Shem Drowne

Shem Drowne
Born	December 4, 1683 Sturgeon Creek, Eliot, York County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died	January 13, 1774(1774-01-13) (aged 90) Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Body discovered	Copp's Hill Burying Ground, North End of Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation	Coppersmith
Spouse	Katherine Clark (m. 1712)
Children	10
Parents	Leonard Drowne (father) Elizabeth Abbott (mother)

Faneuil Hall weathervane

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. He was also a deacon of the First Baptist Church of Boston.