Registry of Maine Toolmaker Listings

Key to the Registry Listings

• All toolmakers with no asterisk (* or **) were found in the Directory of American Toolmakers (DATM).  Text information comes primarily from that source, with the exception of additional information on the planemakers derived from Pollak's guide. All (*) names were found in Yeaton, but were not located in the DATM.  Toolmakers located by the Museum or other sources are denoted by ** and include the information source or donor's identity.

• Work dates that are preceded or followed by a (-) dash indicate that they were probably working before or after those dates, but those were the most solid dates attributed to them.  If a ca. (circa) precedes a date, it means that this is an estimated approximate date; the earlier the date the less accurate.  For instance, in the case of a particular listing with a work date ca. 1790, the true time the toolmaker was working may actually have been 10 years or more to either side of that date.  If the birth or death dates are known, they are located to the right of the work dates or within the text.

• On the web version, planemakers have been marked with blue.  Toolmakers who are residents of Liberty and Montville have been marked with red.

• As information becomes available, biographical and other relevant information will be posted on individual Maine toolmaker web pages with a link to it from the Registry Listing.  If you have a biographical sketch or any other important information about any Maine tool maker please contact the Museum or mail us your biographical/bibliographic data, and we will post it under the appropriate name.  Needless to say, new information on any Maine toolmakers not listed in DATM, Yeaton or Pollak would be greatly appreciated.

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Name               Town     Work Dates     Birth/Death Dates

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.

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.

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. 26, 1852
     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.

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.

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).

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

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

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."

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

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.?

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