Jeffery Lang

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• He worked from circa 1730 to 1758 as a silversmith in Salem MA ³

• Salver, c 1730
Boston Museum of Fine Arts ⁸
h: 2 3/16"
d: 8 15/16" (of dish)
wt: 9 oz, 18 dwt
Engraved under the dish MB and in script MTP for Mary Barton who married Bezaleel Toppan.

• Teaspoon, c 1730
Private Collection
l: 5¾"
Engraved I • B, possibly for John Barton, son of Thomas and Mary (Willoughby) Barton.

• Spoon, c 1732
Boston Museum of Fine Arts ⁸
l: 8 1/16"
wt: 1 oz, 18 dwt
Engraved B and star over TM for Thomas and Mary (Willoughby) Barton

• Porringer, c 1745
Essex Institute ¹⁶
l: 7 11/16"
wt: 7 oz, 10 dwt
Engraved L * O on handle for Lois Orne.

• Master to Richard Lang abt 1746 in Salem MA. ¹

• Master to Nathaniel Lang abt 1749 in Salem MA. ¹

• Master to Edward Lang abt 1755 in Salem MA. ¹

Jeffery married Hannah Symmes on 24 Aug 1732 in Salem MA. (Hannah Symmes was born in 1707 in Salem MA, christened on 31 Jul 1707 in Salem MA and died in 1748 in Salem MA.)