Abbott, E.G.* Kingfield,
Knox -1874-1891
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: He worked in Kingfield from 1874-1882 and Knox from 1882-1891. (Yeaton, Axe
Makers of Maine.)
Abbott, Ebenezer G.** Montville
-1850-1860-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1850 and 1860 census. He was born in Northport, Maine.
Abbott, Joel** Montville
-1860-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1860 census. He was born in Vermont.
Abbott, Sewall L. Deering
-1871-
Tools Made: Bits
Remarks: Abbott had a
patent marked: PAT' D. JULY 25. 71 for a countersink,
but he may not have actually made the tool himself.
Ackerman & Johns*
Bangor
Tools
Made: Axes
Adams, Dummer J.** Kittery
-1877-
Tools
Made: Countersinks
Remarks:
The Davistown Museum has in its collection a countersink marked PATENDED
| JAN 23, 1877. | D.J. ADAMS | KITTERY, ME. with the word patented upsided down. The Directory of American Machinery
and Tool Patents lists this as patent number 186,513 for an improvement
for countersinks and also shows the patent diagram at: http://www.datamp.org/displayPatent.php?number=186513&type=UT.
It is unknown who manufactured the countersink. This one is also
marked R.L. MARKS, who might have been the
owner.
Adams, J.C.*
Waterboro
Tools
Made: Axes
Adams, J.G. Waterford
-1855-1856-
Tools
Made: Axes and Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business Directories.
Adams, R.F. Lincoln
-1855-1856-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business Directories.
Albee, Robert** Bucksport
-1855-
Tools Made: Wheelwright
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Alden & Co., H.**
Camden -1855-
Tools Made: Pump and
Block Makers
Remarks: Listed in the
1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Alden, John** Augusta
1830-
Tools Made: Coopers tools
Remarks: John Alden,
one of the original Plimouth Pilgrims, was a cooper and in the 1830's he
and John Howland were sent up to Kennebec to set up and manage a trading
post there. Information courtesy of Ruth DeWilde Major.
Aldrich
& Waterhouse Gardiner
-1867-1871-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
See: Waterhouse,
W.H.
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Aldrich, Ezra Calais
-1865-1866-
Tools
Made:Adzes, Axes, Chisels and Edge Tools
Aldrich, Ezra** Bath
-1879-1882-
Tools Made: Axes, Adzes,
etc.
Remarks: He is listed
on Commercial St. in the 1879 and Water St. in the 1881-2 Maine Business
Directory. Is it possible this is the same Ezra Aldrich as the one
in Calais earlier?
Allard,
Isaac Belfast -1868-1884
(b.1819; d.1884)
Tools
Made: Screwdrivers
Remarks: A watchmaker, machinist, and jewelry dealer, Allard was also the inventor
of several spiral screwdrivers for which he received patents (4 Aug. 1868
and 24 Nov. 1874). These tools were known to be made by F.A. Howard (& Son) after the 1880's, however their name does not appear on all
such tools. Allard or someone else may have made them as well.
Screwdrivers bearing Allard's patent were still being sold in 1898. Patents
80583 on 10/4/1868; 157087 on 11/24/1874, information courtesy of C.D.
Fales. The Davistown Museum has one screwdriver with an Allard patent
in the IR: Other Factory
Made Tools collection listed under Maine Made Tools. Also
see Franklin Augustus Howard and Clifford Fales' Gristmill article on Issac Allard spiral screwdrivers.
Allen, A.**
East Livermore -1882-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: Listed in the
1882 Maine Business Directory.
Allen, Cyrus K. Windham
-1871-1879-
Tools Made: Farm
tools and Plows
Allen, I.F.** Liberty
-1870-
Tools Made: Machinist
Remarks: Listed in the
1870 census as living at the home of blacksmith Richard Gilman.
American Axe
& Tool Co. Oakland
-1889-1921
Tools
Made: Axes, Edge Tools, Farm Tools and Scythes
Remarks:
This was the huge congolomerate of American Ax companies that bought
up many of Maine's ax makers including Hubbard & Blake of Oakland,
which became American Axe & Tool Co. plant number 16. The company
probably moved to Pennsylvania in 1912. DATM (1999) indicates they
were originally a consortium of fifteen or more companies forming an axe
making trust. In 1921, Kelley Axe & Tool Co. of West Virginia
bought their assets.
Ames, Epthah J.* Waterboro
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: Could this be
the same man as Ames, Jepthah and/or Ames, J.?
Ames, J.F.*
Richmond -1855-1902
Tools
Made: Axes, Edge Tools
Remarks: He is listed in the 1855 Maine Business Directory as an edge toolmaker.
Yeates reports him as an ax maker from 1874 to 1902. Perhaps this
is the same J. F. in the partnership of J.F. & D.C. Ames? The Davistown
Museum has an Ames peen adz marked J. F. AMES in the Maritime IV: The
Early Industrial Revolution collection listed under Maine made tools.
This tool will be part of the 2007 Art of the Edge Tool Show.
Ames, J.F. & D.C. Richmond
-1867-1881-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools, Axes, Ice tools, Shipsmith
Remarks:
They are listed in the 1867, 1869, 1879 and 1881 Maine Business Directories.
Ames, J.* Waterville
1826-
Tools Made: Axes
Ames, Jepthah
Waterville
Tools Made: Axes
Andrews & Co., W. Buckfield
Village -1849-
Tools
Made: Hoes
Andrews, Edgar D. Stow
-1855-1882-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: DATM (1999) indicates Andrews was also working in North Chatham, NH at
the same time. He is listed in the 1881
and 1882 Maine Business Directory in both places.
Archer, Joel W. Lincoln
-1855-1874-
Tools
Made: Axes and Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business Directories.
Atkins & Simmons**
Rockland -1869-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Atkins, J.W.*
Rockland 1883-1892
Tools
Made: Axes
Atkins, W.J.**
Rockland -1881-1882-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the Maine Business Directory in 1881 on Ocean St. and in 1882
at 16 North Main St.
Atkinson, Joseph*
Buxton 1829-1832
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: This maker is
listed as Alkinson in DATM, probably a misspelling.
Augusta Foundry**
Remarks: No further information
or working dates are available yet about this listing.
Auster & Davis Addison
-1856-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks:
This company is listed in the 1856 Maine Business Directory.
Austin, Moses**
Addison -1855-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1855 Maine Business Directory.
Austin, R.J. Dixfield
Tools
Made: Lumber Measuring Tools, Log Calipers
Avery & McLaurin**
Portland -1882-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1882 Maine Business Directory at 17 Union St.
Avery, George** Portland
-1881-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1881 Maine Business Directory at 4 Union St.
Avery, George** Prospect
-1872-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: Avery, with George
Wescott owned and ran Bowdoin Point Blacksmith. The hill upon
which the blacksmith shop sat is still referred to as Blacksmith Shop Hill.
They were connected with the quarries. (Alice Ellis, History
of Prospect 1759-1979, 1980, pg. 251-252.)
Avery, Samuel**
Portland -1869-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Avery, Samuel**
Charlemont
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks:
Avery is listed in Appendix 2 (page 98) of Klenman's Axe Makers of North
America with a notation that Avery was a working blacksmith. Klenman
does not give any further description of Avery in his text.
Avery, Stephen Amherst,
North Anson, Anson -1849-1856-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: Avery later moved to North Anson, ME . He is listed in North Anson
in the 1855 Maine Business Directory. The 1856 Maine Business Directory
lists Stephen Avey of Anson, probably a misprint of his name.
Ayer, William**
Liberty -1879-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1879 Maine Business Directory.
Ayers* Dresden
1869-
Tools
Made: Axes
Ayman, William** Calais
-1855-
Tools Made: Pump and
Block Makers
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Babcock, M.** ?
Tools Made: Drawshaves
Remarks: A mast shave
(?) 19" long with a 12 3/8" long cutting blade was found in a coastal Maine
workshop and the maker is not listed in DATM (1999). This shave is
in the Davistown Museum collection and is characterized by a heavy cutting
blade, 2" in depth; welded steel construction with evidence of heavy filing,
appearance 1840 - 1860. It is uncertain if this is a heavy duty cooper's
shave, or as is more likely, a mast shave. If not of Maine origin,
it is most certainly a New England-made edge tool.
Bachelder, E.S.**
Montville -1869-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Bacheldor,
L.** Sebago
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks: In the Bob Jones collection is an 8 1/2" smooth plane with marks J.
BRADFORD. PORTLAND and L. Bacheldor. Sebago.
Pollak lists this plane on pg. 29. Also see Joseph Bradford of Portland and I. Batchelder who made planes
in Sebago. Could these be the same person with the name misspelled?
Bailey, G.E. Cambridge
-1879-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools and Plows
Bailey, Jesse Dresden
-1879-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools including Hay Presses
Bailey, R.G. North
Bridgewater -1849-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Bailey,Richard Bridgton
1816-1856
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business Directories as an edge
toolmaker.
Bailey, S. Everitt Cambridge
-1879-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools and Plows
Remarks: What
was Everitt's relationship to G.E. Bailey (above)?
Baker & Kincaid** Skowhegan
-1867-
Tools Made: Butcher Knives
Remarks: This company is listed in the 1867 Maine Business Directory.
Baker, D.I.** South Weston,
Weston -1879-1882-
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1879, 1881, and 1882 Maine Business Directory.
Baker, Daniel** Liberty
-1880-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1880 census.
Baker, C.M. & A.* Bingham
-1874-1890
Tools Made: Axes, Shaves,
etc.
Remarks: This company
is listed in the 1879 Maine Business Directory.
Baker, H. Portland
-1869-
Tools
Made: Saw Filing Machines, Saw Tools
Baker, R.**
York 1997-
Tools
Made: Planes (and reproductions)
Remarks:
Bob Baker worked in Michigan from 1979 - 1997 and now has moved to Maine.
He makes planes for violin makers in New York City and San Francisco.
He has also done reproductions of planes including a Sandusky center-wheeled
plow owned by Lee Valley Tools and
illustrated in their 2002 calendar (photo) and an Israel White of Philadelphia
plow plane illustrated in a Don Rosebrook publication on plow planes.
Bangor
Edge Tool Co.* Bangor
-1874-1910
Tools
Made: Axes, Knives
Remarks:
This company is listed at 57 or 59 Exchange St. in the 1879, 1881,
and 1882 Maine Business Directory. An envelope with the postmark of 1887
and bearing the letterhead of the Bangor Edge Tool Co. has been recently
discovered by Bar Harbor collector Michael Strout and is reproduced here.
This envelope clearly denotes this company as a vendor of the Peavey cant
hook and assumedly other tools. The letterhead also has in the name C.
A. Peavey in the upper left hand corner above the cant hook illustration,
linking the Bangor Edge Tool Co. to the labyrinth of the Peavey clan of
toolmakers. A later (1941) catalog issued by the Peavey
Mfg. Co. is reproduced in the Davistown Museum Maine toolmakers information
files.
Bangor Foundry & Machine
Co. Bangor -1880-1885-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools and Plows
Remarks: They also manufactured
cultivator teeth.
Banks, Edward Prince Portland
-1834-1870
Tools
Made: Scientific Instruments including watches and mathematical and
nautical instruments
Remarks: DATM
(1999) indicates that Banks was a partner with William H.H. Hatch in the
jewelry business from 1837 to 1857 during which time he may have made instruments,
the maker's sign for which is unknown.
Barker & Stinchfield** Brunswick
-1825-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Barker, Abijah**
Canaan -1867-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He is listed in the 1867 Maine Business Directory.
Barker,
Daniel J. Weston -1867-1879-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks:
He is listed in the 1867 and 1869 Maine Business Directory. Could
he have later partnered in Kierstead & Barker of nearby Danforth?
Barclay, David** Calais
-1855-
Tools Made: Wheelwright
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory. It also has the
word "milltown" in parenthesis next to his name.
Barclay, Samuel** Calais
-1855-
Tools Made: Wheelwright
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Barnes & Smith**
Brewer -1869-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Barrett, G. Buckfield
-1879-1885-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools and Rakes including drag rakes
Barrows & Son, C. Canton
-1871-
Tools
Made: Horse Rakes
Barrows, A. Canton
-1879-1885-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Remarks: Relationship
to Barrows & Son is unknown.
Barrows, L.M.** Vassalborough
Tools Made: Planes
Remarks: He made a 9"
long compassed smoother, marked with his name and VASS.ME.
The town of Vassalborough, Maine, located on the east bank of the Kennebec
River, 14 miles northeast of Augusta, had a population of 3,000 in 1850.
(Pollak, pg. 36). The Bob Jones collection has a 9" iron coffin plane
with this mark.
Bartlett, J.W. Elliot
Tools
Made: Branding Irons
Remarks: DATM
(1999) indicates, "It is not clear if Bartlett was it's maker or the name
it branded."
Barstow, Calvin** Brunswick
-1790-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Barton,
Flint** Oakland 1773-1833
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks:
Barton was one of the first ax makers working on the Emerson Stream in
Oakland, Maine. (see Klenman's Axe
Makers of North America.) Klenman indicates he had 13 sons, many
of whom became blacksmiths as well as ax makers in the Oakland area.
No specific names or manufacturing company records have survived about
the activities of these offspring.
Bassell, T.H. Wellington
-1870-1871-
Tools
Made: Axes
Batchelder, Edward S. Montville
-1869-1871-
Tools
Made: Blacksmith, Edge Tools
Remarks: This
name is also recorded as Bachelder. He is listed in the 1850 - 1870
census and was born in Liberty.
Batchelder,
I. Sebago
ca. 1790
Tools
Made: Wood Planes
Remarks: DATM
(1999) indicates that the maker's signature was I. BATCHELDER
| SEBAGO. Pollak states in his fourth edition that
I. Batchelder was listed in Sebago ca. 1800 (pg 40). Also see L.Bacheldor.
Batchelder,
Joseph C. Lisbon circa 1819-1828
Tools
Made: Edge Tools and Scythes
Remarks:
It is unclear (DATM 1999) if a hay knife with the reported marking BATCHELDER may have also been from this maker.
Bates, Erastus
W.** Waterville -1863-
Tools
Made: Hand Saws
Remarks: He had patent 37999 on 3/24/1863 for a hand saw. It was assigned
to John Ellis of N. Bridgewater, MA. The patent claims an improvement
to the method of stretching the blade in a buck saw. See Ellis
Saw Co. Source: Graham Stubbs.
Bath Iron Foundry Bath
-1869-1871-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools and Plows including cultivators and harrows.
Bead & Morrill** Bangor
Tools Made: Planes
Remarks: Morrill was
a prominent Bangor planemaker, who was Bead? See Pollak, 4th edition.
Beam, Eli B. Brownfield
-1885-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Bean, B.B.* Rockland
-1869-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Bean, Jonathan Montville
-1855-1860-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Remarks:
He is listed in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory and in the
1860 census as a Machinist. He was born in New Hampshire.
Beath, W.H.** Kenduskeag
-1879-
Tools Made: Axes, Cooper's
Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1879 Maine Business Directory.
Becker,
C. B.** Cherryfield
Tools
Made: Gouges
Remarks:
The Museum now has two chisels marked G.B.
Ricker; it appears there was no Becker, this listing
was created by our misreading of an obscured mark.
Beek & Sons*
Orono -1874-1877
Tools
Made: Axes
Belfast Foundry**
Belfast -1880-1900-
Tools
Made: Tools and Machinery
Remarks: The Belfast Foundry originally did custom foundry work, including ship's
fittings. They also made quarry tools, and were known to have sold stone
dressing tools to Halls Quarry in Mount Desert. Information provided by
Doug Brown of Belfast, who also has a house jack made by the Belfast
Foundry. His grandfather worked there. The foundry made a proof press for
a local printer.
Benjamin & Co. Winthrop
-1855-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Benjamin, James Newport
-1862-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: Benjamin was also listed as a horse shoer.
Benjamin,
Samuel** Winthrop
-1790-
Tools Made: Planes
Remarks: Pollak states
that he was apprenticed to Joseph Metcalf, a Winthrop, ME, planemaker (pg.
45).
Bennett's Mills Norway
-1864-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools and Plows
Remarks: The
company was bought by George Evans in 1864 where he made the circular plane
he patented on 28 Jan. 1862. DATM (1999) indicates this company may
have made planes for Evans before he bought the company, and it is not
known whether or not Evans continued to make farm tools and plows once
he bought the company. For more information on G.F. Evans see the
entry under that name. The Davistown Museum has one specimen of the
Evans circular plane on exhibit in the main museum hall.
Bennett,
F. P. & Co.** Montville
Tools Made: Blacksmith,
Machinist
Remarks: "Frank [Bennett]
was an inventor who developed an improved model of the Cram Wheel that had a more efficient turbine action, and was designed to allow
for quicker repairs when the iron fins broke off. ...Several of his
patents were offered for general sale, such as the Liberty Tongue and Groove
Stave Machine and Bennett's Improved Stave Chamfer and Crozing Machine,
and a hand water pump." (Tom Donahue,
1996, The Kingdom in Montville, Maine). Illustrations of these machines from his brochures have been reproduced on the back cover
of the Registry. Also see the Liberty
Machine Co.
Berry & Waterhouse*
Gardiner
Tools
Made: Axes
Berry, Eldbridge** Gardiner
-1867-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1867 Maine Business Directory.
Best, Henry** Robbinston
-1855-
Tools Made: Pump and
Block Makers
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Bicknell
Manufacturing Company** Rockland
Tools
Made: Quarrying
Remarks: Mr. Putnam Bicknell, the firm's second manager, purchased control of the Livingston
Manufacturing Company and opened a branch office and plant in Elberton,
Georgia. He also changed the name to Bicknell Manufacturing. (Shore Village
Story). The company now goes by the name Bicknell Supply Co. and
has closed the Rockland branch. For more information see the Museum's information
file. The Davistown Museum has a Bicknell stone chisel in the
IR: Other factory made
tools collection listed under Maine made tools.
Billings** Augusta
Tools
Made: Draw Knives, Cleavers, Slicks
Remarks: The Davistown Museum has a clapboard slick (photograph) marked BILLINGS
| AUGUSTA in the Maritime
IV collection listed under edge tools and a cleaver in the Maritime
III collection listed under knives.
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Billings** China
Tools Made: Chisels
Remarks: The Davistown
Museum has a chisel (photo) marked BILLINGS. | CAST STEEL | CHINA and CAST STEEL | WARRANTED in the Maritime
III collection listed under edge tools.
Billings Axe Co.** Clinton
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: This company
was founded by J.P. Billings of Clinton. George P. Billings was born
in 1865 and eventually took over his father's business.
Billings & Fogg North
Monmouth -1859-
Tools
Made: Hoes and Shovels
Billings & Spear North
Monmouth -1849-1856-
Tools
Made: Hoes and Shovels
Remarks: DATM (1999)
indicates that they were succeeded by Billings & Fogg sometime before
1859, and were also listed as Spear & Billings.
Billings, George H. North
Monmouth -1869-1871-
Tools
Made: Hoes and Shovels
Billings, G.P.* Clinton
-1874-1909
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: **Connor Noel
has informed us that John P. Billings of Clinton had a son named George
P. Billings, born in 1865. Possibly this is the G.P. Billings listed
by Donald Yeaton?
Billings, J.*
Saco -1874-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: Could
this be a relative of John P. Billings of Clinton?
Billings,
John P.** Clinton -1825-1881-
b. 1837
Tools Made: Axes and
Edge Tools
Remarks: DATM (1999)
notes his maker's mark as J.P. BILLINGS | CLINTON. ME with
both lines of text curved to form an oval. DATM also notes
a John Billings worked in Saco, Maine circa 1825, as well as in Hallowell
in 1841. **Connor Noel (a sixth generation descendent of John P.
Billings) has informed us that John P. was born in 1837 and he opened the
ax factory in Clinton (dates unknown). This means the date of 1825
given in DATM is not correct or that it refers to yet another of the Billings
clan. He is listed as a Clinton ax maker in
the 1867, 1879 and 1881 Maine Business Directory. The broad ax shown
(with an enlargement of the mark) belongs to Connor Noel. The Museum
has a Billing's ax listed in the IR: Other
Factory Made Tools collection listed under axes and a Billings socket
chisel in the Maritime
III collection listed under Edge Tools - American made. On 10/28/05
the Hulls Cove Tool Barn discovered in a Falmouth foreside barn a J.P.
BILLINGS | CLINTON MAINE lipped adze, the first one noted
in the 36 years of tool picking by the Jonesport Wood Co. It will be included
in the 2007 Art of the EdgeTools show.
Blake, Wm. P.** Waterville
1862-1889
Tools Made: Axes, Scythes
and Hooks
Remarks: Also see the Hubbard
& Blake Mfg. Co.
