• Born: 27 Oct 1785, Newport RI
• Marriage (1): Elizabeth Pitman on 1 Apr 1815 in Newport RI
• Died: 1871, Newport RI

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

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• Apprenticed about 1798 to Thomas Arnold in Newport RI ¹
  

• He worked circa 1808-1850 as a silversmith in Newport RI after several moves, his shop was at 155 Thames St. in 1842. ³

• Advertised in the Newport Mercury (Newport RI), 10 Sep 1808, advertised ". . . all orders for gold and silver punctually attended to." Similar ads ran 25 Nov 1809, 23 June 1810, and 19 Oct 1811. ³

• Letter to Allen
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  Newport Feb. 3d 1845 Messers Matthewson & Allen Gentlemen                               Please send me by the bearer two gold pencils of the size I had at $3 each -- Also two gold bracelet clasps of the size and pattern I had of you at $1.87 each, for which I will pay when I am in Providence – Respectfully yours Wm S Nichols Matheson & Allen Providence Please recollect that the clasps had glass tops for putting hair under

• Advertised in the Newport Daily News (Newport RI), 20 Aug 1857, as a silversmith with a shop at 94 Thames.

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Newport RI, listed as a silversmith.

• Advertised in the The Handbook of Newport and Rhode Island, 1852, as a "Manufacturer and Dealer in Standard Silverware, Jewelry, Plated Britannia and Japanned Ware"

• Master to Henry Newton c 1859 in Newport RI.
  Newton is listed in Nichol's household as a 17 year old jeweler's apprentice in the 1860 census.

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Newport RI, listed as a jeweler.

William married Elizabeth Pitman on 1 Apr 1815 in Newport RI. (Elizabeth Pitman was born on 28 Jul 1792 in Newport RI.)