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Thomson, John C
Description:
John Thomson (Thompson) was a master builder elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1808. Little is known about his life. In the 1794 and 1795 City Directories, a John Thompson was listed at German street between Fourth and Fifth streets. In 1810,…
Member number:
235*
Date elected:
1/1/1808
Hurst, Henry
Description:
Henry Hurst was a master builder elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1807. According to the 1813 City Directory, Hurst resided at 300 Sassafras street (race street) and worked as a carpenter. The 1816 Directory listed a Henry Hurst as a grocer…
Member number:
234*
Date elected:
1/1/1807
Smith, Ralph H.
Description:
Ralph Smith was a master builder elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1807. He served as a Warden of the Company from 1827-1829 and on the Managing Committee from 1830-1832 and 1838-1840. Ralph Smith initially resided at 77 Cherry street but moved…
Member number:
233*
Date elected:
1/1/1807
Forsyth, Isaac
Description:
Isaac Forsyth was a master builder elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1807. He lived at 7 Little George in 1810. In 1816, Forsythe was listed as a carpenter residing at 64 South Sixth Street. He was partnered with Joseph Worrell from at least…
Member number:
232*
Date elected:
1/1/1807
Eberth, Joseph
Description:
Joseph Eberth was a master builder elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1805. He served a Warden from 1816-1818. Eberth was also a member of the Book Prices Committee from 1817-1826 and 1827-1830. Finally, he was on the Managing Committee from…
Member number:
231*
Date elected:
1/1/1805
Carstairs, Thomas
Member number:
230*
Birth date:
1/1/1759
Date elected:
1/1/1804
Pickands, Thomas
Description:
Thomas Pickands was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1804. Pickands likely migrated to the United States from Northern Ireland with his close friend, James Dinsmore, the well-known carpenter responsible for most of the woodwork…
Member number:
229*
Date elected:
1/1/1804
Reinhard, Jacob
Description:
Jacob Rianhard was a master builder elected to the Company in 1804. His address was 2nd street opposite Mary street. Jacob Rianhard was related to William Reinhard but their exact relation is unknown. He was the son of an earlier member of the…
Member number:
228*
Date elected:
1/1/1804
Baker, Michael
Description:
Michael Baker was a carpenter and lumber merchant elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1803. During his membership, he held many positions such as Warden, Treasurer, and even President. He also served on Book Prices Committee and the Managing…
Member number:
227*
Date elected:
1/1/1803
Trimmel, Cornelius
Member number:
226*
Date elected:
1/1/1803
Sands, John
Member number:
225*
Date elected:
1/1/1803
Coles, William
Description:
William Coles was elected to the Carpenters’ Company of Philadelphia in 1803. In 1810, he resided at 145 N. 8th street. By 1824, he had moved to 237 Race street. He again moved to 207 Sassafras street sometime between 1824 and 1827. In 1820, Coleman…
Member number:
224*
Date elected:
1/1/1803
Cooper, James
Description:
James Cooper was elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1803 after being proposed by Robert Morrell. In 1805, he resided in Pearsons Court. The Directory for 1810 locates Cooper at 192 St. John st. and in 1814 at 147 St. John st. He died in 1816. His…
Member number:
223*
Date elected:
1/1/1803
Rowen, John
Description:
John Rowen was a master builder elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1803. He resided at 77 Locust street above 8th street. Little is known about Rowen’s life. In 1820, the Managing Committee of the Carpenters’ Company found Rowen to be very sick.…
Member number:
222*
Date elected:
1/1/1803
Rianhard, William
Description:
William Rianhard was proposed by Philip Justus in 1802. Rianhard passed away shortly after his admittance into the company and his children were provided with 3.25$ for their schooling in 1806. His children received financial support for their…
Member number:
221*
Date elected:
1/1/1802
Corbit, Joseph
Member number:
220*
Date elected:
1/1/1802
Baker, Jr., Samuel
Description:
Samuel Baker jr. was elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1802. Following his death, his widow received an allowance of 20$ quarterly payments. In 1826, the Company resolved to reduce the payments to 15$.Biography from thePhiladelphia Architects and…
Member number:
219*
Date elected:
1/1/1802
Stretcher, Finnix
Description:
Finnix Stretcher was a master builder elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1802. He served as a warden of the Company from 1823-1826. The City Directories from 1805 up to 1845, the year before his death, list him at 129 S. 6th street.By 1840, he had…
Member number:
218*
Date elected:
1/1/1802
