• Born: c 1761, Grenville France
• Marriage (1): Sarah Shaw on 29 Sep 1795 in Newport RI
• Died: Bef 9 Feb 1839, Newport RI

  General notes:

Silversmith and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Example: Cup, circa 1795, in Yale University. H: 2 7/8"
  d: 2 5/16" (of base)
  wt: 2 oz, 11 dwt

• Partnership: John Allen Shaw, before 1802, in Newport RI. As JOHN A. SHAW & Co. ⁴

• Example: Mug, circa 1815, in Private Collection. H: 2 3/4"
  d: 2 1/2" (of base)
  wt: 4.9 ozs

• Appointed: Surveyor of Highways, in Jun 1817, in Newport RI. ³

• Example: Watch paper, circa 1832, in American Antiquarian Society.

Nicholas married Sarah Shaw, daughter of John Shaw and Elizabeth Allen, on 29 Sep 1795 in Newport RI. (Sarah Shaw was born in 1776 in Newport RI and died on 12 Sep 1805 in Newport RI.)