• Born: 10 Mar 1824, Kensington CT
• Died: 23 Jul 1902, Beverly MA

  General notes:

Watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• He was a partner in 1848-1855 with Henry Asher Robbins in New York City NY as ROBBINS & BRO. When Daniel Fuller Appleton joined the firm in 1849, the name was changed to ROBBINS BROTHERS & Co.

• He was a partner circa 1855 with Daniel Fuller Appleton in New York City NY as ROBBINS & APPLETON. On 9 May 1857 the firm purchased the bankrupt Waltham Watch Company, paying $41,500 for the factory plus two mortgages amounting to $14,380 in liabilities, renaming it Appleton, Tracy & Co. After a rough beginning, the company merged with the Waltham Improvement Company in 1859, forming the American Watch Company which became the largest watch manufacturer in the country.