• Born: 5 Jan 1655, Boston MA
• Marriage (1): Sarah Blakeman about 1683 in Boston MA
• Marriage (2): Mary Atwater on 8 Nov 1694 in Boston MA
• Died: 20 Aug 1722, Boston MA

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Portrait: in Private Collection.

• Flynt & Fales. He made objects for use in churches in MA and CT and for leading citizens in MA and NH. Several splendid examples of his work are associated with Harvard College, including two handsome grace cups, a pair of candlesticks, and a caudle cup believed to have inspired Oliver Wendell Holmes in his composing of "Ode on Lending a Punch Bowl." At the time of Coney's death, Paul Revere's father was still serving his apprenticeship, and a former apprentice Andrew Tyler was appointed to make a complete listing of tools in his shop. ³

• Apprenticed: Jeremiah Dummer, about 1668, in Boston MA. ¹

• Master: David Jesse, circa 1683, in Boston MA. ¹

• Example: Mourning ring, in 1683, in Private Collection. D: 11/16"
  Engraved E:Dudley:Obit:1:feb:82/3. This ring, apparently the earliest known dated piece of marked American gold, commemorates the death on February 1, 1683, of Edward Dudley, the twelve-year-old son of Joseph Dudley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts.
  

• Master: Benjamin Coney, about 1686, in Boston MA. ⁹

• Example: Trencher salt, circa 1690-1700, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 2 1/8"
  d: 3 5/16" (base)
  wt: 2 oz, 8 dwt
  Engraved SM for Sarah (Winslow) Middlecott ¹⁰

• Example: Caudle cup, circa 1690, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 5 5/8"
  d: 5 1/8" (base)
  wt: 26 oz, 17 1/2 dwt
  Engraved "M over I M" for John and Mary (Brattle) Mico. This cup eventually descended to Oliver Wendle Holmes and inspired his poem "On Lending a Punch Bowl." A mate to this cup is owned by Harvard and engraved with the Holyoke arms for Elizur Holyoke, who died in 1711 leaving "168 1/4 ounces of Plate @ 8/ the ounce." ¹⁰

• Master: Nathaniel Morse, circa 1690, in Boston MA. ¹

• Example: Spoon, circa 1690-1700, in Private Collection. L: 7 3/8"
  wt: 10 oz, 10 dwt
  Engraved MS for Mary Shrimpton, with H over I * E on reverse for her granddaughter Elizabeth (Cotton) Hastings. This is the fifth known spoon from this set. Three are in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and one is in the Garvan Collection at Yale University.

• Example: Pair of chafing dishes, circa 1715, in Private Collection. L: 12 1/8" (over handle)
  wt: 39 oz (pair)
  Engraved with a crest on side, likely for Thomas Hutchinson.

• Example: Spout cup, circa 1690-1710, in Winterthur Library. H: 5 1/2"
  d: 3 1/2"
  wt: 8.23 oz
  Engraved "G over S E"

• Example: Beaker, circa 1692, in Yale University. H: 6 3/4"
  d: 3 1/2" (base)
  wt: 10 oz, 15 dwt
  Made as a bequest to the First Congregational Church by Thomas Knowlton: "such a like one as that given to the church now in use, not under three pounds price." ¹³

• Example: Tankard, in 1695-1710, in Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

• Master: Samuel Gray, circa 1698, in Boston MA. ¹

• Example: Sugar box, circa 1700, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 5 1/2"
  w: 6 9/16"
  l: 8"
  wt: 22 oz, 17 1/2 dwt
  Engraved SG on clasp for Samuel Gardner ¹⁰

• Example: Pepper pot, circa 1700, in Private Collection. H: 3 3/8"
  wt: 3 oz
  Engraved W for Michael Wigglesworth.

• Master: Benjamin Hiller, circa 1701, in Boston MA. ¹

• Example: Chocolate pot, circa 1701, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 8 1/16"
  d: 3 5/8" (of base)
  Commissioned by Sarah (Byfield) Taylor. William Soughton's will, executed July 6, 1701, left "Unto my niece Mrs Sarah Tailer I give as a particular remembrance of me twelve pounds to buy a piece of Plate". This is believed to be the earliest known American example.

• Flynt & Fales: 1702, in Boston MA. Commissioned to engrave plates for first paper money issued in MA. ³

• Master: John Burt, circa 1706, in Boston MA. ¹

• Example: Candlestick (one of a pair), circa 1710, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 6 5/16"
  d: 3 15/16" (base)
  wt: 10 oz, 11 1/2 dwt
  Listed in the inventory of Benjamin Pickman, 1819. Coney's inventory listed two stick molds. ¹⁰

• Master: Thomas Bradford, about 1710, in Boston MA. ⁹

• Example: Teapot, circa 1710-1720, in Metropolitan Museum of Art. H: 7 9/16"
  w: 8 1/4"
  wt: 18 oz

• Example: Standish, circa 1715, in Metropolitan Museum of Art. W: 7 3/4"
  Engraved with the Belcher arms on cover of wafer box for Governor Jonathan Belcher.

• Example: Chocolate pot, circa 1715-1720, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 9 1/2"
  w: 8 3/4"
  d: 3 1/4" (of base)
  Engraved C over W D ~ E for William Downes and Elizabeth (Edwards) Cheever, who married in 1749. The original owners are not known.

• Master: Andrew Tyler, circa 1716, in Boston MA. ¹

• Master: John Gray, circa 1716, in Boston MA. ¹

• Master: Apollos Rivoire, circa 1720, in Boston MA. ¹

John married Sarah Blakeman about 1683 in Boston MA. (Sarah Blakeman was born on 25 Apr 1658 in Stratford CT and died on 17 Apr 1694 in Boston MA.)

John next married Mary Atwater, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 8 Nov 1694 in Boston MA. (Mary Atwater was born on 15 Jan 1659 in Boston MA and died on 12 Apr 1726 in Boston MA.)