Shem Drowne

Shem Drowne
Born(1683-12-04)December 4, 1683
near Sturgeon Creek, in what is now Eliot, York County, Maine
Died January 13, 1774(1774-01-13) (aged 90)
Resting placeCopp's Hill Burying Ground, North End of Boston, Massachusetts
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Katherine Clark
(m. 1712)
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Faneuil Hall weathervane

Deacon Shem Drowne (December 4, 1683 – January 13, 1774) was a colonial coppersmith and tinplate worker in Boston, Massachusetts, and was America's first documented weathervane maker. He is most famous for the grasshopper weathervane atop of Faneuil Hall, well known as a symbol of Boston.