Marston, Stanhope Walter

Name Street Town State From To
Marston, Stanhope (Walter) 197 Allen street, home 348 Houston New York City New York 1841 1855


Patent Date Remarks
7,887 January 7, 1851 Improved Fly-Tumbler Lock for Fire-Arms
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Gunsmith, see New York City Direcotry for 1841, 1842, 1842-1843, 1844-1845, 1845-1846, 1846-1847, 1848-1849, 1851-1852 and 1852-18523 (only with his home address), 1854-1855.

His real name was Stanhope Walter Marston. He maried Mary Ridgden on August 11, 1831 and is the father of W.W. Marston.
They left England at the time when her first child, Wiliam Walker Marston was born.

Stanhope Walter Marston's guns were marked Stanhope Marston or S.W. Marston. The Doggett’s New York City Directory for 1845 & 1846 lists him as a gunsmith.

J. Maslin Cooper modified the original Marston patent, see Cooper, J. Maslin and patents RE 783 and RE 1029

.31 caliber percussion, two barrel handgun, ring trigger, swivel breech