William Daniel Fenno

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed c 1810 to Otis Corbett in Worcester MA

• He worked from circa 1817 to 1825 as a silversmith, jeweler, and general merchant in Worcester MA
He was working from shop at 104 Main Street by 1820, having taken it over from the firm of EARLE & CHASE. In 1822, he succeeded to the business of his old master, Otis Corbett. ³

• Advertised in the Massachusetts Spy (Worcester MA), 1822-1824, offering an ". . . assortment of fancy goods, silver spoons, ear rings, thimbles, gold watch chains, etc." ³

• He was a partner in 1825 with Joseph Boyden in Worcester MA as BOYDEN & FENNO. ³

• He was a partner from circa 1845 to 1870 with Charles William Fenno in Worcester MA as W. D. FENNO & SON. Listed in the New England Business Directory, 1865 and Mercantile Agency Directory, 1867 as dealers in watches, clocks, and spectacles.

William married Frances Rounds. (Frances Rounds was born in 1800 in Providence RI.)