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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. About 1780 Willard
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16. Okt. 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
Willard, Simon, 1605 - 1676. Simon Willard was born in Horsmonden, Kent, England where he had attained the rank of captain. In 1634, he, his wife, and small family removed to Boston, Massachusetts, initially residing at Cambridge, Massachusetts. The following year, John Winthrop, Jr. directed Lieut. Edward Gibbons and Willard, then a Sergeant ...
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.
In 1802 Simon Willard (1753-1848) of Boston obtained a U.S. patent for a timepiece as original as it was successful. The banjo clock, nicknamed for its characteristic shape, established the independence of American clockmaking from European traditions. Its design was perfect from the beginning.