Bliss, T. Buckston,
Bucksport -1807-1820-
Tools
Made: Wood Planes
Remarks: The definite listing of Bliss as a toolmaker in the first edition of the
DATM (1990) has been changed to a tentative listing in the 1999 edition.
The 1999 edition also notes that Bliss may be one of two cabinet makers
in Newport, RI. Planes were simply marked T. BLISS.
Pollak (pg. 52) notes the mark T. BLISS. / BUCKSTON (in 1807 Buckston's name was changed to Bucksport.) The Bob Jones
collection has a 9 1/4" round plane with the Buckston mark.
Blodett, S. A.**
Belfast -1881-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the 1881 Maine Business Directory on Main St.
Bodwell, Joseph**
Wayne, Oakland 1879
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: See the North Wayne Tool Co.
Bolton & Son Portland
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: Any relationship to Libby & Bolton, Portland's
prolific maker of edge tools?
Bolton,
Elbridge G. Portland -1855-1856-
Tools
Made: Adzes, Draw Knives and Edge Tools
Remarks: DATM
(1999) indicates maker's marks as E.G. BOLTON PORTLAND,
and E.G. BOLTON | FLOYD | PORTLAND. ME with a notation that Floyd was otherwise reported
as a Portland ax maker. He is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business
Directories. Also see Libby & Bolton.
NOTE: Clarence Blanchard sold both a signed Bolton hewing ax and a Bolton
gutter adz at his auction on March 10, 2002.
Bolton, Thomas Portland
-1849-
Tools
Made: Draw Knives and Edge Tools
Remarks: Maker's mark
noted as T. BOLTON.
Boothby, D.S.** Livermore
-1882-
Tools Made: Knives
Remarks: Listed in the
1882 Maine Business Directory.
Boothby, Noah Waterville
-1881-1882-
Tools Made: Axes and
Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1881 and 1882 Maine Business Directory with a location
of Main St. He used the mark N.
BOOTHBY | WATERVILLE. The 2" socket chisel in the
photograph is owned by Rick Floyd.
Boothy, Brice Limington
-1855-1856-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks:
He is listed in the 1855 Maine Business Directory with a first name of
Price and in the 1856 Maine Business Directory
as Brice.
Bore, R & H Co.**
Waterville
Tools
Made: Axes
Boulet**
Sebago Lakes -1900-1904-
Tools
Made: Gauges
Remarks: The Davistown Museum has a measuring gauge (photo) marked BOULET'S
FINE TOOL WORKS SEBAGO LAKES MAINE | PAT OCT 2 1900 SEPT 10 1910 FEB 25
04 in the IR: Classic
Period of American Machinist's Tools collection.
Boulton, N.L.V. Waterville
-1849-
Tools
Made: Hammers
Bowker, James Sr.** Paris
1796-1820-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: He purchased
land in Paris, ME, in 1796 from Isaac Jackson. He was a descendant
of James Bowker, a Swede in early Massachusetts and was also a Revolutionary
Soldier.
Boynton, D.P. Monmouth
circa 1878-
Tools
Made: Wood Bench Vises
Remarks: According
to DATM (1999) it is unclear if Boynton patented a wood bench vise in 1878,
made it, or perhaps both.
Bradford, Jesse Turner
-1869-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools and Plows
Bradford,
Joseph Portland
circa 1837-1884 (b. June 1806, d. May 21, 1884)
Tools
Made: Carpenter Tools, Cooper Tools, Edge Tools, Shipsmith Tools and
Wood Planes
Remarks: He had two marks: J.BRADFORD | PORTLAND and J.BRADFORD
| PORTLAND | ME. According to Pollak, pg. 58, "The
1860 census reported he had one employee and produced $1000 worth of coopers'
tools, $200 worth of joiners' tools and $100 in repairs." The Bob
Jones collection has four examples of his planes including a 11 1/2" beech
handled match grooving plane. Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory
at 200 Fore St.
Bradley, Peter H.** Portland
-1869-
Tools
Made: Adzes
Remarks: Bradley designed and made an improved adz with a two piece blade, which
could be pressed over the handle and held in place by a wood or metal plug.
No known examples survive of this adz.
Bragg,
H.** Cornville
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks:
The Davistown Museum has a broad ax (photograph) marked H.BRAGG | CORNVILLE in the Maritime IV collection. Is there a relationship between this Bragg and the other
Braggs listed below?
Bragg, H.A. Katahdin
-1856-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1856 Maine Business Directory as an edge toolmaker.
Bragg, N.H. & Sons** Bangor
-1889-
Tools
Made: Blacksmith Tools
Remarks: Copy of bill courtesy of Raymond Strout.
Bragg, William B. Skowhegan
-1871-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools and Shovels
Bragg, Z.O.**
Rockland -1869-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Breck & Weymouth Clinton
-1856-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: This company is listed in the 1856 Maine Business Directory as an edge
toolmaker.
Breck, William D.* Clinton
1855-1866
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: Could this be
the son of William D. Breck of Waterville? Was this William D. Breck
associated with Breck & Weymouth?
Breck, William
D. Waterville -1800-
Tools
Made: Axes
Brett, Rufus* Phillips
-1855-1856-
Tools
Made: Axes and Edge Tools
Remarks:
He is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business Directories. Don
Yeaton has recently (2003) found an ax signed Rufus Brett Phillips.
Brewer
Tools
Made: Axes
Bridges, J.**
Ellsworth -1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Brigdon*
Bridgdon 1816-1832
Tools
Made: Axes
Briggs, S.E. Caribou
-1899-1900-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Broad, E.**Bangor
-1855-![]()
Tools
Made: Slicks
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1855 Maine Business Directory as an edge toolmaker. A
16" long slick has been found (photograph) marked E. BROAD |
BANGOR | WARRANTED. The closeup of the mark is
from a drawshave. DATM (1999) lists several Broads working from 1857
to 1901 in New Brunswick, Canada who made edge tools. E.&J.W.
Broad were in St. John in 1857. The E. is for Elisha Broad.
They were succeeded by E & H BROAD | CAST STEEL | ST. JOHN,
N.B. from 1862 - 1866. This was a partnership of
Elisha and Hewlett Broad, who were brothers. It is unknown what Hewlett
did immediately after 1866, but from 1881 - 1901, Hewlett used the mark: H.BROAD
| ST. JOHN. Elisha was not known to work alone,
and in 1871 - 1883 he used the mark E. BROAD | MILLTOWN. In 1883
the company name was changed to E. Broad & Son. In 1885 he added
a second son and changed the name to Elisha Broad & Sons. One
of the sons was named Harry W. In 1885 this company also moved from
Milltown to nearby St. Stephen and used the old Douglas Axe Mfg. Co. factory
located there. After Elisha died in 1895, they became the St. Stephen
Edge Tool Co. It is unknown if there is any relationship between
the earlier E. Broad working in Bangor in mid-century and this Broad clan.
Broad, Hollis China
-1856-
Tools
Made: Axes
Brock, William D.** Clinton
-1855-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1855 Maine Business Directory as an edge toolmaker.
Is this a different person from the William D. Breck of Clinton, who made
axes?
Brodigan, L. Biddeford
-1869-1871-
Tools
Made: Files
Brooks Hdw. Augusta
-1899-1900-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Brown, A.D. Augusta
circa 1855
Tools
Made: Shovels
Brown, Cyrus Fayette
-1855-1856-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks:
He is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business Directories as an edge
toolmaker.
Brown, James W. Woodstock
-1862-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Brown, John**
Pemaquid, Woolwich, Bristol 1622-1659
(b. 1604, d. 1659)
Tools Made: Blacksmith,
Mason
Remarks: Probably Maine's
earliest toolmaker. See the Davistown Museum information file on John
Brown for more information.
Brown, John St.
Albans -1855-1856-
Tools
Made: Axes and Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1855 Maine Business Directory.
Brown, N.A.* Richmond
1886-1889
Tools Made: Axes
Brownson, Herbert S.**
Portland
Tools Made: Screwdrivers
Remarks: Brownson obtained
patent 344160, 6/22/1886, information courtesy of C.D. Fales.
Bryant, Alonzo Montville
-1879-1880
Tools
Made: Farm Tools including winnowing mills
Bryant, E.A.** Bath
-1882-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: Listed in the
1882 Maine Business Directory on Water St.
Bryant, Samuel** Portland
-1855-
Tools Made: Pump and
Block Makers
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Buck, Amos**
Eastport -1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Budge, James Thomas*
Lee -1840-1890-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: "He spent his
early days on the farm, and in early manhood learned the blacksmith's trade.
After becoming of age he worked at that business about sixteen years in
this town. In 1863 he engaged in trade and continued at that business
for fifteen years, when he sold out and again went into blacksmithing with
his son, which business he is now following." (Godfrey,
1882, History of Penobscot County, Maine pg. 893).
Burbank & Allamby**
Bangor -1855-
Tools Made: Brass Founders
and Finishers
Remarks: Listed in the
1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Burgin, Lewis**
Eastport -1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Burkett, N.H. Union
-1879-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools including mowing machines and horse products
Burnham, J.B.** Calais
-1882-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: Listed in the
1882 Maine Business Directory.
Burnham, J.H.** Blue Hill
-1855-
Tools Made: Wheelwright
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Burns & Buxton** Portland
-1855-
Tools Made: Pump and
Block Makers
Remarks: Listed in the
1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
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Burrowes
Co., Edward T. Portland
1878-1928
Tools
Made: Levels, Rules and Wooden Planes
Remarks: DATM notes Burrowes,
"was primarily a maker of a sliding wire screen patented in 1878; the tools
he marked were special types used to install that screen" including
a sliding and folding rule patented 24 Mar. 1891. Burrowes made one
plane in particular in large quantities, as it has frequently appeared
in tool chests and collections purchased by the Liberty Tool Co. over the
past thirty years, and that is the screen making plane. Burrowes'
mark is printed on the side of this screen making plane in large block
letters (E.T. BURROWES CO., MANUFACTURERS, PORTLAND MAINE,
and other variations). According to Pollak, pg. 69-70, the plane
bearing the firm name was part of the installation package for the screen.
The Davistown Museum has a 12" level (photo) marked E.
T. BURROWES CO. | PORTLAND, ME. in the IR: Classic
machinist's tools collection. Twenty four examples of a brass
tag stating MADE BY / E.T.BURROWES & CO / PULL / WIRE SCREENS
/ PORTLAND,ME. are in the Bob Jones collection.
This company also made furniture items such as pool tables and cedar chests.
We have received a report of an old crank phonograph in a cabinet marked
Burrowes of Portland, Maine.
Bussel, Ethan*
Wellington 1885-1895
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: There was also a T.H. Bussell that worked in Wellington starting around
1885; perhaps this was a brother or another relative, and the name has
been misspelled.
Bussell, T.H. Wellington
-1869-1925
Tools
Made: Axes, Chisels, Drawshaves, etc.
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1869, 1879, 1881, and 1882 Maine Business Directory.
Buswell, Turner H.** Brighton
-1855-1856-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business Directories as an edge
toolmaker. In 1856 his name was spelled Bussell. Could this
be the T.H. Bussell reported later in Wellington or a relative?
Butler & Haines Bangor
Tools
Made: Saws
Remarks: Reported
also as Butler and Haynes, the maker signature was BUTLER &
HAINES | BANGOR, ME | WARRANTED CAST STEEL with the name
line curved.
Butler, Daniel W.** Liberty
-1860-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1860 census.
Butterfield,
Andrew** East Wilton
1836- (d.1866)
Tools
Made: Blacksmith
Remarks:
He bought his father, Issac's shop from Samuel Pease in 1836 and partnered
with Calvin Keyes in 1839. This information
is from the notes of W. A. "Chet" Sweat of Farmington, ME.
Butterfield,
Issac, Jr.** East Wilton
1803-1817 (b.1750 d. 1817)
Tools
Made: Blacksmith, Quarrying Tools
Remarks:
His blacksmith shop was sold to Samuel Pease in 1818. This
information is from the notes of W. A. "Chet" Sweat of Farmington, ME.
Buzzard, A. Bangor
Tools
Made: Hammers and Stoneworking Tools
Remarks: The
maker's mark A. BUZZARD BANGOR was found on
a slater's hammer.
Cameron & Co., W.F. Portland
-1879-1880-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Cammett, Dudley** Portland
-1855-
Tools Made: Pump and
Block Makers
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Campbell, Ambrose S.
Ellsworth -1855-1904
Tools
Made: Axes, Chisels and Edge Tools
Remarks: The
maker's mark is A.S. CAMPBELL.
DATM (1999) lists A. S. Campbell working from 1874 - 1904 and Ambroses
Campbell working in 1856 and is unsure if these are two people or one.
He is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business Directories as Ambrose
S. Campbell under the edge tool manufacturers category. He is also
listed in the 1881 and 1882 Maine Business Directory as A. S. Campbell,
maker of axes.
Campbell, B.W. Livermore
-1869-
Tools
Made: Handles and Scythes including Scythe Snaths
Capen, David** Eastport
-1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Carpenter, F.E. Portland
ca. 1870
Tools
Made: Wooden Planes
Remarks: The
marking is ink stamped and reads F.E. CARPENTER | 153 ALLEN AVENUE
| PORTLAND, MAINE, and may be that of a dealer.
The example cited in Pollak (pg. 76) is a 10 1/2" beech dado from
the Bob Jones collection.
Carr, E.G.**
Dixfield -1882-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: Listed in the
1882 Maine Business Directory.
Carr, Hiram Dexter
-1849-1855
Tools
Made: Farm Tools and Handles
Remarks: According
to DATM (1999), "An 1849 listing is only for scythe snaths; an 1855 one
is for agriculture implements. It is not known if the later listing
implied he was making anything else."
Cary Bros. Houlton
-1869-1871-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools and Plows
Cary, W.
H.** Houlton
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks:
The Davistown Museum has been informed by Bob Wheeler that he located a
plow plane marked W. H. Cary in Belfast, Maine, with 1820 stylistic characteristics.
Wheeler indicates that William Holman Cary was born in 1779 in Bridgewater,
MA. He married in 1800, relocating to New Salem, MA, and was the
father of J. H. Cary. In 1822, he took up available land in Houlton,
Maine. This land was available to citizens of New Salem under an
earlier grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. His son operated
a store out of his father's house and went on to own extensive timber interests
in addition to a foundry and carding and grist mills. William was
associated with the operation of the various Cary mills. W. H. Cary
died in Houlton in 1859, it is not known for certain if he made planes
there or not. See the Davistown Museum information
file on the Carys for more information on this family and some of the
tools they made.
Cassidy, T. F.** Bangor
-1873-1884-
Tools Made: Cant Dogs,
Tackle Blocks, Steering Wheels, Marine Hardware, Shipsmith
Remarks: This T. F. Cassidy
invoice, courtesy of Raymond Strout, was written in 1884. The New
England Fire Rescue website also lists "Jun 04, 1873 - Bangor - ME
- near Steamboat Wharf - Cassidy's Cant-dog factory burns". The 1881 and
1882 Maine Business Directory lists them as on Front, opp. May.
Castner,
Wilibaldus** Broad Bay 1753-1774
(d.1774)
Tools
Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: Castner has been anglicized from Kastner or Kestner. Wilibaldus,
commonly called Baltas, Baltus, Balthasar, and his wife Augustina, commonly
called Justina, came to Broad Bay in 1753 from Konigsbach in Baden Durlach,
Germany. Baltas was a blacksmith by trade (signed letter to Bishop
Spangenberg, Bethlehem, May 22, 1767). He took up the first lot on
the west side of the river in the area of the old Lovell Bridge.
After the last Indian War he gave up this lot and with his son, Ludwig,
squatted on a vacated lot, the one above the farm now owned by Merle C.
Castner. This move was not entirely successful, since when the lot
was vacated it reverted to the proprietor. This was Lot No. 11, recently
Walter Boggs place, and the Castners were compelled to repurchase it in
1774 of Samuel Waldo's son-in-law, for 13 pounds, 6 shillings, 8 pence.
Baltas died in 1774, leaving an estate valued at 110 pounds, 13 shillings,
3 pence. According to family tradition he was buried in the old Lutheran
Cemetery on the shore of Merle Castner's farm. There were three children
in the Castner family of whom any record has been preserved. Johann
Anton, born at Konigsbach, November 29, 1743, moved to North Carolina in
1769 and joined the Moravian congregation in Bethabara. He was of
a stormy nature and this led to his exclusion from the church, but he was
reconciled to the Brethren again at his death. He married four times
and had eleven children. Sophia Salome Castner, a daughter of Baltas,
was born April 19, 1734, at Konigsbach. She married Johann Georg
Lagenauer who had come to Broad Bay in 1753, and on his death in 1757,
she married Friedrich Kuenzel. They migrated to Friedland, North
Carolina, in 1770 and remained there until her death March 10, 1816.
Ludwig Castner, born at Konigsbach in 1751, remained at Broad Bay and became
the progenitor of the Waldoboro Castners. He lived at his father's
place and around 1790 built the Old Castner Homestead. Ludwig died
January 14, 1822. (Jasper J. Stahl, History
of Old Broad Bay and Waldoboro, pg. 258-259).
Caswell, N.N. Harrison
-1862-
Tools
Made: Carpenter Tools, Woodworking Machinery
Remarks: Caswell
made machines for producing shingles and staves; it is not known if these
were powered machines.
Caswell, H.W.**
Yarmouth -1867-1879-
Tools
Made: Post-hole Augers
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1879 Maine Business Directory. The Yarmouth Historical
Society has one of his post hole augers in their Henry Caswell Collection,
Coll. 140 and provided the museum with a copy of this ad.
Cate, Johnathan** Limington
-1855-
Tools Made: Pump and
Block Makers
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Cates, Nathan A. Thorndike
-1869-1880-
Tools Made: Farm Tools
and Hoes
Remarks: In 1869, Nathan
A. Cates made cultivators and horse shoes in Thorndike; it is possible
that an N.A. Cates working in Unity from 1879-80 is the same man.
Cavanugh & Irvin**
Robbinston -1855-
Tools Made: Pump and
Block Makers
Remarks: Listed in the
1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Cellis, Ira Berwick
-1879-1890
Tools
Made: Axes, Edge Tools, and Knives
Center Draft Mowing Machine Co. Portland
-1879-1874
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Remarks:
It is unclear if company made anything besides mowing machines.
Champion Axe Mfg. Co.**
Evart
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks:
Champion is listed in Appendix 2 (page 99) of Klenman's Axe Makers of
North America, and is noted as an manufacturer of axes. Klenman does
not give any further description of the Champion company in his text. They
may be a 20th century manufacturer.
Chandler, Charles H.**
East Machias -1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Chandler, John Stetson
-1849-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Chandler, Moses East
Corinth 1869-1885-
Tools Made: Farm Tools
including harrows, cultivators and horseshoes
Remarks: Location sometimes
noted as Corinth in directories. He is credited for inventing the
horse-hoe according to the Corinth Historical Society.
Chaplin, Charles C.** Liberty
-1870-
Tools Made: Machinist
Remarks: Listed in the
1870 census.
Chapman & Bros., T.M. Old
Town -1869-
Tools Made: Saw Tools
including saw filing machines
Chapman, Job** Bath
-1855-
Tools Made: shipsmith
Remarks: Noted in Baker's
Maritime History of Bath.
Chase &
Co., (George) Portland
-1841-1846-
Tools
Made: Wooden Planes
Remarks: George
Chase was a joiner and ship's carpenter. The imprint G
CHASE has been found on a 13 3/8" sash plane with two
irons, an ovolo and a rabbet, all made of beech. (Pollak, pg. 85). G.
CHASE & CO. "has been reported on a 9 13/16" long
beech rabbet and a 9 7/16" round." (Pollak, pg. 86). The Bob Jones
collection has a 9 3/8" moving filetster marked G. CHASE and a 9 1/8" G. CHASE & Co. skewed rabbet. DATM
(1999) also lists a George Chase as a maker of whetstones, 1888-1898, location
unknown.
Chase, C.
Tools Made: Wood
Planes
Remarks: "All known planes
with this mark were found in the vicinity of Portland, Maine." (DATM, 1999).
"Several planes have been found in the Portland, ME, area, including a
9 13/16" molder and a 9 3/4" quarter round, both with wide rounded chamfers,
and a double handled 141/2" match plane with metal skate and runner."
(Pollak, pg. 85).
Chase, Charles F. Dixfield
-1849-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Chase, George**
-1841-1846-
Tools Made: Planes
Remarks: See Chase
& Co.
Chase, William** Frankfort
-1820-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: When he was
four years old his parents moved to Frankfort, building a log house.
William learned the trade of blacksmith, which he followed in connection
with farming; and in his day he was considered one of the best ox-shoers
in the state. He served in the war of 1812. (Biographical Review,
Vol. XX, Containing Life sketches of leading citizens of Sagadahoc, Lincoln,
Knox and Waldo Counties, pg. 336.)
