215 50 11136 https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/552f7bfe10128319fb7bd08dd76a669c.PNG fc6a04bc37435cacd12ba516325869ee Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Joseph Rush noted in the 1770 Carpenter's Company Minutes. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Philosophical Society Digital Collections Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Committee Membership Book Prices Committee, 1763-74,84 Deceased Date 1/1/1787 Date Elected 1/4/1763 File Number a First Name Joseph Last Name Rush Member Number 60* Reference *Subscribed to 4 shares for erection of Hall. *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 681. Joseph Rush was already active in Carpenters' Company affairs by February 15, 1763, when he was elected to the important committee to set the prices used by masters in measuring carpentry work in Philadelphia. On January 20, 1766, he was elected Warden of the Company and on December 14, 1778, he was chosen President. The date of Rush's election to the Company is unknown due to the loss of early records; as early as 1746 he is recorded as having taken one Cornelius Vanostin as apprentice following the death of his brother Thomas Rush (d. 1745). Joseph Rush was an "encourager" to the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan, "The British Architect" (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first architectural book published in America. Following Joseph Rush's death his widow applied for and received financial assistance from The Company. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. *PA Gazette 2/22/1786 - #2959 Persons indebted to Joseph Rush, late coroner of the city and county of Philadelphia, should make payments and settle accounts with Mary Rush and George Ingels, executors. *Trans. APS, Vol. 43, Part I (1953), page 99. Listed among original subscribers (1770) to construction of Hall. *Managing Committee Minutes-1770-2-15 Wardens receive old arrears from Joseph Rush. Managing Committee Minutes-1781-2-163 Joseph Rush chosen President. Managing Committee Minutes-1788-3-166 An application to the Company on behalf of the widow Rush; her situation being laid before the committee. Managing Committee Minutes-1789-4-37 Application was made in behalf of Mary Rush, relect of Joseph Rush (formerly a member of this Company) for some assistance. Agree to give the sum of 5 pounds; an order was drawn to the Treasurer for that sum. Carpenters' Co. Minutes-1791-11-18 Order drawn on treasurer for widow of Joseph Rush 20 dollars; lent to her to be repaid to the Company. Managing Committee Minutes-1793-5-60 Fifteen pounds allowed to the widow Rush as her situation appears to require assistance. * Via Hannah Roach Papers: Joseph Rush of Northern Liberties, house carpenter, will dated 7 November 1785; proved 27 January 1786. Wife Mary and friend George Ingels executors. (Will Book T, 274, #61:1786) Copy in his folder. *PA Gazette 3/28/1756 - #6795 Named Lieutenant in Militia from Nlorthern Liberties. PA Gazette 7/5/1770 - #9715 Property for sale identifies Rush as owning land west of Front St., in Northern Liberties. PA Gazette 9/6/1775 - #20909 Announces he is to stand for election to Coroner's office. PA Gazette 1/20/1779 - #26864 Appointed one of four Justices of the Peace. PA Gazette 10/17/1781 - #29394 Elected Coroner at General Election. Re-elected in 1782 (#30611). Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1777/1800; D; 12; 407; Clayton, Richard 1777/1800; D; 50; 155; Bethell, Robert 1751/1766; H; 7; 262; Rush, John Revolutionary War XX Spouse Name Mary Street (R) Office Held Vice President, 1773,79 Warden, 1766 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rush, Joseph Description An account of the resource Joseph Rush was a master builder already active in Carpenters' Company affairs by February 15, 1763, when he was elected to the important committee to set the prices used by masters in measuring carpentry work in Philadelphia. On January 20, 1766, he was elected Warden of The Company and on December 14, 1778, he was chosen President. The date of Rush's election to The Company is unknown due to the loss of early records; as early as 1746 he is recorded as having taken one Cornelius Vanostin as an apprentice following the death of his brother Thomas Rush (d. 1745). Joseph Rush was an "encourager" to the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan, The British Architect (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first architectural book published in America. Following Joseph Rush's death, his widow applied for and received financial assistance from The Carpenters' Company. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/26854">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/ece2d738aafcd667d1d3ea1ac4e4ad9a.PNG 5801d86395db590cd005b0d0874208b8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Isaac Coats Jr. noted in Carpenter's Company minutes, 1771. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Philosophical Society Digital Library Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1784 Business Address Northern Liberties Father John Coats, Sr. File Number a First Name Isaac Last Name Coats Member Number 53* Mother Mary Reference *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 151. The brickmaker Isaac Coats, like several members of his family listed here, was part of a large and successful family from the Northern Liberties of Philadelphia. He was probably the son of John Coats, Sr. (q.v.), by his wife, Mary. Coats owned three Negro slaves, owned the time of three Negro slaves, an Irish serving lad, and an apprentice (Frederick Himer) when he died. His considerable estate provided for his "four natural children, begotten on the body of a certain Susanna Richardson (who lived with me for many years as an housekeeper and in some respects as a Wife, tho not actually married to me). . ." His inventory included "one kiln of Bricks Burnt off at Noon of the 28th day of Aug'st 1786 63.12." See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. *Trans. APS Vol. 43, Part I (1953), page 99 Listed among original subscribers (1770) to construction of Hall. *See City Records D.S.B. item under Peter Gabel. *Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 152. Relationship of Edmund Woolley to John Coats, Sr. (in Woolley file) *PA Gazette 8/28/1775 - #20833 At election at State House, Silas Engles was elected to represent Southwark in the Committee for the City of Philadelphia. Owen Biddle elected to represent the City; Isaac Coats for the Northern Liberties. PA Gazette 2/21/1776 - #21721 Coats elected to represent Northern Liberties for a six-month term for the Committee for City and Liberties. PA Gazette 9/17/1783 - item #31887 Isaac Coats, George Forepaugh named as superintendents to raise money and establish market houses and a public market on both sides of Callowhill St. and New Market St. in the Northern Liberties. Term of office to last till March, 1785. *Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1751/1766; H; 20; 317; Taggart, M. 1766/1781; I; 8; 266; Roberts, H. 1777/1800; D; 6; 331; Bish, M. 1777/1800; D; 11; 319; Hartman, H. 1777/1800; D; 27; 293; Sharus, G. 1777/1800; D; 34; 76; Deed of Partition Date Resigned * Name Suffix Jr. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coats Jr., Isaac Description An account of the resource Isaac Coats, Jr., was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company by 1768 although no Company records prior to the 1760s survive to provide a specific date. He was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's The British Architect (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America. In April, 1776, the Committee of Salfety commissioned Coats to erect a powder magazine capable of holding 1000 barrels of powder on the northeast corner of Franklin Square. Although one of the largest contributors toward the construction of Carpenters Hall in 1770, he resigned from The Company in 1783. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/23195">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Birth Date 1/1/1737 Deceased Date 1/1/1816 Date Expelled # File Number a First Name Nathaniel Last Name Irish Member Number 54* Project dwelling, 704 S. Front St. Capt. Thomas Moore House, 702 S. Front St. Reference *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 410. Nathaniel Irish, master builderm elected to the Carpenters' Company in the early 1760s, although the loss of early Company records make it impossible to confirm the date. He was excluded from the Company in 1769. In 1775 he presented a design for an armed galley to the Committee of Safety for use on the Delaware River. From 1777 through 1780 he was a Captain of Flower's Artillery Artificer Regiment. In the late 1780s his Southwark property was sold at Sheriffs' sale and he appears to have moved shortly thereafter to Pittsburgh where he died in 1816. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. *"Philadelphia Preserved." Pages 155 & 177. Irish built his house during 1760's at 704 S. Front St.; includes description of house. Built between 1762 and 1769. Page 181. Captain Thomas Moore house, 702 S. Front St., built between 1767 and 1779. *PA Gazette 5/21/1767 - #3134 For sale, a well furnished house in Southwark, adjacent to the New Market; also other ground for sale on Front St. between Shippen and Almond Sts. PA Gazette 7/2/1772 - #14075 Selling two-story brick house and kitchen in Southwark on George St., near South St. Apply to Nathaniel Irish in Water St., Southwark. PA Gazette 11/14/1772 - #14893 Advertising for return of small young red cow, white face, black about her nose and mouth. Ten shillings reward by Nathaniel Irish, living in Water St., Southwark. PA Gazette 4/5/1775 - #20127 Renting a large wharf in Southwark together with stores and a house near his home in Water St. PA Gazette 2/13/1788 - #5007 Sheriffs sale of a two-story house and lot in Southwark on Swanson St. *Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1751/1766; H; 10; 545; Adams, John 1766/1781; I; 2; 16; Marshall, Joseph 1766/1781; I; 3; 19; Morris, Evan 1766/1781; I; 11; 364; Potter, Matthew 1777/1800; D; 38; 205; Musgrave, Joseph 1830/1836; AM; 18; 92; Falkner, Joseph Defendents/Sheriff Sales File Data from City of Philadelphia Archives: (Book; Page; Year; Purchaser) C-4; 30; 1788; Doz, Andrew Revolutionary War XX Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Irish, Nathaniel Description An account of the resource Nathaniel Irish was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in the early 1760s, although the loss of early Company records make it impossible to confirm the exact date. He was excluded from The Company in 1769. In 1775 he presented a design for an armed galley to the Committee of Safety for use on the Delaware River. From 1777 through 1780 he was a Captain of Flower's Artillery Artificer Regiment. In the late 1780s his Southwark property was sold at Sheriffs' sale and he appears to have moved shortly thereafter to Pittsburgh where he died in 1816. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/96606">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1782 File Number a First Name Patrick Last Name Craghead Member Number 55* Reference *Subscribed 4 shares to erection of Hall. *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 171. Was a master builder who became a member of the Carpenters' Company before 1767. He served as a Second Lientenant in Baldwin's Artificer Regiment during the Revolution. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. In file: sheet referring to "Supplying Washington's Army" which describes how a man with his job title functioned. *Managing Committee Minutes-1782-3-15 Quarterly meeting July 15th. At this meeting several of the members represented to the Company the distressed situation of Patrick Craghead by reason of sickness when the Master was ordered to pay him six dollars. Managing Committee Minutes-1782-3-21 Quarterly meeting. At this meeting Joseph Govett reports that he received the six dollars as ordered at the quarterly meeting and paid the same to Mrs. Craghead, and it being now reported that her husband is since dead & she is in much distress, the Company have ordered the sum of 12 pounds, 10 shillings to be paid by the Master towards his funeral expenses. Managing Committee Minutes-1782-3-15,20, 21 Distressed situation of Patrick Craghead. Master ordered to pay him six dollars. Distressed situation of widow Craghead. Twelve pounds and ten shillings to be paid by the Master towards the funeral expenses of Patrick Craghead. Warden Minutes -1782-3-21 Quarterly meeting: at this meeting Joseph Govett reports that he received $6 as ordered at the quarterly meeting and paid the same to Mrs. Craghead and it being now reported that her husband is dead and she is in much distress, the Company have ordered the sum of 12 pounds 10 shillings tobe paid by the Master towards his funeral expense. Managing Committee Minutes-1786-3-121 Request of the widow Craghead for relief. *Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1809/1815; IC; 12; 424; Opman, L. Revolutionary War XX Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Craghead, Patrick Description An account of the resource Patrick Craghead was a master builder who became a member of The Carpenters' Company before 1767. He served as a Second Lieutenant in Baldwin's Artillery Artificer Regiment during the Revolution. Written by Sandra L. Tatman, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/22475">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/03c4a0d1dd244aa5e3a3918ab414fb76.PNG dc6a98499a7c3f96bdc1ee1ddc728287 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource McMullin noted in Carpenter's Company minutes, 1769. One year before his death. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Philosophical Society Digital Collections. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1770 Date Elected 1/1/1768 File Number a First Name William Last Name McMullin Member Number 73* Grantor Records Notes Volume does not note "I" or "II"; since their dates overlap, all listings are here. Perhaps the actual deeds distinguish between the two. Reference *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. page 521. William McMullin was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company c. 1768 (records unclear) and then dropped from the membership rolls in 1770. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. *PA Gazette 8/4/1773 - #16457 Advertises for return of "indentured servant, James Patterson, a house carpenter, going toward New York." Ten shillings reward from William Managing Committee Minutesullin. PA Gazette 5/3/1777 - #20320 Advertises for strayed black cow; 10 shillings reward, by William Managing Committee Minutesullin,living in Southwark. PA Gazette 4/23/1777 - #23594 William Managing Committee Minutesullin on committee of 50 established by Pennsylvania War Office to work between Trenton and Philadelphia to "collect provisions and stores useful to the enemy or that may be necessary to the Army of the U.S.." Owen Biddle is chairman of War Office. *In member file: Correspondence with Elizabeth Bonner, tbonner207@aol.com, 215-462-0442 June 24, 2011 12:46:51 PM EDT "I spoke with you about a William Harper.I made a mistake on the name. I'm interested in The McMullins.William I ( my 5th great grandfather) and William II. They are on your website William I was a member 1768-1770 and his son from 1800-1814. Is there any additional info available? If so how do I go about getting the info? I know little about WilliamI but his son John Mcmullin( my 4th great grandfather) was a famous silversmith in Philadelphia.Hopefully you can shed some light on my continuing and exciting search of my deeply rooted Philadelphia family. Thank you. *Reply late July. Dear Elizabeth Bonner First I apologize for being so tardy in responding to your request for information about two members of your family who were members of the Carpenters' Company — William McMullin and his son William II. I have several suggestions since I am unable to give you specific information about either of these men. — both are listed in the Tatmen and Moss Dictionary of Philadelphia Architects available on-line through the Athenaeum of Philadelphia website. Click on American Architects and Buildings and enter as a guest. Request the names of interest and proceed to gather the information they have available. — we have little or no information about the families or work of these two men. The Carpenters' Company began paying widow benefits to the widow of William II and two daughters, Sarah & Rosanna, in 1819. Until recently a widows name was never used in the records. — the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania is an invaluable source of information available through their website or the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. They will be able to recommend a genealogist to work with you to trace the family in detail for what is usually a modest fee that is well worth the expenditure. Best of luck with your search. Do stop in to see Carpenters' Hall a building well known to your ancestors. Brearley B. Karsch Research Volunteer Carpenters' Hall *Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1799/1809; EF; 13; 485; O'Connor, Charles 1799/1809; EF; 23; 572; Acheson, David 1799/1809; EF; 23; 576; Hirneissen, John G. 1799/1809; EF; 28; 314; Nice, John 1799/1809; EF; 28; 331; Palmer, William 1815/1819; MR; 1; 448; Grandom, John 1842/1845; AWM; 32; 318; Linn, Jeremiah 1842/1845; AWM; 43; 524; Putt, George Name Suffix I Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource McMullin I, William Description An account of the resource William McMullin was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company c.1768 (records unclear) and then dropped from the membership rolls in 1770. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/102177">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Committee Membership Book Prices Committee, 1763-67 Children Jonathan Deceased Date 1/1/1765 File Number a First Name William Last Name Dillworth Member Number 56* Project "Back porch" at Stenton (1754) for James Logan St. Paul's Church (1761) Reference *Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 213. A master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company prior to 1763, but no Company records prior to the 1760s survive to confirm the date of his membership. From 1763 through 1765 he was a member of the important Company committee to set the prices for measuring carpentry. In 1754 James Logan paid Dilworth "for Makg. my Back Porch" at Stenton. He was the master builder of St. Paul's Church (1761) and between 1762 and 1765 served as director of the Philadelphia Contributionship. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. *PA Gazette 4/15/1762 - #15890 Elected a Director of the Contributionship insurance; re-elected following year. PA Gazette 4/14/1763 - #18071 Gunning Bedford and William Dillworth on Board of Directors of Contributionship Insurance. PA Gazette 4/11/1765 - #23031 "All persons indebted to the estate of William Dilworth [sic.], late of this city, house carpenter, deceased, are desired to pay . . . and to settle accounts to Jonathan Dilworth, executor. *Via Hannah Roach: Tax list, 1756, Dock Ward, William Dillworth, carpenter, 36 pounds. *Via Hannah Roach papers: William Dillworth, carpenter, deceased; Jonathan Dillworth and Jacob Shoemaker, admstrs. Penna. Gazette, 11 April 1765; (Admin. Book G, 437) Rated in Dock ward in 1756 as a carpenter with estate of 36 pounds. PGM, XXII, 13. *Correspondence with Timothy Dilworth, a potential descendant. *Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1751/1766; H; 1; 180; Peters, Richard 1739/1751; G; 6; 103; Potts, Thomas 1718/1739; F; 4; 377; Fitzwater, George 1809/1815; IC; 8; 689; Benders, Sarah Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dillworth, William Description An account of the resource William Dilworth was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to 1763, but no Company records prior to the l760s survive to confirm the date of his membership. From 1763 through 1765 he was a member of the important Company committee to set the prices for measuring carpentry. In 1754 William Logan paid Dilworth "for Makg. my Back Porch" at Stenton. He was the master builder of St. Paul's Church (1761) and between 1762 and 1765 served as director of the Philadelphia Contributionship. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/22632">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/06e1981c5723e13be8244e216f17d0cb.jpg e3bd5a5d942c5ce2d770a46fd84cfe38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Old Pine Presbyterian Church. Carson worked on the Pews. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PAB via Athaneum of philadelphia Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1775 File Number a First Name Robert Last Name Carson Member Number 57* Project Pews for Third (Old Pine) Presbyterian Church of 1768 Fourth & Pine Sts. Reference *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 131. Robert Carson was a master builder who became a member of the Carpenters' Company prior to 1770. He is recorded as having built pews for the Third (Old Pine) Presbyterian Church of 1768 (Fourth & Pine Sts.) See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. Noter source at Presbyterian Historical Society. *Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1777/1800; D; 16; 517; McCutcheon, James 1799/1809; EF; 8; 699; Shower, John 1809/1815; MR; 12; 447; Whitebread, Charles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Carson, Robert Description An account of the resource Robert Carson was a master builder who became a member of the Carpenters' Company prior to 1770. He is recorded as having built pews for the Third (Old Pine) Presbyterian Church of 1768. During the American Revolution, English soldiers utilized the church as a hospitals and used the pews for firewood. Biography from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/22846#">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website, a project of the <a href="http://www.philaathenaeum.org/">Athenaeum of Philadelphia</a>. Written by Sandra L. Tatman and Thomas Stokes. https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/cb4bfd3e03a79b9057448f2af4facdbf.jpg 7d97aed8a3b47b10ab0181285323ef7b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Committee Membership Book Prices Committee, 1772-75 Birth Date 1/1/1730 Deceased Date 1/1/1792 Descendant Kenneth W. Bringhurst Russell John Bringhurst Descendant Address Kenneth W. Bringhurst, 407 Pennington Drive, Mt. Holly, NJ 08060 (Tel: 609-267-8133) Russell John Bringhurst, 8134 S. Oak Creek Drive, Sandy, Utah 84093 Date Elected 1/9/1763 File Number a First Name James Last Name Bringhurst Married Nov. 19, 1761 Member Number 66* Grantor Records Notes Also, listings for John and Joseph Bringhurst. Reference *Subscribed to 6 shares for erection of Hall. *Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 104. Was a master builder who subsequently became a successful merchant. He was elected to The Carpenters' Company before 1768, but no Company records prior to the late 1760s survive to give a specific date. Prior to the Revolution, Bringhurst served as an officer or committee member of the Company; afterwards he was inactive. Elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1774, he was a member of the building committee for Philosophical Hall, erected on what is now Independence Square, in the 1780s. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. *Silhouette portrait of Bringhurst is in Collections Database # CCCCP-054; unframe in 8/2011 to preserve, stored large box *In member file: E-mail from Russell Bringhurst 8/20/2003 James Bringhurst is my GGGGG grandfather. My GG grandfather (Samuel Bringhurst) left Philadelphia in 1845 for Nauvoo, ILL. Then to Utah in 1847. We've been here ever since. I have an "indenture" document signed in 1794 by GGGGG grandfather James, his third wife, Ruth, and his son James, Jr., that I bought on ebay. . ." *In member file: E-mail from Joan Reid Hyde 11/19/2005 Tells of marriages and his death date, which differs from that listed in Company records. Has information on his relationship to the American Philosophical Society. *Prime Directory: Lists as house carpenter, April 7, 1790, in Pennsylvania Journal - but no address. *PA Gazette 5/20/1762 - #16085 "Strayed or stolen out of the pasture near Swede's church, a dark bay horse, about 15 hands high . . . reward of 20 shillings." (Reports 4 other animals strayed or stolen within the same year.) PA Gazette 10/13/1763 - #19292 Reporting run-away apprentice, 16 years old; "thought he took stage boats to New York; he has been used to the sea." 50 shillings reward. PA Gazette 1/25/1770 - item #8853 tells of availability of ground bordering that owned by the Carpenters' Company and containing a house which appears to be where present Pemberton house is located on Chestnut St. Inquiries to be made of Gunning Bedford and James Bringhurst. PA Gazette 10/24/1771 - item #12588 offers land and dwelling in Mt. Holly, NJ, and on Cedar St. in Philadelphia, including three acres and houses. Bringhurst apparently was something of a real estate agent. PA Gazette 12/ 2/1772 - item #15018 advertisement for a wide variety of merchandise to be sold at his warehouse "in the Bank on Front and Water Sts., between Walnut St. and the drawbridge." PA Gazette 3/2/1785 - #1686 One of three agents for four lots of land on "Wissahickon Road, 2 miles from the city." PA Gazette 11/1/1786 - #3764 Listed as one of many subscribers to American Philosophical Society building, "given land beside the State House." *Managing Committee Minutes-1792-5-30 Josiah Matlack of the committee respecting James Bringhurst reports that he continues determined to refuse payment of the quarterages and fines and if the Company think proper to take his name from the list of members in consequence of that refusal he shall willingly submit to it. Managing Committee Minutes-1792-5-30 Annual meeting 16th of first month 1792. Josiah Matlack of the Committee respecting James Bringhurst reports that he continues determined to refuse payment of the quarterages and fines & that if the Company think proper to take his name from the list of members in consequence of that refusal he shall willingly submit to it. On motion of the President, shall his name be erased out of the book it was agreed in the affirmative. Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1683/1777; H; 20; 189; Call, Ebenezer 1683/1777; H; 13; 291; Lowther, James 1683/1777; I; 3; 416; Bringhurst, Joseph 1683/1777; EX; 6; 778; Guest, John 1683/1777; I; 9; 338; Jones, Caleb 1683/1777; I; 7; 558; Benson, Mary 1683/1777; I; 7; 48; Carpenters' Company 1683/1777; I; 14; 8; Bringhurst, George 1683/1777; I; 14; 6; Penrose, Joseph 1683/1777; I; 13; 83; Bringhurst, John 1683/1777; I; 13; 5; Bringhurst, John 1683/1777; I; 13; 1; Foulke, Mary 1683/1777; I; 12; 313; Craig, Isaac 1683/1777; I; 17; 150; Downing, John 1683/1777; D; 3; 10; Gurney, Francis 1777/1800; D; 14; 95; Harrison, Thomas 1777/1800; D; 14; 68; Downey, John 1777/1800; D; 14; 66; Downey, John 1777/1800; D; 13; 199; Starr, James 1777/1800; D; 12; 102; Whitlock, Thomas Revolutionary War X Spouse Name Anna Pole Office Held Warden, 1769 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bringhurst, James Description An account of the resource James Bringhurst was a master builder who subsequently became a successful merchant. He was elected to The Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia before 1768, but no Company records prior to the 1760s survive to give a specific date. Prior to the Revolution Bringhurst served as an officer or committee member of The Company; in later years he was inactive. Elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1774, he was a member of the building committee for Philosophical Hall, erected in the 1780s on what is now Independence Square. At the time of his death Bringhurst was residing in Rhode Island. