Category: Pennsylvania

Bonewitz, John

School: Berks Womelsdorf  (Pennsylvania/PA) John Bonewitz [B 1758 – D 1828] worked as Master Gunsmith in Womelsdorf, Pa. from approx. 1778 until 1809. Moved to Pine Grove, Pa. in 1809 and continued the trade there until his death.Bonewitz first appears in the Womelsdorf tax records in 1780 as a single freeman. In 1781 he appears […]

George, Henry & Jacob

School: Berks (Pennsylvania/PA) Henry George (Yorg) is shown as a gunsmith in an 1804 deed transfer to his son, Jacob “a gunsmith”. Both father and son worked in Greenwich Township. Jacob worked until the 1830s and many samples of his work have been found. His rifles are often confused with Stofil Long’s work and it […]