Chase Turbine Mfg. Co. Portland
+1886?
Tools
Made: Circular Saws
Remarks: Probably
related to the Chase Manufacturing Company of Orange, MA.
Chick, George Portland,
Bath ca.1850
Tools
Made: Wood Planes
Remarks: Pollak, pg. 87, notes that there is one example marked BATH.
MAINE, a 22" Fore Razee made of lignum vitae with a closed
tote and round chamfers located in the Bob Jones collection. The
Jones collection also has a 8 1/2" smooth plane made in Portland. DATM
(1999) notes that Chick's planes are "shipsmith types." An ebony
miter plane of his was sold at the Brown Auction, October 29, 2005.
Chick, M. L.** (?)
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks: The Bob Jones collection has a 12 1/4" shipbuilder's rabbet squared plane
marked M.L.CHICK, found and probably made in
Maine. This maker is not listed in Pollak or DATM (1999).
Chick, William E. Bangor
-1899-1900-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Church, Benjamin** Somerset
County -1814-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: Source: Somerset
County Probate Inventories; he is listed as owning 2 guns valued at $4.50.
Clapp, Galen** Bath
-1855-
Tools Made: Brass Founders
and Finishers
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Clark, James M.** Baldwin
-1855-
Tools Made: Pump and
Block Makers
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Clark &
Parsons Co., (Franklin J. & Arthur D.) East
Wilton 1894-1913-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools including Hay Knives, Scythes, Machetes, Clippers,
Corn Knives, Bread Kives and Sickles
Remarks: They
used the brand name Blue Ribbon. According
to W. A. "Chet" Sweatt's research, Hiram Holt &
Co. was reorganized to form this company in 1894. E. J. Clark
of Farmington was the president and A. Parsons of E. Wilton was the treasurer.
They sold out to the Dunn Edge Tool Co. in 1904.
A 25" cane knife with a horn handle in a private collection in E. Wilton
is marked CLARK & PARSONS CO. | EAST WILTON, ME. U.S.A. |
ACERO FINO | CALIDAD | GARANTIZADA | RELAMPAGO (sideways) | NO. 32 (sideways) and a touchmark of an arm holding
a cane knife.
Cleaves, B.F.** Machias
-1855-
Tools Made: Wheelwright
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Clement,
A.** (?)
ca. 1850
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks:
Pollak mentions a 22" beech razee fore plane that was found in Maine and
is now in the Bob Jones Collection (pg. 91).
Clement, Albion** Montville
-1870-1880-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: He was the son
of William Clement. Listed in the 1870 and 1880 census.
Clement, William** Montville
-1850-1860-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1850 and 1860 census. He was born in Montville.
Clifford, J.K. Westbrook
-1856-
Tools
Made: Axes
Clifford, Timothy K.**
Denmark -1855-
Tools Made: Rakes
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Close, A.M.** Calais
-1855-
Tools Made: Wheelwright
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Cluff, J.L.** Skowhegan
ca. 1850
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks:A
fruitwood block plane was found in the Skowhegan area and a 22" razee ship
fore plane has also been reported. (Pollak, pg. 92). An 11" birch
tongue and groove plane is in the Bob Jones collection.
Coffin, G.W. Freeport
Tools
Made: Plane Irons and Wood Planes
Remarks: DATM
(1999) indicates that Coffin was a ship's carpenter in Freeport, date unknown.
Pollak lists a 16 1/2" razee beech crown molder, marked G.W.COFFIN,
with shallow round chamfers and Moulson Brothers iron, ca.1840. Possible
alternate spelling of Coffen. (pg. 93).
Cofran, William Readfield
-1871-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools including cultivators
Cogan, James Houlton
-1899-1900-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Cole, H.M. Hope
-1879-1885-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools including mowers
Collett, F. & J. Bangor
-1847-1849-
Tools
Made: Files
Remarks: Also
listed as T. & J. Collett.
Collett, Job Bangor
-1855-1894-
Tools
Made: Files
Remarks: "Probably
a part of F. & J. Collet ... in 1855 his name was linked to Michael
Schwartz, but their working name is not known." (DATM, 1999)
Collins, J. W. & Co.**
Montville -1881-1882-
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: There
is listed in the 1881 and 1882 Maine Business Directory a J. W. Collins
& Co. located in Montville that made axes. Is this W. Collins
or someone else?
Collins, W.*
Liberty 1881-1884
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: Collins worked in Liberty until 1882, then moved to Montville where he
continued until 1884. (Yeaton, Axe Makers of Maine.)
Colomy, Isaac, Jr.**
Somerville -1867-
Tools
Made: Axes, Shovels, Chisels, etc.
Remarks:
He is listed in the 1867 Maine Business Directory.
Conant Co., C.M. Bangor
-1899-1900-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Conelon, Charles R. East
Machias -1856-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1856 Maine Business Directory as an edge toolmaker.
Connor & Son, John**
Portland -1855-
Tools Made: Pump and
Block Makers
Remarks: Listed in the
1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Coombs, B.D.**
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks:
A rounding plane marked B.D.COOMBS. in the Bob Jones collection was located in Maine. Any connection
with J. H. Coombs of Lisbon Falls?
Coombs, I.** Bangor
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks: The Bob Jones collection contains a 9 1/2" skewed rabbet plane marked I.COOMBS
| BANGOR | W.SEWARD.
Coombs, John H. Lisbon
Falls -1885-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Coombs, L.A** Vinalhaven
Remarks: Pollak states
that L.A.Coombs was possibly a hardware dealer in Vinal Haven, ME.
Example listed is a 1 1/4" nosing plane marked L.A.COOMBS | VINAL
HAVEN | ME made by the Ohio Tool Co. (pg. 102).
Cooper, Andrew**
Sedgewick -1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Copp, Dunton*
Liberty 1856-
Tools
Made: Axes
Cord, Francis**
Robbinston -1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Corliss, William E.**
Bath -1869-1882-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869, 1881, and 1882 Maine Business Directory at Broad St.
Cotton, H.P. Damariscotta
Mills -1879-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools and Rakes including mowing machines and horse rakes
Cram, Danvers**
Liberty 1891
Tools
Made: Wrenches
Remarks: "Inventor and maker of an adjustable axle nut wrench, patented [445,258]
January 27, 1891." (Cope, 1999).
It is illustrated in an advertisement and the only specimen known was recently
purchased in an auction (see photo).
Cram, Elija** Liberty
-1850-
Tools Made: Cram Water
Wheel
Remarks: "The Cram water
wheel was developed around 1850 by Elijah, son of Jesse Cram. It
sat horizontally, turning a vertical shaft. ...The wood bearing was
said to withstand several years of continuous use. ...The wheels
were generally housed in a wooden enclosure called a tub or wheel case
that improved efficiency by preventing the water from escaping sideways.
Cram wheels were common in the mills of the area for many years."
(Donahue, Tom. 1996. The Kingdom
in Montville, Maine).
Cram, Ira** Liberty
-1856-1870- b. August 26, 1837
Tools Made: Blacksmith,
Machinist
Remarks: He was the son
of Jesse and Martha (Dutton) Cram and the grandson of Smith Cram. He worked
as a farmer, nurseryman and merchant, owning a machine and blacksmith shop,
lumber mill, cider mill, tree nursery and sold threshing machinery and
building materials. (Donahue,
Tom. 1996. The Kingdom in Montville, Maine).
Cram & Co., L.** Bangor
ca. 1840
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks: Pollak lists two planes with the L. CRAM & Co mark; the second mark also states BANGOR (pg. 106). The Bob Jones
collection has a 9 1/2" Grecian ovolo plane with the first mark that is
also stamped NSW.
Creamer, Cyrus I. Nobleboro
-1879-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools including mowing machines, horse rakes, plows and
cultivators
Creasey, Isaiah** Montville
-1880-
Tools Made: Machinist
Remarks: Listed in the
1880 census.
Creasey, Isaiah E.** Montville
-1880-
Tools Made: Machinist
Remarks: Listed in the
1880 census. Son of Isaiah Creasey.
Creighton & Co. Union
-1867-1871-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: This company is listed in the 1867 and 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Crie &
Co., H.H. Rockland
1860-1914
Tools Made: Planes
Remarks: H.H. Crie and
R. Anson Crie established themselves as hardware dealers in Rockland, ME,
in 1860, and were listed in business directories until 1914. Their
imprint H.H. CRIE & CO. has been seen stamped
on the edge and side of a croze made by D.B. Titus (w.s.). (Pollak, pg.
109). The Bob Jones collection has a 17 1/2" draw shave with this
imprint and L.&I.J.WHITE | BUFFALO,NY.
It's probable that the Crie company did not make these tools, but rather
were their purveyors to local woodworkers and fishermen. The Davistown
Museum has a Dickinson swivel, which is a handline weight for codfishing,
also known as a George's Bank sinker, stamped H.H. CRIE &
CO. ROCKLAND ME in the IR: other
factory made tools collection. Numerous cod fishing lead
sinkers with the Crie stamp have been observed at the Liberty Tool Co.
Crockett, George B. West
Sumner -1871-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools including drag rakes
Crockett, George W. Gorham
-1869-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools including mowing machines
Crockett, Leonard** Portland
-1855-
Tools Made: Brass Founders
and Finishers
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Crogan Mfg.
Co. Bangor -1915-1917-
Tools
Made: Rules
Remarks: The Davistown
Museum has a 100 foot and 25 foot steel tape measure in the IR: Other
factory made tools collection listed under measuring tools. Copy of the return address from an envelope with a 2 cent stamp courtesy of Raymond Strout.
Crompton, Isaiah**
Calais -1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Crooker & Bartlett Foxcroft
-1849-
Tools Made: Hoes, Forks
Remarks: Listed in the
1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Crooker & Lilly** Bath
1855-1882-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1881 and 1882 Maine Business Directory on Commercial St.
See David Crooker and Robert Lilly.
Crooker, David** Bath
-1840-1882-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: In 1840, David
Crooker began "forging of anchors, capstans, windlass necks, and other
heavy iron work for ships." "Crooker and [Robert] Lilly became partners
in 1855; all their forging was by hand until 1865 when they installed a
small steam hammer." (Baker 1973, pg. 434, Maritime History of Bath,
Maine).
Crooker, Isaiah** Bath
1750-1759
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: He forged many
of the handmade nails that would build the early homes along the Kennebec.
He served as a Private on the Paris Militia Company during the American
Revolution. (Submitted by Barbara Ann Crooker, Box 631, Bath, ME 04530.)
Crooker, Jonathan Harding** Bath
1785-1805
Tools Made: Blacksmith
and Shipbuilder
Remarks: Jonathan was
the second son of Isaiah Crooker and he learned the trade from Isaiah.
(Submitted by Barbara Ann Crooker, Box 631, Bath, ME 04530.)
Crown Plane
Co.** Bath/S. Portland
ca. 2001
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks:
The Crown Plane Co. was originally in Bath and owned by Leon Robbins.
In 2001 he sold it to James White of South Portland.
Cummings, Leonard F. Porter,
Gray -1849-1871-
Tools
Made: Axes and Edge Tools
Remarks: Cummings
moved from Porter to Gray sometime between 1857 and 1858 (DATM, 1999).
He is listed as an edge toolmaker in Porter in the 1855 and 1856 Maine
Business Directories and as an ax maker in Gray in the 1867 and 1869 Maine
Business Directory.
Currier, Jonathan** Waldoboro
-1855-
Tools Made: Wheelwright
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Currier, Micajah East
Orrington -1869-1871
Tools
Made: Farm Tools including Hay Rakes
Curtis, A.J.**
Monroe
Tools
Made: Screwdrivers
Remarks: Curtis obtained patent 192901, 7/10/1877, information courtesy of
C.D. Fales.
Curtis, Ezra** Bluehill
-1855-
Tools Made: Wheelwright
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Curtis, Nehemiah** Harpswell
1700s
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: First blacksmith
in Harpswell for which there is any account. (Wheeler,
George Augustus. 1878. History of Brunswick, Topsham & Harpswell.
Vol. 2.)
Curtis, Nehemiah** Harpswell
late 1700s
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: The son of Nehemiah
Curtis, he assumed his father's business. (Wheeler,
George Augustus. 1878. History of Brunswick, Topsham & Harpswell.
Vol. 2.)
Curtis, Nehemiah** Harpswell
-1820-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: The grandson
of Nehemiah Curtis, he assumed his father's business. (Wheeler,
George Augustus. 1878. History of Brunswick, Topsham & Harpswell.
Vol. 2.)
Cushing, A.P.**
East Machias -1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Cushman, Henry R. Andover,
South Andover -1855-1879-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business Directories in Andover, ME
and is listed in the 1879 Maine Business Directory in both Andover
and South Andover.
Cushman, William Gregg**
Andover -1885- b. Oct.
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Tools
Made: Log calipers
Remarks: A log caliper was found in Nova Scotia signed Manufactured |
By | W. G. CUSHMAN, | Andover, Me. Research by
the discoverer of the tool determined that W. G. Cushman was the son of
Henry R. Cushman and Barbara Gregg Cushman of Andover (Andover, Maine
Births and Deaths. Book 1795 - 1870, pg. 40).
Cutler, Levi Kingsbury
-1856-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1856 Maine Business Directory as an edge toolmaker.
Cutts, Samuel North
New Portland -1849-1871-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools and Plows
Remarks: There
may have been two different men with the same name; one operating in North
New Portland making edge tools in 1849, and another Samuel Cutts making
plows in Pittston in 1871.
D.H.**
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks: "More
than 30 examples have been reported bearing this imprint, most from the
Auburn to Skowhegan section of Maine. The initialed imprint is similar
to that used by L. Sampson (w.s.). Appearance is ca. 1800." (Pollak,
pg. 180). The Bob Jones collection has two examples of planes with
the mark D H; between the two letters is an
abstract evergreen tree.
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Daggett, Cyrus** Sherman
-1879-
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1879 Maine Business Directory. The drawshave in
the photograph is privately owned and marked C.
DAGGETT; the Davistown Museum has recently acquired a
second C. Daggett drawshave slightly larger than the one shown (15 3/4"
long with 9 7/8" long cutting blade).
Damon Brothers*
Carmel, Oakland 1904-1928-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: Klenman in Axe Makers of North American lists Damon Brothers as an Oakland,
Maine ax maker, one of the many located along the Emerson Stream going
into Waterville. Yeaton, in the Axe Makers
of Maine notes that Emerson & Stevens
Mfg. Co. of Oakland bought them out in 1928.
Daniels, Zachariah**
Newfield, Pittston -1867-1871-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: He is listed in the 1867 and 1869 Maine Business Directory as making axes
in Newfield. Newfield is near Wolfeboro (greater Portland area).
Zachariah Daniels is also listed in DATM as working in Pittston (near Gardiner)
from 1869 - 1871 making axes and edge tools. Perhaps he moved?
Darling
& Bailey Bangor 1852-1853
Tools
Made: Rules
Remarks: The Davistown Museum has a steel rule marked D. & B. | Bangor
Me, in the Maritime
IV collection listed under machinist's tools. In 1853, Samuel
Darling bought out Edward H. Bailey and with a new partner became Darling
& Schwartz. Darling & Bailey is a very rare maker's signature
from the very beginning of the classic period of American machinist tools.
Darling
& Schwartz Bangor
1854-1866
Tools
Made: Machinist Tools, Metal Planes, Rules and Squares
Remarks:
Most of their rules are marked D. & S. BANGOR.
DATM (1999) notes following: "Samuel Darling and Michael Schwartz (who
succeeded Darling & Bailey) made try squares with 1852 (possibly Nathan
Ames' 6 July 1852) and 6 Oct. 1857 (Darling) patents and circular iron
planes patented by George F. Evans in 1862 and 1864. The 1857 patent
square was later made by Darling, Brown & Sharpe after Darling joined
J.R. Brown & Sharpe in 1866. Schwartz worked otherwise as a Bangor
saw maker and hardware dealer and did not join the new company."
Another important company from the early days of the classic period of
American machinist tools. The Davistown Museum has a D & S rule
in the Maritime IV collection listed under Patternmaker's Tools - H A Cobbett Group and a
depth gauge (pictured) listed under machinist's tools.
Darling, Samuel Bangor
Tools
Made: Machinist Tools
Remarks:
Although Darling was part of several companies at different times (Darling
& Bailey and Darling & Schwartz in Maine, then in 1866, Darling
Brown & Sharpe in Rhode Island) it is believed that at one time, either
before joining with Bailey, or between companies, that he worked independently.
He had three patents, one for a straight edge (7 Jan. 1868), a vise (7
April 1868) and a file hardening process (12 July 1870).
Davenport, Anthony Portland
Tools
Made: Scientific Instruments including survey compasses
Davies, Frank Sidney
-1879-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools including pumps, harrows, and hand sleds
Remarks: Also
cited as working in North Sidney.
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Davis & Blake Portland
c.1851-
Tools
Made: Box Openers
Remarks:
The photograph is of a box opener marked DAVIS & BLAKE |
MANDFRS. PORTLAND. ME. | PATENTED | OCT. 21, 1851.
The patent number is 8457 and is held by Geo. C. Taft of Worcester, Massachusetts.
Thank you to Rick Floyd for the box opener information and photograph.
The DATM (1999) listing for this company includes a reference to a floor
laying clamp with a 21 Oct. 1851 patent date (pg. 213). We think
that DATM has mis-identified the name/use of this tool as this photo matches
the patent office drawing.
Davis & Clark Portland
c.1851
Tools
Made: Clamps
Remarks: Also
made a floor laying clamp with a 21 Oct. 1851 patent date. See Davis
& Blake (above).
Davis, Daniel Freeman
-1856-
Tools Made: Axes and
Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1856 Maine Business Directory as an edge toolmaker.
Davis, Dexter** Montville
-1880-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1880 census.
Davis, Ezra Long
Island -1856-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1856 Maine Business Directory.
Davis, H.R. West
Paris
Tools
Made: Chisels including Barking Spuds
Remarks: The
initial H. is stated as an M. in one source. (DATM, 1999)
Davis, Oliver** Kennebunkport
-1855-
Tools Made: Pump and
Block Makers
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Davis, Samuel Worcester
-1840-
Tools
Made: Wool Spinning Machines
Deering, J.R. Saco
-1849-1881-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks:
He is listed in the 1881 Maine Business Directory as located opposite the
Eastern Railroad Depot.
Delanti, C.L. Ellsworth
-1855-1856-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks:
He is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business Directories as an edge
toolmaker.
Deming** Calais
1885
Tools Made: Line rule
Dennett,
Samuel Kittery -1744-
Tools
Made: Blacksmith, Chisels, Caulking Irons
Dennis, Hazen** Liberty
-1870-1880-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1870 and 1880 census.
Dennis,
J.M. East New Portland -1855-1856-
Tools Made: Axes and Edge Tools
Remarks: The 1855
Maine Business Directory lists I. M. Dennis of New Portland, probably a
mistype of his name. He is listed in the 1856 Maine Business Directory
as J. M. Dennis of New Portland. The Davistown Museum has a drawknife
(pictured) marked J M DENNIS EAST NEW-PORTLAND in
the Martime IV collection listed under edge tools - American cast steel.
Dennison, Charles Freeport,
Farmington -1867-1871
Tools Made: Axes and Wood Planes
Remarks: An ax maker by the name of Charles Dennison working around
the dates 1869-1871 was listed in two directories. A plane marked C.H.
DENNISON | FREEPORT ME. has been recovered and is said
to have been made by a Charles Dennison (born 1835) who was a joiner in
1860 and a carpenter in 1895 and 1901. (DATM 1999). Yeaton's Axe
Makers of Maine, lists two Charles Dennisons, both axemakers, one in
Farmington, the other in Freeport. He is listed as an ax maker in
the 1867 and 1869 Maine Business Directory. The Bob Jones collection
has a 7" slightly rounded lignum vitae smooth plane with this mark.
Pollak lists Dennison on page 121.
Dennison, J.M.**
East Machias -1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Deshon, S.M.**
Kennebunkport -1881-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks:He
is listed in the 1881 Maine Business Directory.
Devereaux, S.K.**
Castine -1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Dewolf & Co., Isaac Portland
-1849-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Remarks: An
Issaac Dewolf cast steel slick (3 1/3" wide) was located in a Camden, Maine,
tool chest and sold by the Hulls Cove Tool Barn to Tom Lunford of Lake
Junction, Texas, on Sept. 20, 2003.