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/23899">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/cf4eaf9e41feb117a44ab6d7db9f1c32.PNG f25a9362af73fa0974bb0013dda4db05 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Birth Date 1/1/1718 Children Ann, Bevan, Martha Deceased Date 10/13/1772 Descendant Mr. Brad Feldmaier Edward Rakestraw Business Address Northern Liberties Descendant Address Mr. Brad Feldmaier, 462 Main Street, New Canaan, CT 06840 (Tel: b106135@cs.com) Edward Rakestraw, 22072 F.M. 47, Wills Point, TX 75169 Date Elected 1/5/1763 Father William (1680 - 1736) File Number a First Name William Last Name Rakestraw Married 9/1744 Radnor, PA Member Number 61* Mother Ann in 1712 Reference Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 642. Master builder who is probably the son of William (d. 1736) and grandson of William (d. 1718), making it difficult to sort early references. As a lad he was apprenticed to the leading master builder James Portues (q.v.) who bequeathed him 40 pounds in 1736. In 1755 Rakestraw charged 6 pounds 12 shillings 6d for "pulling down" the Second and Market Sts. Friends Meeting House. An early member of The Carpenters' Company, he is only recorded as present at the meeting of April 2, 1767. The date of his election is unknown. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. Also note possible article references. See "Growing With America, The Fox Family of Philadelphia,"by Joseph M. Fox, published 2006. Copy in Fox file. page 37 - William Rakestraw lived on Water Street. ---------------------- Hannah Roach paper, page 5aa This William Rakestraw, who died in 1772, was one of three Rakestraws who were all carpenters and members of the Company. William's first cousin Joseph Rakestraw, who died in 1750, had married Elizabeth Fox, sister of Joseph Fox. Their son Joseph Rakestraw, Jr., lived to be an Incorporator of the Company and died in 1794. He married Rachel Ogilby, and their daughter Hannah Rakestraw married Abraham Colladay, another member of the Company, whose father , William, had been a member from 1769 until his death in 1823. Grace Rakestraw, sister of Poertues's apprentice William, married the carpenter Tobias Griscom, grandson of Andrew Griscom. Andrew was one of the very first carpenters to work in Philadelphia. He died in 1694 and of course was not a member of the Carpenters' Company, but his other grandson, Samuel, father of Betsy Ross, Tobias's brother, was, and died in 1793. ------------------- Hannah Roach notes - copy of will from Will Book P/319 - #211:1772 ----------------- In Joseph Rakestraw member file, article on family history from "The American Genealogist." ---------------- E-mail from descendant on three wifes of Rakestraw and 20 children, plus the "family line." ---------------- PA Gazette 4/5/1753 - #2895 William Rakestraw living at the upper end of Fourth St., "to lett a commodious house and wharf in Northern Liberties near Vine St. Also, a (river) bank house with large cellar under the house. (This is probably an example of early house built over a cellar dug into the river bank.) PA Gazette 6/6/1754 - #4476 Living in "uppermost house in Water St., near Vine." Selling lumber and several nearby properties. PA Gazette 1/7/1755 - #5273 Advedrtising lumber for sale and house at upper end of Fourth St. PA Gazette 3/4/1756 - #6745 Selling prop;erties and lumber business in Northern Liberties "as subscriber ikntends to remove about 14 miles from the city." Spouse Name Jane bevan Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rakestraw, William Description An account of the resource Master builder William Rakestraw is probably the son of William (d.1736)) and grandson of William (d. 1718), making it difficult to sort early references. As a lad he was apprenticed to the leading master builder James Portues who bequeathed him 40 pounds in 1736. In 1755 Rakestraw charged 6.12.6 pounds for "pulling down" the Second and Market Streets Friends Meeting House. An early member of The Carpenters' Company, he is only recorded as present at the meeting of April 27, 1767. The date of his election is unknown. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/113591">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/fba13a5bc87cd9c83f3c31d8bc1f74a7.PNG f859b3d1333598cca4a976626a70977c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource John Hitchcock noted in Carpenter's Company Minutes, 1770. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Philosophical Society Digital Library. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1769 Date Elected 1/6/1763 File Number a First Name John Last Name Hitchcock Member Number 62* Reference *Subscribed to 5 shares for erection of Hall. *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 381. John Hitchcock was a master builder who became a member of the Company in the 1760s, although no Company records prior to 1763 survive to confirm the date of his election. He was the illegitimate son of Joseph Hitchcock (q.v.), who bequeathed him "all my Working Tools and Implements belonging to my trade." See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. Note reference to article. *Trans. APS Vol. 43, Part I (1953), page 99 Listed among original (1770) subscribers to construction of Hall. *Via Athenaeum of Philadelphia: Said to have worked on State House as a bricklayer. *PA Gazette 10/13/1757 - #8565 Exposed to public sale, three houses in Walnut St., estate of Joseph and John Hitchcock, seized and taken by the sheriff. PA Gazette 4/27/1769 - # 7300 Public sale at the London Coffee House for ground on south side of Walnut St., between land owned by Edward Shippen and George Bullock - being the estate of John Hitchcock and his wife. *Defendents/Sheriff Sales File Data from City of Philadelphia Archives: (Book; Page; Year; Purchaser) B-3; 26; 1769; Bullock, Joseph A-1; 230; 1757; Bullock, George A-1; 230; 1757; Stephens, James Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hitchcock, John Description An account of the resource John Hitchcock was a master builder who became a member of the Carpenters' Company in the 1760s, although no Company records prior to 1763 survive to confirm the date of his election. He was the illegitimate son of Joseph Hitchcock, who bequeathed him "all my Working Tools and Implements belonging to my Trade." Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/66426">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/45ab94b49ec8336c34ed5c3452036464.PNG 33716a7bad24fb91f990fc655fcc695c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Pancoast noted as having died in the 1769 Carpenter's Company Minutes. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Philosophical Society Digital Collections. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Birth Date 4/2//1737 Children Samuel, Ann (Morris), Sarah (Byrnes) Deceased Date 10/27/1769 Descendant Roy J. Pancoast Business Address 305 South 3rd St. Descendant Address Roy J. Pancoast, 415 S.W. Wilson Court, Gresham, OR 97080 Date Elected 1/7/1763 File Number a First Name Joshua Last Name Pancoast Member Number 63* Grantor Records Notes Also listings for James and Samuel. Project 305 South 3rd St. Reference *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 590. Pancoast was a master builder who briefly appears on the rolls of the Carpenters' Company in 1770, after his death at the age of 32 the previous year. The earliest record of him in Philadelphia was the announcement of his intention to marry Hannah Lownes in 1761. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. *PA Gazette 5/30/1765 - #23373 Joshua Pancoast living in Third St. near the corner of Spruce, is selling land at various listed locations. PA Gazette 2/9/1768 - #4683 David Pancoast listed as house carpenter in Northern Liberties, died early in 1768. PA Gazette 7/7/1768 - #5565 Offers four dollar reward for return of an apprentice house carpenter. PA Gazette 9/28/1769 - #8180 "Friday last Mr. Joshua Pancoast fell from the roof of a three-story house in Market St. by which his skull was fractured, several bones broken, and he was otherwise so very much bruised, that his life is despaired of. One of his apprentices is committed to jail, on suspicion of pushing him off the roof." PA Gazette 3/22/1770 - #9127 "By order of Orphans Court, to be sold at the London Coffee House two tenements and lots of ground on the North side of Union St. to Cypress Alley, adjoinng the lot of Jacob Lewis," a C.C. member. By Hannah Pancoast. PA Gazette 4/19/1779 - #9284 William Meredith was indicted for murder of his master, Joshua Pancoast, and found guilty of manslughter. *In member file: Correspondence with Leonard Pancoast, descendant of Joshua Pancoast. *In member file: photocopy of Philadelphia Inquirer, article title has been cut off. *Via Hannah Roach papers: Joshua Pancoast and Hannah Lownes laid their intentions of marriage before the Phila. Mo. Mtg 27 3m 1761 (PGSP XII, 30); ibid., 158:31 12m 1762/3, Samuel Pancoast apprentice to Joshua Pancoast, from Chesterfield Mtg. Letters of administration to Hannah Pancoast 7 Dec. 1769 (Admin. Book H, 70 #76: 1769) Died 10 27 1769, age 32 (Hinshaw, II, 402). See copy of notes in folder. *Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1766/1781; I; 14; 171; Lindley, Susannah 1766/1781; I; 17; 132; Page, Ann 1777/1800; D; 77; 487; Allen, Hannah 1799/1809; EF; 21; 257; Fleming, William 1766/1781; I; 15; 222; Lownes, Rebecca Spouse Born ded 11/23/1815 Spouse Name Hannah Lownes Where Born Solebury Twp, Bucks Co, PA Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pancoast, Joshua Description An account of the resource Joshua Pancoast was a master builder who briefly appears on the rolls of The Carpenters' Company in 1770, after his death at the age of 32 the previous year. The earliest record of him in Philadelphia was the announcement of his intention to marry Hannah Lownes in 1761. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/26479">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/c0a0fc34b4966459796d47ebd5d979a6.PNG 44badd6ef073142e3f30284487181c83 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Evan Peters noted in Carpenter's Company Minutes, 1769. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Philosophical Society Digital Collections. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1779 Descendant Mrs. Robert E. Osth (Elizabeth Holmes Osth) see John Miskey file for possible relationship Descendant Address Mrs. Robert E. Osth (Elizabeth Holmes Osth), 1094 Seville Drive, Palm Harbor, FL 34684 see John Miskey file for possible relationship Date Elected 1/9/1763 File Number a First Name Evan Last Name Peters Member Number 65* Grantor Records Notes Also listings for Edward and Engle. Project pumps were his specialty; built one for Carpenters' Hall Reference *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 604. Peters was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to the date of the earliest surviving records of the 1760s. He first appears in The Company's records early in 1770, the same year he made a pump for The Company lot. (Making pumps may have been a specialty of his. In Peter's inventory was listed "1 pump Shank & 7 Boaring Bitts (best). . . 500.0.0 pounds," an unusual item to find in a carpenter's estate. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. *Ancestry.com: November 4, 1772, John Brotherson taken as apprentice for two years, six months. "Apprentice, taught pump making business, and the rough parts of the business of a house carpenter." *PA Gazette 6/30/1773 - #16199 Involved in real estate transaction and living in Vine St. between 2nd and 3rd Sts. *Correspondence with Mrs. Osth regarding relations to Evan Peters *Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1777/1800; D; 61; 90; Masters, William *Defendents/Sheriff Sales File Data from City of Philadelphia Archives: (Book; Page; Year; Purchaser) C-4; 283; 1792; Sproat, William Revolutionary War X Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Peters, Evan Description An account of the resource Evan Peters was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to the date of the earliest surviving records of the 1760s. He first appears in the Company records early in 1770, the same year he made a pump for The Company's lot. (Making pumps may be been a particular speciality of Peters's. In his inventory was listed "1 pump Shank & 7 Boaring Bitts (best) ...500.0.0 pounds," an unsual item to find in a carpenter's estate.) Peters died in 1779. In 1773, Peters, along with James Nevill, advertised the sale of multiple buildings in Philadelphia. The advertisement also lists James Nevill as having drawings of the buildings. The previous year Peters took an apprentice named John Brotherson for the tenure of two years and six months in order to teach him the pump making business and the rough parts of the business of a house carpenter. Another advertisement from 1768 lists Evan Peters as a contact for the purchase of stones and other milling equipment. It is unclear whether this is the same Evan Peters. In 1769, Peters is listed as having one servant and receiving a tax of 14 pounds and 4 shillings. In 1774 he was assessed for 17 pounds and 4 shillings. Written by Thomas Stokes, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/96352">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website. https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/dabbfdc145528caed05d12936d65be17.PNG fa9cd431bf8ba70882a58171afbc8812 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Samuel Powel noted in Carpenter's Company Minutes, 1799. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Philosophical Society Digital Collections Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1815 Business Address 7th bet. Race & Vine - 1785 (Roach) File Number a First Name Samuel Last Name Powel Member Number 68* Grantor Records Notes See "Comments" under this member and the other man of same name. Reference *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 620. Powel was a master builder has commonly been mistaken for the wealthy and socially prominent Mayor of Philadelphia, Samuel Powel (1738-1793), grandson of Samuel Powell (q.v.) The date of Powel's election to the Carpenters' Company is unknown; he is first mentioned as present at a meeting on October 23, 1769, and was appointed to committees or elected to offices within the Company in the 1770s. These early references fit the possibility of a birthright membership for the grandson of a Company founder, and it should be kept in mind that Philadelphia Mayor Samuel Rhoads (q.v.) and Speaker Joseph Fox (q.v.) both were members of the Company. However, Louise Hall ("Artificer to Architect in America") discovered that in 1786 Powel was in arrears on his dues, and his son William received for him in 1791 repayment of his contribution toward building Carpenters' Hall. In 1808 Powel was in Handcock Town, MD, when he signed a note to borrow $40.00 from the Company. According to Company records, Powel died in 1815. None of these post-Revolution references fit the facts of Mayor Powel's life. Unless later research proves that there were two Samuel Powels who were members of the Carpenters' Company in the late 18th century, it must be assumed that previous histories of the Company, including those by this author, are incorrect. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. *Prime Directory: Listed as carpenter Sept. 17, 1788 in Ind. Gazette. Also a listing for Ephraim Powel, house carpenter, bet. 2nd & 3rd Sts. in Christian St. (1800). *City Directory - 1814 - Samuel, carpenter, Shackamaxon, Kensington *See file of Samuel Powell for hand-written research on the family, spelling of names, relationship to the Carpenters' Company. *Hannah Roach paper (New Prison & Work-house) Mentions Powel's role in construction. *Managing Committee Minutes-1813-16-29 The committee on the situation of Samuel Powel report they are of the opinion the claim that has been made by him can't be complied with agreeable to the rules of the Company. *In member file: A great deal of handwritten notes about Powell. *Ancestry.com: June 7, 1773, Evan Jones recorded as apprentice to Powel(l) "and his assigns" for a term of 7 years, 8 months and 22 days. "Apprentice to be taught the trade of a house carpenter, have one quarter's night schooling each winter." *Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1683/1777; F; 2; 282; Phillips, Samuel 1683/1777; F; 5; 412; Allen, William 1683/1777; F; 6; 52; Rife, Jacob 1683/1777; F; 10; 395; Stauffer, Jacob 1683/1777; G; 3; 240; Langhorne, Jeremiah 1683/1777; G; 3; 344; Shallcross, John 1683/1777; G; 3; 591; Shallcross, John 1683/1777; G; 6; 61; Benezet, Anthony 1683/1777; G; 6; 337; Fisher, Joshua 1683/1777; G; 7; 125; Gruber, John A. 1683/1777; G; 8; 5; Burge, William 1683/1777; G; 9; 462; Wilkinson, John 1683/1777; G; 10; 115; Powell, Jr., Samuel 1683/1777; G; 11; 549; Morris, Joshua 1683/1777; H; 1; 602; Smith, William 1683/1777; I; 11; 544; Smith, Robert 1777/1800; D; 2; 47; Zane, Isaac 1777/1800; D; 5; 333; Allison, Robert 1683/1777; H; 11; 206; Pemberton, John 1683/1777; I; 17; 371; Wharton, Charles *Defendents/Sheriff Sales File Data from City of Philadelphia Archives: (Book; Page; Year; Purchaser) C-4; 82; 1789; Knox, William C-4; 84; 1789; Powell, William C-4; 140; 1790; Bertram, Mary Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Powel, Samuel Description An account of the resource The master builder Samuel Powel has commonly been mistaken for the wealthy and socially prominent Mayor of Philadelphia, Samuel Powel (1738-1793), grandson of Samuel Powell. The date of this Powel's election to The Carpenters' Company is unknown; he is first mentioned as present at a meeting on October 23, 1769, and was appointed to committees or elected to offices within The Company in the 1770s. These early references fit the possibility of a birthright membership for the grandson of the Company founder, and it should be kept in mind that Philadelphia Mayor Samuel Rhoads and Speaker Joseph Fox both were members of The Company. However, Louise Hall ("Artificer to Architect in America") discovered that in 1786 Powell was in arrears on his dues and his son William received for him in 1791 repayment of his contribution toward building Carpenters' Hall. In 1808 Powel was in Handcock Town, MD, when he signed a note to borrow $40.00 from The Company. According to Company records, Powel died in 1815. None of these post-Revolution references fit the facts of Mayor Powel's life. Unless later research proves that there were two Samuel Powels who were members of The Carpenters' Company in the eighteenth century, it must be assumed that previous histories of The Company, including those by this author, are incorrect. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/98592">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website. https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/80470abaa628acc0c870e6d38243b0d3.PNG f1b8a48e8dd5a3dd59a40db0cf505374 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource William Lownes noted in Carpenter's Company Minutes 1799. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Philosophical Society Digital Collections. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Committee Membership Book Prices Committee, 1773-76 Deceased Date 1/1/1809 Date Expelled # File Number a First Name William Last Name Lownes Member Number 67* Reference *Subscribed to 12 shares for erection of Hall. *Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. Pages 492-493. A master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company prior to 1768. From 1773 through 1775 he was Philadelphia City Assessor and was probably actively following his craft; he took several apprentices in the early 1770s. After the Revolution he lived in Bucks County and was excluded from the Company, probably for failure to pay his dues, in 1809. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. Two possible articles noted. Ancestry.com May 26, 1772, Lancelot Glauwell taken as apprentice for period of six years. "Apprentice, taught the trade and mystery of a house carpenter, allowed time to go to evening school three months each winter." PA Gazette 6/5/1774 - #19019 William Lownes elected an assessor in Philadelphia together with Gunning Bedford. PA Gazette 1/30/1782 - #29749 Selling land in Upper Makefield, Bucks County, consisting of 130 acres with house, barn and orchard. Inquire of William Lownes, near the premises. *Trans. APS Vol. 43, Part I (1953), page 99 Listed among original subscribers (1770) to construction of Hall. *Warden Minutes -1773-2-77 Special meeting of the Company at their Hall, 15th December, 1773; committee appointed to assist William Lownes in collecting sundry debts due the Company. *Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1751/1766; H; 19; 163; Lownes, John 1766/1781; I; 4; 407; Shoemaker, Jonathan 1766/1781; I; 13; 191; Lownes, Mary 1766/1781; I; 14; 171; Lindley, Susannah 1766/1781; I; 15; 222; Lownes, Rebecca 1766/1781; I; 17; 132; Page, Ann 1777/1800; D; 4; 105; Sitgreaves, William 1777/1800; D; 5; 16; Berkenbia, Anthony 1777/1800; D; 6; 494; Lownes, John 1777/1800; D; 8; 353; Williams, Hezekiah 1777/1800; D; 13; 115; Stiles, Edward 1777/1800; D; 42; 557; Joy, John 1777/1800; D; 72; 523; Seckel, John D. 1799/1809; EF; 4; 327; Pancoast, Joshua 1825/1830; GWR; 16; 226; Allen, Hannah 1830/1836; AM; 54; 550; Roberts, Hugh Office Held Warden, 1772 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lownes, William Description An account of the resource William Lownes was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to 1768. From 1773 through 1775 he was elected a Philadelphia City Assessor and was probably actively floowing his craft inasmuch as he took several apprentices in the early 1770s. After the Revolution he lived in Bucks County and was excluded from The Company, probably for failure to pay his dues, in 1809. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/97277">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/76abc9c9f2d89070b63ec7bca96a9821.PNG efe0993e1b6ebb6312a7c67718a08ae0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1782 Business Address Charlestown (R), MA File Number a First Name Joseph Last Name Gridley Member Number 69* Reference *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 315. Gridley was a master builder elected to The Company prior to 1767, but no Company records prior to the 1760s survive to confirm the date of his membership. Inactive in Philadelphia after 1771 and marked as dead in Company records in 1782, he may have moved to Massachusetts. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. *Hannah Roach notes: Letter from J.G. at Charlestown, MA, Sept. 25, 1772, to John Pemberton. Marked dead on Warden list in 1782, but reappeared in 1800 in good health. Revolutionary War X Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gridley, Joseph Description An account of the resource Joseph Gridley was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to 1767, but no Company records prior to the 1760s survive to confirm the date of his membership. Inactive in Philadelphia after 1771 and marked as dead in Company records in 1782, he may have moved to Massachusetts. biography from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/22020">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a>, a project of <a href="http://www.philaathenaeum.org/">the Athenaeum of Philadelphia</a>. Written by Thomas Stokes. https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/49274b7d77bcdf07569b8ec12a52e14c.PNG 35f11e8090727c5de1baacc02588326a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource William Robinson noted in Carpenter's Company Minutes, 1781. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Philosophical Society Digital Collections Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Children Richard Deceased Date 1/1/1808 Business Address 4th bet. Race & Vine - 1785 (Roach), see "Comments" File Number a First Name William Last Name Robinson Member Number 70* Grantor Records Notes Also listings for William, Jr. Reference *Subscribed 12 shares to erection of Hall. *Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 668. A master builder elected to The Company prior to the date of surviving records. He was first noted as present at a Company meeting in 1766. Elected Warden of The Company in 1773, he was "Out of the Province" much of that time. Robinson was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's "The British Architect" (1775), the first architectural book in America. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. *Trans. APS Vol. 43, Part I (1953), page 99 Listed among original subscribers (1770) to construction of Hall. *Ancestry.com: August 23, 1773, taken as apprentice for five years. "Apprentice, taught the art and mystery of a house carpenter, found meat, drink, apparel, washing and lodging, two quarters' night schooling. *Address 1793 - 21 Crown St. (via Hannah Roach) Address 1794 - 115 N. 6th St. (via Hannah Roach) Address 1797 - 26 N. 4th St. (via Hannah Roach) Address 1798 - N. 3rd St. bet. Noble & Green Sts. (via Hannah Roach) Address 1799 - 339 N. 3rd St. *City Directory - 1805 - William, carpenter, 335 N. Third *Carpenters' Co. Minutes-1796-11-43 Paid William Robinson 6 pounds and taken his and son Richard's note for same. Carpenters' Co. Minutes-1798-11-90, 92 William Robinson much debilitated by a wound with a hatchet, to have $8. William Robinson our ancient member to have more relief - $20. Managing Committee Minutes-1802-9-6 Fines and arrearages remitted of our ancient member William Robinson. Managing Committee Minutes-1806-15-6, 17, 21, 24, 34, 39, 44, 51 On motion resolved: that Jonathan Roberts be directed to furnishWilliam Robinson with two shirts, two handkerchiefs and 1 /2 yards of flannel. $15 relief of William Robinson. $10 relief of William Robinson. $24 relief of William Robinson. J. Roberts is directed to purchase one pair of shoes and three cords of wood for William Robinson and eight cords for the Company. $10 relief of William Robinson. $2 per week for relief of William Robinson. $14.66 for payment of William Robinson's rent. Jonathan Roberts presenting a bill amounting to $66.53, expended for the relief of William Robinson, leaving a balance in his favor of $22, for the payment of which the President is requested to draw an order on the Treasurer in favor of J. Roberts. Managing Committee Minutes-1807-15-56, 58, 62, 66, 75, 83, 89, 97, 98 Jonathan Roberts is requested to purchase a hat for William Robinson. The President is requested to draw an order on the Treasurer in favor of Jonathan Roberts for $8.75 to pay for a great coat and hat for William Robinson. $16 for relief of William Robinson. Purchasing one quarter of wood for William Robinson. $15.53 for clothing for William Robinson. $14.67 to pay six months rent for William Robinson. $12 weekly allownce of William Robinson. $30 weekly allowance of William Robinson. $25 for two cords of wood and weekly allowance of William Robinson. J. Roberts is directed to purchase such clothing for William Robinson as he may be in need of. J. Roberts is requested to procure a nurse for William Robinson and wife to make them comfortable. Managing Committee Minutes-1808-15-100, 114, 116, 122 $17.88 clothing for William Robinson. Bills for nursing and funeral expenses of William Robinson. Order for $32.33 to pay rent of William Robinson and for the relief of widow Robinson. $20 in favor of widow Dolbey for 10 weeks board of widow Robinson. Managing Committee Minutes-1819-17-2, 3, 16, 25 Application was made by the widow Robinson for relief, being in want of wood. $8.06 bill for a cord of wood for the widow Robinson. $20 quarterly allowance of widow Robinson. $20 quarterly allowance of widow Robinson. Managing Committee Minutes-1820-18-6 $15 quarterly allowance of widow Robinson. Managing Committee Minutes-1821-18-35, 46, 57, 69 $15 quarterly allowance of widow Robinson. $15 quarterly allowance of widow Robinson. $15 quarterly allowance of Mrs. Robinson. $15 quarterly allowance of widow Robinson. Managing Committee Minutes-1823-18-157, 169 $15 quarterly allowance of widow Robinson. $15 quarterly allowance of widow Robinson. Managing Committee Minutes-1825-18-203, 210 Resolved: that an order be drawn in favor of widow Robinson for $15 her quarterly allowance. $15 quarterly allowance of widow Robinson. Managing Committee Minutes-1826-18-237 $15 quarterly allowance of widow Robinson. Managing Committee Minutes-1827-18-278 $15 quarterly allowance of widow Robinson. Managing Committee Minutes-1828-18-307, 324 $15 quarterly allowance of widow Robinson $15 quarterly allowance of widow Robinson. Managing Committee Minutes-1829-18-333 $15 in favor of widow Robinson. Managing Committee Minutes-1830-18-361 $15 quarterly allowance of widow Robinson. Managing Committee Minutes-1831-18-398 $15 quarterly allowance of widow Robinson. Managing Committee Minutes-1832-18-432 $15 quarterly allowance of widow Robinson. Managing Committee Minutes-1833-18-462 $15 quarterly allowance of widow Robinson. Managing Committee Minutes-1834-18-494 $15 quarterly allowance of widow Robinson. Managing Committee Minutes-1835-18-531 $15 quaarterly allowance of widow Robinson. *Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1718/1739; B; 3; 79; Pidgeon, Joseph 1766/1781; I; 15; 362; Peters, Abraham 1766/1781; I; 15; 30; Jolly, Charles 1766/1781; D; 11; 136; Fitzwater, Thomas 1777/1800; D; 25; 429; Bingham, William 1777/1800; D; 38; 434; Pratt, Margaret 1777/1800; D; 66; 133; Farton, Hans 1777/1800; D; 71; 111; Hallowell, Israel 1777/1800; D; 73; 401; Wildridge, Susanna 1777/1800; D; 76; 346; Gillingham, Joseph 1799/1809; EF; 7; 225; Ball, William 1799/1809; EF; 13; 490; Brevoort, John C. 1799/1809; EF; 19; 561; Richardson, Joseph 1799/1809; EF; 29; 6; Duche, John 1809/1815; IC; 2; 481; Ellison, Christian Defendents/Sheriff Sales File Data from City of Philadelphia Archives: (Book; Page; Year; Purchaser) E-6; 276; 1808; Beck, Paul E-6; 278; 1808; Beck, Paul Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Robinson, William Description An account of the resource William Robinson was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to the date of surviving records; first present at a Company meeting in 1766; elected Warden of The Company in 1773 but was "Out of the Province" much of that time. Robinson was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan, The British Architect (1775), the first archtiectural book published in America. