It is also curious that of the six names in Smiths' list in 23, Pg. 1093, only four of the names are listed in the MRI. C. H. Lucas and O. W. Smith are omitted.

xxvii. J. F. Felt and Jesse S. Felt may well be the same person. Both are listed as at work in Portland. The orthography of the times may have resulted in a confusion in the middle initial.

xxviii. H. Fernald is mentioned in the BULLETIN (Answer Box, #160, Pg. 735), as Watchmaker and dealer in Watches, Clocks, Charts, Musical Instruments, and Books, Optical Goods, Etc. Foe Street, Corner Union, Portland Maine. Jewelery, and Music Boxes, Nautical and Optical Instruments &c., Repaired.

xxix. Eckhardt in 10, on Pg. 45, provides the following:

I feel there is a possible transcription error here. There was a Waterville, CT, (which I found in a 1904 atlas) but I can also find a Waterville, Maine. In that the patent rights have been assigned to a probable relative in Portland, he could be listed as a Maine maker, but more research needs to be done...

xxx. Fredyma in 13, Pg. 7, Parsons in 22, Pg. 311, and Flynt and Fales in 12, Pg. 219, are the only sources to place Fitz in Portland. Nutting in 18, Pg. 212, has a Fitz, (no first name) in Portsmouth, NH, c. 1769. All other references place Fitz in Portsmouth, NH, which is where he worked before he moved to Maine. Parsons places Fitz in Portland after 1798: Fitz advertised in Portland in 1802, sometime after which date he moved, first to Boston and then to New Orleans.

xxxi. There is some disagreement on dates for Foster ranging from 1803 (Palmer in 20, Pg. 195) to 1834 (Fredyma in 13, Pg. 7).

xxxii. Palmer, in his "Extension of...Listi(ng)" lists this firm as 'Gerrisk & Pearson'. Flynt and Fales in 12, Pg. 225, list Nathaniel Pearson as the nephew to whom Gerrish taught the trade of silversmith.

xxxiii. Fredyma in 13, Pg. 10, records 1860 for an S. Ingalls, and 1875 for an S. Ingalls & Son, both in Dexter. He also records on Pg. 9, a J. E. Gilman as in Portland in 1860, not as a maker.

xxxiv. The similarities in dates and names for both Richard Shotswell and Samuel Shatswell Goodhue are curious. Smith in 23, Pg. 1080, and Fredyma in 13, Pg. 8, give identical dates for both. Distin & Bishop in 8, Drepperd in 9, Moore in 17, Nutting in 18, and Palmer in 20 all give 1830 or 1834 dates. Distin & Bishop and Palmer both place Richard S. as in Augusta as well. Smith, who is the sole source on Samuel S., is quite specific about him. Flynt and Fales in 12 do not list Samuel at all, and spell the middle name differently. There is the remote possibility that because of the coincidences in the middle initial and the last name a transcription error years ago has finally reared its ugly head. After all, Abner Berwick, Henry S. Pierret and Henry Quimby still roam the pages of many references.

xxxv. See endnote xixl on Asa Lufkin. Lufkin seems to have moved about a bit, according to various sources. He obviously had different partners, but it is highly unlikely that he opened a branch in Boston.

xxxvi. Katra in 14, Pg. 25, has established that this name is properly spelled Grueby. Any MRI update should reflect the change.

xxxvii. Mampe in his article in Vol. XI, No. 8, Whole Number 114, pg. 659, writes of and illustrates Hall's clock. It is unfortunate that Washburn in 26, Pg. 50, does not specify any dates for either Amasa or Kilah Hall. He does note that Kilah came to Livermore from Raynham, MA. Monroe in 16 did not record their activities at all. Washburn does record that Amasa "was a watch maker and jeweller in the South and in Lewiston." One wonders if this is the Amasa W. Hall in Atlanta, GA, recorded by Palmer in 20, Pg. 205.

xxxviii. His (Hix), the forgotten man in Rockland. See endnote xxi.