Diamond
Wrench Mfg. Co. Portland
-1880-1900-
Tools Made: Wrenches
Remarks: Their
signature was DIAMOND WRENCH | STEEL FORGED | PORTLAND, ME. with a diamond shape figure with the patent date in it. The two patents
used were a 16 Oct. 1883 patent and a 2 Nov. 1880 patent belonging to Henry
A. Thompson of Farmington, ME (it is unknown if he was involved with
the company). The two wrenches in the photo are owned by Herb Page;
18 1/2" and 5 1/2" combination nut and buggy wrenches. The larger
is stamped DIAMOND WRENCH CO. PORTLAND, ME and the smaller DIAMOND WRENCH MFG. CO. PORTLAND, ME.
Both have the two patent dates stamped on them. The other photo is
a close up of yet another maker's mark on a wrench on loan to the Davistown
Museum.
Dillingham, J.** Turner
-1862-
Tools
Made: Hand Saws
Remarks: He had patent 34946 on 4/15/1862 for a hand saw. Source: Graham Stubbs.
Dillingham, T.H. Old
Town -1855-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Dingee & Mosher Presque
Isle -1856-
Tools
Made: Axes and Edge Tools
Remarks: This company
is listed in the 1856 Maine Business Directory.
Dingley Brothers**
Gardiner -1867-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: This
company is listed in the 1867 Maine Business Directory.
Dirigo Saw Works Bangor
-1869-1877-
Tools
Made: Saws
Remarks: From 1869-1870 this company is listed at the same address as Gibson, Kimball
& Sanford and Kimball & Sanford, it is thought that this may have
been the name of their factory. A jigsaw bearing a J.W. Penney 3
July 1877 patent also has the name Dirigo (without Saw Works), Mechanic
Falls, ME on it. This could be the mark of another maker. (DATM,
1999) See Penney & Thurston, also of Mechanics
Falls.
Doble, Benjamin W. Lagrange
-1856-1881-
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1856, 1867, 1869, 1879 and 1881 Maine Business Directories.
The 1856 Directory lists him as B. W. Doble under edge toolmakers.
Doble, B. W. Jr.
Milo -1881-1907- (1855-1912)
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: He is listed in the 1881 and 1882 Maine Business Directory. The 1907
Milo Business Directory lists him as a blacksmith; his gravestone is
in the Evergreen
Cemetary in Milo.
Doble, W.*
Milo 1882-1925
Tools
Made: Axes
Doble, William Jr.** Milo
-1879-1907-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks:He
is listed in the 1879 Maine Business Directory. The 1907
Milo Business Directory lists W. B. Doble Jr. as a hardware dealer.
Is this the ax maker that Donald Yeaton listed as W. Doble? Are the
Dobles all relatives? The towns of Milo and Lagrange are very
close to each other.
Doe, Hiram Vassalboro
-1855-1885-
Tools
Made: Plows
Remarks: Also
listed in North Vassalboro.
Dolbier, D.C.*
Kingfield 1875-1885
Tools
Made: Axes
Dolbier, W.S. & W. Kingfield
-1867-1871-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks:
This company is listed in the 1867 and 1869 Maine Business Directory. Wm.
Dolbier of Kingfield is listed in the 1882 Maine Business Directory as
an ax maker.
Dolbier, William Kingfield
-1862-1879-
Tools
Made: Axes and Edge Tools
Remarks: Also worked
on carriages and may have made them. He is
also listed in the 1879 Maine Business Directory. A cooper's adz
has been found that is marked W.
DOLBIER.
Donnell & Co., C.A.**
Portland -1855-
Tools Made: Brass Founders
and Finishers
Remarks: Listed in the
1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Douglass, Luther**
South Bridgton, Bridgton -1881-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks:He
is listed in the 1881 Maine Business Directory.
Dow, Oliver Dayton
-1856-1871-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1856 and 1869 Maine Business Directory as an edge toolmaker.
Dow, W.N.** Head
Tide ca. 1850
Tools Made: Planes
Remarks: Pollak lists
the 8" coffin smooth plane in the Bob Jones collection that has the mark W.
N. DOW | HEAD TIDE ME (pg. 128).
Doyen, Samuel Bangor
-1867-1875-
Tools
Made: Cooper Tools
Remarks: Doyen
also worked as a cooper. Pollak states that Samuel Doyen advertised
in 1867 in the Maine Business Directory as a "Manufacturer of coopers tools"
in Bangor, ME from 1867-1875. Matthew Moriarty may have apprenticed to him in 1867. (pg. 128).
Drake, P.**
Appleton -1879-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks:He
is listed in the 1879 Maine Business Directory.
Drake & Jones** Union
-1855-
Tools Made: Shovels and
Spades
Remarks: Listed in the
1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Drew, Moses*
New Limerick 1878-1895
Tools
Made: Axes, Chisels, etc.
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1879 and 1882 Maine Business Directory.
Duncan & Davenport**
Bath -1855-
Tools Made: Pump
and Block Makers
Remarks: Listed in the
1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory. Baker (1973, pg. 436) indicates
they "...held the New England rights for the manufacture of Waterman &
Russell's patent iron-strapped blocks..."
Dunham & Co., Daniel M. Bangor
-1871-1872-
Tools
Made: Hoes and Household Tools including looms and a Chandler horse
hoe.
Dunn & Co., Elden
Waterville -1855-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Dunn
Edge Tool Co., Reuben B. Oakland
-1858-1969-
Tools
Made: Axes, Farm Tools, Scythes and Sickles, including hay knives
Remarks: Using
the two marks: DUNN EDGE TOOL CO. | OAKLAND, ME. and D.E.T. CO. | OAKLAND ME., Dunn worked
and lived in West Waterville, Oakland, and Fayette concurrently.
Formerly of Dunn, Jordan & Co., he bought and ran other companies.
The company is listed in the 1867, 1869, 1879, 1881, and 1882 Maine Business
Directory.
Dunn was one of Maine's largest manufacturers of axes
and farm tools; the company stamp can either be Oakland or Waterville.
This confusion can be explained by the fact that Oakland was originally
part of Waterville before becoming a separate town; many of Oakland's ax
makers are also listed as Waterville ax makers for the same reason.
Most of Oakland's ax and tool factories are located on a one mile stretch
of what was called the Emerson Stream; in today's Maine Atlas this
stream is now labeled Messalonskee Stream, which drains into the Kennebec
River after going through downtown Waterville. Dana Phillippi has
two corn knives (photo of mark) manufactured by this company. Copy of the bill courtesy of Raymond Strout.
Dunn, Jordan & Co. (Reuben
B. Dunn and William Jordan) Waterville
-1856-1857
Tools
Made: Axes and Scythes
Dunn, Reuben, B. Wayne
-1846-1849- (b.1802, d.1889)
Tools
Made: Scythes
Remarks: In 1846,
in North Wayne, a report lists Dunn as working under his own name.
However another source shows that he owned the Wayne
Scythe Mfg. Co. in South Wayne from 1840-1845, but in 1849 lists him
as just operating it. He later went on to buy and form other companies
leading up to Dunn Edge Tool Co. (see above). A
History of The North Wayne Tool Co. has recently been published
by the Wayne Historical Society. It gives a chronology of the various
names used by this company. Klenman in Axe Makers of North American lists Ruben as starting operations
in Oakland, Maine and becoming the largest ax manufacturer in the area.
Dunnels & Roberts*
Newfields -1874-1876
Tools
Made: Axes
Dunning & Co., C.H. Bangor
-1855-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Dunning & Co., R.B. Bangor
1835-1897-
Tools
Made: Oilers and Agricultural Implements
Remarks: They
also were plumbing supplies dealers, using the brand name DUNCO. An 1897 source dates them back to 1835, but in the earlier years they may
have dealt or made different products. The 1855 Maine Registry and
Business Directory lists R. B. & A. Dunning as making agricultural
implements. Bill of sale courtesy of Raymond Strout.
Dunning, Andrew** Brunswick
-1717-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: Settled at Maquoit
in 1717. (Wheeler, George Augustus.
1878. History of Brunswick, Topsham & Harpswell. Vol. 2. pg.
578.)
Dunton, Copp & Co. Liberty
-1856-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: See
Dunton, Isaac L.
Dunton, Isaac L. Liberty
-1862-
Tools
Made: Axes and Edge Tools
Remarks: Might
he have been part of Dunton, Copp & Co., ca. 1856?
Dunton, J. L.** Belfast
-1867-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: He is listed in the 1867 Maine Business Directory.
Durgin, C.S. Forks
-1856-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1856 Maine Business Directory as an edge toolmaker.
Dusten & Co., Nathaniel Dexter
-1869-1880-
Tools
Made: Plows
Dustin, Joseph** Brunswick
-1820-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Dykeman, W.A. Houlton
-1899-1900-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Eames, James Newry
ca. 1835-
Tools
Made: Scientific Instruments
Remarks: Made
and patented (11 Feb. 1835) a survey compass.
Eastman, Stillman Bradford
-1867-1887-
Tools
Made: Cutlery
Remarks: He is listed in the 1867 aand 1856 Maine Business Directory under edge
tools: cutlery. The term "cutlery" could have included such items
as spoke shaves and draw knives in addition to the kitchen "cutlery" that
we are used to. The 1882 Business Directory lists axes and knives and both
North Bradford and Bradford.
Easton, John**
Lincolnville -1869-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Edmunds, J.P.**
Dixfield -1882-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: Listed in the
1882 Maine Business Directory.
Eldridge Bros. Dexter
-1885-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools and Household Tools
Remarks: One
item advertised was a "World's Fair Churn".
Elliot, John** Thomaston
-1855-
Tools Made: Pump and
Block Makers
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Ellis & Norton Co. Kingfield
-1896-1904-
Tools
Made: Axes and Cant Dogs
Remarks: The company founders were Edwin Ellis, Willie F. Norton, and H. Abel Hunewell.
Ellis
Saw Co. West Waterville -1867-1871
Tools
Made: Saws
Remarks: The company also had a location in Boston; a bucksaw they made had a patented
hold-down which may have been patented by Ellis. Possibly this is
the patent issued to Erastus Bates of Waterville,
which he assigned to John Ellis of North Bridgewater, MA?
Emerson
& Stevens Co. Oakland
1870-1972
Tools
Made: Axes, Hatchets and Scythes
Remarks: Founded by Luther D. Emerson, Joseph E. Stevens, George W. Stevens, Charles
E. Folsom, and William R. Pinkham, the company marked their tools EMERSON,
STEVENS&CO. | WEST WATERVILLE, MAINE. (The
Town of West Waterville became Oakland in 1877.) This company is listed in the 1879, 1881, and 1882
Maine Business Directories. Shortly after 1902 they became the Emerson
& Stevens Mfg. Co. An ax label for THE
WETMORE AXE has been found (see photo) and the owner
is interested in information on this ax. An ax bearing the mark HANDMADE
| E&S MFG CO has been recovered and may have been
made by this company after the name change. Known brand names that
they used were VICTORY, LUMBERMAN'S PRIDE, DIAMOND, PIONEER,
and FOREST KING. See Damon Brothers; also Witherell Scythe Co. Allen Klenman in Axe Makers of North America has several pages devoted to Emerson
& Stevens including a number of photographs of axes with the original
company labels on them. Klenman notes that Emerson & Stevens
closed in 1965 and that they made hand hammered axes until then, rather
than dropped forged all steel axes as had long been the case with other
manufacturers. Klenman also notes that there was as many as 15 ax
factories operating in Oakland on a two mile stretch of Emerson stream,
which dropped 110 feet in elevation providing the water power for these
factories.
Emerson, Luther*
Waterville 1880-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: See Emerson & Stevens.
Emerton, Joseph B.** Auburn
-1855-
Tools Made: Forks
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Emery, C. & W.D.*
Sedgwick
Tools
Made: Axes
Emery & Co., Cyrus Sullivan
-1869-1883-
Tools
Made: Axes, Forks and Hoes
Remarks: Listed
in the 1869 Maine Business Directory as C. Emery & Co. Cyrus
Emery of Sullivan is listed in the 1879 Maine Business
Directory as an ax maker. He is listed in the 1881 Maine Business
Directory as Cyrus Emery & Co., maker of axes, etc.
Emery & Jillson Kennebunk
-1849-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Emery, Gilmore Newfield
-1879-
Tools
Made: Plows
Remarks: Possibly
related to Jeremiah Emery (below)?
Emery, H. Buxton
-1849-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Emery, Jeremiah W. Newfield
-1871-1885-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools and Plows including cultivators
Remarks: In
an 1879 directory both he and Gilmore Emery are listed. Their relation,
if any, is unknown.
Emery & Waterhouse**
Monmouth -1882-
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: Listed in the
1882 Maine Business Directory.
Emery, Waterhouse & Co. Portland
1846-1885
Tools
Made: Wood Planes
Remarks: They were hardware dealers who marked their planes, EMERY, WATERHOUSE&CO.
| PORTLAND.ME. with the top line curved. Other
variations of their name was used before 1871 and after 1894. (DATM,
1999) Pollak states "From 1846 to 1870, the firm logo read EMERY
+ WATERHOUSE. In 1871 it changed to EMERY
WATERHOUSE & CO. and in 1894 changed once again to EMERY
& WATERHOUSE CO."
Enos, Emery** Montville
-1880-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1880 census.
Evans, George
Franklin Norway
ca. 1862-1864- (b.1842, d.1904)
Tools
Made: Metal Planes
Remarks: Evans held two patents (28 Jan. 1862 and 22 March 1864) for iron circular
planes. No known specimen of the 1862 patent has been found, however
the 1864 patent led to the 1864-1871 production of iron circular planes.
Some of these may have been made in Bennett's Mills, a foundry in Norway,
which he purchased in 1864, but otherwise were produced by R.H. Mitchell
& Co. out of Hudson, NY; Michael Schwartz in Bangor; the Circular Plane
Co.; and Darling & Schwartz out of Bangor. (DATM, 1999) R.H.
Mitchell & Co. purchased patent rights and made most of the Evans circular
planes, all of which had brass name plates. The Davistown Museum
has an Evans circular plane that shows evidence of once having a name plate,
but one is no longer present, in the IR: Planes collection. "It is believed that about the same time Bailey was developing
his No. 13 circular plane (1871) the Stanley Rule & Level Company negotiated
with the R.H. Mitchell Company and purchased their plane business." (Smith,
1981, Patented Transitional & Metallic Planes in America 1827 -
1927). In 1873, G.F. Evans, with his brother, Warren, formed
the Evans Rifle Mfg. Co. Later he became superintendent of the Diamond
Wrench Mfg. Co. in Portland in 1886. He moved out of state to Somerville,
MA in 1888 and made and patented a machine speed regulator.
Evans Rule**
Remarks: No information
available
Faber, John Bangor
-1859-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Fabian, Andrew Bangor
Tools
Made: Rules, including log rules
Remarks: His relationship to Valentine Fabian is unknown.
Fabian,
Valentine Milo Junction -1897-1930
Tools
Made: Rules, including Log Rules
Remarks: Fabian moved to Milo Junction from Bangor in 1897. He was also reported
living in Orneville, ME, but the dates are not known. He marked
his rules: V. FABIAN | SOLE MANUFACTURER, MILO JCT.ME | COPYRIGHT
SECURED, however someone continued to use his name and
make rules after his death. (DATM, 1999) The Davistown Museum has
a log caliper made by Fabian in the IR: Other
factory made tools collection. The Fabian log caliper pictured
here is three feet long with 20" arms and is in the collection of Michael
Horn of Ogunquit, Maine.
Fairbanks Bros. Mt.
Vernon -1879-
Tools
Made: Rakes
Fairbanks, Charles Belgrade
-1879-
Tools
Made: Rakes
Fairbanks, Joseph Monmouth
-1855-1856-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business Directories.
Fairbanks, Sylvannus Mt.
Vernon -1871-
Tools
Made: Rakes
Farnham, S. & Son**
Bucksport -1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Farnham,
William Richmond -1856-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1856 Maine Business Directory. The
Davistown Museum has a drawknife marked W. FARNHAM in
the Martime IV collection listed under edge tools - Forged.
Farrar, J. Buckfield
-1879-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools and Shovels (Snow Shovels)
Farrington, George** Waldoboro
1833-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: A native of
Warren, in 1833, when a young man, he moved to Waldoboro where he remained
the rest of his life. He was a blacksmith, but subsequently gave
up his trade to engage in farming. (Biographical Review, Vol.
XX, Containing life sketches of leading citizens of Sagadahoc, Lincoln,
Knox and Waldo Counties, pg. 245.)
Felch, Isaac N.** Belfast
-1856-
Tools Made: Wood Lathes
Remarks: Jeff Joslin
indicates that based on patent information Milton Roberts and H. E. Pierce
were lathe makers working as partners in 1854. By 1856 Roberts had a new
partner, Isaac N. Feltch. All of their patents related to wood lathes
for production use.
Fernald,
Donald Saco 1816-1832
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Fickett, George** Portland
-1855-
Tools Made: Pump and
Block Makers
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Field, David** Milbridge
-1855-
Tools Made: Pump and
Block Makers
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Fillebrown,
L.W. Wayne -1879-1907-
Tools Made: Farm Tools including Harrows and Cultivators, Lathe Knives
Remarks: He is listed in the 1881 Maine Business Directory. See Fuller
& Co., R.C.
Finley, A.R.**
Lincoln -1867-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks:
He is listed in the 1867 Maine Business Directory.
Finney, A.R. Atkinson,
Milo -1855-1862
Tools
Made: Axes, Edge Tools
Remarks: There was a Finney in Atkinson listed in the 1855 and 1856
Maine Business Directories, and a Finney in Milo listed in 1862 who made
iron components for carriages as well as axes. The two are assumed
to be the same man.
Fisher & Martin Newport
-1846-
Tools Made: Vises
Remarks: Comprised
of M. Fisher and William Martin Jr., the company made a vise invented by
someone reportedly named Matthews. It is not known if M. Fisher could
have been the same man as Mark Fisher of Levant.
Fisher, Mark Levant
1843-1847
Tools
Made: Anvils
Remarks: Starting
in Maine and moving later to Trenton, New Jersey in 1847, Fisher was a
prolific anvil maker. In NJ, he became part of the company Fisher
& Norris (Eagle Anvil Works); his anvils continued to be marked: FISHER
MAKER | PATENT APRIL 24 1877. His son Clark Fisher
continued to make anvils after him, changing the company to Eagle Anvil,
Vise & Joint Works.
Fitton, S. Buckfield
-1871-
Tools
Made: Rakes
Fletcher & Smith**
West Buxton, Hollis -1879-
Tools
Made: Knives
Remarks: This company is listed in the 1879 Maine Business
Directory. See Thomas Fletcher of Hollis.
Fletcher, A.H. Harmony
-1849-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Fletcher,
Thomas** North Hollis, Hollis
-1867-
Tools
Made: Shoe Knives
Remarks:
He is listed in the 1867 Maine Business Directory.
Flint, Nathan R. West
Baldwin -1871-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools including axe handles
Flowers, Richard**
Hope -1855-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He is listed in the 1855 Maine Business Directory.
Floyd Portland
ca. 1850
Tools
Made: Adzes and Axes
Remarks: His tools are marked FLOYD | PORTLAND ME; one
tool has been reported marked by both Floyd and E.G.
Bolton. The Davistown Museum has a Floyd adze in the Maritime
IV collection.
Floyd & Stanwood Portland
-1855-1856-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: This company is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business Directories.

Flyn, John**
Warren -1780-1800(?)
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks: The
Davistown Museum has a complex moulding plane (photo) marked JOHNFLYN in the Maritime II collection. This tool was found in Warren, Maine, by the tool collector
Ben Blumenberg and it is believed to have been made in the late-18th century
in the vicinity of Warren or Thomaston, Maine. The plane is characterized
by heavy chamfering on the sides and unique curves at the heel of the moulding
and is made of yellow birch. This complex moulding plane may represent
the work of a Maine planemaker, who predates the plane production of Joseph
Metcalf and Thomas Waterman, until now considered Maine's first documented
planemakers.
Fogg & Co., A.M. Houlton
-1871-1900-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Fogg, Jonathan Bridgton
-1871-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Folsom, I.J. East
Livermore -1885-
Tools
Made: Plows
Foss, Benjamin F.**
Fairfield
Tools
Made: Screwdrivers
Remarks: Foss was issued patent 873363, 12/10/1907 for a ratchet screwdriver,
information courtesy of C.D. Fales.
Foster, A.F. Nobleboro
-1869-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools including Corn Shellers
Foster, Albert W. Fairfield
-1849-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Foster, Henry M. Skowhegan,
Gardiner -1865-1882-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: Foster moved from Skowhegan to Gardiner around 1881. His name has
also been recorded as H.N. Foster. He is listed in Skowhegan in the 1869,
1879, and 1881 Maine Business Directories and in Gardiner at Dam No. 3
in the 1882 Maine Business Directory.
Foster, J.** Bath
-1850-
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks:"This
imprint was reported on a jointer of mid-19c. appearance. [Marked] J.