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/101902">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/9e62261a32c7bba35b08c6b40724319b.PNG 461ff78a66f8321d09506f2291af0852 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource James Graisbury in Carpenter's Company minutes 1770. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Philosophical Society Digital Collections. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Birth Date 1/1/1724 Deceased Date 1/1/1800 Business Address See Comments Father James File Number b First Name James Last Name Graisbury Married 15 Oct 1764 Member Number 71* Mother Mary Project worked on State House Reference Subscribed to 4 shares for erection of Hall. *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 313. Graisbury was a master builder elected to The Company prior to 1769, but no company records prior to the 1760s survive to confirm the date. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. *Prime Directory: Listed as carpenter, April 7, 1790 in the Pennsylvania Journal - but no address. *PA Gazette 3/13/1753 - #2812 Selling 400-acre plantation "in Newtown creek in Gloucester county, four miles from Cooper ferry by land, seven miles from Philadelphia by water." (probably father of the member) PA Gazette 7/11/1763 - #18676 "Persons indebted to James Graisbury, tanner, are requested to pay off all debts . . . and to bring accounts to be settled by James and Joseph Graisbury, executors." (probably sons settling father's estate.) PA Gazette 3/15/1764 - #20319 James (the son) selling father's property in Gloucester county. PA Gazette 12/11/1766 - # 2138 One of lengthy list of persons who declared they would not accept bearer notes issued by sundry merchants, since this practice degrades the value of currency. *Trans. APS Vol. 43, Part I (1953), page 99 Listed among original subscribers (1770) to construction of Hall. page 116 Footnote 162 identifies Graisbury (Jan. 1771) performing carpentry work on the "front House." *Hannah Roach notes: Worked on the State House with Woolley in 1751. *Hannah Roach-APS: BR-42 A:9 - James Graisbury son of James and Mary, born 1 August 1724. XT Church m 15 October 1764 - James Graisbury and Sarah Hart. Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1683/1718; E; 3; 299; Shippen, Edward 1718/1739; F; 4; 278; Sparks, Edward 1751/1766; H; 19; 465; Bertsch, Andrew 1777/1800; D; 4; 450; Hess, Charlotte 1777/1800; D; 4; 353; Woglam, Peter 1799/1809; EF; 29; 132; Cooper, Isaac Spouse Name Sarah Hart Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Graisbury, James Description An account of the resource James Graisbury was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to 1769, but no Company records prior to the 1760s survive to confirm the date of his memebership. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/22015">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/6e7698a155dcc82568b40949de2dfa12.PNG 8a4cc7d51ff1a10d5dd5d5b45d027893 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Jacob Reary noted in Carpenter's Company Minutes, 1770 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Philosophical Society Digital Collections. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1782 File Number a First Name Jacob Last Name Reary Member Number 72* Reference *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 648. Reary was a master builder was elected to The Company prior to the date of the earliest surviving records of the 1760s. At the Company meeting of April 15, 1771, Thomas Nevell (q.v.) reported that Reary "stood in Need of Some Assistance and After Consideration of his Case this Meeting agreed to Grant him an Order on the Master for 20 shillings. . ." Company records marked him as deceased in 1782. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. Revolutionary War X Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Reary, Jacob Description An account of the resource The master builder Jacob Reary was elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to the date of earliest surviving records of the 1760s. At The Company meeting of April 15, 1771, Thomas Nevell reported that Reary "Stood in Need of Some Assistance After Consideration his Case this Meeting Agreed to Grant him An Order on the Master for 20/ Shillings...." Company records mark him as deceased in 1782. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/100386">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/b5feccde66d81c94d315ce35b0b4b6a3.PNG 7866b0cf7fa373f8d2c569532c33a3dd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Shoemaker noted in the Carpenter's Company Minutes, 1770. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Philosophical Society Digital Collections Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Committee Membership Book Prices Committee, 1772-82 Deceased Date 1/1/1799 Business Address Chestnut bet. 3rd & 4th (1785) (Prime) Date Elected 1/1/1769 Father Jacob File Number a First Name Thomas Last Name Shoemaker Member Number 74* Mother Elizabeth Office Held President, 1784-90 Treasurer, 1791-96 Vice President, 1772 Reference *Subscribed to 10 shares for erection of Hall. *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. page 716. Shoemaker master builder elected to The Company on February 1, 1769, the same year he appears in the Philadelphia tax lists as a resident of the North Ward. He was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of "The British Architect' (1775), the first book on architecture published in America, and the following year he is recorder as taking the inventory of plumber Eden Haddock estate. For the last 20 years of his life, Shoemaker served on committees or as an officer of The Carpenters' Company (Master, President, and Treasurer). By the time of his death he was clearly a person of means with extensive real estate holdings. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. *Transactions APS Vol. 43, Part I, 1953 (page 106) (89) Received of Thomas Shoemaker Esqr three pounds 3/9 for two Red Cedar Logs for Columns for Carpenters' Hall & hauling. *Managing Committee Minutes-1773-2-67 Bond of indemnity was produced by Thomas Shoemaker in behalf of the persons appointed to procure the same, viz. Robert Smith, James Bringhurst, Benjamin Loxley, John Thornhill. Managing Committee Minutes-1769-2-2 Extra meeting of Company. Thomas Shoemaker, David Evans and William Colladay 4 pounds each as entrance money. *PA Gazette 12/15/1757 - #8777 Benjamin Loxley and Thomas Shoemaker administrators of the will of Joseph Davis, a harness maker. PA Gazette 10/8/1761 - #14890 Elected a burgess of the city. PA Gazette 5/8/1766 - #662 Reports theft of horse from his stable in Cheltenham, Philadelphia county. PA Gazette 10/9/1766 - #1700 Elected City Assessor. PA Gazette 5/4/1769 - #7358 Thomas Shoemaker of Cheltenham, as executor of will. PA Gazette 1/20/1773 - #15282 Elizabeth Shoemaker, Thomas S. and Jonathan S. as executors of Jacob. Elizabeth is probably the mother of Thomas and Jonathan; Jacob was his father. PA Gazette 3/2/1774 - #17714 One of three selling various pieces of land. PA Gazette 7/25/1778 - #25078 One of many signers of document pledging to "disclose facts about persons who are enemies of America during the occupation of the city." PA Gazette 1/9/1799 - #13013 Company members joined a large group of citizens representing wards of the city "to search out where late (yellow fever) prevailed and remove to the city hospital infected bedding and clothing for fumigation and washing." Item describes the process of "cleansing city" ward by ward. Robert Evans and John Rugan from South Mulberry Ward; William Stevenson of New Market Ward; George Summers and Joseph Wetherill from Southwark. *Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1739/1751; G; 5; 73; L:ogan, James 1739/1751; G; 7; 148; Logan, James 1751/1766; H; 5; 419; Shoemaker, Jr., Isaac 1751/1766; H; 8; 276; Jones, William 1751/1766; H; 13; 379; Williams, Samuel 1766/1781; I; 4; 231; Bonsall, Edward 1766/1781; I; 4; 524; Fleming, Robert 1766/1781; I; 7; 48; The Carpenters' Company 1766/1781; I; 11; 270; McCullock, John 1766/1781; I; 14; 8; Emlen, George 1766/1781; I; 16; 460; Donaldson, Arthur 1777/1800; D; 11; 216; Offley, Jr., Daniel 1777/1800; D; 19; 237; Shoemaker, Elizabeth 1777/1800; D; 33; 435; Kerby, Charles 1777/1800; D; 34; 360; Mead, George 1777/1800; D; 38; 7; Humphreys, Thomas 1777/1800; D; 40; 105; Breed, Ebenezer Revolutionary War X Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shoemaker, Thomas Description An account of the resource Thomas Shoemaker was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company on 1 February 1769, the same year he appears in the Philadelphia tax lists as a resident of the North Ward. He was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan, The British Architect (1775), the first book of architecture published in America, and the following year he is recorded as taking the inventory of plumber Eden Haydock's estate. For the last twenty years of his life, Shoemaker served on committees or as an officer of The Carpenters' Company (Master, President, and Treasurer). By the time of his death he was clearly a person of means with extensive real estate holdings. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/24170">Philadelphia Architects and Builders </a> website. https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/086903d18df067a266323a30c2f92c20.PNG 0a44fb961c8999ffceb5e0a5f06e6780 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource David Evans noted in Carpenter's Company Minutes, 1770. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Philosophical Society Digital Collections Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Birth Date 1/1/1733 Children Charles (R), David Deceased Date 1/1/1815 Business Address Spruce above 7th (CD) (1805) Date Elected 1/2/1769 Date Expelled # Father Evan File Number a First Name David Last Name Evans Married 1755 Member Number 75* Mother Elizabeth Musgrave Project See Robert Allison; removal of State House bells. Superintendent for "Fairhill"; helped complete PA Hospital probably the Union Library on Pear (Chancellor) St. Believed designed and supervised construction of new city hall, now Supreme Court building, 1792-93 Reference *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 250. David Evans is unfortunately a common 18th century Philadelphia name; the lives of three house carpenters and one cabinetmaker overlap, making it difficult to separate documentary references. Nonetheless, two master builders have been identified. David Evans (Sr.) was the son of Evan and Elizabeth (Musgrave) Evans. Apprenticed to a carpenter, he married Letitia Thomas in 1755, shortly after becoming free of his articles. By 1761 he was living on Pear (now Chancellor) St. and donated a lot of ground next to his home for the erection of the Union Library Company's building that he may also have designed and built. Evans (or his cousin of the same name who died in 1783) was a member of Benjamin Franklin's Library Company to which he presented a set of Abraham Swan's "Collection of Designs in Architecture" (London: 1757) in 1764, and a few years later he was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Swan's "The British Architect" (1774), the first book on architecture published in America. In 1769 he became a member of The Carpenters' Company and the American Philosophical Society, although he resigned from the latter in 1770 and was never too regular in is attendance at meetings of the former. In 1770 Evans worked with Thomas Nevell (q.v.) on the Second Street house of John Cadwalader, and the next year served as "superintendent" for John Dickinson's "Fairhill" in Germantown and his town house on Chestnut St.; he continued to provide building services for Dickinson over the next 30 years. Following the Revolution, Evans and his son, David Evans, Jr. (q.v.) worked together to complete the Pennsylvania Hospital. The elder Evans offered a design for Library Hall in 1789, but William Thornton (q.v.) won the commission. That same year Evans became a Common Councilman, a position he held until 1791, and was appointed to a committee to prepare a plan and estimate for a new city hall. Payments made to Evans in 1792-93 have generally been taken as proof that he designed and supervised construction of the structure now known as the Supreme Court Building on Independence Square. From 1794 through 1809 he was a director of the Philadelphia Contributionship. (See also listing - Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 250 - for David Evans, Jr., and work on Pennsylvania Hospital.) Drawings and papers at Pennsylvania Hospital Archives. See also more in listing, including HSR at independence Park library. *INHP Library - David Evans paid for venetian blinds at Congress Hall. Also -Gunning Bedford and David Evans named to committee to prepare a plan and estimate of expense of erecting a city hall (5th & Chestnut Sts.) Also - "The committee of accounts to whom were referred David Evans's account made report in his favor, amounting to 41.11.6 and the Mayor was requested to draw an order on the treasurer for the same. Also - "It was agreed by the Board to allow David Evans of his superintending of the building of this city the sum of 50 pounds. *Cabinet and Venetian blind maker for City Tavern 1789-1793; (Evans, David, cabinet and Venetian blind maker 115 & 215 Mulberry Street. from HSR for City Tavern, Penny Batchelor *Ancestry.com July 28, 1773, Joseph Defrees was taken as an apprentice for three years. "Apprentice, taught the art and mystery if a house carpenter, three quarters' night schooling." *City Directory - 1805 - David, lumber merchant, 60 N. 8th (also 1810) David, sen., gentleman, Spruce above 7th (221 Spruce in 1810) David, jun., carpenter, Spruce above 7th 1814 - David, late lumber merchant, 60 N. 8th David, gentleman, 221 Spruce *PA Gazette 5/28/1761 - #14148 "Members of the Union Library Co. are desired to meet at the Court House on the 18th day of June to acknowledge a deed by said Company to David Evans." PA Gazette 4/22/1762 - #15948 Members to meet at the new Library in 3rd St. to choose Directors. "Cellar under Library to be lett; enquire of David Evans, next door." PA Gazette 12/2/1762 - #17284 Executor for sale of property in Merion township. Inquiries to David Evans at his house adjoining the Union Library, Pear & Third Sts. PA Gazette 8/17/1769 - # 7945 Affiliated with Union Library Room and lived in Union St. PA Gazette 10/4/1770 - # 10264 Elected a Warden in the City of Philadelphia. PA Gazette 11/10/1773 - # 17110 Described a robbery of many personal items and cash; incident took place October 26 between 9 and 10 P.M. between Third and Fourth Sts. near the Barracks. Offers reward by David Evans, house carpenter, in Shippen St., Southwark. PA Gazette 11/24/1784 - #328 Owns land on west side of Wissahickon Rd. near north bounds of city, a mile from court house. PA Gazette 7/18/1787 - #4460 Owned a store on Water St., 9th door above Market St. PA Gazette 11/28/1787 - #4830 Owned land north side of South St. between 3rd and 4th and south of Gaskell (Gaskill) St. PA Gazette 5/27/1789 - #6223 Owned land on Pear St. between 2nd and 3rd. PA Gazette 5/24/1797 - #12222 Robert and David Evans opened lumber yard in 5th St. between Vine and Callowhill. PA Gazette 9/20/1797 - #12396 David Evans had 126 ounces of blood drawn as part of "curative process" of yellow fever. On list of 22 who survived, as part of copious blood-letting popular with contemporary medicine. *In member file: Typed excerpts from dissertation "From Artisan to Architect," telling about Evans's work on City Hall and Library Hall. Also, other pages with biographical dates and information. *HSR - Old City Hall On pg. 5: on October 17, 1789, Philadelphia City Council appointed a committee "to prepare plans and estimate expense of erecting a City Hall." The committee was Matthew Clarkson, George Roberts, Gunning Bedford, David Evans and Thomas Morris. From Minutes of City Council: Joseph Govett, Matthias Sadler and Robert Allison applied to work on City Hall. David Evans was a city councilman and it's likely he was clerk of the works, keeping accounts and disbursing funds. *In his member folder: Copy of "Appendix A,' apparently prepared by Lee H. Nelson, NPS architect, giving excellent summary of Mr. Evans. copy of page from Minutes of Library Company on shares - 1789. *Dissertation by Donna J. Rilling, Chapter 4, page 13 Design of the building fell most frequently to the house carpenter, who worked with the client to incorporate his or her ideas. When the client requested a change in the original house plans, carpenter David Evans responded that "I perceive no difficulty in having the fireplaces in the middle of the Chamber. . ." and detailed specifications in supports that would result from the redesign. In his repair of John Dickinson's house, Evans asked his client whether he "would Chuse the stairs with Quarter of half spaces or Winders" and "whether or not the Kitchen is to be below the principal Story. . ." He continued his inquiries as he worked out the design of the house, asking Dickinson for preferences and making suggestions of an experienced house carpenter. Did Dickinson want "any Dormer windows in the Roof and how many. I thought one on the north side over the upper flight of the Garret stairs would be useful for air and light with one 16 light window in the East Gable end may be sufficient. . . I do not approve of slate for covering houses; they cannot be made to lay so close as to prevent the snow from drifing through between them and are much more expensive than shingles. I believe that none that have formerly tryed them have found them to answer their expectations -- Remember [the] Slate Roof House in Second Street." page 17 When David Evans assisted his cousin John Dickinson in the 1798 construction of the eminent statesman's house, Evans described the design -- in words -- adding, "in order to explain I have drawn a rough sketch of the Rooms and Stack of Chimneys which I think the mason will understand." The drawing was executed not primarily for Dickinson's benefit, then, but as a means of communication between building artisans who did not have the advantage of personal interaction. page 25 The Company's esteemed member David Evans captured the seriousness with which the association took its rule of non-disclosure. To gain an advantage in a dispute with John Dickinson carried on with carpenters in Wilmington, Evans sent the 1786 "book of dimentions with the price affixed" to his cousin. Evans knew his actions risked expulsion from the Company, and sent the book under seal, admonishing Dickinson that "this book I intend for thy inspection only and wish it not to be known out of thy family that thou hast it." (See "Book of Prices" in "Restoration" file, 1700. ) page 35 In compiling an accurate and comprehensive list of lumber, the craftsman applied his knowledge of the strength properties of various woods and the loads the wood was to support. David Evans sent John Dickinson a bill of scantling for his house and advised: "the Sill may be of White Oak the Jaumbs of the straitest yellow poplar that can be procured and clear of knots. I prefer the Jaumbs of two pieces rather than one solid piece for the lower story especially as they are very long and being green or not fully seasoned will cast or grow crooked after they are in the walls but two pieces will therefore brace each other. . .The white poplar is more inclined to cast than the yellow but is stiffer and will last equally well in the dry and I believe equally good for upper Joist or Rafters." (See more on this subject on 35-36.) page 52 Familial ties intersected with proximity and craft relations. House carpenter David Evans advised his cousin in 1804 that, "if thou should incline to employ a Carpenter from Philadelphia I can recommend one who for industry and honest integrity I believe cannot be exceeded. His name is John Evans; he is a distant relation of mine lives next door to me." (on his position with Insurance Co. of North America, and John Evans - page 52. ) *Via Hannah Roach notes: AM 9115, page 45, July 1780. David Evans paid Thomas Trefft (?) in full for house rent of his in Elfreth's alley which I took 8th day of May 1780 and lived in 2 months at the rate of 16 pounds per annum. *Managing Committee Minutes-1799-8-79, 92 David Evans, Sr., proposes to withdraw from the Company on condition that his son, David Evans, Jr., may be admitted in his place. David Evans, Sr., withdraws his proposition. Managing Committee Minutes-1769-2-2 Extra meeting of Company. Thomas Shoemaker, David Evans and William Colladay 4 pounds each as entrance money. Quarterly meeting of Company . . .David Evans paid his entrance money of four pounds to Joseph Rakestraw, Warden, who also received nine shillings quarterages, 20 shillings in arrears and sixpense fines. *Philadelphia Preserved page 24 - David Evans, Jr. (see Managing Committee Minutes, above) architect for center section of Pennsylvania Hospital *Donna Rillig's speech to Carpenters' Company members Mentions his work as an insurance surveyor. Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1683/1800; C; 1; 261; Roberts, John 1777/1799; D; 4; 209; Vincent, Matthias 1716/1739; F; 5; 105; Roberts, John 1716/1739; F; 9; 117; Yerbury, William F. 1765/1781; I; 2; 435; Harwood, Joseph 1777/1799; D; 8; 402; Dickinson, John 1777/1799; D; 48; 534; Young, William 1777/1799; D; 71; 344; Cox, Jr., John 1799/1809; EF; 9; 98; Powell, Elizabeth 1799/1809; EF; 9; 352; Dickinson, John 1799/1809; EF; 10; 370; Girard, Stephen 1799/1809; EF; 29; 45; Evans, Gulielma 1809/1815; IC; 23; 721; Evans, Joseph Revolutionary War X Spouse Name Letitia Thomas Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Evans, David Description An account of the resource David Evans is unfortunately a common eighteenth-century Philadelphia name; the lives of three house carpenters and one cabinetmaker overlap, making it difficult to separate documentary references. Nonetheless, two master builders have been identified. David Evans, Sr. was the son of Evan and Elizabeth (Musgrave) Evans. Apprenticed to a carpenter, he married Letitia Thomas in 1755, shortly after becoming free of his articles. By 1761 he was living on Pear (now Chancellor) Street and donated a lot of ground next to his home for the erection of the Union Library Company's building that he may also have designed and built. Evans (or his cousin of the same name who died in 1783) was a member of Benjamin Franklin's Library Company to which he presented a set of Abraham Swan's Collection of Designs in Architecture (London, 1757) in 1764, and a few years later he was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Swan's The British Architect (1774), the first book on architecture published in America. In 1769 he became a member of both The Carpenters' Company and the American Philosophical Society, although he resigned from the latter in 1770 and was never too regular in his attendance at meetings of the former. In 1770 Evans worked with Thomas Nevell on the Second Street house of John Cadwalader, and the next year served as "superintendent" for John Dickinson's "Fairhill" in Germantown and his town house on Chestnut Street; he continued to provide building services for Dickinson over the next thirty years. Following the Revolution, Evans and his son, David Evans, Jr., worked together to complete the Pennsylvania Hospital. The elder Evans offered a design for Library Hall in 1789, but William Thornton won the commission. That same year Evans became a Common Councilman, a position he held until 1791, and was appointed to a committee to prepare a plan and estimate for the new city hall. Payments made to Evans in 1792-93 have generally been taken as proof that he designed and supervised contruction of the structure now known as the Supreme Court Building on Independence Square. From 1794 through 1809 he was a director of the Philadelphia Contributionship. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/90639">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website. https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/9ca267552327acee6f7bd62ea717ba74.PNG 0a44fb961c8999ffceb5e0a5f06e6780 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource William Colladay noted in Carpenter's Company Minutes. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Philosophical Society Digital Collections. