Greystone Falls

Greystone Falls. Ireland, Hoadleyville, Greystone. , Eli Terry was born April 13, 1772. In 1793 Eli Terry moved to Plymouth where he was involved in the production of wooden movement clocks. Due to Terry's manufacturing techniques, clocks became affordable to the American household. In 2007, Eli Terry was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, due to his technological advances in manufacturing. Terry is con- sidered the father of manufacturing in the United States. He died in Terryville on February 24, 1852. , , Silas Hoadley was born January 31, 1786. He manufactured clocks with Eli Terry and Seth Thomas. Hoadley continued making clocks in Greystone until about 1849. He made mantel clocks and tall clocks. This section of Plymouth was known as Hoadleyville and later named Greystone. Silas Hoadley was an active citizen in Plymouth and was elected three times to the State Assembly and once, in 1844, to the State Senate. He died in Plymouth on December 28, 1870. , , Greystone, also called Ireland and then Hoadleyville, was a busy community in its early history. , Trains regularly stopped at Greystone Station. , , The Hancock Brook provided waterpower for early industry. , Waterwheels and later, turbines were used to run the factory machinery. , , (timeline at bottom) , 1700 – Sawmill Amos and Abraham Hickox , 1750 – Gristmill Calvin Hoadley , 1806 – Clock Factory Eli Terry, Seth Thomas, Silas Hoadley , 1810 – Thomas and Hoadley Mechanics in Company , 1814 – Silas Hoadley Clock Factory , 1850 – Hancock Valley Manufacturing Co.