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Simon Willard (April 3, 1753 – August 30, 1848) was a celebrated American clockmaker. Simon Willard clocks were produced in Massachusetts in the towns of Grafton and Roxbury, near Boston.
Simon Willard (1605–1676) was an early Massachusetts fur trader, colonial militia leader, legislator, and judge.
Simon Willard was a famous American clock maker. Willard was the creator of the timepiece that came to be known as the banjo clock, and he was the most celebrated of a family of Massachusetts clock makers who designed and produced brass-movement clocks between 1765 and 1850.
- Jonathan D. Betts
16 de out. de 2012 · Willard memoir : or, Life and times of Major Simon Willard; with notices of three generations of his descendants, and two collateral branches in the United States; also, some account of the name and family in Europe from an early day. by. Willard, Joseph, 1798-1865.
Willard was one of the colonists who negotiated with the local Squa Sachem, Tahuttawon, and Nimrod for the purchase of a six-mile tract of land there, which was subsequently settled as Concord. Willard became one of the town's leading citizens, serving as its clerk (1635-1653).
Learn about Simon Willard (1753-1848), a prominent American clockmaker and inventor who made clocks for Harvard College and the US Capitol. See his patented designs, such as the "banjo" clock and the alarm clock, and visit his museum in Grafton, Massachusetts.
4 de set. de 2009 · A history of Simon Willard, inventor and clockmaker, together with some account of his sons--his apprentices--and the workmen associated with him, with brief notices of other clockmakers of the family name : Willard, John Ware : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