xxxix. Smith in 24, Pg. 473, names Holbrook as the maker of the tower clock in the Eastport Congregational Church. No place, no date. Drepperd in 8, Pg. 236, lists a George H. Holbrook as in Brookfield and Medway, MA (1800's). Palmer in 18, Pg. 213, lists a Major George Holbrook in Wrentham, MA. He is therein recorded as a bell founder and maker of clocks placed in various meeting houses. He therefore could be a maker of either gallery or tower clocks, but there is no specific mention of tower clocks by him. Frederick Shelley and Carroll Morse (pers. coms.) affirm that Major George Holbrook was indeed the maker of this clock.

xl. An interesting aside is a comment in Britten: that Hunt is "alleged to be [the] original Sam Slick of [Thomas Chandler] Haliburton". For a while I thought I had something new about another Maine clockmaker. Alas, it was not to be! But, for those who wonder who San Slick was, he is a literary device invented by Thomas Chandler Haliburton of Nova Scotia, Canada, who used 'Samuel Slick, the Clockmaker' to convey his ideas on how the Province of Nova Scotia should be governed, and as a vox sine nomine in many commentaries concerning the social, business and legal aspects of life in the Province. Haliburton was a lawyer, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, and Member of Parliament in England. Sam Slick also appears in various other manifestations: Attaché to the Court of St. James, United States Fisheries Commissioner, a Texan, and a philosopher, as well as by the pen of other authors. The prototype for Sam Slick the Clockmaker is considered to be a Nova Scotian named Stephen Ryerson, rather than Hunt. The Honorable Israel D. Andrews, of Eastport, Maine is considered to be the model for the Fisheries Commissioner. Oh, well, it was some rather interesting reading, anyway.

xli. Flynt and Fales in 12, Ppg. 256 & 339, establish both Ilsley and Titcomb as watchmakers and jewelers in Portland. The partnership lasted less than six months. See lxxv below.

xlii. Fredyma in 13, Pg. 10, records 1860 for an S. Ingalls, and 1875 for an S. Ingalls & Son, both in Dexter. He also records on Pg.9, a J. E. Gilman as in Portland in 1860, not as a maker.

xliii. Flynt and Fales in 12, Pg. 257, dispute Jackson's location in Kittery. Much more recent research, specifically Katra in 14, establish that Jackson was indeed in Kittery.

xliv. Eckhardt in 10 records the following on Pg. 195:

There is no J. Johnson listed in the Pepperellborough Records (11) of an appropriate date, but no vital statistics are recorded therein after about 1840.

xlv. See footnote xixl on Asa Lufkin. Possibly two different firms with the same name, since different sources have the firm in both Boston and in Maine. There is, however, no Lufkin alone listed as in Boston in any source I can find.

xlvi. Distin & Bishop in 8, Pg. 318, Drepperd in 9, Pg. 248, and Palmer in 20, Pg. 230, place Lamson in Salem, MA.

xlvii. Katra in 14, Pg. 12, and Flynt and Fales in 12, Pg. 269, mention a George Lovis & Co. c. 1805-06 in Portland. Katra also mentions a Joseph Lovis (1806) as at work as "a Watchmaker, Jeweller, and Gilder located at the sign of the Golden Watch in Fish Street" in Portland. I think this an excellent example of Nuttings' apparently following Moores' lead in the listing of names. Flynt and Fales, in 12, Ppg. 269-70, state that George, Joseph, and Josiah Lovis were brothers, who all worked in Portland from, at the least, 1800-10.

xlviii. Smith in 23, Pg. 1093, lists Lucas as a patent holder from Maine--no patent listed. Eckhardt in 10 on Ppg. 106 and 154, provides the following:

Lucas is omitted from the MRI.

xlix. Carlisle in 4, Pg. 199, lists a D. E. Lucy as a jeweler at work in Waterbury, VT, from 1854-60. When a D. E. Lucy appears suddenly in Houlton in 1860, the possibility that these men are one and the same person is intriguing.

