“FIRE-ARMS.  The famous Water’s armory or fire-arms manufactory was established in1808 by Asa Waters, 2nd, in that part of Sutton, now Millbury, and was continued in operation till1845, and revived during the Civil War.  Harding Slocomb, Clarendon Wheelock, Orlando Ware, Joseph S. Ware and John R. Morse were engaged in Worcester in the manufacture of fire-arms in a limited way during the period 1820 to 1835.”

Reference Data:

Dictionary of Worcester (Massachusetts) and Its Vicinity, by Franklin Pierce Rice, 1893, page 58