• Born: c 1640, Wesel Netherlands
• Marriage (1): Sarah Kind about 1676 in Boston MA
• Died: 20 Jan 1705, Boston MA

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• He worked circa 1665-1705 as a silversmith in Boston MA ⁹

• Example: Beaker, circa 1678, in Private Collection. H: 5 1/8"
  wt: 8 oz, 9 dwt
  Engraved " John Gengen" on one side and, in a later hand, "The Gift of John Gengen / to the / Church in Dorchester / 1685" on the other.

• Appointed: Selectman, in 1686, in Boston MA. As well as Surveyor in 1689, Overseer of chimneys in 1690, and Constable in 1691. ⁹

• Example: Cup, circa 1690, in Private Collection. H: 3 1/2"
  wt: 8oz, 5dwt
  
  

• Example: Patch box, circa 1690-1700, in Yale University. H: 11/16"
  d: 1 15/16"
  Engraved on bottom LF for Lydia (Turell) Foster. Rouse also made a pair of sucket forks, a skillet, and a beaker for the Fosters. ¹³

• Example: Covered skillet, in 1690-1705, in Yale University. H: 4 5/8"
  wt: 18 oz
  Engraved with the Foster arms for John and Lydia (Turell) Foster, one of Rouse's best customers. ⁹

• Example: Cup, circa 1695-1705, in Winterthur Library. H: 3"
  wt: 5 1/2 oz

• Master: Michael Rouse, about 1700-1704, in Boston MA. ⁹

William married Sarah Kind about 1676 in Boston MA. (Sarah Kind was born in 1646 in Boston MA and died in 1705 in Boston MA.)