James Patterson (died 1773). A watchmaker who probably arrived in Williamsburg about 1760, and by 1771 was also making jewelry and silver.
William Rowsay. Was an apprentice to James Craig in 1771; combined his jewelry and silver work with his brother John’s general merchandise business in 1774.
Anthony Singleton (1750-1795). Opened a jewelry and silversmith shop in Williamsburg in 1771; moved to Richmond probably in 1787.
William Waddill. Engraver and silversmith; worked at one time in the shop of James Geddy, Jr., who is presumed to have been his brother-in-law; moved to Richmond about 1782 and thence, it is believed, to Petersburg.
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
Carl Bridenbaugh, The Colonial Craftsman. New York: New York University Press, 1950.
Kathryn C. Buhler, American Silver. Cleveland: World Publishing Co., 1950.
E. Milby Burton, South Carolina Silversmiths, 1690-1860. Charleston: Charleston Museum, 1942.
George Barton Cutten, The Silversmiths of North Carolina. Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1948.
——, The Silversmiths of Georgia, Together with Watchmakers and Jewelers. Savannah: Pigeonhole Press, 1958.