• Born: 14 Apr 1765, Providence RI
• Marriage (1): Lydia Yates on 9 Jul 1786 in Bristol RI
• Died: 15 May 1846, Providence RI

  General notes:

Silversmith

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• Apprenticed: Samuel Yates, about 1777, in Providence RI.

• Master: William C. Burr, about 1785, in Providence RI. ¹

• Partnership: William C. Burr, in 1792-1810, in Providence RI. As E. & W. BURR

• Advertised: Providence Gazette, on 8 Dec 1792, in Providence RI. Reporting partnership with his brother will carry on "the Business of Gold and Silversmith in its various branches a few doors south of the Baptist Meeting House."

• Advertised: United States Gazette, on 3 Jan 1793, in Providence RI. With his brother William, "Informs the public that they carry on the business of gold- and silversmiths in its various branches a few doors south of the Baptist Meeting House, and directly opposite Capt. Richard Jackson's where they have for sale; silver spoons of different kinds and sizes, gold necklaces and a variety of plated buckles." ⁸

• Master: Christopher Burr, in 1801, in Providence RI. ¹

• He worked in 1811-1814 as a silversmith in Providence RI

• Partnership: Samuel Waters Lee, in 1815-1819, in Providence RI. As BURR & LEE. ³

• Advertised: Providence Patriot, on 6 Nov 1819, in Providence RI. Dissolution of firm. ³

• He worked after 1819 as a silversmith in Providence RI
  Listed in the 1824 city directory with shop at 5 Benefit Street. Not listed in the 1835 edition.

Ezekiel married Lydia Yates, daughter of Samuel Yates and Mary Melville, on 9 Jul 1786 in Bristol RI. (Lydia Yates was born on 13 May 1760 in Newport RI, died on 22 Dec 1852 in Providence RI and was buried in Dec 1852 in Providence RI.)