l. Fredyma in 13, Pg.12, and Flynt and Fales in 12, Pg. 270, are the only references that place this firm in Maine, and also provide dates for Asa Lufkin. All others place the firm in Boston, with no date for Lufkin, and no listing for anyone named Lufkin in the Boston area. There might be two different firms by the same name. Palmer in 20, Pg. 235, has no date for Asa Lufkin. (His source is from "Orlando, Me." Orland?) I think Flynt and Fales pretty much lay to rest any controversy as to dates and locations. On either Johnson or Goodnow, I can find no further information. One did not open a branch in Boston when one was in business in Bucksport in the early part of the nineteenth century.

li. Need data from Smith: but like pulling hen's teeth. Smith states that he was casemaker to Ranlet, so his dates are very likely nearly the same.

lii. These are two different indivduals. Palmer in 20, Pg. 244, lists Monroe in Bangor. Flynt and Fales in 12, Pg 284, list Munroe as in Portland with dates of 1796-1881. Died 2 February, 1881 in Medford, MA.

liii. Eckhardt in 10 provides the following on Ppg. 27 & 41:

liv. Drepperd in 9, Pg. 257, and Palmer in 20, Pg. 245, list an E. G. Moulton in Saco, same dates. Probably a transcription error. Distin & Bishop in 8, Pg. 324, have E. S. Moulton in NH, and E. G. Moulton in Saco. There is no E. G. Moulton listed by Fredyma in 13. Katra in 14, Pg. 36, lists only an E. S. Moulton. Parsons in 20, Pg. 324, lists only Edward S. Moulton. Is it possible that E. G. Moulton is the Enoch Moulton listed by Flynt and Fales in 12, Pg. 281, as at work in Portland, 1803-19?

lv. Flynt and Fales in 12, Pg. 282, record that Thomas Moulton "married Sara(h) P. Pike of Saco, 24 Feb., 1822. On 25 Mar., 1834 he sold land in Saco to Edward S. Moulton which formerly belonged to Humphrey Pike (q.v.) (See also lx) The implication here is that somehow Sarah is connected with Humphrey Pike, who died 28 Apr, 1808. First, Humphrey's son was born 5 Sept., 1808, so his widow Sarah (Emery) would have been looking for someone else. I doubt she would remain unmarried until 1822, and that she would not go home to Limerick. In those days, men and women needed each other for mutual support, or if single, lived with parents or relatives. After a thorough search of the FIRST BOOK of RECORDS of the Town of PEPPERELLBOROUGH, now the City of Saco, I found the following:
On Pg. 53, Thomas Moulton of Dover, NH, and Sarah P. Pike of Saco declared their intentions to marry on 22 Feb. 1821, and married 24 Feb. 1824. Sarah P. Pike might have been Humphrey's sister. On Pg. 140, Humphrey and Sarah Pike are recorded as born (twins?) on 12 Sept., 1791. This birth date does not agree with the birth date for Sarah P. Moulton on Pg. 106--24 June, 1799. Sarah P. Moulton could not have been Humphrey's widow--she would have been eight when they published their banns. Thomas Moulton died in 1834 at the age of 40; his family probably headed for New Hampshire and the safety and support of relatives.

lvi. Nutting in 18 places all of the Mullikens in Massachusetts, as does Moore in 17.

lvii. The information available on these companies is that the Bangor Electric Clock Co. was in business for an unknown period before 1898 (perhaps as early as 1891; 28, Pg. 14), and that its successor, the New England Electric Clock Co. was in business from 1898 to about 1902. Walter Dudley (according to Crum & Kellar, who also place him in the non-existent Maine towns of Everett and Somerville; both in MA) appears to be the primary patent(s) holder for the clocks the company made, and was perhaps the founder of the latter company. Dudley, oddly enough, is not listed in Eckhardt (10).

