American Silversmiths

John Russell
(1628/1629-1692)
Rebecca Newberry
(1631-1688)
Reverend Jonathan Russell
(1655-1711)
Martha Collins Moody
(Abt 1662-1729)
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Moody Russell
(1694-1761)

 

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Spouses/Children:

1. Dinah Sturges

Moody Russell
  • Born: 30 Aug 1694, Barnstable MA
  • Christened: 2 Sep 1694, Barnstable MA
  • Marriage (1): Dinah Sturges
  • Died: 3 Jul 1761, Barnstable MA

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:


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  • Alternate Mark

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  • Alternate Mark

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  • Alternate Mark struck on the beaker shown below.
  • He worked circa 1715-1760 as a gold- and silversmith in Barnstable MA 3

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  • Beaker (one of a pair), 1719
    Metropolitan Museum of Art
    h: 4 1/16"
    Engraved "The gift of Shearjashub Bourn Esqr / to the Church att Sandwich 1719." These beakers served as the model for four other beakers made for the church in the nineteenth century by Lewis Carey.
  • Master to Ephraim Cobb Abt 1721 in Barnstable MA. 1

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  • Spout cup, c 1730
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 9
    h: 2 1/2"
    d: 2 1/8" (base)
    d: 2 3/4" (lip)
    wt: 3 oz, 4 dwt

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  • Tankard, c 1730-1740
    Yale University 20
    h: 7 1/2"
    d: 4 3/4" (base)
    wt: 24 oz, 6 dwt
    Engraved on handle "G over I E" for John and Elizabeth (Allyn) Gorham

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  • Porringer, c 1730
    Private Collection
    d: 4 3/4"
    wt: 4 oz, 8 dwt
    Engraved M O on handle for Mercy Otis.
  • Master to Jonathan Otis Abt 1745 in Barnstable MA. 1
  • Master to Abraham Higgins Abt 1751 in Barnstable MA. 8

Moody married Dinah Sturges. (Dinah Sturges was born in 1700 in Barnstable MA and died in 1773 in Barnstable MA.)




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