John Amory (1728-1803)

He was born at Boston and went into business importing dry goods with his brother, Jonathan, and subsequently Joseph Taylor and Samuel Rogers. He also owned a distillery and a wharf and built himself a house at the corner of Tremont and Beacon, opposite King's Chapel. On the outbreak of war, he sided with the Loyalists and leaving his ten children in the care of his brother (Jonathan) and sister (Mrs Payne) he left for England. Living between London and Brussels, he was placed on the Banishment Act list that forbade him from returning to Boston after the war. Nonetheless, he returned to America and established himself at Providence, Rhode Island, before eventually returning to Boston where he took up residence in what had been his father-in-law's old house on Newbury Street at the corner of West Street.