• Born: 21 Jul 1743, Hull MA
• Marriage (1): Mary Atkins on 21 Aug 1766 in Boston MA
• Died: 1815, Boston MA

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark. Tentative attribution recorded at Winterthur.

• Apprenticed: Benjamin Burt or Paul Revere, about 1756, in Boston MA. ¹⁰

• He worked in 1765-1813 as a silversmith and jeweler in Boston MA
  Listed in the 1789 and 1800 city directories at 3 Union Street and 1796-1813 as a goldsmith and jeweler at 14 Court Street. ⁴

• Example: Tablespoon, circa 1780, in Winterthur Library. L: 8 1/4"
  wt: 1 1/2 oz
  Engraved "Betsey Eells / Born Octo^r. / 30. 1760"

• Example: Tablespoons, circa 1780, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. L:8 7/8"
  wt: 2 oz
  Engraved HB for Hannah Breed ¹⁰

• Master: Henry Loring, about 1783, in Boston MA. ¹

• Example: Teapot on trivet, circa 1785, in Private Collection. H: 7 3/4"
  w: 12"
  

• Example: Punch strainer, circa 1790-1800, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 1 1/4"
  d: 4 11/16" (bowl)
  l: 11 11/16"
  wt: 5 oz, 1/2 dwt
  Engraved A on rim for John Amory ¹⁰

• Example: Two-handled cup, circa 1790-1800, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 11 3/8" (including finial)
  Engraved "The GIFT of Mr William Johnson / -- TO -- / BATTLE STREET CHURCH / BOSTON / 1707" and under foot IN. ¹⁰

• Example: Medal, in 1792, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. D: 1 1/2"
  An award established under the will of Benjamin Franklin and begun with this group of fourteen given in January 1793 to pupils in four Boston schools. ¹⁰

• Flynt & Fales. He served as First Lieutenant during the Revolution and was taken prisoner on Long Island, and held nine months. Returned to Boston in 1777. When he died his son, Henry Loring, and Jesse Churchill were appraisers for his estate. His mark has been found also in conjunction with marks of Samuel Bartlett and Ebenezer Moulton, suggesting that he might have been also a retailer of silver made by others. ³

Joseph married Mary Atkins on 21 Aug 1766 in Boston MA. (Mary Atkins was born on 24 Dec 1745 in Truro MA.)