• Born: 20 Jul 1823, Milton MA
• Marriage (1): Margaret Elizabeth Brewster on 15 Jun 1848 in Boston MA
• Died: 15 May 1901, Boston MA

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed in 1840 to Newell Harding in Boston MA
  

• He worked in 1844-1858 as a silversmith in Boston MA as a journeyman for the firm of FARRINGTON& HUNNEWELL. In early 1859, he was chosen to take charge of the new Boston Public Library, serving for thirty-two years.

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Boston MA, listed as a silversmith.

• He appeared on the 1855 census taken at Boston MA, listed as a silversmith.

William married Margaret Elizabeth Brewster, daughter of Joshua Brewster and Elizabeth Shortridge, on 15 Jun 1848 in Boston MA. (Margaret Elizabeth Brewster was born in 1820 in Rochester NH.)