William Coffin Little

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• He worked from circa 1765 to 1790 as a silversmith in Newburyport MA ¹³

• Advertised in the Essex Journal and New Hampshire Packet, 25 Aug 1775,
Taken, supposed to be stolen, two large SILVER SPOONS, the owners name scratched out; the maker's name on one, E. Davis: on the other J. Moulton; they were offered for sale by a man who calls himself William Stewart: the owner by applying to WILLIAM LITTLE, Goldsmith, and proving them to be his property may have them again, paying the charges.

• Master to William Little abt 1784 in Newburyport MA. ¹

• He worked from circa 1790 to 1800 as a silversmith in Amesbury MA ⁴

• He worked from circa 1801 to 1816 as a silversmith in Salisbury NH ⁴

William married Mary Kendrick Rowell on 17 Jan 1769 in Newbury MA. (Mary Kendrick Rowell was born on 25 Aug 1745 in Amesbury MA and died on 18 Oct 1840.)