He was christened the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth at Aldermanbury Postern Chapel, London in 1765.
He applied for freedom by patrimony in the Musicians Company in 1796.
He entered a mark in 1802 at Goldsmiths’ Hall as a small worker from 48 Blue Anchor Row, Bunhill Fields from where he was assessed to Land Tax from 1792-1821. Samuel Pike (Grimwade p.318) entered a mark at Goldsmiths’ Hall from the address in 1807. The property was empty in 1822.