Jacob Hurd

He apprenticed circa 1720 to John Edwards, and married Elizabeth Mason on May 20, 1725 in Boston, with whom he had fourteen children.

He was the favored artisan among Boston's merchant and political families and created many of the most important commissions for public presentations.

The Boston Gazette, February 20, 1758, reported that "Last Wednesday in the Afternoon Capt Jacob Hurd .

a noted Goldsmith, was seized with a Lethargy, in which he continued till Friday Evening, and then expired, much lamented."

His obituary in the Boston News-Letter, February 23, 1758, recorded that "Jacob Hurd, Capt., goldsmith, formerly of Boston and late of Roxbury being in Town at a Relation's House was seiz'd with an apoplexy, in which he continued speechless till Friday Evening when he departed this Life Feb. 17, 1758."