John Stevens

• Born: 31 May 1797, Gloucester MA
• Died: 22 Jun 1866, Salem MA

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler (tentative identification)

  Events in his life were:

• He was a partner from 1819 to 1830 with Ebenezer Knowlton Lakeman in Salem MA as STEVENS & LAKEMAN, successors to Jabez Baldwin, with shop at No. 1 Holyoke Place. ⁴

• Advertised in the Eastern Republican (Salem MA), 23 Mar 1830, announcing the dissolution of STEVENS & LAKEMAN. ⁴

• He worked from 1830 to 1834 as a silversmith and jeweler in Salem MA with shop at 180, later 203, Essex Street. ³

• He worked from 1834 to 1850 as a silversmith and jeweler in Bangor ME ³

• Advertised in the Eastern Republican, 7 Jan 1834, announcing the opening of a new shop at 26 Main Street, Bangor ME. ³

• Advertised in the Working Men's Advocate (Bangor ME), 8 Jul 1835, noting his manufacture of fine silverwares. ³

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Bangor ME, listed as a jeweler.