FOSTER BATH ME." (Pollak, pg. 154). The Bob Jones
collection has two planes marked J. Foster. The ovolo and cove moulding
plane matches the mark Pollak believes is from Jesse Foster, a Boston,
MA, turner and cabinetmaker. The other, a 9 1/2" mitre plane, appears
more like the Bath mark but does not give any location.
Foster, Lewis*
Machias 1882-1884
Tools
Made: Axes
Fowler, James Portland
-1862-
Tools
Made: Cutlery and Medical Tools
Fox, George H. Bangor
-1899-1902-
Tools
Made: Household Tools
Remarks: Ice cream molds with the patent dates of 14 Feb. 1899 and 15 July 1902
were either made or patented by Fox.
Freeman & Co., G.H. Presque
Isle -1899-1900-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
French, A. Hampden
Hlds (?)
Tools
Made: Rules
Remarks: Most often using the mark A. FRENCH | HAMPDEN HLDS, ME on his log rules, he sometimes added the middle initial "B' or "E".
French, Benjamin** Brunswick
-1838-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
French, Frederic**
Warren -1882-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: Listed in the
1882 Maine Business Directory.
French, John L. Chelsea
-1830-1880- (d.1884)
Tools
Made: Blacksmith, Axes, Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1867 and 1869 Maine Business Directory. Other information
from DATM (1999) and Henry D. Kingsbury and Simeon L. Deyo, 1892, Illustrated
History of Kennebec County, Maine. Blake, NY.
Frost, Benjamin*
Westbrook 1927-
Tools
Made: Axes
Frost, Harrison** Mariaville
-1855-
Tools Made: Forks
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Frost, L.W.**
Bridgton -1881-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks:He
is listed in the 1881 Maine Business Directory.
Fry, Isaiah North
Berwick -1855-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Remarks: See Frye & Son, Isaiah
Frye Portland
Tools Made: Medical Tools
Remarks: "Frye was only
listed as a maker of 'instruments', but the context implies medical items
and also that he worked before 1870." (DATM, 1999).
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Frye & Co.** Portland
Tools Made: Plows
Remarks: According to Rathbone's The
history of old time farm implement companies and the wrenches they issued,
Frye & Co. was established by Isaiah Frye, father of John J. Frye.
The wrench in the photographs was found in a field in S. Portland.
It is very similar to the wrench pictured in the book.
Frye, Ensign** Skowhegan
-1855-
Tools Made: Forks
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Frye & Son, Isaiah Portland
-1869-1871-
Tools
Made: Plows
Remarks: This Isaiah Frye is probably the same as the Isaiah Fry reported in North
Berwick.
Frye, John J. Portland
-1879-1885-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools and Plows including cultivators and mowing machines
Frye, Joseph Fryeburg
Tools
Made: Scientific Instruments
Remarks: Frye
was a surveyor when Fryeburg was still a part of Massachusetts.
Fuller, C. & D.
Tools
Made: Wood Planes
Remarks: The mark C. FULLER | D. FULLER, has a similarity
to the mark David Fuller (D. FULLER) of West
Gardiner, Maine. "The C.Fuller part of the mark does not match any
of the known marks of Charles Fuller of Boston, MA, but there are gaps
in his pre-1850 history when he could have worked in ME; conversely, David
could have worked in MA (he was born there) before moving to ME."
(DATM, 1999).
Fuller,
David West Gardiner
-1829-1856- (b.1795, d.1871)
Tools
Made: Wood Planes
Remarks: Although
born in Ipswich, MA, Fuller was listed as a planemaker in 1829 and then
again in 1855-56 in West Gardiner, ME. In the middle years he was
a carpenter, cabinetmaker, joiner and/or architect, but probably continued
to make planes as indicated by personal papers. In the early 1850's,
his son, Erastus, was selling his planes out of Bath, ME. His planes
were marked either D. FULLER or D. FULLER | GARDINER.
(Pollak, pg. 158). The Bob Jones collection has a 9 1/2" beech single
boxed plane with the Gardiner mark and a 9 1/2" Roman ogee plane marked D.FULLER
| E.FULLER | 1851. They are both mentioned in Pollak.
Dale Butterworth and Bennett Blumenberg have written two
articles on Fuller in The Chronicle. The Davistown Museum
has a Fuller rabbet plane in the Maritime
IV collection (photo).
Fuller, Leonard** Farmingdale
-1855-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1855 Maine Business Directory.
Fuller
& Co., R.C. Wilton -1885-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Remarks: The company advertised "Fillebrown harrows", probably using L.W.
Fillebrown's (of Wayne, ME) patent for harrow teeth.
Fuller, Silas** Belfast
-1855-
Tools Made: Pump and
Block Makers
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Fundt, John J.**
Hartland -1867-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks:
He is listed in the 1867 Maine Business Directory.
Furbish, John Brunswick
-1879-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Furbish, Zachary T.**
Augusta 1870-1896
Tools
Made: Screwdrivers
Remarks: Furbish was one of Maine's most famous 19th century inventor and toolmaker
and was also a carpenter and machinist. There is much more
information on his work and patents at the museum's Furbish biography page, information courtesy of C.D. Fales. Pictured is his FOREST
CITY SCREWDRIVER CO. | PATENTED APRIL 16, 1895.
Subsequent Furbish patents were assigned by him to North Brothers Manufacturing
Co. of Philadelphia, PA.
Furbush, Charles**
Belfast -1881-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the 1881 Maine Business Directory.
Gaffield, Isaac Augusta
-1855-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Gale, Gin & Co. Wayne
-1839-
Tools
Made: Scythes
Gammage** ?
ca. 1820
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks:
Pollak lists this mark with no location (pg. 161). The Bob Jones
collection has one plane with this mark that was found in Maine.
Bob St. Peters has a 10 3/8" long hollow plane made of birch marked T.
Gam___e (possibly Gammage) that is clearly American made.
Gammon & Co., E. Gorham
-1849-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Gammon, W.W. Dixfield
-1885-
Tools
Made: Rakes
Gardner Edge Tool Co.*
Gardner 1889-1899
Tools
Made: Axes
Gardner, C.S.**
East Machias -1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Garland, Einanan Kenduskeag
-1855-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Garland Manufacturing Company** Saco
1866 - today
Tools
Made: Mallets and Hammers
Remarks: The company was founded in 1866, and was incorporated in 1873. For more
information see the museum's biography page
on Garland.
Gay & Parsons Augusta
-1888-
Tools
Made: Screwdrivers, specifically ratchet screwdrivers
Remarks: See
Gay, George E.
Gay, George
E. Augusta -1878-1905-
Tools
Made: Screwdrivers
Remarks: Gay had three patents for different types of screwdrivers - a ratchet screwdriver
(patented 1878), a spiral screwdriver (patented 1892) and another ratchet
screwdriver (patented 29 July 1902). Except for Gay & Parsons
who he was a part of for a few years surrounding 1888, George worked alone.
He used several marks to distinguish his screwdrivers: GAY |
PAT. DEC 17, 1878 || GEO.E.GAY | AUGUSTA | ME. and GEO.E.GAY
AUGUSTA, MAINE U.S.A. | PAT. DEC. 13, 1892. It
is thought to be some point after 1900 that he added "Mfg. Co." to his
name and acquired the brand name UNION.
According to C.D. Fales: he shared with John
A. Parsons: patent 210942, 12/17/1878, for an improvement in ratchet screwdrivers;
patent 437297, 9/30/1890, ratchet screwdriver; patent 484004, 10/11/1892,
spiral screwdriver and by himself: patent 644907, 3/6/1900, screwdriver;
patent 705917, 7/29/1902, patent screwdrivers.
Gem Auburn
-1865-1895-
Tools
Made: Household Tools
Remarks: This name has been found on three different tools. The first, a flour
sifter, bears the patent of J. Wells, Brooklyn, NY, 26 Dec. 1865, the second
is an apple corer patented by James Fallows, Philadelphia, PA, 2 Jan. 1877,
and the third is a raisin seeder bearing an 1895 patent and the Auburn,
ME, location. The DATM (1999) suggests that three different makers
were using the "Gem" name.
George, H. M.**
Lewiston -1881-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks:He
is listed at 26 Bates St. in the 1881 Maine Business Directory.
Gerry, Wm. P.**
Robbinston -1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Getchell & Sons, John S. Houlton
-1879-1900-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools, Hoes and Plows including harrows.
Gibson, Kimball & Sanford Bangor
-1869-1871
Tools
Made: Saws
Remarks: The company began as the Dirigo Saw Works and was succeeded in 1871 or
1872 by Kimball & Sanford. Sanford's name has also appeared spelled
as Sandford.
Gilman, Ellis A.** Liberty
-1860-1870-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1860 and 1870 census.
Gilman, Hollis M.** Liberty
-1850-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1850 census.
Gilman, John N.** Liberty
-1880-
Tools Made: Machinist
Remarks: Listed in the
1880 census.
Gilman, Moses South
Sangerville -1871-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools including winnowing machines
Gilman, Richard H. Liberty
-1860-1885-
Tools
Made: Blacksmith, Farm Tools, Household Tools and Plows including Harrows
and Cider Presses
Remarks: Listed in the
1860, 1870 and 1880 census.
Gilman, Roscoe** Liberty
-1860-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1860 census living in the household of his father, Richard Gilman.
Gilmore, John Sr.** Searsport
1784-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: He came to Searsport
in 1784 and built a temporary log home. He was a blacksmith by trade,
and manufactured the brick out of which he built the only brick house on
the Belfast Road with the exception of one. (Biographical Reviews,
Vol. XX, Containing the life sketches of leading citizens of Sagadahoc,
Lincoln, Knox and Waldo Counties, pg. 284.)
Glenn, James H. Caribou
-1899-1900-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Glidden & Sons**
Whitefield -1867-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks:
This company is listed in the 1867 Maine Business Directory.
Glidden, Hiram Waldoboro
-1856-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1856 Maine Business Directory.
Glidden, Joseph Liberty
-1879-1880-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools including cultivators
Glover*
Deer Isle -1874-
Tools
Made: Axes
Goddard, Silas Brunswick
-1867-1885-
Tools
Made: Plows
Godfrey, Otis S.** Cherryfield
-1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Goodhue, I.W. & G.W.**
Bangor -1855-
Tools Made: Whips
Remarks: Listed in the
1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Goodhue, J.G.** ?
ca. 1810-1820
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks:
Pollak lists a 7" lignum vitae smoothing plane marked J. W. GOODHUE
| BANGOR. ME. made by P.B. Rider/Bangor.
(pg. 173).
Goodnow, J.C. Farmington
-1867-1871-
Tools
Made: Axes and Edge Tools
Remarks:
He is listed as and edge tool maker in the 1867 and 1869 Maine Business
Directory.
Goodrich, Samuel**
Newfield -1855-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1855 Maine Business Directory.
Googins & Co., J.F. Biddeford
-1899-1900-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Gordon & Son Garland
-1869-
Tools
Made: Rakes, specifically horse rakes
Gould & Co., S.L. Skowhegan
-1869-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Gould, O. Portland
Tools Made: Axes
Gould, S.S. Anson
-1879-1880-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
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Gove, C.** Kittery
ca. 1840
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks: The Davistown Museum has a complex plow plane (photo) marked C·GOVE in the Maritime II collection. This tool was found in Eliot, Maine. It is a typical
18th century style New England plow plane with a unique rosewood fence
and adjustment screw. The signature is in 18th century style script.
This is the very same plane noted in the 4th edition of Pollak with the
following entry "Possibly Charles C. Gove (d. 1893) a carpenter whose shop
burned in 1840, set on fire by varnish boiling over upon a hot stove.
Example: a 9" beech plow with one rosewood thumbscrew, rosewood fence,
flat chamfers, found in Kittery, ME. ca. 1840-50. UR". Pollak lists
5 other Goves as planemakers, all of who appear to be late 18th century
or early 19th century Gulf of Maine planemakers working within a 75-mile
range of the New England coastline, raising the possibility of a family
of planemakers by the name of Gove. Additional information about
"C.Gove" and his working dates is sought by the museum. There is
a probability that C. Gove's working dates are earlier than those of Joseph
Metcalf or Thomas Waterman, currently considered Maine's first documented
planemakers. Also, see the listing for the John Flyn moulding plane.
Grant, Stephen Sr.** Berwick,
Ellsworth, Bucksport, Monroe ca. 1800
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: He was born
in Berwick. He served as a blacksmith apprentice for seven yearrs.
Moved to Ellsworth and worked as Blacksmith. Moved to Bucksport,
did the first iron work on a vessel sent out from that port. In 1811
he visited Monroe and purchased a tract of wild land from Thorndike, Prescott
and Sears. In 1813 he moved onto his land, erected a log cabin and
later a frame house. He was the only blacksmith in the neighborhood.
(Biographical Review, Vol. XX, Containing life sketches of leading
citizens of Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox and Waldo Counties, pg.190-191.)
Grant, N.**
Yarmouth -1855-
Tools
Made: Pump and Block Makers
Remarks:
He is listed in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Graves,
B. Solon
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: A large hewing
ax, probably used for hewing sills or possibly keels, was donated to The
Davistown Museum by Rick Floyd of Newport, Maine, and is in the Maritime
III collection. We don't know when this ax was made (1840 - 1850?);
other than the maker's mark B GRAVES and its
location SOLON, the ax is otherwise unmarked.
There is no listing for Graves either in DATM (1999) or in Yeaton's Axe
Makers of Maine.
Graves, Elisha Calais
-1865-1871-
Tools
Made: Adzes, Axes, Chisels and Edge Tools
Remarks: He is listed in Milltown, NB, in 1865, and in Calais, ME, from 1869-71.
Graves, H.** Springfield
-1881-1882-
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1881 and 1882 Maine Business Directory.
Gray, Arthur Naples
-1867-
Tools
Made: Wood Planes
Remarks: Arthur Gray of Naples, ME, was issued Patent No. 65,562 on June 11, 1867
for a transitional jack plane with a heavy cast iron frog attached behind
the throat with four wood screws. PAT. JUNE 11, 1867 was cast into the lever cap. [see Patented Transitional & Metallic
Planes in America, vol. II, p.86, by Roger K. Smith].
(Pollak, pg. 175). It is not known if he was also the maker of such
planes.
Greely, John Palermo
-1869-
Tools
Made: Rakes
Green, S. Winthrop
-1835-
Tools
Made: Leather Tools
Remarks: He used the mark S. GREEN/CAST STEEL on his tools; he also advertised "shoe tools" at this time.
Greenleaf, Charles T. Bath
-1867-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Greenwood, Aaron South
Gardiner
Tools
Made: Rules, including Log Calipers
Grey, J.B. Fort
Fairfield -1899-1900-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools?
Grimes, E.P. Caribou
-1899-1900-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Griswold, Virgil** Portland
-1855-
Tools Made: Whips
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Gross & Owen** Brunswick
-1845-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Gross, A.K.P.** Orland
-1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
H. & B.
Mfg. Co. West Waterville
Tools
Made: Hammers and Hatchets
Remarks: Thought to be Hubbard & Blake Mfg. Co.,
they marked their tools with H.&B.MFG.CO. | WEST WATERVILLE,
ME.
Hadley, William W.** Moluncus
-1855-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1855 Maine Business Directory.
Hahn, S.B.** Thomaston
-1881-1882-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1881 and 1882 Maine Business Directory.
Haines
& Smith** Portland
-1869-
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks:
A 28" jointer plane with a closed tote marked HAINES & SMITH
| PORTLAND is in the Bob Jones collection. Pollak
states Haines & Smith was a hardware dealer listed in Portland, ME,
active in 1869. Example: a beech joiner. ca. 1850. (pg. 181).
Also see Haynes & Smith.
Hale & Jordan** West
Waterville -1855-
Tools Made: Agricultural
Implements
Remarks: Listed in the
1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Hale & Stevens Waterville
-1849-1857-
Tools
Made: Hoes and Scythes
Remarks: See Hale, Samuel & Eusebius.
Hale, Samuel
& Eusebius Waterville 1839-1845
Tools
Made: Scythes
Remarks: Either one or both of them was part of Larned &
Hale (1836 - 1839), and one may have been involved with Hale &
Stevens.
Hall*
Norway 1832-1846
Tools
Made: Axes
Hall, Albert Bristol
-1856-
Tools
Made: Axes
Hall, Edward**
Bristol -1855-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He is listed in the 1855 Maine Business Directory as an edge toolmaker.
Hall, G.A. Houlton
-1899-1900-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Hall, George** Kennebunkport
-1869-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Hall, J.**
? ca. 1790-1800
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks:
Pollak mentions four planes with the mark J HALL (pg. 182). These include the 9 1/2" plow plane with flat chamfers
that is in the Bob Jones collection. Jones notes that the plane is
in the 18th century style; is J. Hall one of the few known 18th century
Maine planemakers?
Hall, J.S.*
Portland
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: It is not known if this is a different J.S. Hall then that of Fort Fairfield
because his working dates are not known.
Hall, J.S. Fort
Fairfield -1867-1871-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks:
He is listed in the 1867 and 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Hall, John** Portland
-1810-
Tools
Made: Machinist, Rifles
Remarks:
Hall was an important Maine gunsmith who designed, patented and invented
a breech loading rifle with interchangable parts and made improvements
to Simeon North's Middletown, CT, milling machine, which was used in the
gunmaking business.
Hall & Son, James Windham
-1855-1871-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Hall, R.C. Waterville
-1862-
Tools
Made: Axes
Hall, Tilden Damariscotta
-1867-1871-
Tools
Made: Axes and Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed as making axes in the 1867 and 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Hall, William Norway
-1871-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools, specifically cultivators
Hallowell Iron Foundry Hallowell
-1879-1880-
Tools
Made: Plows
Remarks: Also used the name George Fuller's Sons.
Ham, J. B.**
Richmond -1855-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1855 Maine Business Directory.
Hamblen, J.D. Deering
-1879-1880-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools, including mowing machines
Remarks: A G.D. Hamlen
appears in an 1885 directory at a different address in Deering. It
may be the same man or a son if one of the spellings of the name is incorrect.
Hamblin, G.D.** Saco
-1855-
Tools Made: Pump and
Block Makers
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Hamlen, Franklin L.**
Augusta 1884-1885
Tools
Made: Screwdrivers
Remarks:See
the Zachery T. Furbish biography for patent
information.
Handy &
Wetherell South Norridgewock
-1849-
Tools
Made: Hammers
Remarks: See Handy, S.M. and Witherell, Samuel B.
Handy, S.M. Norridgewock
-1862-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools and Farm Tools
Remarks:A
blacksmith who made harrows, Handy is thought to have also made froes.
Hanley, George**
Thomaston -1881-1882-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1881 and 1882 Maine Business Directory on Water St.
Hanover, Thomas Bangor
-1869-1871-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Hapgood, G.E. Anson
-1880-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Remarks: The
name might have been Hadgood rather than Hapgood.
Harding, Daniel C. West
Baldwin -1871-1879-
Tools
Made: Hay Rakes
Harding, Joseph Jr.** Baldwin
-1855-
Tools Made: Rakes
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Harding, Orin**
Waterville
Tools
Made: planes
Remarks:
Orin Harding is a late 19th century planemaker. The Liberty Tool Co. has
recovered a number of Harding planes in the winter of 2007, one of which
has been donated to the Davistown Museum. The Harding tool chest also included
8 planes made by J. C. Jewett of Waterville, one of which, a sash plane,
was donated to the museum.
Hardison, G.R.** Gouldsboro
-1891-
Tools
Made: Buck Saws
Remarks: He had patent 459399 on 9/15/1891 for a buck saw. Source: Graham
Stubbs.
Hardy & Sherman*
Belfast 1886-1896
Tools
Made: Axes, chisels
Remarks: Perhaps George Hardy was one of the partners? James Hill of Warren,
Maine, has found a 12" long 1 1/4" socket chisel signed Hardy
& Sherman Belfast.
Hardy, George*
Belfast 1879-1886
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1879 and 1881 Maine Business Directory.
Hare & Prescott** Newport
-1855-
Tools Made: Agricultural
Implements
Remarks: Listed in the
1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Harlow, J.** Robbinston
-1855-
Tools Made: Wheelwright
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Harmer, D.** Caribou
-1879-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1879 Maine Business Directory.
Harmon,
A.** Scarborough
-1810-1830-
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks:
Pollak states that A. Harmon is believed to be Abner Harmon who was listed
in the 1810 census for Scarborough, Cumberland Co., ME, adjacent to Buxton.
In the 1820-1830 censuses Abner Harmon was listed in Buxton, York Co.,
ME. Examples marked A. HARMON are a 12
7/8" beech double-blade fixed sash with offset tote, and a 8 1/2" beech
single-boxed center bead (pg. 186).
