Browse Items (477 total)
- Item Type: Member
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
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
How, John
Member number:
208*
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
McGlathery, James
Member number:
217*
Date elected:
1/1/1801
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
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$.Biography from thePhiladelphia Architects and…
Member number:
219*
Date elected:
1/1/1802
Corbit, Joseph
Member number:
220*
Date elected:
1/1/1802
Rianhard, William
Description:
William Rianhard was proposed by Philip Justus in 1802. Rianhard passed away shortly after his admittance into the company and his children were provided with 3.25$ for their schooling in 1806. His children received financial support for their…
Member number:
221*
Date elected:
1/1/1802
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
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
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
Sands, John
Member number:
225*
Date elected:
1/1/1803
Trimmel, Cornelius
Member number:
226*
Date elected:
1/1/1803
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
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
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
Carstairs, Thomas
Member number:
230*
Birth date:
1/1/1759
Date elected:
1/1/1804
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
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
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
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
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
Franks, Jr., Jacob
Description:
Jacob Franks Jr. was elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1809. He served on the Managing Committee from 1820 to 1822. In the 1814 City Directory, Jacob Franks, carpenter, was listed at 206 N 4th street below Green. In 1820, he was listed at living…
Member number:
236*
Date elected:
1/1/1809
Wagner, William
Description:
William Wagner was elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1809. Wagner served on the Managing Committee and the Book Prices Committee for multiple terms. He also served as Treasurer, Vice-President, and finally President. Wagner moved multiple times…
Member number:
237*
Date elected:
1/1/1809
Zebley, Joseph P.
Description:
Joseph P. Zebley was a master builder elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1809 after he “appeared at a meeting, paid his entrance money & signed the articles”. He first lived at 36 Kunckle street but had moved to Wood and 6th…
Member number:
239*
Date elected:
1/1/1809
O'Neill, John
Member number:
240*
Date elected:
1/1/1809
Hoskins, John G.
Description:
John G. Hoskins was a master builder born in Chester County in 1786. He was elected to the Carpenters’ Company of Philadelphia in 1809. The City Directory of Philadelphia listed him at 180 Mulberry street beginning in 1814. Initially, he was listed…
Member number:
238*
Date elected:
1/1/1809
Warner, John
Description:
John Warner became a member of the Carpenters’ Company in 1809. He was listed as a carpenter living at 177 Pine in the 1810 City Directory. In 1814, he was listed at 28 Christian street. By 1820, he was listed at Carpenter below 3rd street,…
Member number:
241*
Date elected:
1/1/1809
Stevenson, Cornelius
Member number:
242*
Birth date:
2/20/1779
Date elected:
1/1/1809
Mitchell, James
Description:
James Mitchell was a master builder elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1809. He was probably the son of Company member Benjamin Mitchell who resided at 229 Arch street. In 1799, James Mitchell resided at 231 Arch street but had moved to the corner…
Member number:
243*
Date elected:
1/1/1809
Davis, Samson
Description:
Samson (or Sampson) Davis was a carpenter elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1810. He is first listed in Philadelphia’s City Directory as a house carpenter at 301 Arch street from 1795-1799. Sometime, after 1800, his address changed to 183 Cherry…
Member number:
244*
Date elected:
1/1/1810
Simes, Joseph
Description:
Joseph Simes, or Sims, the carpenter, not to be confused with the well-known Philadelphia merchant Joseph Sims, was a member of the Carpenters' Company elected in 1810. Interestinly, Simes is not listed in the Philadelphia Directory until 1813 when…
Member number:
246*
Date elected:
1/1/1810
Strahan, Joseph
Member number:
247*
Date elected:
1/1/1810
Ware, Richard
Description:
Richard Ware was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1810. He also opened a shop as an ironmonger. He resided at 67 Locust street. Unfortunately for Ware, his business ventures took a turn for the worse and he ended up in debtors'…
Member number:
245*
Date elected:
1/1/1810
Baker, Samuel
Description:
Samuel Baker was a house carpenter elected to the Carpenters’ Company of Philadelphia in 1810. He was an active member, serving as Warden from 1818-1820 and on the Managing Committee from 1821-1823 and again for the 1826-1828 term. This second term…
Member number:
248*
Date elected:
1/1/1810
Weir, James William
Description:
James William Weir was elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1811. He served the Company as Warden and also on the Managing Committee and Book Prices Committee. Around 1837 he taught architectural drawing at the Carpenters' Company school.Written by…
Member number:
249*
Date elected:
1/1/1811
Lancaster, John
Description:
John Lancaster was a carpenter and lumber merchant elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1811. In the City Directory of 1820 he was listed at 176 N. 4th Street. In 1830, he lived at the same location but had changed listing from lumber merchant to…
Member number:
250*
Date elected:
1/1/1811
Lancaster, Moses
Description:
Born into a Quaker family in Bucks Co., PA, Moses Lancaster came to Philadelphia around 1802. He was elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1811 and served as warden and on the Managing Committee. In her groundbreaking study of early Philadelphia…
Member number:
255
Date elected:
1/1/1811
Gilder, John
Description:
John Gilder was a house carpenter elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1811. He had served an apprenticeship under Peter L. Berry. Their written agreement for the apprenticeship insinuated that Gilder also went to night school to learn arithmetic…
Member number:
251*
Date elected:
1/1/1811
Hause, William
Description:
William Hause was a house carpenter elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1811. He served the Company as Warden and also on the Managing Committee.
Written by Tom Stokes. Biography from thePhiladelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of…
Member number:
252*
Date elected:
1/1/1811
Blain, Charles
Description:
Charles Blain was a house carpenter elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1812. Earlier, in the Fall of 1797 he had worked on the greenhouse, wings and kitchen of Robert Morris's country seat named "The Hills". This estate was later…
Member number:
256*
Date elected:
1/1/1812
Parham, John
Description:
John Parham was elected to membership in the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1812. He is most notable for the letter to Nelson Barksdale, Proctor of the University of Virginia, preserved in the Thomas Jefferson Papers, University of Virginia:…
Member number:
257*
Date elected:
1/1/1812