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

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: Joseph Clark or William Simpkins, about 1768, 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

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