Nicholas Roosevelt (silversmith)

Nicholas Roosevelt (1715 - June 1769) was an American silversmith, active in New York City.

Roosevelt was born in New York City, where he was christened on June 16, 1715, in the New York Dutch Church.

He was apprenticed circa 1730 to Cornelius Wynkoop, made a freeman of the city on March 20, 1738, and married twice: to Catherine Comfort on June 4, 1737, then to Elizabeth Thurman on 24 November 24, 1754.

He served on a coroner's jury and on the Common Council, which commissioned him to make gold presentation boxes.

His advertisement in the New York Gazette and the Weekly Mercury on January 30, 1769, documents the end of his career: Roosevelt's work is collected in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Rattle, whistle, and bells, by Nicholas Roosevelt, 1755–1768