Reuben Ingraham. Clockmarker and silversmith working in Boston, MA and Preston and Plainfield, Connecticut.

Connecticut clockmaker Reuben Ingraham was born in 1743 in Saybrook, Connecticut. He was one of seven sons born to Captain John Ingraham and his second wife, Lydia Bruce. Reuben is recorded as being in Boston and most likely trained there as a clockmaker. He also married his first wife, Jane Davenport, the daughter of James Davenport, an innkeeper and banker in Boston. They were married on January 10, 1768. It is recorded that Reuben answered the Lexington Alarm in 1775. Rueben moved to Plainfield, Connecticut, from Preston, Connecticut, by 1784. October 8, 1784, Reuben purchased land and buildings from the goldsmith John Avery. He continued to live there until his death on June 14, 1811. While in Plainfield, he remarried two more times. His second wife was Sarah (?). She died on April 26, 1790, and her gravestone still exists. Rueben married his third wife, Lydia Gager, of Franklin, Connecticut, on April 28, 1791. It is recorded that he stopped making clocks in 1790 to concentrate on his first love, silversmithing. 

Ten tall clocks are known to us, signed by Rueben Ingraham. One is signed with the place location of Boston. Two were made in Preston. The last seven of the ten are signed with the working location of Plainfield.