• Born: 26 Feb 1818, Augusta ME
• Marriage (1): Nancy S. Norcross on 18 Nov 1841 in Augusta ME
• Died: 30 Mar 1885, Augusta ME

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1831 to Benjamin Moody Swan in Augusta ME ¹
  

• He was a partner circa 1840-1865 with Benjamin Moody Swan in Augusta ME as B. & M. M. SWAN. ¹

• Alternate Mark for B. & M. M. SWAN.

• Watch paper for B. & M. M. SWAN, c 1845
  American Antiquarian Society
  

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Augusta ME, listed as a watchmaker.

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Augusta ME, listed as a jeweler.

• Advertised in the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Bangor ME), 18 May 1861, as part of a group endorsement of the Waltham Watch Company.

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Augusta ME, listed as a jeweler.

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Boston MA, listed as a retired jewelry dealer.

Moses married Nancy S. Norcross on 18 Nov 1841 in Augusta ME. (Nancy S. Norcross was born on 2 Mar 1816 in Augusta ME and died on 13 Nov 1888 in Augusta ME.)