• Born: 1 Jan 1768, Newburyport MA
• Marriage (1): Jane Somerby on 18 Oct 1787 in Newburyport MA
• Died: Aug 1824

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Apprenticed: Joseph Moulton, about 1781, in Newburyport MA. ¹

• He worked in 1790-1820 as a silversmith in Boston MA shops at various addresses on Cornhill until 1806, when he settled at Number 3 South Row. ¹

• Example: Sugar tongs, circa 1790, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. L: 5 7/8"
  Engraved RTV on bow for Ruth (Tufts) Vose ¹⁰

• Example: Washington funeral medal, circa 1799, in Private Collection. W: 24
  h: 28
  A funeral badge worn to honor our first President at parades and other commemorations held around the country following Washington's death in December of 1799. These were made as a "ladies medal" and some were made into custom pieces of jewelry by adding bezels or creating holes for suspension.

• Example: Sugar bowl, circa 1800. H: 4 3/4" (top of handles)
  l: 8 1/4" (handle to handle) ²

• Example: Cann, in 1805, in Private Collection. H: 8 1/4"
  wt: 17 oz 15 dwt
  Engraved "Property of the North Church in / Salem under the Pastoral Care of the / Revd. Thos. Barnard DD. / Purchased AD 1805. / The gift of Mrs. Johanna Ward" One of a pair with covers.

• Advertised: Salem Gazette, in 1806. From shop at 52 Cornhill, where he had "an extensive assortment of English made Silver Plate . . . Jeweler's Tools, Flatting Mills," ³

• Example: Toddy spoon, circa 1810, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. L: 6"
  wt: 5 1/2 dwt
  Possibly a unique version of the form ¹⁰

• Example: Jug, circa 1810, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 4 15/16"
  d: 3" (of base)
  wt: 10 oz, 15 1/2 dwt
  Made for a member of the Coleman family. See the covered example by David Mosely. ¹⁰

• Example: Tankard, in 1811, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 8 1/4" (of body)
  d: 4" (of base)
  wt: 45 oz, 6 dwt
  Engraved IH on front and in an octangle cartouche To M^R ISAAC HARRIS / For his intrepid and successful exertions / on the roof of the Old South Church / when on fire December 29^nth 1810 / the Society presents this token of their / GRATITUDE / Boston January 29^nth 1811. Notes in the records of the Old South Church establish the attribution of the maker's mark to Ebenezer Moulton: ". . . designed by Smith - engraved by Wightman - and the pitcher holding three Quarts made by Eben^r Moulton . . ." ¹⁰

• Example: Receipt, on 14 Aug 1818, in Historic New England.

• He worked in 1820-1824 as a silversmith in Newburyport MA ¹

• Flynt & Fales. The inventory of his estate lists an enormous amount of stock on hand, including 1,027 oz. of silverware, quantities of sword knots, epaulets and other military regalia, and plated ware. The wares were displayed in his shop in six counter cases and eight cases. ³

Ebenezer married Jane Somerby on 18 Oct 1787 in Newburyport MA.