Vine, William, 1798-1872
Biographical Note
William Vine was born in England in 1798. By 1830, he and his wife Sarah moved to New York, where they had several children. By 1850, he was a machinist in Hartford, Connecticut. The next year, he was listed in the Hartford city directory as a "patentee and manufacturer of gold beating machines, knife polishing machines, and a variety of other articles." He died around 1872.
Sources:
U.S. Federal Censuses, 1850-1860
"William Vine" in the U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/2469/records/1276711508, accessed October 8, 2025.
"William Vine", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14138566/william-vine, accessed October 8, 2025.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Vine and Ashmead Patent
This collection contains a patent awarded to William Vine (1798-ca. 1872) and James H. Ashmead (1810-1880) of Hartford, Connecticut, for "machines beating gold".