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Additional Data Qualified as Alderman 1789 Affiliated Members of Company Nephew Jacob # 163; son Abraham # 165; see # 17, 39, 283, 284, 285, 333; perhaps #425, 488. Committee Membership Book Prices Committee, 1772,75-76,84 Managing Committee, 1772, 1775-80 Birth Date 1/1/1738 Children Abraham #165 Civic Activities Overseer of Poor 1771; regulator 1782; Assessor 1772,3,4,8; Inspector of Elections 1776; Member of Committee to Collect Lead (for Revolution) 1776; Assemblyman elected 1780. Deceased Date 11/23/1823 Descendant John Metz (1982) Robert Mondell Colladay GGGGGGG Uncle Business Address Vine bet. 2nd & 3rd (1791) (Prime) Descendant Address John Metz (1982), 409 Friendship St, Philadelphia 19111 Robert Mondell Colladay GGGGGGG Uncle, 19 E. 16th St., Hutchinson, KS 67501 Date Elected 1/3/1769 Father Jacob File Number a First Name William Last Name Colladay Married 10/17/1765, Gmtn. Member Number 76* Mother Cath. Jul. Rubicam Personal Background His wife died July 11, 1794. Project Repairs to State House with Joseph Rakestraw, 1790 1772 Master Builder of First Reformed Church, 322 Race St. Reference *Subscribed 6 shares to erection of Hall. *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects page 156. Colladay was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1769, serving as a member of various committees throughout the 1770s. One of several master builders who were active in civic affairs in the last quarter off the 18th century, Colladay served as an Overseer of The Poor, and assessor for Philadelphia, and in 1774 a Regulator of Party Walls, Buildings and Partition Fences. He was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's "The British Architect" (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America. *Managing Committee Minutes-April 12,1995-pages 490-493. Report by Historian Charlie Peterson includes article by Joseph Hammond on the work of Robert Smith in construction of German Reformed Church, 4th & RaceSts., its demolition by William Colladay and his reconstruction of the next edifice. See copy in file. *INHP Library - William Colladay and David Evans on committee to serve on a committee investigating how to finance the new city hall (5th & Chesnut Sts.) *Prime Directory: William & Abraham listed as house carpenters, bet. 2nd & 3rd in Brewer's alley (1797). Also listing for William, Vine bet. 2nd & 3rd (1785, 1797 & other dates), N. 2nd St. (1791) *City Directory - 1826 - Mrs. Hannah, gentlewoman, N. 12th above Mulberry City Directory - 1830 - William Colladay, carpenter, 9 Jacoby. William Colladay, N 12th above Mulberry (but these listings are after his death date) 1840 - Hannah, widow, 9 Jacoby. *Information in bio sketch by F. Spencer Roach: Biographer In Revolution (1776) he was a member of the committee to collect lead to be melted for bullets. He is an Incorporator #24 (spelled Colliday) *In member file: Business card for John S. Colladay. Likely a descendant. *Hannah Roach-APS: PG 5 Oct 1774: Elected city assessor. EP 17 Feb 1776. An inspector for election for Philadelphia committee and on the committee. EP 14 Oct 1778. Elected a city assessor. PP 27 April 1784. Applied a regulator for the city. PJ 2 Oct 1784. Declines to run again for Assembly because of weak health and private business. *Hannah Roach paper: Colladay's wife died July 11, 1794. *Hannah Roach paper: page 13aa Mention of his working with Joseph Rakestraw, Jr., in reshingling roof and interior partitions to State House in 1790. *In his member folder: copy of bio sketch prepared by Mr. Roach and correspondence with a descendant. *Managing Committee Minutes-1769-2-2 Extra meeting of Company. Thomas Shoemaker, David Evans and William Colladay 4 pounds each as entrance money. Quarterly meting of Company. William Colladay admitted into Company and paid 4 pounds entrance money to the Warden. *PA Gazette 10/19/1791 - #8283 Elected sheriff in Philadelphia county. *In member file: Member biographical data form. *Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1766/1781; I; 15; 125; Levezey, John 1777/1800; D; 41; 216; Wager, Philip 1799/1809; EF; 8; 296; Royal, George 1819/1821; IW; 8; 62; Rap, Jacob 1830/1836; AM; 8; 118; Magrath, M. 1830/1836; AM; 6; 553; Ritter, A. 1830/1836; AM; 44; 528; Colladay, Charles 1830/1836; AM; 64; 165; Pauling, M. 1836/1839; SHF; 14; 515; George, Sarah 1839/1842; GS; 1; 315; McClellan, F. 1839/1842; GS; 30; 650; Mason, William 1842/1845; RLL; 20; 618; Colladay, H.P. Revolutionary War X Spouse Born 11/17/1743 Spouse Name Hannah Pastorius Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Colladay, William Description An account of the resource William Colladay was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1769, serving as a member of various committees throughout the l770s. One of several master builders who were active in civic affairs in the last quarter of the eighteenth century, Colladay served as an Overseer of the Poor, and assessor for Philadelphia, and in 1774 a Regulator of Party Walls, Buildings, and Partition Fences. He was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's The British Architect (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America. Following the Revolution, Colladay continued to serve in various semi-official positions. In 1784 he was appointed to "view & value" (measure) the carpenters' work on the Triumphal Arch and in 1790 he helped to select "a suitable Lot and to prepare Materials for building a House thereon for the Accomodation of the President of the United States, and to prepare and report a Plan and Estimate thereof." That same year, together with Joseph Rakestraw, he made extensive repairs to the State House (Independence Hall). The only other structure with which he can firmly be associated is the Zion Lutheran Church at 4th and Cherry Streets on which he worked in 1794. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/23017">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/9ccf9aa27ddc04a009ea980d75ee0702.PNG 0141d203f312cc6a5b56c34da7c23d92 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Jones noted in the Carpenter's Company Minutes, 1781. Abraham Jones is noted as having died. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Philosophical Society Digital Collections. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1781 Date Elected 1/1/1770 File Number b First Name Abraham Last Name Jones Member Number 77* Reference *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 423. Jones was a successful master carpenter from Southwark elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1770, and brother of Isaac Jones (q.v.). He was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's "The British Architect" (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America.. *Managing Committee Minutes-1770-2-15 James Armitage proposed Abraham Jones. *PA Gazette 11/16/1774 - #19292 On November 12, 1774, elected to the Committee for the City of Philadelphia, representing Southwark. *Member file: Correspondence from Karen McGurk, Kskm212@aol.com 302-791-9090 105-A Penn Avenue, Wilmington, DE zip: 19809 Do you have any additional information on member Abraham Jones 1770 1781 12/2010 *Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1777/1800; D; 17; 301; Wescott, George 1777/1800; D; 18; 331; Summer, George 1815/1819; MR; 12; 534; Weeks, William *Defendents/Sheriff Sales File Data from City of Philadelphia Archives: (Book; Page; Year; Purchaser) B-3; 202; 1773; Gray, George C-4; 117; 1789; Sadler, John Revolutionary War X Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jones, Abraham Description An account of the resource Abraham Jones was a successful master builder from Southwark elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1770, and brother of Isaac Jones. He was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's The British Architect (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/96624">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/4dcaad30424a4c8137bc75cf057ac00f.PNG 4bce6844e92b3d1dc4a72a271b10e855 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Thomas Middleton noted in Carpenter's Company minutes, 1771, He's noted as having died. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Philosophical Society Digital Library Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Birth Date 1/1/1716 Children Hannah, Sarah, Mary Doyle, Elizabeth, Rachel Deceased Date 1/1/1771 Date Elected 1/1/1770 File Number a First Name Thomas Last Name Middleton Member Number 78* Project house at 4th & Willow Reference *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 533. Middleton was a master builder believed to have come to Philadelphia in 1762 from Monmouth County, New Jersey. He signed the articles of The Company in 1770 and died the following year. *Via Hannah Roach notes: Copy of his will in folder - Will Book P/106 #76:1771 *See also Woolley for cross reference; these men are possible descendants; other citations in City Records D.S.B. book #337; City Records D.S.B. book #338, filed Jan. 7, 1818 City Records D.S.B. book # 338; filed May 26, 1817; no record of satisfaction Middleton & Woolley.Claim for $699.18 against a brick dwelling house about 19 feet 6 inches front on Fourth street and 40 feet on Willow street situate corner of Fourth &Willow streets in the Northern Liberties, for lumber. *Managing Committee Minutes-1770-2-19 Thomas Middleton elected. *PA Gazette 8/1/1771 - #12032 Executor of estate advertises for debts and payments due Middleton, house carpenter. PA Gazette 8/1/1771 - #12067 Three-story brick house on west side of Second St., next to the corner of Vine, belonging to the estate of Thomas Middleton. Spouse Name Sarah Where Born Monmouth County, NJ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Middleton, Thomas Description An account of the resource Thomas Middleton was a master builder believed to have come to Philadelphia in 1762 from Monmouth County, New Jersey. He signed the articles of The Carpenters' Company in 1770 and died the following year. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/26902">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1775 Date Elected 1/1/1770 File Number a First Name William Last Name Boyer Member Number 79* Reference Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 98. A master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1770. He was an "encourager" of Abraham Swan's "The British Architect" (Philadelphia, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Boyer, William Description An account of the resource William Boyer was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1770. He was an "encourager" to the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's The British Architect (Philadelphia: R. Ball for J. Norman, 1775). Boyer was listed in the Mulberry Ward in 1769 and 1774. biography from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/24068">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a>, a project of the <a href="http://www.philaathenaeum.org/">Athenaeum of Philadelphia</a>. Written by Roger W. Moss and Thomas Stokes. https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/ac4e591f77ee16fad07ae71ed46f3fd7.PNG e7c5d07da40d990460b7653b44da4d9d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Andrew Edge noted in Carpenter's Company minutes, 1774. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Philosophical Society Digital Collections Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Birth Date 8/10/1736 Deceased Date 1/1/1786 Date Elected 1/1/1770 Father Andrew File Number a First Name Andrew Last Name Edge Member Number 82* Mother Mary Child Project houses on 5th & 6th Sts. Reference *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 243. Edge was a master builder who erected several speculative houses on Fifth and Sixth streets in the 1760s and 1770s. On the recommendation of Benjamin Loxley (q.v.) he was elected to The Company in 1770 but rarely attended meetings. *Managing Committee Minutes-1770-2-15: Benjamin Loxley proposed Andrew Edge. *Hannah Roach notes: First Baptist Church, Phila. Andrew Edge and wife received 8 March 1780 from Welsh Tract - dismissed 8/90 to Welsh Tract. *Hannah Roach-APS. See cards on Andrew Edge and Andrew, Jr., who appears to be the member. According to the card, Andrew Jr. was born 10 August 1736, son of Andrew and Mary (Child) Edge (Pennypack Baptist) *PA Gazette 10/27/1765 - #23536 Advertises 2-story brick house on 5th St. near Lutheran church. Edge lived two houses away. He said four others are available. PA Gazette 6/20/1765 - #23551 Advertises 2-story house on west side of 5th near Arch. Five others available. Lived in Lower Dublin township, Busseltown (Bustleton). PA Gazette October 30, 1766 - #1843 From his business on Fifth St. three doors from Arch, he is selling house next door at 5th and Arch Sts., and selling ground on the west side of Sixth St. Sales to take place at the London Coffee House. PA Gazette May 11, 1769 - #7391 From his house at Third St., corner of Church Alley, he is selling houses at Fifth and Arch as well as land in New Jersey. PA Gazette 9/22/1773 - #16792 Had moved to Yellow Springs, in Chester County, but was still selling land in New Jersey. Similar listings in 1776 and 1777 and still in Yellow Springs. *Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1766/1781; I; 11; 493; Boyer, Blaze 1766/1781; I; 5; 235; Bingham, James 1766/1781; I; 1; 187; Bartholomew, Sr., Thomas 1718/1739; F; 7; 310; Ashmead, John 1751/1766; H; 1; 288; Ashmead, John 1751/1766; H; 1; 259; Saltzer, Jacob 1777/1899; D; 77; 284; Pearson, Mary 1777/1800; D; 20; 299; Smith, William 1821/1825; IH; 25; 606; Russell, Nathaniel Revolutionary War X Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Edge, Andrew Description An account of the resource Andrew Edge was a master builder who erected several speculative houses on Fifth and Sixth Streets in the 1760s and 1770s. On the recommendation of Benjamin Loxley, he was elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1770 but rarely attended meetings. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/24079">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/ee7f80f84811efe24c14535b63ee6064.PNG 48b78c3bb6f00c73aee9fdb3a4662bbe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Jarvis/Jervis noted in Carpenter's Company Minutes, 1781. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Philosophical Society Digital Collections. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Birth Date 1/1/1748 Deceased Date 1/1/1802 Business Address 2nd bet. Market & Chestnut Sts. (1785) (Prime) Date Elected 1/1/1770 File Number b First Name Samuel Last Name Jervis Member Number 83* Grantor Records Notes Listings for Sarah and Samuel W. Jervis - but none for Samuel. Defendant/Sheriff's Sale Notes Listing for Sarah (1786) Reference *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 415. Jervis/Jarvis was a master builder elected to The Company in 1770. He was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's "The British Architect" (R. Bell for J. Normay, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America. Following the Revolution, Jervis/Jarvis was not active in The Company. *Note: At times Jervis/Jarvis is spelled with either and "e" or an "a." The spellings are, as far as I can tell, used interchangably. *Managing Committee Minutes-1770-2-15 Thomas Shoemaker proposed Samuel Jervis. Revolutionary War X Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jervis, Samuel Description An account of the resource Samuel Jervis was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1770. He was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's The British Architect (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America. Following the Revolution, Jervis was not active in The Company. According to the 1774 tax lists, Jervis lived in the Middle Ward. In 1785, he lived on Second street between Market and Chestnut. biography from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/96598">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a>, a project of the <a href="http://www.philaathenaeum.org/">Athenaeum of Philadelphia</a>. Written by Roger W. Moss and Thomas Stokes. https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/8832c5878f82d7f8ba88272f64a3003f.PNG 8954571fc6a1684583923bf7c5e0c81d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Samuel Wallis noted in Carpenter's Company minutes, 1781. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Philosophical Society Digital Commons Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1798 Descendant David W. Maxey, Esq. (doing research, not a desc.) Descendant Address David W. Maxey, Esq. (doing research, not a desc.), Drinker, Biddle & Reath, One Logan Square 19103-6996 (Tel: 215-988-2729) Date Elected 1/1/1770 File Number a First Name Samuel Last Name Wallis Member Number 84* Grantor Records Notes After his listings conclude, there are many more for Susanna. Reference *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 821. Wallis, a master builder signed the articles of The Company on July 16, 1770. Never regular in his attendance at Company meetings, he may have been out of Pennsylvania much of the time. (There was a Samuel Wallis in Hartford county, MD in 1790.) According to Company records, Wallis died in 1798 at the age of 58. *Managing Committee Minutes-1770-2-19 Samuel Wallis elected. verbak request for information from David Maxey September 2012. reply: Mr. Maxey You asked when you spoke at the Franklin Inn about Carpenters' Company member Samuel Wallis. Our records show: Samuel Wallis elected 1770 deceased 1798. Thus it looks as though he was a member until his death. Listed in the member database is the following entry from Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 821. This master builder signed the articles of The Company on July 16, 1770. Never regular in his attendance at Company meetings, he may have been out of Pennsylvania much of the time. (There was a Samuel Wallis in Hartford county, MD in 1790.) According to Company records, Wallis died in 1798 at the age of 58. From the City of Philadelphia Archives Grantor File are the following entries. Date Book Number No. Page Grantee 1683/1777 I 5 8 Proprietaries 1789/1809 EF 16 314 Jones, Whitehead 1809/1815 IC 2 551 -- This information is somewhat redundant, but kept for legacy reasons.-- **Volands, Samuel 1809/1815 IC 24 132 Carmalt, Caleb 1819/1821 IW 8 532 Burd, Edward Obviously some of these dates are after his death and could be another Samuel Wallis or could reflect a delay by the City in entering the information for Carpenters' Company Wallis. If you are not familiar with Tatman & Moss go to the website for The Athenaeum of Philadelphia and choose Catalogs then Architects and Buildings and entered the name of the specific person. You may enter as a guest. This is the most valuable resource for early Master Builders and Carpenters. Although not much I do hope this information is useful as you continue your research. *BBK from David Maxey 9/2012: He died on October 14, 1798, a victim of the yellow fever epidemic that again ravaged Philadelphia. You are quite right in surmising that he was often away from Philadelphia -- at his country home in Muncy, on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. *Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1683/1777; I; 5; 8; Proprietaries 1799/1809; EF; 16; 314; Jones, Whitehead 1809/1815; IC; 2; 551; Volands, Samuel 1809/1815; IC; 24; 132; Carmalt, Caleb 1819/1821; IW; 8; 532; Burd, Edward Revolutionary War X Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wallis, Samuel Description An account of the resource The master builder Samuel Wallis signed the Articles of The Carpenters' Company on 16 July 1770. Never regular in his attendance at Company meetings, he may have been out of Pennsylvania much of the time. (There was a Samuel Wallis in Harford County, Maryland, in 1790.) According to Company records, Wallis died in 1798 at the age of fifty eight years. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/21623">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/f14904f20bbf16bee4111ceaa7fde6ae.PNG 7fcd55cd3bb853cf3e77136a715599ab Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1817 Business Address 2nd & Brown Sts. (1799) (Prime) Date Elected 1/16/1786 File Number a First Name Benjamin Last Name Mitchell Married 9/23/1771 Member Number 141* No Signature X Grantor Records Notes Also listings for "Jr." and Benjamin G. Mitchell. Reference *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 544. Mitchell was a master builder who joined the Friendship Carpenters' Company in 1770; and when that company merged with the Carpenters' Company in 1786, he signed the articles. *City Directory - 1814 - Benjamin, Sen., formerly carpenter, 35 Browne, Northern Liberties Benjamin, Jun., saw filer, 31 Browne, Northern Liberties. *Includes correspondence from Charlene Peacock, Library Company of Philadelphia. *Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1777/1800; D; 20; 569; Say, Benjamin 1777/1800; D; 69; 269; Ball, William 1799/1809; EF; 25; 179; Newman, Mary 1779/1809; EF; 17; 215; Bethel, Robert 1779/1809; EF; 13; 161; Reidy, William 1809/1815; IC; 5; 300; Kinsley, Samuel 1809/1815; IC; 7; 246; Gratz, Simon 1809/1815; IC; 8; 194; Smith, John Defendents/Sheriff Sales File Data from City of Philadelphia Archives: (Book; Page; Year; Purchaser) E-6; 111; 1806; Wilson, George S. Spouse Name susannah Wilson Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mitchell, Benjamin Description An account of the resource Benjamin Mitchell was a master builder who joined the Friendship Carpenters' Company in 1770; and when that company merged with The Carpenters' Company in 1786, he signed the articles. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the<a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/99825">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1780 Descendant John D. Caruthers, Jr. Descendant Address John D. Caruthers, Jr., 400 Travis St., Ste. 1510, Shreveport, LA 71101 (Tel: 318-222-0285) Date Elected 1/2/1771 File Number a First Name Samuel Last Name Caruthers Member Number 89* No Signature X Reference Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 132. Was a house carpenter elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1771, although he never signed the articles and there is no record of his attending meetings. He is primarily of interest as a manufacturer and dealer in hand tools for the building trades from his Third Street shop at the "Sign of The Carpenter's Plane and Hand Saw," 3rd door above Church alley in 3rd St. (PA Gazette, 26 Dec. 1765.) ------------------ See also article on Israel White, colonial plane maker in Archives Box 150, File 32. ------------------ PA Gazette 5/2/1754 - #4339 Advertises sale of assortment of "White's saws, including a large assortment of hardware peculiar to carpenters, joiners, coopers. At the Sign of the Jack Plain [sic.]" On 3rd St. between Market & Arch. PA Gazette 5/29/1755 - #5755 Samuel Caruthers listed among contributors to establish Pennsylvania Hospital; also lists Gunning Bedford. PA Gazette 7/8/1756 - #7181 Shop 2nd door above post office in 3rd St. Extensive list of tools. PA Gazette 3/6/1760 - #11950 "Third house turning up from Church Alley, in 3rd St., remarkable for boarded awning over the pavement." PA Gazette 2/17/1763 - #17723 "To be sold to a Plantation Man only, an able bodied servant lad (probably a slave) about 20 years old. Enquire of S.C. in 3rd St. PA Gazette 12/26/1765 - #24682 "At the Sign of the Carpenter's Plane and Hand Saw," all sorts of planes, "his work having recommended itself these 20 years in this city . . ." PA Gazette 12/201770 - #10754 advertisement telling he made carpenters' tools and sold hardware from his shop "in Third St., the third door turning up from Church Alley." PA Gazette 5/2/1771 - # 11519 advertisement announces sale of his house and hardware business on Third St., the third door turning up from Church Alley, "a noted hardware store for many years past." He will continue his business of plane-making at his shop fronting Church Alley. PA Gazette 1/201773 - #15288 On January 18 a notice tells of his going out of business of carpenters' tools, noting his hardware business of 25 years. He asks that everyone settle accounts with him. ----------------- Hannah Roach-APS 26 Dec. 1765. Plane maker at Sign of the Carpenter's Plane and Hand Saw. 3rd door above Church Alley in 3rd st.. Votes VI, 5059, July 1759. Samuel Caruthers for sundries for Fort Augusta 9.2.10. ----------------- Managing Committee Minutes-1771-2-39 Samuel Caruthers elected. Revolutionary War X Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Caruthers, Samuel Description An account of the resource Samuel Caruthers was a house carpenter elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1771, although he never signed the articles and there is no record of his attending meetings. He is primarily of interest as a manufacturer and dealer in hand tools for the building trades from his Third Street shop at the "Sign of the Carpenter's Plane and Hand Saw." Written by Roger W. Moss and Sandra L. Tatman, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/22818">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Birth Date 1/1/1721 Deceased Date 1/1/1772 Date Elected 4/15/1771 File Number b First Name John Last Name Allen Member Number 90a* Project no known listings Reference Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 7. Was a master builder proposed for membership in The Carpenters' Company by Thomas Nevell (q.v.) and Abraham Carlile (q.v.). He was elected on April 15,1771, but died without taking part in any recorded activities of The Company. ---------------------- Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects and Blue Book both list the name as "Allen," although it is clearly "Allis" (incorrect) on the first floor Board. Signature book at APS is "Allen". --------------------- Managing Committee Minutes-1771-2-32,39,54 John Allen proposed; John Allen elected; John Allen paid 15 shillings part of his entrance fee. --------------------- Hannah Roach papers John Allen letters of administration to Nehemiah Allen 25 August 1773 (Admin. Book H, 114, #4:1773). Buried 8.25.1773 age 52 (Southern District Mo. Mtg., 10) -------------------- PA Gazette 9/8/1773 - #16666 "All persons indebted to the estate of John Allen, late of this city, are requested to make speedy payment . . ." Nehamiah Allen, administrator. "Any person that have borrowed books of said John Allen, are desired to return them . . .if they have not his own name in, they have the name of Nathaniel Allen." Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Allen, John Description An account of the resource John Allen was a Master Builder proposed for membership in The Carpenters' Company by Thomas Nevell, and Abraham Carlile. He was elected on April 15, 1771, but died without taking part in any recorded activities of The Company. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/93452">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1780 Business Address Market St. (1743) (Prime) Date Elected 1/1/1772 File Number a First Name Moses Last Name Thomas Married 1742 Member Number 90* Reference Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 783. This master builder was married in Burlington, NJ, in 1742. The date of his arrival in Philadelphia is unknown, as is the date of his election to The Carpenters' Company; he appears to have signed the articles of The Company c. 1772. He was a resident of the Mulberry Ward of Philadelphia at the time of both the 1769 and 1774 taxes. During the Revolution, Thomas disappeared from the Warden's official list of Carpenters' Company members. On April 15, 1776, Thomas was warranted 300 acres of land in Northampton county, PA; this may explain his disappearance from Philadelphia. Company records give his death as 1780, although this has not been confirmed. ---------------------- PA Gazette 9/29/1743 - #6070 "Notice is hereby given that Moses Thomas, house carpenter, removed into Market St. next door but one to the Presbyterian meeting house and follows his trade as usual." A general store selling: lumber, cloth of various kinds and "goods too tedious to mention." PA Gazette 8/1/1751 - #783 Sharing in sale of property of James Veree, in Burlington, NJ, including "a good set of joiners and carpenters tools." He represents seller in Philadelpha. Revolutionary War X Spouse Name Rebecca Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Thomas, Moses Description An account of the resource The master builder Moses Thomas was married in Burlington, New Jersey, in 1742. The date of his arrival in Philadelphia is unknown, as is the date of his election to The Carpenters' Company; he appears to have signed the articles of The Company c1772. He was a resident of the Mulberry Ward of Philadelphia at the time of both the 1769 and 1774 taxes. During the Revolution, Thomas disappeared from the Warden's official list of Carpenters' Company members. On April 15, 1775, Thomas was warranted three hundred acres of land in Northampton County, PA; this may explain his disappearance from Philadelphia. Company records give his death date as 1780, although this has not been confirmed. