William Simpkins

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark (This may be the mark of William Simes)

• Alternate Mark

• Alternate Mark

• Apprenticed about 1717 to William Cowell in Boston MA ⁷

Or possibly Andrew Tyler or Benjamin Burt.

• Advertised in the The Weekly News-Letter (Boston MA), 20 Jun 1728, "Goldsmith near the Draw Bridge, Boston," offering for sale "the library of the late Rev. Robert Stanton of Salem." ³

• Master to Thomas Simpkins abt 1741 in Boston MA. ¹

• Boston MA, 1743: served as Sergeant of Artillery. ³

• Appointed in 1743 as Constable in Boston MA declined to serve and paid fine. ³

• Advertised in the Boston Evening-Post (Boston MA), 27 Jan 1746, "William Simpkins, goldsmith, loss of a piece of silver three inches broad, ¼ inch thick and weighing about fourteen ounces." ³

• Master to Daniel Rogers abt 1748 in Boston MA. ¹

• Creamer, c 1750-1760
Cleveland Museum of Fine Art
h: 4¼"

• Boston MA, 1757: served as Ensign of Artillery. ³

• Porringer, c 1760
Boston MA
l: 7 ¾"
wt: 7 oz
Engraved "C over J * P."

• He was a partner c 1770 with Samuel Minott in Boston MA as MINOTT & SIMPKINS. ³

William married Elizabeth Symmes on 14 May 1726 in Boston MA. (Elizabeth Symmes was born on 20 Mar 1707 in Boston MA.)