lviii. Parsons in 22, Pg. 325, states that Nutter, sometime before 1826, "was credited with erecting the first public clock in Portland, Maine." Nathaniel Hamlen placed the first public clock in Maine on a gable of his house in Augusta in 1785. Nutter was born in 1801. Smith in 24, Pg. 464, states that Simon Willard built the clock installed (in the then District of Maine) in the First Parish Church (North Church Meeting House per John Willard Ware in 25, Pg. 130) in Portland in 1802. The dates and places of the installations of the oldest public clocks in Maine per Smith in 24, Pgs. 464-7, seem to preclude Nutters' useful presence at any of these installations. I know our forefathers were a competent and precocious lot, but...! Unless and until further information surfaces, we should probably consider Nutter a NH maker. He should be listed in the MRI.

lix. Drepperd in 9, Pg. 262, and Distin & Bishop in 8, Pg. 328, are the only references to list this name. I have not been able to locate this name in any other reference, anywhere. There is a Patten, Maine, southwest of Houlton, north of Bangor; a Zebulon Smith worked in Bangor during the mid-1800's...Do you suppose---no, it's too much of a coincidence! But...remember Abner Berwick---perhaps Smith was from Patten? Further, he could have been confused with B.F.S. Patten, but I fail to see how.

lx. There seems to be some confusion on the proper spelling of this name. Pearson and Pierson both appear. Fredyma in 13, Ppg. 15 & 16, has an H. S. Pierson dated 1834, and also dates an H. S. Pearson as 1789-1878. Until further information is found, the names probably refer to the same person. Moore in 17 and Nutting in 18 list a Matthew Pierret just before Pierson. Palmer in 20, Pg. 258, lists a Henry S. Pierret with the data appropriate to Pierson. Distin & Bishop in 8, Pg. 329, list Henry S. Pierret, but do not list Matthew Pierret of Philadelphia at all. Pearson is probably correct, as per Flynt and Fales in 12, Pg. 295.

lxi. The First Book of Records of Pepperellborough (11) records on Pg. 140 that Humphrey Pike was born, (either twin to Sarah Pike, or registered on the same day), 12 September, 1780. His next appearance is on Pg. 20, wherein Humphrey Pike and Mary Dunham of Biddeford record their intentions of marriage, 19 October, 1805. Then (who knows what happened in the interim?) on Pg. 23, Humphrey Pike and Sarah Emery of Limerick record their intentions of marriage on 7 March, 1807. They obviously carried their intentions to fruition, for although Pg. 215 records the death of Humphrey Pike on 28 April, 1808, the last entry for Humphrey Pike is on Pg. 151: "Humphrey Pike, son of Humphrey Pike, deceased, and Sarah Pike his wife, was born 5 September, 1808". I very much suspect that the Records of Pepperellborough and Mr. Katra (in 14, Pg. 77) are talking about two different people, since his Humphrey Pike was "born 15 October 1780", (I can't find that record in the First Book of Records) also married a Sarah Emery of Limerick in 1807, moved to Limerick, and bought land in Limerick in 1837 and was still prospering in 1847! Flynt and Fales in 12, Pg. 282, record that Thomas Moulton (q.v.) "married Sara P. Pike of Saco, 24 Feb., 1822. On 25 March, 1834 he sold land in Saco to Edward S. Moulton which formerly belonged to Humphrey Pike..." Which Pike are we listing? The 1855 Business Directory has Humphrey Pike residing and working in Saco in 1855. Obviously, more research is needed.

lxii. Distin & Bishop in 8, Pg. 329 place Place in Charlestown, Maryland!

lxiii. Louise Helen Coburn in 7 records on Pg. 104: "John Pooler on Pooler's Hill was skillful in repairing watches..." circa 1800-1810.

