School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1807-1840
Trissler, John
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Trissler, John
Moll, Peter
School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA) Peter Moll (1799 – 1879), son of John Moll, moved to Hellertown to work as a gunsmith after his brother, John Moll Jr. bought the business from their father. Peter was making guns in Hellertown by 1826. Peter’s mother was the niece of Peter Neihardt, another master gunsmith of Lehigh Valley.
Stall, Christian
School: Lebanon/Dauphin (Pennsylvania/PA) Christian Stall, gunsmith, 1817 tax list, working out of Harrisburg, PA. Builder of flintlocks.
Lutz, George
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Cocalico Township, 1842
Wickham, Marine Tyler
School: Maryland Emmitsburg Marine Tyler Wickham was born on January 3, 1780. On March 11, 1799, his mother bound this orphan to John Armstrong to learn the trade of a gunsmith and a locksmith. After completing his training in 1801 he worked in the gunsmith business with a man by the name of Matthews. In […]
Ferree, Jacob
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Listed as a gunsmith in Strasburg Township, Lancaster County in 1783
Breneise, George
School: York (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.
Pannebecker, Jess
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Cocalico Township, 1833-1838
Miller, Simon
School: Berks (Pennsylvania/PA) Simon Miller worked in the borough of Hamburg, Windsor Township from the late 1700s to 1806. Miller was a prolific maker of rifles and pistols. His rifle design with the Roman-nose stock and a distinctive patchbox design rarely varied.
Kane, Peter
School: Ohio Hocking, County
Roop, Jacob
School: Lebanon/Dauphin (Pennsylvania/PA) Jacob Roop was taxed as a gunsmith from 1805 to 1815 in the Swatara/Paxton region of Dauphin County, near Harrisburg. Many of the barrels of his flintlocks are signed “I Roop” in block letters. Roop’s rifles frequently present attractive 4-piece patchboxes with pierced finials. It is believed that there was, for a […]
Gonter, John
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith in Columbia Pennsylvania in 1810. Possibly a brother of Peter Gonter.
Russell, Joseph
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Brownsville, Fayette County (1847)
Radfang, George
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Conestoga Township, 1770-1780
George, John
School: Maryland Hagerstown He and his wife are listed in the 1790 federal census of Washington County with no children. In 1802 Thomas Shuman brought suit against Nicholas Hawken, Jacob Nichol and John George. From this legal action it can be assumed these three gunsmiths were associated in business. A letter was left at the Elizabeth […]
Hampton, John
School: Lebanon/Dauphin (Pennsylvania/PA) John N. Hampton, Jr., was taxed as a gunsmith in West Hanover Twp., Dauphin County, PA from the early 1830’s into the 1860’s. Dauphin County-style flint and percussion guns signed “I N H” can be attributed to him.
Hawken, Samuel T.
School: Maryland Samuel T. Hawken was born October 26, 1792, the fourth son of Christian Sr. and Juliann Hawken. Samuel volunteered in Captain George Shryock’s Hagerstown militia during the War of 1812 and fought at Bladensburg. On June 14, 1815, he announced tht he had commenced the business in the shop occupied by his father in […]
Fordney, Henry
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmtih, Lancaster Boro., 1833-1838
Henry, William, Jr.
School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA) William Henry, Jr. (1757-1821)was apprenticed to Andreas Albrecht and trained at Christian Springs prior to setting up shop in Nazareth, PA, where he became a dominant influence on local gunbuinding. He was active here from 1790 to 1820 and was the father of William Henry III, and John Joseph Henry, both significant […]
Shrivers, Jacob
School: Littlestown (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information is available.