• Born: 4 Jul 1742, Wickford RI
• Marriage (1): Margaret Sheffield on 13 Sep 1767 in Wickford RI
• Died: 20 Oct 1817, Wickford RI

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Apprenticed: Samuel Casey, about 1755, in Kingston RI. ¹

• He worked circa 1762-1817 as a silversmith, locksmith and engraver in Kingston RI from a shop in the basement of his house. Made the escutcheons and devices for engraving first paper money for RI in which the "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation" replaced the former term, "Colony of Rhode Island." ³

• Example: Tongs, circa 1765, in Private Collection. L: 5"
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• Appointed: Captain of Kingston Reds, in 1776-1799, in Kingston RI. ³

• Appointed: Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, in 1796-1799, in Kingston RI. ³

• His obituary was published in the Providence Gazette and Newport Mercury on 8 Nov 1817 in Kingston RI. ³

John married Margaret Sheffield on 13 Sep 1767 in Wickford RI. (Margaret Sheffield was born about 1746 in Kingston RI.)