Amory Maynard

At age fourteen, Amory Maynard left school to work in his family's farm and saw mill at Fort Meadow Pond.

With the money he received from the buy-out, Amory Maynard partnered with William Knight to buy land and water rights for the Assabet River in Sudbury and Stow.

They founded the Assabet Woolen Mill in 1846, producing carpets and later wool used in military uniforms during the American Civil War.

Expansion of the mill combined with hiring of people to work in it led to a population increase in what was known as Assabet Village.

In addition to the mill, Amory was central to making sure the railroad came to Maynard and to the construction of the first church, on land he and Knight donated.