The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; . A ROBERTS CLOCK. BRISTOL. 53 out to peddle them. Many clocks made by him are known to havedone good service for many years. He made clocks in this rude wayseveral years, and handed down the business to his sons. Very littleis known as to the number of clocks made by this family or the leno-thof time they continued in the business. In the second decade other clock-makers began business and con-ducted it on a much larger scale. Joseph Ives made wood movementsas early as 1811, in a small building a little way north of the presents
The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; . A ROBERTS CLOCK. BRISTOL. 53 out to peddle them. Many clocks made by him are known to havedone good service for many years. He made clocks in this rude wayseveral years, and handed down the business to his sons. Very littleis known as to the number of clocks made by this family or the leno-thof time they continued in the business. In the second decade other clock-makers began business and con-ducted it on a much larger scale. Joseph Ives made wood movementsas early as 1811, in a small building a little way north of the presentsite of Laporte Hubbells shop. It is said that Chauncey Boardmanbegan the next year to make clock movements in a shop south of theBurner shop site. It is certain that he was established here a fewyears later, doing a considerable business. In 1838 he began to makebrass clocks, and continued this until his failure in 1850. CharlesG. Ives also made wooden clocks during this decade in the small shopstill standing on Peaceable Street. The Ives Brothers, five in numbe
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