Nathaniel Austin

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark

• Apprenticed about 1747 to Josiah Austin in Charlestown MA ¹

• He worked before 1776 as a silversmith in Charlestown MA shop located in Charlestown until 1776; destroyed with house in British bombardment. ³

• Tablespoon, c 1790
Boston Museum of Fine Arts ⁸
l: 8 7/16"
wt: 1 oz, 13 ½ dwt
Engraved NRG / MBV for Nathaniel and Rebecca (Call) Gorham

• He worked from after 1776 to 1816 as a silversmith in Boston MA
Shop located on Back Street in the 4th Ward. Listed in directories there, 1797-1816.
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Nathaniel married Anna Kent in 1759 in Charlestown MA. (Anna Kent was born on 3 Aug 1740 in Charlestown MA.)