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Thomas was the son of Thomas Kefford (also a clockmaker) and Mary Fordham, and was one of 4 siblings baptised at Royston. [ 1 ] Upon Kefford's death (or retirement) in about 1750, he was succeeded by Samuel Coxhall, who came from Shepreth , Cambridgeshire and had been apprenticed in June 1746, for 8 years and a fee of £21.
George Graham (7 July 1673 – 20 November 1751) a partner of Thomas Tompion; Frank Hope-Jones (1867-1950) Joseph Johnson; Liverpool (1795–1827) Thomas Kefford (fl. 1710–1750). [6] Joseph Knibb - Born 1640 Claydon, Oxfordshire Died 1711; George Littlewort; London (fl. 1826–48) Metamec (1947-1984) Newgate Clocks; Shropshire (1991–present)
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Domestic clocks and watches were mostly imported or the work of immigrants from the European continent. Because turret clock making involved working in ferrous metal, clockmakers within the City of London tended to be freemen of the Blacksmiths’ Company, though some were members of other livery companies, notably the Clothworkers. [4]
In 1826, Thomas Jefferson requested that Simon Willard build a clock for the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. The clock was to be a turret one and would be placed into the university's rotunda. Jefferson provided all of the clock's plans and specifications. According to these plans, Willard precisely assembled all the clock's pieces.
Plaque in Fleet Street, London, commemorating Thomas Tompion and George Graham. Graham was partner to the influential English clockmaker Thomas Tompion during the last few years of Tompion's life. Graham is credited with inventing several design improvements to the pendulum clock, inventing the mercury pendulum and also the orrery. He was made ...
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James's second son Thomas who was born on 5 April 1770, [1] followed after his father and became a watchmaker in 1795 in his own right after apprenticing under his father. He later gave up the trade in 1800 to work in publishing until his death in 1825. Thomas in turn named his son James who later become known as Lord Ivory.