Moulton, Edward S. (1778-1855)

Name:

Moulton, Edward S. (1778-1855)

Title:

Member, Humane Lodge, No. 21, F. & A. M., Rochester, NH, 1811
Member, York Lodge, No. 22, Kennebunk, ME, 1815
Fire Warden, Village of Saco, 1829
Director, Mutual Fire insurance Company, Saco, 1830-1855

Other Names:

Moulton, Edward Sherburne

Born:

10/15/1778

Birthplace:

Portsmouth, NH

Died:

08/16/1855

Death Location:

Saco, ME

Residence:

Portsmouth, NH 1778-
Rochester, NH 1801-1814
Saco, ME 1814-1855

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Silversmith
Watchmaker
Clockmaker
Manufacturer

Father:

Moulton, Joseph (1743-1808)

Mother:

Bickford, Leah (1743-1818)

Relations:

Business: James Cole (1791-1867) of Rochester, NH, was apprenticed to Edward Moulton in 1807, and his successor in 1814
Sibling: Thomas T. Moulton, born 1794; died 1834, Alfred, ME, Silversmith,
Parents: both of Portsmouth, NH
Grandparents: Sarah and Thomas Bickford (1708-1772) of Portsmouth. NH; Sarah Sherburne (c.1712-; b. Little Harbor, NH) and Joseph Moulton (1712-1787; b.,d. Portsmouth), of Portsmouth, NH.
Great-grandparents: Sarah Bickford (c.1682-c.1760) and Henry Bickford (c.1680-c.1760) of Portsmouth, NH; Agnes Hunking and Edward Sherburne (1686-c.1729), of Little Harbor, NH.; Abigail Ayers (1688-1758; b. Portsmouth, NH) and Joseph Moulton (c.1686-c.1763; b. York, ME), of Portsmouth, NH.
Great-great-grandparents: Mary Cowell and John Sherburne; Mark Hunking; Alice and Edward Ayers; Hannah Littlefield (1652-1692; b. Maine) and Joseph Moulton (1648-1692; b. Hampton, NH), of York, ME.

Spouse:

Leighton, Mary Thompson (1780-1869), May 15, 1803, Durham

Children:

Eliza
Abby, born 1825

Notes:

Stephen Decatur, "The Moulton Silversmiths," Antiques, January, 1941, 17.

Henry N. Flynt and Martha Gandy Fales, The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver. With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. (Old Deerfield, Massachusetts: Heritage Foundation, 1968), 281.

Franklin McDuffee, History of the Town of Rochester, New Hampshire, 1722-1890. (Manchester, New Hampshire: John B. Clarke, 1892), 133: "In 1807 Edward S. Moulton commenced the manufacture of clocks here. After some years he was succeeded by one of his apprentices, James C. Cole."

Thomas Moulton, Compiler. A Genealogical Register of Some of the Descendants of John Moulton of Hampton, Joseph Moulton of Portsmouth. (Portland, Maine: Printed by B. Thurston & Company, 1873), 35-38.

Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Silver. (Cranbury, NJ: Adams Brown Company, 1983), 114-15.

Philip Zea and Cheney, Clockmaking in New England, 1725-1825: An Interpretation of the Old Sturbridge Village Collection. (Sturbridge, Massachusetts: Old Sturbridge village, 1992), 108-109, 117, 166.

Massachusetts, Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990

Portsmouth Deeds, 1800, 1802, 1811.

"Stop Him!, Catch Him!, Hold Him!" Advertisement, Weekly Eastern Argus, Portland, ME, August 10, 1809, 4.

"Particular Notice" Advertisement, The Sun, Dover, NH, June 18, 1814, 4.

"Charles James Cole, Watch maker and Silver smith" Advertisement, The Sun, Dover, NH, November 5, 1814, 3.

"Edward S. Moulton" Advertisement, Maine Palladium, Saco, ME, December 20, 1826, 3.

"Mutual Fire insurance Company, Saco," Portland Weekly Advertiser, Portland, ME, May 15, 1855, 1.

Death Notice, Portland Weekly Advertiser, Portland, ME, August 21, 1855, 3.

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives

Laurel Hill Cemetery, Saco, ME