lxiv. Eckhardt in 10 records the Pope Manufacturing Co. of Portland, Maine, as the assignee of the rights to a patent concerning a chiming mechanism for clocks which was issued to an Englishman, J. Harrington, in 1887.  I have to date found no other references to the company.  The following is recorded on Pg. 21:

lxv. Purinton/Purington are very close in their spelling. Katra in 14, Pg. 63, records that Abner Rogers contemplated moving to North Berwick in 1803 "together with Wm. Purinton, apprentice boy." Abners' father Paul in 1816 took an Elizabeth Purin(g)ton as his second wife. The coincidence of an apprenticed William Purinton in 1803 and a William Purin(g)ton at work in Portland in 1811 (Fredyma in 13, Pg. 16; Flynt and Fales in 12, Pg. 306) makes one wonder whether there was a family connection between William and Elizabeth Purin(g)ton? Recorded variations in orthography in those times do suggest that a connection (both familial and horological) is possible. Further, Flynt and Fales record that "this clock- and watchmaker was carrying on business at Getchel's Corner in Vassalborough. The name also appears on land records in Bowdoinham between 1832 and 1859".

lxvi. Henry Quimby (probably Quincy) is more than likely a transcription error. However, while assuming the guise of Henry Pearson/Pierson/Quimby, he may also be known as Henry Pierret, joining the august company of Abner Berwick, who worked in Berwick or in Brunswick or in Portland, depending on which of many authorities--even Britten!--one consults.

lxvii. Probably most properly Ranlet. I've serviced a signed Samuel Ranlet tall-case in Waterville. Palmer in his "Extension of...List(ing)" states that the spelling 'Ranjlett' has been found on the dials of three different clocks.

lxviii. Parsons records: in 22, Pg. 295, "Concord from Newburyport 2/13/1801, cabinetmaker 1821 to Alfred, Maine where died 9/6/1847 at age 77. Tall clock w. label and movt. by T. Chandler..." As he was only 51 when he moved to Alfred, he could have made cases while in Alfred. The dates would have made him a contemporary of Thomas Moulton.

lxix. Monroe in 16, Pg. 197, records that Rowell was in partnership with a D. S. Thompson in a "store that carried watches, clocks, and jewelry."

lxx. Abner Lowell and William Senter are individually recorded in the MRI, but their firm is not.

lxxi. Eckhardt in 10 records the following on Pg. 40:

Other than that he assigned a partial interest to someone from Rockland, I can't see that this record justifies categorizing Shaw as a Maine maker. Unfortunately, it is the only record I have been able to find. On the other hand, why did he assign part of his interest to someone in Maine? Who was Kalloch? Is he of interest to someone doing research on the clockmakers of Maine's "stern and rockbound coast?"

lxxii. Eckhardt in 10 provides this record on Pg. 154:

O. W. Smith is listed by Smith in 23, Pg. 1093, but his name does not appear in the MRI.

lxxiii. Zebulon Smith is the Smith of Clapp & Smith in Bangor (see xv above). Flynt and Fales in 12, Pg. 326, also list Smith & (Henry F.) Skerry as at work in Bangor in 1846.

lxxiv. Flynt and Fales in 12, Pg. 334 show silversmith's marks for B. Swan, B. & M.M. Swan, and M. M. Swan, but provide no biographical data for Moses, nor on their joint venture.

lxxv. The Synchronous Time Co. of Portland (and Boston) is the assignee of patent rights to six different patents granted to four different individuals per Eckhardt in 10; Pgs. 24, 65 and 68. No other information on this company has been uncovered to date.

lxxvi. Flynt & Fales in 12, Pg. 339, record that Titcomb was partner to Ilsley, 1825-26 in Portland. Moved to Bangor 1832, in partnership with his brother Phillip 1835.

