• Born: Abt 1735, Newport RI
• Christened: 18 Sep 1739, Trinity Church Newport RI
• Marriage (1): Eliphal Wyatt on 16 Sep 1757 in Bristol RI
• Died: 14 Aug 1828, Newport RI

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark. ⁴

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• He worked in 1760-1817 as a silversmith in Newport RI ³

• Example: Cann, circa 1760-1800, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 5"
  d: 3 3/8" (base)
  wt: 11 oz, 3 1/2 dwt
  One of a pair. ¹⁰

• Example: Beaker, circa 1760, in Yale University. H: 4 5/8"
  d: 3 3/16" (of lip)
  wt: 6 oz, 17 dwt
  One of three. Engraved The Gif^t of / Capt. Iohn Lyon. Dec^t, / To The First Church / In Rehoboth. The donor left "Ten pounds lawfull money" to the church with which these beakers were bought. ¹³

• Appointed: Delegate to conventions in Philadelphia, in 1774, in Newport RI. ³

• Appointed: Justice of Peace, in 1789, in Newport RI. ³

• Advertised: Newport Mercury, on 2 Aug 1796, in Newport RI. Reporting lost silver bearing his mark. ³

• Master: William Stoddard Nichols, about 1798, in Newport RI. ³

• Appointed: Inspector of Customs, Port of East Greenwich, in 1817. ³

• Flynt & Fales. Shop at Thames Street; proprietor of pew and member Trinity Church; subscribed to fund for new bell; took care of clock there for years. He made three beakers for Newman Congregational Church in 1760. Employing the simple lines of Queen Anne style, created a functional and pleasing design. Prominent citizen of Newport. Silversmith activities recorded in Newport Historical Society publications. Received M.A. degree at college in Providence (Newport Mercury, Sept. 12, 1774); elected member of faculty; chosen Trustee in 1800. Newport Historical Society Magazine, 1881-82 refers to him as a highly respected silversmith of Newport. ³

• Example: Punch strainer, circa 1760, in Private Collection. L: 10 3/4"
  wt: 2 oz, 8 dwt
  

Thomas married Eliphal Wyatt on 16 Sep 1757 in Bristol RI. (Eliphal Wyatt was born about 1736 in Middletown RI.)