Dave, I think Doug is right on, although I did not know that Crescent had a Meriden location at one time. I think that in 1908 Sears was offering the various Aubrey doubles in both hammerless and hammer models. In addition to that they offered three doubles made in Hopkinton by Andrew Fyrberg, who Sears had set up in the Hopkinton business a few years earlier. These doubles were called American Gun and New England Wonder in the hammer models, while the name of New England Hammerless was used for the hammerless. All three were sidelocks.
Doug, a closer reading of Perkins' article comes up with something interesting. In 1910, after the departure of Sears, Biffer, and Aubrey, SR&C "began offering Meriden firearms to the trade-brand market-----marked with whatever name the buyer wanted." Pistols of Fyrberg design were offered and Fyrberg design shotguns were offered with names such as Eastern Arms Co, and Howard Arms Co. It does not say that the Aubrey designed guns were offered that same way.
