Benjamin Bagnall

  General notes:

Clockmaker

  Events in his life were:

• He worked from circa 1713 to 1771 as a clockmaker in Boston MA
He produced the earliest tall case clocks in Boston. The quality of his work is reflected by a commission in 1717 from the city selectmen to build a clock for the old meeting house. ⁸

• Master to Benjamin Bagnall c 1729-1736 in Boston MA. ⁸

• Master to Samuel Bagnall c 1732-1739 in Boston MA. ⁸

• Obituary: 11 Jul 1773, Boston MA. ⁸ He is described as a Quaker and a native of England, where he trained as a clock- and watchmaker.

Benjamin married Elizabeth Shove on 16 Jun 1713 in Boston MA. (Elizabeth Shove was born on 22 Jan 1699 in Charlestown MA.)

Benjamin next married Sarah Redwood on 28 Sep 1752 in Boston MA. (Sarah Redwood was born on 19 Oct 1702 in Antigua West Indies and died on 3 Jan 1791 in Cranston RI.)