• Born: 1745, Boston MA
• Died: Bef 11 Jul 1782, New London CT

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1768 to Joseph Clark or William Simpkins in Boston MA ⁹
  

• He worked in 1775-1782 as a silversmith and jeweler in Boston MA
  The inventory of his estate, recorded by Benjamin Hurd and Jacob Loring, totaled £326/14/03 in goods and tools. ⁹

• Obituary printed in the Independent Chronicle (Boston MA) on 11 Jul 1782 ³
  "John Codner of Boston, Jeweller, died at New London where he lately arrived from Europe, at 28 [sic] years."