American Silversmiths

Benjamin Webb
(1695-1745)
Mehitable Williams
(1695-1789)
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Barnabas Webb
(Abt 1729-1795)

 

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Spouses/Children:

1. Mary Holmes

Barnabas Webb
  • Born: Abt 1729, Boston MA
  • Marriage (1): Mary Holmes in 1769 in Boston MA
  • Died: 30 Dec 1795, Boston MA

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

  • Apprenticed: William Homes, about 1742, in Boston MA. 1
  • He worked circa 1750-1789 as a silversmith in Boston MA 10
  • Advertised: 1756, in Boston MA. A ring which he had found in Cambridge, calling himself "Goldsmith, near the Market." 10
  • Advertised: 1761, in Boston MA. "informes his Customers, that since he was burnt out near the Market he has opened a Shop in Back-Street, opposite Mr. Brown's Meeting-House, formerly occupied by Mr. Edward Whittemore." 10
  • Advertised: 1765, in Boston MA. Having "stopped" a spoon on the suspicion that it had been stolen. 10
  • Buhler: 1789, in Boston MA. Listed in the first Boston Directory as Barnabas Webb, retailer on Ann Street.
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  • He worked after 1789 as a silversmith in Maine 10

Barnabas married Mary Holmes, daughter of William Holmes and Rebecca Dawes, in 1769 in Boston MA. (Mary Holmes was born about 1734 in Boston MA.)




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