John Hancock

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• He worked from 1760 to 1770 as a silversmith in Boston MA ²⁸

• He worked from about 1770 to 1774 as a silversmith in Providence RI ⁸

• He worked from about Jul 1774 to 1784 as a silversmith in Oxford MD ⁸

• Sugar tongs, c 1780
Boston Museum of Fine Arts ⁸
l: 5 11/16"
wt: 1 oz, 2 ½ dwt
Engraved "NRG" for Nathaniel and Rebecca Gorham

John married Martha Sparhawk on 20 Nov 1760 in Massachusetts. (Martha Sparhawk was born on 2 Jan 1731 in Cambridge MA.)