Henry Josiah Griswold
Henry Josiah Griswold, born in Madison, Connecticut, had a significant role in modifying circular knitting machines. Because of Henry Josiah Griswold, in England, the word "Griswold" became synonymous with domestic circular knitting machines. He founded a hosiery company in 1891 with the name "London and Leicester Hosiery Company" and also leased a factory on Winifred Street in Leicester. Griswold returned to America between 1890 and 1892 and sold his rights to the firm to I. L. Berridge.
Patents
After Henry Josiah Griswold's 1872 sock machine, fewer framework knitters were needed.Henry Josiah Griswold received a patent in 1873 for "Improvements in Knitting Machinery," and another patent in 1880 for "Improvements in the stocking manufacturing machines and other knitted fabrics".