• Born: 1768, Mendon MA
• Marriage (1): Mary Baker on 8 Sep 1799 in Boston MA
• Died: 1812, Boston MA

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark. Tentative attribution per Winterthur. The mark is found on the caddy spoon shown below.

• He worked in 1788-1810 as a silversmith and jeweler in Boston MA initially from a shop on Ann Street and later at 2 Hanover Street. ¹⁰

• Example: Porringer, circa 1800, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 1 5/8"
  d: 5 3/16" (of lip)
  wt: 5 oz, 17 dwt
  The unusual handle design is possibly unique. ¹⁰

• Example: Caddy spoon, circa 1800, in Winterthur Library. L: 3 1/4"
  w: 1 1/2"

• Example: Memorial urn, in 1802, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 6 1/4"
  d: 3 1/8" (of lip)
  wt: 11 oz
  Engraved "In Memory / of MISS ABIGAIL CAZNEAU, / Died December 8^th 1802." ¹⁰

• Flynt & Fales: 1812, in Boston MA. His estate administered by Rufus Farnam, bond furnished by Phineas Mitchell, and appraised by Hazen Morse. ³

Robert married Mary Baker on 8 Sep 1799 in Boston MA. (Mary Baker was born about 1765 in Boston MA.)