Thomas, Seth

Thomas, Seth

▪ American clockmaker
born Aug. 19, 1785, Wolcott, Conn., U.S.
died Jan. 29, 1859, Plymouth Hollow, Conn.
 American clock manufacturer who was one of the pioneers in the mass production of clocks and the founder of one of the most important clock companies in the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries.

      Apprenticed as a carpenter and joiner, Thomas worked building houses and barns until 1807, when, because of his woodworking skills, the clock maker Eli Terry (Terry, Eli) hired him and Silas Hoadley to join in a wholesale clock-making enterprise. Terry, Thomas, and Hoadley, after about a year of setting up the required machinery, produced some 4,000 clocks in the following two years. The weight-driven wooden clocks were movements only, made under contract to Edward and Levi G. Porter who would then supply them for grandfather clocks (grandfather clock).

      Thomas and Hoadley bought Terry's interest in 1809, and in 1813 Thomas sold his interest to Hoadley and opened his own factory in Plymouth Hollow. As the operation prospered, Thomas purchased the rights to manufacture the shelf clock originated by Terry and built his own mill to roll brass and make wire; about 5,000 clocks were produced under their agreement.

      Thomas organized the Seth Thomas Clock Company at Plymouth Hollow in 1853, and soon after his death the western portion of Plymouth Hollow was made into the separate town of Thomaston in his honour. His son, also named Seth (1816–88), continued and enlarged the business.

Jonathan D. Betts
 

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