Aiken, Herrick (1797-1866)

Name:

Aiken, Herrick (1797-1866)

Born:

06/08/1797

Birthplace:

Peterborough, NH

Died:

11/07/1866

Death Location:

Franklin, NH

Residence:

Dracut, MA -- first establishment as a manufacturer of machinery.
Franklin, NH 1838-1866

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Leather Tanner
Tool Maker
Inventor -- inventions include spiral brushes, leather splitting machine, tool sockets, et al.

Father:

Aiken, Matthew (1766-1812)

Mother:

Herrick, Sally (1771-1848)

Relations:

Siblings:
Aiken, James Gilman
Aiken, Sally
Aiken, Emma
Aiken, Alfred
Parents: Sally Herrick (or Hackett -- see Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire, 1908, where both names are used on p. 1150) (1771-1848; b. Portsmouth NH) & Mathew Aiken (1766-1812; b. Deering NH; d. Pelham, NH). They resided in Peterboro, N.H. and Pelham, NH. He was a saddler and harness maker.
Grandparents: Thomas Aiken (b. Londonderry, NH); resided in Deering, NH
Great-grandparents: Margaret Cochran and Nathaniel Aiken (1696-), resided in Londonderry, NH. They had 12 children.

Spouse:

Ann Matilda Bradley (1810-1884), February 5, 1830

Children:

Walter Scott (1831-1893; b. Dracut, MA; aprenticed in his father's machine shop; inventor and manufacturer; operated several mills and hotels; m1. Susan Colby 1853; m2. Mary Dodge 1867; res. Franklin, NH; children)
Jonas Bradley (1833-1903; inventor and manufacturer; operated hotels; m. Adaline Glidden Proctor of Franklin, NH c.1866; children)
James Hackett, born 1835; died 1852
Francis Herrick, born 1843; died 1876
Charles Lowe, born 1845; died 1925

Notes:

James L. Garvin and Donna-Belle Garvin, Instruments of Change: New Hampshire Hand Tools and Their Makers 1800-1900. (Canaan, New Hampshire: Printed for the New Hampshire Historical Society by Phoenix Publishing, 1985), 66.

Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, NH