Robert Evans

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

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• He worked from 1788 to 1810 as a silversmith and jeweler in Boston MA initially from a shop on Ann Street and later at 2 Hanover Street. ⁸

• Porringer, c 1800
Boston Museum of Fine Arts ⁸
h: 1 5/8"
d: 5 3/16" (of lip)
wt: 5 oz, 17 dwt
The unusual handle design is possibly unique.

• Memorial urn, 1802
Boston Museum of Fine Arts ⁸
h: 6¼"
d: 3 1/8" (of lip)
wt: 11 oz
Engraved "In Memory / of MISS ABIGAIL CAZNEAU, / Died December 8^th 1802."

• Boston MA, 1812: his estate administered by Rufus Farnum, bond furnished by Phineas Mitchell, and appraised by Hazen Morse. ³

Robert married Mary Baker on 8 Sep 1799 in Boston MA. (Mary Baker was born about 1765 in Boston MA.)