Simon Willard
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Simon Willard was an American clockmaker. Simon Willard clocks were produced in Massachusetts in the towns of Grafton and Roxbury, near Boston. Among his many innovations and timekeeping improvements,
Simon Willard Roxbury Tall Case Clock. Circa 1793. A brass plaque reads “Given by John Goddard as a wedding gift to his son Benjamin Goddard, M. Louisa May, 1793.” Dial signed “Simon Willard.”
A c. 1810 Simon Willard gallery clock in the lobby of the West Wing of the White House.
Old South Meeting House's Willard gallery clock, now at Old South Church.
Carlo Franzoni's 1819 sculptural chariot clock, the Car of History depicting Clio, muse of history, recording the proceedings of the house. Fitted with a clock mechanism by Simon Willard in 1837.
Aaron Willard
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Aaron Willard was an entrepreneur, industrialist, and clockmaker who worked at his Roxbury, Massachusetts, factory during the early years of the United States of America.
Simon Willard
…all the Willard brothers, Simon was born on the family farm in Grafton, April 3, 1753. He was the second son; his brothers were Benjamin (1743–1803), Aaron (1757–1844), and Ephraim (1755–1832). The farm, now operated as the Willard House and Clock Museum, had been built in 1718 by the Willards' third…
Portrait by John Ritto Penniman
Clock's signature
Aaron Willard Jr.