• Born: 9 Sep 1750, Charlestown MA
• Died: 3 Dec 1829, Newburyport MA

  General notes:

Pewtersmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1763 to Nathaniel Austin in Charlestown MA ¹¹
  

• He worked circa 1774-1800 as a pewtersmith in Newburyport MA ¹¹

• Advertised in the Essex Journal and Merrimac Packet, 5 Jan 1774,
  "Edward Rand: Pewterer
  Informs his customers and others that he has to sell at his shop just to the westward of the Rev. Mr. Cary's Meeting House in Newburyport by Wholesale and Retail as cheap as can be bought at any shop or store in town, viz:
  Pewter Plates, Basons, Pots, Porringers, London Pewter Dishes and Plates, block-tin Tankards, Canns, Tea Pots and Spoons. . . ."