• Born: 14 Dec 1700, Boston MA
• Died: Sep 1740, Boston MA

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: John Dixwell, about 1715, in Boston MA.

• He worked circa 1723-1740 as a silversmith in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

• Example: Nutmeg grater, circa 1725, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 3/4"
  w: 1 3/8"
  l: 1 3/4"
  wt: 1 oz
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• Buhler. In 1735, Kneeland fashioned a 13 1/2" baptismal bowl from a £50 bequest of Jeremiah Atwater left to the First Church of Christ, New Haven. Kneeland died intestate with Nathaniel Green appointed adminstrator. His estate was insolvent and tools and a brass button mold were among the items inventoried by Jabez Hunt, David Culter, and Joseph Bradford. ¹⁰