• Born: 23 Mar 1749, Exeter NH
• Marriage (1): Mary Ann Knox on 20 Mar 1777 in Boston MA
• Died: 16 Nov 1801, Boston MA

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Apprenticed: Daniel Parker, circa 1763-1770, in Boston MA. He probably stayed on several years as a journeyman. ⁹

• He worked circa 1775-1800 as a silversmith in Boston MA
  Listed in city directory for 1800 at No 1 Fish Street. ³

• Example: Teaspoon, circa 1775, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. L: 5 1/8"
  wt: 8 1/2 dwt
  Engraved with crest of bird on branch over MS for Mary Storer. ¹⁰

• Example: Sauce boat, circa 1775, in Moore Collection at Providence College. H: 4 7/8"
  l: 8 1/2"
  wt: 14 oz
  One of a pair engraved T E C / August 24^th 1762 for Thomas and Elizabeth (Scammon) Cutts. ²³

• Master: Thomas Bentley, about 1777, in Boston MA. ¹

• Master: Robert Dawes, about 1780, in Boston MA. ¹

• Example: Tankard, circa 1780-1790, in Yale University. H: 9 1/8"
  Based on the proportions, mouldings, and cast elements, this may be the tankard Emery order from Paul Revere in August 1787. ⁹

• Advertised: Massachusetts Centinel, in 1789, in Boston MA. That he carried on "the goldsmith business in all its branches" at 5 Union Street, which would have been next door to Joseph Loring. ³

• Example: Porringer, in 1789, in Huntington Library. D: 5 1/4"
  
  Engraved W over D • H for David and Hannah (Watts) West. ²⁴

• Example: Receipt from Stephen Gorham, in Jun 1789, in Winterthur Library. The second entry refers to Andrew Newell.

• Master: Thomas Knox Emery, about 1795, in Boston MA. ¹

Stephen married Mary Ann Knox on 20 Mar 1777 in Boston MA. (Mary Ann Knox was born on 3 Oct 1755 in Boston MA and died in Dec 1801.)