
  Engraved J * H / to / S * F. Given by Hiller to his neice, Susan Foster ¹⁹

Joseph married Margaret Cleveland, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 31 Oct 1770 in Salem MA. (Margaret Cleveland was born on 24 Jun 1748 in East Haddam CT and died on 30 Apr 1804 in Boston MA.)