• Born: 1713, Westerly RI
• Marriage (1): Mary Colgrove on 4 Aug 1736 in Westerly RI
• Marriage (2): Freelove Saunders on 17 Apr 1779 in Newport RI
• Died: 20 Jan 1785, Newport RI

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Flynt & Fales. According to Governor and Council Records, he refers to himself as Newport goldsmith in a petition of 1768. Deacon of Seventh Day Baptist Meetinghouse where, in 1773, he had the Ten Commandments in gold letters put up in the pulpit where they are still preserved. A Newport Historical Society Magazine states that he was among the leading silversmiths of Newport when that town possessed more capital than New York and thus supported substantial silver work. In his will, which he made in 1776 after the death of his first wife, he bequeathed many substantial pieces of silver to Newport church and relatives. Death notice carried in Newport Mercury of Jan. 22, 1785. ³

• Example: Cream pot, circa 1740, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 4 1/8"
  wt: 3 oz, 13 1/2 dwt
  Engraved "IA / to / BA" for Job and Bridget (Sanford) Almy. ¹⁰

• Example: Sugar tongs, circa 1745, in Art Insitute of Chicago.

• Appointed: Town Treasurer, in 1763, in Newport RI. ³

• Appointed: Justice of the Peace, in 1765-1771, in Newport RI. ³

• Master: Joseph Rogers, about 1766, in Newport RI. ³

• Master: Daniel Rogers, about 1766, in Newport RI. ³

• Partnership: Joseph Rogers or Daniel Rogers or both, circa 1775, in Newport RI. As TANNER & ROGERS. ³

• Appointed: Council of War, in 1776, in Newport RI. ³

• General: 22 Jan 1785, in Newport RI. His death noted in the Newport Mercury.

John married Mary Colgrove on 4 Aug 1736 in Westerly RI.

John next married Freelove Saunders on 17 Apr 1779 in Newport RI.