death_date death_place children birth_place image_size party profession nationality birth_date spouse signature image article_title name
17 october 1765 philadelphia , pennsylvania peter stretch ii leek , staffordshire , england 220px independent clockmaker english 30 january 1697 mary anne robins thomas_stretch_signature . jpg thomas_stretch_1695-1765 . jpg thomas stretch
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thomas stretch

thomas stretch -lrb- january 30 , 1697 -- october 17 , 1765 -rrb- was an american clockmaker and a founder and first governor of the colony in schuylkill , later known as the state in schuylkill , or schuylkill fishing company .
in 1753 he erected the first clock at independence hall in philadelphia , a large clock dial and masonry clock case at the west end of the structure .
