• Born: 23 Dec 1763, Quebec Canada
• Marriage (1): Eleanor Lytle
• Died: 6 Jan 1828, Chicago IL

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed in 1773 to Gerrit Graverat in Quebec Canada
  

• He worked in 1784-1788 as a silversmith in Detroit MI

• He worked in 1788-1789 as a silversmith in Fort Wayne IN

• He worked in 1789-1792 as a silversmith in Fort Defiance

• He worked in 1794-1795 as a silversmith in Detroit MI

• He worked in 1798-1804 as a silversmith in St Joseph MO

• He worked in 1804-1812 as a silversmith in Chicago IL
  He was taken prisoner by the British and sent to Detroit, where he remained until 1816.

• He worked after 1816 as a silversmith in Chicago IL

John married Eleanor Lytle. (Eleanor Lytle was born in 1769 and died about 1834.)