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/117500">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Committee Membership Book Prices Committee, 1774 Birth Date 1/1/1739 Deceased Date 1/1/1806 Business Address 173 N. Front (CD) (1805) Date Elected 1/2/1772 Father Francis File Number a First Name Thomas Last Name Procter Married Zion Luth. Ch. 12/31/1766 Member Number 91* Grantor Records Notes Too many to list; some in sequences. Project Erected the City Tavern (1772) Second & Walnut Sts. Reference Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 635-636. An Irish-born master builder who, wishing to improve his understanding of the "art of architecture," studied with Thomas Nevell (q.v.) in 1771. The following year he was elected to membership in The Company, the same year (1772) he erected the City Tavern on Second St. above Walnut (reconstructed by INHP). From 1771 through 1773 he is recorded as having taken on four apprentices: James Magill (1771), James Smith (1772), John Adams (1772), William Crook (1773); he was also an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's "The British Architect" (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America. On the eve of the Revolution he served as Warden of The Company (1774-75). At the outbreak of fighting, Proctor applied to the Council on Safety for an appointment as Captain of an artillery company which was stationed at Fort Island in the Delaware River. His artillery served at the battles of Trenton, Brandywine and Germantown. In 1779 he was commissioned by Congress as a Colonel of Artillery in the Army of the United States and served with General Sullivan on his expedition against the Six Nations in New York. In 1781 he resigned his commission, briefly resuming his military career late the next year. During the Whiskey Insurrection Proctor served as a Brigadier General and in 1796 he was appointed a "Major General of the militia composed of the city and county of Philadelphia." From October 20, 1783, until October 14, 1785, Proctor was Sheriff of the County of Philadelphia and in 1790, he was elected City Lieutenant by the Supreme Executive Council. ---------------------- In member file: photographs of letter he wrote and transcription of text. Original letter and negative made at Chas. Mills studio on file at APS in Hall archives. Placed there August, 2004. On March 23, 2005, Charles B. Greifenstein , manuscripts librarian of the APS, reported the letter has been temporarily stored on Floor D in the vault in a box with other 2004 accessions. Their official letter and appraisal in our file on 2nd floor. ---------------------- Also in file: notes and background material used in preparing article for website and "Quarterly" newsletter. All information came from INHP library. ---------------------- In his member file, see pages copied from "Fort Mifflin of Philadelphia," telling of his work at the fort protecting Philadelphia. ---------------------- In "Bring Out Your Dead," paperback telling about the yellow fever epidemic of 1793, on page 245 Procter is dispatched by Governor Mifflin to take contributions incorrectly sent to Mifflin to City Hall and the mayor, Clarkson. ---------------------- Ancestry.com July 26, 1773, William Crooke taken as apprentice for five years. "Apprentice taught the art and mystery of a house carpenter, found meat, drink, washing and lodging, privilege of going to night school in the winter season, his friend paying the expense of night schooling." ---------------------- City Directory - 1805 - Thomas, superintendent of the magazine, 173 N. Front ---------------------- "Fort Mifflin of Philadelphia" page 21, 22, 25, 26, 63 Various references to Procter's artillery at the Fort, then moved from island before battle to join Washington in what became the battle of Trenton. ---------------------- See page 211 in Minutes Book of quarterly meetings (July 17, 2000) for biographical sketch of Procter by Charles Peterson. ---------------------- PA Packet 7/25/1778 (25078) Proctor is one of many Philadelphians signing a statement July 17, 1778 encouraging residents to testify against "enemies of America" during the recent British occupation. ---------------------- PA Gazette 1/26/1774 #17557 Advertises that he will show plans for houses - by "Thomas Proctor, house carpenter, North side of Walnut, 5 doors westward from corner of Second." This is right behind the City Tavern. Advertisement repeated 2/2/1774 - #17596 PA Gazette 8/10/1774 #18695 Advertises with James Humphreys various lots of ground for sale or rent. Apparently was also in the real estate business. In addition, advertises "sundry sums of money to be let out at interest, on good security." Business in Notary and Conveyancing carried out by Humphreys. PA Gazette 7/25/1778 - #25078 One of many, including other C.C. members, signing a document urging citizens to give evidence against persons sympathetic to Britain during occupation of Philadelphia. PA Gazette 8/25/1779 - #27452 Col. Proctor selling two lots on north side of Market St. between 9th and 10th sts. He owned them: each 66 ft. front by 306 ft. deep - which is most of a city block. He is living in Water St. PA Gazette 11/8/1780 - #28468 Col. Proctor is acquitted by Court Martial of charges which were brought by Capt. Porter. Charges were "vexatious, groundless and illiberal." PA Gazette 7/24/1782 - #30302 "Gentlemen, after having served you faithfully for six years in the field as a soldier . . . and having again retired to the walk of a private citizen, I offer mysefl as a candidate for the Sheriff's office." He was elected. PA Gazette 5/22/1793 - #9393 Part of a group welcoming Citizen Genet, French plenipotentiary to U.S. PA Gazette 9/15/11790 - #7422 Notifies militia units of Northern Liberties, Moyamensing and Passyunk to meet and exercise under their respective officers at specified dates. PA Gazette 2/29/1792 - #8546 Notifies collectors of militia fines to settle accounts at his office, 61 Walnut St., by April 1. He is Lieutenant of City and Liberties. PA Gazette 7/13/1796 - #11657 Brigadier General Proctor is promoted to rank of Major General. ---------------------- Hannah Roach-APS. See interesting card on "City Tavern" - a few excerpts follow. PJ - 7 July 1773 - To let, built at great expense by number of gentlemen - 51 x 46. Nearly finished; may be entered 1 Sept.. Apply Hugh Jones, waiter at London Coffee House. PP-6: June 1774 - on 20 May delegates met at City Tavern, formed committee to confer with other colonies. PP 24 Aug 1774 - on Thursday last elegant entertainment at City Tavern for gentlemen of the Congress. EP 11 Decmber 1777. To be sold at public vendue all that elegant assortment of household & kitchen furniture. PL 7 Jan. 1777. apply John Ferrie at corner of Norris alley in 2nd st. (a number of references to events during occupation) EP 25 July 1778 - elegant entertainment given on Wednesday evening by officers and gentlemen to ladies who sacrifices every convenience to love of their country. ---------------------- HSR on City Tavern, pgs. 24-28 Tells of Proctor's purchase of lots from Samuel Powel near the site of future City Tavern and how wealthy residents purchased shares to finance the structure. See especially footnotes 43 and 49 on pg 27; footnote 50 on pg. 28. On pg.32, tells of Gunning Bedford making fire insurance survey, dated 11/2/1773, for Philadelphia Contributionship. ---------------------- Prime Directory: Listed as carpenter April 7, 1790, in Pennsylvania Journal. ----------------------- Report of Historian Emeritus (Peterson) Quarterly Minutes July, 2000 Name is usually spelled "Proctor" although his signature is "Procter." ----------------------- Inscription on plaque, 233 South 3rd St., at Episcopal Church where he is buried: 1772 - elected member of Carpenters' Company; instrumental in obtaining use of Carpenters' Hall for the Continental Congress 1775 - commissioned captain of artillery company 1776 - major of batallion of artillery 1777 - Colonel of regiment of artillery; fought under General Anthony Wayne at Brandywine, and at Chadd's Ford had horse shot from under him. 1778 - his command became part of Continental Army 1779 - May 18, commissioned colonel of artillery in Continental Army 1779 - served in Wyoming campaign under General Sullivan against British and Indians 1781 - April 10, resigned commission in army 1782 - by commission from Congress, served as major of artillery from 12/25/82 - 10/22/83 1783-85 - high sheriff of Philadelphia 1790 - city lieutenant of Philadelphia 1792-93 - served the city and liberties of Philadelphia as major of batallion of artillery 1793 - appointed bridier general by Governor of Pennsylvania 1794 - marched under General Wayne to suppress the whiskey insurrection 1796 - June 7, commissioned major general of militia; a founder of Saint Tammany of Philadelphia Original member of the Society of Cincinnati. Died at his home in Arch Street between 4th and 5th March 16, 1806. Buried with military honors in Episcopal Church yard, 233 South 3rd St. name: William Lyle Nolan toolbox3502@msn.com 515-255-9122 address: 2212 39th St., Des Moines, IA, 50310 I am a direct descendant of Francis Procter, Jr., who was the brother of Thomas Procter, a member of the Company. Although I'm not a direct descendant of Thomas, I thought you might be interested in the genealogical data our family has gathered on descendants of Francis, Jr. My great-great grandmother, Cathorine Lyle Gift, was a granddaughter of Francis, Jr., and Ann Henderson. If you are interested, I can provide the complete family tree of descendants for Francis and Ann. message: Both my older brother, George F. Nolan, and I have visited Philadelphia on business (on separate occasions). I viewed the exterior of Carpenters' Hall during my visit, and also dined at the City Tavern, which originally was built by Thomas Procter. I didn't know at the time of my visit that we had a family connection with these two buildings. Also, George stayed at a hotel on Arch Street between 4th and 5th Streets, the block on which Thomas' house stood. Again, he did not at the time realize the close connection of that site with our family's past. We're also now aware that Thomas was part owner at one time of Hog Island, which later became part of Philadelphia International Airport. Revolutionary War XX Spouse Born Ireland, 1739 Spouse Name Mary Fox (HSR) Office Held Warden, 1774 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Procter, Thomas Description An account of the resource Thomas Procter was an Irish-born master builder who, wishing to improve his understanding of the "art of architecture," studied with Thomas Nevell in 1771. The following year he was elected to membership in The Carpenters' Company, the same year (1772) he erected the City Tavern on Second Street above Walnut (reconstructed by Independence National Historical Park). From 1771 through 1773 he is recorded as having taken on four apprentices: James Magill (1771), James Smith (1772), John Adams (1772), William Crook (1773); he was also an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's The British Architect (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America. On the eve of the Revolution he served as Warden of The Carpenters' Company (1774-1775). At the outbreak of fighting, Procter applied to the Council of Safety for appointment as Captain of an artillery company which was stationed at Fort Island in the Delaware River. His artillery served at the battles of Trenton, Brandywine, and Germantown. In 1779 he was commissioned by Congress as a Colonel of Artillery in the Army of the United States and served with General Sullivan on his expedition against the Six Nations in New York. In 1781 he resigned his commission, briefly resuming his military career late the next year. During the Whiskey Insurrection Procter served as a Brigadier General and in 1796 he was appointed a "Major General of the militia composed of the city and county of Philadelphia." From October 20, 1783, until October 14, 1785, Procter was Sheriff of the County of Philadelphia, and in 1790 he was elected City Lieutenant by the Supreme Executive Council. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/102935">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Birth Date 8/18/1746 Deceased Date 1/1/1798 Descendant Walt B. Morrow, Jr. Descendant Address Walt B. Morrow, Jr., 10617 Elmont Court, Fairfax, VA 22030 Date Elected 1/3/1772 Father Hans Paulus File Number 1 First Name Adam Last Name Zantzinger Married approx. 1/14/1773 Member Number 92* Mother Mary Reference Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 896. Although trained to the craft of house carpentry, Zantzinger spent most of his life as a merchant. He was elected to The Company in 1772 and signed the Articles the following year, even though he was advertising his ironmongery store at the southwest corner of Market & 4th Sts. that same year. He maintained his association with The Company, however, until he was removed for non-payment of dues in 1798. He died the following year. ------------------ INHP Library - Adam Zantzinger paid 50 lbs. for work on Franklin's Market St. houses; John Hall was the master carpenter; Isaac Jones surveyed the building for fire insurance policy issued by the Mutual Assurance Company. ------------------ Managing Committee Minutes-1772-2-51 Adam Zantzinger elected. Managing Committee Minutes-1798-8-9 On motion resolved: that the name of Adam Zantzinger be erased out of the list of Members agreeable to the 4th section of the Bylaws. ----------------- See his member file for extensive information on family compiled by Mr. Morrow. ----------------- PA Gazette 1/20/1773 - #15269 Married Susannah (Sukey) Keppele PA Gazette 7/25/1778 - #25078 One of many signers of document pledging "to disclose facts about persons who are enemies of America during the occupation of the city." PA Gazette 7/25/1778 - #25078 & 12/3/1778 - #26529 Advertises from his store, North side of Market between 3rd and 4th, various items, including spirits, hardware, dishes, cooking utensils and supplies. PA Gazette 1/12/1780 - #27995 Listed as one of many incorporators of German Society for relief of distressed Germans in Pennsylvania. PA Gazette 7/29/1787 - #6378 Identified as owning land in area bounded by North St.. in square formed by High, Mulberry, 5th & 6th Sts. Revolutionary War X Spouse Name Susannah Kepelle Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Zantzinger, Adam Description An account of the resource Although trained to the craft of house carpentry, Adam Zantzinger spent most of his life as a merchant. He was elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1772 and signed the Articles the following year, even though he was advertising his ironmongery store at the southwest corner of Market and 4th Streets that same year. He maintained his association with The Carpenters' Company, however, until he was removed from the rolls for non-payment dues in 1798. He died the following year. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/112578">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Committee Membership Book Prices Committee, 1781-85,95-1800 Birth Date 3/29/1747 Deceased Date 10/29/1832 Business Address See Comments Date Elected 1/4/1772 Father Matthias Keen File Number a First Name John Last Name Keen Married 9/20/1770 Member Number 93 Mother Mary Swift Grantor Records Notes Also listings for Jacob and Jonas Keen. Defendant/Sheriff's Sale Notes Listing for joseph. Reference Subscribed to 8 shares for erection of Hall. ----------------------- Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 435. Eldest son of Matthias and Mary (Swift) Keen, was born in Philadelphia and apprenticed to Robert Smith (q.v.). He became a member of The Company in 1772 and rapidly joined the inner circle of master builders; he served The Company as a committee member or officer from the time of his election as Warden in 1776 to 1785. In 1801 he became Vice President of The Company. Nothing is known of Keen's architectural work, but he was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan "The British Architect" (printed by R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture printed in America. According to the 19th century biographical sketch, Keen "sided with the Colonies in the War of the Revolution, and fought in Captain Richard Humphreys's Company, in General Cadwalader's Division of Pennsylvania Militia, at the battle of Princeton, where he was slightly wounded by a fence rail splintered by a cannon ball, while giving some information about the enemy to General Washington." ----------------------- See C.E. Peterson's book "Robert Smith", page 21, col 2, para 2: Keen was an apprentice to Robert Smith. --------------------- Prime Directory: Listed as house carpenter, 23 Duke St., Northern Liberties (1793); 38 Strawberry St. (1795); 26 Green St., Northern Liberties (1799) ---------------------- City Directory - 1805 - John, sen, carpenter, 26 Green John, jun., carpenter, 80 Green 1814 - John, carpenter, 26 Green ----------------------- Hannah Roach-APS: March 7, 1775 - his house on north side of Callowhill between Water st. and the river. March 5, 1775 - store of, north side of Callowhill near river. ------------------------ Trans. APS Vol. 43, Part I (1953), page 99 Listed among original (1770) subscribers to construction of Hall. ------------------------ City Records D.S.B. book # 335; filed June 15, 1811; acknowledged satisfaction - John Bacon for the late firm of John Keen & Co. John Keen & Co. vs. Mary Newman. Claim for $412 filed against a certain three story brick house situate on Beach Street opposite Main Street, Kensington. ---------------------- Managing Committee Minutes-1773-2-65 John Keen elected. WM-1779-2-132 Arrears & quarterages collected amounting to 2 pounds 12 shillings, which John Keen is directed to pay to the Master. Carpenters' Co. Minutes-1876-303 Communication from L.R. Fortescue for aid in behalf of Miss Susan Hand, a daughter of John Keen who died in 1832. --------------------- PA Gazette 8/2/1786 - #3454 Reporting theft from his house in Front St., above Pool's bridge, value 30 pounds. ------------------- Documentation from PA Magazine Vol. 4 of Names of his father and mother, early homes and details of his life. Revolutionary War XX Spouse Name Mildred Cooke Office Held Vice President, 1801 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Keen, John Description An account of the resource ohn Keen, eldest son of Matthias and Mary (Swift) Keen, was born in Philadelphia and apprenticed to Robert Smith. He became a member of The Carpenters' Company in 1772 and rapidly joined the inner circle of master builders; he served The Company as a committee member or officer from the time of his election as Warden in 1776 to 1785. In 1801 he became Vice-President of The Company. Nothing is known of Keen's architectural work, but he was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan, The British Architect (printed by R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America. According to a nineteenth-century biographical sketch published in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Gregory B. Keen, John Keen "sided with the Colonies in the War of the Revolution, and fought in Captain Richard Humphreys's Company, in General Cadwalader's Division of Pennsylvania Militia, at the battle of Princeton, where he was slightly wounded by a fence-rail splintered by a cannon ball, while giving some information about the enemy to General Washington." Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/25029">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1792 Date Elected 1/5/1772 First Name Joseph Last Name Evans Member Number 94* No Signature X Project no known listings Revolutionary War X Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Evans, Joseph Description An account of the resource Joseph Evans was a master builder from Dock Ward nominated to the Friendship Carpenters Company by Robert Evans and elected to membership in 1772. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/25856">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Birth Date 12/13/1739 Children William (R), James, Lydia, Elizabeth, Esther, Joseph, Sarah Deceased Date 2/7/1795 Descendant Mr. William Roger Govett George Govett Business Address 149 Mulberry (CD) (1810) Descendant Address Mr. William Roger Govett, 4013 Quail Run Court, Auburn, CA 95602 (Tel: 530-888-1589) George Govett, P.O. Box 127, Chester Springs, PA 19425 Date Elected 1/1/1772 File Number f First Name Joseph Last Name Govett Member Number 96* Grantor Records Notes Also listings for Robert A. Project Received two shares in Library Company for contributed services in construction. Reference Subscribed to 6 shares for erection of Hall. -------------------- Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 312. A master builder proposed for membership in The Company several times (1765, 1771, 1772) but was blocked from admission until 1772 because of his membership in the Journeymen Carpenters' Company. He was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's "The British Architect" (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America. When the Library Company erected its hall on Fifth St. (designed by William Thornton q.v.) in 1789-1790, Govett received two shares in the library for contributed services. ------------------- INHP Library - Sadler and Govett paid 2000 lbs. for carpentry work on Congress Hall, the largest single invoice listed for construction. Also - "a petition from Joseph Govett and Mathias Sadler to be employed as carpenters in building a city hall was read and ordered to lie on the table. Also - "Govett and Sadlers account amounting to 9.3.4 . . .was read and referred to committee on accounts. ------------------- In his member file, see pages copied from "Fort Mifflin of Philadelphia," telling of his work at the fort protecting Philadelphia. ------------------ E-mail from descendant (Chester Springs, PA) says Joseph Govett, Jr., was son of Joseph Govett who was son of William Govett of Wiveliscombe, Somerset County, England. ------------------- Will proved August 17, 1799; book page WBX:314 A witness on Sept. 17, 1794, to will of Matthias Sadler, a Company member. ------------------- City Directory - 1810 - Eleanor (sic.), widow, 149 Mulberry 1826 - widow Eleanor, gentlewoman, 52 Filbert ------------------ Trans. APS Vol. 43, Part I (1953), page 99 Listed among original subscribers (1770) to construction of Hall. ------------------- In his member folder copy of page from Minutes of Library Company on shares - 1789. Also, was an associate of George Plim, Jr., in 1773. and of Matthias Sadler starting in 1791. ------------------- "Fort Mifflin of Philadelphia" page 19 One of two men who submitted designs for "chevaux-de-frise" to be sunk into channel. No word on whether his design chosen. ------------------- Managing Committee Minutes-1771-2-32, 43 Joseph Govett proposed. Joseph Govett being this evening to be voted for as a member of this Company being informed that he was a member of the Journeyman's Company, James Pearson was desired to have some conversation with him first before he be ballotted for as a member. Managing Committee Minutes-1772-2-43 Joseph Govett elected. Carpenters' Co. Minutes-1795-11-4 Joseph Morris to call on widow of Joseph Govett for the Book of Prices. Carpenters' Co. Minutes-1824-229 Case of Elinor Govett. Carpenters' Co. Minutes-1825-234 Case of Elinor Govett. Revolutionary War XX Spouse Name Elinor Name Suffix , Jr. Office Held Warden, 1848-50 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Govett, Jr., Joseph Description An account of the resource Joseph Govett was a master builder proposed for membership in The Carpenters' Company several times (1765, 1771, 1772) but was blocked from admission until 1772 because of his membership in the Journeymen Carpenters' Company. He was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's The British Architect (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America. When the Library Company erected its hall on Fifth Street (designed by William Thornton) in 1789-1790, Govett received two shares in the library for contributed services. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/37649">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Birth Date 1/1/1752 Deceased Date 1/1/1794 Business Address 141 Spruce St. (1791, 93, 94) (Prime) Date Elected 1/1/1773 File Number a First Name John Last Name Lort Member Number 95* Project Worked on Carpenters' Hall (1773) Worked on Library Company hall (1790) Reference Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 489. A master builder elected to The Company in 1773, the same year as his brief partnership with Thomas Nevell (q.v.). The partners were paid 47 pounds 13 shillings 10 pence for work performed at Carpenters' Hall that was then under construction. Lort is known to have been one of several carpenters who worked on the Library Company hall in 1790. His inventory included drawing instruments and a "lot of Architect Books" valued at 2 pounds 12 shillings and 6 pence. ----------------- PA Gazette 9/30/1772 - #14639 Thomas Nevell has taken into partnership "for carrying on the carpenters' business" John Lort, Jr. PA Gazette 3/23/1774 - #17844 "Friday last were interred in Christ Church burying ground the remains of John Lort." (father of the member.) PA Gazette 5/25/1774 - #18240 John Lort, Jr., asks people to bring accounts to settle his father's estate. ----------------- Managing Committee Minutes-1781-2-162 The Company authorize the Committee of rents to do or cause such repairs to be done to the back houses in the tenure of John Lort and Ann Anderson as is necessary to preserve the houses from damage and to make them tenable. ------------------ Managing Committee Minutes-1772-2-60 John Lort proposed. Managing Committee Minutes-1773-2-65 John Lort elected. WM-1781-2-162 The Company authorize the committee of rents to do or cause such repairs to be done to the back houses in the tenure of John Lort and Ann Anderson as is necessary to preserve the houses from damage and to make them tenable. Carpenters' Co. Minutes-1795-11-5 Order for 3 pounds, 4 shillings for Mary Lort, widow of John, balance due her for work done to the Carpenters' building. Managing Committee Minutes-1809-15-167 The collector reports he has received of widow Lort $35, the principal of two notes. Revolutionary War X Spouse Name Mary Name Suffix , Jr. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lort, Jr., John Description An account of the resource John Lort was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1773, the same year as his partnership with Thomas Nevell. The partners were paid 47 pounds 13 shillings 10 pence for work performed at Carpenters' Hall that was then under construction. Lort is also known to have been one of several carpenters who worked on the Library Company building in 1790. His inventory included drawing instruments and a "Lot of Architect Books" valued at 2 pounds 12 shillings and 6 pence. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/96344">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Committee Membership Book Prices Committee, 1776,84-93,98-1800 Birth Date 1/1/1737 Children Justinian, John, Joseph, Jr., Joshua, Rebecca Deceased Date 7/12/1809 Business Address 170 Arch St. - 1801 (Roach) Date Elected 1/1/1773 File Number a First Name Joseph Last Name Ogilby Married 2/3/1775 Member Number 97* Grantor Records Notes Also listings for John and John, Jr. Project Received two shares in the Library Company for work he performed at Library Hall. Reference Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 583. A leading master builder elected to The Company in 1773. He became a Warden of The Company in 1775 but was replaced the next year when it was reported that he had left the city. Ogilby was an "encourager" to the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan "The British Architect" (1775), the first book of architecture published in America. Following the Revolution he returned to Philadelphia and resumed his active participation in Company affairs: Assistant in 1782, governing committee in 1784-93, 1798-1800. He received two shares in the Library Company for work performed at Library Hall and helped found two fire companies: Reliance (1786) and Weccacoe (1800). By 1790 Ogilby was a resident of Montgomery County, MD, where he died. ---------------- 1785 - Listed as Arch bet. 6th & 7th Sts. (1785) Prime Directory 1793 - 346 South Front - house carpenter, Joseph Ogilby (Hannah Roach) Data below must be a son; note last line of Tatman & Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects Bio Dictionary Phila Architects, above. 247 Mulberry St., house carpenter Joseph Ogilby (Hannah Roach) 1798 - 170 Arch St. - Joseph Ogilby, gentleman, & Jos. Ogilby shipwright, 344 S. Front St. (Hannah Roach) 1799 - 170 Arch St. - Joseph Ogilby, gentleman 1801 - 170 Arch St. - Joseph Ogilby, measurer of carpenters work (Hannah Roach) City Directory - 1805 - Joseph, measurer of carpenter's work, 138 Arch. ---------------- E-mail in file from descendant, Christine Swan --------------- PA Gazette 8/3/1767 - #7866 Sells two lots of ground on Arch St. between 7th and 8th Sts. Includes two partially finished brick houses 18 ft. wide by 20 ft. deep. Adjoins land of Joseph Rakestraw, a C.C. member. PA Gazette 7/9/1788 #5393 Lengthy, detailed description of Grand Federal Procession, celebrating ratification of U.S. Constitution. Includes description (item 24 in report) of "The New Roof, or Grand Federal Edifice" . . . "built in 4 days by Mr. W. Williams & Co." . . . "was followed by 450 architects and house carpenters carrying insignia of their trade.". . . "Preceded by Benjamin Loxley, Gunning Bedford, Thomas Nevill, Levi Budd, Joseph Ogilby, William Roberts." ---------------- PA Gazette 8/13/1794 - #10269 Persons indebted to Joseph Rakestraw, house carpenter, desired to make paymen t. Deceased July 1794. Executors Joseph Ogilby and Abraham Colladay. ---------------- In his folder (R) copy of page from Minutes of Library Company on shares - 1789. ---------------- Managing Committee Minutes-1776-2-115 Quarterly meeting. No business done except Abraham Jones is desired to inform George Wood, the present Warden thereof, and desire him to give notice in the next week that a new Warden is to be chosen in the room of Joseph Ogilby, who is gone to live in the country. Managing Committee Minutes-1806-15-20 The President is requested to draw an order on the Treasurer for $5 in favor of Joseph Ogilby it being for posting the Company's books, etc. Managing Committee Minutes-1822-18-100, 117 The committee on widow Ogilby's case reported: that they have called to see her and had relieved her to the amount of $10. Jonathan Roberts was authorized to purchase one cord of wood for the widow Ogilby. Managing Committee Minutes-1823-18-122, 145 $20 quarterly allowance of widow Ogilby. A letter was received from Joshua Ogilby requesting the committee to forward some money for the relief of his mother. On motion resolved: that the secretary of this committee write to Joshua Ogilby to know whether it is his wish that the Company should relieve his mother. In his member file: A lengthy, handwritten documentation of Joseph Ogilby, his family and descendants together with a copy of his will - a fascinating document. 