from nearby. Catherine Gates was from the Roxbury region, which neighbored Boston to the south, in Suffolk County. They married on March 6, 1783, in Roxbury. She was 20 years old. They had two children: Aaron Willard, Junior, on June 29, 1783, and Nancy Willard, on July 14, 1785. Catherine Gates died just days after the second birth. In time, Aaron Junior would be a renowned horologist too. Mary Partridge In the same decade, Aaron Willard married again, to Mary Partridge, who lived on nearby Roxbury St. She was 27 years old. The wedding took place at the Grafton farm on November 19, 1789. They had nine children: Mary, in 1790 Sophia and Emily, in 1792, who were twins Catherine Gates, in 1794 George, in 1796 Jane J., in 1798 Charles, in 1800 Henry, in 1802 Morris, in 1808 Death In 1823, Aaron Willard went into retirement. He died on May 20, 1844, at Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He was 87 years old. Current exhibitions Willard House and Clock Museum Today, the Grafton homestead—which housed the original Willard brothers' workshop—is house museum Willard House and Clock Museum. It exhibits over 80 Willard clocks and numerous Willard family heirlooms. Willard House and Clock Museum Old Sturbridge Village The J. Cheney Wells Clock Gallery is located at Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The general collection of 122 clocks has a scope which ranges from 1725 to 1825. Some of the pieces are valuated at over 100,000 dollars. Twelve of the clocks are Aaron Willard's. Footnotes References Worcester Art Museum Willard House and Clock Museum Maine Antique Digest The Davistown Museum Maine Antique Digest Silversmiths and Related Craftsmen Traditional Fine Art Online The Texas Jack Association Old Sturbridge Village Looksmart article Old and Sold Bibliography Clock Making in New England 1725-1825: An Interpretation of the Old Sturbridge Village Collection. By Philip Zea and Robert C. Cheney. Village, 1992. External links Maine Antique Digest 1757 births 1848 deaths Businesspeople from Boston American manufacturing businesspeople American clockmakers Aaron 18th century in Boston 19th century in Boston