Edward Lownes

• Born: 1792, Philadelphia PA
• Marriage: Hannah Pancoast Byrnes on 2 Oct 1816 in Philadelphia PA
• Died: 1834, Philadelphia PA

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

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• Apprenticed about 1805 to Joseph Lownes in Philadelphia PA ⁴
  

• He was a partner from 1816 to 1817 with Henry Erwin in Philadelphia PA as LOWNES & ERWIN with shop at 191 South Street. ⁴

• He worked from 1817 to 1833 as a silversmith in Philadelphia PA from shop at 10½ South Third Street until 1821, then at 123 Chestnut Street.

• Advertised in the Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia PA), 6 Sep 1819, ⁴

• Covered bowl and stand, c 1820
  Winterthur Library
  h: 7½
  d: 6"
  wt: 18.06 oz

• Advertised in the Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia PA), 1 May 1821, ⁴

• Philadelphia PA, 1824: with Harvey Lewis, Thomas Charles Fletcher, and Sidney Gardiner, a founding member of the Franklin Institute which sponsored an annual exhibition of the "Products of National Industry." ⁷

• Pitcher, 1827
  Winterthur Library
  Engraved “Presented / to / Dr. Philip Syng Physick / As an acknowledgement of the services and / in testimony of the affection of his friend / Robert Wharton. / March 6th 1827.”

Edward married Hannah Pancoast Byrnes, daughter of Thomas Byrnes and Sarah Pancoast, on 2 Oct 1816 in Philadelphia PA. (Hannah Pancoast Byrnes was born in 1796 and died on 5 Jun 1820 in Philadelphia PA.)