Nathaniel Hurd (13 February 1730 – 17 December 1777)[1][2] is recognized as the first American engraver and a silversmith in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 18th century.

Jacob Hurd married a daughter of John Mason (of Kingston, Jamaica who died in 1758).

[1] An obituary from Amos Doolittle noted Hurd was the first to have engraved copper in the USA.

[7] Hurd died on 17 Dec 1777 and is buried in the old Granary Burial Ground in Boston.

[1] Examples of Hurd's work are in the collections of Harvard University; Yale University; Historic Deerfield;[8] the Lexington Historical Society; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.