Joseph Kneeland

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Nutmeg grater, 1720-1740
Boston Museum of Fine Arts ⁸
h: ¾"
w: 1 3/8"
l: 1¾"
wt: 1 oz

• Kneeland fashioned a 13½" baptismal bowl from a £50 bequest of Jeremiah Atwater left to the First Church of Christ, New Haven in 1735. Kneeland died intestate with Nathaniel Green appointed adminstrator. His estate was insolvent and tools and a brass button mold were among the items inventoried by Jabez Hunt, David Culter, and Joseph Bradford. ⁸