lxxvii. There seems to be more than a little confusion on the various Tw(o)ambleys and Cleaveses. Smith in 23, Pg. 1089, states that George E. Twambley worked as a watch repairer in Biddeford in 1884, and that his son R. D. Twambley (no date) was at a different location in the same town. Smith also writes that "He (which he?) was associated with Cleaves, as Twambley and Cleaves, about 1870." The implication seems to be that the Cleaves here involved is the E. W. Cleaves whom Smith listed earlier in the article as a watchmaker and jeweller in Steuben, c. 1857. Palmer in 19, Pg. 297, lists a Twombley & Cleaves as at work in Biddeford c. 1870. Fredyma in 13, Pg. 20, concurs in the dating, but the name is Twambley. Fredyma also lists a Samuel G. Twambley (1880) and Samuel G. Twambley & Son (1895) in Biddeford. Eckhardt in 10 records on Pg. 153:
NameResidenceDatePatent Number
TWAMBLEY, S. G.Biddeford, MaineMar. 15, 186441, 966
Lathe rest for turning watch wheels.
Fredyma in 13, Pg. 4, notes a Cleaves & Kimball in 1860 in Biddeford, as well as a C. J. Cleaves in 1860 (Pg. 4) in Biddeford, and Twambley & Cleaves in 1870. My conclusion is that the three Tw(o)ambleys may all be related to one another, someone made a transcription error; and that all three (Twombley is likely the correct spelling) Twombleys were at work in Biddeford at about the same time. E. W. Cleaves (Smith in 23, Pg. 1078, noted in 16 above) worked down the coast in Steuben; and C. J. Cleaves was the one involved with at least one of the three Tw(o)ambleys, c. 1870 in Biddeford.

lxxviii. Of the references cited, only Palmer in 20, Pg. 298, refers to Upjohns' sojourn and possible work as a clockmaker in Maine. Moore in 17 and Nutting in 18 merely mention that he was a member of the Clockmakers' Company and came from England in 1802. Distin & Bishop in 8, Pg. 341, seem to question his presence in Maine.

lxxix. Although the locations are different for these two names, I suspect that they are the same person. Paris, Norway and Livermore Falls are not that far apart.

lxxx. BULLETIN of the NAWCC, Inc., Vol. VII, No. 5, Whole Number 65: Review of Current Periodicals, Pg. 327; Antiques Journal, May 1956. Article by Brooks Palmer: Robert Wentworth, Clockmaker of Maine. Wentworth was born in Buxton in 1786. He made his first clock in 1810, and worked as a clockmaker for some 10 years, until an accident caused the loss of his left arm.

lxxxi. Fredyma in 13, Pg. 21, lists Wheaton as in Portland in 1812. Flynt and Fales in 12, Pg. 355, place both (Godfrey) Wheaton and (John W.) Douglas in Portland in 1812. These are the only sources which put either Godfrey Wheaton or Wheaton & Douglas in Maine. All other lists place these names in Providence in a probable confusion with Caleb and Calvin Wheaton who were in Providence during the same period.

lxxxii. Drepperd in 8, Pg. 288 and Distin & Bishop in 8, Pg. 344, place Wilkins in Wiscasset, RI; Palmer in 20, Pg. 308, asks Maine or RI, but lists Drepperd as his source. Flynt and Fales in 12, Pg. 359, definitely put him in Wiscasset, Maine.

lxxxiii. Again, Eckhardt in 10 records on Pg. 21:

Worthley is not recorded in the MRI as a Maine clockmaker.

lxxxiv. Palmer notes his birth in the then District of Maine (Lincoln County, MA) Apprenticed to John Osgood in Utica, NY.

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31. SPRAGUE, Laura Fecych, Ed., AGREEABLE SITUATIONS Society, COMMERCE, AND ART IN SOUTHERN MAINE, 1780-1830. The Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, Maine.

32. Harris, J. Carter, The Clock and Watchmaker's American Advertiser 1707 1800. Unpublished manuscript held at the NAWCC Library. 1984.

Although many of these names appear in Britten (9th Ed., 1986) I chose not to use this as a reference, as the majority of the entries for American horologists, without any important exceptions, appear to depend very heavily on Moore who, oddly enough, is not cited as a reference, nor does she appear in the Select Bibliography (Pg. 675).  Nutting, whose CLOCK BOOK and Furniture Treasury are cited, appears to depend very heavily on Moore as a source.  Further, the listings in Britten are directed toward English makers, with the comment "that additions outside London are again not exhaustive, but 'facts which happened to be within reach'."  I was initially disenchanted when I found Britten listed BERWICK, Abner, with a perfectly straight face, but found the same name again and again in the records compiled in this country, ranging from Moore in 1911, to Distin & Bishop in 1976.  Wouldn't it be nice to find an Abner Berwick somewhere in the records?

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