• Born: 20 Nov 1726, Charlestown MA
• Marriage (1): Margaret Jarvis on 8 Oct 1751 in Charlestown MA
• Died: 31 Dec 1785, Boston MA

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• He worked in 1748-1775 as a gold- and silversmith in Boston MA ⁴

• Belden: 1748, in Boston MA. Made snuffbox for Robert and Mary Calef. ⁴

• Advertised: Boston Gazette, in 1750-1770, in Boston MA. As a goldsmith ⁴

• Example: Creamer, circa 1750, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 3 7/8"
  wt: 4 oz, 1 dwt
  Engraved H over I * S for John and Susanna (Touzell) Hathorne. ¹⁰

• Master: John Symmes, about 1754-1761, in Boston MA. ⁹

• Advertised: Boston Gazette, in 1759, in Boston MA. The theft of " "Three large Silver Spoons stamp'd D.Parker, 12 Tea Spoons, most of them stamp'd D.P., 3 pair Silver Tea Tongs, not stamp'd, one large Gold Locket ... 14 pair large open-work'd Silver Shoe Buckles with Steel Chapes...." ⁴

• Example: Tankard, in 1759, in Private Collection. H: 8 1/2"
  wt: 28 oz
  Engraved The Gift / Of Benjⁿ. Pickman, Esq^r. to the / First Church in Salem 1759 / Transferred to the / North Church / SALEM / 1772.
  

• Example: Sauce boat, in 1760-1770, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 5 1/8" (including handle)
  l: 8" (including handle)
  wt: 13 oz, 17 1/2 dwt
  One of a pair engraved with Hall arms. The inventory of Benjamin Hall's estate, probated in 1817, lists "2 sauceboats" left to his son Benjamin. ¹⁰

• Example: Tankard, circa 1760, in Private Collection. Engraved N over E • S

• Advertised: 1761, in Boston MA. Reporting he was again robbed, but the culprits were found. He also then advertised importations of jewelry and goldsmiths' tools from "his Shop near the Golden Ball." ¹⁰

• Advertised: 1763-1767, in Boston MA. Mentioning his Union Street address and that his tools included "Forging & raising anvils for tankards, canns & creampots," and "Death head & heart in hand ring swages."

• Master: Stephen Emery, circa 1763-1770, in Boston MA. ⁹

• Buhler: 1771, in Boston MA. Had a child of his fall "thru the scuttle at Christ's Church." ¹⁰

• He worked circa 1775 as a gold- and silversmith in Salem MA though no record is found of his work there. ⁴

Daniel married Margaret Jarvis on 8 Oct 1751 in Charlestown MA. (Margaret Jarvis was born on 18 Oct 1729 in Boston MA.)