December, 1973. Unidentified maker (early George Hoff type movement). $4,000 at private sale in December, 1973. CLOCK AND WATCH MAKERS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, 1750-1850 The next nine pages show an up-dated listing of clock and watch makers of Lancaster County from 1750 to 1850. An original list was published

clocks, though a few others of this type are known to have been made by other of our Lancaster makers. JACOB GORGAS was a famed clockmaker who would seem to have been the earliest among the Lancaster county makers of this type of clock. He came fromGermany to Lancaster county about 1760, and started

Ephrata, Pa., was one of the earliest and best- known clockmakers of Lancaster County, and his clocks are still prized by many families throughout the eastern part of Pennsylvania. He was born at Germantown, Pa., on August 9, 1728, and was the fifth child of John Gorgas and Psyche or Sophia Rittenhouse