03/12/1757-04/21/1821
Born in Lancaster; apprenticed as a gunsmith under Andreas Albrecht in Lititz in 1771; arrived in Christiansbrunn in 1776; became master of its gunshop in 1777; moved to Nazareth in 1780, where he set up a gunshop. Married Sabina Schropp in 1781.
Birthplace
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Birth Year
1757
Death Year
1821