Peter Rushton Maverick
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Peter Rushton Maverick (April 1, 1755 – December 12, 1811) was an American engraver and silversmith, active in New York City and perhaps Newark, New Jersey. His son, Peter Maverick (1780–1871), also became a well-known printmaker, and his other students included Francis Kearney.
Maverick is variously reported as being born in England, Cheshire, Connecticut, and New York City. The most concrete evidence, however, makes it clear that he was born in New York City, as the son of Andrew Maverick, who was himself baptized in Boston, and made freeman of New York City on July 17, 1753. The younger Maverick married twice: to Ann Reynolds on July 4, 1772, in New York City, and to Rebecca Reynolds on June 1, 1788, in New York City. In August 1775 he was Ensign in Captain M. Minthorn's company of Colonel John Jay's second regiment of the New York Militia, and on July 23, 1788, represented the Engravers in the New York Federal Procession. He was also a Scottish Rite Mason as a member of both Holland Lodge and Holland Mark Lodge in New York City.
