• Born: 3 Jul 1790, Roxbury MA
• Marriage (1): Mary Abbott on 1 Dec 1814 in Concord MA
• Died: 17 Jun 1857, New York City NY

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and clockmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1801 to Aaron Willard in Boston MA ¹
  

• He worked in 1811-1814 as a silversmith, clock - and watchmaker in Concord MA from shop "near the Court House." ¹⁶

• He was a partner in 1813-1820 with Joseph Nye Dunning in Concord MA as CURTIS & DUNNING. According to Northern Sentinel their shop was located on the north-east corner of Court House Square. ³

• He was a partner in 1821-1832 with Joseph Nye Dunning in Burlington VT as CURTIS & DUNNING. Partnership ended on 01 May 1832. ³

• Alternate Mark for CURTIS & DUNNING

• Alternate Mark for CURTIS & DUNNING

• Advertised in the Northern Sentinel (Burlington VT), 6 Jan 1821, as CURTIS & DUNNING, offering a large assortment of silver items of the best silver and superior workmanship. ³

• Wall clock by CURTIS & DUNNING, c 1825
  Old Sturbridge Village
  h: 39 7/8"

• Advertised in the Free Press (Burlington VT), 1830, as CURTIS & DUNNING announcing that they had sold their stock and rented shop to R. Fitzgerald. The partnership then exclusively manufactured clocks. ³

• He worked in 1832-1839 as a general merchant and shopkeeper in Burlington VT ¹⁶

• He was a partner circa 1834-1837 with Charles L. Curtis in Burlington VT as LEMUEL CURTIS & Co. ¹⁶

• He worked in 1839-1842 as a watch- and clockmaker in Burlington VT resuming his old trade from a stand on Church Street. ¹⁶

• Advertised in the Free Press (Burlington VT), 1842, announcing bankruptcy sale. ³

• He worked circa 1844-1850 as a silversmith and jeweler in New York City NY

Lemuel married Mary Abbott on 1 Dec 1814 in Concord MA.