 Etherington is shown as living in Fleet Street with a Mr and Mrs Warton, with his workshop also in Fleet Street, at the sign of the Dial.In October 1714, he transferred to "the Dial over against the New Church in the Strand", almost certainly St Mary le Strand, which had begun to be built in that year.On 23 July 1701, Etherington took his place as Assistant of the Court of Clockmakers Company and in September 1706, he won the election, against Dan Quare and Jonathan Puller, for the post of the "Youngest Warden".