Harmon, Benjamin Biddeford,
Scarborough, Buxton
Tools
Made: Wood Planes
Remarks: Planes marked B. HARMON | BIDDEFORD are assumed
to be from Maine. Pollak states that the mark B.HARMON* is
believed to be from Benjamin Harmon, listed in the 1810 census for Scarborough,
adjacent to Buxton. In the 1820-30 censuses he is listed in Buxton
(pg. 186). The Bob Jones collection has a 9 5/8" skewed rabbet plane
with flat chamfers and no location on the mark.
Harmon, Horace**
Lubec -1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Harmon, Jr. I.**
Buxton?
(b. 1791)
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks:
Pollak states this is possibly Ismiel Harmon (b. 1791) who was in the 1820-1830
census from Buxton, ME and listed as a carpenter in Benton, ME, from 1820-1850
or John Harmon Jr., also listed in the 1820 census from Buxton, York Co.,
ME. Examples marked I + HARMON Ir. (Jr.)
are a 10" beech fixed sash with slightly rounded chamfers and a 10 1/2"
beech complex molder with round chamfers (pg. 187).
Harmon, P.**
Biddeford
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks:
Pollak lists the mark P.HARMON | BIDDEFORDas
attributed to Biddeford, Maine (pg. 187). The Bob Jones collection
has a 14" razee skewed rabbet plane with this mark that was found in Maine.
Is there any relationship between P Harmon and the more common B Harmon
Biddeford mark?
Harper, E.H. Biddeford
-1869-1871-
Tools
Made: Files
Harper, Samuel*
Limerick -1874-
Tools
Made: Axes
Harper, Samuel Jr. Waterboro
-1856-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1856 Maine Business Directory.
Harriman, G.M.** S.
Thomaston -1893-
Tools
Made: Saws
Remarks: He had patent 506111 on 10/3/1893 for a saw frame. Source: Graham
Stubbs.
Harrington, Francis** Rockland
-1855-
Tools Made: Pump and
Block Makers
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Harris, D.R.**
Brownville -1881-1882-
Tools
Made: Axes, Knives
Remarks:He
is listed in the 1881 and 1882 Maine Business Directory.
Harris, R.*
Brownville
Tools
Made: Axes
Harris, T.W.**
Portland ca. 1850
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks: Pollak
reports an adjustable sash plane with the imprint T.W.HARRIS.
| PORTLAND (pg. 188). The Bob Jones collection
has an 11 1/2" birch grooving plane with round chamfers.
Hart, A.W.*
Lincoln Plt. (?) 1902-1911
Tools
Made: Axes
Hartley, V.A. Woodstock
-1862-
Tools
Made: Blacksmith, Edge Tools
Harvey & Co., H.H. Augusta
-1872-1914-
Tools
Made: Blacksmith Tools, Ice Tools and Stoneworking Tools
Remarks: The company manufactured the tools in Maine and sold them out of a Boston,
MA office. The "& Co." part of their name was used inconsistently.
Tools were marked H. HARVEY | AUGUSTA.ME. | MANUF'R
Harvey, William & Sons*
Oakland 1906-1909
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: A
History of The North Wayne Tool Co. has recently been published
by the Wayne Historical Society. It gives some information on William
Harvey & Sons and states on page 95: "Harvey at the same time is identified
with the North Wayne Tool Company... as shareholder...
[and] as one of the three company directors."
Haskell & Webb*
Bangor
Tools
Made: Axes
Haskell Brothers*
Bangor 1891-1896
Tools
Made: Axes
Haskell Co., George B. Oakland
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: The brand name KING was
used.
Haskell, G.G. Bangor
-1884-1891-
Tools
Made: Axes, Carpenter Tools, Cooper Tools and Shaves
Remarks: He marked his tools: G.G. HASKELL | BANGOR

Haskell,
Isaac W. Garland -1862-
Tools
Made: Blacksmith, Edge Tools
Remarks: The museum has a drawshave marked I. HASKELL (photograph)
in the IR: Other factory
made tools collection listed under edge tools - forged.
Haskell, Josiah*
Lincoln 1879-1883
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1879 and 1882 Maine Business Directory.
Haskell, William**
Carroll -1867-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He is listed in the 1867 Maine Business Directory. The Haskell clan:
more information on their edge tool production would be welcomed.
Hatch & Mead**
Castine -1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Hatch, Amos Jackson
-1879-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools (mowing machines)
Hatch, Augustus** Damariscotta
-1869-1882-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869, 1881, and 1882 Maine Business Directory.
Hatch, Elisha** Bristol
-1745-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: He came from
Massachusetts and was an early settler in Bristol. (Biographical
Reviews, Vol. XX, Containing life sketches of leading citizens of Sagadahoc,
Lincoln, Knox and Waldo Counties, pg.106)
Hatch, H.E. Dexter
-1884-
Tools
Made: Clamps
Remarks: May have made or patented a floor clamp.
Hatch, Howland** Bristol,
Bristol Mills -1775-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: Howland was
the son of Elisha Hatch and learned the trade from his father. (Biographical
Reviews, Vol. XX, Containing life sketches of leading citizens of Sagadahoc,
Lincoln, Knox and Waldo Counties, pg.106)
Hatch, J.S.** Waldoboro
-1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Hatch, Jonathan** Montville
-1860-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1860 census.
Hatch, S.J.**
Waldoborough -1869-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Hathorn, Benj.**
Pittsfield -1855-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1855 Maine Business Directory.
Havner & Rogers**
Searsport -1869-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Hawes, Charles E. Smithfield
-1880-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools including barrows and cultivators
Hawkes, N. Appleton
-1879-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools (cultivators)
Hawkes & Dresser**
Portland -1855-
Tools Made: Agricultural
Implements
Remarks: Listed in the
1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Hayford, A.B. Millbridge
-1869-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools and Shaves
Remarks: First name may have been Americus. Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Hayford, G.S. Lincoln
-1870-1871-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Haynes & Pillsbury Bangor
Tools
Made: Saws
Remarks: Their mark was HAYNES & PILLSBURY | BANGOR.Me | CAST STEEL
WARRANTED with the name line curves and the town and
state in a contoured outline.
Haynes
& Smith Portland
-1869-
Tools
Made: Wood Planes
Remarks:The
DATM (1999) indicates that they were hardware dealers who marked planes, HAYNES&SMITH
| PORTLAND, however Pollak, pg. 185, reports a
9 1/2" beech smoothing plane with the imprint Haines
& Smith | Portland.
Haynes, J.** Hollis
-1859-1861-
Tools
Made: Hand Saws
Remarks:
J. Haynes had two patents for hand saws: 25015 on 8/9/1859 and 31054 on
1/1/1861. The second has T.T. Lewis of Boston, MA as an assignee.
Source: Graham Stubbs.
Heal, Benjamin Islesboro
-1856-
Tools
Made: Axes
Hersey & Co., T. Paris
-1855-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Hersey, J.L.B. Portland
-1834-1849-
Tools
Made: Wood Planes
Remarks: Joel Hersey appeared in Portland directories as a joiner in the years of
1834-49 and marked his 9 1/2" beech molding planes J L HERSEY
| PORTLAND. (Pollak, pg. 199).
Hersey, S.C.**
?
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks:
Pollak reports three planes with this mark; two were found in Maine (pg.
199). The Bob Jones collection also has a 9 7/8" birch hollow plane
with flat chamfers with this mark that was found in Maine.
Hersey, S.S. Farmington
ca.1861-
Tools
Made: Household Tools
Remarks: An apple parer was patented by Hersey on 18 June 1861; it is unknown if
he was also its maker.
Hewlett, Avery Bowdoinham
-1869-1871-
Tools
Made: Axes and Edge Tools
Remarks: The spelling Hewet has also been recorded for Avery's last name. Listed
in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Higgins*
Bangor 1905-1906
Tools
Made: Axes
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Higgins
& Libby Portland -1855-1856-
Tools
Made: Axes and Chisels
Remarks: Marked tools: HIGGINS & LIBBY | PORTLAND.
This company is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business Directories.
See Libby & Bolton. The Museum has
a Higgins & Libby gouge (photograph) and drawshave in the Maritime
IV collection listed under edge tools.
Higgins
& Webb Bangor -1867-1869-
Tools
Made: Axes and Edge Tools
Remarks: Their tools are marked HIGGINS & | L.WEBB.
See Higgins, J.&A.M. and Webb, Lester. Higgins
& Webb are listed in the 1867 and 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Higgins, J. & A.M. Bangor
-1849-
Tools
Made: Axes, Draw Knives and Edge Tools
Remarks: The mark HIGGINS || BANGOR was found on a draw
knife and an axe, but they may not have been made by these edge toolmakers
who were listed in an 1849 directory. One or both of these Higgins
were most likely involved with Higgins & Webb at a later date.
Higgins, Jefferson**
Bangor -1855-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He is listed in the 1855 Maine Business Directory as an edge toolmaker.
Higgins, William Kenduskeag
-1879-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools and Rakes, including horse rakes and cultivators
Hight, Amos Scarboro
1832-1856-
Tools
Made: Axes and Edge Tools
Remarks:
He is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business Directories.
The museum has a distinctly hand forged hewing ax (photo) with the mark A
HIGHT SCARBORO in the Maritime
III collection.
Hight, George Gorham
1815-1856-
Tools
Made: Axes, Edge Tools and Leather Tools including currier's knives
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business Directories as an edge toolmaker.
Hilbrook**
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: A Kent pattern
hewing ax marked HILBROOK was found in the
Hallowell area of Maine and is now in the collection of Donald Bayrd of
Milbridge, Maine. This maker is not listed in DATM (1999).
More information is welcomed.
Hillman & Randall**
Fryeburg -1855-
Tools Made: Agricultural
Implements
Remarks: Listed in the
1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Hills, Samuel** Union
-1786- (b. 1760 d. 1829)
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: Samuel was the
first blacksmith to take up residence in the settlement of Sterlington
(Union). He was deaf. Born in Pawtucket, RI, 1760, he died
of consumption in 1829. (Sibley's History
of Union, pg. 58.)
Hilton, J.** Kennebunk
Landing -1810-1830-
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks:
Pollak states that J. Hilton is believed to be John H. Hilton, a cabinetmaker
in Kennebunk Landing, ME, active in 1823. Examples marked: J.
HILTON are a 21 1/2" shoot
board plane in beech, designed as an oversized jack rabbet turned on its
side, a 24" joiner, an unusual 10 1/4" beech split sash with screw arms,
rosewood nuts with mother-of-pearl inset rings centered with silver buttons
and shallow round chamfers, a 9 1/2" beech sash coping plane with a tote
on the side and flat chamfers and a level. The sash and coping planes
were found on the coast of ME (pg. 203).
Hilton, William O.*
Greenville 1893-1908
Tools
Made: Axes
Hinckley and Egery**
Bangor -1855-
Tools
Made: Saw Irons, Agricultural Implements, Ploughs
Remarks: They are listed in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
See Wood, Richard G. (1935). A
history of lumbering in Maine, 1820-1861. pg. 165.
Hinckley, Aaron** Topsham
1817-1840
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: Assumed his
brother, Ezechial's business in 1817 and carried it on into the 1840s.
In 1828 he occupied a portion of William Whitten's fulling mill at the
outlet of the Granny Hole Stream and had a trip-hammer, the only one, it
is thought, ever used in the vicinity. (Wheeler,
George Augustus and Henry Warren. 1878. History of Brunswick, Topsham
& Harpswell. Vol. 2. pg. 610.)
Hinckley, Ezechial** Topsham
1812-1817
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: His blacksmith
business was turned over to his brother, Aaron, in 1817. (Wheeler,
George Augustus and Henry Warren. 1878. History of Brunswick, Topsham
& Harpswell. Vol. 2. pg. 610.)
Hinds, Samuel H. Kingfield
-1869-
Tools
Made: Rakes
Hobart, D.F. Madison
-1880-
Tools
Made: Rakes, specifically horse rakes
Remarks: First
name was either Daniel or David.
Hobart, Joel W. Cornville
-1871-1885-
Tools
Made: Rakes (horse rakes)
Hobbs & Sons, Amos Wilton
-1869-1885-
Tools
Made: Rakes
Hobby** Solon
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: David Smith, coach of the Colby College Woodsmen ax throwing team has a
broad ax marked HOBBY SOLON.
Hobby & Parkman Solon
-1849-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Hobey*
Solon
Tools
Made: Axes
Hobs, J.*
Norway 1832-1863
Tools
Made: Axes
Hodgen, Cobb Gorham
-1832-1857-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Hodgkins, E. L.** Mount
Desert Island(?)
Tools
Made: Planes
Remarks: During a visit to the Northeast Harbor Maritime Museum in 2005 a 22 1/2"
mahogany razee plane and a 9" rosewood smooth plane bearing the mark E.L.
Hodgkins were noted in the storage area. Both tools
had Buck Brother irons and were typical of the boat shop tools made by
Maine boatbuilders using tropical woods obtained in the coasting trade
during the 19th century. Hodgkins is a common Mt. Desert Island area
name; we have not had time to research the local history of this boatbuilder.
Additional information would be appreciated.
Hodgkins, Eli Greene
-1899-1900-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Holbrook & Richardson Waterville
1834-1849
Tools
Made: Axes
Holbrook, Samuel St.
Albans -1849-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Holden, Prescott** Bangor
-1855-
Tools Made: Pump and
Block Makers
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Holland, C. H.** Portland
-1855-
Tools Made: Brass Founders
and Finishers
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Holland, Charles T. Bangor
-1860-1868
Tools
Made: Rules
Remarks: See Norton, Asa H.
Hollis, Brad*
China 1856-
Tools
Made: Axes
Holmes, E.**
? ca. 1830
Tools Made: Planes
Remarks: Pollak describes
the dado plane in the Bob Jones collection that was found in Maine and
has the mark E.HOLMES. (pg. 206). Any
relation to the more common I. P. Holmes of Berwick?

Holmes,
I.P. Berwick
ca. 1810 or 1850?
Tools
Made: Wood Planes
Remarks: Holmes marked his planes I.P.HOLMES | BERWICK ME.
DATM (1999) dates these planes ca. 1850. Pollak reports one example
of a 10" beech molder ca. 1810 (pg. 207). The Bob Jones collection
has a 9 1/2" beech round plane. The Davistown Museum has a 10" rounding
plane clearly marked I·HOLMES with an
owner's mark of C REED and C.R (photograph)
with an early 19th century look (ca. 1810) in the Maritime
III collection.
Holmes, J.
? ca. 1800
Tools Made: Planes
Remarks: DATM (1999)
reports one of the J. Holmes marks. Pollak reports three variations
of J·HOLMES (pg. 207). The Bob
Jones collection has a rounding plane found in Maine with this mark. Bob
St. Peters has an 18th century rounding plane marked J or I Holmes.
Another Holmes mystery.
Holt &
Co., Hiram East Wilton -1866-1900-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools and Scythes
Remarks: The lengthy mark: MANUFACTURED ONLY BY THE HIRAM HOLT CO. | EAST
WILTON, FRANKLIN COUNTY, MAINE | WEYMOUTHS PATENT - MARCH 7, 1871,
had a few variations - sometimes Holt's name alone appeared, and other
times "Co." or "& Co." was added. The design for the LIGHTNING brand name hay knife he made and sold was patented by George F. Weymouth
of Dresden, Maine. Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory as Hiram
Holt maker of scythes in E. Wilton and Wilton. The 1882 Maine Business
Directory listed Hiram Holt & Co. in East Wilton and Wilton. This bill, courtesy of Raymond Strout, clearly shows a date of 1866. The Davistown
Museum has posted a biography of the Holt company
in its Maine toolmakers information files. Also see Holt, Hiram
below.
Holt, Hiram Weld
-1849-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Remarks: This may be the same Hiram Holt as of Hiram Holt & Co. in East Wilton.
Homer, Benjamin H. Bucksport
-1855-1856-
Tools
Made: Axes and Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business Directories as an edge toolmaker.
Perhaps related to David C. Homer. The Scituate Historical Society has
a broad ax marked B. H. HOMER that is also
marked STEPHANSON CAST STEEL and this second
mark does not appear to be an owner's mark. Was Stephanson someone working
for or with Homer?
Homer, David C. Bucksport
-1855-1856-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks:It
is not known if David worked with Benjamin Homer or was related to him
at all. He is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business Directories
as an edge toolmaker.
Horton, James C.**
Westbrook -1869-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Howard Axe Co.*
Island Falls 1899-1914
Tools
Made: Axes
Howard Mfg. Co. Belfast
1865-1876
Tools
Made: Carpenter Tools
Remarks: According to the DATM (1999) the information on this company is confusing
and contradictory. "Supposedly, Franklin Augustus Howard and Hollis
M.A. Poor made a miter machine patented by Howard" as well as proof presses.
"F.A. Howard continued alone as a screwdriver maker after 1876."
DATM suggests that Howard may have continued to be a part of this company
after he began to make screwdrivers under his own name. See Howard
& Son, F.A. and Howard, Franklin Augustus.
Howard, Caleb** Waldoboro
-1778-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: The early
inhabitants of Union, having no blacksmith, would employ Howard.
Howard would bring ox-shoes, nails, anvil and hammer. In December
of 1778, he was set up in Philip Robbins' newly constructed barn.
The sparks flying into the hayloft ignited the barn. The Robbins
families's grain and hay reserves were destroyed. (Sibley's
History of Union, pg. 44-45.)
Howard & Son, F.A. Belfast
1895-1901-
Tools
Made: Screwdrivers
Remarks: The mark stamped on the screwdrivers was: Made by | F.A. Howard
& Son | Belfast, ME | U.S.A. Sometimes the
U.S.A. part was on the same line as the town and state, and either of the
patent dates Mar. 1 1892 or July 23, 1895 followed. F.A. Howard had
been making spiral screwdrivers under his own name until 1895 when his
son, William Russell Howard, became his partner. Two different patents
of the same date (1 March 1892) were issued to F.A. Howard and J.W. Jones and both were used by the company, as well as a 23 July 1895 patent, whose
recipient is unknown. See Howard, Franklin Augustus and Howard Mfg.
Co. The Museum has two Howard & Son screwdrivers in the IR: Other
factory made tools collection listed under Tools made in Maine.
Also see Clifford Fales' Gristmill article on F. A Howard spiral screwdrivers.
Howard,
Franklin Augustus Belfast
1876-1895
Tools
Made: Dies, Screwdrivers, Adjustable Mitering
Machine
Remarks: Howard was primarily known for his spiral screwdrivers, for which he held
one patent (1 March 1892) and he manufactured screwdrivers patented by
other inventors. Those included two by Isaac Allard (patented 4 Aug. 1868 and 24 Nov. 1874) and one by J.W. Jones(patented
1 March 1892). Another patent date (23 July 1895) whose inventor
is unknown was also manufactured. He marked his tools: F.A.
Howard | -Maker- | Belfast, Me. (along with the patent date and holder's name), until 1895 when the name
changed to F.A. Howard & Son. See
Howard & Son, F.A. and Howard Mfg. Co.
Howes, J.R.**
Orland -1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Howland, James -1879-
Tools
Made: Plows
Hubbard
& Blake Waterville 1862-1865
Tools
Made: Axes and Scythes
Remarks: Later John U. Hubbard and William P. Blake grew to become Hubbard, Blake
& Co., and then, Hubbard & Blake Mfg. Co. Also see H
& B Mfg. Co.
Hubbard, Blake & Co. Waterville
1865-1877
Tools
Made: Axes and Scythes
Remarks:This
company comprised of John U. Hubbard, William P. Blake, Luther D. Emerson,
and Charles E. Folsom succeeded Hubbard & Blake, only to return to
be Hubbard & Blake Mfg. Co. when Emerson and Folsom split off to form
Emerson & Stevens. Although they left in 1870, the name change
did not occur until 1877. This company is listed in the 1867 and
1869 Maine Business Directory as located in West Waterville and Waterville.
Hubbard
& Blake Mfg. Co. Oakland
1879-1889
Tools
Made: Axes and Scythes
Remarks: The company is listed in the 1879, 1881, and 1882
Maine Business Directory as located in West Waterville, which became Oakland.
The company is listed later in Waterville. It was sold to the American
Axe & Tool Co. See Hubbard & Blake.
Hubbard & Matthews Waterville
1854-1858
Tools
Made: Axes and Scythes
Remarks: This partnership was listed for the above years as scythe makers in a Waterville
directory. The DATM (1999) states, "An obscure mark on an axe has
the same name Mathew(s?) in a different letter style than a Hubbard (&
Co.?) and Waterville." Also John U. Hubbard of Waterville was later
known as an axe and sycthe maker in several companies; perhaps this is
an earlier venture of his, or a relative.