5/2011Betsy Pilon betsypilon1@gmail.com 2487036914 2515 Birch Creek Ln West Bloomfield MI 48324 Joseph Ogilby is my 6th great-grandfather and we donated some artifacts to Carpenters Hall a few years ago. sent reply. Revolutionary War X Office Held Secretary, 1792,93 Vice President, 1782 Warden, 1775 Spouse Born 12/25/1737 Spouse Name Susannah Martin Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ogilby, Joseph Description An account of the resource Joseph Ogilby was a leading master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1773. He became a Warden of The Company in 1775 but was replaced the next year when it was reported that he had left the city. Ogilby was an "encourager" to the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan, The British Architect (1775), the first book of architecture published in America. Following the Revolution he returned to Philadelphia and resumed his active participation in Company affairs: Assistant in 1782, governing committee in 1784-93, 1798-1800. He received two shares in the Library Company for work performed at Library Hall and helped to found two fire companies: Reliance (1786) and Weccacoe (1800). By 1809 Ogilby was a resident of Montgomery County, Maryland, where he died. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/26491">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Committee Membership Book Prices Committee, 1787 Birth Date 1/1/1749 Deceased Date 1/1/1794 Date Elected 1/1/1773 File Number 1 First Name William Last Name Williams Member Number 98* Grantor Records Notes Numerous other listings. Project Float for Constitution procession, July 4, 1788 Work on President's House, 9th below Market Sts.; also extension of Congress Hall for Senate chamber Houses at 425 & 427 Spruce St. Reference Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects pages 854-855. Was one of the leading master builder/proto-architects in late 18th century Philadelphia. He first came to notice with a provocative advertisement in the "Pennsylvania Packet" for January 4, 1773. "William Williams, a native of this city, where he was regularly bred to the business of house carpenter, begs leave to inform his friends, and the public, that having lately returned from London, where he has for some time studied architecture in its various branches, he proposes carrying on the business of house carpentry in the most useful and ornamental manner, as is now executed in the City of London, and most parts of England; and humbly hopes, from his practice and experience, to give the highest satisfaction to such as shall be pleased to employ him in a new, bold, light and elegant taste, which has been lately introduced by the great architect of the Adelphi Buildings at Ducham Yard (Robert Adam); and which is universally practiced all over Britain. He also fits up shop-fronts in the nicest manner, from the plainest and most simple to the most elegant and tasty, according to original plans taken in London."Williams's advertisement is one of the earliest Philadelphia references to Adamesque neo-classicism, and he is also known to have owned English architectural books that were new in the 1770s, such as N. Wallis's "A Book of Ornaments in the Palmyrene Taste containing upwards of sixty new designs . . ." (London, 1771), that survives with his signature in the library of the Carpenters' Company. Williams was elected to membership in The Company on February 15, 1773, together with Robert Allison (q.v.) and Joseph Ogilby (q.v.); he signed the Articles on April 19, 1773. Two years later he was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's "The British Architect" (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America. During the Revolution he rose from Captain to Lt. Colonel between 1775 and 1780. On April 6, 1777, he married Ester Smith, daughter of the late master builder proto-architect Robert Smith (q.v.) at St. Michael's and Zion Church. In October he was taken prisoner by the British at the Battle of Germantown; several months later he escaped and rejoined the American forces. For the rest of his life he was referred to as "Colonel" Williams. Following the Revolution, Williams resumed his craft and served as Warden of The Company, 1785-1786. For the Grand Federal Procession of July 4, 1788, to celebrate ratification of the Constitution, Williams and his journeymen erected a float for The Company in the form of a dome resting on 13 columns in the Corinthian order, rich in the adopted symbolism of the new nation: "The frieze decorated with 13 stars; ten of the columns complete and three left unfinished (for those states that had not yet ratified the Constitution). On the pedestals of the columns were inscribed, in ornamental ciphers, the initials of the 13 American states. On the top of the dome a handsome cupola, surmounted by a figure of Plenty bearing cornucopias and other emblems of her character. Round the pedestal of the edifice were these words: 'In Union the fabric stands firm.'" Too little is yet known about the other work of this key figure who, together with Thomas Carstairs (q.v.) may be an important link to British neo-classicism in Philadelphia. Williams was one of the carpenters granted two shares in the Library Company of Philadelphia for his work on Library Hall (designed by William Thornton, q.v., 1789-1790), and two fine examples of Williams's domestic work survive on Spruce St. (modern numbers 425 & 427. The first of these he built in 1792 on speculation and sold to Anthony Butler for 1400 pounds. The second house (427) was erected at about the same time (c. 1790-1792) and sold to the French Consul General of the United States, Antoine de la Forest. Executed in the finest late 18th century Philadelphia style, this house was resold in 1795 for 8,000 Spanish milled silver dollars to Don Joseph de Jaudenes,Commissary General and Envoy from the King of Spain. Additional insight into Williams's place in Philadelphia architecture comes from 1793, when Stephen Hallet and James Hoban attacked William Thornton's design for the United States Capitol. President Washington, at his wits' end over the bickering between these three, sent Hallet and Hoban to Philadelphia to meet with Samuel Blodget (q.v.), Superintendent of Public Buildings, and Thornton. Since Blodget also thought Thornton's plan "impracticable," Thornton arrived at the meeting with Colonel Williams and Thomas Carstairs as his advisors. Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson presided over this extraordinary meeting that resulted in some changes in the Thornton plan. Williams, whom Jefferson called an "undertaker" -- that is, a builder/contractor -- produced several suggestions for how Thornton's design could be improved. But Jefferson was not convinced; he wrote to President Washington, Williams's "method of spanning the intercolonnations with secret arches of brick, and supporting the floors by interlocked framing appeared to be totally inadequate; that of unmasking the windows by lowering the Galleries was only substituting one deformity for another, and a conjectural expression of how head-room might be gained in the stair-ways showed he had not studied them." The meeting temporarily saved the Thornton design, but it must have taught Williams the lesson that Benjamin H. Latrobe (q.v.) would soon learn -- amateur architect Jefferson could be outspoken and pigheaded on matters of taste and architecture. Other references to Williams's professional activity include sizeable payments for work done "at the President's House by Wm. Williams" (1792-1797) made to his estate by Richard Wells, supervisor of construction, in 1796. While John Smith (q.v.), Joseph Rakestraw (q.v.) and Robert Allison (q.v.) also worked at this seminal structure located on the west side of Ninth St. south of Market (demolished c. 1829), the design is usually attributed to Williams. In partnership with Joseph Rakestraw, Williams worked on the southward extension of Congress Hall that created the Senate chamber, 1793-1794. Rakestraw and Williams appear to have been on a retainer and were regularly paid 75 pounds each during the period they were engaged on the building; they were paid in full on May 19, 1794. Shortly thereafter, both men died, probably from yellow fever. Following William Williams's death, the Columbianum or American Academy of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, etc., opened an exhibition that included several architectural drawings by Robert Smith (q.v.), John Sproul (q.v.), Abraham Colladay (q.v.), and Williams. So far as is known this was the first exhibition of architectural drawings ever held in the United States. ----------------- See C.E. Peterson's book "Robert Smith", page 23, col 2, para 4: tells about Williams training in London, an advertisement for his business and his death in 1794, possibly from yellow fever. ---------------- "Robert Smith" by Charles E. Peterson, page 156, column 2, last para: William Williams was Smith's brother-in-law. --------------- PA Gazette 7/9/1788 #5393 Lengthy, detailed description of Grand Federal Procession, celebrating ratification of U.S. Constitution. Includes description (item 24 in report) of "The New Roof, or Grand Federal Edifice" . . . "built in 4 days by Mr. W. Williams & Co." . . . "was followed by 450 architects and house carpenters carrying insignia of their trade.". . . "Preceded by Benjamin Loxley, Gunning Bedford, Thomas Nevill, Levi Budd, Joseph Ogilby, William Roberts." Minutes - Fall Quarterly Meeting, 1997 (Peterson's report) Tells of inventory of his estate, describing contents and their importance. Also listing of "bonds from German Catholic Church" (Holy Trinity Church at 6th & Spruce Sts). ------------------ "Philadelphia Preserved" Page 35 - Built house at 427 Spruce St. in 1791 (Williams-Mathurin house). This is location of the first French consulate in the United States. Dedication of plaque with Charles Peterson noted in January 2002 issue of "Quarterly." ------------------ Transactions APS Vol. 43, Part I (1953), page 106 Williams cited (89) as hauling red cedar logs used in columns of the first floor of the Hall. --------------- In his member folder copy of page from Minutes of Library Company on shares - 1789. --------------- Managing Committee Minutes- June 12, 1991-page 173 Historian emerirtus reports on life and works of Williams, drawn from a number of sources. Williams married Robert Smith's daughter Esther just a few weeks after her father died. (Copy of Peterson's report in Williams's file.) Revolutionary War XX Spouse Name Hester Smith, daughter of Robert Smith Where Born Philadelphia, PA Office Held Warden, 1785 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Williams, William Description An account of the resource William Williams was one of the leading master builder/proto-architects in late eighteenth-century Philadelphia. He first comes to notice with a provocative advertisement in the Pennsylvania Packet for January 4, 1773: William Williams, a native of this city, where he was regularly bred to the business of HOUSE CARPENTRY, begs leave to inform his friends, and the public that having lately returned from London, where he has for some time studied ARCHITECTURE in its various branches, he proposes carrying on the business of House Carpentry in the most useful and ornamental manner, as is now executed in the city of London, and most parts of England; and humbly hopes, from his practice and experience, to give the highest satisfaction to such as shall be pleased to employ him, in a new, bold, light and elegant taste, which has been lately introduced by the great architect of the Adelphi Buildings at Durham Yard [Robert Adam]; and which is now universally practiced all over Britain. He also fits up shop-fronts in the nicest manner, from the plainest and most simple to the most elegant and tasty, according to original plans taken in London. Williams's advertisement is one of the earliest Philadelphia references to Adamesque neo-classicism, and he also is know to have owned several English architectural books that were new in the 1770s, such as N. Wallis's A Book of Ornaments in the Palmyrene Taste containing upwards of sixty new designs...(London, 1771), that survive with his signature in the library of The Carpenters' Company. Williams was elected to membership in The Company on February 15, 1773, together with Robert Allison and Joseph Ogilby; he signed the Articles on April 19, 1773. Two years later he was an Encourager of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's The British Architect (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book of architecture published in America. During the revolution, he rose from Captain to Lt.-Colonel between 1775 and 1780. On April 6, 177, he married Ester Smith, daughter of the late master builder/proto-architect Robert Smith, at St. Michael's and Zion Church; in October he was taken prisoner by the British at the Battle of Germantown, and several months later he escaped and rejoined the American forces. For the rest of his life he was referred to as Colonel Williams. Following the Revolution, Williams resumed his craft and served as Warden of the Carpenters Company, 1785-1786. For the Grand Federal Procession of July 4, 1788, to celebrate the ratification of the Constitution, Williams and his journeymen erected a float for the Company in the form of a dome resting on thirteen columns in the Corinthian order, rich in the adopted symbolism of the new nation: "The frieze decorated with thirteen stars; ten of the columns complete, and three left unfinished [for those states that had not yet ratified the Constitution]. On the pedestals of the columns were inscribed, in ornamented ciphers, the initials of the thirteen American states. ON the top of the dome a handsome cupola, surmounted by a figure of Plenty bearing cornucopias and other emblems of her character. Round the pedestal of the edifice were these words: 'In Union the fabric stands firm.'" Too little is yet known about the other work of this key figure, who, together with Thomas Carstairs, may be an important link to British neo-classicism in Philadelphia. Williams was one of the carpenters granted two shares in the Library Company of Philadelphia for his work on Library Hall (designed by William Thornton, 1789-1790), and two fine examples of Williams's domestic work survived on Spruce Street (modern numbers 435 & 427). The first of these he built in 1792 on speculation and sold to Anthony Butler for 1400 pounds. The second house (427) was erected at about the same time (c. 1790-1792) and sold to the French Consul General to the United States, Antonine de la Forest. Executed in the finest late eighteenth-century Philadelphia style, this house was resold in 1795 for 8,000 Spanish milled silver dollars to Don Joseph de Jaudenes, Commissary General and Envoy from the King of Spain. Additional insight to Williams's place in Philadelphia architecture comes from 1793 when Stephen Hallet and James Hoban attacked William Thornton's design for the United States Capitol. President Washington, at his wits end over the bickering between these three sent Hallet and Hoban to Philadelphia to meet with Samuel Blodget, Superintendent of Public Buildings, and Thornton. Since Blodget also thought Thornton's plan was "impracticable," Thornton arrived at the meeting with Colonel Williams and Thomas Carstairs as his advisors. Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, presided over this extraordinary meeting that resulted in some changes in the Thornton plan. Williams, whom Jefferson called an "undertaker," -- that is, a builder/contractor -- produced several suggestions for how Thornton's design could be improved. But Jefferson was not convinced; he wrote to President Washington, Williams's "method of spanning the intercolonnations with secret arches of brick, and supporting the floors by an interlocked framing appeared to me totally inadequate; that of unmasking the windows by lowering the galleries was only substituting one deformity for another, and a conjectural expression how head-room might be gained in the Stair-ways shewed he had not studied them." The meeting temporarily saved the Thornton design, but it must have taught Williams the lesson that Benjamin H. Latrobe would soon learn -- amateur architect Jefferson could be outspoken and pigheaded on matters of taste and architecture. Other references to Williams's professional activity include sizeable payments for work done "at the President's House by Wm Williams" (1792-1797) made to his estate by Richard Wells, supervisor of construction, in 1796. While John Smith, Joseph Rakestraw, and Robert Allison also worked on this seminal structure located on the west side of Ninth Street, south of Market (demolished c. 1829), the design is usually attributed to Williams. In partnership with Joseph Rakestraw, Williams worked on the southward extension of Congress Hall that created the Senate Chamber, 1793-1794. Rakestraw and Williams appear to have been on a retainer and were regularly paid 75 pounds each during the period they were engaged at the building; they were paid in full on May 19, 1794. Shortly thereafter both men died, probably from yellow fever. Following William Williams's death, the Columbianum or American Academy of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, &c opened an exhibition that included several architectural drawings by Robert Smith, John Sproul, Abraham Colladay, and Williams. So far as is known, this was the first exhibition of architectural drawings ever held in the United States. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/21574">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Committee Membership Book Prices Committee, 1783-87,95 Children William Deceased Date 1/1/1811 Business Address 2nd st. - 1772 (Roach) Date Elected 1/1/1773 File Number a First Name Robert Last Name Allison Member Number 99 Project Washington College, Chestertown, MD. With David Evans, removed State House bells to Allentown before British occupation of Philadelphia. Also Christ Church. One of four master carpenters who built President's house, 1795. Reference Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 9. A master builder who first appeared as a resident of Southwark at the time of the 1769 tax, was proposed for membership in The Carpenters' Company and elected on February 15, 1773, the same meeting that Joseph Ogleby (q.v.) and William Williams (q.v.) were taken into the Company. He is listed as an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's "The British Architect," 1775, subscribing for two copies. His known apprentices include John Strickland (apprenticed April 6, 1772), Robert Hall (January 12, 1773), Robert Leach and Francis Kain (August 12, 1773.) With the coming of the Revolution, Allison performed several services for the Pennsylvania government. In 1776 the Committee of Safety directed him to erect a fort on Liberty Island in the Delaware river. The following year, Allison, together with David Evans (q.v.) removed the State House bells, Including the Liberty Bell, and transported them to Allentown "at the approach of the enemy." Following the British evacuation of Philadelphia, Allison and his men disassembled the British fortifications for salvagable building materials, and he was paid to provide "suitable materials for repairing the Court room in the State House and draw a plan for the necessary repairs." The only major structure known to have been erected by him is the original Washington College building in Chestertown, MD, c. 1783, a commission he appears to have shared with Joseph Rakestraw (q.v.). Finally in 1790, Allison petitioned the Philadelphia City Council "to be employed as a Carpenter when a City-Hall shall be built." ------------------------- See C.E. Peterson's book, "Robert Smith", page 18, col 2, last para: Smith and John Thornhill measured and valued Thomas Nevell's work at Mt. Pleasant. Thomas Nevell, in turn, had measured Gunning Bedford's Port Royal, among those with whom Smith was most deeply intertwined was Samuel Rhoads. Like Smith, Rhoads sometimes acted as a designer and a contractor although he became wealthy as a developer. Rhoads, along with Joseph Fox, was a manager and designer for the Pennsylvania Hospital, a project for which Smith was a consultant. Rhoads served in the same capacity for the Almshouse. He handled the finances when Smith built Benjamin Franklins house, where another Company member, Robert Allison, executed the interior woodwork. ------------------------------- In Building Records database are two requests from Allison for financial assistance. Both dated 1805. Original documents, on handmade paper, are at APS, box 31. ----------------------------- In his member file, see pages copied from "Fort Mifflin of Philadelphia," telling of his work at the fort protecting Philadelphia. ------------------------------ Rhoads and Smith served together on a committee of the APS, overseeing a platform to observe the Transit of Venus in 1769. ----------------------------- INHP Library - "A petition from Robert Allison praying to be employed as a carpenter when a city hall shall be built was read and ordered to lie on the table." NHP Library - Samuel Rhoads handled the finances for construction of Franklin's house. Robert Smith was the builder; Robert Allison executed the interior woodwork. ---------------------------- Baptismal record of Third Presbyterian Church (at Presbyterian Historical Society) show William born May 7, 1781 and baptised July 16, 1781. ---------------------------- "The Building of Christ Church," on page 140, tells of order from Charles Thomson, secretary of the Continental Congress to Colonel Flower, commissary of military stores, for employment of Allison and others to remove bells from public buildings and store them in Bethlehem (sic.) (in file of John Harrison.) ------------------------- Ancestry.com August 12, 1773, Francis Kain taken as apprentice for 13 years, one month and 26 days. "Apprentice, taught the trade of a house carpenter, read in Bible, write a legible hand and cypher as far as rule of 3." ------------------------- Prime Directory: Listed as carpenter, Oct. 16, 1788, in the Pennsylvania Packet (Ph.)-1800. ------------------------- City Directory - 1810 - Robert, coachpainter, 18 S. 6th. (Is this a son?) ------------------------- See E-mail under Daniel Leech: Duncan was a close friend to Robert Allison to whom he apprenticed his son Robert in 1773. They were also associated with the Loxley and McClure families. ------------------------- "Fort Mifflin of Philadelphia" page 26 Group of carpenters headed by Allison working in early 1777 to strengthen Fort Island, also known as Fort Mifflin. ------------------------- Jrl. of Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. XII; 2:27, May 1953 One of four master carpenters -- Col. William Williams, Joseph Rakestraw, John Smith and Robert Allison -- listed as building President's house (1795); located 9th St. below Market, west side. Not occupied by either Washington or Adams, who lived in former Robert Morris mansion on Market just east of 5th St. Purchased for the first building fo University of Pennsylvania. --------------------------- See "References" under Joseph Rakestraw for role in construction of building at Washington College, in Maryland -------------------------- Hannah Roach paper, page 12aa Paragraph tells about his role in making repairs to State House in 1778, following British occupation of the State House -- and Philadelphia. ------------------------- Donna Rilling speech to Capenters' Company April 1990 Quite detailed information on his financial ups and downs as a house carpenter. ------------------------ PA Gazette 10/16/1766 - #1737 Robert and Margaret Allison settled estate of Thomas Thompson by selling house and ground on east side of Fifth St. PA Gazette 2/21/1776 - #21721 Robert Allison elected to serve a six month term, representing Southwark, for the Committee for City and Liberties. PA Packet 7/25/1778 - # 25078 Robert Allison was one of many Philadelphians who signed a statement July 17,1778, encouraging residents to testify against "enemies of America" during recent British occupation of the city. PA Gazette 8/4/1779 - #27418 Allison re-elected for Committee for City and Liberties. Article cites greatest number of voters ever known and nominees carried by largest majority. He a representative of Southwark. PA Gazette 8/19/1779 - # 27456 Allison, representing Southwark, is one of committee of citizens formed to receive subscriptions to help stabilize the depreciating currency. In effect, they asked others to join them in pre-paying the equivalent of three years' taxes to provide backing for the U.S. currency. PA Gazette 5/2/1787 - #4261 Robert Allison and Robert Smith listed as owning land in Uwchland Township, Chester County.. PA Gazette 12/17/1788 - #5824 Sheriff's sale of property Allison and his wife (Rachel) sold for ground rent. Location: north side of Catherine St. between 2nd and 3rd Sts, in Southwark. PA Gazette 10/17/1792 - #8956 Sold at bankruptcy sale at Merchants' Coffee House in 2nd St.: 8 properties and houses of Allison: 4 properties on Water St., 2 on Wicacoe Lane; a house on Shippen St. near 3rd; 5 acres in Bristol, Bucks Clunty. ---------------------- Managing Committee Minutes-1773-2-68-1773 Robert Allison proposed. Managing Committee Minutes-1807-15-72 The President is requested to draw an order on the Treasurer in favor of Robert Allison for $10 to pay him for two architect books. Managing Committee Minutes-1806-15-14, 15 Letter receive from Robert Allison requesting the loan of some money. Drawing order for eight dollars for present relief of Robert Allison. The present meeting being convened for the purpose of taking into consideration the situation of our member Robert Allison, who is represented to be in prison for debt; therefore resolved: that George Summers, Daniel Knight and Jacob Lybrand be appointed to call and see him, and give such advice as may occur respecting his situation and see that he is comfortably accommodated and report at our next meeting. Managing Committee Minutes-1806-15-18 Committee appointed to call on Robert Allison who is in prison for debt. Managing Committee Minutes-1806-15-48 Application be made on behalf of Robert Allison for some aid. Jacob Lybrand and Jonathan Roberts are a committee to call on his and acquaint him that the Company will not consent to assist him until he changes his mode of living. Managing Committee Minutes-1807-15-77, 93, 102,138 Letter from Robert Allison requesting some relief and the President is requested to draw an order on the treasurer in favor of Robert Allison for five dollars present relief. The President is requested to draw an order on the Treasurer in favor of Robert Allison for 15 dollars present relief. Managing Committee Minutes-1809-15-147,151, 156, 160, 166, 168, 171, 173, 197, 198, 199, 205, David Flickwir is requested to furnish Robert Allison with a half cord of wood and overcoat, shoes and stocking and five dollars. Five dollars for relief of Robert Allison and $2.50 be allowed for the weekly relief of Robert Allison. (Seven listings of $5 or $7.50 for Allison's relief.) David Flikckwir is requested to furnish Robert Allison with coating surtout and one cord of wood. Managing Committee Minutes-1810-15-205, 