Tools Made: Hammers, axes and chisels
Working Dates: C1840-70+.
He had an ad in the newspaper (ref. 9), The Sentinel and Witness for making and repairing axes.
"Axes, made and repaired in a superior manner by the subscriber, at his shop, one mile south of the Pameacha Bridge, on the turnpike".
The turnpike is now rte. 17, the road to Durham. In 1850 (ref. 14), a William P. Allison was reported in upper Middletown, known as the upper houses, making hammers. In 1851 this area become Cromwell. Ref 15 lists a William P. Allison of Haddam marrying Emily Miller of Middletown, Dec 30, 1832, married by Rev Fitch Reed.
William P. Allison next appears in the upper houses in 1846. He was working with J.H. and Martin R. Warner. They had a harness shop. In 1849 William. M. Noble joined them. I don’t know if he was making hammers at this time. However, his is listed as a hammer maker in the 1850 census.
There he made hammers with the brand names of Allison, Browns, S.F Claw, Warner and Cast Steel. Ref. 14 has a section for both Middletown and Cromwell. The information on Allison is close but there are a few discrepancies. I can’t tell if Allison worked with Noble and the Warners or they ran separate operations.
1850 CT Federal Census
William Alison age 44 blacksmith born CT
1860 Federal Census CT
Wm. P. Allison age 53 hammer manufactor born CT
1870 Federal Census CT
Allison, William B. age 63 hammer manufactor born CT
Allison, Frank H. age 23 manufactor born CT
See Warner & Noble, M. R. & J. H. Warner and W. M. Noble.
For more genealogical and census information see:
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Logo 1
Mark Cobbler’s Hammer
1
Wm. P. ALLISON
CAST STEEL
WARRANTED
The "1" refers to the size of the hammer
Logo 2
Mark Claw Hammer
W. P. ALLISON
WARRANTED