John Ball

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

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• Apprenticed from circa 1737 to 1745 to John Hurd? in Boston MA ⁷

• He worked from 1745 to 1752 as a silversmith in Boston MA ⁷

• Sugar scissors, 1750-1760
Boston Museum of Fine Arts ⁸
l: 4¾"
wt: 1 oz, 5 dwt

• He worked after 1752 as a silversmith in Concord MA ⁷

• Advertised from 1763 to 1767 (Boston MA), as a "Goldsmith of Concord," offering land and buildings for sale. ⁸

John married Sarah Brooks in 1746 in Concord MA. (Sarah Brooks was born on 2 Feb 1724 in Concord MA.)