David Studley of Hingham and Hanover, Massachusetts.

David Studley was born in Hanover, Massachusetts, on March 31, 1783. He died in West Hanover in October of 1873 at the age of 90. At his death, he was reported to be the oldest man in Hanover. David had two sons that were involved in clockmaking. Benjamin F. was born in 1823 and died by his own hand in on October 15, 1874, in Plymouth, MA. David E. was born in 1812. He was a Watchmaker and a Jeweler and, in 1834, moved to North Bridgewater (now Brockton.) He died on April 24, 1873. David Sr. served his apprenticeship under John Bailey Jr., the Quaker Clockmaker from the same town. Other apprentices that may have served with Bailey include his three sons John, Calvin, and Lebbeus, as well as Ruben Tower. In 1806, David described himself as a Hingham Clockmaker in a civil lawsuit that he brought against Hingham Clockmaker Joseph Bailey over an unpaid debt for whom he made some clocks. From 1806 through 1809, Studley worked as a journeyman for the Hanover Clockmaker Calvin Bailey, son of John Jr. By 1850, Studley retired from clockmaking and was listed as a farmer in the 1850 Federal Census. He bequeathed all his clockmaking tools to his son Benjamin. To date, both Massachusetts shelf clocks and dwarf clocks have been found.