Ephraim Willard

"Born in Grafton on March 8, 1755. His older brothers Benjamin and Simon taught him clockmaking in Grafton. . . . Signed Roxbury style tall clocks are known. Some of his tall clock dials are signed at Boston but most have no location listed on the dial. No signed shelf clocks or patent timepieces are known." - see full biographical information in 'Willard's Patent Time Pieces: A History of the Weight-Driven Banjo Clock, 1800-1900" by Paul J. Foley