• Born: 30 Oct 1808, New York City NY
• Marriage (1): Ann Eliza Colton on 20 Mar 1830
• Died: 25 Sep 1872, Fruithill RI

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1823-1830 to Dimond Chandler in New York City NY
  

• He worked in 1831-1834 as a silversmith in Albany NY ¹⁸

• He worked in 1834-1835 as a silversmith in New York City NY
  Listed in Longworth's 1834 city directory at 70 Sullivan Street. ¹⁸

• He worked in 1836 as a silversmith in Middletown CT

• He worked in 1839 as a silversmith in Philadelphia PA ¹⁸

• He worked in 1847-1855 as a spectacle maker in Providence RI as head of production for WRIGHT & Co.

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Philadelphia PA, listed as a silversmith.

William married Ann Eliza Colton, daughter of Levi Colton and Freelove Chandler, on 20 Mar 1830. (Ann Eliza Colton was born on 19 Feb 1806 in Longmeadow MA and died on 17 Oct 1841 in Newburgh NY.)