Clock Makers
John Bailey II was born on May 6, 1751, in Hanover, Massachusetts, the son of Colonel John Bailey, a shipbuilder, and Ruth Randall Bailey. He died there 72 years later, in 1823. It is believed he learned clockmaking at a young age and may have been self-taught. John t on January 23, rained… read more
John Bailey III, or Junior, was born in Hanover, Massachusetts, on August 13, 1787. It is thought that he learned the family trade of clockmaking from his father, John II. John III finished his apprenticeship in 1809 at the tail end of the tall case clock's popularity. The wall timepiece and shelf… read more
Edward Payson Baird was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 26, 1860, and died on October 23, 1929, at the age of 69. In 1879 he went to work for the Seth Thomas Clock Company until 1887, when he moved to Montreal, Canada. Here he formed the Baird Mfg. Co., which was located at 112 Queen… read more
Edward Payson Baird was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 26, 1860, and died on October 23, 1929, at the age of 69. In 1879 he went to work for the Seth Thomas Clock Company until 1887, when he moved to Montreal, Canada. Here he formed the Baird Mfg. Co., which was located at 112 Queen… read more
Eleazer Baker of Ashford, Connecticut. Clockmaker, watchmaker and goldsmith.Eleazer Baker was Born on December, 17, 1764 in Tolland, Connecticut and died on December 3, 1848 in Mansfield Center, Connecticut. His parents were Joseph Baker 1738-1804 and Lois Carpenter 1740 – 1808. He married Hannah… read more
Daniel Balch Sr. was born in Bradford, Massachusetts, on March 1, 1734. He was the son of Reverend William Balch of the East Parish in Bradford and Rebecca (Stone) Blach. It is thought that Daniel had apprenticed and learned clockmaking skills under Samuel Mulliken's guidance. In Bradford, he made… read more
Jedidiah Baldwin was born in Norwich, Connecticut on March 29, 1768. He was the oldest son of Jabez and Lydia (Barker) Baldwin of that seaport town. Jedidiah was to apprenticed to Thomas Harland who was also working in Norwich. Harland was a very accomplished clockmaker watchmaker, silversmith… read more
Jedidiah Baldwin was born in Norwich, Connecticut, on March 29, 1768. He was the oldest son of Jabez and Lydia (Barker) Baldwin of that seaport town. Jedidiah was to apprentice to Thomas Harland, who was also working in Norwich. Harland was a very accomplished clockmaker, watchmaker, silversmith,… read more
Webster Clay Ball was born on a farm in Knox County Ohio on October 6, 1848. After a two year apprenticeship to a jeweler in Fredericktown, Ohio, Ball relocated to Cleveland, Ohio. After several years of working for various firms in nearby cities, he formed the Ball Watch Company in 1879. At this… read more
Jonathan Barker and Samuel Taylor formed a partnership as Barker & Taylor sometime before 1807. Little is currently known of these two individuals, and their clocks are considered rare. Based on the number of clocks that have survived, they were not prolific clockmakers. This is only the second… read more
Ezra Batchelder was born in Andover, Massachusetts, on November 13, 1769. His parents were Ezra, a blacksmith (Baptized on May 31, 1741, and died in 1809), and his wife Mary (Woodbury) Ober of Beverly. They were married on March 15, 1763. They had five children that were raised on Maple Street.… read more
Eli was born on February 16, 1752 in Concord, Pennsylvania. He was the third child of Joseph Bentley, the tavern keeper of the Red Lion Tavern in Doe Run, Pennsylvania. At age twenty, he married Mary Hunter who was the first cousin of clockmaker Thomas Shields. He soon bought a home at West… read more
Eli was born on February 16, 1752, in Concord, Pennsylvania. He was the third child of Joseph Bentley, the tavern keeper of the Red Lion Tavern in Doc Run, Pennsylvania. At age twenty, Eli married Mary Hunter, the first cousin of clockmaker Thomas Shields. He soon bought a home at West Whitelands… read more
Louis Bernhard is listed in several references as a watchmaker and jeweler working most of his life in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.
The (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Bloomsburg, pg. 323) provides the following information about this industrious person.
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John Bigelow was born in Westminster, Massachusetts on May 26, 1802. His parents were Luke Bigelow and Asenath (Winship) Bigelow. John was trained as a silversmith and is first listed as doing business in Boston as early as 1824 as John Bigelow & Co. In the early 1830's, he was joined by his… read more
The Acton and Concord, Massachusetts Clockmaker Jonathan Billings was born in 1777 and died in Acton on February 13, 1841. It is not currently known who trained him, and a significant number of the movements that he made do not resemble the work of other local Makers. The movement plates he… read more
Belding Dart (B.D.) For most of his life, Bingham worked primarily as a Watchmaker in Nashua, New Hampshire. He is also reported to have worked briefly in the cities of Lowell, Waltham, and Roxbury, Massachusetts. It appears he had a working association with Leonard W. Noise and, for a short time,… read more
Flavel Bingham was born on March 14, 1781, in Andover / Bolton, Connecticut, and died of Typhus on August 13, 1804, in Utica, New York. He was 23 years old when he died. His parents were Stephen Bingham (born 11/30/1740 and died 2/19/1835) and Sarah Long (born 3/25/1743 and died 4/29/1799.)… read more
John Birge (1785 -1862) and Thomas Franklin Fuller (1798 - 1848) shared a successful partnership in Bristol Connecticut from 1844 through 1848. They made many steeple clocks with a large variation of movements. This firm is probably best known for making steeple on steeple clocks powered by wagon… read more
The Birge, Peck & Co. of Bristol, Connecticut was a firm comprised of John Birge, Ambrose Peck, Samuel Taylor and William R. Richards. This venture started in 1849 and lasted until 1859. John Birge retired in 1855.