Elijah Whiton of Groton and Hingham, Massachusetts.

Elijah Whiton was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, on March 6, 1799, and died there on February 10, 1871, at 72. He is listed in Paul Foley’s book, “Willard’s Patent Time Pieces,” as a clockmaker, watchmaker, silversmith, mathematical instrument maker, and a wooden ware manufacturer. He worked in Groton for many years in various trades. Advertisements and real estate records locate him in Groton as early as 1822. It appears that he stayed and worked in several Groton locations until 1839. After which, it seems he returned to Hingham. We have owned and seen very few clocks made by this Maker. As a result, it is easy to speculate that his clock output was minimal. In all our years in business, we have seen only two examples signed by this clockmaker.