McGlathery, James
Member number:
217*
Date elected:
1/1/1801
Justus, Phillip
Description:
Phillip Justus was born in 1769 and was elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1801 after being proposed by Jacob Lybrand. From 1794 to 1800 Justus was listed as a carpenter residing at 115 N. 5th street. His most famous contribution to Philadelphia’s…
Member number:
216*
Birth date:
11/26/1769
Date elected:
1/1/1801
Gray, David
Description:
David Gray was elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1801 after being proposed for membership by Alexander Steel. In the 1805 city directory he was listed at 162 N. 5th street and in 1814 he was listed at 137 N. 5th street. In 1799, Gray was paid a…
Member number:
215*
Date elected:
1/1/1801
Robinson, Samuel
Description:
Samuel Robinson was a carpenter elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1801. Samuel Robinson was in charge of refitting Carpenters’ Hall in preparation for housing the Bank of Pennsylvania. Robinson hired the blacksmith Patrick Lyon to make locks for…
Member number:
214*
Date elected:
1/1/1801
Palmer, William
Description:
William Palmer was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1800. One William Palmer was also noted by Scharf & Westcott as an original member of the King George III Fire Company, founded in 1761; however, it is not known if this is…
Member number:
213*
Date elected:
1/1/1800
McMullin, II, William
Description:
William McMullin was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1800. Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Builders, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia.Written by Roger W. Moss.
Member number:
212*
Date elected:
1/1/1800
Cowgill, Joseph
Description:
Joseph Cowgill was a master builder who became a member of The Carpenters' Company in 1800.Biography fromPhiladelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of theAthenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss.
Member number:
211*
Date elected:
1/1/1800
Biddle, Owen
Description:
Owen Biddle, "House carpenter and teacher of architectural drawing," is primarily remembered as the author of The Young Carpenter's Assistant, or A System of Architecture, Adapted to the Style of Building in the United States. Illustrated with…
Member number:
210*
Birth date:
1/1/1774
Date elected:
1/1/1800
Forepaugh, Frederick
Description:
Frederick Forepaugh was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1800. He was also an original member of the Humane Fire Company, founded in 1794. Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of…
Member number:
209*
Birth date:
8/13/1761
Date elected:
1/1/1800
How, John
Member number:
208*
Date elected:
1/1/1800
Gabel, Peter
Description:
Peter Gabel was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1799. He was also a founder of the Friendship Fire Company of the Northern Liberties, 1796. Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of…
Member number:
207*
Date elected:
1/1/1799
Derbyshire, John
Description:
John Derbyshire was a master builder elected to membership in The Carpenters' Company in 1799. Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Builders, project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss.
Member number:
206*
Date elected:
1/1/1799
Ireland, Alphonso Cawson
Description:
Alphonso C. Ireland was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1799. In Philadelphia city directories he cites himself as a carpenter from 1797 to 1818. In 1818 he added "and measurer of carpenters' work" and from 1824 to 1830 he…
Member number:
205*
Date elected:
1/1/1799
Mansfield, Jacob
Description:
Jacob Mansfield was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1799. Following his death in 1803, the Company provided financial assistance for his children enabling them to go to school.Biography fromPhiladelphia Architects and…
Member number:
204*
Date elected:
1/1/1799
Roberts, Jonathan
Description:
Jonathan Roberts was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1798. He was subscriber to Owen Biddle, The Young Carpenter's Assistant; or, a system of architecture, adapted to the style of building in the United States (Philadelphia,…
Member number:
205*
Date elected:
1/1/1798
Williamson, Jesse
Description:
The master builder Jesse Williamson, who appears in Philadelphia city directories in the 1790s with a residence at 333 South Second Street, was elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1798 and died in 1852. In the 1790s he may have been in partnership…
Member number:
203*
Date elected:
1/1/1798
Perkins, Isaac
Description:
Isaac Perkins was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1798 after he was proposed by Conrad Bartling. He died in 1808.Biography fromPhiladelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of theAthenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Thomas…
Member number:
202*
Date elected:
1/1/1798
Cox, John T.
