William Homes Jr.

He took over his father's shop on Ann Street in April 1763 and worked from 1763 to 1825 as a silversmith.

He married Elizabeth Whitwell, and then Mary Greenough on January 14, 1794, in Boston.

On September 13, 1784, he advertised in the Boston Gazette to seek an apprentice at his shop opposite the Golden Key in Ann Street.

In the History of the Military company of the Massachusetts, he is described by contemporary: "a man of small stature, pious, amiable, and much beloved.

A few days before his death he was a witness in the Supreme Court, on the trial of the Price will controversy, between Trinity Church and King's Chapel.