Henry, William Jr.

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Henry, William Jr.		Christian's Spring	Pennsylvania		1779
Henry, William Jr.	South Main Street	New Nazareth	Pennsylvania	1780	1798
Henry, William Jr.		Jacobsburg	Pennsylvania	1798	1813

Patent	Date	Remarks

Contract	for
1798 from Governor Mifflin of Pennsylvania	2000 guns
1808 contract with the state of Pennsylvania and the United States Government	10000 muskets

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Most likely son of Sr William Henry. William Henry Jr. 1757-1821 was apprenticed to Andreas Albrecht and trained at Christian Springs prior to setting up shop in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. On November 22, 1781 he married Sabrina Schropp of Nazareth and built a house on South Main Street. He was the Father of William Henry III and John Joseph Henry both gunsmiths of the region. When Hohan (John) Christian Oerter died in 1888 William Henry Jr. became owner of Oerter's shop. According t o the tax list of Christian Springs, dated 1779, William Henry, Jr., Joseph Levering and Frederick Steinman were single men at Christian Springs. They were all probably in the gun shops because William Henry paid taxes from 1790 on as a gunsmith in Nazareth. Joseph Levering paid taxes from 1782 to 1784 as gunsmith in Bethlehem, and Frederick Steinman paid taxes from 1825 as a gunsmith in Philadelphia. In tax list of 1780 for New Nazareth he was stated as gunsmith with £ 120 assessed value of property In July, 1780, William Henry Jr. petitioned for permission t o build a gun shop in Nazareth. Permission was granted. William Henry Jr. is said t o have had fourteen employees while in Lancaster, six of whom he brought with him to Nazareth. After four years at Christian Springs he settled in Nazareth, where, on August 25, 1780, he set up his shop. A year later he brought his brother, Abraham, from Lancaster to learn the gunsmithing trade. In 1798 he built a gun facory several miles north of Nazareth, at a place along the Bushkill Creek that he named Boulton. He moved out of Nazareth as the town committee was unable to make a quick decision about the construction of a new gun-factory. He asked for permission to erect a two-story workshop in Nazareth. This in order to respect the contract. Most likely the Henry's Gun Factory. Permission was denied and Henry Jr. moved his factory to the Jacobsburg site where it remained until 1813. The gun factory had a constand and strong need of water power. He was looking around for a better supply which he found along the Bushkill Creek. Henry Jr. sent his son, William III to the new site where the Bolton Gun Works was then established. There his son, gandson and grate-grandson rifles were manufactured for almost a century.

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Most likely son of Sr William Henry. William Henry Jr. 1757-1821 was apprenticed to Andreas Albrecht and trained at Christian Springs prior to setting up shop in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. On November 22, 1781 he married Sabrina Schropp of Nazareth and built a house on South Main Street. He was the Father of William Henry III and John Joseph Henry both gunsmiths of the region.

When Hohan (John) Christian Oerter died in 1888 William Henry Jr. became owner of Oerter's shop. According t o the tax list of Christian Springs, dated 1779, William Henry, Jr., Joseph Levering and Frederick Steinman were single men at Christian Springs. They were all probably in the gun shops because William Henry paid taxes from 1790 on as a gunsmith in Nazareth. Joseph Levering paid taxes from 1782 to 1784 as gunsmith in Bethlehem, and Frederick Steinman paid taxes from 1825 as a gunsmith in Philadelphia.

In tax list of 1780 for New Nazareth he was stated as gunsmith with £ 120 assessed value of property

In July, 1780, William Henry Jr. petitioned for permission t o build a gun shop in Nazareth. Permission was granted. William Henry Jr. is said t o have had fourteen employees while in Lancaster, six of whom he brought with him to Nazareth. After four years at Christian Springs he settled in Nazareth, where, on August 25, 1780, he set up his shop. A year later he brought his brother, Abraham, from Lancaster to learn the gunsmithing trade.

In 1798 he built a gun facory several miles north of Nazareth, at a place along the Bushkill Creek that he named Boulton. He moved out of Nazareth as the town committee was unable to make a quick decision about the construction of a new gun-factory. He asked for permission to erect a two-story workshop in Nazareth. This in order to respect the contract. Most likely the Henry's Gun Factory. Permission was denied and Henry Jr. moved his factory to the Jacobsburg site where it remained until 1813.

The gun factory had a constand and strong need of water power. He was looking around for a better supply which he found along the Bushkill Creek. Henry Jr. sent his son, William III to the new site where the Bolton Gun Works was then established. There his son, gandson and grate-grandson rifles were manufactured for almost a century.