Isaac Pearson of Burlington, New Jersey.

Isaac Pearson of Burlington, New Jersey. A blacksmith, iron master, button manufacturer, silversmith, goldsmith, and master clockmaker and watchmaker. He was a Quaker.

Isaac Pearson is considered by many to be New Jersey's first clockmaker. It is thought that his first clock was made sometime around 1705 – 1710. He was a man of many talents. Throughout his life, he was active in politics. He served as a state Assemblyman, state Essay Master of weights and measures, and Seal Master. He was the proprietor of the Mount Holly Ironworks on the Rancorous Creek east of Pine Street. Issac married twice. He married Hannah Gardiner in 1710. Then, on 17 May 1740, his daughter Sarah from his first wife married Joseph Hollinshead. About that year, Issac and Joseph formed a partnership, Pearson & Hollinshead. Issac married a second time in 1746. This time to Rebecca Lovett. Issac died about 1749. He willed his clockmaking, watchmaking, and silversmithing tools to his son-and-law, Joseph.

Very few clocks are currently known. One fine example of his work is in the collections of the Winterthur Museum in Wilmington, Delaware.