• Born: 8 Sep 1792, Hillsborough NC
• Marriage (1): Frances Robeson Howze on 9 Dec 1819
• Died: 22 Oct 1874, Marion AL

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark

• Cutten/NC:, . ²⁵ In 1839, owned 200 acres several miles from Marion, plus a house and lot on 4 acres and a 2-story house occupied as a Jeweler's Store in Marion, but didn't sell out and remained in business with John Huntington. Orange County (NC) Historical Museum has a collection of his silver.

• Apprenticed about 1805 to Roswell Huntington in Hillsborough NC ¹
  

• He was a partner in 1816-1819 with John Van Hook in Hillsborough NC as WILLIAM HUNTINGTON & Co. ²⁵

• He was a partner in 1819 with Martin Palmer Huntington in Milton NC as M. P. HUNTINGTON & Co. ¹⁵

• Master to Lemuel Lynch Abt 1821 in Oxford NC. ¹

• He was a partner in 1824-1839 with John Huntington in Oxford NC as WM & JOHN HUNTINGTON. Joined by former apprentice Lemuel Lynch, 1834-1836. ²⁵

• He worked after 1839 as a silversmith in Marion AL

• He was a partner circa 1840 with William Henry Huntington in Marion AL as WILLIAM HUNTINGTON & SON

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Marion AL, listed as a jewelry smith.

William married Frances Robeson Howze on 9 Dec 1819. (Frances Robeson Howze was born on 28 Dec 1802 and died on 9 Jul 1877 in Marion AL.)