209, 210, 263 David Flickwir reports that he has furnished Robert Allison with 2 1/2 cords of wood and a hat amounting to $11.65. (Two listings of $5 for Allison's relief.) Managing Committee Minutes-1811-15-267 through 300, 301 Total of 14 payments, ranging from $3 to $9, for relief of Robert Allison. Order on David Flickwir for 25 dollars & one cent for a coat and one cord of wood for Robert Allison. Managing Committee Minutes-1811-15-303 Funeral expense of Robert Allison. Managing Committee Minutes-1812-15-305 $14 part of funeral expenses of Robert Allison. Revolutionary War XX Spouse Name Rachel Office Held Vice President, 1781 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Allison, Robert Description An account of the resource Robert Allison, a talented carpenter and master builder, proved to be one of the Carpenters’ Company’s most colorful members. Carpenter, master builder, land speculator and developer, he was a strong supporter of the American cause. Well-known buildings with which he was associated include Benjamin Franklin’s house in Franklin Court, the State House, Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland and the House Intended for the President of the United States. Presumably of Scottish descent, his first known job in Philadelphia was assisting <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/100731">Robert Smith</a> with Benjamin Franklin’s home off of Market Street in 1764 for which he was paid £120. On December 2, 1766, he married Rachel Gunning at the Market Square Presbyterian Church in Germantown. The following March 29, 1767, their daughter, Margaret, was baptized at the First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. A year later, a second daughter, Jane, was also baptized at the First Presbyterian Church on April 13, 1768. Allison began his land acquisitions in 1767 purchasing two lots of ground on George Street in Southwark from <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/26272">Samuel Rhoads</a> and his wife. Allison is listed as a resident of Southwark, a carpenter with one servant, on the 1769 tax list. He began his long career of community service by accepting an appointment to a committee to work out suitable financial arrangements for Captain Condy who was overseeing the building of the new Presbyterian Church at Fourth and Pine Streets. Allison was building on his own as well. In 1771 <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/92951">Gunning Bedford</a>, surveyor for The Philadelphia Contributionship for the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire inspected Allison’s home on the west side of “Georges Street between Cedar and Plum Streets in the district of Southwark where he dwells.” This two-story structure, twenty feet front, thirty feet deep, included chimney breasts, double cornices, entry wainscoting and a Doric frontispiece, was not yet finished and ultimately not insured by Allison for a few more years. The 1770s were busy ones for Allison and his family. A new daughter, Rachel, was baptized at the First Presbyterian Church in 1772 and the household was swelled by the addition of apprentices: <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/90636">John Strickland</a> in 1772, and <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/90640">Robert Hall</a>, <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/90643">Robert Leech</a> and <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/90644">Francis Kain</a> in 1773. All were to be taught the trade of a house carpenter. Robert Leech was to have time to go to evening school one quarter each winter and Francis Kain was to be able to be taught to read the Bible, “write a legible hand and cypher as far as rule of 3.” In addition to teaching his craft, Allison was to provide food, lodgings and laundry. Allison had been elected to the Carpenters’ Company of Philadelphia in 1773 along with <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/90642">Joseph Ogleby</a> and <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/21574">William Williams</a>. Records show that he worked on the Jacob Graff house during this period, and presumably also built on his own property, including 2 tenements on the southwest corner of Shippen and George Street, (surveyed by Bedford in 1774). Smaller than Allison’s own home, Bedford noted in his survey that the carpenters’ work was done in a plain way except the hanging of the doors. Allison also applied for a loan of £200 from the Contributionship in 1774 offering as collateral two houses on Penn Street near Cedar. He received the money in February 1775 on the proviso that he insure the houses. Within the year he applied for an additional £150 on the properties which the Board agrees to pay out of the first money that can be spared. On January 17, 1775 Allison was elected a member of the committee of the Carpenters’ Company for the upcoming year along with Robert Smith, <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/24170">Thomas Shoemaker</a>, <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/23899">James Bringhurst</a>, <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/26890">Benjamin Loxley</a>, <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/23017">William Colladay</a>, <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/118111">James Pearson</a>, <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/97609">Joseph Rakestraw</a>, <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/97277">William Lownes</a>, Gunning Bedford, <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/95133">Thomas Nevel</a>, Joseph Ogelby, <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/23421">James Worrel</a>, and <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/93526">Joseph Fox</a>, Esq. He continued his land dealings, purchasing property from Samuel Powel and his wife on Penn Street in late 1774, then selling a section of that land to James Hunter. October 1, 1775 he sold a frame tenement and lot to Francis Gurney. He also purchased two copies of the first architectural book published in the colonies by Robert Bell, Abraham Swan’s The British Architect with engravings by John Norman (published in England in 1745). 1776 was a momentous year for the colonies, certainly Philadelphia and also for Robert Allison. In January of 1776, he was elected to the Carpenters’ Company’s Standing Committee for Settling Prices along with most of his colleagues from the Committee the prior year. He also began to cultivate political connections. He was elected to the Committee for the City and Liberties of Philadelphia for the District of Southwark for a six-month period. He began the year with a measuring job, shelving at Captain David Sproats’ store with Edward Bonsall, but was soon engaged with the construction of a fort on Liberty Island with James Worrell. Other work took place on Province Island, Mid Island and Fort Mifflin. A son, George, was born on February 26, 1776, and baptized on March 2, 1776 at the Third Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. It is likely that an earlier son, Robert, was born in 1775 although no birth or baptismal records can be found. (A Robert Allison is recorded as buried at Third Presbyterian in 1822, and we know Allison did have a namesake who handled some details of his father’s funeral in 1811.) His defense work continued through 1777. Additionally that year he, together with <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/90639">David Evans</a>, removed the State House bells to Allentown for safekeeping. His work for the cause of the Patriots took on a new dimension as he began his service in the militia. Pennsylvania law required all males capable of bearing arms, between the ages of 18 and 53, to serve in the militia for two months of active duty. Philadelphia had eight battalions; it appears that divisions generally fell along neighborhood lines. The men in these divisions elected their officers who were then commissioned by the State and subject to a three-year tour of duty. Allison was elected a lieutenant colonel in 1777 and served until 1780. Seemingly, he was responsible for much of the organization work; he was allotted $100 by the Council of Safety for recruiting expenses at the critical point when General Howe was threatening to invade Philadelphia and was also paid for the procurement of muskets just prior to the Battle of Brandywine. Allison’s sixth battalion was called to active duty at Swedes Ford. However, once the battalion’s two-month tour of active duty ended, a new battalion replaced them. Substitutes could be found or fines paid if one needed to avoid duty. This clearly enabled the colonists to continue as much as possible with everyday life. Allison’s carpentry work continued through 1778 with the commission to remove the plank, scantling etc. left by enemy troops and remove them to safety. He was also asked to draw plans for repairs to the courtroom in the State House and provide needed materials. In September he was to deliver to Colonel Bull the materials he retrieved from enemy redoubts to complete structures at Billingsport and Mud Island. He was also paid for repairs on the old workhouse, the Schuylkill bridge, and sundry small jobs. One of the most interesting was the removal of lead spouts from houses upon order of the Council of Safety with <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/25871">Evan Evans</a> and James Worrell, to be delivered to J. Watkins, presumably the lead was to be used for ammunition. Allison, Evans and Worrell petitioned Congress in 1779 to appoint someone to value the lead and repay those citizens who were affected. Allison maintained a strong political presence; the issues of currency devaluation were of paramount interest to him. He served as the committee representative from Southwark to stop the issuance of paper money and to raise money by subscriptions raised by canvassing the neighborhood, although apparently nothing came of this. It may, however, have led to the petition submitted to Congress by hundreds of citizens, requesting that its members determine the extent and quantity of paper money to be issued and when it shall stop. They further suggest raising revenue by subscription. This was read on September 13, 1779. In May of that same year Allison and others sent another petition to Congress regarding the decay of credit and depreciation of money. His concerns reached beyond the financial, however. In a city where political sympathies were divided, tensions could run high. Allison signed a petition pledging support for those loyal to the American cause who were being dissuaded by Loyalists from testifying against them during the time of the British occupation. He was elected again as a member of the Committee for the City and Liberties in the late summer of 1779. He also took the time to aid individual colleagues, signing a petition with others including David Rittenhouse and Robert Smith in support of William Brown’s efforts to become the auctioneer of the city in 1779. In 1778 he signed a petition endorsing John Norman’s efforts to raise funds to finish the publication of a treatise on artillery. Even earlier in 1777 he was one of 19 Master Carpenters who signed a petition to the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania supporting George Ingels for the office of measurer for the city. In 1780 Allison received £720 from David Rittenhouse, payable to Messrs. Allison and Smith, for planks used in refitting the public stables for the use of members of the Assembly etc. It is likely that this was the stable at Sixth and Chestnut Streets, advertised for sale in 1778 with stalls for 22 horses, and room for hay. The stable was used by the local militia during the war and was offered at public auction in 1782, listed as lately occupied by the Militia Lighthorse. Allison served on the Sheriff’s Committee in 1780 to divide the estate of his colleague, Robert Smith, who had died in 1777. Given the timing of this project it was probably Robert Smith’s son John, who worked with Robert Allison on this project. The 1782 and 1783 supply tax lists show entries for “Smith & Allison, “ but it is unclear whether this is related to his work with Robert Smith’s estate or a partnership with the son. In 1781 Allison was chosen assistant Master of the Carpenters’ Company working with Master Samuel Rhoads. Allison is credited with building Washington College’s first building in Chestertown, Maryland in 1783, a work he undertook with Joseph Rakestraw. By 1784 he returned to Philadelphia and together with Gunning Bedford, measured the carpenters’ work on the Free Quakers’ Meeting House. In 1785 he was paid for measuring and painting , carpenters’ work for T. Worrell in settlement of Eden Haydock’s estate, who died in 1776. Allison continued to reside at 35 East George Street. He remained active in the Carpenters’ Company proposing Ebenezer Ferguson and Francis McAllison as new members in 1785. By the late 1780s the depression which engulfed the city took its toll on Robert Allison and he entered into bankruptcy on October 9, 1788. The following day, Ebenezer Ferguson entered his claim for £200. Notices appeared in the Pennsylvania Packet soon after and on October 16, 1788, Robert Allison, “house carpenter, dealer and chapman” was to surrender himself to commissioners for the bankruptcy commission as well as on November 18 and November 26 at which time his creditors were to come prepared to prove their debts.” (A chapman is defined as one who buys and sells, a peddler, a hawker or in 1793, a “cheapener.” That same year his property on Catherine Street was sold at Sheriff’s sale. In 1789, ten Southwark lots (some developed) belonging to Robert Allison along George Street and Shippen Street were sold at Sheriff’s sale. Additional lots on Water Street, Swanson Street and Love Lane were also sold. ` Allison rebounded from this major blow, and in 1790 petitioned City Council “to be employed as a Carpenter when a City-Hall shall be built.” He continued to reside on George Street, according to the 1790 census. Residing with him were 9 free white males under 16, presumably some apprentices, and 5 white free females. Along with other master builders he endorsed the work of Zane Chapman & Company makers of composition ornaments. By 1792 Allison was purchasing property again with James Corkrin from John Dickinson Sargeant. He also finally paid off his bond and interest to The Philadelphia Contributionship. Throughout the next few years Allison bought and sold different pieces of the property from South to Gaskill Streets between Third and Fourth Streets. He moved his family to the property on South Street by 1793. After the death of William Williams in 1794, Allison and <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/97314">John Smith</a> were employed as master carpenters on the house intended for the President of the United States. Allison devoted more time to Carpenters’ Company affairs in these years, and was chosen as a member of the Committee of the Carpenters’ Company in 1795. In 1796 Allison repurchased the adjoining South Street properties held by James Corkrin and then sold sections of the property to John Smith, John Batten, Barney McCarrell, and Joseph Knox. He continued to live at 117 South Street, the 1798 direct tax values the property at $1237.50. John Smith sold the South Street property back to Allison in 1801 who in turn sold it as part of a larger lot including two houses, to Joseph Sims for $5,000. It is likely that this was the Smith house as well as Allison’s own home. In the midst of this transaction, his wife, Rachel Allison, died, on March 5, 1801. Her death was recorded in both the deed and in the newspaper, a simple line: “Mrs. Allison, wife of Col. Robert Allison.” The money disappeared quickly and in 1802 Allison applied to the Carpenters’ Company for both a loan as well as relief money. He continued his commitment to the company, this time serving as one of a committee of 15 to revise the price guide. In March of 1804 he offered to sell the Carpenters’ Company his copy of Gibbs Designs, which it purchased for $8. Still funds were hard to come by as he explains in a letter to the Committee in February of 1805. With pain I am under the Disagreeable necessity to beg your favours for some small trifle to help me a little along. You know the severity of the winter having hardly anything to do and I could not get any money from those that owned moneys. It’s made me live very miserable. If it is as much as [the] purchase of a half Cord of wood as I am afraid wood will be higher. Do Oblige if you can. In 1806 Allison’s financial affairs hit bottom. An undated letter to the Carpenters’ Company reveals a myriad of financial concerns, of debts owed to him and by him, and legal issues and court sittings, and it is likely from this same trying period. A note towards the end of his letter hints at tension between Allison and the Company: I have been troublesome I must own but God knows far against my will. I am a member of this Company – you will therefore Judge of my ___situation at present. While Allison blames his financial difficulties on lack of work, and debts owed, the Carpenters’ Company records show another side of the issue. In 1806 Allison was imprisoned for debt, and a special meeting of the Carpenters’ Company Managing Committee had been called “for the purpose of taking into consideration the condition of our member, Robert Allison, who is represented to be in prison for debt.” <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/115990">George Summers</a>, <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/26865">Daniel Knight</a> and <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/26873">Jacob Lybrand</a> were appointed a committee to check on the situation and be certain he was “comfortably accomodated.” Five days later the committee reported that they had done this. Seven months later, the committee’s minutes note that application was made on behalf of Robert Allison for aid. Jacob Lybrand and Jonathan Roberts were directed “to call on him and acquaint him that the committee will not consent to assist him until he changes his mode of living.” Within six months, on July 1, 1807, the committee authorized the payment of five dollars to Allison for relief. According to the Philadelphia City Directory Allison lived on Lombard Street at his point, listed as “measurer of carpenters’ work.” It is uncertain how plentiful work was but Allison began to rely more heavily on relief funds from the Carpenters’ Company. He received another $5 in 1807 and a total of $20 in 1808. These amounts began to increase in 1809 and the Company began to provide goods as well as money. In 1809 the committee instructed David Flicknir to provide Allison with a half of cord of wood, overcoat, shoes, stockings and $5. Other payments followed n 1809 and by 1810 he was receiving stipends every other week, sometimes $5 and sometimes $3, perhaps to keep him from squandering larger sums. Allison died on December 20, 1811. Poulson’s American Daily Advertiser of December 23, 1811 carried the following notice: Died – on Friday morning in the 73rd year of his age, after a short but painful illness, which he bore with Christian fortitude and resignation, Mr. Robert Allison, a respectable inhabitant of this City. The Carpenters’ Company paid for many of the funeral expenses. The Committee reimbursed William Powell for $16 for funeral expenses for Robert Allison on December 20, 1811, and paid David Flickner $14 for part of Allison’s funeral expenses. They also paid Henry Connelly $10 for his plain walnut coffin. A final entry in the minutes from January 8, 1812 reads: Robert Allison handed to the Committee several bills of the Funeral Expenses of his father. Jacob Lybrand was directed to pay two dollars the amount of two bills and inform him that the committee would not pay the other bills. Allison clearly was a skilled master builder, a trusted Patriot and a willing supporter of colleagues and friends. He appears in his prime years to have been respected by colleagues and it is thought he may have been a worthy successor of Robert Smith, although at this time few major building connections have been found. He was extremely proud of his militia rank of Colonel and used it frequently. He and his wife left behind a sizeable family, although unfortunately little is known of their lives. Allison counted among his contemporaries some of the city’s leading and wealthier citizens. Unfortunately he seems to have lived beyond his means for much of his life and his financial misfortunes ultimately overshadowed his earlier contributions. Written by Carol Smith, for the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/24088">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Committee Membership Book Prices Committee, 1784-8,90,94-9,1801-5,12-17 Birth Date 10/19/1743 Children Andrew, George, Frederick Deceased Date 12/24/1817 Descendant Mrs. Anne Kessler (see Chas. Kessler, Jr., file) Business Address 35 Callowhill St. (1800) (Prime) Descendant Address Mrs. Anne Kessler (see Chas. Kessler, Jr., file) Date Elected 1/1/1774 File Number a First Name George Last Name Forepaugh Married 6/24/1768, Phila. Member Number 101* Project Believed to have been master carpenter for the Senate gallery of Congress Hall, 1795. Reference Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 277. A master builder elected to The Company in 1774 and served as Warden from 1780. He is believed to have been the master carpenter for the Senate gallery of Congress Hall, 1795. ------------------ See correspondence in member file from descendant ----------------- See extensive bio material from Lt. Col Coulter; in member file ----------------- Managing Committee Minutes-1774-2-81 George Forepaugh elected. ------------------ Prime Directory: Listed as house carpenter, Callowhill bet. Front & 2nd St. (1785-99); 35 Callowhill St. (1800). ----------------- City Directory - 1805 - George, carpenter, 256 N. 2nd 1810 - George, carpenter, 207 Callowhill 1824 - Margaret, 30 North Alley (check address with above; possibly his widow) ----------------- Hannah Roach-APS: Will book 6/544 - 29 Sept. 30 Dec 1817. eldest son Andrew and son George. to Mary Hood sister of son-in-law John Hood. To granddaughter Margaret Rain; residue to daughter Margaret wp (?) John Ruddach. ------------------- Rilling speech to Carpenters' 4/ 1990 on ground rent system Chapter 3 of Donna Rilling's dissertation of 1992, in which she describes building a house and names members to illustrate her points. ------------------ Letter in Charles Kessler, Jr., member file from Mrs. Kessler reports that Mrs. Kessler's mother was a direct descendant of George Forepaugh, with corroborative dates. ------------------ PA Gazette 11/27/1782 - #30758 Captain George Forepaugh named as an officer in the Pennsylvania militia who was commended in address by commanding general. PA Gazette 9/17/1783 - #31887 Isaac Coats and George Forepaugh named as superintendents to raise money and establish market houses and a public market on the north side of Callowhill St. and New Market St. in the Northern Liberties. To continue in office till March, 1785. PA Gazette 7/7/1784 - #765 Northern Liberties market completed; applications for stalls and booths received by Forepaugh and 2 others. ----------------- Mr. Coulter john.a.coulter@us.army.mil I know that Mr. Is not accurate but, unfortunately, I don't have your military title. It is good to hear from you again about your ancestors the Forepaughs. I can give some information concerning the two questions you asked. Photo/ painting of either George or Frederick. Who don't have an image of either one. Members rarely spent the money for a portrait or a miniature; those who did were either lost or in the hands of descendants. Over the years Carl and I checked various possible sources for images of the early members with no luck. For Captain Forepaugh's military commendation I can give you the reference: your reference is to the comment in the issue of the Pennsylvania Gazette published on November 27, 1782, number 30758. The 18th century issues of the Gazette are on disk available for reference. We used the American Philosophical Reference Library that you can access on-line or 105 South Fifth Street Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386 215-440-3400 for assistance. Many reference libraries have these disks. Another possible source for this information is the Independence National Historical Park reference library Revolutionary War XX Spouse Name Ann Pinyard Where Born Germany Office Held Warden, 1780 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Forepaugh, George Description An account of the resource George Forepaugh was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1774 and served as Warden from 1780. According to Hazard's Register, he was the master carpenter for the Senate gallery of Congress Hall, 1795. When Forepaugh died in 1817, his estate was valued at $4,143.75. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/26038">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1790 Business Address Penn St. below South - 1779 (Roach) Date Elected 1/1/1774 File Number a First Name Samuel Last Name McClure Member Number 102* Reference Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 514. Was a master builder elected to The Company in 1774. For a brief period (1781-1782) he served The Company as Warden. ------------------ Managing Committee Minutes-1774-2-81 Samuel McClure proposed and elected. Revolutionary War X Office Held Warden, 1781 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource McClure, Samuel Description An account of the resource Samuel McClure was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1774. For a brief period (1781-1782) he served The Company as a Warden. In 1779 he was assessed for a tax of 1 pound and 10 shillings for the state tax in the Dock Ward. Biography from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/27089">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website, a project of the <a href="http://www.philaathenaeum.org/">Athenaeum of Philadelphia</a>. Written by Roger W. Moss and Thomas Stokes. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1798 Date Elected 1/1/1775 File Number a First Name Joseph Last Name Few Member Number 103* No Signature X Project 301 Pine St. (1774) now Kosciuszko House Reference Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 265. A master builder nominated to The Carpenters' Company by William Williams (q.v.) and elected April 1, 1775, although he never signed the articles. He was an "encourager" of Abraham Swan's "The British Architect" (Philadelphia, R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775). It is possible that this Joseph Few served during the Revolution as Regimental Quartermaster of the the Continental Artillery, 1 April 1777 through 31 October 1777. -------------------- In member file: sheet referring to "Supplying Washington's Army" which describes how a man with his job title functioned. ------------------- "Philadelphia Preserved" Page 17 - Built house 301 Pine St. 1774-75, later occupied briefly by Gen. Thaddeus Kosciuszko during his exile from Poland. Architect for restoration of house was Company member. -------------------- Managing Committee Minutes-1775-2-102, 105 Joseph Few desires to become a member of the Company. Joseph Few elected. -------------------- PA Gazette, April 30, 1783 - item #31318 Joseph Few moved to the corner of Spruce & Water Sts. to a house occupied by Thomas Leiper - manufactures and sells tobacco products including snuff. Revolutionary War XX Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Few, Joseph Description An account of the resource Joseph Few was a master builder nominated to The Carpenters' Company by William Williams and elected 17 April 1775, although he never signed the Articles. He built a residence at 301 Pine st. 1774-1775. This building was later occupied by Thaddeus Kosciuszko during his exile from Poland. Today, it is a museum, the Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial. Few was an "encourager" of Abraham Swan, The British Architect (Philadelphia: R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775). It is possible that this Joseph Few served during the Revolution as Regimental Quartermaster of the 4th Continental Artillery, 1 April 1777 through 31 October 1777. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/26047">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1804 Business Address Corner Chestnut & 7th Sts. (1785) (Prime) Date Elected 1/1/1779 Father Robert File Number b First Name John Last Name Smith Member Number 104* Middle Name D. Defendant/Sheriff's Sale Notes None listed with middle initial of "D". Lost total of 18 properties between 1790-92. Project used system of ground rent for lots, see details in Rilling Reference Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 739. Son of the master builder/architect Robert Smith (q.v.), was registered as a student at the Pennsylvania Academy in Philadelphia from July,1760, to April, 1765. He was listed as the administrator of his father's estate in 1777, and in fact, was working with the elder Smith on the Delaware River fortifications at the time of his death. John Smith continued to serve the cause of the Revolution as a superintendent of carpenters erecting cannon platforms from September through November 1778. In 1779 he was elected to The Carpenters' Company but was irregular in his attendance at meetings during the latter years of the Revolution. In 1783 he was elected Warden, only to be replaced in the spring of 1784 because he had moved to Chester county. According to Company records,Smith had financial difficulties; The Company paid his funeral expenses in 1805. --------------------- "Robert Smith" by Charles E. Peterson, page 156, column 2, last para: William Williams was Smith's brother-in-law. --------------------- Managing Committee Minutes-1779-2-122 John Smith met the Company and signed the Articles and paid 4 pounds entrance. Carpenters' Co. Minutes-1797-11-59 Order in favor of John Smith, administrator of late Robert Smith, for 40.7.8, being balance due the estate for cash advanced for use of the Company when building their Hall. Managing Committee Minutes-1804-9-72 Special meeting. For the purpose of taking into consideration the situation of John Smith and his illness. Managing Committee Minutes-1804-9-72 The present meeting being convened for the purpose of taking into consideration the situation of John Smith who from sickness has been necessitated to call on the President and Managing Committee for greater sums than they are empowered to give. Managing Committee Minutes-1806-15-35 Resolved: that Joseph Morris be a committee to assist the widow of our late member John Smith in the settlement of her accounts with the assigned J. Penrose, dcd. Managing Committee Minutes-1807-15-83 The committee in the case of widow Smith report that they have examined the accounts between her estate and the estate of J. Penrose, and are of the opinion that there is nothing due her. Managing Committee Minutes-1819-17-28 Application made by widow of John Smith for assistance. Managing Committee Minutes-1820-18-11 Committee to attend to the case of widow Smith. Managing Committee Minutes-1821-18-34, 46, 69 $20 quarterly allowance of widow Smith. $20 present relief of widow Smith. $20 quarterly allowance of widow Smith. Managing Committee Minutes-1822-18-80 $20 widow Smith's quarterly allowance. Managing Committee Minutes-1823-18-128, 137 $20 quarterly allowance of widow Smith. $20 quarterly allowance of widow Smith. Managing Committee Minutes-1824-18-169 $20 quarterly allowance of widow Smith. Managing Committee Minutes-1825-18-203, 210, 226 $20 quarterly allowance of widow Smith. $20 quarterly allowance of widow Smith. $20 for widow Smith. Managing Committee Minutes-1826-18-237, 259 $20 quarterly allowance of widow Smith. $20 quarterly allowance of widow Smith. Managing Committee Minutes-1830-18-368, 385 $15 widow Smith's quarterly allowance. $15 quarterly allowance of widow Smith. Managing Committee Minutes-1834-18-500 $15 quarterly allowance of widow Smith. Donna Rilling paper 4/1990; Smith began building on lots obtained by ground rent; included details of how this system functioned. Office Held Secretary, 1810-14 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Smith, John D. Description An account of the resource John Smith, son of the master builder/architect Robert Smith, was registered as a student at the Pennsylvania Academy in Philadelphia from July 1760 to April 1765. He was listed as the administrator of his father's estate in 1777, and, in fact, was working with the elder Smith on the Delaware River fortifications at the time of his death. John Smith continued to serve the patriot cause as a superintendent of carpenters erecting cannon platforms from September through November 1778. In 1779 he was elected to The Carpenters' Company but was irregular in his attendance at meetings during the latter years of the Revolution. In 1783 he was elected Warden, only to be replaced in the Spring of 1784 because he had moved to Chester County. According to Company records, Smith had financial difficulties; The Company paid his funeral expenses in 1805. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/97314">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/083e408e18b2d97add500a472ab17351.PNG 29553f7b73750492938a1515cb4751b8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource William Ashton noted in Carpenter's Company Minutes. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Philosophical Society Digital Collections Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1795 Business Address 146 Arch St. (1797) (Prime) Date Elected 1/2/1770 Date Expelled # File Number a First Name William Last Name Ashton Member Number 80* Project North corner Front and Pegg Streets Northern Liberties Reference *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architect. Page 16. Ashton was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company on April 19, 1770. He was an "encourager" to the 1775 Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's "The British Architect," the first architectural book published in America. *Prime Directory: Listings for William Ashton and William Ashton, Jr., as follows: William Ashton, house carpenter, at 292 N. Front St. (1791) 294 N. Front St. (1794), Back St. near Callowhill, N. Liberties, (1795). For "Jr." at 168 N. 3rd St. (1794) *Prime Directory: Lists a Samuel Ashton as a cabinet maker near 146 Arch St. (1797) and 233 Arch St. (1798, 1799, 1800). *City Records D.S.B. book #335; filed December 7, 1812; no record of having been satisfied Susanah Ashton for William Ashton vs. George Ashton. Claim for $200 against a brick building, part two stories and part three stories high, situate the north corner of Front and Pegg streets in the Northern Liberties of the County of Philadelphia. (Lien possibly filed by Ashton's widow?) *Managing Committee Minutes-1798-8-9 On motion resolved: that the name of William Ashton be erased out of our list of members agreeable to the 4th section of the by-laws. 5/3/2010 Mrs. Karsch, Thank you for your efforts researching WIlliam Ashton. It seems there were quite a few of them in late eighteenth century Philadelphia. My William Ashton ancestor married Eva Maria Klein, the daughter of a German immigrant, at St. Michael's and Zion Lutheran Church in 1793; he died in 1812. Their daughter, Hannah, married Peter Krall in 1819. It seems the Carpenter's Company Ashtons lived in the same area north of Market Street where my German ancestors lived. Since Peter Krall was listed as a house carpenter in the 1799 City Directory, it suggests a connection, but I haven't found one. Whichever Ashtons were mine, it's still fun to walk around the Old City area knowing that Peter Krall, Maria Klein, and WIlliam Ashton walked the same streets and saw the same buildings -- like Carpenter's Hall. I regret that the Lutherans dug them up. I enjoyed our conversation as well and hope to meet you again. Jack Krall jackkrall@aol.com *In member file: 4/24/12: John Ulrich julrich@fosterchamberlain.com 215-882-3415 211 Fitzwater Street Philadelphia PA 19147 ancestor_info: William Ashton 7 May 1734- 24 Sep 1800. Descendant through his daughter Mary (Ashton) Keller. message: We're hoping to visit Carpenter's Hall tomorrow - Thursday April 25, 2012. William Ashton is listed as a member from 1770 to 1795 when he was expelled. If possible, I'd be interested in learning why he was expelled. *In member file: 4/30/2012: Mr. Ulrich First I apologize for not answering your email request prior to your visiting Carpenters' Hall last Thursday. I do hope you found your visit interesting and helpful. The reason William Ashton was expelled is not listed in our records. The usual reason is non-payment of dues not some legal issue. Our member database has no information on his family and for this reason I suggest you contact the Pennsylvania genealogical Society through the website of the Pennsylvania Historical Society at 13th and Locust Streets here in Philadelphia. There are a number of Ashton families listed in Philadelphia and they will be able to give you details about each one. Your second question concerning Owen Biddle's book The Young Carpenters' Assistant has more than one answer. He published the book in the early 19th century with plans to open an architecture school in Philadelphia with The Carpenters' Company. Unfortunately he died at an early age. When The Company moved to develop and offer such a school John Haviland used this book with updates as the basis for instruction. On The Carpenters' Hall website you will find numerous articles that relate history to the Company. First click on History and then move down to More History to find the article First School of Architecture near the end of this listing. This will summarize the role that Biddle's book played in this first school. The Hall Library is not open for use but the Athenaeum of Philadelphia library on 6th Street just south of Walnut does have a copy available for you to see. I suggest a phone call to arrange for your visit. I wish you the best in exploring your ancestors — a most rewarding experience. *In member file: 5/1/2012 Ms. Karsch, Thanks for getting back to me. No apologies are necessary – I know I contacted you with very short notice. And thank you for the information – I had been curious about the book because William Ashton's son-in-law or grandson (I'm not sure which because they shared a common name) had owned a copy printed in 1815. Ashton's son-in-law was an undertaker who had a home and business on 5th Street between Arch and Race Streets so it seems natural that he might have owned the book. However, he would have been in his late 50s by 1816, and there is something about the way that the book was signed and dated that makes me think it is more likely that it was a book/textbook that belonged to his son (William Ashton's grandson) who would have been a teenager at the time. I thought there might have been some connection between the book and Carpenter's Hall that could shed some light on it for me. Thanks again for the suggestions! Best regards, John Ulrich *Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1683/1777; H; 7; 60; Samuel Emlen 1799/1802; EF; 1; 373; J. Heimer 1809/1815; JC; 14; 180; George Ashton *Defendents/Sheriff Sales File Data from City of Philadelphia Archives: (Book; Page; Year; Purchaser) A-1; 197; 1756; Hower, Samuel Revolutionary War X Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ashton, William Description An account of the resource William Ashton was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company on April 19, 1770. He was an encourager to the 1775, Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's The British Architect. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/22262">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/64c8f8de5ef27a7c67914517ab868830.PNG 29553f7b73750492938a1515cb4751b8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource John Trip noted in Carpenter's Company minutes. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource American Philosophical Society Digital Collections. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1805 Date Elected 1/1/1770 File Number b First Name John Last Name Trip Member Number 81* Reference *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 798. Trip was a master builder. He was elected to The Company on April 19, 1770, but rarely attended meetings. In 1800 it was reported he was living in Wilmington, DE. Some Company records indicate that he was expelled from membership, probably for failure to pay dues; other Company records give him a death date of 1805. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. *Managing Committee Minutes-1800-8-127 John Trip a member of this Company who has resided at a considerable distance from this city and was supposed to be deceased but it appearing otherwise, by his attending the Company, resolved: that the wardens be instructed to exhibit his account of arrears and quarterages for settlement. Managing Committee Minutes-1801-8-138 Report was made that John Trip has complied with the order of the Company and paid his arrears and quarterages. Revolutionary War X Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Trip, John Description An account of the resource The master builder John Trip was elected to The Carpenters' Company on April 19, 1770, but rarely attended meetings. In 1800 it was reported that he was living in Wilmington, Delaware. Some Company records indicate that he was expelled from membership, probably for failure to pay dues; other Company records give a death date of 1805. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/21602">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website. https://archive.carpentershall.org/files/original/7ef473f3ead7fbdd3cda998459bb5939.PNG 95053e17c18b98bc4919d9426bf05c4d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Rhoads noted in 1774 Carpenter's Company Minutes. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Philosophical Society Digital Collections Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Committee Membership Book Prices Committee, 1772-73,81-82 Deceased Date 8/18/1784 File Number a First Name Joseph Home Address Southwark, Philadelphia Last Name Rhoads Member Number 52* Grantor Records Notes More listings for James. Reference *Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects page 656. The Southwark master builder was elected to the Carpenters' Company prior to the date of the earliest surviving records. He is first recorded at a Company meeting in 1767, and he served on various Company committees in 1770s. On February 22, 1772, Rhoads was paid for measuring work at Christ Church and in November of that year he witnessed the will of Thomas Tresse, also a house carpenter from the Southwark area. When Rhoads died in 1784, his inventory included -- in addition to the usual assortment of tools -- an "Iron Machine for Raising." His estate was owed over 44 pounds by the trustees of Northampton County Court House and over 64 pounds by the estate of Robert Smith (q.v.). Rhoads's widow, Ann, received a refund of 12 pounds from the Company for his 1770 subscription for the erection of the Hall. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. See also Christ Church journal, Historical Society of Pennsylvania. *PA Gazette 6/18/1767 - #3303 Run away, a servant who is a house carpenter (follwed by extensive description of man and clothing). Three pounds reward paid by Joseph Rhoads. PA Gazette 2/10/1773 - #15380 Advertises house and lot for sale on Shippen St., in Southwark on Society Hill, near premises of Joseph Rhoads, house carpenter. PA Gazette 8/18/1784 - #928 Notice by Ann Rhoads, administratrix, "to all persons with demands against estate of Joseph Rhoads, house carpenter, district of Southwark and those indebted to him. Also, notice to persons who have any tools . . . requested to return them." PA Gazette 1/21/1789 - #5914 Identifies land in Southwark on George St. between Shippen and Plum Sts., and between 2nd & 3rd Sts., near ground of Samuel Rhoads; adjoins ground of Joseph Rhoads, who apparently owned various pieces of ground in the immediate area. *Via Hannah Roach notes: Adm. Bk I/95, 1784:129 PG: 18 Aug 1784. House carpenter of Southwark, dcd. Ann Rhoads, adminis. Southern District Monthly Meeting, 23 - bur. 7/23/1784; 45 years (1739) *Managing Committee Minutes-1784-3-68 On the petition of Ann Rhoads widow of Joseph Rhoads to have the subscription of her husband to the Carpenters' Company repaid to her. The Company considering the distressed circumstances of the widow and children, do request (by their order of this day) the Master to pay his subscription of 12 pounds and the balance of his account for work done to the Hall being 10 shillings and 9 pence in the whole 12 pounds 10 shillings & 9 pence. *Info on possible descendant in: City Records D.S.B. #338 filed August 11, 1817; satisfied May 18, 1818 Joseph & Daniel Rhoads vs. Augustice Cushing. Claim for $500 against three certain two story frame buildings situate on a certain alley or court near the southwest corner of Chestnut and Schuylkill Third street in the city of Philadelphia, for materials. (other references to this company in City Records D.S.B. #337) *Another claim filed by this company dated March 25, 1818, for $706 against two certain three-story brick houses situate on the north side of Arch or Mulberry streets between 12th and 13th streets, for lumber. Via Hannah Roach: Tax list, 1756, Mulberry Ward, Joseph Rhoads, carpenter, 10 pounds. Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives: (Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee) 1683/1718; E; 6; 318; Howell, Philip 1799/1809; EF; 7; 462; Engle, Silas 1809/1815; IC; 11; 621; Kerr, James Defendents/Sheriff Sales File Data from City of Philadelphia Archives: (Book; Page; Year; Purchaser) B-3; 379; 1776; Clarke, John C-4; 132; 1790; Bradford, William C-4; 211; 1791; Rhoads, Ann Spouse Name Ann Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rhoads, Joseph Description An account of the resource The Southwark master builder Joseph Rhoads was elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to the date of earliest surviving records. He first is recorded as present at a Company meeting in 1767, and he served on various Company committees in 1770s. On February 22, 1772, Rhoads was paid for measuring work at Christ Church and in November that same year he witnessed the will of Thomas Tresse, also a house carpenter from Southwark. When Rhoads died in 1784, his inventory included--in addition to the usual assortment of tools--an "Iron Machine for Raising." His estate was owed over 44 pounds by the trustees of Northampton County Court House and over 64 pounds by the estate of Robert Smith. Rhoads's widow, Ann, received a refund of 12 pounds from The Carpenters' Company for his 1770 subscription for the erection of the Hall. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/26277">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Committee Membership Book Prices Committee, 1790-92 Deceased Date 4/30/1798 Business Address Corner of 5th & Arch (1785) (Prime) Date Elected 1/1/1781 File Number b First Name Matthias Last Name Sadler Member Number 105* Reference Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 682. A master builder apprenticed to Joseph Ogilby (q.v.) from 1771 to 1776. He served during the Revolution in Baldwin's Artillery Artificer regiment and by 1780 appears as a resident of Mulberry Ward in Philadelphia. On April 30, 1781, he was proposed for membership in The Carpenters' Company by Joseph Gavotte (q.v.) and elected shortly thereafter. In 1786 Sadler became Warden of The Company. He worked on the Library Company's hall for which he received two shares in the library. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. See also other sources noted here. ---------------- e-mail from descendant says her relative wasa private in "his corps of artificers." ----------------- INHP Library - Sadler and Govett paid 2000 lbs. for carpentry work on Congress Hall, the largest single invoice listed for construction. Also - "a petition from Joseph Govett and Mathias Sadler to be employed as carpenters in building a city hall was read and ordered to lie on the table. Also - "Govett and Sadlers account amounting to 9.3.4 . . .was read and referred to committee on accounts. ---------------- In his folder (R) copy of page from Minutes of Library Company shares - 1789. Joseph Govett, Jr., was an associate of George Plim, Jr., in 1773; and of Matthew Sadler in 1791. ----------------- City Directory - 1805 - Eleanor, widow near 251 Mulberry. (Address close to that on 1st page; may be member's widow. ------------------ Managing Committee Minutes-1781-2-162, 163 Joseph Govett proposed Matthias Sadler; Matthias Sadler elected. Carpenters' Co. Minutes-1798-11-89 Late member Matthias Sadler's widow to be offered aid. Carpenters' Co. Minutes-1799-11-113 Eleanor Sadler presents Company with set of branding irons No. 1 to No. 9 and a brand with the letters "TEXT" (?). (Hannah Roach) The irons to be kept in the Hall for the use of the members. ------------------- Hannah Roach notes Will Book X/721 - Mathias Sadler of Philadelphia, carpenter. 17 September 1794 - 30 April 1798 wife and executrix Eleanor. Nephew William Mans (?), Elizabeth Talman. wit: John Baker, John Sproul, and Joseph Govett. ------------------ PA Gazette 7/25/1778 - #25078 One of many signers of document pledging "to disclose facts about persons who are enemies of America during the occupation of the city." PA Gazette 10/18/1797 - #12438 Elected to Common Council of the City. Noted as being a carpenter. ----------------- Spouse Name Eleanor Office Held Warden, 1786 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sadler, Matthias Description An account of the resource Matthias Sadler was a master builder apprenticed to Joseph Ogilby from 1771 until 1776. He served during the Revolution in Baldwin's Artillery Artificer Regiment and by 1780 appears as a resident of Mulberry Ward in Philadelphia. On April 30, 1781 he was proposed to membership in The Carpenters' Company by Joseph Govett and elected shortly thereafter. In 1786 Sadler became Warden of The Company. He worked on the Library Company's hall for which he received two shares in the library. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/101775">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Deceased Date 1/1/1809 Business Address Old Town, Baltimore, MD (R) Date Elected 1/1/1782 File Number a First Name James Last Name Gibson Member Number 106* Grantor Records Notes Many listings; a sampling below. Reference Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 303. A master and an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's "The British Architect" (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America. Throughout the Revolution he served, as did many of the building trades craftsmen, in Baldwin's Artificer Regiment, rising from 1st Lieutenant to Captain between 1777 and 1781. He was elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1782 but appears to have left Philadelphia for Baltimore shortly thereafter; he became a member of the Carpenter's Society of Baltimore in 1790 and returned his copy of The Carpenters' Company price book from that city in 1807. See Selected Bibliography in "Biographical Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. See Library Company of Philadelphia catalog, listed here. -------------------- PA Gazette 5/12/1773 - #15923 On May 1, sale of lot and partially completed foundation for house 21 feet from corner of 8th and Market Sts. -------------------- PA Gazette 2/7/1778 - #24387 Listed as Lieutenant under Colonel Benjamin Flower, calling for enlistment of various craftsmen as "artificers." -------------------- Managing Committee Minutes-1782-3-1, 2 James Gibson proposed; James Gibson elected. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gibson, James Description An account of the resource James Gibson was a master builder and an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's The British Architect (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America. Throughout the Revolution he served, as did many of the building trades craftsmen, in Baldwin's Artillery Artificer Regiment, rising from 1st Lieutenant to Captain between 1777 and 1781. He was elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1782 but appears to have left Philadelphia for Baltimore shortly thereafter; he became a member of the Carpenter's Society of Baltimore in 1790 and returned his copy of The Carpenters Company price book from that city in 1807. Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/37898">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members Member Committee Membership Book Prices Committee, 1786-94 Deceased Date 1/1/1827 Business Address 22 Cable Lane (1796) (Prime) Date Elected 1/2/1782 File Number b First Name George Last Name Ingels Member Number 107* Office Held President, 1795-1813 Vice President, 1786 Reference Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 409. A master builder elected to The Company in 1782, and he actively served The Company as a member of committees or an officer (President, 1795-1813). He marched at head of 450 "architects and house carpenters" in the Grand Federal Procession (July 4, 1788), carrying The Company banner showing their arms and the motto, "Justice and benevolence." See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. --------------------- In member file of James Mitchell is copy of his membership certificate signed by Ingels as President and Cornelius Stevenson as Secretary. Also, a description of the certificate of membership in the display case on the first floor, as of May, 2004. --------------------- City Directory - 1810 - George, naval storekeeper, Laboratory (right man?) 1824 - George, county commissioner, 22 New Market 1826 - George, inspector of butter & lard, 7 Wood (Brewer's Alley) --------------------- PA Gazette 2/22/1786 - #2959 Persons indebted to Joseph Rush, late coroner of the city and county of Philadelphia, should make payments and settle accounts with Mary Rush and George Ingels, executors. PA Gazette 10/11/1797 - #12428 Living at No. 20 N. 5th St., Thomas Savery joins appeal for people impoverished by yellow fever epidemic. Committee included William Linnard, South 2nd St. in Southwark and George Ingels, New Market St., in Northern Liberties. PA Gazette 11/29/1797 - #12499 The Committee for relief of yellow fever victims, including members above, expresses thanks for outpouring of money "to give comfort to the mourner, bread to the hungry,and consolation to the distressed widows and fatherless." More than 6,000 entrusted to their care, "1,300 heads of households plus 600 men on the roads." A total of $20,500 was collected from city residents in a short period, plus 335 barrels of wheat, rye, buckwheat, Indian meal and potatoes. PA Gazette 11/5/1800 - #13900 George Ingels and William Linnard elected from Philadelphia county to State Assembly. --------------------- Transactions APS Vol. 43, Part I (1953), page 108 Seeking the Port of Philadelphia's custom office as a new tenant, President George Ingels wrote to an unnamed official describing the Hall as "50 feet in front the depth the same. The principal story Comprises One large room, two fire proofs and the Staircase. The Second Story is divided by a passage of eight feet wide into two large well lighted rooms and two Smaller (one the South side). The Cellar floor, well lighted and dry and easy of Access for storeing goods. The Court front of the Hall is well paved and will be used in common by the Carpenters Company and their Tenants occupying the Several buildings.(107). ----------------------- Managing Committee Minutes-1782-3-11 George Ingels elected. Managing Committee Minutes-1785-3-92 George Ingels the eldest Warden is requested to serve the Friendship Carpenters' Company with a certified copy of the Minutes made the first day of March last, respecting the union. Managing Committee Minutes-1785-3-98 George Ingels reports: that he had delivered a copy of the minutes of March 3rd, last respecting the union of the companies. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ingels, George Description An account of the resource George Ingels was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1782, and he actively served The Company as a member of committees or an officer (President, 1795-1813). He marched at the head of 450 "architects and house carpenters" in the Grand Federal Procession (July 4, 1788), carrying The Company banner showing their arms and the motto, "Justice and benevolence." Written by Roger W. Moss, from the <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/25223">Philadelphia Architects and Builders</a> website.