Hunnewell & Hill**
Moscow -1879-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: This company is listed in the 1879 Maine Business Directory.
Hunneywell, Able J.*
Moscow 1878-1887
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks:
He is listed in the 1881 and 1882 Maine Business Directory.
Hunnywell & Ellis*
Kingfield 1896-1904
Tools
Made: Axes
Hunt, W.H.*
Liberty -1874-
Tools
Made: Axes
Hunter,
C.** Bingham
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks:
The Davistown Museum has a broad ax marked C HUNTER BINGHAM in its Maritme III collection. The first initial is hard to read and may not be C. This tool
is part of the 2007 Art of the Edge Tools exhibition.
Hunter, D.G.**
Camden -1881-1882-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1881 and 1882 Maine Business Directory. Lincolnville
is quite close to Camden, might this be the David Hunter of 1856?
Hunter, David Lincolnville
-1856-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1856 Maine Business Directory.
Hurd, William Liberty
-1862-1896-
Tools
Made: Axes and Edge Tools
Remarks:
He is listed in the 1867, 1869, 1881, and 1882 Maine Business Directories.
Hurman, Nathan Buxton
-1828-1860-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Huson, E.L.** Machiasport
-1855-
Tools Made: Pump and
Block Makers
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Hussey Mfg. Co. North
Berwick 1835-1971
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Remarks: "Established" in 1835, it may have operated under a different name before
1900. (DATM, 1999)
Hussey, Timothy B. North
Berwick -1869-1885-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools and Plows including cultivators
Remarks: Perhaps a connection to Hussey Mfg. Co. also of North Berwick?
Hutchins, Isaac Wellington
-1879-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Hutchinson, W.P.**
Yarmouth -1869-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Hyde, Thomas W. Bath
-1869-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Ingalls, Frank** Eastbrook
-1882-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: Listed in the
1882 Maine Business Directory.
Ingalls, J.M.** Bath
-1855-
Tools Made: Pump and
Block Makers
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Ingalls, William** Bath
-1854-
Tools Made: Blocks
Remarks: Baker (1973,
pg. 436) in A Maritime History of Bath, Maine lists William Ingalls
as one of three block makers in Bath.
Island Falls Edge Tool*
Island Falls 1902-1914
Tools
Made: Axes
Jackson, S.R. Foxcroft
-1871-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Jackson,
T.C. Bath -1855-1869-
Tools
Made: Adzes and Chisels
Remarks: Jackson marked his tools T.C. JACKSON | BATH.ME. with the initial "C" looking very much like an "O." Yeaton notes
that T.C. Jackson was also an ax maker during the time period of 1832-186
(Axe Makers of Maine.) He is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine
Business Directories as an edge toolmaker. The Davistown Museum has
a Jackson shipbuilder's adz (photograph) in the Maritime
IV collection.
Jameson, Samuel** Topsham
1836-1873
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: He was in business
with James Maxwell as Maxwell & Jameson.
Jaquith, Chas.** Clinton
-1882-
Tools Made: Axes, Edge
Tools
Remarks: Listed in the
1882 Maine Buisness Directory. The Davistown Museum has an advertisement
for "Chas. Jaquith general Blacksmith, Manufacturer of Axes and all kinds
of edge tools." It is from the Clinton Advertiser and is accompanied
by an ad for John P. Billings of Clinton.
Jewett,
J.C. Waterville
ca. 1820
Tools
Made: Wood Planes
Remarks: Pollak states that a number of planes have been reported, including a jack,
a bead, a hollow, a sash plane and a side rabbet. A John C. Jewett,
occupation unknown, was reported living in Waterville in the census of
1830. His planes were marked: J.C.JEWETT | WATERVILLE or just J.C.JEWETT (pg. 221). The Bob
Jones collection contains at least three examples of his planes. The Davistown
Museum has a Jewett sash plane in the Maritime III collection.
Jewett, J.M. Bangor
-1869-1871-
Tools
Made: Files
Remarks: Jewett was the proprietor of Bangor File Manufactory before he advertised
files under his own name.
Jewett, Nathan Aurora
-1869-1871-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Johnson & Co., H. Bloomfield
1846-
Tools
Made: Handles, specifically Shovel Handles
Johnston, Francis** Waldoboro
-1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Jones & Hunt** Brunswick
-1825-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Jones, Benjamin L.** Union
-1855-1856-
Tools Made: Shovels and
Spades
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and 1856 Business Directory.
Jones, D.J.** Durham
-1867-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1867 Maine Business Directory.
Jones & Son, David Woodstock
-1862-1866-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Jones, G.H. Union
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Jones, J.W. Belfast
-1892-1902-
Tools
Made: Screwdrivers
Remarks: Holding several patents for screwdrivers (1 March 1892 and 23 July 1895)
which F.A. Howard is known to have manufactured,
Jones may have also been employed with Howard's company. Either way,
Howard did not have sole rights to the patents as they have been noted
on other screwdrivers under Jones' name only. Whether Jones was producing
them on his own or if another company was using his patent is not known.
According to C.D. Fales he held patent 470005, 3/1/1892 with Frank
Howard; patent 543096, 7/23/1895. Also see
Clifford Fales' Gristmill article
on J. W. Jones' spiral screwdrivers.
Jones, James** Brunswick
-1810-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Jones, L.M.**
Tools Made: Planes
Remarks: Pollak states
that three planes found in Portland, Maine were marked inside an oval L.M.
JONES BEST with a star in the center. All were
marked with an owner imprint of E. E. Bowden,
a shipwright ca. 1850 (pg. 224). The Bob Jones collection has a plane
with this mark that was found in Maine, a coffin smooth, 8 3/4", with a
lignum vitae body and an iron blade with chip breaker marked CHARLES
BUCK WARRANTED CAST STEEL.
Jones, R.**
Tools Made: Planes
Remarks: Pollak lists
two planes with an RJONES mark (pg. 225).
Robert Jones states that the 7 5/8" smooth plane marked R ·
JONES in his collection could be the Robert L. Jones
that Pollak lists from Nova Scotia, or possibly Rockland Llewellen Jones
who was a finish carpenter and may have made or marked his own tools.
Jones, S.
W.** South Union
Remarks:
Owned an iron foundry. An advertisement for this is in the Union
Weekly Times history of Union, Maine.
Jordan, James*
Cherryfield 1855-1858
Tools
Made: Axes
Jordan, Samuel**
Bath -1881-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the 1881 Maine Business Directory.
Jordan, W.*
Waterville 1854-1857
Tools
Made: Axes
Judkins, Robert F. North
New Portland -1849-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Junkins, Charles North
Berwick -1862-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Kavanagh, Frank**
Brewer -1882-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1882 Maine Business Directory on Main St.
Kendall & Whitney*
Portland
Tools
Made: Axes
Keene, Galon Appleton
-1879-
Tools
Made: Rakes, including horse rakes
Keith, J.F. Buckfield
-1885-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools, including cultivators
Keith, John**
Mars Hill -1881-
Tools
Made: Axes and Chisels
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1881 Maine Business Directory.
Kelley
& Co., Benjamin Belfast -1855-1881-
Tools
Made: Axes and Edge Tools
Remarks: Kelley used the mark B.KELLEY&CO | BELFAST, MAINE.
Benjamin Kelley is listed in the 1855 and 1867 Maine Business Directory.
The 1879 Maine Business Directory lists Benjamin Kelley & Co.
The 1881 Maine Business Directory lists B. Kelley & Co. of East
Side, Belfast. It also lists B. Kelley separately. Did this
company keep changing names? See Benjamin Kelley & Sons below.
The Davistown Museum has a Kelley slick (photograph) and a mast ax in the Maritime
IV collection.
Kelley & Sons, Benjamin Belfast
-1869-1871-
Tools
Made: Axes
Remarks: "Sons" is used in a 1869 directory, whilst only "Son" is used in 1870.
Kelley, B.**
Bangor -1881-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the 1881 Maine Business Directory at 8 Washington St.
Kelley, Daniel T. Portland
-1885-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools and Plows, including Mowing Machines
Kelley, E.J.**
Bangor -1882-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1882 Maine Business Directory at 12 Washington St.
Kelley, E.W. Winthrop
-1849-
Tools
Made: Farm Tools
Kelley, James Cherryfield
-1855-1882-
Tools Made: Axes and
Edge Tools
Remarks: His name has also
been seen under the "Kelly" spelling, where Yeaton lists the working dates
as 1855-1858 (Axe Makers of Maine). He
is listed as Kelly in the 1855 Maine Business Directoy as an edge toolmaker.
He is listed in the 1867, 1869, 1879, 1881, and 1882 Maine Business Directories
as Kelley.
Kelley, Manley Mt.Vernon
-1880-1885-
Tools Made: Farm Tools
and Rakes, including Drags
Keyes, Calvin Wilton
1838-1869- (b. 1814 d.1864)
Tools Made: Scythes, Edge
Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business Directories. According
to W. A. "Chet" Sweatt in 1839 he became a partner in Andrew Butterfield's
blacksmith shop in East Wilton. Hiram Holt took title to the shop from the Keyes estate in 1864. DATM gives
his working dates as 1855 - 1869, which seems to conflict with the death
date. The Wilton Museum has a scythe blade with a paper label: SUPERIOR
SCYTHES, | Made expressly for Retail Trade, by | CALVIN KEYES, EAST WILTON,
ME. Sweatt had in his collection a 10" drawknife
marked CAST STEEL | C. KEYES, | E. WILTON, | WARRANTED.
Kierstead & Barker**
Danforth -1881-
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: This company is listed in the 1881 Maine Business Directory. Possibly this is
Charles Kierstead? And also Daniel Barker of nearby Weston?
Kierstead, Charles** Danforth
-1879-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1879 Maine Business Directory.
Kimball & Sanford Bangor
-1872-
Tools Made: Saws
Remarks: Saw makers and
dealers in a range of tools, Revel W. Kimball and John E.M. Sanford were
connected to "Dirigo Saw Works" and "Gibson, Kimball & Sanford" as
implied by an 1872 invoice of theirs that shows a circular saw bearing
those two names. A company that included Gibson was succeeded by
this partnership.
Kimball, D.S. Minot
-1849-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Kimball, David Amherst
-1849-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Kimball, Joel* Buxton
-1874-
Tools Made: Axes
King & Messer* Oakland
1904-1907
Tools Made: Axes
King, Benjamin Jr. & Peter Whitefield
-1856-
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: Both Peter
King and Benjamin King Jr. are listed in the same 1856 directory, but
the connection, if there was one, is not known; whether they worked together
or separately is also unknown. Peter was a particularly important edge
toolmaker who was born in 1804; his grandfather, Benjamin King lived in
Kings Mills, Whitefield, Maine circa 1790 and died in 1801. Who is Benjamin,
Jr.?
King, J.H.** Portland
-1855-
Tools Made: Coffee and
Spice Mills
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
King, J.K.
Tools Made: Planes
Remarks: Pollak states:
"Example: a 11" birch closed toted rabbet, a 9 5/16" beech skew rabbet,
and a 9 1/2" beech side rabbett, all with round chamfers. The side
rabbett also has the incuse imprint branded on the side and was found in
ME with two planes by S. King (w.s.) ca. 1820-30."
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King, John Bangor,
Oakland
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: Axes bearing
the same maker name, but different towns (Oakland, ME and Bangor, ME),
has led to speculation if there were two men or just one. Did the
John King in Oakland later become the John King Axe
Co. (1907-17) also founded out of Oakland? Still another possibility
lies in Canada where an axe maker with the name John King was reported
both in Ontario and Quebec around 1887 - 1892. The Museum has an
ax (photo) signed JOHN KING | OAKLAND, ME. in the IR: Other factory
made tools collection.
King Axe Co., John Oakland
ca. 1885
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: The mark: JOHN
KING AXE CO. | OAKLAND, MAINE is printed on a label and
not imprinted on the axe itself. Thought to have begun shortly after
1877, the company is followed by a King Axe & Tool Co. working out
of Oakland which appears in the registries 1907-17, and may have been a
successor. Yeaton lists King Axe & Tool Co. working from 1908-1927
(Axe Makers of Maine). The photograph is of an ax with a knife
concealed by screwing it into the handle. It is one of only four
known examples and is believed to have been made by King Axe Co. of Oakland,
but is not marked. Thank you to Rick Floyd for the photograph.
King II, Peter*
Whitefield -1856 (b.1804
d.1858)
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: An ax marked KING
P.K. has been reported to the museum (photograph from
Iron Horse Sculpture). Peter II was a particularly important edge
toolmaker who was born in 1804 and had his blacksmith shop on the Sheepscot
River below his home in Whitefield. The area where his foundry was
located came to be known as Kings Mills, see King's Mills, Whitefield,
Maine 1772-1982 by Henry Waters,
which contains an extensive summary of the King family beginning with Benjamin
King, Sr., who first bought land from Abraham Choate in 1790, and later
his house and mill in 1801. He was killed in an accident at the mill the
same year. The property then descended to Peter King I, who may have been
the father of Peter II. It is this second Peter who is the famous
edge toolmaker; after his death, his son Sauren King contiued as a blacksmith
at this location. A number of Peter King II edge tools are in the collection
of the sculptor, Roger Majorowicz, who now lives on the King property.
See also Benjamin Jr. & Peter King. For
more information also see Linwood Lowder's
1984 Ballstown West - 1768 - 1809.
King, S.** ca.
1720-1820
Tools Made: Planes
Remarks: Pollak states:
"Examples: the molders are 9 1/4" - 9 7/8" birch and beech, with flat and
round chamfers, indicating a transitional planemaker; a 10" beech Yankee
plow with wedge arm lock, wood depth stop, screw locked; and a 29" beech
bench plane with single irons, center closed tote and 19c style chamfers.
Two have been found with J.K. King planes from ME, suggesting a possible
connection. The initial imprint has the same construction details,
wedge profile and imprint design as the full name. It appears on
a 9 1/2" beech skew rabbet with heavy round chamfers. ca. 1780-20, probably
from New England. S. King is not to be confused with S. King of Hull,
England." The marks described are: S.KING and S.H.K. The Davistown Museum has an
S. King 9 1/2" birch Yankee plow plane in the Maritime
II collection.
King, Samuel** Paris
(d. 1856)
Tools
Made: Apple Parer
Remarks: The following information was provided by his great great grandson, Lincoln
King. Lincoln has in his possession an apple parer and a fine desk
made by Samuel King, who was a carpenter and builder. Captain Samuel
King is listed in the History of Paris by William Lapham on page 651. It states he was the "son of Sergeant George, [and]
came to Paris with his uncle, Jairus Shaw, settled first on High street,
and afterward exchanged farms with Asa Barrows, now the homestead of William
O. King." His son Horatio King became the Postmaster General of the
US under President Buchanan.
King, Sorren W.**
Whitefield -1855-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1855 Maine Business Directory.
Kneeland, G.S. Lincoln
-1867-1871-
Tools Made: Axes and
Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1867 and 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Knight, F.C. Bridgton
-1899-1900-
Tools Made: Farm Tools
Knight, Samuel C. Cornish
-1832-1871-
Tools Made: Axes and
Edge Tools
Remarks: The 1832 date
found in one source seems a bit early for a single maker who was cited
in several directories around 1870, however in a Cornish directory (unfortunately
of an unspecified year) a S.C. & J. Knight is listed. (DATM,
1999). He is listed as making axes in the 1867
and 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Knowlton & Merryman** Brunswick
-1845-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Lamb, Andrew** Robbinston
-1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Lambard, C. A. & Company**
Bath -1854-
Tools Made: Ships' castings
Remarks: An iron foundry.
"Its work was confined mainly to the manufacturing of ships' castings the
use of which in recent years had grown enormously as iron replaced wood
for many items on shipboard." (Baker 1973, pg. 434, Maritime History
of Bath, Maine).
Lambert Nail Holder Mfg.** Phillips
-1910-
Tools Made: Nail Holders
Remarks: This company
patented on March 9, 1910, a detachable nail holding device that clips
on to a hammer handle (photo courtesy of Rick Floyd). it would be
used to help start the nail. Apparently, this idea did not catch
on.
Lancaster, B. F.** Augusta
1885
Tools Made: Wrenches
Remarks: Herb Page has
the adjustable buggy wrench pictured here. It is stamped American
Wrench Co. Augusta Me and with the September
8, 1885 patent date.
Landers, J.C. Gardiner
-1899-1900-
Tools Made: Farm Tools
Lane, Ellsworth S.** Upton
-1942 (1877b. - 1945d.)
Tools Made: Rules, Log
Calipers, Log Scales
Remarks: See the publication
by Butterworth and Blumenberg "E. S. Lane:
A Maine rule maker and scaler" in The Chronicle,
46(1).
Larned & Hale Waterville
1836-1839
Tools Made: Scythes
Remarks: The name was
changed to S. & E. Hale after Larned sold out
his interest.
Larrabee, Benjamin**
Porter -1855-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1855 Maine Business Directory.
Larrabee,
J. C.** Brunswick
Tools Made: Planes
Remarks: Bob Wheeler
has a panel plane signed by Larrabee, circa 1780 - 1820. The Museum
has a Larrabee skew plane (photograph) in the Maritime
II collection.
Laughlin, Robert** Robbinston
-1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Laughlin Co., T. Portland
-1869-1882-
Tools Made: Chisels,
specifically caulking chisels/irons, Shipsmith
Remarks: Marked their
chisels: T. LAUGHLIN Co / PORTLAND, ME. The
Maine Buisness Directory in 1869 lists a Thomas Laughlin & Son, 185
Commercial St, Portand, in 1881 at Commercial, cor. Centre, and 18 and
20 Centre, and in 1882 at Commercial, cor. Centre. The Davistown Museum
has a T. Laughlin caulking iron in the IR: Other
factory made tools collecton listed under Maine made tools.
Leach & Co., S.F. Bangor
-1869-
Tools Made: Saw Tools
Remarks: S.F. Leach held
a 19 Jan. 1869 patent for a saw set, which he made under his own name in
Maine, but then adopted the "& Co." once he was working in Boston,
MA., then later became part of Leach & Towle. Leach's saw set
was also being made by O.W. Bullock & Co, and in 1901 C.E. Jennings
& Co. was selling it, perhaps even making it.
Leavitt, C.F.** Lewiston
-1879-1882-
Tools Made: Stone Tools
Remarks: He
is listed on Bates St. in the 1879 and 1881 Maine Business Directory and
at 3 Franklin in the 1882 Maine Buisness Directory.
Leighton, E.C. Winthrop
Tools Made: Cooper Tools
and Metal Planes, including Cooper's Planes
Remarks: Used the mark: E.C.
LEIGHTON | WINTHROP, ME. Pollak reports the brass
and wood cooper's croze in the Bob Jones collection (pg. 249).
Leighton, Palmer** Cherryfield
-1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Leland, Henry Sedgwick
-1849-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Leonard, Austin Windham
-1867-1871-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1867 and 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Lemont, Alfred** Bath
-1830-1835- d. 1896
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Alfreed Lamont
built the schooner Eliza Ann in Bath in 1835, and then went into business
with James F Trott as shipsmiths, providing the Bath region with "hoops,
anvils, vises, crowbars, plow molds, mill saws, fisherman's anchors, and
all sorts of edge tools" (Baker, 1973, Maritime History of Bath, Maine,
pg. 429). See Trott & Lemont. He spent a 15 year period in the shipyard
of Richard Morse & Sons in Phippsburg. In 1851 he began shipbuilding
on his own in partnership with William M. Reed as Reed & Lemont and
later with master builder Alexander Robinson.
Levanseller, Ludlow** Waldoboro
1956-1869-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory. The 1869 Business Directory lists an L.
L. Levensaler as a shipsmith in Waldoborough, possibly the same person?
Lewis, Jabez China
-1871-1879-
Tools Made: Plows
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Libby & Bolton Portland
-1857-1886-
Tools Made: Adzes, Axes,
Chisels, Draw Knives and Edge Tools
Remarks: John W. Libby,
born 1831, and Elbridge G. Bolton, born 1823, marked their tools several
ways: I.W.LIBBY | E.G.BOLTON | PORTLAND; and LIBBY
& BOLTON | PORTLAND (sometimes leaving out the city
line). There may be a connection with Higgins &
Libby. This company is listed in the 1867, 1869,
1879 and 1881 Maine Business Directory with a location of 238 Fore St.
The 1882 Maine Business Directory gives the address as 460 Fore St. The
Davistown Museum has a drawknife, socket chisel (photo) and gouge made
by this company in the Maritime
IV collection.
Libby** Gardiner
+/- 1860
Remarks: The Davistown
Museum has recently located an open end wrench, 6" long, (1/2" + 5/8"),
the wrench is drop forged and is also inscribed with an E in a circle and
the numbers 7338A. It is marked LIBBY | GARDINER, ME.
