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Joseph Perkin (1737-1806)
Baptized on 12 February 1737 in Handsworth, Staffordshire. His father, John Perkin, was a gunlock filer in West Bromwich.
Perkin was trained as a gunsmith in Birmingham.
He emigrated to North America in 1771 and continued his work as a gunsmith.
On his retirement he was the first superintendent of Harpers Ferry Armory.
Joseph Perkin died in 1806.
For an excellent concise account of Perkin's life and work, see here[1]
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