Albrecht, Andreas

Name	Town	State	From	To
Albrecht, Andreas	Bethlehem	Pennsylvania	1750	1758
Albrecht, Andreas	Christians Spring	Pennsylvania	1759	1766
Albrecht, Andreas	Lititz, Lancaster County	Pennsylvania	1772	1802

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Andreas Albrecht, April 2, 1718 to April 19, 1802, born in Zelle near Suhl, Germany. He began his apprenticeship with a gunsmith in Suhl at the age of 13. Albrecht worked first in Halberstadt (some 100 miles north of Suhl) and then relocated to nearby Wolfenbüttel. He was a regiment gunmaker at Brandenburg with an attachment of soldiers during the Silesian War. In 1748 he was granted a discharge from the army and in 1750 Albrecht and 79 other single brethren boarded the Moravian ship the Irene to sail to America. Their destination was the young Moravian community of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He opened his shop in Christians Spring in 1762. In 1763 he took two apprentices at Christian's Springs, Christian Oerter and William Henry Jr. His rifles are generally found in .54 and .58 caliber with 37" barrel. His early production shows features found on guns produced in Germany. Maker of Kentucky style rifles. He would have worked as a gunstocker and a music teacher at Christiansbrunn (Christians Spring), Pennsylvania from 1759 to 1766. He became owner of the Sun Inn 1766-1771. In June 1771 he moved to Lititz where he worked as gunsmith until his death. Christians Spring was established in 1747 as Albertsbrunn (the Spring of Albrecht a brother of the community founder Nicholas Ludwig Zinzendorf). It was a Moravian community. With act of August 4, 1749 and in honor of Christian Renatus von Zinzendorf the community was renamed Christiansbrunn. the community was officially disbanded by the church on April 1, 1796.

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Andreas Albrecht, April 2, 1718 to April 19, 1802, born in Zelle near Suhl, Germany. He began his apprenticeship with a gunsmith in Suhl at the age of 13. Albrecht worked first in Halberstadt (some 100 miles north of Suhl) and then relocated to nearby Wolfenbüttel. He was a regiment gunmaker at Brandenburg with an attachment of soldiers during the Silesian War. In 1748 he was granted a discharge from the army and in 1750 Albrecht and 79 other single brethren boarded the Moravian ship the Irene to sail to America. Their destination was the young Moravian community of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

He opened his shop in Christians Spring in 1762. In 1763 he took two apprentices at Christian's Springs, Christian Oerter and William Henry Jr.

His rifles are generally found in .54 and .58 caliber with 37" barrel. His early production shows features found on guns produced in Germany.

Maker of Kentucky style rifles.

He would have worked as a gunstocker and a music teacher at Christiansbrunn (Christians Spring), Pennsylvania from 1759 to 1766. He became owner of the Sun Inn 1766-1771. In June 1771 he moved to Lititz where he worked as gunsmith until his death.

Christians Spring was established in 1747 as Albertsbrunn (the Spring of Albrecht a brother of the community founder Nicholas Ludwig Zinzendorf). It was a Moravian community. With act of August 4, 1749 and in honor of Christian Renatus von Zinzendorf the community was renamed Christiansbrunn. the community was officially disbanded by the church on April 1, 1796.