Libby, David Buxton
-1827-1850-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Libby, Frank* Bangor
-1902-1917
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: Worked in Bangor
until 1902, then worked in Portland from 1903 to 1917. (Yeaton, Axe
Makers of Maine.)
Libby, John F.** Prospect
-1840-1880-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: He apprenticed
with Charles Turner while working at the quarries.
With time he purchased Mr. Turner's business. For 45 years he carried
on the trade of blacksmith and farrier. He also worked as blacksmith
for the quarries. (Biographical Reviews, Vol. XX, Containing life
sketches of leading citizens of Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox and Waldo Counties,
pg. 73-74. Alice Ellis, History
of Prospect, Maine 1759-1979, pg. 251-252.)
Libby, John F. Jr.** Prospect
-1855-
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: He learned the
trade from his father and continued working as a journeyman until injured
in an accident and had to give up the trade. (Biographical Reviews,
Vol. XX, Containing life sketches of leading citizens of Sagadahoc, Lincoln,
Knox and Waldo Counties, pg. 73-74. Alice Ellis, History
of Prospect, Maine 1759-1979, pg. 251-252.)
Liberty
Machine Co.** Liberty
Tools Made: Stave and
Heading Machinery
Remarks: An illustration of the Liberty tongue and groove stave machine from a brochure has been
reproduced on the back cover of the Registry. Frank Bennett held the patent for this machine. (Tom Donahue,
1996, The Kingdom in Montville, Maine).
Licett, James Springfield
-1869-1871-
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Lie-Nielsen
Toolworks Inc.** Warren
1981-present
Tools Made: Planes, Saws
Remarks: The Lie-Nielsen
tool company has been in business for at least two decades and is located
on Route 1 in Warren, ME, just south of Thomaston. The company produces
smoothing planes, block planes, bench planes, shoulder planes, a skew block
plane, beading tools, chisel planes, scraping planes and hand saws. Lie-Nielsen is the only production plane company now operating in Maine. Store
hours and company history are on their website. The Davistown Museum
has a Lie-Nielsen (photo) no. 1 size special edition bench plane in the
IR: Planes collection.
Lilly, Robert** Bath
-1849-1882-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: "In 1849 Robert
'Uncle Bob' Lilly of Dresden, then 19, ...was on his way to learn the blacksmith's
trade in Bath. [David] Crooker and Lilly became partners in 1855;
all their forging was by hand until 1865 when they installed a small steam
hammer." (Baker 1973, pg. 434, Maritime History of Bath, Maine).
See Crooker & Lilly and David Crooker.
Lincoln, Robert** Biddeford
-1855-
Tools Made: Brass Founders
and Finishers
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Linscott, J.W. Freedom
-1885-
Tools Made: Hoes
Livingston Mfg. Co. Rockland
1893-
Tools Made: Coachmaking
Tools, Hammers and Stoneworking Tools
Remarks: The Livingston
Mfg. Co. used the marks: LIVINGSTON | MFG. CO. | ROCKLAND.ME. and LIVINGSTON MFG. CO. | ROCKLAND ME.
The Livingston Co. was purchased by the Bicknell Mfg.
Co. in the early 20th century.
Livingston, James** Calais
-1881-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the 1881 Maine Business Directory.
Lockhart, George** Portland
-1869-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory as located at 329 Commercial
St.
Lombard, Allen Augusta
-1855-
Tools Made: Farm Tools
London, Jonathan Bridgewater
-1855-1856-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business Directories as an edge toolmaker.
Lord & Graves* West
Waterville 1850-1858
Tools Made: Axes
Lord, D.P.** Denmark, Oakland
-1860-1879-
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: He is listed
in Denmark in the 1879 Maine Business Directory. Klenman in Axe Makers of North American lists Daniel P. Lord as one of the
important ax makers on Emerson Stream in Oakland, Maine working around
1860. This may be the same ax maker as the listing below for Daniel
B. Lord if his middle initial was misread at some point; also could be
a relative, or of no relation. Ax makers and blacksmiths didn't always
stay in the same location and the exact relationship between the many Maine
ax makers from a particular family clan remain a mystery pending further
research.
Lord, Daniel B. Waterville
1850-1862
Tools Made: Axes, Farm
Tools and Hoes
Remarks: D. B. Lord is
listed in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory as located in
West Waterville. He sold his business to Hubbard
& Blake in 1862.
Lord, Horace** Levant
-1867-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1867 Maine Business Directory.
Lord, W.J.* Sedgwick
Tools Made: Axes
Lovejoy Brothers* Chesterville
1878-1924
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: Could this have
been a partnership including Leonard Lovejoy?
Lovejoy, Colins** Chesterville,
North Chesterville -1855-1879-
Tools Made: Timber Framing
Chisels, Axes
Remarks: C. Lovejoy of Chesterville is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business Directories
as an edge toolmaker. The 1879 Maine Business Directory lists
Colins Lovejoy of N. Chesterville and Chesterville as an ax maker.
This photograph is of an ax owned by Philip McKinney that is marked: C.
LOVEJOY | CHESTERVILLE | ???? | CAST STEEL. A 2"
chisel with this same signature has been reported by a collector in Farmington,
ME. That chisel has a fourth line that says WARRANTED.
The line above cast steel is not legible on the ax. The Davistown
Museum has a timber framing chisel (courtesy of Dana Philippi, 9/15/01)
signed C. LOVEJOY | CHESTERVILLE in
the Maritime IV collection.
Lovejoy, Hubbard Wayne,
Auburn 1830-68 (b. 1807)
Tools Made: Wood
Planes
Remarks: Lovejoy's planes
had the imprint of an eagle with his name H.LOVEJOY | WAYNE.
He first lived in Wayne and then moved to Auburn. It was in one of
those towns that he worked with William Burgess ca. 1848-50 making doors,
sash, and blinds. He is believed to have otherwise worked as a builder
(DATM 1999). Pollak mentions the imprint has been found on a 28"
jointer and a screw-arm plow, ca. 1840-50 (pg. 259).
The beech jointer mentioned by Pollak is in the Bob Jones collection.
Lovejoy, Leonard R. Chesterville
-1869-1878-
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: His town was
also reported as Chesterfield, it is assumed in error. Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Lovejoy, R.**
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: Raymond
and Michael Strout of Bar Harbor have recently discovered a broad ax signed R.
Lovejoy, probably the Leonard R. Lovejoy listed above.
Low & Blunt** Waterville
-1855-
Tools Made: Agricultural
Implements
Remarks: Listed in the
1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Low, G.W. Burlington
-1869-1871-
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Lowell & Senter Portland
-1836-1870
Tools Made: Scientific
Instruments
Remarks: Abner Lowell
and William Senter's products included watches, jewelry, nautical and survey
instruments.
Lowell, Abner Portland
1834-1877 (b. 12 Jan. 1812, d. 26 Feb. 1883)
Tools Made: Scientific
Instruments
Remarks: Lowell worked
as a watchmaker and jeweler before and after he was part of Lowell &
Senter, not known if he made any instruments during those times by himself.
Luce, James Troy
-1899-1900-
Tools Made: Farm Tools
Lycett, James* Springfield
1867-1881
Tools Made: Axes
Lyman, Enoch Sullivan
-1855-1856-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1855 and 1856 Maine Business Directories.
Lyon, Almon H. Sidney
-1885-
Tools Made: Farm Tools,
including Harrows
Mace, Albion K. Smithfield
-1880-
Tools Made: Farm Tools,
specifically Harrows and Cultivators
Macurda, A.H. Lisbon
-1885-
Tools Made: Farm Tools
Maddocks, J. Jackson
-1879-
Tools Made: Farm Tools
Mallett & Co. Augusta
ca. 1881-
Tools Made: Screwdrivers
Remarks: Held an 1881
patent for a ratchet screwdriver
Mallett, Charles H.** Augusta
1881-1883
Tools Made: Screwdrivers
Remarks: See the Furbish biography for patent information. Is this the same as Mallet & Co.?
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Mallett, James M.* Warren
-1855-1882-
Tools Made: Axes, Ship
Carpenter's Tools, and Edge Tools
Remarks: He may have
been the maker of a mast shave (photo) marked MALLET CAST STEEL
| WARRANTED WARREN ME in the Davistown Museum's Maritime
IV collection listed under Shipwright's tools. He
is listed in the 1855, 1856, 1867, 1869, 1881, and 1882 Maine Business
Directories. Yeaton reports a James Mallet who worked as an ax maker
in Rockland prior to 1874 and up to 1892 (Yeaton, Axe Makers of Maine).
Mallet, John H.**
Rockland -1855-1856-
Tools
Made: Edge Tools, Shipsmith
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1855 Maine Business Directory. The 1856 and 1881
Maine Business Directory lists him as John L. Mallet. In 1881 he was located
on Sea St.
Mann & Son, Lewis M. West
Paris ca. 1900-1940-
Tools Made: Household
Tools (Clothespins)
Mansfield, Edward Orono
-1856-1906-
Tools Made: Axes, Edge
Tools and Other Tools, including Cant Dogs and Peaveys
Remarks: Mansfield worked
under his own name in the 1870's in Orono, but had moved to Bangor and
changed the name to E. Mansfield & Co. by 1906. According to
Yeaton this company worked up to 1916 (Axe Makers of Maine.)
Tools were marked E. MANSFIELD | ORONO, ME. He
is listed in Orono in the 1856, 1869, and 1879 Maine Business Directories.
The Davistown Museum has a peavey in the IR: Other
factory made tools collection that is marked E. MANSFIELD
& Co | SNOW & NEALLEY CO | BANGOR, MAINE.
Marden, I.W. Palermo
-1869-
Tools Made: Rakes, Planes
Remarks: A 1 1/2" rounding
plane signed I. W. Marden has recently been
discovered by Dana Phillipi in Weeks Mills suggesting the probability that
I.W. Marden and family of Palermo made more than just rakes.
Marden, J.A. Veazie
ca. 1872
Tools Made: Marking Gauges
Remarks: The mark J.A.
MARDEN | PAT.APR.16 1872 has been found on marking gauges.
Marden was issued the patent but whether or not he was the maker is unknown.
Pollak states that this is possibly John A. Marden (b. 1823 in Palermo,
ME, d. July 3, 1887 in Chicopee, MA) who was joiner and millman in Bangor,
ME, thru 1856. From 1860-1872 he was in Veazie, ME, and worked as
a house carpenter. J.A. Marden was issued Patent No. 125, 823 on
April 16, 1872 for a marking gauge. In 1873 John moved to South Hadley
Falls, MA, then to Holyoke, MA, where he was a house carpenter and millwright.
(see American marking Gages, by Milton H. Bacheller,
Jr.). Example: 9 1/2" beech 1/16" dado. (pg. 266).
Marquis, Abel** Fort Kent
-1881-
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1881 Maine Business Directory.
Marr, J.F. Lewiston
-1869-
Tools Made: Brushes (brooms)
Marriner, D.**
BK
Tools Made: Planes
Remarks: Pollak describes
the 12" beech ship's rabbet plane in the Bob Jones collection. It
is marked D.MARRINER | BK.Me.; Pollak suggests
this could refer to Brunswick, Berwick or some other coastal Maine town
(pg. 267). Additional information on this mark is welcomed.
Marsh Axe & Tool Co.** Oakland
-1925-
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: Listed in American
Axes by Henry J. Kauffman (1972).
Marsh & Sons* Oakland
1927-
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: See the illustration
of a Marsh & Sons label on page 26 of Klenman's Axe Makers of North
America.
Marshall, Joel** Buxton
-1807-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: Listed in American
Axes by Henry J. Kauffman (1972).
Marston, William P. Bath
-1855-
Tools Made: Farm Tools
Mason, George Sidney
-1885-
Tools Made: Farm Tools
Mason, T.J. Harmony
-1871-
Tools Made: Hoes (Horse
Hoes)
Mathews & Hubbard* West
Waterville 1854-1858
Tools Made: Axes
Mathews, Isaac** Thomaston
-1869-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Mathews, Walter** Waldoboro
1856
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
Matthews, O.D.** Thomaston
-1881-1882-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1881 and 1882 Maine Business Directory.
Maxwell & Jameson Topsham
1836-1873
Tools Made: Blacksmith,
Axes
Remarks: This business is listed in the 1867 and 1869 Maine Business Directory. It was a
joint venture of Samuel Jameson and James Maxwell.
Maxwell, Alexander Milo
-1867-1871-
Tools Made: Axes and
Shovels
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1867 and 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Maxwell, Eben Cape Elizabeth
-1869-
Tools Made: Plows
Maxwell, James** Topsham
1836-1873
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: He worked with
Samuel Jameson in the business Maxwell &
Jameson.
Mayberry & Spurr Otisfield
-1869-1871-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory.
Mayberry, Richard** Windham,
Casco 1755-1807 (d.1807)
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: Richard was
the son of William Mayberry. Following the American Revolution, he
moved from Windham to Raymond (Casco). He died at age 72 in 1807,
killed by a falling tree as he cleared land.
Mayberry, William** Windham
1740-1765
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: Mayberry emigrated
from Ballemmoney, Ireland to Marblehead, Mass about 1730. He settled
in Windham in 1740, being the second to settle in the town. By 1850
he was reported to have a garrison house and 15 acres of cleared land.
"He was by trade a blacksmith and brought with him the tools of his trade.
A family tradition asserts that shortly after he came to Windham, for want
of better accomodations, he set up his forge under the spreading branches
of a gigantic oak tree near his dwelling, and placed his anvil on a convenient
stump, prepared to exercise his old time handicraft, and that the Indians
were his first customers." (Samuel Thomas Dole, Frederick Howard Dole and
the Windham Historical Society.)
Mayo & Sons Foxcroft
-1885-
Tools Made: Farm Tools
and Plows, including Cultivators
Remarks: See Mayo, J.B.
Mayo, Albion W.** Portland
-1869-1882-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1869 Maine Business Directory. The 1881 Business Directory
lists him on Railroad wharf and the 1882 Business Directory lists him on
Railroad St.
Mayo, F.J. Corinth
-1867-1871-
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: Yeaton lists
a Frank Mayo who worked in Corinth from 1869-1901 (Axe Makers of Maine); was this F.J. Mayo? F. J. Mayo is listed in
the 1867 and 1869 Maine Business Directory as an edge toolmaker in East
Corinth and Corinth.
Mayo, H.M.** Monmouth
-1879-1881-
Tools Made: Knives
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1879 and 1881 Maine Business Directories.
Mayo, J.B. Foxcroft
-1880-
Tools Made: Farm Tools,
Hoes and Plows, including Cultivators and Horse Hoes
Remarks: One directory
has listings for a J.G. Mayo (by himself) and a partnership of J.B. &
J.G. Mayo, as well as J.B. Mayo. The pair may have been part of Mayo
& Sons.
Mayo, William F. Kenduskeag
-1862-1871-
Tools Made: Axes and
Edge Tools
Remarks: Yeaton cites
his working dates as being 1867-1887 (Axe Makers of Maine). He
is listed in the 1867 and 1869 Maine Business Directory.
McCausland, A.W. Gardiner
-1869-
Tools Made: Brushes,
including Brooms
McDonald, William** Sherman
-1879-
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: He
is listed in the 1879 Maine Business Directory.
McFarland, James** Brunswick
1790-1797
Tools Made: Blacksmith
Remarks: McFarland apprenticed
with Colonel William Stanwood. In 1790, McFarland
took over the business. He continued until 1797, when he moved away
and the shop was torn down. (Wheeler,
George Augustus and Henry Warren. 1878. History of Brunswick, Topsham
& Harpswell. Vol. 2. pg. 578). James was the step-son of
Samuel Stanwood, an uncle of Col. William Stanwood. His father was
John McFarland and his mother was Jane Lithgow McFarland Stanwood, who
remarried after his father died.
McKeen, Frank Denmark
-1867-1871-
Tools Made: Axes and
Edge Tools
Remarks: He
is listed as an ax maker in the 1867 and 1869 Maine Business Directory.
McKeen, F.W. Lovell
-1879-
Tools Made: Axes and
Knives
Remarks:He
is listed in the 1879 Maine Business Directory. Is this Frank McKeen
of Denmark?
McKenney** Bangor
-1920-
Tools
Made: Hand Saws
Remarks: He had patent 1349427 on 8/10/1920 for an adjustable hand saw. Source:
Graham Stubbs.
McKenney, James** Orland
-1856-
Tools Made: Shipsmith
Remarks: Listed in the
1856 Maine Business Directory.
McKinney, W.W. North Anson
-1869-
Tools Made: Rakes (Horse
Rakes)
McLellan, John Casco
-1869-
Tools Made: Brushes (Brooms)
McQuarris, John** Bath
-1882-
Tools
Made: Shipsmith
Remarks:
Listed in the 1882 Maine Business Directory on Water St.
Mead & Co., Lewis P. Augusta
-1849-
Tools Made: Farm Tools
Mead, N. & B. Castine
-1810-
Tools Made: Augers
Remarks: They advertised
in a Castine paper, not clear if they actually worked there. See
Mead, Noah.
Mead, Noah Castine
-1810-
Tools Made: Axes
Remarks: Noah Mead advertised
in the same paper (same issue) as N. & B. Mead's ad appeared in.
Mears, J.R. -1879-1885-
Tools Made: Rakes (Horse
Rakes)
Mechanic Falls** ca. 1850
Tools Made: Planes
Remarks: Pollak reports
a 8 5/8" spar plane in the Bob Jones collection that is marked MECHANIC
FALLS. ME. (pg. 276). The maker is unknown.
Mechanics Tool Co.
ca. 1890
Tools Made: Planes
Remarks: DATM (1999)
states it is not know if the company was a maker or dealer of planes marked MECHANICS
| TOOL Co. | WARRANTED. A Mechanics Tool Co. of
Boston, MA, possibly a totally different company, made a machinist's surface
gauge ca. 1910 (pg. 532). Pollak mentions three planes with this
mark, one is an 8 1/4" beech smoother in the Bob Jones collection (pg.
276).
Merchant, Robert** Berwick
1720
Tools Made: Rules
Remarks: There is no
information about Robert Merchant in the Directory of American Toolmakers
(1999) or in any other location such as The Chronicle or other publications.
That such a rulemaker lived and produced rules in Maine is verified by
the fact that there is a signed rule made by him on display at the Davistown
Museum in the Maritime
I collection. At this time, this beautifully constructed and
elegant work of art, signed Made by Robert Merchant for Noah
Emery, Berwick, 1720 in script, is the earliest known
signed and dated tool made in the state of Maine, and may very well be
the earliest signed and dated measuring tool known to have been made in
the United States. Anyone who has additional information as to who
Robert Merchant was, please contact The Davistown
Museum. Robert Wheeler, who bought this tool at auction, speculates
that Robert Merchant may be related to the many Merchants who lived in
and around Portsmouth, NH, at this time.
Merrick, George G. Thomaston
ca. 1840-1860 (b.1814)
Tools Made: Wood Planes
Remarks: Merrick worked
as a ship's joiner in Thomaston and made planes before he moved to Libertyville,
IL, where he was not known to have made planes. According to DATM
(1999) he used two imprints on his planes: G.G. MERRICK | THOMASTON and the more unusual G G MERRICK | THOMASTON | M.E
M.E with the name line curved and
the two "M.E"s under either end of Thomaston. However, Pollak mentions
three imprints, all being rated as rare (pg. 277).
The Bob Jones collection has a 9 3/8" cherry two piece sash plane with
a fourth mark, the ME is under the curved G.G.MERRICK and above THOMASTON.
Merrill & Mead Calais
-1869-
Tools Made: Brushes (Brooms)
Remarks: A W.R. Merrill
made brooms in Manchester; any connection, if there was one, is not known.
Merrill, A.C.** Solon
Tools Made: Rules
Remarks: Phil Platt has
reported a rule marked A. C. MERRILL SOLON that is believed to have been made in Maine.
Merrill, F. M.** Freeport
-1840-
Tools Made: Edge Tools
Remarks: There is a 1
1/4 inch framing chisel signed by him in the collection of Malcolm McFarland.
Merrill, Freeman South
Paris -1869-1900-
Tools Made: Farm Tools
and Plows including cultivators
Merrill, George** Searsport
-1855
Tools Made: Pump and
Block Makers
Remarks: He is listed
in the 1855 Maine Registry and Business Directory.
Merrill, Joshua* Freeport
1879-1917
Tools Made: Axes
Merrill, Samuel West Gardiner
-1871-1885-
Tools Made: Plows
Merrill, W.R. Manchester
-1869-
Tools Made: Brushes (brooms)
Remarks: See Merrill
& Mead
Metcalf,
Joseph* Winthrop
(b. 1756 d. 1849)
Tools Made: Planes
Remarks: One of Maine'
earliest planemakers, several of his tools are in the collection of the
Davistown Museum. This registry contains an extensive disc