caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date image article_title name occupation
aaron willard , portrait by john ritto penniman 20 may 1844 boston , massachusetts , united states grafton , province of massachusetts bay , british empire 14 october 1757 aaron willard.jpg aaron willard
 aaron willard entrepreneur , industrialist , clock designer
aaron willard

aaron willard -lrb- `` b. '' october 14 , 1757 , grafton , massachusetts bay ; `` d. '' may 20 , 1844 , boston , massachusetts , usa -rrb- was an entrepreneur , an industrialist , and a designer of clocks who worked extensively at his roxbury , massachusetts , factory during the early years of the united states of america .
while at the family farm at grafton , aaron willard developed his career conjointly with his three brothers , who became celebrated horologists too -lrb- though aaron 's and his brother simon 's creations are the most significant -rrb- .
both brothers moved to roxbury , boston , massachusetts , -lrb- where the peninsular town of boston joined to the mainland -rrb- where they developed one of the first modern american industries , independently from each other .
simon and aaron willard 's clocks were the first economically accessible timepieces of the country .
