• Born: 6 Jun 1790, Portsmouth NH
• Marriage (1): Sophia Franklin Davenport on 13 Jul 1828 in Portsmouth NH
• Died: 5 Jul 1850, Portsmouth NH

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

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• He worked circa 1817-1850 as a silversmith in Portsmouth NH with a shop at 10 Market Square after 1839. In declining health, he sold out to Charles Thatcher Emery in early 1850. ⁷

• Advertised in the New Hampshire Gazette, 27 May 1817, announcing his taking over the store of Robert Gray for the purpose of selling gold, silver, britannia, tin, looking glasses, etc. and for making and repairing gold and silver objects.

• Receipt, 1833
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• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Portsmouth NH, listed as a silversmith.

John married Sophia Franklin Davenport, daughter of John Davenport and Elizabeth Pendexter, on 13 Jul 1828 in Portsmouth NH. (Sophia Franklin Davenport was born in 1789 and died on 15 Jan 1861 in Portsmouth NH.)