Description:
John Cox was a master builder elected to membership in The Carpenters' Company in 1797. The existence of several men of this name (or Coxe) in late eighteenth-century Philadelphia makes positive identification impossible. The carpenter John Cox lived…
Member number:
204*
Date elected:
1/1/1797
Govett, William
Description:
Son of master builder Joseph Govett, William Govett was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1796. He appears in the Philadelphia city directories as a carpenter from 1835 through 1840. Govett was clearly following his trade at the…
Member number:
201*
Date elected:
1/1/1796
Lybrand, Jacob
Description:
Jacob Librand, also known as Lybrand, was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1796. He was also a member of the Columbia Fire Company, founded in 1796 for residents of the Eighth and Cherry Streets area. Biography from Philadelphia…
Member number:
200*
Date elected:
1/1/1796
Flickwir, David H.
Description:
David Flickwir was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1796. Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia.Written by Roger W. Moss.
Member number:
199*
Date elected:
1/1/1796
Hopkins, William
Description:
William Hopkins was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1796. He was proposed for membership by Silas Engles.Biography fromPhiladelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of theAthenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Thomas Stokes…
Member number:
198*
Date elected:
1/1/1796
Thomas, Elisha
Description:
Elisha Thomas was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1796; that same year he appears in the Philadelphia city directory as a house carpenter living at 58 Vine Street. Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project…
Member number:
197*
Date elected:
1/1/1796
Carlile, Isaac
Description:
Isaac Carlile was a master builder elected a member of The Carpenters' Company in 1796. Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Builders, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia.Written by Roger W. Moss.
Member number:
196*
Date elected:
1/1/1796
Chamberlin, Richard
Description:
Richard Chamberlain was a master builder elected a member of The Carpenters' Company in 1796. He served as a Warden of the company from 1810-1812. Richard lived on Coates Alley for most of his professional career. In 1791, he was listed at 15 Coates…
Member number:
192
Date elected:
1/1/1796
McLeod, Malcom
Description:
Malcom McLeod was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1796. An statement on his death in a newspaper says McLeod was a native of Scotland and died at the age of 80. This puts his birth year around 1761. He lived the majority of his…
Member number:
195*
Date elected:
1/1/1796
Smith, Jr., John D.
Description:
The master builder John Smith, Jr. should not be confused with John Smith, son of Robert Smith. John Smith, Jr. was elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1796 and died in 1820. He was a subscriber to Owen Biddle, The Young Carpenter's Assistant…
Member number:
194*
Date elected:
1/1/1796
Adolph, John
Description:
John Adolph was a master builder who was elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1796. Biography fromPhiladelphia Architects and Builders, a project of theAthenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss.
Member number:
193*
Date elected:
1/1/1796
Nice, Jacob
Description:
Jacob Nice was elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1796. Nice lived at 40 Coate's Alley until 1807. He died in 1818.Biography fromPhiladelphia Architects and Builders, a project of theAthenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Thomas Stokes.
Member number:
191*
Date elected:
1/1/1796
Evans, Jacob
Description:
Jacob Evans was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1795. He was proposed for membership by Charles Rhoads. He was expelled in 1803 for failing to pay his fines and quarterages. In the 1795 city directory, there are two carpenters…
Member number:
190*
Date elected:
1/1/1795
Hutchinson, John
Description:
John Hutchinson was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1795. He built present day 236 Seventh Street the same year. Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Builders, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger…
Member number:
189*
Birth date:
10/27/1758
Date elected:
1/1/1795
Summers, George
Description:
Born in Philadelphia, the master builder George Summers was elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1795. He married Lydia Wright (b. 26 March 1777) in 1794.Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Builders, a project of the Athenaeum of…
Member number:
188*
Birth date:
11/19/1768
Date elected:
1/1/1795