• Born: 4 Nov 1674, Newburyport MA
• Marriage (1): Susanna Edwards on 16 Mar 1699 in Boston MA
• Died: 15 May 1749, Boston MA
• Buried: 27 May 1749, Boston MA

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Apprenticed: Jeremiah Dummer, about 1687, in Boston MA. ¹

• Example: Candlestick, in 1695-1700, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 9 1/4"
  w: 6 3/8" (base)
  wt: 20 oz
  One of a pair. Engraved with Bowdoin crest; made for Pierre Boudion (sic). ¹⁰

• Appointed: Constable, in 1704, in Boston MA. He declined to serve and paid his fine. ¹⁰

• Example: Forks, circa 1710, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. L: 7 5/16"
  wt: 2 oz, 18 dwt (pair)
  Traditionally a part of Hannah Arnold's wedding silver (married Samuel Welles, 1719), but probably of earlier date. ¹⁰

• Example: Gold locket, circa 1710, in Yale University. H: 3/4"
  w: 7/8"

John married Susanna Edwards on 16 Mar 1699 in Boston MA. (Susanna Edwards was born about 1676 in Newburyport MA and died in 1725.)