J.N. Possibly John Noyes, Silversmith
“J.N.” was the first New England carver to use peacocks. His work utilized highly sophisticated engravings which also included Dagons and Tritons or Merfolk. He signed some of his work simply with the initials J.N. which may be a Boston silversmith named John Noyes. Photos below are listed in death date order.
Michael Martyn, 1622-1682, Copp’s Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts.
Merfolk
Benjamin Hills, 1660-1683, The Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts.
Merfolk
Jacob Eliot, 1632-1693, The Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts.
Merfolk
William Button, 1656-1693, Point of Graves, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Merfolk
Capt. William Greenough, 1641-1693, Copp’s Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts
Deborah Thomas, 1643-1696, Old Winslow Burying Ground, Marshfield, Massachusetts.
Ruth Carter, 1697, The Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Sarah Dolbeare, 1700-1701, Copp’s Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts.
John Cleverly, 1635-1703, Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Massachusetts
Peacocks
Thaddeous MacCarty, 1639-1705, The Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts.
John Coffin, 1647-1711, Tower Hill Cemetery, Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
Elizur Holyoke, 1651-1711, The Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts.
James Allen, 1636-1714, West Tisbury Village Cemetery, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
John Trapp, 1675-1718, Tower Hill Cemetery, Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
Sources
(1) Watters, David, Markers Annual Journal of the Association of Gravestone Studies, Vol. 2, 115-131.
(2) Ludwig, Allan, Graven Images, 296-300.
(3) Forbes, Harriet, Gravestones of Early New England, 34-39.