Nehemiah Dodge of Providence, Rhode Island.

Nehemiah Dodge was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, on December 16, 1774. His parents were Ezrah Dodge Sr (born abt. 1730-1786) and Susannah (Hotchkiss) Dodge (1733-died abt. 1820). Nehemiah was the half-nephew of the clockmaker Seril Dodge. Nehemiah is best known as a silversmith and worked in Providence from 1794 to 1824. When he moved to Providence in 1794, he worked with his Uncle Seril, who is credited with being the city's first jeweler. Seril retired two years later in 1796 and returned to his home state of Connecticut. Nehemiah continued the business and trained for a number of years as a silversmith under his master John Snow. Nehemiah's businesses underwent many changes, having as many as five partners. The most famous of which would have been Jabez Gorham of the Gorham silver family. Nehemiah is best remembered for developing a process for rolling gold. He is credited as being the first manufacturing jeweler in America, and it is largely because of his success that Providence developed into the center of jewelry manufacturing in the United States. He is generally regarded as the principal founder of Rhode Island's costume jewelry industry. He died in 1843. Nehemiah was inducted into Rhode Island's Heritage Hall of Fame in 1965.

Very few clocks are known to be signed by Nehemiah.